AgustaWestland (Chalet P22) received an order for 15 of its new AW189 helicopters from Gulf Helicopters of Qatar here at the Dubai Airshow yesterday. The first two aircraft are due to be delivered in 2014 and all aircraft should achieve operational readiness in 2017.
“The Middle East remains a very important market for AgustaWestland,” said CEO Daniele Romiti on the eve of this year’s Dubai Airshow. “It is a challenging market, where personal relationships have a great importance,” he added.
The AgustaWestland AW101 won Norway’s competition for a new search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter. The win could be worth more than €1 billion if Norway buys 16 aircraft as planned and exercises options for another six. The AW101s will replace Sea Kings provided by Westland in the 1970s.
Eurocopter used the Helitech show to highlight some recent contracts. First, the UK-based Avincis group announced a firm order for three EC225s. The first two aircraft will be delivered next month, with the third slated to arrive in next year’s second half.
AgustaWestland expects its AW189 and AW169 medium twins to achieve certification by the end of next year.
AgustaWestland continues to be on pace to certify its new AW189 medium-twin helicopter late this year, with the first non-test production model making its first flight on Thursday. The helicopter is slated for December delivery to oil-and-gas service operator Bristow Group. Two other AW189s are on the production line in Italy.
AgustaWestland expects that its 16- to 18-passenger AW189 medium-twin helicopter will be EASA certified by year-end. Four prototypes and two pre-production aircraft have logged a combined 1,900 flight hours, it said. Certification, once hoped for this summer, is now “very close,” according to a company spokesman. The first delivery, to offshore operator Bristow, is scheduled to take place by year-end, he told AIN.
AgustaWestland is preparing the way to possible final assembly of its helicopters in Brazil with plans to expand the São Paulo facilities of its local subsidiary. Construction is due to be completed by the end of 2014 and the enlarged facility will also be used to accommodate a training center, bonded warehouse, workshop space and a heliport.
AgustaWestland announced several AW139 orders and an AW189 milestone at Paris 2013. The Finmeccanica company (Chalets A232, A260) signed a contract for the sale of its first AW139 medium twin-engine helicopter in Senegal. The contract includes in-country support services and training for both aircrew and maintainers. The helicopter will be operated by Senegal’s air force.
Rockwell Collins (Hall 2B D108) is launching a family of products designed to give helicopter pilots better situational awareness when flying in congested and hazard-filled airspace. Called HeliSure, the family’s first two products, Helicopter Synthetic Vision System (H-SVS) and Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (H-Taws), have been selected by AgustaWestland for its AW149, AW189, AW101 and AW169 helicopters.
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After concluding that U.S. President George W. Bush’s vision for future space exploration is unaffordable if NASA continues to be run the way it has been in the past, agency officials from Administrator Mike Griffin on down have started making major changes, particularly in the area of procurement, a top agency official said July 22.
Chris Shank, a special assistant to Griffin at NASA’s Washington headquarters, said the administrator spent Sunday, July 17, personally going over every page of the agency’s statement of work for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program, looking for requirements that he could eliminate.
“We’ve run the budget numbers and we can’t afford this plan if we do this as business as usual,” Shank said. “We can no longer have program offices with 300 people and all those reports.”
Shank said Griffin, in looking at the plan, kept asking questions like “What is this report? Why do we need it? Is this really necessary?”
Shank also said NASA is committed to making the CEV only a backup when it comes to getting crew and cargo to and from the international space station, and that private industry and the international partners will need to play a major role in providing those services. “That is the only way we will be able to afford the roadmap.”
Shank acknowledged that NASA is facing a number of large unexpected cost overruns on things like the space shuttle’s return to flight and the James Webb Space Telescope. He emphasized that each major program area will have to figure out how to deal with the overruns and will not be allowed to raid other parts of the agency for funding.
The return-to-flight costs will have to come from the human spaceflight accounts, Shank said. Similarly the cost overruns on the Webb telescope will have to be handled solely within the astronomy program. “We will not make budget trades that are science vs. exploration,” he said.
Shank noted that other NASA science missions, such as the Mars Exploration Rovers, are running longer than expected, putting additional pressure on agency budgets.

