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The blurb: The story of Scarlett and Rosie March, two highly-skilled sisters who have been hunting Fenris (werewolves) – who prey on teen girls – since Scarlett lost her eye years ago while defending Rosie in an attack. Scarlett lives to destroy the Fenris, and she and Rosie lure them in with red cloaks (a colour the wolves can’t resist), though Rosie hunts more out of debt to her sister than drive. But things seem to be changing. The wolves are getting stronger and harder to fight, and there has been a rash of news reports about countless teenage girls being brutally murdered in the city.
Scarlett and Rosie soon discover the truth: wolves are banding together in search of a Potential Fenris – a man tainted by the pack but not yet fully changed. Desperate to find the Potential to use him as bait for a massive werewolf extermination, the sisters move to the city with Silas, a young woodsman and long time family friend who is deadly with an axe. Meanwhile, Rosie finds herself drawn to Silas and the bond they share not only drives the sisters apart, but could destroy all they’ve worked for.
My review: This book came to me as a review copy from the publisher and I was immediately struck by the cover, the red foil is extremely striking and in a genre saturated with red, white and black covers this really stood out.
I also really liked the fable imagery that was employed. This is a refreshing new take on the Little Red Riding Hood we’re all familiar with. Granny indeed does get eaten but the little red riding hoods of the story don’t take it lying down. They bide their time and come out fighting. I was happy with the empowerment of the sisters, they weren’t resting on their laurels and relying on defense they were in full commando attack mode!
Scarlett is your typical anti-hero. She’s not always likeable and sometimes I found her sole focus on hunting somewhat two dimensional. Even for a scarred character there should be some hope for redemption and release from overwhelming responsibility. The contrast between herself and Rosie was almost too overstated. But I did love the new take on the werewolves, there may be almost as many books on werewolves now as there are on vampires so a new take should always be applauded.
This was a catchy read, which I enjoyed, reminded me a bit of Robin McKinley who is one of my favourite authors.
7 out of 10 stars! *******
BUY ME! Sisters Red: v. 1


At this point everyone should know about the novel coronavirus epidemic that has been weighing heavy over China, and in certain areas throughout the rest of the world. The outbreak which began in late December 2019 has become widely known to the public from early January 2020.
While the worst of the epidemic seems to be over health-wise, the effects on China’s (and the world’s) economy have just began to materialize.
In response, the Chinese Government has rushed to present reforms and policies to aid enterprises doing business in China, especially those that have a role in preventing the further spread of the epidemic, as well as a fast and smooth resolution of the outbreak.
Many provinces have introduced countermeasures to help companies fight “the epidemic war” with the Government of Shanghai particularly active. We shall present the most relevant policies below:
1. Reductions in Social Contributions: In 2020, Shanghai Gov will return 50% of the total unemployment insurance premiums actually paid in the previous year to qualified employers that do not lay-off employees/minimize lay-offs.
2. Postponing the Adjustment of the Social Security Payment Base: The adjustment of social contributions’ base will happen from July 1, with a postponement of 3 months.
3. The Social Insurance Payment Period can be extended: Residents who fail to complete registration and payment of social insurance premiums on time are allowed to reapply after the epidemic. No late fee will be applied if the application is done within 3 months after the outbreak.
4. Implementation of a subsidy policy for training fees: For enterprises that, during the suspension period, allow their employees to participate to online training or other special training organized by local education institutions, a subsidy of up to 95% of the training costs may be granted.
5. Enterprises playing Key Roles in Epidemic Prevention: These companies shall receive VAT exemptions, easier access to loans (and with lower interests), easier access to SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange) for alternative ways of financing, subsidies for R&D activities and up to 80% of a refund of total costs incurred in technology upgrading, import duties and import-linked value-added tax and consumption tax exemptions when importing relevant material & faster custom clearance.
6. Rent Reduction / Exemption: SMEs renting non-residential properties from Shanghai-based state-owned enterprises will have their rent for February and March waived. Large-scale commercial buildings, shopping malls, industrial parks and other market operators are encouraged to reduce rental for tenants physically operating in the buildings.
7. Delay in tax filing: Taxpayers who have difficulties in making timely tax payment due to the epidemic and who meet the conditions for delay in payment shall be permitted to defer payment in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations for a maximum period of 3 months.
8. General Tax Incentives: Enterprises in hard-hit sectors may extend the carry-forward period of annual losses in 2020 from a maximum of 5 to 8 years. Goods donated are exempted from VAT, consumption tax as well as additional taxes and fees. Medical workers and disease control professionals who have participated in the epidemic prevention and control shall be exempted from individual income tax on stipend and bonuses.
9. Bank Support: Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Bank of Shanghai, and Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank are encouraged to lend more and to extend more credit to businesses that are on the frontier of combating the epidemic, businesses in hard-hit sectors as well as SMEs. Other financial institutions in Shanghai are also encouraged to do the same.
Efforts will be made to increase credit and loan support to enterprises from the hardest-hit industries. Enterprises with difficulties in repaying due loans will be supported by modifying the repayment schedule, extending the repayment period and renewing loans without the principal being repaid.
10. Reduction of employee’s medical insurance premium rate: For 2020 a reduction of 0.5% will be applied to payments of employee’s medical insurance.
11. Cultivation and support to the development of new technologies, new models and new forms of businesses: SMEs will be given stronger support by way of sci-tech innovation e-coupons; quota cap for sci-tech innovation coupons handled in 2020 is to be increased from 300,000RMB to 500,000RMB. Telecom operators are encouraged to provide free cloud-based office services for more than 6 months, such as on-line video conference to SMEs seriously affected by the epidemic.
12. Improvement of corporate credit repair mechanisms: Shanghai will actively assist enterprises in the remedying of their corporate credit affected by the epidemic. Enterprises who suffer credit damage due to delay in delivery, loan repayment and contract fulfillment incurred by their participation in the anti-epidemic work will not be recorded in the credit blacklist.
Further verifications are needed to fully understand all of these measures, in particular who can be deemed eligible, for which period, and how to access the subsidies.
Upon our examination, we can also confirm that similar policies apply in Beijing, Jiangsu Province (Suzhou, Taizhou, Yancheng), Zhejiang Province (Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Huzhou, Ningbo), Shandong Province, Fujian Province (Fuzhou, Quanzhou) & Jiangxi Province.
The Local, as well as the Central Government are working tirelessly to ensure a smooth and quick resolution of the current epidemic, as well as to ensure support to enterprises doing business in China. On our side, we can hope for a fast resolution of this situation and, above all else, STAY STRONG!


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Zoutkloof — Defending Champion Hank McGregor is just one stage away from claiming his 13th Berg River Marathon title, but the fight for second looks likely to go down to the final sprint at Velddrif on Saturday.
In the long 75km stage from Bridgetown to Zoutkloof on Friday, the four leaders broke away after the portage around the Misverstand Dam Wall about 16km into the stage, and then worked together to build a gap on the chasers. McGregor crossed the line third, but just a second behind Thomas Lovemore and Jeremy Maher, with David Evans a second further back.
The stage result means McGregor comfortably maintains a two-minute, 26-second lead over Lovemore, with Maher only being relegated to third on the basis of split seconds as they finished each of the opening three stages together.
Evans is comfortable in fourth with some tight battles taking place further down the top ten with former winner Jacques Theron and surfski ace Kenny Rice within a second of each other in the fight for fifth, and the same applies to Ant Lake and Daniel Jacobs in their showdown for seventh.
In the women’s race, the positions were consolidated on Day 3 as Christy Shrimpton added another 11 minutes to her already big overnight lead and now has a 24-minute cushion, while second-placed Bianca Beavitt added more time to her advantage and leads third-placed Ansune Basson by just over an hour.
With just the final 57km stage into Velddrif remaining on Saturday, it seems certain the women’s positions are secure and it would take a major drama to alter the women’s podium.
The men’s winner also looks to be secure and only a massive upset – on the scale of a long swim, broken equipment or illness – can derail McGregor’s attempt to add another South African title and Berg River Marathon trophy to an already impressive list of accolades.
“Just like the first day we had a four boat bunch again,” said Lovemore after crossing the line. “At the dam I think we all had the same idea and we ran as hard as we could and got in together at the bottom and that set us up for a really good day.
“We then sort of spoke amongst ourselves and once we had made it to a group we decided we would share the pulls. But when you get toward the end you start wondering if everybody is going to stick to their word, but they all did and we had a great end sprint at the finish.”
The stage winner was thankful for the relatively benign conditions on the day – but concerned about Saturday.
“We were expecting a lot of wind and rain, but we had the most incredible conditions for most of the day, and we were really protected down on the river. Right towards the end we did get a little taste of what is in store tomorrow and it looks like it will be brutal. Tomorrow we have a big storm on the way with lots of wind and rain and it is truly going to be a Day 4 to remember.
“I think Hank is sitting really comfortably and just needs to sit with us. He is good enough to get away on his own, so I do not think there is much chance of beating him,” added Lovemore with a wry smile.
DAY 3: Leading Results
(with overall and daily stage times)
1 Hank McGregor 12:49:23 (4:12:18, 3:13:53, 5:23:11)
2 Thomas Lovemore 12:51:39 (4:12:17, 3:16:12, 5:23:10)
3 Jeremy Maher 12:51:40 (4:12:15, 3:16:13, 5:23:10)
4 David Evans 12:56:19 (4:12:18, 3:20:48, 5:23:12)
5 Jacques Theron 13:15:48 (4:18:03, 3:29:15, 5:28:29)
6 Kenny Rice 13:15:48 (4:18:04, 3:29:15, 5:28:28)
7 Ant Lake 13:19:16 (4:18:02, 3:32:46, 5:28:27)
8 Daniel Jacobs 13:19:16 (4:18:04, 3:32:44, 5:28:27)
9 Dyllan Farrell 13:28:45 (4:27:02, 3:35:50, 5:28:29)
10 Heinrich Schloms 13:39:08 (4:23:54, 3:35:50, 5:39:24)
1 Christy Shrimpton 15:06:24 (4:53:12, 4:00:46, 6:12:25)
2 Bianca Beavitt 15:30:29 (5:03:01, 4:04:06, 6:23:20)
3 Ansune Basson 16:31:29 (5:08:29, 4:32:55, 6:50:03)


