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Sustainability consultant Edwin Piñero considers how natural capital approaches can motivate the private sector to start taking sustainability seriously
I have prepared for and presented at various events where the discussion of the business case for natural capital investment was the topic. Ironically, the discussions have been in either business-heavy groups, or conversely, conservation-heavy groups. In all cases, the groups were not evenly balanced, although it was clear that most agreed there is economic value in natural capital and ecosystem services. Businesses certainly understand this point, but that does not guarantee that the business case can be made for specific investment or integration. In parallel, I have been in involved in numerous events and discussions, predominantly in business-focused settings, talking about the circular economy.
I used an analogy in those aforementioned presentations where I stated that what we need is a Rosetta Stone for translating natural capital value into business case inputs. The Rosetta Stone refers to the stone found in 1799 that provided the core translation between Egyptian hieroglyphics, early Egyptian text, and ancient Greek. In essence, it opened a door that allowed understanding across different languages. The term is now often used to refer to a key tool that translates across languages, thereby promoting common understandings.
I argue that we need a Rosetta Stone for making the business case for investing in natural capital beyond reducing the demand on raw materials. And I contend that the business case for transitioning to a circular economy can serve that role. The entire basis of the circular economy that makes it different from more traditional industrial ecology and design for the environment concepts of the 1980’s and 1990’s is that there is now a much stronger economic perspective. True, circular economy has significant environmental, biodiversity, and natural resource value. But it has equal emphasis on cost efficiency, creating opportunity, reducing risks associated with raw material availability and price volatility, and addressing indirect costs of environmental degradation and resource depletion.
“ The reality is that regardless of the social responsibility value or other sustainable development commitment the company may have, any dedication of resources, financial or otherwise, needs a compelling business case.”
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation report “Towards a Circular Economy: Business Rationale for an Accelerated Transition”, explicitly points out the role of natural capital. Specifically, the need to slow down resource depletion as it degrades natural capital. But natural capital can play many other roles in achieving the spirit of circular economy practices. Such roles can include water treatment, flood management, infrastructure resilience, and many others. Each of these roles reflects using nature in lieu of built facilities and grey infrastructure.
So what is holding up more wholesale integration of natural capital investment as part of the transition to a circular economy? What appears to be slowing uptake is the complexity in making the investment business case. One can argue we need such a translation approach for many sustainable practices. This challenge of making the business case is common when it comes to adopting any type of sustainable practice. The reality is that regardless of the social responsibility value or other sustainable development commitment the company may have, any dedication of resources, financial or otherwise, needs a compelling business case.
This is not intended as a slight to sustainable solutions. All business decisions typically need a business case. I have held C-Suite positions in both public and private sector settings and in all cases, be it for a new computer system, new employee hiring, or energy efficiency projects- we had to make the business case when competing for the often limited investment resources. None of my counterparts ever challenged the inherent value of doing the right thing for the environment, and there were even resources allocated for work to be done simply because it was the right thing to do.
But that is a different discussion than what occurs in strategy and planning sessions when it comes to proposing investment in projects that are competing for allocation of company resources. In these cases, we had to show how such an investment would be good for the long-term health of the business. But whereas it is relatively “easier” to discuss practices such energy efficiency and waste reduction in business case terms, it is a bit more challenging with natural capital and ecosystem services. Therefore, I offer several tenets that make the case for a “natural capital to business case Rosetta Stone”. These can be characterized in the context of three “languages”: financial, value, and leverage.
A key unit of measure for making the business case has to be financial. In other words, monetizing the impact or benefits will help promote common understanding between organizational elements. One difficulty in doing so is the angst and controversy surrounding the concept of putting a dollar value on nature. We need to keep in mind though that we are not trying to price “nature”. The intent is not to put a dollar amount on a tree or a river. Instead, it is the service provided by natural capital that is being valued. It is not practical to price a wetland, but it is possible to put a dollar value on the reduced risk to infrastructure from flooding that is provided by wetlands. Once we accept that we are monetizing natural capital or ecosystem services, and not putting an intrinsic value on nature itself, we can get past the discomfort.
Second, we need to be able to speak of the value of natural capital not only as an environmental or sustainability benefit, but also in terms of risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and opportunities. As long as investment in natural capital is couched only in Corporate Social Responsibility terms, then only CSR resources and support will be available. However, companies already spend considerable resources on operational, risk, and opportunity aspects. Being able to see how natural capital can factor in will provide the company with more options and at the same time make a case for natural capital investment.
When it comes to natural capital, there is a difference between quantification and valuation. Quantification is the value-neutral measurement of natural capital. These measures can include straightforward metrics such as acreage of wetlands restored, or impact-related metrics such as the carbon sequestration capacity of a forest. Another common measure of natural capital may be storm water retention capacity of green space or surface water nutrient reduction capacity of wetlands.
Valuation then is a representation of what value this quantified attribute brings. These valuation measures can be very direct, for example determination of the difference in cost of providing the green space for storm water management vs. construction of deep tunnels or retention basins. Valuation measures can also be more indirect, such as jobs created or quality of life improvement. Valuation is a metric that a company uses in making the business case for investment.
A caution on this quantification and valuation aspect: In trying to value the impact from natural capital, the tendency is often to reflect the value in terms of impact to the local economy or community. Although this is useful information, if we are trying to make the business case for companies to invest in natural capital, the quantification and valuation has to also be relevant internally. There needs to be an element where the company can integrate the valuation into their own business model and investment models. In other words, how can such an investment help the company?
Preserving, managing, and restoring natural capital not only has environmental, biodiversity, and social impact value, but it also has leverage benefit. How can natural capital and ecosystem services be leveraged to help the company, thereby making a more compelling business case? Ecosystems services and green infrastructure can be leveraged to replace or supplement human-provided services or built infrastructure. This ability to reflect natural capital in the context of doing the work that human-made services do can help demonstrate a comparative business case analysis.
For example, restoring coastal wetlands certainly has environmental, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration value. But restored coastal wetlands also provide water treatment and flood mitigation services. These latter attributes can be compared, in cost terms, to building wastewater treatment plants or floodwalls. As with any other case of investment options, it provides balanced and consistent metrics to inform the decision maker whether to invest in natural capital or another solution. In other words, investing in natural capital becomes part of a company’s management and growth decision-making process.
Is this a good thing? Or is it best to let the conservation/restoration community remain disengaged from the corporate strategy community? My experience has shown that more often than not, when evaluated on equal terms and in monetary, return-on-investment terms, natural capital scores well against more traditional, artificial features or infrastructure. In other words, investing in natural capital makes business sense- be it for operational efficiency, risk mitigation, or creating new opportunities. Companies know this and are already integrating natural capital and ecosystem services into operations and risk management.
What will facilitate more wholesale uptake of this are the new tools and methodologies that provide consistent, transparent, and credible approaches. Restore the Earth Foundation’s Eco Metrics model and The Natural Capital Coalition Natural Capital Protocol are examples of this contemporary Rosetta Stone. And if biodiversity improves and the environment, local economy, and community benefit in the process, is that not a good thing after all?
Edwin Piñero, President, the Piñero Group LLC
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The Aggregate Expenditures Model in a More Realistic Economy. Four conclusions emerge from our application of the aggregate expenditures model to the simplified economy presented so far. These conclusions can be applied to a more realistic view of the economy.
The aggregate expenditures function relates aggregate expenditures to real GDP. A variable likep i m is not explicitly generated by the national model, but closely related price levels could be extracted from the Wharton-EFU model. 6 B. Tuck, An Aggregate Income Model of a Semi-Autonomous Alaskan Economy (Anchorage: Federal Field Development Committee for Development Planning, ).Cited by: At the far left of the aggregate supply curve, the level of output in the economy is far below potential GDP, which is defined as the quantity that an economy can produce by fully employing its existing levels of labor, physical capital, and technology, in the context of its existing market and legal institutions.
At these relatively low levels Author: OpenStax. In the aggregate expenditure model, equilibrium is the point where the aggregate supply and aggregate expenditure curve intersect. The classical aggregate expenditure model is: AE = C + I.
Classical economics states that the factor payments made during the production process create enough income in the economy to create a demand for the. The aggregate expenditures model relates aggregate expenditures to real GDP.
Equilibrium in the model occurs where aggregate expenditures equal real GDP and is found graphically at the intersection of the aggregate expenditures curve and the degree line. Economists distinguish between autonomous and induced aggregate expenditures.
Their spending becomes the income of producers who will again spend in the market, and create extra income. This process repeats itself, creating a multiplier effect. If the Multiplier (M) =then the aggregate expenditure will increase by $50M X = $ M.
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The study of macroeconomics extends to the following areas: Theory of National Income. Aggregate Expenditure: Export and Imports as a Function of National Income The export function, which shows how exports change with the level of a country’s own real GDP, is drawn as a horizontal line, as in the example in Figure 4(a) where exports are drawn at a level of $ Aggregate demand and aggregate supply: Aggregate demand.
In microeconomics demand only represents the demand for one product or service in a particular market, whereas aggregate demand in macroeconomics is the total demand for goods and services in a period of time at a given price level. The state's economy has been described by University of Alaska Anchorage economist Scott Goldsmith as a "three-legged stool" - with one leg being the petroleum and gas industry, the second leg being the federal government and the third leg being all other industries and services.
Between andthe federal government was responsible for. The Keynesian perspective focuses on aggregate demand. The idea is simple: firms produce output only if they expect it to sell.
Thus, while the availability of the factors of production determines a nation’s potential GDP, the amount of goods and services actually being sold, known as real GDP, depends on how much demand exists across the economy. Chapter The Aggregate Expenditure Model and Equilibrium GDP - Duration: MICHAEL WILBER 3, views.
AP Macroeconomics Graph Review - Prepare for the AP Macro Exam - Duration: If an economy is initially operating at its potential output, then a change in aggregate demand or short-run aggregate supply will induce a recessionary or inflationary gap. Such a gap will be closed in the long run by changes in the nominal wage, which will shift the short-run aggregate supply curve to the left (to close an inflationary gap.
An autonomous expenditure describes the components of an economy's aggregate expenditure that are not impacted by that same economy's real level of income. According to Alaskan state economist Mark Edwards, the multiplier effect of Alaska’s trade with Japan is such that for every $1 billion exported from Alaska to Japan another $ million is added to the state’s economy (Volz, M., ).
Economics Macroeconomics National income and price determination Changes in the AD-AS model in the short run. Changes in the AD-AS model in the short run.
Shifts in aggregate demand. Demand-pull inflation under Johnson. Real GDP driving price. Cost-push inflation.
How the AD/AS model incorporates growth, unemployment, and inflation. This is. Use a diagram to analyze the relationship between aggregate expenditure and economic output in the Keynesian model. Use a diagram to analyze the relationship between aggregate expenditure and economic output in the Keynesian model.
If you're seeing this message, it means we're having trouble loading external resources on our website. Though both AE and AD are calculated by summing the same variables- consumption spending, government expenditures, investment spending and net exports, there are some basic differences- 1.
AE shows the relationship between total spending (dependen. Alaska - Alaska - Economy: The Alaskan economy is conditioned strongly by the state’s continuing status as a frontier.
While the high costs of labour and transportation and complicated environmental and land-use constraints still tend to discourage outside investment, major improvements in infrastructure have lowered the costs of economic transformation significantly.
When the government spends money on goods and services, this affects aggregate expenditures in a public open economy by causing total aggregate expenditures to _____ by the full amount injected into the times the _____ to find the new equilibrium real GDP. The Alaska Resource Development Council hosted its 41 st annual Alaska Resources Conference on Wednesday, November This year’s event was a single day, hosted online.
As in years past, the presentations were from industry experts and provided an insight in to the past year as well as a look forward to the future of Alaska’s resource industry. We calculated our projections using ISER’s econometric model of Alaska’s economy, population, and finances.
The projections are based on two economic scenarios which consist of numerous assumptions about levels of future basic industry activity (both generic and project specific), national economic variables, and state fiscal policy variables.
The Keynesian Theory Keynes's theory of the determination of equilibrium real GDP, employment, and prices focuses on the relationship between aggregate income and expenditure.
Keynes used his income‐expenditure model to argue that the economy's eq. Fig1: Aggregate Demand (AD) Curve. Now that you have a firm picture of aggregate demand, let’s look at the supply side.
Aggregate supply refers to the total amount of goods and services that producers are willing to supply within an economy at a given overall price level. The permanent income hypothesis is a theory of consumer spending which assumes people spend money according to expected long-term average income.
This paper presents a small macroeconomic model describing the main mechanisms of the process of credit creation by the private banking system. The model is composed of a core unit—where the dynamics of income, credit, and aggregate demand are determined—and a set of sectoral accounts that ensure its stock-flow consistency.
In the 's, economists at the Department of Commerce and National Bureau of Economic Research, under the leadership of Nobel Prize winner Simon Kuznets, developed the first comprehensive measures of national income.
The original set of income accounts was presented to Congress in and in a research report, National Income, In. The Investment Multiplier.
The model of Aggregate Expenditures that we are currently considering is often called a Keynesian Model because it was first formulated by British economist John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, published in —at the height of the great depression.
One of the central premises of Keynesian economics is the idea of a multiplier. The Alaska Permanent Fund (APF) is a constitutionally established permanent fund managed by a state-owned corporation, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC).
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It is important to try to under stand these effects for several reasons. First, these projects influence everyone. There are regular counterclockwise cycles involving capacity utilization u (horizontal axis) and the labor share ψ (vertical axis) in the US economy since As in Goodwin’s cyclical growth model, ψ can be interpreted as a Lotka–Volterra predator variable and u as prey.
In a phase diagram, dynamics around the u̇=0 schedule respond to effective demand that econometric estimation ( Start studying University of Alaska Anchorage - Economy A (CRN ) Principles of Macroeconomics Midterm Study Guide.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and. 9 – 4 of price. The IS/LM or IS/MP framework decomposes aggregate demand into flow and stock equilibrium conditions.
The IS/LM model is the more traditional model that is the workhorse of most undergraduate macroeconomics courses. It was originally developed by Hicks (). The income-expenditure model therefore zeroes in on the problem that firms face in a modern capitalist economy of figuring out how much to make and offer for sale in any given period.
Because production and transport of goods takes a lot of time, a firm may have to predict consumer demand for its output a year or more in advance.
the AK model and to summarizing the empirical debate that took place in the s between its proponents and proponents of the neoclassical model of Solow and Swan. The Harrod-Domar model An early precursor of the AK model was the Harrod-Domar model,2 which assumes that the aggregate production function has –xed technological coe¢ cients.
insights into the aggregate demand curve. Any change in aggregate demand causes a change in income, and a change in income causes a change in consumption—which changes aggregate demand and thus income and thus consumption.
The aggregate expenditures model will help us to unravel the important relationship between consumption and real GDP. Structural Analysis of the Alaska Economy _____Overview March Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA Page 4 II. Overview There is no shortage of descriptions of the Alaska economy contained in annual reports, on Web sites, and in special studies.
The Alaska Department of. Say’s Law, as explicated by the great liberal political economist Jean-Baptiste Say (), is the principle that supply constitutes demand, with the corollary that aggregate supply always equals aggregate ’s no more important principle in political economy to get perfectly right – and assiduously avoid getting wrong – than Say’s Law.
1. Simple Keynesian Model. For years economic theory was built on the foundation laid with the publication of Scottish economist Adam Smith's book, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, in Smith and the classical economists that followed believed that governments could be their own worst enemies when it came to the economy.
The spending flows through the aggregate economy such that when we total up all of the increases in income we find that aggregate income has increased by $40 billion -- times the initial spending shock. This is known as the multiplier process.In this model, consumption expenditure is an endogenous variable, meaning that it varies with the level of disposable income, which can be defined as total output (real GDP) less aggregate taxes or Y − T.
The degree to which consumption changes in response to a change in disposable income depends on the marginal propensity to consume (MPC).A representative four-sector aggregate expenditures line is presented in the exhibit to the right.
This red line, labeled C+I+G+(X-M) in the exhibit is positively sloped, indicating that greater levels of income and production generate greater aggregate expenditures by the four macroeconomic sectors.
This positive relation reflects the Keynesian economics principle of effective demand--more.