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Health Canada 'build first' policy a blow to craft cannabis industry: critics
Government regulators have introduced a risky and expensive hurdle for aspiring cannabis producers: fully build the cultivation or processing site according to Health Canada application criteria before the agency will consider an application for a cannabis licence.
This week, Health Canada held information and consultation sessions in Vancouver, Kelowna and Victoria where they faced numerous questions – many of them from aspiring craft cannabis producers who're complaining about the regulatory requirements.
The regulations are so difficult, they say, only one out of nearly 200 applicants has been approved for a government licence.
"It was quite a surprise to industry," says Barinder Rasode, the co-founder of Grow Tech Labs and craft cannabis advocate. "The cost of building out without the guarantee of having a licence is prohibitive. We do believe for craft growers this is going to cause not only a challenge but it's almost like a complete stall for lots of them."
CTV News attended the Vancouver information session hosted by Health Canada and was refused entry by Health Canada employees, who referred us to their communications department in Ottawa.
When officials replied via email, they directed us to a May 8th statement on the new policy that doesn't address the concerns of small-time growers, who are eager to legalize their businesses but feel sidelined by government.
"The consultation process, I've personally found, to be very disingenuous and I know a great number of people feel the very same way," said Cascadia Agricultural Cooperative Association spokesperson Joel Podersky. "Words and actions are simply not meeting (government) policies or are being completely contradictory to Health Canada's claims they want to steward the existing growers into the system."
Longtime cannabis lawyer and consultant John Conroy also attended the Vancouver event and agreed with Podersky's observation.
"I'm basically hearing there's a bit of miscommunication between what the government would really like to do and what Health Canada has been doing, so hopefully that will get ironed out," he said, arguing that the red tape seemed unnecessary. "Our position basically is as long as (the cannabis is) tested, what does it matter what the building looks like?"
Health Canada's May 8th statement says the move came after an analysis of how to "better allocate resources," after they discovered application wait times were so long in part because "…more than 70% of applicants who successfully passed Health Canada's initial paper-based review of their application over the past three years have not yet submitted their evidence package to demonstrate to the Department that they have a built facility that meets the regulatory requirements."
Podersky point out the "build first" policy leaves micro-producers in a catch-22 situation: in order to attract investment, they need a licence to legitimize their business, but they now need a lot of cash to build their facilities first, which they can't get unless they have a licence.
"Essentially this has made the creation of a corporate oligopoly," said Podersky. "In Canada, we have very large corporations and a very small number of them controlling the domestic marketplace."
Rasode is hopeful consultations and advocacy from the craft- and micro-cannabis producers looking to join the legalized framework are heard and that they can find a way forward – even if they have to start at square one.
"We are advocating that there be a reset on the regulations so that craft growers have an easier way to get into the regulated market."


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Unit Definition: One unit of the protein inhibits the activity of 5 ng RNase A by 50 %. Inhibitor activity is assayed in: 40 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0, 25 °C), 10 mM MgSO4, 1 mM CaCl2.
Shipping: shipped on gel packs
Storage Conditions: store at -20 °C
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Shelf Life: 12 months
Form: liquid (Supplied in 20 mM HEPES-KOH pH 7.5, 50 mM KCl, 8 mM DTT and 50 % [v/v] glycerol)
Concentration: 40 units/μl
RNase inhibitor should be applied in a working concentration of 40 units (1 μl) per 50 μl reaction volume. The application of RNase inhibitor is recommended for:
RNase inhibitor is a recombinant protein which completely inhibits a broad spectrum of eukaryotic RNases, including RNase A, B and C. It inhibits RNases by binding noncovalently in a 1:1 ratio with high affinity (4 x 10-14M). It does not inhibit the RNases I, T1, T2, H, U1, U2 and Cl3. In addition, RNase inhibitor shows no inhibition of polymerase or reverse transcriptase activity and so can be used for cDNA synthesis and in one-step RT-PCR reactions. The murine version of RNase inhibitor lacks the pair of cysteines identified in human version,therefore it has significantly improved resistance to oxidation.