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It’s nearly Pancake Day and I’ve been avidly testing out my pancake recipes. Actually, who am I kidding? I love pancakes and we eat them nearly every weekend!
While plain pancakes are great, I love adding different ingredients to them to give them a healthy twist.
Sweet potatoes are wonderful to add to pancakes. They add a lovely moistness and a depth of flavour, especially with the cinnamon.
Makes 15-20 pancakes
What you need:
200g plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
15g melted butter
200g steamed sweet potato
2 eggs, separated
200ml almond milk
1/2 tsp olive oil
How to make it:
- Peel and roughly chop the sweet potato. Steam until they are soft and tender. Put them into a bowl, mash and set aside to cool.
- Melt the butter under low heat, ensuing it doesn’t begin to brown. Set aside when melted.
- Combine all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Mix until the flour, baking soda and cinnamon are fully combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine the mashed sweet potato, egg yolks, almond milk and melted butter.
- Whisk the egg whites until they form foamy peaks. This helps make the pancakes light and fluffy. Set aside.
- Form a well in the middle of the dry mixture and slowly add the wet mixture, gradually mixing them all together until they form a smooth, thick batter.
- Slowly fold in the egg whites to add more air to the batter. Leave to stand for a few minutes.
- Put your cast-iron pan on your stove on medium heat.
- Turn your oven on to 170C.
- Take your olive oil and brush it on to the surface of the pan so it’s lightly coated.
- Take an ice cream scoop and add heaped portions of the batter to the pan. Depending on the size of your pan, you should be able to make 3 or 4 pancakes at a time, taking care to keep them evenly spaced.
- Let them cook for 2 minutes or until they start bubbling on the surface. Flip them over and cook for 1-2 more minutes. Repeat until all of the batter has been cooked.
- While you’re cooking the pancakes, put the already cooked pancakes on to a plate and slide them into the oven to keep warm, covering them with tin foil so they don’t overcook.
- Serve with a dollop of maple butter or maple syrup. You can also add some chopped banana or fresh blueberries.

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February was fun and full of learning. March should be full of more memories and much progress. The students should be working hard on knowing their multiplication facts from 0-9x and need to review them daily for speed, accuracy, and most importantly, retention. They can also start practicing their cursive as we finish learning the lowercase letters this month. Thank you for your support in this area.
Thank you to the McIntosh family for the Valentine treats. I also thank those for the thoughtful gifts and goodies I received for Valentine’s Day. It was a LOVE-ly day!
This month the book report is on a classic approved by me and the focus is characters. It culminates with the “characters” from the book being interviewed by me at our Literature Tea on Thursday, April 2nd. More information about this exciting event is coming this month. I know the students will enjoy their books and the “Tea”!
Jog-a-thon is this month and should be fun for all-see you at the track! Lastly, the 2nd trimester ends and report cards along with the student’s 2nd trimester portfolios (of classwork) are coming home this month also. Please take the time to review your child’s work with them and return the Parent Response Form.

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Three-Phase Solid State Relays for Switching Resistive Loads HT Series
Heating elements, including tube heating elements, along with other types of loads, can be connected to a three-phase network using three main connection schemes:
"Star with Neutral"
To control a three-phase load when using a single solid state relay (SSR), it is recommended to use star-to-neutral load connection schemes (for cases with a rated operating voltage of a load of 220V) and a delta connection (for cases of a rated operating voltage of a load of 380V). The “Star without neutral” connection scheme is not recommended for use in conjunction with a three-phase SSR, since it does not provide uniform load distribution over the phases both in operating and emergency modes.
Three-phase general industrial SSR series HT-xx44.ZD3 (DC control) and HT-xx44.ZA2 (AC control) are designed for switching three-phase or three single-phase resistive load supply circuits. Relays provide simultaneous switching on each of the three phases.
Wiring diagram for three single-phase loads
Reliable operation of these SSRs in a given current range is ensured by the following technical solutions:
- The copper base provides the most efficient heat dissipation from the output power element.
- The use of various types of output power elements (depending on the modification) guarantees high reliability of the SSR.
- Built-in shunt RC-chain increases the reliability of the SSR in terms of impulse noise.
HT solid state relays can have (depending on modification) as an output key:
- triac output (TRIAC) - for relays with current up to 80A.
- SCR (triode thyristor, or simply thyristor) output - for relays with a current of 100A and above.
The SCR output can significantly reduce the thermal resistance of the relay substrate and improve the heat sink performance. Relays of this type are designed to work in difficult operating conditions in the presence of fast transients in the power supply network: operation in a network with a high level of noise, operation on an inductive load, operation in conditions of high load current surges.
When operating solid state relays, it must be taken into account that the recommended current values will always be lower than the reference ones (indicated in the SSR designation).
Reference table of recommended load currents
|AC control||DC control||Maximum allowable load current (for reference)||Recommended resistive load current (per phase)||I²t|
In addition, when the load is disconnected, the SSRs do not provide a complete opening of the electrical circuit, and the output terminals are energized. To completely disconnect the load (for example, during the period of equipment maintenance), it is necessary to take additional measures to disconnect the load power circuit, using contactors, knife switches, and load switches for this. When controlling an inductive load, a varistor must be installed in parallel with the load circuit.