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When it comes to parental involvement, the common complaint is that parents aren’t involved enough, but there is a flip side to the coin. Believe it or not, it is possible to become overly involved in your child’s education. Here’s how:
- Doing Your Kid’s Homework
We all want our kids to excel in school. Sometimes, this desire becomes so intense that we’ll do just about anything to make sure our children make the grade—even when it means doing it for them. For many parents, this is a slippery slope. One minute you’re showing your child how to do a math problem, and the next minute you’re doing the whole equation for him. Set the precedent early, and let your child know that homework is her responsibility, not yours. Does that mean you shouldn’t intervene at all? Of course not. Young children need lots of help with their assignments, and even older kids need some assistance from time to time, but make sure the final product is your child’s work, not yours. A good rule of thumb: make sure your child is holding the pencil at all times. If you need to show her an example, get your own.
- Fighting Your Child’s Battles
Seeing your kids struggle or suffer is one of the most painful experiences of all for parents. We want them to make good grades, get on the team, win the competition, and be surrounded by friends. This fairy tale doesn’t always play out like we want it to though. Unfortunately, life is disappointing sometimes, and we can’t all get a gold star every time. While it’s tempting to march up to the school or pick up the phone and make it all better for your child, we have to remind ourselves that these “failures” are actually learning experiences. It’s far better to let your child experience setbacks while they’re still in your care than have them leave the nest not knowing how to solve their own problems.
- Blaming the Teacher
Some parents refuse to accept that their children are anything less than perfect. These parents are often overly involved at school in the very worst way. While teachers certainly make mistakes too (I know!), we have to accept the fact that our kids aren’t always right. Instead of blaming the teacher, ask her what you can do to help resolve the situation, and make sure your child takes responsibility for any wrongdoing.
If being involved at school meant only baking cookies for the bake sale from time to time, we’d all excel at it, but in reality, parental involvement is a much more complex issue. Knowing when to stand on the sidelines and when to jump in is always a tough decision. Just remember that the end goal is not for your child to be the best all of the time; it’s for her to learn to be her best, even when you’re not around.