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Turn-of-the-century novelist Ernest Pratt created a dashing literary hero, Nicodemus Legend, the main character is his series of dime novels set in the wild West. Pratt's clever tales are written in the first person, giving readers the idea that the exploits are real and that Pratt is actually Legend, an adventurous man dedicated to justice and science. When Pratt learns that a warrant has mistakenly been issued for Legend's arrest in Colorado, he travels there to clear the name of his hero. He soon meets an admirer of his books -- an eccentric European scientist/inventor, Janos Bartok -- who has taken the liberty of using the Legend persona in order to help the local townspeople. Bartok then convinces Pratt to assume the identity of his own literary creation. When Bartok and his apprentice, Huitzilopochtli Ramos, demonstrate how their scientific expertise and crazy inventions inspired by Pratt's novels can bolster the impression that he really is Legend, Pratt reluctantly agrees to the scheme.
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The 10th TIROL-CHOCO Robot Competition , sponsored by MASAYUKI-san, supported by RT Co., Ltd. and cooperated by TIROL-CHOCO CO., took place at Akihabara Robot Aisle, Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2015. The competition is for robots with TIROL-CHOCO exterior. The 1st competition was held on July 9, 2007. After that, the completion took place every year.
Regulation of robot body was as follows;
For TIROL-CHOCO Robot
1) Robot had to put on big TIROL-CHOCO exterior, which size were bottom (100 mm x 100 mm), upper surface (86 mm x 86 mm) and height (46 mm) respectively.
2) Biped robot. Number of servo for legs was under 4. Total number of servo was not limited.
3) Control method such as autonomous, radio and wired was free.
For UK1 (Under 1 kg) Robot
1) UK1(Under 1kg) robot passed recently UK1 regulation also can join the competition.
2) Robot had to put on big TIROL-CHOCO exterior, which size were bottom (100 mm x 100 mm), upper surface (86 mm x 86 mm) and height (46 mm) respectively.
Each both type robot had to prepare a basket within 60 mm diameter and free height.
TIROL- CHOCO Robots also have a handicap in playing time campered with UK1 Robots.
The competition was consisted with three kinds of game as follows. Each robot gets points depended on the order of each game.
(1) Foot Race
Robot walks the course within 3 minutes. The order is depended on the time. If robot cannot walk the course within 3 minutes, the order is depended on the distance from the start line. Each robot can try twice and the best time is recorded. Videos of nine robots Foot Race are as follows;
(2) TIROL-CHOCO Shooting
Three paper cups with TIROL-CHOCO on the top put on the field. Robot shoots the paper cups from oposite side for 5 minutes. Robot gets dropped TIROL-CHOCO from the top of paper cup. The order is depended on the number of shot TIROL-CHOCO. Videoe of nine robots TIROL-CHOCO Shooing are as follows;
(3) TIROL-CHOCO Carrying Race
The field divided 15 small parts which numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. When robot walks through the number, player puts the number of TIROL-CHOCOs into the basket on the robot, then robot goes back to the start place. The order is depended on the time and the number of TIROL-CHOCO carried within 5 minutes. Videos of nine robots TIROL-CHOCO Carrying Race are as follows;
After the 3 games, the winner is the robot gotten the most total points of game. Nine Robots joined were 1) Z-Tiromon (TIROL) by Moto-Iincho, 2) Garukid (UK1) by Kumama, 3) Zemunes (UK1) by Nigagawa, 4) Shaoron (UK1) by Koizumi, 5) Teruru (UK1) by A4, 6) Bosa-2 (TIROL) by Masaharu Mukoyama, 7) Proto-Trolin (TIROL) by Sugar, 8) Tirolia-1 (TIROL) by Ikki Saito, 9) BT-R3HV (TIROL) by IKETOMU.
The winner robot of TIROL-CHOCO 10th was Teruru by A4, the 2nd place was Z-Tiromon by Motoiincho and the 3rd place was Garukid by Kumama. BT-R3H was the 4th place. Zemunes got Elegant Prize which obtained votes the most by players attended.
The 4th TIROL-CHOCO Robot Competition on Feb 13, 2010 and the 9th Competition on Apr 26, 2014 were described in this blog.
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This is going to be a very short post. I need advices.