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Set ten years after the events in “Prince of the Blood”, this book is a remarkable adventure of mystery and magic.In Amos Trask’s ship, Prince Nicholas and Squire Harry set sail for a friendly visit to Uncle Martin in Crydee. But while the two are guests in Crydee, disaster strikes.
Nicholas, third son of Prince Arutha, is a gifted youngster, but sheltered by life at his father’s court in Krondor. To learn more of the world outside the palace walls, Nicholas and his squire, Harry, set sail for pastoral Crydee, where Arutha grew up.
Shortly after their arrival, Crydee is brutally attacked. The castle is reduced to ruins, the townspeople slaughtered and two young noblewomen – friends of Nicholas – are abducted.
As Nicholas ventures further from the familiar landmarks of his home in pursuit of the invaders, he learns that there is more at stake than the fate of his friends, more even than fate of the Kingdom of the Isles, for behind the murderous pirates stands a force that threatens the entire world of Midkemia, and only he is destined to confront this terrifying threat
What I thought:
An interesting read, though completely different from what I had expected. I guess my knowledge of sea voyages such as appear is this novel is quite limited. I did however find the story line to remain intriguing. The characters really make the book worth the read. The author has again distinguished himself in his characters as they are well defined and imaginative. Following the youngest son of Arutha on his journey to become a man was quite entertaining even though I feel it’s not quite of the same standard as the Rift War saga. I have enjoyed it nonetheless.
Overall I would recommend this book to the more mature age group who are interested in the fiction fantasy genre. All in all the Sons of Krondor are worth the read. I give this book the rating of 7.5/10 stars.
All is chaos. All is confusion. The Jure’lia are weak, but the war is far from over.
Ebora was once a glorious city, defended by legendary warriors and celebrated in song. Now refugees from every corner of Sarn seek shelter within its crumbling walls, and the enemy that has poisoned their land won’t lie dormant for long.
The deep-rooted connection that Tormalin, Noon and the scholar Vintage share with their Eboran war-beasts has kept them alive so far. But with Tor distracted, and his sister Hestillion hell-bent on bringing ruthless order to the next Jure’lia attack, the people of Sarn need all the help they can get.
Noon is no stranger to playing with fire and knows just where to recruit a new – and powerful – army. But even she underestimates the epic quest that is to come. It is a journey wrought with pain and sacrifice – a reckoning that will change the face of Sarn forever.
The third and final book in the Winnowing Flame Trilogy, has been exciting and full of suspense. Plunging straight into conflict as soon as the first few pages have gone by, this book has been impossible to close. I was constantly wondering what was going to happen next. This book has an intersting and fitting ending. I like endings that are different. Not all stories have a happy ending for all characters.
Overall this book has been far from what i had expected but even better than i had hoped. I feel the series is well worth the read. I recommend this book to all fantasy lovers, young and old. I give this book a rating of 10/10 stars.
Krondor’s Son’s is the second epic fantasy set that I have endeavoured upon. The Rift War Saga was an amazing series and the characters have captured my heart and imagination. This is a seriously good writer and the story line itself is one which is impossible to put down once picked up. And I have not been disappointed in this first book of a two part series. I had always hoped that Arutha’s sons were going to have a future story since their father was such a fantastic and complicated character, I hoped that some of these traits would be passed on. I was again not disappointed in the least.
This book takes the twin prince’s Borric and Erland into territory they are both unfamiliar with and unprepared to deal with. It is with a lot of luck that either of them makes it to the final pages! The story is fast paced and the adventure unravels quickly before the reader before our hearts break from events that will change the future for many of them forever. Emotions run high at various stages throughout this read, but the devastation of separation is one that stays in my mind, as well as the elation of the addition of old friends to the ever growing regal’s and nobles of Sarn.
Overall I have to say I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. Once I started and familiar names and places began to appear on the pages, I found myself easily plunged back into Sarn and the world that contains Pug, Tomas, Arthura, Lyam, Anita, Martin, and so many more fantastic characters. I recommend this book to anyone interested in fantasy fiction. I give this book a rating of 9.5/10 stars.


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Track your way to real results: Automatically detects up to 6 exercises, while tracking up to 39 more, right from your wrist
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Expand your Galaxy; Sync with your phone to stream your playlist, get notifications and more, right on your wrist
Thin; Light; Durable a thin, lightweight and durable swim ready design comes in a variety of colors and interchangeable bands
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The phone Galaxy A04e LTE 3GB-32GB (SAM-A042F) is touted to come with 3GB of RAM + 32GB of internal storage. You will not have to worry about space constraints while saving your files such as videos, songs, games, documents, and more. In addition to this, the upcoming phone runs on Octa core, 2 GHz, Cortex A55 processor that will let you enjoy a smooth and faster performance. Also, you will be able to access multiple applications and play intense graphics games without any lags or interruptions. Samsung A04e comes with a 6.6 inches (16.76 cm) display that will have a resolution of 720 x 1600 Pixels.
The New Samsung Galaxy A04e LTE 3GB-32GB comes with a dual camera a 13MP + 2MP + 2MP that will let you click some amazing pictures on the back camera setup might include Digital Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection, Touch to focus. . While the front there is a 5MP front camera for clicking selfies and making video calls.
The Samsung Galaxy A04 LTE 4GB-64GB comes with a Li-Po 5000mAh battery. Samsung A04 LTE features a 6.6 inches PLS LCD display that has a 720 x 1600 pixels resolution.
This is Infinix Hot 12i, the smaller variant of the Hot 12-series. The model is powered by a quad-core CPU, and offers three camera lenses on the rear. It comes in a 6.6-inches screen with 720 x 1612 pixel resolution, and the screen has a dewdrop notch on the head. Powering the Hot 12i is MediaTek’s Helio A22 CPU from MediaTek. The SoC has 4-cores CPUs @2.0GHz, along with PowerVR GE8320 GPU. The model has a built-in 3GB RAM, extendable to 3/6GB using virtual memory, and a built-in 64GB ROM, expandable up to 128GB.As for camera, you are getting four lenses on the rear; a 13-megapixel main sensor, 2-megapixel Depth and 2-megapixel AI sensor, while a single 8-megapixel selfie snapper seats on the front. Dual LED flash is available on the rear, and there is an LED flash on the front as well.The phone is available in multiple colors, and it has a fingerprint scanner rear, supports dual 4G SIMs and powered by a 5000mAh non-removable battery, while Google Android 11 is available out of the box. Infinix Hot 12, Infinix Note 12 series, and Infinix Zero 5G are reportedly in the works. These smartphones from Infinix are said to be released sometime in early 2022. There are six smartphones that are slated to be under development. These six Infinix smartphones are Infinix Hot 12, Infinix Hot 12i, Infinix Note 12, Infinix Note 12 Pro, and Infinix Zero 5G. Apart from the internal model designations, there is no information about the specifications, design, or the exact launch date of these smartphones.
A report by Passionategeekz claims that Infinix is gearing up to launch five new smartphones by early 2022. These smartphones are allegedly the Infinix Hot 12 (X6817), Infinix Hot 12i (X665/ X665B), Infinix Zero 5G (X6815), Infinix Note 12 (X670/ X672), and Infinix Note 12 Pro (X699). Apart from the Infinix Zero 5G, there is no other information available on these smartphones as of now. Since the launch of any of these smartphones is still a couple of months away, expect some key information to start surfacing online soon.
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minutes, pinch of salt if you use coconut oil. best brownie in a mug recipe OK I actually tried this and its AMAZING! But unless you plan on adding chocolate chips you might want a little pinch more sugar
Southern Caramel Cake Recipe_is one of those desserts that is a true labor of love. So rich and decadant, it’s a cake that surely takes any special occasion to a whole new level and is by far one of my family’s favorite cakes.


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Health officials expected to discuss lifting mask mandate on Family Islands with zero active cases
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — While New Providence continues to record the vast majority of coronavirus cases in this latest surge, which some health authorities have characterized as a fifth wave, new infections have begun to rear on some of the Family Islands that were previously unimpacted for months.
The Bahamas recorded another 33 positive cases on Tuesday.
Twenty-one of these were recorded on New Providence.
Another seven were recorded on Bimini and Cat Cay, two on Grand Bahama, one on the Berry Islands and one on Cat Island.
An additional case had a pending location.
Just three of the cases had a history of travel in the last 14 days, a contrast to the ratio of imported cases in recent weeks, which was nearing 50 percent in late April and early May.
Hospitalizations, a key indicator of the healthcare sector’s ability to handle the surge, remained at 23.
There were no cases with severe illness and being treated in Intensive Care Units.
As of Tuesday, there were 933 active cases. Another 72 cases have recovered.
There have been 35,132 cases since the onset of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, a total of 138 RT-PCR tests were performed on Tuesday.
Of these, eight were repeated tests.
This reflects a case positivity rate of 25 percent, though health officials have said the case positivity average over a period of time is a better indication of the actual positivity rate.
Cases more than tripled in May compared to April.
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville, who has said that the relevant authorities were monitoring trends closely, said last week that he did not see the need for an increase in restriction in this time.
He was responding to questions surrounding whether the government had considered introducing testing for domestic travel from New Providence to other Family Islands.
The minister also advised that health officials, who were expected to meet this week, were still in discussions on lifting the requirement to wear masks in certain settings for some Family Islands that have no active COVID-19 cases.
“It is something that we’re looking into and this Wednesday, the committee will look at it again.”
“One of the things we’re concerned about with the mask mandate is the fact that after you arrive in The Bahamas, there is no more testing until the foreigner or those who are traveling (get tested to go) back to the United States.
“With the spikes that are ongoing and the peaks and troughs that we are seeing with COVID, we are on the verge of we’re going to function with caution.”