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WASHINGTON -- Covid-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes jumped nearly 80% earlier this summer, driven by rampant spread across the South and much of the West, according to an industry report released Monday.
"The case numbers suggest the problem is far from solved," said Tamara Konetzka, a research professor at the University of Chicago, who specializes in long-term care. She was not involved with the study.
Long-term care facilities account for less than 1% of the U.S. population, but more than 40% of covid-19 deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
The White House announced in late July the release of $5 billion for nursing homes, while launching a program to equip each of some 15,000 facilities with a fast-test machine to screen residents and staff for the coronavirus.
Monday's study from the American Health Care Association found there were 9,715 coronavirus cases in nursing homes the week starting July 26, a 77% increase from a low point the week of June 21. The group is the industry's main trade association.
Weekly deaths rose to 1,706 the week of July 26, an increase of nearly 25% from a low point the week starting July 5.
The virus nationwide has been blamed for over 170,000 deaths and 5.4 million confirmed infections.
Nursing homes in Sun Belt states had more time to prepare than facilities in the Northeast that were hit in late winter and early spring. But Konetzka and other researchers have been warning that once a community anywhere experiences an outbreak, it's only a matter of time before the coronavirus enters its nursing homes. A leading theory is that staffers who don't yet know they're infected unwittingly bring the virus in. Inside, the coronavirus encounters an ideal environment in which to spread among frail older people living in close quarters.
"As the virus surges in Sun Belt states, there's no reason to think it won't affect nursing homes in the same way it did in states that surged earlier," said Konetzka. "We have learned some things about how to minimize the effect in nursing homes, but providers need the tools to implement those best practices. This is the critical role of federal policy that has not been fulfilled-- securing supply chains for [personal protective equipment] and rapid testing."
The industry analysis illustrates the march of the virus across the U.S.
As of the week of May 31, fewer than one-third of the weekly coronavirus cases were from nursing homes in Sun Belt states. But by the week starting July 26, that share was 78%.
Deaths followed a similar pattern. Nursing homes in states across the South and parts of the West accounted for 28% of deaths the week of May 31. That share was 69% by the week starting July 26.
President Donald Trump's administration says it's executing on its plan to provide fast-test machines to nursing homes and make sure that all facilities have the protective equipment they need. But Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said states and nursing homes also have responsibility to safeguard residents. She called on nursing homes to step up their game.
"The reality is that [a] facility's infection control practices is the number one factor leading to the spread of COVID within these facilities," Verma said in a statement. Inspectors "have seen staff forgetting to wash their hands, congregating in break rooms, and wearing [protective equipment] improperly. All the testing in the world is for naught if staff don't adhere to the basic, longstanding infection control practices that the federal government has had in place for years."
10,000 TEXAS DEATHS
On Monday, Texas surpassed 10,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths as the lingering toll of a surge of summer outbreaks continues, and health experts expressed concerns that recent encouraging trends could be fragile as schools begin reopening for 5 million students across the state.
Roughly four in every five of those deaths were reported after June 1. Texas embarked on one of the fastest reopenings in the country in May before an ensuing surge in cases led Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to backtrack and impose a statewide mask order. August has seen an improving outlook, although Texas officials are now concerned that not enough people are seeking tests.
The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 51 new deaths Monday, along with more than 2,700 new cases, Numbers are typically lower on Monday due to reporting lags over the weekends.
Texas joins New York, New Jersey and California as the other states to surpass 10,000 coronavirus deaths. Florida is also approaching the grim milestone.
Hundreds of new deaths have been reported daily in Texas over recent weeks, dampening otherwise positive signs that include hospitalizations falling off by the thousands since July and the rate of positive cases on the decline. Many of the most recent deaths reported actually occurred weeks ago since Texas doesn't add them to the state's tally until death certificates are filed.
School is underway for some Texas students although some districts have pushed back the first day of class until September. And even when school does return, Texas is giving schools the option of offering virtual instruction into November.
Abbott is now urging Texans not to grow complacent as the numbers improve and schools and universities reopen. Already elsewhere in the U.S., new virus clusters have sprung up at the start of the fall semester, some of them linked to off-campus parties and packed clubs.
As states around the country require visitors from areas with high rates of coronavirus infections to quarantine upon arrival, children taking end-of-summer vacations to hot spots are facing the possibility of being forced to skip the start of in-person learning at their schools.
More than a dozen states have such travel advisories, including many in the Northeast along with Alaska, Kentucky and Ohio.
More than 30 states are on the list issued by Connecticut, New York and New Jersey in an attempt to prevent another surge of covid-19 in the region, which was among the hardest hit early in the pandemic. As schools in the Northeast prepare to open early next month, officials are urging parents to be mindful of that guidance while planning any Labor Day getaways.
In Connecticut, where infection numbers are among the lowest in the country, more than half of schools are planning to open for in-person learning. Gov. Ned Lamont made it clear this month that neither students nor teachers would be exempt from quarantine if they visit a hot spot.
"Don't go to South Florida; don't go to Phoenix, Arizona, and skip El Paso, Texas, and I would stay away from Southern California for a while too," said Lamont, a Democrat. "I would stay close to home. I think there are some amazing places you can visit here and do it a lot safer."
'A CULTURE OF MASKS'
Countries that had seen a summer respite from coronavirus outbreaks tracked swiftly rising numbers of new confirmed cases Monday, prompting fears among government leaders and health officials that months of hard-won progress would be lost in just days as vacationers return home.
New restrictions on leisure activities accompanied the final weeks of summer break in Europe. Hourslong traffic jams formed at the Croatia-Slovenia border over the weekend as Austrians trying to beat a midnight quarantine deadline rushed home from a favored coastal vacation spot.
With one goal in mind, the Italian government closed discos, required masks from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. anywhere people might gather and began testing all arriving travelers from Spain, Greece, Malta and Croatia.
"Our priority must be the reopening of schools in September in full safety," Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said. Italy's schools have been closed nationwide since early March.
France's two largest cities, Paris and Marseille, widened the areas where masks are required, and the French government sent riot police to the Marseille region to enforce the requirement.
The country's labor minister is planning negotiations today on making masks mandatory in all workplaces and other employee safety measures. French government studies indicated that at least a quarter of new virus clusters that emerged from May 9 to Aug. 11 were linked to workplaces.
"We need a culture of masks, a culture of protective measures. We failed to deliver this clear message in the first wave," Dr. Giles Pialoux, the head of infectious diseases at Tenon Hospital in Paris, told France Inter radio on Monday. "We need strong and coherent messages. I think the strategy of fear does not work."
In Greece, health officials attributed many new infections to wedding receptions and people ignoring social distancing and other public health protective measures while on vacation. Authorities began carrying out spot checks on ferry passengers returning to the mainland from the Greek islands amid growing concern of vacationers transporting the virus back to cities.
Despite the rise in cases, officials say schools will reopen as planned in Greece on Sept. 7.
Schools in northern regions of the Netherlands are reopening this week with most pupils expected back in classrooms by Wednesday without social distancing or masks. Students returning from vacations in high-risk areas must quarantine at home for 14 days.
In Lebanon, reported coronavirus cases have surged after the devastating blast at the Beirut port earlier this month, prompting medical officials Monday to call for a two-week lockdown. The blast overwhelmed the city's hospitals and badly damaged two playing a key role in treating covid-19 patients.
A new outbreak in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, prompted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to delay the country's national election by four weeks. She said it would be the only postponement in the vote.
In South Korea, a conservative pastor who has been a bitter critic of the country's president tested positive for the coronavirus, health authorities said Monday, two days after he participated in an anti-government protest in Seoul that drew thousands.
In South Africa, which is five months into one of the world's longest and strictest lockdowns, those restrictions finally were bringing signs of progress.
With the number of new cases declining and other indicators showing that South Africa has passed its first peak, the country will resume sales of liquor and cigarettes today, and allow bars, restaurants, gyms, places of worship and other venues to reopen, all with distancing requirements. Schools are set to reopen gradually beginning next week.
South Africa has reported over 589,000 confirmed cases as of Monday accounting for more than half of the 1.1 million cases throughout Africa.
Information for this article was contributed by Pat Eaton-Robb, Mike Catalini, Paul J. Weber, Lori Hinnant and Andrew Meldrum of The Associated Press.