I'm knitting some Tiny Pants. So cute ;-)
I have to experiment with methods for jogless stripes in the round. My stripes are only 2 rows. I tried one method that consist in knitting the first stitch of the previous row along with the first stitch of the row I start when I knit the second row in the same color. It does not look good at all.
I hope you are having a great summer so far! Happy knitting!
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Hm, I think I knit jogless stripes the same way you described. I followed this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PjA0IR0MOU
I'm sorry I can't help you more!
I wish I could help I have never made jogless stripes, how about going to a forum on Ravelry to find out?
i use the Traveling Jogless Stripes method. TechKnitter details it here http://techknitting.blogspot.nl/2007/01/jogless-stripes.html. Hope this helps!
Since I am a complete failure at perfecting the jogless stripe, instead I will just say hi! :)
I use Meg Swanson's method (googleable if this doesn't make sense)
Knit 1 round of second color. When you get back to the first stitch of the second color pick up the stitch directly below (will be first color). Basically you have just put your left needle right into the middle of that stitch. Simply knit into it like the stitch above doesn't exist, then carry on as normal. Once you get back to swapping to the first color - repeat the process. This will move your 'first stitch' one stitch to the left.
Vraiment contente que tu expérimentes!! Tu vas pouvoir me montrer! Bonne chance!
I have to re-experiment every time I try to stripe. I have success and less than success, as in the case with the Christopher hat, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Keep us posted on your findings!
Wish I could help.... My jogless stripes never went well, so the "solution" I found was to avoid stripes in the round...which is completly silly as I love stripes. :p
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I believe there must have been some peace in the house on Sundays but I don’t remember a peaceful time. But as an adult I would often get sad and sullen. In retrospect, after talking with the Shaman, I missed something and I would dwell on the melancholy feelings and force myself to get emotional.
The Shaman had me think of what it was like to see my father relaxed in his chair watching the baseball game. He would ask me to get his slippers, a pack of cigarettes or a snack and I would joyfully run to get it.
I welled up and began to cry as the Shaman held my right hand and squeezed the web between my thumb and index finger. Then he asked me to take a deep breath and the blow it out. Next he asked if I still felt the same level of emotions I had before he had done it.
I couldn’t even force myself to fee emotional after that.
I was used to saying, “he made me feel . . .” or “she made me feel . . .” and in the 90s everyone was saying “No one can make you feel anything. It is your choice whether you feel or not.” So I had to reframe my reaction to what I felt when others would do or say something and I would get my feelings hurt.
The Shaman explained to me one day that American Indians saying “When you point your finger to blame someone, you have three fingers pointing back to you!”
You actually can’t make a “trigger finger” (pointing your index finger) without having your other three fingers fold into your hand and pointing right back to you, causing three times the blame as the one you’re pointing towards.

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In 2011, FYI, LOL, and OMG were added to the Oxford English Dictionary solidifying the language of SMS (short message service) into our vocabulary.
Texting shorthand, or abbreviating, is becoming a mainstream universal language for expressing emotions, thoughts, and important information.
While texting may be suited for other day to day communications, is it suitable for EHR documentation? A new generation has entered the healthcare workforce and they are bringing text language into clinical documentation, according to Erin Glanz, Director of Perioperative Product Management and Shared Services at MEDHOST.
Clinicians separated by generational gaps—those who have historically handwritten all of their clinical documentation and those who are more accustomed to abbreviating—are sometimes experiencing breakdowns in communication. As a result, clinical documentation inaccuracies can place patient safety at risk. In addition, as misdirection and miscommunication rise, it can also interrupt the flow of care in a complex industry.
The transition from paper to electronic documentation has still left some hospital staff scratching their heads. Learning to do things a new way is hard, but a hospital can plan for basic EHR training by establishing a policy for abbreviations in clinical documentation.
For example, a new generation of healthcare professionals may wrongly assume that the abbreviations they use every day are understood by all their peers. IMO (in my opinion) can easily turn into IMA (inferior mesenteric artery), at a quick glance. Errors like this can lead to misdiagnosis, which is a serious patient safety red flag. At the very least, going back to correct documentation errors related to abbreviations can draw out care and delay payment.