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China will reduce tax rebates on exports of high energy-consuming, resource-intensive and environmentally-harmful products, Chinese officials say.
The as-yet unreleased policy is scheduled to take effect around September or October despite strong protests from domestic companies and traders, according to China's Caijing magazine.
The move reflects the Chinese government's efforts to shift emphasis away from low-value-added exports. "The Chinese government wants to see a trade balance. We don't deliberately seek a rising surplus," says Chong Quan, spokesman of China's Ministry of Commerce.
Introduced in 1985, the tax rebates for exporters have made Chinese products more competitive on the international market.
It is now expected that China will cut tax rebates by an average of two percent for sectors such as textiles, metallurgy, iron and steel. Only high-tech industries avoid the knife -- their rebate is being increased.
"Export rebates for high energy-consuming, high-polluting and resource-intensive products should be stopped," says Fu Ziying, assistant to the Minister of Commerce. Trade surplus
Booming exports have contributed significantly to the Chinese economic miracle. In recent years, the cart of the Chinese economy has been hauled by the two "strong horses" of investment and foreign trade, with the "weak donkey" of consumption tottering in the middle.
To sustain steady development of the national economy, China's policymakers aim to spur domestic consumption by increasing consumer purchasing power.
Such a strategy can help rein in over-investment, ease pressures on the Renminbi and dissuade foreign anti-dumping lawsuits resulting from the mammoth trade surplus, industry officials say.
In the five years since China's accession to the WTO, the country's foreign trade has grown at an average annual rate of over 30 percent.
In the first six months of 2006, China's foreign trade reached 795.7 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.4 percent year on year. China chalked up a trade surplus of 61.5 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of this year, up 54.9 percent year on year, according to statistics from the General Administration of Customs. On this basis, China's trade surplus is set to exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars for this year, industry officials say.
"China's foreign trade imbalance is driven by brisk global demand for China-made products and the ongoing migration of industries from developed to developing nations," said Mei Xinyu of the Trade Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce.
In the 1980s and 1990s, attracted by cheap labor costs, multinational companies began shifting their manufacturing to China, opening factories in East China to process materials and export the processed products.
"The fact is most exports by these multinationals have been included in China's trade figures, and China's trade surplus mainly comes from processing trade. A high proportion of export profits in fact stay in the pockets of multinationals," said Mei Xinyu.
In the first half of this year, foreign-invested, export-oriented processing firms generated total foreign trade of 465.3 billion U.S. dollars, up 25.8 percent on the same period last year, accounting for 58.5 percent of China's total.
In comparison, state-owned companies posted 195.3 billion U.S. dollars in foreign trade, up 11.7 percent, while private firms' imports and exports rose 34.9 percent to 135.1 billion U.S. dollars. Adjustment
To fend off the ill effects of the 1998 Asian financial crisis, in 1999 China raised its average export rebate from 6 to 15 percent. The export growth rate promptly doubled and China became the third-largest commodity trader in the world, in terms of gross value, after the United States and Germany.
However, annual export rebates have now become a burden on central finances. Between 2001 and 2005, aggregate export tax rebates reached 1.19 trillion yuan, nearly 3.8 times as much as for the period from 1996 to 2000, according to official statistics.
In addition to this financial burden, the rebate system conflicts with China's new determination to attack pollution and conserve energy.
The structural problem of an oversupply of low-end products and undersupply of high-end products haunts many Chinese industrial sectors at present. Lower export rebates will deal a blow to low-end products.
"Reducing export rebates for energy-consuming and resource-intensive products shows the government's resolve to discourage exports of such products," said Professor Liu Xiaochuan of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
Moreover, reducing export rebates may help ease pressures to revalue the Renminbi, the Chinese official currency.
Experts calculate that comprehensive rebates for the export of one U.S. dollar worth of commodities amounted to 0.4429 yuan in 2005. Abolishing export rebates would be equivalent to a revaluation of the RMB yuan by 0.4420 yuan against the U.S. dollar. On this basis, the exchange rate would have been 7.7 yuan for one U.S. dollar at the end of 2005. In theory, then, abolishing export rebates will help ease pressures to revalue the RMB yuan.
In October 2003, China lowered the export rebate rate by an average 3 percent and required local governments to pay 25 percent of all rebates. In 2004, China cut export rebate rates for certain products --high energy consuming, low value added products or products from sectors with low technical content, and abolished rebates for crude oil, refined oil and unsawn timber. Export taxes were also raised on phosphor, ferrosilicon and copper products.
In January 2005, China officially removed the 8 percent export rebates on 17 categories of energy-consuming and resource-intensive products including non-forged or non-rolled aluminum, ferromanganese and ferrosilicon. China nullified a 13 percent export tax rebate on steel billet on April 1, 2005.
In April 2006, China further raised export taxes on refined copper and copper alloy from 5 percent to 10 percent, and interim export taxes for copper materials from zero to 10 percent. China also put a stop to rebates on electrolytic aluminum exports and banned the processing of alumina for export.
"All these new deals have helped alleviate pressure on the central government's finances and ensure steady and sustained growth in Chinese foreign trade," says Liu Xiaochuan.
By increasing export tariffs and lowering export rebates in 2005, the Chinese government enjoyed some success in curbing exports of high energy-consuming, high-polluting and resource-intensive products: coal exports dropped 12.7 percent, coke exports dropped 10.7 percent, billet exports dropped 35.6 percent, and exports of non-forged aluminum dropped 20 percent year on year in the first six months of this year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
However, to get round such restrictions, many Chinese businesses found a new strategy: they began processing materials slightly -- not completely -- for export. Thus the bulk of Chinese exports moved from resource-intensive products to preliminary processed products and semi-finished products.
China's exports of semi-finished aluminum products, for instance, surged 57 percent year on year to more than 400,000 tons in the first five months of this year, according to Chinese Customs statistics. The new adjustment reported in Caijing therefore targets semi-finished resource-intensive products with low added value, and for good reason.
"We must not go on selling resource-intensive materials to the overseas market," said Zhang Ping, former deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission.
The rebate cuts have not pleased domestic firms. Chinese mills and exporters, with their narrowing profit margins, argue the reduction of export rebates will hurt key Chinese industrial sectors.
"We disagree with cutting the tax rebates because the country's steel industry is still troubled with oversupply," says Qi Xiangdong, deputy general secretary of China Iron and Steel Association. The Association has more than 60 domestic steel mill members. In May 2005 China cut tax rebates on steel product exports from 13 percent to 11 percent.
It is reported that high-value-added steel products, namely galvanized plate and silicon steel, will remain at the same 11 percent rate, but low-value-added products such as rods, reinforced bars, round steel and hot-rolled medium plate will be cut to 8 percent.
Driven by high steel product prices in the international market, China's steel product exports have shown robust growth since the beginning of the year. In the first five months, China's steel product exports hit a new high of 12.7 million tons, up 35.2 percent, while imports decreased 27.6 percent to 7.8 million tons.
"China's steel product exports continued to increase and steel product prices recovered significantly this year, although China was still seriously hampered by steel overcapacity," said Jia Liangqun, a vice general manager with Mysteel, a leading steel consulting firm.
But Jia asserts that steel prices will drop in the second half of the year: due to the new tax rebate policy and a cool off in China's fixed asset investments.
Baosteel Group, the largest of its kind in China, will see its export costs rise by RMB 150 ($18.75) per ton after the tax rebate for steel plate exports is reduced, said Wang Xishun, an official with the export department of the group.
Steel plate is Baosteel's main export, with 10 percent of its steel plates exported to foreign markets each year. Baosteel will try to counter the new policy, Wang said.
A similar situation exists with the textile and machine-building industries, and to lower export rebates rate for them may help these industries upgrade industrial structure, industry officials said. Many Chinese corporations have also considered shifting their business strategy from commodity exports to overseas investment.
Industry officials propose a transition period. "According to international practice, enterprises need a proper preparation period, lasting from three months to six months," said Long Guoqiang, deputy director-general of Foreign Economic Relations, Development Research Center of the State Council.
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The Cleveland police officers involved in the shooting of Tamir Rice, 12, last Saturday failed to give the boy first aid.
Officer Timothy Loehmann, who reportedly fired the fatal bullet at Rice, and his partner Officer Frank Garmback did not give aid for reasons unknown.
Cleveland Deputy Chief Ed Tomba announced at a news conference on Wednesday that a police detective and FBI agent in the area arrived on the scene almost four minutes later and began giving Rice first aid (video below).
NewsChannel 5 asked Cleveland officials why the lack of first aid was not part of the video (below) that the city released earlier this week.
Dan Williams, a spokesman for Mayor Frank Jackson, said the Cleveland Police Department released the video because Rice's family requested it made public.
However, the Rice family wanted the "complete video" released.
In a statement, the family said, "While we request the release of the complete video, we also ask for the media to give our family privacy as we continue to grieve and learn about what happened.”
The incident began when an unidentified man at the park called 911 to report Rice, who was playing with a toy gun.
“There’s a guy in here with a pistol, pointing it at everybody,” said the caller, who added that the gun is “probably fake, but you know what, he’s scaring the s— out of people. I don’t know if it’s real or not.” The caller stated that Rice was “probably a juvenile.”
However, the 911 dispatcher reportedly failed to tell the police officers that the gun was probably fake.
When the police car pulled up into the park, Officer Loehmann reportedly yelled at Rice (from the car) three times to show his hands. About two seconds later, Officer Loehmann got out of the police car and shot Rice, who was ten feet away.
The Cleveland Police Department claimed that Rice reached into his waistband when Officer Loehmann gave his orders.
After Rice was shot, one of the cops stated on the police car radio, “Shots fired, male down, um, black male, maybe 20. Black hand gun,” noted The Washington Post.
Rice died from the gunshot wound early Sunday morning.
Mayor Jackson insisted on Wednesday that Rice's death had nothing to do with the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, despite the fact that Rice was black and unarmed, and the police officer who shot him is white.
“Whether there was Ferguson there or not, that doesn’t matter to me. What mattered to me was it happened in Cleveland, and it happened to a child,” said Mayor Jackson. “It’s about the child, the loss of his life, the grieving of his family, and what we have to do as a community.”