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Benjamin Gregory (1820-1900)
Benjamin Gregory was born at Stokesley in North Yorkshire, the son and grandson of Methodist ministers.
Converted while still at school, he worked as a teacher at Woodhouse Grove for six years from the age of fourteen before entering the Wesleyan ministry.
Gregory worked as a circuit minister until 1868 when he was appointed Connexional Editor; a post which he was to retain for twenty-five years.
One of his priorities as editor was the furthering of the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine as both a 'denominational and a catholic organ' [Conference obituary 1901]. With this in mind he secured as contributors, leading figures from all the major denominations.
A prolific writer, Gregory's major works included Wesleyan Methodist Polity (1888), Memoir of Emma Tatham (1858) and Side Lights on the Conflicts of Methodism (1898).
Gregory served as President of Conference in 1879.
Source: Conference Minutes 1901 and Encyclopedia of World Methodism (1974)

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Members of the Chambersburg School Board are expected to vote Wednesday evening at their regularly scheduled meeting, whether or not to allow students to form a Gay Straight Alliance Club A few weeks ago board members voted five to four not to allow the club. The ACLU and Equality Pennsylvania are threatening to sue. They say the school is violating the Federal Equal Access Act by not providing the same opportunities they give other clubs.
“I think that people need to understand that when you violate the law like this, that’s what happens. And simply put these students deserve
the right to create a GSA and that’s what we’re fighting for. I think they’ve actually heard what is being discussed and they were open to the discussion, so that is definitely a good thing,” said Ted Martin,
Executive Director for Equality Pennsylvania.
The group has over a dozen student members and two faculty advisers.
Members want to be recognized by the school so the can fund raise and get the word out about their club.
Fox43’s Melissa Nardo is at the meeting and will have the latest when a decision is made.


Nikon has officially discontinued its mirrorless cameras in the Nikon 1 lineup. The Japanese company had launched the Nikon 1 series a few years ago to take on the likes of Sony, Olympus, Panasonic, and others, but the lineup was last updated with the Nikon 1 J5 in 2015. The demise of the Nikon 1 has been coming a long time and is not a surprise. The company's home division has now listed all the cameras in the lineup as discontinued and removed them from some sites.
Mirrorless cameras are usually seen as compact alternatives for DSLRs. However, the Nikon 1 cameras have often been criticised for being expensive despite having fewer features and smaller sensors compared to their larger counterparts. The Nikon 1 series made its way into the market in 2011, with the release of the Nikon 1 J1 and Nikon 1 V1 cameras. Since then, there have been 11 different cameras launched in the lineup. A per a report in NikonRumors, Nikon has listed the cameras that have been discontinued, including the Nikon 1 J-series, Nikon 1 S-series, Nikon 1 V-series, and Nikon 1 AW1.
The Nokia 1 cameras are no longer available at major camera retailers like B&H. However, they are not entirely gone yet. You can still find some of these cameras on Nikon's US website or stores like Adorama. Notably, the Nikon 1 series has been listed as 'discontinued' on the company's India store as well.
Given that the latest move by Nikon is a full-fledged discontinuation, the timing seems quite convenient for the company. As per another report by NikonRumors, the company is set to launch two full-frame mirrorless cameras on July 23, suggesting that the Nikon 1 lineup is going to make way for new models. There is no clarity on what Nikon will call its new mirrorless camera lineup, but the company seems ready to get rid of the 'Nikon 1' moniker.