Using abbreviations and acronyms in patient records across “a heterogeneous community of healthcare workers” was linked to patient safety issues in a study published by Journal of Healthcare Communications. The study concludes that there is a need to standardize shorthand in healthcare across all settings.
“At one point with paper records we had too much to deal with, information overload,” says Glanz. “Now with digital records we easily provide too little information. Abbreviations are sometimes too short, too simplified, or just wrong.”
Glanz says that it will mostly fall on the facilities to train clinicians on proper abbreviations and shorthand usage. She also notes that there are a few tools MEDHOST has in place that can help hospitals make sure unapproved abbreviations do not hamper care.
More than 60 percent of medication errors were linked to poor handwriting according to a study from the Center for the Advancement of Health (https://journals.lww.com/nursing/Fulltext/2016/07000/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070627084702.htm). A shift to digital documentation can help reduce errors related to illegible handwriting, but EHRs themselves are not a comprehensive solution. Errors in documentation can still occur via a keyboard.
1. Create a Documentation Policy
Establish a well-defined documentation policy. Before shorthand can run rampant on patient records the American Healthcare Informatics Management Association suggests hospital leaders outline:
To help promote consistent clinical documentation, MEDHOST uses a templated system that can act as a guide for physicians. These templates help users save time and make sure information is being compiled with accuracy.
2. Perform Documentation Audits
Once rules are set in place for abbreviations and other documentation related tasks, hospitals should perform audits of patient records to check for common errors. Hospitals often work with MEDHOST on documentation audits and reviews. Regular documentation reviews can reveal recurring problems and point hospitals towards permanent solutions.
Reviews or audits also need to occur on frequent intervals. Fine-tuning of clinical documentation takes time, but when done on a consistent basis it can help reduce risk and improve care.
3. Focus on Documentation During On-Boarding
New employees, especially those who may be members of a text-prone generation, need upfront education on proper documentation practices to help catch errors before it’s too late.
The Lippincott Nursing Education Blog provides a list of documentation topics that should be covered during nurse on-boarding. These same tips can also be applied facility-wide and include:
Senior clinicians or those who are well-versed in a facility’s documentation policies can also offer guidance to new staff members.
Changes in the way we communicate as a culture have made shorthand and abbreviations part of our modern vocabulary. Terms like BRB (be right back) are no longer just typed, but also spoken. In the same way hospitals adjust workflows for new EHR technologies, providers need to proactively promote digital documentation accuracy in an era of short message services.
Find out how MEDHOST can help your hospital document clinical data with more accuracy and consistency. Call us at 1.800.383.6278.

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When you’re the survivor of domestic violence, you have immediate concerns that have to be addressed. Your ongoing safety is the number one concern you probably have — followed quickly by trying to minimize the effect of domestic violence on other areas of your life.
If you live in San Francisco, you might not have a lot of luck getting the one thing that you need the most in order to obtain a restraining order and take advantage of your right to take off work in order to go to court, move or otherwise manage the situation: the police report about your case.
Since 1999, police in California have been legally required to provide incident reports to the victims of stalking, human trafficking, abuse and similar crimes within five days of an incident report being taken. However, police in San Francisco have routinely delayed the release of these reports for sometimes months at a time because the cases were “under investigation.”
Victims and their representatives in the area have had enough. The Bay Area Legal Aid society has threatened to sue after months of being patient and being left in the dark about the progress that was supposedly being made. That’s prompted the city’s chief of police to agree to fix the problem and work out internal procedures to avoid any further issues.
Just the same, some victim advocates have indicated that they think the department is still taking too long. New procedures may not fully be in place until July. Some city officials have called the failure to comply with a long-standing law designed to protect victims “embarrassing.”
If you’re the victim of domestic violence, you have rights that need to be protected. A strong advocacy in court can help you turn a temporary protective order into a permanent one.


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Modern technology has drawn on the unique combination of properties of copper and copper alloys in the form of tube and pipe products. Copper tube is used extensively to convey potable water in buildings and homes. Copper alloys are selected to convey many diverse fluids for the oil, chemical, process and marine industries. Copper tube’s second largest application is in air-conditioning and refrigeration systems; its fastest-growing use in is fire sprinkler systems and fuel gas distribution systems in residential and office buildings. Copper is used for plumbing tube principally because of its corrosion resistance, machinability and high level of heat transfer.