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The Assets: Insurance planning
February 18, 2020
State Insurance Regulators Adopt Best Interest Rule for Annuity Sales
The model regulation also includes a safe harbor provision for insurance producers already subject to standards that are at least as stringent.
December 18, 2019
Here’s What’s Wrong with the Secure Act, Says Retirement Researcher
A retirement researcher warns that the inclusion of the bill in the funding appropriations package could cause headaches for investors and financial professionals alike.
November 25, 2019
Ohio National Beats B-D Reps in Trail Commission Lawsuits
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by five individual broker-dealer reps.
November 22, 2019
Hub Acquires Assets from Another Wealth Management Practice
Hub International, an insurance brokerage, also made at least six acquisitions in the U.S. in September.
November 15, 2019
Edelman Sells off Broker-Dealer to RetireOne
The acquisition of EF Legacy Securities is aimed at expanding RetireOne’s services to RIAs.
November 1, 2019
Wells Fargo Advisors Loses Insurance Specialists to Financial Strategies Group
Five from the wirehouse have formed the distribution company Meritage.
October 14, 2019
Lincoln Financial Launches Annuity Products for RIAs
A new single premium immediate annuity and a deferred income annuity are both commission-free.
October 11, 2019
Game Over For Reps in Ohio National Trail Lawsuits? Not Yet, Lawyers Say
Broker-dealer reps suing over Ohio National have suffered a setback, but it’s not the end of their battle, their lawyers say.
October 4, 2019
Ohio National Trail Lawsuits: FA Class Action Dismissed But Broker-Dealer Litigation To Continue
Court decision is a big blow to reps but many legal battles are still ahead for Ohio National.
September 10, 2019
Why Even More Insurers are Pulling Out of New York
Lincoln Financial Group and Penn Mutual Life Insurance have suspended selling annuities and will do the same with insurance products in the next few months.

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At the Traun shore trail in Lauffen, at the small hydropower station
This was and is a popular swimming spot for the residents of Lauffen, even though this place can also be very dangerous, as shown by the two wayside crosses that remind us of children who have drowned here while swimming. The two wayside crosses by a painter surnamed Pilz, were renewed in 2011 by an amateur.
The wayside crosses were erected around 1887, and are panel paintings on wood. The scene shows the "Wilder Lauffen" rapid with the "Windensteg" bridge to the south. Interestingly, the railway is missing. In the water you can see a boy, apparently the victim in this scene.

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Originally Posted by 243Win
You need to try my SV down there in the wind. It simply does not care. Knifes right through it. I noted that in Nevada coming in from Lk Mead / Boulder City to Vegas. My DR was getting blown all over and the 800 Interceptor one lane over was steady as a rock. Not a wobble.
We should take the DR's on a ride down to Hells Canyon. Hell's Canyon will be fine.
Getting there,... Heh-heh, that's gonna be a different story.
Looks like a nice ride, wish I'd have gone too. Would have shown ya a better campground down there and some of the brew pubs in Hood River I've frequented while kayaking the Klickitat. And the road up the Klick' for that matter.
I think the profile of the vstrom and my cargo setup makes it particularly sensitive to side winds.
The high center of gravity, combined with the large cross section and relatively light weight work against it.
I could see the SV650 performing better in those conditions.

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Fantasy, imagination, creativity, emotion and literature. Throughout the centuries, libraries have been a source of inspiration for architects and designers worldwide. These buildings fulfil the function of storing and disseminating knowledge. However, they are also impressive works of art that reflect the culture and history of their location. Their importance as cultural buildings and their historical and architectural value make them spaces that encourage learning and creativity. As such they are highly valued in society.
Libraries have evolved considerably since ancient times when they were buildings that provided simple storage for manuscripts. They are now places where technology, education and culture come together under the same roof. Today, libraries are an integral part of urban life and have become meeting places for the community. Here, people can find refuge, socialise, reflect, learn and explore.
History and reconstruction of the Library of Alexandria
Alexandria was chosen by Alexander the Great as the capital of his empire in 331 BC. It soon became the most powerful and influential city in the region. Its sole aim was to build an empire of knowledge. The Library of Alexandria was a research centre that became one of the most important libraries in the ancient world.
It was destroyed on several occasions throughout history and thousands of books were lost. However, a modern day Library of Alexandria was built in 2002 on its original site.
Emanating a timeless and bold style, the carvings resulted from collaboration with artists Jorunn Sannes and Kristian Blystad. They used local stone cutting methods to create the façade. Distinguished by its circular, sloping shape, the building has a diameter of 160 metres and is 32 metres high. It also extends some 12 metres underground with a total area of 85,000 square metres.
The Georgian architecture of Trinity College Dublin
In the heart of Dublin, Trinity College is Ireland’s oldest university. It has a long and proud history as one of the most outstanding examples of neoclassical architecture in Ireland. Founded in 1592 by Elizabeth 1st, it has housed illustrious students within its walls such as Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett.
The library’s main façade features a monumental entrance crowned by a triangular pediment. This leads into a courtyard of stone arcades decorated with sculptures and reliefs. However, the library is most famous for its impressive main room. Known as the Long Room, it was designed by the architect Thomas Burgh in the 18th century. As such it is considered a magnificent example of Georgian architecture. The room is 14 metres high and has a barrel vault supported by Corinthian columns. In between these are the bookshelves adorned with marble busts of historical and literary figures.
The modernism of the Stuttgart Library
Natural light, spaciousness, grey tones and geometry define the interior of one of the world’s largest public libraries. Inaugurated in 2011 and considered a masterpiece of modern architecture, it was designed by Korean architect Eun Young Yi.
It is characterised by the lively atmosphere created through a variety of media. In this way each different zone and level in the complex achieves its own special quality and atmosphere. The building has a glass and steel façade and its cube shape lends it an imposing and elegant style. The façade is divided into modules resembling library shelves This, paired with the interior design, matches the simple, geometric and well-structured concept of the exterior.
The main entrance to the library is through the lower part the building leading to a large hall with high ceilings. A spiral staircase leads to the upper floor where the reading rooms and bookshelves are located.
The main reading room is an impressive white, rectangular space with high ceilings. Its huge windows provide views of the city. The book shelves are at the back of the room, and readers can access them via elevated walkways running along its side walls.
Neoclassicism at the Library of Congress in the USA
Built over several periods, from 1897 to 1939, the Library of Congress is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington. It is considered one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in the United States.
The library’s main façade has a monumental entrance with Corinthian columns and a grand staircase leading to the main entrance. Built in Italian Renaissance style mainly from white marble, it houses more than 170 million items. These include books, maps, recordings and photographs, making it the largest library in the world.
The Library of Congress’ Main Reading Room is one of its most impressive spaces. With high ceilings and large windows, its bookshelves are several stories high, reaching from floor to ceiling.
The building has several additional reading rooms each with its own architectural style. One such is the Senate Reading Room, along with the House of Representatives Reading Room and the Law Reading Room. All display a mixture of architectural styles that reflect the library’s rich history and evolution over time.


CATEGORIES Action, Horror, Independent, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense, Scripts, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Movie News, CinematicalEverything old (or at least "old" in the Hot Topic sense) is new again -- and so The Crow is going to be reborn. Variety reports that Stephen Norrington has signed on to write and direct a "reinvention" of The Crow, based on the comic written by James O'Barr.
Norrington is hoping that resurrecting The Crow will do something similar for his career, which has been dead in the water since The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. (Tangle with Alan Moore at your peril, directors.) He was once attached to direct Clash of the Titans for Warner Bros, but fell out with the studio over his inability to "excite" the studio with his take. Louis Leterrier got the job instead.
Norrington promises the film will be a different take than Alex Proyas' version -- which, you remember, went down in cult-Goth history for claiming the life of its star, Brandon Lee. "Whereas Proyas' original was gloriously gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style." Now I've never read O'Barr's book -- but isn't it quite gothic and stylized? There's a lot of agony, and despairing self-mutilation, and the titular crow plays a bigger part. Does the material lend itself to the approach Norrington wants to take?
I know I should be more annoyed that they're actually remaking The Crow because it's not that old ... but in a world where Hulk was rebooted after a mere five years, fourteen years between "reimaginings" is an eon. You have to wonder, though -- after the original launched so many forgettable sequels, will audiences even pay attention to a remake?