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Happiness is the goal for most of the humankind. Several people believe that it is the be all and end all of all human efforts. But does everything related to happiness give us something positive?
The article happiness makes us less creative claims that there are downsides to happiness. Happy people are less creative to start with. The article claims that creativity calls on persistence and problem solving skills, not positivity.
The article further claims, “But rigor is the key to overcoming obstacles and completing tasks—and good mood doesn’t improve problem-solving, which involves judgments that almost by necessity won’t feel good: critique and evaluation, experimentation and failure. The stress that arises from problems may be unpleasant but it also motivates us to complete tasks, Davis says. In other words, negative emotions are actually beneficial to the creative process.”
Artists have claimed that for a long time. Pain is the core input for artistic creativity, they say. Happy people do not create art as there is no motivation for them to look inside their hearts and make it bare for other people to see. But is this true for other people whose work needs intellectual output? The article claims that problem and challenges that are a requirement for business creativity do not necessarily create positive states in the employees, but they are essential for the creative spark.
According to Ruth Whippman, America’s obsession with happiness is creating a lot of anxiety and is making people unhappy in the end.
“In her new book, America the Anxious, Whippman explores the multibillion dollar happiness industry, and the question of why Americans always seem to be searching for contentment and never finding it. She began researching the book when she moved from always-cynical Britain to always-sunny California, and found that her new friends seemed constantly stressed but were obsessed with talking about happiness. ”
The key concern in the modern age when the basic necessities of food, shelter and clothes is satisfied, is a desire for fulfillment. The main questions that the modern human is asking is does not have anything to do with basic survival but is to do more with the higher needs. And the core higher need is to figure out if one is doing justice to one’s potential. Is one leading an appropriate life?
“Am I with the right person? Am I following my passions? Am I doing what I love? What is my purpose in life? Am I as happy as I should be?” are the questions that come up in every conversation.
“Their answers range from the mundane to the mind-boggling. Yoga and meditation. Keeping a “gratitude journal.” A weekend seminar on how to Unleash the Power Within. Keeping your baby attached to your body for a minimum of 22 hours out of every 24, and, most bafflingly, not least on a practical level, the drinking of wolf colostrum. ”
With so much focus on getting that elusive entity called happiness, it is no wonder that it just slips away. All that these efforts give you is anxiety that comes out of wanting something desperately, trying hard for it and yet being away from it.

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Up To £200 Off!
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This excellent promotion includes both Gazco Riva Cassette and Freestanding Gas Fires, both of which are available to view and enjoy at Dalzell’s of Markethill before you decide to purchase.
Just think of the warm glow of a living flame without all the dirt, mess and cleaning!
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In partnership with leading Gas Fire and Multi-Fuel Stove manufacturer Stovax | Gazco we’ve installed two new live display units to ward off the January blues and winter chill of 2012 in advance of their superb new range of home heating appliances. This includes the Gazco Studio 1 Gas Fire and the Stovax Riva Plus Multi-fuel Stove.
As a Gazco | Stovax Retailer in Northern Ireland for more than 25 years we know the build quality, performance and design of these heating appliance to be second to none, what’s more with their intuitive design they’re a pleasure to operate. Indeed what with home heating oil and electricity prices continuing to rise there’s never been a better time to bring the cosy warmth of a living flame into your home.
Today Stovax is home to one of Europe’s leading range of wood burning and multi fuel stoves, with models and colours to suit all types of interiors. From Traditional Cast Iron & Steel to Contemporary WoodBurning & Multi-fuel Stoves to the latest innovations in Built-In Stoves there really is nothing like the irresistible ambience of a real Stovax Stove.
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Dalzell’s of Markethill are proud to be an official Flo Gas Retailer in Northern Ireland. As a long established Gas Appliance Retailer for more than 50 years it made sense for us to supply our customers with the LPG Gas Cylinders to fuel their appliances. For many people in Northern Ireland LPG Gas Cylinders offer the only way to experience the warmth and convenience of Gas due to our limited piped Natural Gas network. Flo Gas are Northern Ireland’s leading distributor of LPG Gas Cylinders and LPG Gas Cylinder Refills for domestic consumption, together Flo Gas and Dalzell’s of Markethill have been doing business for more than 20 years.
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Have you a particular Household Appliance model or brand in mind and can't see it on our website? Are you purchasing multiple Home Appliances? If so you need to CALL or EMAIL US.
We stock soo many brands and models that the logistics of getting them all on our site with up to date prices is a bit beyond us. Some manufacturers also for a variety of reasons discourage us from placing their electricals online. What's more we sell large quantities of Home Appliances very quickly and certain models can be sold out before they even reach our website!


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“Hormones” of the Pineal Gland
MEDICAL research at the biochemical level necessitates thinking about disease on a wide basis. Incidental knowledge acquired in the study of one disease has often proved to be of great use in the understanding or treatment of another.
The serotonin story is a good example of this, the gradual unfolding of its theme having been undertaken by scientists whose primary interests included mental, cardiovascular, endocrine, dermatologic and neoplastic disease.1 Serotonin was first isolated from the blood by Rapport, Green, and Page at the Cleveland Clinic because they were interested in its effects on blood pressure. Later it was found to be present in brain and was thought to be a neurohormone. In fact, the hallucinogenic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) were thought to be due to the serotonin antagonistic action of this compound.
It was then observed that the carcinoid syndrome was due to large quantities of serotonin produced by the neoplastic tissue, and as an aid to the diagnosis of the condition, Udenfriend, Titus, Weissbach, and Peterson2 identified the major urinary metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid. Other metabolic pathways, however, were unknown.
Since we thought that the metabolism of serotonin might be related to mental and cardiovascular diseases a study of this complex problem was begun at the Cleveland Clinic in 1957. Animals were given radioactive serotonin, and new metabolites including acetyl serotonin were identified. Other studies also indicated that whereas the catecholamines became inactivated, serotonin and its derivatives, in some respects, became more active when O-methylated.
Attention then became . . .