Chief tube applications for copper in the transportation industry are for automotive and truck radiators, air-conditioning systems and hydraulic lines. In marine service, copper and copper alloy tube and pipe are used to carry potable water, seawater and other fluids, but the chief application is alloy tube bundles for condensers and auxiliary heat exchangers. The food and beverage industries also use copper to carry process fluids for beer, spirits, cane sugar refining and other food processing operations.
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October '11: The Fall issue focuses on the benefits of copper at healthcare institutions. Read about a new copper HVAC system that makes AC systems more energy efficient; a medical campus that relies on copper for their state-of-the-art information network; copper trends in building and construction projects; how copper provides shielding for MRI systems to improve accuracy, and the importance of copper to ensure cleanliness, reliability and efficiency in medical gas systems.
Learn about copper's 50-year warranty program
CDA Tube, Pipe and Fittings Council members:
Industry News: Selection of recent copper tube, pipe and fittings industry developments, technology advances, etc to keep you up to date.
The entire Copper Tube Handbook can be downloaded in pdf format [6 Mb].


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Studio portraits of Gabriel Dumont and his wife Madeleine Wilkie, both Matis: Dumont from the Red River Settlement and Wilkie from Pembina, Dakota Territory. Individual photographs of each seated in the same studio setting that are combined into one photograph on a cabinet card. Madeleine is wearing a full dark colored dress with a crucifix in a fashion typical of Metis women of the time. Gabriel is wearing a suit with a Metis sash or ceinture fléchée and a striped shirt. Gilt-edged.
Gabriel Dumont; Madeleine Wilkie
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Special thanks to Lyle Brennen for his assistance in dating this photograph and his interest in sharing this important photograph with interested researchers.
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Scanned from a photograph at 400 dpi in TIFF format using a Sinarback eVolution 86, Sinar M, and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using CONTENTdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2015
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Edmond J. Mallet Collection. French Institute at Assumption University, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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You might have played many war games but most of them are based on fantasy and have many unrealistic aspects in the game that can lead to false beliefs about the history. In my opinion here are some most realistic war games that you can try.
The very first one on the list is ‘VERDUN’(2013). It is a squad based multiplayer game that is based upon World War 1, featuring realistic graphics and offering an enjoyable gaming experience.
2. Rising Storm:2 Vietnam
The next one is called Rising Storm:2 Vietnam (2017). It is a tactical first-person shooter video game that is based on the Vietnamese setting.
3. Post Scriptum
The third one on the list is called Post Scriptum (2018). It is a tactical first-person shooter video game based on the experiences of World War II.
4. Hell Let Loose
The fourth one is one of the most anticipated games of the year 2021 known as Hell Let Loose. It is a tactical first-person shooter video game that features the iconic battles of the Western, North African, and Eastern fronts of World War II
5. Brother in Arms: Road to Hill 30
The fifth and last one is known as Brother in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005). It is a tactical first-person shooter video game based on the missions that were conducted by the 502nd parachute infantry regiment.
That’s pretty much it. I hope you found the list interesting and captivating. Please let us know if you have played any of these games.

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4 News Outlets Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' Should Target Next
Trevor Noah is taking over The Daily Show, and he's ready to put a fresh spin on the way the satirical news show dishes out its witty jokes. Rather than focusing his comedic arsenal on traditionally right-wing networks like Fox News, Noah has made it clear that he'll gladly be taking on a broader array of channels and poking fun of digital outlets as well. With a plethora of options at his disposal, there are plenty of news outlets that Noah and his team could target next.
"I don't have targets yet," Noah told reporters at a press conference last week. "I get to discover the person I will grow to loathe, to hate, and they may not be on Fox News."
During the July Television Critics Association's semi-annual press tour, Noah explained that, with news media shifting to a more digital presence, internet-based platforms and unorthodox channels could potentially be on the menu. "The biggest challenge is going to be ... how we bring all of that together looking at it from a bigger lens as opposed to just going after one source," he said.