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Fenders and rear carrier with the rack strap are standard.
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BRAKE- Tektro Disc Brakes
BATTERY- Lithium ion LG 36 Volts, 12.8 Amp
MOTOR- 500 Watt Rear hub Brushless
RANGE- 22-30 Miles per one battery charge, with pedal assist (Varies with terrain and rider weight)
SPEED- 20 miles per hour
CHARGING TIME- 4-6 hours
SADDLE- Selle Royal Ultra-Comfortable Gel
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Rider Weight Limit- 250 lbs.
Rider Height Range- 5'0" to 6'0"
Warranty- 1 Year for Battery. 2 years for Motor, display, and Controller. Lifetime for frame and fork


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The Greja House
Bedok Residence: Singaporean Contemporary Home, Southeast Asia design by Park Associates
updated 17 Apr 2016 with award news ; updated 8 Nov 2015 with photos ; 7 Sep 2015
The Greja House in Singapore
Design: Park Associates
Location: Bedok, Singapore
The Greja House Single Family Residential House by Park + Associates Pte Ltd is Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2015 – 2016.
The brief for The Greja House from the client was simple. They asked a house in which the various spaces are connected to each other and promotes interactions within the household. Furthermore, the client wanted a house that is markedly different from its context – a design with clean lines.
The property in Bedok revisits the fundamental role of a home – providing an environment that bonds a family. The design sought to heighten the occupants’ sensorial awareness and to increase domestic interactions. To that end, the scheme imagines domestic spaces connected within a flow. Key to the idea of flow are notions of connection and circulation, which informed the way the spaces are composed.
Departing from the conventional approach where walls are used to define space, the domestic programmes are composed as interconnected voids. It opens up the spaces to connect and communicate with one another across multiple directions, creating an expanded network of connections that increases the opportunities for familial interactions.
Material & Construction
The key feature of the house is the ethereal envelope that veils the private spaces of the house. The perforation aperture, density, and pattern of the white screen was studied to understand how it would affect privacy, lighting as well as heat transmission.
The adopted solution – white powder coated expanded metal lathe spot welded to steel sections provided a cost effective design feature. Detailing was kept minimal to reflect a clean and refined aesthetic favoured by the client. The interior finishes comprise a palette of white marble, granite slabs, and bamboo flooring.
The key challenge was to develop a continuous space through the composition of geometric elements. This void and volume composition unifies the various functional spaces, creating a perception of flowing space.
Keeping most of the spaces unbounded by walls promotes visual connectivity and encourages domestic interactions.
As the scheme sought to maximise the openness of the house, it was crucial for the façade to take on several functional roles. Crucially, it has to provide effective mitigation against the harsh sunlight as well as allow wind to pass through. Designed as a permeable second skin, the envelope allows daylight and natural ventilation to filter through, while deflecting a significant amount of heat.
This helps with the conservation of energy and promotes natural cooling through cross ventilation within the main areas of the house. The elongated air well next to the living area, coupled with an adjacent vertical green wall, allows cooled air to circulate in the house. The water feature is also strategically placed in the centre of the house to encourage convective breeze.
The Greja House in Singapore information / images received from Park Associates
Lim Koon Park, Christina Thean and Adrian A.Gesmundo
Edward Hendricks, copyright Park+Associates Pte Ltd
Site Area: 353.50 m2 GFA: 392.22 m2
Park + Associates Pte Ltd
Park + Associates seeks to create coherent spaces where function and beauty speak a common language. For the firm, the dialogue of architectural elements shapes a space, takes it beyond its everyday, functional character. It is with this ethos that Park + Associates pursues a vision of architecture as a fundamental articulation of space and form, through which beauty and purity can be discovered.
The architecture firm’s strategy is one of subtraction and control to preserve the necessary simplicity of spaces. Each project is undertaken with a rigorous eye for detail, placement and materials, with an artistic sensitivity to the “intangibles” of light, space and form. Charting a journey for the user in an unique space; creating sophisticated spaces that inspire, invigorate, and refine the senses – that is what Park + Associates sets out to achieve. In tandem with its explorations of spaces, the firm remains sensitive to environmental concerns, seeking to appropriate eco-friendly materials and strategies into each project.
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Abstract The structure of arabinan and galactan domains in association with cellulose microfibrils was investigated using enzymatic and alkali degradation procedures. Sugar beet and potato cell wall residues (called 'natural' composites), rich in pectic neutral sugar side chains and cellulose, as well as 'artificial' composites, created by in vitro adsorption of arabinan and galactan side chains onto primary cell wall cellulose, were studied. These composites were sequentially treated with enzymes specific for pectic side chains and hot alkali. The degradation approach used showed that most of the arabinan and galactan side chains are in strong interaction with cellulose and are not hydrolysed by pectic side chain-degrading enzymes. It seems unlikely that isolated arabinan and galactan chains are able to tether adjacent microfibrils. However, cellulose microfibrils may be tethered by different pectic side chains belonging to the same pectic macromolecule.
This article was published in J Exp Bot
and referenced in Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences

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NORRISTOWN — Fully-vaccinated Montgomery County Commissioners’ Chairwoman Dr. Val Arkoosh tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, according to a statement from the county.
“This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19 using an at-home test,” Arkoosh said in a statement. “Fortunately, my symptoms are extremely mild, which I attribute to receiving the J&J vaccine and a Moderna booster.”
Arkoosh’s announcement comes as the nation deals with increases in COVID-19 cases at staggering rates.
In Montgomery County, 1,044 new cases were detected in a two-day period last week from Dec. 28, 2021, to Dec. 29, 2021. Of those figures, which were last updated at 12:10 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, 13 came from long-term care facilities and two others from the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, according to Montgomery County’s COVID-19 Data HUB. No deaths were reported during that time frame.
There have been 87,027 cases and 1,453 deaths since the coronavirus was first detected locally in March 2020, according to the county’s online COVID-19 resources dashboard.
“We are seeing an increase in cases here in Montgomery County and cases are surging across the Commonwealth and country,” Arkoosh said in a statement.
As of Monday afternoon, the county recorded an incidence rate from the most recent seven days of 593.2 cases per 100,000 residents, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard. The county’s PCR positivity rate from the most recent seven days was listed at 20.3 percent as of Monday afternoon.
More than 400 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Montgomery County medical facilities, according to the county’s COVID-19 online resources dashboard. Of the 433 hospitalizations, 27 patients are on ventilators.
“Frontline workers and hospital systems are feeling the impact,” Arkoosh said in a statement.
In Montgomery County, 506,926 residents are fully inoculated and 124,761 residents have been partially vaccinated, according to the state health department’s COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard. Additionally, 175,349 residents have received an additional dose since Aug. 13, 2021.
“We need to continue to be vigilant and do everything we can to protect ourselves and others, which means continuing to mask up and getting vaccinated and boosted,” she said in a statement.
Arkoosh is not the first high-ranking elected official in Montgomery County to contract Covid. Montgomery County Commissioners’ Vice Chairman Ken Lawrence Jr. tested positive for COVID-19 in May 2020. He was notified after taking a test at a pop-up clinic in Pottstown.
A county spokesperson added Monday that “Commissioner Arkoosh is following the CDC recommended isolation guidelines and will continue to handle her duties virtually.”
A virtual press conference on COVID-19 is scheduled for Wednesday, according to a county spokesperson.


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I thought I would just do a quick post of the finished topper. Not bad!!! It was kinda hard to get it all in the picture. This is the best I could do without taking it outside.
This is a closeup of the monkey fabric cornerstones. I know it's kinda dark but you get the idea. Click on the picture to see it better!!