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“Textured, simple, and easy to adapt, the Willow Line is fun and perfect. Make a headband in one night, give a quick gift or just fortify your ears for your morning walk. Free Willow Earwarmer Crochet Pattern by DivineDebris.com also makes a easy travel pattern, because you can grab a couple colors, stuff ‘em into a bag and make it anywhere without worrying if you missed your place in your pattern.”
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1st Place - Case Study
Making Markets Work for Small Holder Farmers and Rural Producers in Bangladesh
Project Manager: Nurun Nahar
Date: April 2007 - Present
Donor: European Commission
The ‘Marking markets work for smallholder farms and rural producers’ project focuses on four districts of Bangladesh. The Gaibandha district is used here to illustrate the impacts and lessons learned.
Practical Action is working with four local NGOs and 12 small-scale grassroots associations.
Dairy, beef and pottery were selected as the most promising subsectors to help smallholder farmers challenge poverty.
Objective: To increase income and employment opportunities from production and trade in farm and non-farm activities for marginalised rural communities in Bangladesh.
One of the main challenges addressed by the project is the low income and livelihood opportunities of dairy producers and other marginalised market actors, such as local vets, due to lack of access to appropriate credit, low investment and low returns.
What we did:
Participatory Market Mapping: bringing market actors together to find blockages and opportunities
Once the dairy sub-sector had been selected for Gaibandha district, the project team facilitated Participatory Market Mapping Workshops along with key actors from the market system to identify constraints and opportunities. The main barriers to sector growth were identified as:
- Low volumes of milk production
- Low working capital for collectors
- No capital for purchasing motor vehicles to increase paravets’ outreach
- No reinvestment in the agro-vet drugs and inputs shop
- No credit options for commercial grass cultivation
To address these constraints, the project facilitated the formation of groups or associations of producers, collectors, paravets and processors to increase their coordination and influence. The project also created the District Enterprise Development Network (DEDN), a space for public and private market actors to collaborate around the implementation of strategies and activities aimed at tackling some of the barriers mentioned above.
The project organised “market tours” for key market actors to listen to the experiences of smallholder farmers who were not getting appropriate credit and other services and inputs.
Helping market actors to identify critical problems and come up with solutions that work for them
During the market mapping workshops, market actors identified that access to appropriate credit services at different points of the value chain was a critical leverage point to transform the market system. The team conducted rapid market surveys which showed that around Tk8’125,000 ($110,000) were required for 284 value chain actors. The survey also showed that the available credit was 10 times greater than required in only four finance institutions that were providing small agricultural loans.
The project sent a list of interested actors and their credit needs to those four banks so that the banks could meet them and assess their credit needs and business capacity.
Building connections and trust between market actors
The project team consulted with partner NGOs which have existing micro-credit programs to extend credit of a maximum of Tk10,000 ($140) with 12.5% interest rate. After a series of consultations, they customized their credit program to increase the loan ceiling, increase the duration of repayment etc. for small holder livestock farmers.
The project identified finance institutions who were providing loans to small and medium livestock enterprises and tried to link them up with marginalised farmers. At the beginning, project staff had difficulties helping smallholder livestock farmers access Tk40,000-50,000 ($550-$680) for purchasing hybrid cows to produce higher volumes of milk. However, visible impacts at the market system level are motivating banks and other finance institutions to change their attitudes and practices to give credit to the entire value chain. For example, loans have been disbursed to 122 dairy market actors in Gaibandha District. This is also making smallholder farmers in other sub-sectors more confident about the growth potential of their own plots and business.
Building the skills of strategic actors (not just the “poor”)
The project carried out learning sessions for finance institutions about credit policies and products and to share experiences about appropriate credit packages, facilities and repayment system, amongst other issues. As a result, a bank which has SME and agricultural development credit programs (BSCIC) and other local credit providers introduced improved credit packages that are more suitable to the needs of different market actors and less risky to the most marginalised smallholders.
Over the past two and a half years, value chain actors in the dairy market in Gaibandha district have increased their business volumes after receiving customised credit amounting to Tk2’972,000 ($40,000). As a result, business transactions of milk and calves producers have increased by 200% in two years.
With this extra income, producers are more aware of children’s schooling, quality food, social responsibilities, as well as proper cattle management. By observing these changes in the producers’ livelihoods, milk producers who were not part of producers groups are now forming them or joining existing ones to increase their access to credit. Based on producer groups’ recommendation, banks and other credit institutions have assessed non-group members for value chain financing.
Increased Paravet Incomes
A total of 24,397 marginalised farmers are getting services from paravets selected by the project. These local veterinarians are carrying out vaccinations, primary treatments and deworming.
Using credit provided by the local finance institutions, paravets purchased motorbikes and treatment kits which, in turn, allowed them to provide faster, higher-quality services to more smallholder farmers. As a result, paravets’ incomes have increased 300%.
Milk Collectors Loan Assistance
With the help of the project, milk collectors received their first loan ever for business expansion. They invested part of the money in better and larger milk pots which allowed them to trade larger amounts of milk. “If we see the collectors’ milk market is ensured and the processors are proactive to buy milk, we feel secure to give loans as the collectors are already in the market chain” said the manager of the credit provider KSB. This proactiveness of the processors leads to increased sales targets with higher quality, processed milk.
The project created an understanding that value chain financing in the dairy sub-sector offers an opportunity to increase the scope of the sector while reducing the associated cost and risk. The changing attitudes of the credit organizations led to more stability of each business and a comprehensive new look at the value chain financing model, tools and approaches.
If all market actors build strong relationships between them, credit institutions are more willing to extend credit. This was one of the most important lessons for the facilitation of improving credit services.
If the project had not facilitated links with DEDN, but rather provided seed-money to the value chain actors, the project would have created market distortions, dependency and business uncertainty.
Carrying out Participatory Market Mapping is vital to identifying the leverage points for future interventions. Through this process, the stakeholders themselves identified that lack of value-chain financing is the common barrier for sector growth. The project team easily designed the intervention whilst staying within budget. This cost-effective approach for market development increased the stakeholders’ confidence and ownership of the process of market development. After the market map had been reviewed and the changes visualised, the paravet association has now drawn a separate market map to identify the leverage points of the paravet service sector.
Another lesson learned from this project is that credit can give access to simple technologies that make agreat difference such as:
- Gloves and covered milk pots to improved hygiene
- Lactometers for measuring quality of milk
- Women-friendly grass-cutting machines to reduce required effort and time
- Using aprons during vaccination and minor operations to reduce livestock infection and mortality
These simple and low cost technologies could inspire the credit providers to extend further credit as they can observe their credit is providing added quality and improved incomes.

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China Umbrella Museum ranks as one of the three national themed museums in China, and the first umbrella-themed museum in the world.
Brief of China Umbrella Museum
Rainy Jiangnan is responsible for the unique and deep-rooted umbrella culture reigning Hangzhou. As an indispensable part of Hangzhou local life, umbrellas have inspired countless folklore stories and legends. Among them, Legend of the White Snake has endured as the greatest Chinese love story. Here goes a brief introduction of the plot: Lady White Snake lent an umbrella to Xuxian with who lady White Snake was genuinely being in love and thus began their remarkable romance.
Situated on the west bank of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the millennium-old Gongchen Bridge, China Umbrella Museum ranks as one of the three national themed museums in China, and the first umbrella-themed museum in the world. Covering an area of 2,411 square meters, this unassuming haven houses a constellation of exhibitions depicting the variants, culture, history, stories, craftwork, and art of umbrellas. You can not only feast your eyes on a kaleidoscope of fans accumulated over various dynasties and throughout the country, but also exotic fans from all over the world, such as Spain, Japan and Britain.
Among all the exhibitions contained within the China Umbrella Museum, Wanminsan(万民伞), a kind of enormous umbrellas used by commoners to express thanks for their local officials, stand out as the most notable ones. It is said that the more Wanmingsan an official receives, the more popular he is among the citizens.

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If recent news indicates that “Kick-Ass 2” lackluster performance will hinder the creation of “Kick-Ass 3,” Matthew Vaughn is not having any of that.
The producer wants two more films out of the franchise, one will be “Kick-Ass 3”, and the other is a “Hit-Girl” spin-off.
Movie Pilot reported that Vaughn is planning to put Chloe Grace Moretz (Hit-Girl) on the spotlight in a “Hit-Girl” prequel.
He promises that it will restore the faith of fans who did not appreciate “Kick-Ass 2” and would also translate to the return of Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz in “Kick-Ass 3.” “Do you know what’s going to be next if I do it…
we’ve finished plotting it.
What we have to do is, we’ve got to do the First Class to the Kick-Ass world.
We lost a few fans on Kick-Ass 2.
It wasn’t as loved as one would’ve hoped.
So we have this idea for a Hit-Girl prequel.
It’s a really strong, really simple prequel where I think we can regain the love and the passion.
If that happens, I’m pretty sure I can persuade Aaron and Chloe to come back and finish the story of Kick-Ass with Kick-Ass 3…Mark [Millar] and I have already plotted Hit Girl.
We have to get the script done next.
It’s so far out there, you have no idea,” Vaughn said.
Meanwhile, he wants to see the film in the eyes of “The Raid” director Gareth Evans who is considered to be one of the best action film directors.
“We spoke about it to Gareth Evans a couple of years ago.
I’d get someone like that, a really bold, clever director.
Most of it is set in the far east,” he said.

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In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
—Psalm 4:8 NLT
Everything rages without, but I have peace within. Life is a whirlwind, and, thankfully, it is beyond my control. My life is not mine to manage. It is yours. You, O Lord, hold me safely through circumstances that threaten. The gift you gave me, which at first brought joy, now is one that stretches me. Daily it calls for my surrender, and in my surrender, I find your strength and your hand guiding me. You protect my heart in each sudden change. You draw me close in moments which previously would have wounded. I am but clay in your hands. Nothing devours my peace. Nothing. I have chosen you, and in that choice, I am free.
At night, you guard my mind and keep me safe from thoughts of the day. You are my pillow who cushions. You are my cover who protects. You are my comforter who reassures. You hold me, and I am at rest in you. In peace, I close my eyes at night and sleep.
© 2018 Lynn Lacher


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15th May 2020
We hope this letter finds you and your family in good health.
We are re-opening on Wednesday 20th May.
Since we saw you last many things have changed with the arrival of Covid 19.
However, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to your wellbeing.
Our office is following guidance from the Irish Dental Council, Irish Dental Association and the Orthodontic Society of Ireland.
We want to tell you about the extra infection control procedures we are following in our practice to keep patients and staff safe in light of the pandemic.
• There is a questionnaire with screening questions attached to this email. Please complete this and bring it to your appointment if possible.
Our office will communicate with you to confirm your appointment beforehand and to ask you about the completed questionnaire.
You will be asked those same questions again when you arrive for your appointment and your temperature may be taken.
• Please phone the office on arrival to the car park and if possible wait in your car until we are ready to see you.
• We have a hand sanitiser station set up in the porch and we ask you to use it when you enter and leave the office. You will also find sanitizers in the reception area and other places in the office for you to use as needed.
• If you need to use the waiting room please adhere to the social distancing guidelines and sit 2 metres apart. We also have prepared a second large waiting room upstairs (top of the stairs on right side).
You may see that our waiting room will no longer offer magazines since these are difficult to clean and disinfect.
• Please come to your appointment alone and in the case of children can you please have only one chaperone accompanying the child in treatment.
• Appointments will be managed to allow for social distancing between patients. That might mean that you are offered fewer options for scheduling your appointment. We will do our best to allow greater time between patients to reduce waiting times for you, as well as to reduce the number of patients in the reception area at any one time.
• Please refrain from using the toilets if possible.
We look forward to seeing you again and are happy to answer any questions you may have about the steps we are taking to keep you and every patient safe in our practice.
To make an appointment, please call our office at 051 879227.
Thank you for being our patient. We value your trust and loyalty and look forward to welcoming you all back and achieving an excellent orthodontic result safely.
Con, Mary and all the team at O’Keeffe Orthodontics

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How crazy is this: DSV goes hostile on Expeditors or CH Robinson?
Flying low, way too low…
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We continue to make further meaningful restoration and related progress with our business continuity plan coordinating our operations. Our enterprise brokerage, transportation, and accounting systems are online and are being integrated into our global operations. EDI connectivity is beginning to come online with order management, distribution, external portals, and other systems to follow. Systems resumption will continue to expand this week, and into the next few weeks barring unforeseen circumstances.
Our cooperation with law enforcement and collaboration with private sector security organizations continues in an effort to prevent future attacks.
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In 2006, just days after President Bush signed into law the bill reauthorizing core provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a small water district in Austin, Texas filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. challenging the preclearance provision known as Section 5 of the Act. Section 5 is widely regarded as the heart of the Voting Rights Act, and the Act is regarded as one of the most effective and important laws ever passed by Congress.
Why is Section 5 important? It serves as our democracy’s discrimination checkpoint and keeps the pathways to the polling booths safe by requiring many of those jurisdictions with some of the most prolonged histories of racial discrimination in voting to submit proposed voting changes for federal approval before they can legally take effect. This approval or preclearance process both detects and deters voting discrimination while shifting the burden of proving discrimination away from the voters.
Due to its history of discrimination, Texas is a jurisdiction covered under Section 5. In its lawsuit, the water district sought to end its responsibility for having changes to its election laws undergo preclearance and challenged the constitutionality of Section 5. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) intervened in the lawsuit to defend Section 5 on behalf of the African-American voters whose voting rights were directly impacted by the law. A year later LDF, the United States, and other civil rights interveners successfully defended Section 5 before a federal court. The court rejected the constitutional challenge and the water district’s attempt to exempt itself from preclearance through a bailout provision in the statute.
Of course, the battle did not end there. The lawyer for the water district, who had testified against reauthorization before Congress in 2006, was determined to ask the Supreme Court to do what Congress and the President had refused to – end Section 5’s vital voter protections. The water district sought to have its case heard by the Supreme Court. LDF, along with many other civil rights advocates, responded by submitting a brief to the Supreme Court detailing the extensive record compiled by Congress of pervasive and continuing voting discrimination, which justifies the need for the minority voter protections in states like Texas.
On April 29, 2009 Debo Adegbile, LDF Associate Director-Counsel/Director of Litigation, argued before the Supreme Court in defense of Section 5. The opposing counsel attempted to challenge the provision’s constitutionality by claiming that the progress over the years provided a reason for the Supreme Court to disregard Congress’s judgment regarding the continuing necessity of Section 5. Despite opposing counsel’s argument that the election of the nation’s first African-American president nullified its need, the Court did not invalidate Section 5. Instead, the Court decided that places like the water district could apply to bailout if they could show a clean voting record for 10 years. In its opinion, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court recognized that “[t]he historic accomplishments of the Voting Rights Act are undeniable.”
The Court’s decision ensures that minority voters will continue to have the safeguards provided by the Section 5 preclearance process.
Justice Clarence Thomas was the sole dissenter in the case, and he explained that he would have invalidated Section 5.


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The event was attended by Dr Axel Wabenhorst, Australian ambassador to Qatar; Raed al-Emadi, chief commercial officer at the Qatar Financial Centre; and Aysha al-Romaihi, Business Development manager at Qatar Business Incubation Centre. Hilal Ali al-Kuwari and Sheikh Ahmad Faleh al-Thani, who are the senior incubation adviser and incubation adviser, respectively, at Qatar Development Bank, also made an appearance.
Servcorp now has three coworking locations in Doha, 160+ across the globe and over 50,000 members of its global commercial community.
Burj Doha, or Doha Tower, has been home to Servcorp’s third Coworking space in Qatar for five years.
Designed by Jean Nouvel and the recipient of the title of the Best Tall Building in the Middle East and North Africa region, Burj Doha is strategically located on Corniche Road in the dynamic business district of West Bay.
Taking a non-traditional route, the fully-furnished Coworking space will provide workplace solutions for companies looking to establish a branch office, entrepreneurs looking for flexible workspaces to host their teams, and local businesses looking to cut their operational budget, the statement explains.
All of Qatar’s locations are located in the West Bay business hub.
Their Tornado Tower space on level 22 and Commercial Bank Plaza location on Levels 14 and 15 are over 80% occupied and the clients grow their business by trading within the Servcorp commercial community across the region, the company adds.
Fabienne Hajjar, senior manager at Servcorp, believes that their office in Burj Doha provides the highest level of convenience for business owners while still being economic.
Al-Emadi noted, We are delighted to be co-operating with Servcorp, a company that is making valuable contributions to Qatar’s growth as an international hub for business and entrepreneurship.”
Hajjar added, “Servcorp is an ideal workspace provider for every scale of business – from startup to multinational – and we encourage the nation’s entrepreneurs to visit us and discover this exciting new Coworking space for themselves.” doha coworking space


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Fime has become the first company to be authorised by Isis to certify products, including mobile handsets and secure elements, for the US NFC venture. “Rigorous testing of handsets and secure elements from the beginning and throughout the development process will guarantee quicker time to market for vendors,” says the testing specialist.
- Rambus explores five key reasons retailers should have a mobile wallet
- TSB to roll out iris scanning tech
- Wells Fargo wants its ‘Control Tower’ to manage your digital financial life
- Mastercard expands QR payments choice
- Amazon Pay Places lets you pay for real-world shopping using your Amazon info