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Gilly shares her story of three miscarriages, including two losses after starting fertility treatment.
I seem to always be waiting for test results or the next scan.
I have been pregnant three times, but never managed to complete a successful pregnancy. I first got pregnant after six months of trying. I actually found out I was pregnant during the miscarriage. I had a lot of bleeding, but I did tend to spot a lot between periods. I only did a test because my breasts felt sore. We had one day of celebrating, but the next day I had to call NHS Direct, who told me to speak to my GP.
My GP was wonderful. She had experienced several rounds of IVF, so understood how I was feeling. She did my bloods three days apart and confirmed I was miscarrying.
After my miscarriage, I went to a consultant who diagnosed me with PCOS. I was also told they would need to remove one of my fallopian tubes. This was totally unexpected and especially worrying given my concerns about my ability to conceive. I was put on metformin.
Throughout all of this I have found that being prescribed a new drug or having a new medical intervention has given me hope. Hope that by doing something different this time, the result will be different.
One of the worst things about trying to get pregnant is the waiting; I seem to always be waiting for test results or the next scan. I was referred for IVF. The cycle was a success and we were pregnant. Every day I did a pregnancy test and the line got stronger. Then I did a Clearview test and saw the weeks were not progressing as they should.
We were warned before our six week scan that it may be too early for a heartbeat. Because they had told us that before the scan, when there wasn’t a heartbeat we still had a faint glimmer of hope. A week later we returned and there was a heartbeat. The nurse said that was sufficient in order to be signed off, but offered us another scan a week later just to check everything was okay. That scan showed a very weak heartbeat and the embryo had shrunk. It was mortifying.
Because there was a faint heartbeat it meant I had to continue to take progesterone. I had to wait another week for yet another scan. I was now nine weeks pregnant. Sure enough, the scan showed I had had a missed miscarriage.
The only positive I could take away was that at least I didn’t have implantation issues. The fertility clinic contacted the hospital, where I went for a D&C. Before making my decision, I had read all the Miscarriage Association materials and personal stories, and eventually decided on a D&C. I didn’t want to waste time and wanted to keep on the IVF treadmill.
Talking to others going through the same thing is so helpful, and I have found the Care Forum particularly helpful. Online forums have been a huge help. I have also attended support meetings. Being able to speak to people in the same situation is hugely valuable.
Walking around town is really hard, seeing a swarm of children everywhere. There is this constant question going around my head of ‘why can’t I have a baby?’. It is also hard to hear some people’s response to my miscarriage. One that was particularly hard to hear was from a pregnant friend telling me how common miscarriages are and that people often need to do a few rounds of IVF to get pregnant. A wedge has developed with some friends. I keep reminding myself that they just don’t understand and to try and not be too hard on them.
After my IVF cycle I was lucky and managed to have some embryos frozen, so I went into the next cycle feeling quite chipper. I had heard that some people respond better to frozen cycles, so I really felt optimistic that it would work. When it didn’t it was such a blow. I had tested early and saw it was negative. I was gutted, but I thought at least this is better than having another miscarriage. The next day I did another test and saw a very faint positive.
Following my last experience this was very worrying. I phoned the GP and asked for my bloods to be done to check the levels were rising. Sadly, the levels didn’t rise and I had a chemical pregnancy. I wasn’t surprised, I could see the tests weren’t getting darker. I try not to obsess too much about pregnancy tests, but I do push for blood tests because they are much more accurate.
Now was my time to get referred to the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic. I had been desperate to be seen at the clinic and hopefully try to find some answers, or something different to try. When I spoke to the consultant about wanting to be seen after two miscarriages, she said she would have seen me. That taught me not to be afraid to pick up the phone and get an appointment. I asked to have all the tests done to try and figure out what was going on. I thought that after three miscarriages, there must be more to this.
We are eagerly awaiting the tests results. I would say to anyone going through this to ask your GP to do whatever tests possible to help you build up a picture of what is going on. I asked for a thyroid test after hearing that it can have an impact on your fertility, but also can be very easy to treat. Looking back at my cycles my husband and I believe we have actually had at least two early miscarriages.
I find statistics reassuring and that just because I have had previous miscarriages, I still have a good chance to having a baby. I think it would be so unlucky to have another miscarriage and that thought keeps me going. Also, I am very happy to adopt, and that offers me a degree of reassurance. But, I do understand that a lot of people don’t want to even consider adopting when they are trying for a baby. However, I find it reassuring that I know we will have a family one way or the other.
At the moment, I am taking aspirin once a day. Once again, it is about doing something different to try and get a different outcome. Hopefully we can try again in January.
It is quite stressful phoning and chasing the GP, fertility clinic and hospital. It can be totally exhausting. Also, with taking all the drugs and anxiety it can be hard to know what to attribute the tiredness to.
It is a rollercoaster, where you go from bouncing off the walls one minute and to then finding out it hasn’t worked and hitting rock bottom. I find meditation has helped me to relax. I also have massages. It is important to be kind to yourself. There as so many things I have stopped doing, like horse riding, so it is important to find things I can do. You can feel very lonely going through this process. I have received counselling through my fertility clinic and that has been really helpful.


The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has said it is hopeful the economy could do better this year than last year.
Responding to a questionnaire Wednesday, Ecama President, Chikumbutso Kalilombe, said the economy could ride on the stability achieved so far.
Kalilombe said Malawi had a difficult year in 2019 owing to May 21 tripartite elections and its aftermath, where most businesses were in a wait-and-see mode.
“Remarkably the macroeconomic fundamentals have held up positively with some pressure on inflation only seen towards year end but otherwise holding up well for year.
“What we need in Malawi is economic growth which stems from investments into real sectors including enhancing the agricultural sector whilst diversifying from same. So looking to 2020 we hope for more stability and thus a clearer concentration on growth,” Kalilombe said.
The World Bank has indicated that Malawi’s medium-term growth is expected to gradually pick up to between 5.0 to 5.5 percent.
The bank says the forecast would be supported by sustained improvements in the agriculture sector and by energy projects coming on stream, thereby improving power supply.
“However, this outlook is susceptible to the continuing risk of weather-related shocks, with poor rainfall having the potential to negatively impact both agriculture production and electricity supply. Additionally, if the recent political impasse and demonstrations continue, they could also further weigh on growth and investment.
“Moreover, with Malawi’s high population growth rate of around 3 percent, on a per capita basis, growth needs to increase even higher to reduce poverty rates. This highlights the importance of promoting reforms to increase growth, diversification and job creation,” the bank says in its 10th Malawi Economic Monitor.
World Bank Country Manager, Greg Toulmin, recently said the relative macroeconomic stability provides government an opportunity to implement bold reforms and establish a track record in support of growth and jobs.
He said reforms should aim at promoting growth in sectors that must eventually absorb a larger share of the workforce.
Among others, Toulmin suggested that government needs to take four key steps including taking tangible steps to strengthen fiscal policy and management to anchor macro-stability, decrease domestic debt, and increase investment.
“This should include realistic revenue assumptions at the budget planning phase, and rationalized expenditure, selecting projects that can sustainably fit within the budget envelope. It also entails reducing fiscal risks that have derailed past budgets, particularly by increasing oversight of parastatals. Developing such a strong fiscal record is fundamental to support growth, which would enable increased revenue mobilization, and to support the public and private investment that is needed to increase job creation.
“Second implement policies to unlock the potential of the private sector, and increase investment to increase job opportunities and incomes. Government needs to comprehensively change its relations with the private sector, and pro-actively remove blockages to economic transformation both in agriculture and elsewhere,” Toulmin said.
He added, “This calls for measures to: simplify business regulations and taxes; ensure higher levels of transparency and predictability in government decisions, and reduce trade inefficiencies and distortions. One key measure could be to implement the Control of Goods Act regulations. Government also needs to increase the transparency and predictability of policies for key growth enabling sectors such as ICT; move forward with implementing energy projects; and strengthen the governance and financial performance of sector utilities.”
Today’s top business story: Top Commercial Banks In Malawi


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The chemically created fruit has cost $10mllion (£5.5million) to develop and contains high levels of Vitamin A.
Currently 650,000-700,000 children worldwide die and 300,000 go blind because of a Vitamin A deficiency.
Now scientists are hoping the "super banana" can lower these numbers and help offer more nutritious and vitamin-enriched food.
Professor James Dale, of Queensland University of Technology is leading the research.
The first batch of super bananas have now been sent to Uganda, where in East Africa banana crops are a staple food.
“We know our science will work.”Prof. James Dale, lead researcher
But the crops are often spoiled, leaving a lack of Vitamin A in many people's diet.
He said: "Hundreds of different permutations went into field trials up north and we tested everything to make sure our science worked here in Queensland.
"The banana flesh… is orange rather than the cream colour we are used to and in fact, the greater the pro-vitamin A content the more orange the banana flesh becomes.
“Now the really high-performing genes have been taken to Uganda and have been put into field trials there.”
He added that researched are now hoping people will be growing the crop for themselves by 2020.
The bananas will now take the next step of travelling to the US, where they will be tested in clinical trials.
The results will be known next year.
Prof. Dale said: “Good science can make a massive difference here by enriching staple crops such as Ugandan bananas with pro-vitamin A and providing poor and subsistence farming populations with nutritionally rewarding food.
“We know our science will work."