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A video is being shared on social media claiming that it shows an underwater volcanic eruption near Sumatra in Indonesia.
The post is shared with a caption: “Ever seen Volcano eruption underwater? Here it is somewhere near Sumatra Indonesia.”
Here’s the link to the above post.
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be not real.
On putting the screengrabs of the keyframes through Reverse Image Search, we found the original video in an article dated October 20, 2017.
The video is created by an Australian geologist and is a representation of an underwater volcanic eruption off the coast of New Zealand.
This simulation video only shows what could happen if an underwater volcano erupts close to an inhabited mainland.
In 2019, NewsMobile debunked the same video when it was shared as the Sinabung volcano eruption in Indonesia.
No! The volcano in the video is not Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano
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What is Intuitive Eating Coaching?
In the culture that we live in it’s extremely challenging to have a healthy relationship with food and your body. As a registered clinical counsellor, I’ve seen so many people struggle to make peace with food and their body. I was so relieved when I finally heard about (and later took training in) intuitive eating.
Intuitive eating is the process of listening to your body’s internal cues and wisdom rather than relying on external cues (diets, restrictive rules, etc.) to tell you what, when, and how much to eat. Through the process of intuitive eating you learn to trust your body’s wisdom by becoming in touch with your hunger and fullness cues and giving yourself permission to eat food in a way that is flexible and enjoyable (yes that means being able to enjoy all foods!). Intuitive eating is not a diet or a food philosophy but a way of connecting with the intuitive signals that are inherent in all of us. Although we are all born with the ability to eat intuitively, many of us become disconnected from our body’s wisdom and intelligence.
We become disconnected through our experiences of:
Dieting and controlling our food
Growing up in our family of origin
Trauma and oppression
Internalizing cultural messages that we need to be thin in order to be happy and healthy and that our worth depends on the size, shape, and weight of our body (these messages are so prevalent and so difficult to challenge).
Intuitive eating will help you to reclaim your relationship with your food and your body in a way that is compassionate and connected. You can learn to trust your body, enjoy the pleasure of eating, and free up time and energy spent thinking about food and your body to bring more balance and joy in your life. This means having more time to pursue the things that are meaningful to you (because really food is just food and doesn’t need to take over your life). Here are some signs that intuitive eating coaching might be the right answer for you:
You’ve tried controlling your eating through dieting, counting calories, cutting out carbohydrates or sugar, or through various other eating plans only to find that you lose weight initially but then regain it all back and sometimes end up at a heavier weight than you started at.
If dieting hasn’t worked you, you are not a failure. In fact scientific research shows that dieting fails 95% of the time (I know this isn’t yet common knowledge but trust me its based on years of evidence based research and millions of people’s personal experiences). There are powerful biological and psychological mechanisms that prevent you from losing and keeping off weight. Instead of focusing on weight loss, I focus on well being and reconnecting with and learning to respect and honor your body (your body will be with you your whole life so time to stop fighting against it!)
You struggle to accept your body. Every time you look in the mirror you feel shame and have tried countless different ways to control your eating in hopes that it will bring you a different body.
I hear you. You are not alone. It’s so hard to accept your body in the culture that we live in. We internalize so many messages about our bodies from our culture, our family or origin, and everyone around us. Despite this it is challenging but possible to have a healthy relationship to your body and to still be able to enjoy all foods (yes that means no more cutting out foods that you love!).
You feel guilty every time you eat something that is unhealthy and the list of foods that you no longer eat is getting longer and longer making it difficult to socialize and eat out at restaurants. On top of that foods are becoming more and more difficult to digest.
There are some pretty powerful messages in our culture how bad carbs are and how we are all addicted to sugar (both are false and there is amazing scientific evidence to prove why). Trying to eat healthy is a noble cause but when it becomes an obsession and there are more and more things you can no longer enjoy, food starts to take over your life. Eating becomes very stressful. If you are fearful of eating certain foods and have a lot of anxiety around food this will greatly impact your digestion and will often result in cutting out more foods (in hopes to relieve your digestion problems). So lets explore not just the foods that you’re eating but also your relationship to food so you can enjoy a wider variety of foods (we weren’t meant to just eat vegetables and protein) because eating is how we connect, socialize with others, and celebrate meaningful events (and really that is the one of the best parts about living isn’t it?)
You find that you can control your eating up to a certain point but then all of the sudden you are stressed and you find yourself, bingeing/overeating and feeling out of control around food.
Bingeing is actually a normal response to controlling your eating. We often target binge eating as the problem but yet the problem often start with restrictive eating. Intuitive eating allows you to have a healthy relationship with food so that you no longer to control your eating and as a result you no longer feel out of control around your eating.
You use exercise as a way of giving yourself permission to eat or engage in overexercise as a way to control the size or shape of your body.
It makes total sense that you would try to do this. Exercise has become the most socially acceptable way to try to control our eating and our bodies. There are so many benefits to exercise but we when use it in a way that is overly rigid, we sometimes becomes obsessed with it and we no longer enjoying moving out bodies. Exercise starts to feel like a chore (especially when its paired with dieting) rather than a meaningful way of connecting to our bodies (and that just isn’t right because when we can enjoy moving our bodies it feels so good and benefits us in so many ways).
You find yourself engaging in emotional eating and turning to food when you feel bored, sad, lonely, angry etc.
Sometimes emotional eating can be a reaction to restricting and controlling your food and sometimes it can happen when you don’t have the tools and to connect with and process your emotions. Intuitive eating will help to better manage your stress and find other more adaptive coping mechanisms so that you not longer have to turn to food to help you cope.
If any of the above resonated with you….
It's time to reclaim your relationship with food and your body.
Let’s do this together…
I’m Lorilee Keller, a registered clinical counsellor and intuitive eating coach and I want you to be able to enjoy a health relationship with food and your body (because every human deserves this). That’s why I offer Intuitive Eating Coaching in person and on the phone (across British Columbia). Curious to know more? Contact me for your free consultation

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Former US Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney (D-GA,) brought her "Truth Tour" to the historic Union Baptist Church, in Baltimore, MD, on August 25, 2011. Ms. McKinney has just returned from a fact-finding mission to war-torn Libya. In her remarks, she made some compelling comments about how the government and the "Special Interests Press" have used, and continues to use, their considerable resources to "demonize" peace and social justice activists. Ms. McKinney cited some examples of the activists targeted, via demonization. Of course, there are many more in that category. What I've noticed over the years, sadly, is how people who should know better buy into the demonization process. The event was sponsored by the "International Action Center." To learn more, go to: http://www.iacenter.org/ See a longer video of Ms. McKinney's comments, at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVJMSZsXeA
from William Hughes
On August 25, 2011, a rally was held at the Historic Union Baptist Church in Baltimore, MD. The principal speaker was ex-Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVJMSZsXeA Speaking in support of her "Truth Tour to Libya" were activists from a wide coalition of organizations. They included: the Rev. Cortly CD Witherspoon, Sharon Black, Fred Mason, Dr. W. Randy Short, Nick Powell, and others. The activists are featured on this video. The event was sponsored by the "International Action Center" and a coalition of peace and justice groups. To learn more, go to: http://www.iacenter.org/ See excerpts from Ms. McKinney's remarks at: .youtube.com/watch?v=mPVJMSZsXeA
Nassim Taleb describes clearly how the banks have hi-jacked the government and made slaves of us all.
from: Bill Hughes
Former US Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) brought her "Truth Tour" to the historic Union Baptist Church, in Baltimore, MD. She spoke before a SRO audience on Thursday evening, August 25, 2011. Ms. McKinney has just returned from a fact-finding mission to war-torn Libya. She labeled NATO's attack on Libya as "a War Crime." The event was sponsored by the "International Action Center" and a coalition of peace and justice groups. To learn more, go to: http://www.iacenter.org/
Chile has seen its first two-day national strike since the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. This follows clashes with police in recent weeks as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against conservative President Sebastian Pinera. On the first day of the strike, protesters barricaded roads and burned tyres in parts of the capital, Santiago. The strike was called by Chile's main umbrella trade union CUT. Other national strikes since Pinochet's time 20 years ago have been called just for one day.
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Activists opposing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline staged a sit-in on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the White House. About 50 to 60 of the activists were arrested for engaging in an act of Civil Disobedience. To learn the exact number arrested and the charges against each, go to: http://www.tarsandsaction.org/
The world is now seeing the economic uncertainty of the U.S. but for many Americans, it has been apparent for quite some time. Economic despair has been spreading across our nation and it can be seen by the rising number of middle class Americans losing their homes. In some cases, joblessness and inability to pay rent has forced people to live in their cars, shelters, or on the sidewalk.
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