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Thenavattu (English: Lethargy) is an Indian Tamil action film directed by V. V. Kathir, starring Jiiva and Poonam Bajwa in the lead roles, whilst, Ganja Karuppu played a pivotal role. The film released to negative reviews, upon release, the film was also criticized by critics for being “silly and ridiculous”. However, with the backing of Sun Pictures, the film did below average at the box-office.
The film actually starts with Kailasam (Ravi Kale), the somber bigwig is performing the last rites of some one dear to him—but the appearance of Kottai (Jiiva), first in the chaotic Koovagam festival and later atop a Veeranam pipe, swinging a scythe maniacally sets the tone for the rest of the film.
Cut to the flashback a few months ago: In Madurai, where Kottai’s mother (Saranya Ponvannan) is cutting down logs, and boasting about her son: he is a god who deserves to see the outside world and derive its benefits.
And so Kottai journeys to big bad Chennai in company with Vellaiyan (Kanja Karuppu), who dances with every Karagattam dancer on the roadside, makes lewd jokes and appears to have only one thing on his mind. They end up at the massive home of Kailasam, the local terror who slices up people whenever he can—only, our heroes are unaware of the fact.
Kottai and Vellaiyan thinks that all Kailasam does is cut up trees, which is why he requires their aruvaal-making skills but Kottai gets to know that Kailasam hired him to make sickles to kill people. And so Kottai goes to work. So you have Kottai feeding crying children milk, helping men with epileptic seizures and falling in love with the first fair-complexioned, slim beauty he comes across, Gayatri (Poonam Bajwa).
Naturally, Gayatri, as the heroine, is also a wonderfully kind-hearted girl, who wears revealing saris, teaches music to students. Kottai’s logic for falling in love with her is that she treats him like his own family.
Meantime, there is yet another villain, Santhosh, Kailasam’s son, who goes playing musical instruments, mouthing punch lines and raping women left, right and centre. There is also a remarkably stupid and one-dimensionally portrayed minister (Rajan P. Dev) and a helpless, frustrated cop Surya Prakash (Saikumar) who simply stands like a rock in uniform and he wants to settle a score with Kailasam because his son raped and killed his sister. Naturally, Santhosh goes on raping women, Surya Prakash goes on standing still; Kottai goes on making aruvaals until Santhosh’s catches sight of the ravishing Gayatri, touches her inappropriately and all hell breaks loose. Kottai bashes Santhosh, not knowing that he is the son of Kailasam. When Kailasam comes to know that Kottai has beaten his son to death, he tries to take revenge on Kottai. But Kottai, with the help of Suryaprakash, kills Kailasam and minister. The film ends with Kottai returning to his home.
Directed by V. V. Kathir
Produced by Anthony
Written by V. V. Kathir
Starring Jiiva, Poonam Bajwa, Ravi Kale, Ganja Karuppu, Saranya, A. Revathi
Music by Srikanth Deva
Production ELK Productions
Distributed by Sun Pictures
Release dates 21 November 2008
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Sri Raghavendra is a 1985 Tamil film directed by SP. Muthuraman and was produced by Kavithalaya Productions. The film stars Rajinikanth portraying the title character (in his 100th film), with Lakshmi, Vishnuvardhan, Sathyaraj, Delhi Ganesh and Nizhalgal Ravi portraying supporting roles. The film revolves around the life of Madhwa saint Raghavendra Swami. The soundtrack was […]
Baba is a 2002 Indian Tamil language film written and produced by Rajinikanth and directed by Suresh Krishna. With Rajinikanth in the lead role, the film’s cast included Manisha Koirala, Vijayakumar, M. N. Nambiar, Goundamani, Sujatha, Karunas, Ashish Vidyarthi, Amrish Puri, Sayaji Shinde and Riyaz Khan. Guest roles and special appearances were performed by Ramya […]

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§ 29. Mr. PATRICK MEEHAN
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether Sir George Holmes, the Chairman of the Board of Works (Ireland), is about retiring; if so, can he state the date on which his retirement will take place; can he say whether Sir George Holmes has accepted the new superannuation scheme; and what retiring allowance he is at present entitled to?
§ Mr. W. BENN
Sir George Holmes is retiring in October next on reaching the age limit. He was not entitled to adopt the provisions of the Superannuation Act, 1909, being over sixty years of age at the date of the passing of the Act. His application for superannuation has not yet been received by the Treasury.

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Finally it’s come – the Cupcake Class!! It’s Saturday February 27th and it’s so beautiful outside! The sun is shining and melting all that snow! Yay!
The students arrive and we’ve both ready. They are ready to learn and I’m ready to share what I know.
They are eager to learn how to bake, as they mostly use cake mixes. Originally I wanted to bake Chocolate Cake and White Cake. Teach them about buttercream and fondant decorations. But because they had to leave earlier than expected, we had time for one recipe, of course we chose Chocolate Cake and buttercream. I thought about teaching them how to make the Chocolate Cake that I learned in culinary school, but the recipe yields so much we would be making cupcakes for days. So I found a recipe that seemed to be good from Hersey’s website called Really Chocolate Chocolate Cake. I like trying new recipes because I always learn something new. This recipe was really great! #1 the flavor was so strong but not overpowering, #2 the cake rose so nicely and gave perfect cupcake crowns and #3 it was so moist. A total hit recipe that I will use over and over. Even better it was easy so the beginners could follow without any problems.
I normally use a Simple Buttercream recipe from my textbook, which I really don’t like. I’ve been looking for a new buttercream recipe that was perfect – fluffy, flavorful and simple. Well, it seems that it has been found in the Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes book – called Fluffy Vanilla Frosting. It is so fluffy, but not too light, so flavorful and so easy (only 3 ingredients).
The results were great – a delicious and moist chocolate cake with a fluffy colorful frosting.


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Some of the festivals you’ll attend this year are basically some bands on a stage, with a few burger vans and beer tents. Not Playgroup. Not by a long chalk.For those familiar with their Pop-Up Playgroup (née Hectors) it won’t be much of a surprise that they take the festival concept and breathe something magical into the experience. Bestival and Secret Garden would be its closest relatives, but this is on a smaller scale – no massive toilet queues or tent tenements, just an amazing experience in the countryside. Oh, and also some cool things to go see – as well as a top music bill there’s cabaret, games, art, magic, film, healing and of course great food and drink. Here’s just a few to look out for.
You already know all about our cover stars, as you’ve just read the interview on page 14, right? A messed-up mash-up of vintage synths, crashing drums and electro chaos on an ever-unique improvisational tip – don’t even think about missing them as you won’t see this show, or any other they do, again.
Well he was our cover star last month, so refer to your leather-effect SOURCE collectors’ binder for his interview. Another one whose shows are never the same twice, Benji takes the art of mixing records and telly ephemera together and makes it, well, into an actual art. This will be a big crowd-pleaser.
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This is a set at the decks that threatens to take everything green and lovely about the Playgroup setting and turn it Bourbon-brown. Filthy rock’n’roll and dirty funk’n’soul from a Tardis-like record crate – this is your soundtrack to getting messy, flattening your quiff with flying booze and generally dragging up the party from the past.
A 45-piece band – yes, 45 – makes for slim pickings on the backstage rider, but luckily this collective’s only hunger is to make you move. Drum’n’bass, kicks and beats from every dance genre you can think of are fed through traditional Brazilian instruments, with horns, guitars and electronics backing some sweet vocal styles.
DR DAVID BRAMWELL
The genius behind the Cheeky Guide to Brighton that everyone owns (right?), David’s also host of the Catalyst Club, an author and radio guy. This is his second one-man talk show, The No9 Bus To Utopia, based around his various travels through Europe and America in search of something better than rain-soaked Brighton.
Ninja Tune’s Grasscut make the kind of electronic music that suits Playgroup down to the ground. Esoteric and ethereal, the duo of award-winning soundtrack composer and classically trained musician take live programming, Stylophone, toy piano, double bass and guitar and arrive at a truly beautiful festival-esque sonic destination.
Don’t just sit there and gawp – here you can actually get involved with the music. In this performance the audience are invited to play along to a 1925 Lotte Reiniger piece with an orchestra of musical saws, toys and other unusual instruments. Bring your own percussion, bells or whatever you like, or pick from the band’s surplus gear, and help make a glorious racket.
Playgroup regulars since 2007, this duo’s blend of vintage swing and jazz together with drum’n’bass and breaks now finds itself at the centre of the White Mink zeitgeist that’s packing out bigger and bigger rooms on an almost monthly basis. Come watch the masters of the art doing their dapper thing and you’ll see why.
WORDS BY NICK COQUET


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The Neverending Story
Penguin Books, 1984 - 377 Seiten
For use in schools and libraries only. Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.
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Atreyu had lost his hold and fell . He fell and fell , and then he lost consciousness
. When he came to , Atreyu was lying on white sand . He heard the sound of
waves , and when he looked around he saw that he had been washed up on a ...
And then Sikanda cut his weapon into little bits so quickly that what had been a
whole sword only a moment before fell tinkling to the ground like a pile of coins .
Hero Hynreck stared aghast at the useless hilt , dropped it , and hung his head .
Exhausted , he collapsed under a juniper tree and fell into a deep sleep . And
while he slept , the memory that he could once make up stories left him . All night
he had the same unchanging vision before his eyes : Atreyu , with the gaping ...
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