Given the thousands of high profile sites and news channels in today's info-saturated world, that task might be more daunting than Noah realizes. Here are a few of the potential contenders that could (or should) be on The Daily Show's radar.
CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter sat down recently with the South African native to discuss The Daily Show's previous favorite target, cable news. After the Reliable Sources host asked Noah whether he'd be making more jokes about CNN itself, Noah quipped:
How many things are you going to be doing that you consider joke worthy?
Given CNN's past stumbles (specifically its slip-ups in breaking news, such as the Affordable Care Act ruling in June 2012, and its scattered reporting following the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013), it's a fair bet that The Daily Show host won't shy from hitting the cable news network hard.
Gawker has had a rough year. Following a lawsuit filed by wrestler Hulk Hogan over a leaked sex tape, a defamation suit from The Daily Mail, and a third libel lawsuit from an angry blogger who became incensed when the website published a story which claimed that he had defecated on the floor during college, it's been a marathon effort to revamp the company's image.
Whether or not the notoriously irreverent Gawker ends up on Noah's naughty list is up for debate — certainly, kicking a man while he's down isn't all that fun for anyone involved. Still, given founder Nick Denton's stubborn attitude toward all of the turmoil surrounding his company, it might not be long before Noah decides to take aim.
Known for its quirky titles and unbearably addictive quizzes, BuzzFeed has a tendency to be hugely polarizing. Regardless, BuzzFeed has been chugging along, picking up and dropping followers at a rate unsurpassed by most other outlets (a recent Forbes report stated that the website's average monthly audience topped 69 million).
Still, given Noah's dry humor, his underdog status, and his penchant for taking on the establishment, poking a bit of fun at the busy news and entertainment outlet might very well be on the new Daily Show host's to-do list.
Making jokes about the behemoth sports network might not seem like an orthodox choice — but then Noah hasn't ruled out the possibility of blasting outlets that go beyond the scope of traditional news media. When asked by CNN's Brian Stelter what sorts of networks were on the chopping block, Noah replied:
It could be any news. It could be any news that we [at The Daily Show] feel speaks to something. And if the show can accurately vocalize that and disseminate that, then we've achieved our goal.
It might not be such a bad idea either: With a bevy of distasteful, sexist commentary sullying the network's reputation, along with a number of small, but equally hilarious scandals peppering the media headlines (including one incident this past spring, when the network allegedly refused to pay $20,000 in prize money to a 12-year-old boy who had tied for first place in ESPN's March Madness bracket challenge), making ESPN the butt of The Daily Show's jokes would be the perfect way to usher in the new brand of outsider-perspective humor that Noah brings to the table.


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Hell Energy gears up for HUF 67 bln BGS issue
Hungarian soft drink maker Hell Energy on Tuesday announced plans to issue up to HUF 67 billion in bonds in the framework of the Bond Funding for Growth Scheme (BGS) of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), according to a report by state news wire MTI.
Hell Energy earlier raised HUF 29 bln in proceeds from a 10-year BGS bond in December 2019.
In a disclosure posted on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange after market hours, Hell Energy said Scope Ratings had downgraded its issuer rating from BB to B+, the threshold for BGS participation.
In a separate release, Scope Ratings acknowledged Hell Energy's "strong market position" in the region, "high margins" and "significant growth potential", but said the rating is "constrained by limited product diversification and increasing leverage".
Scope said Hell Energy's financial risk profile is "strongly affected" by an HUF 80 bln investment program which will be financed by the planned HUF 67 bln BGS bond issue, a state subsidy, and operating cash flow.
The 10-year BGS bond will have a corporate guarantee from Quality Pack, Hell Energy's wholly-owned canning unit.
Hell Energy Drink is the third-biggest branded energy drink globally. Hell Energy is market leader in Hungary and nine other countries, mostly in the CEE and SEE regions.
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Lucknow: In a controversial statement, Uttar Pradesh Minister Anand Swaroop Shukla has said that Muslims should bow to the "land and culture of India", and also claimed that Hindu deities such as Lord Ram, Krishna and Shiva were their ancestors.
To put weightage to his provocative remarks, he further said that the mindset of the Muslims that intended to create an Islamic state in the country has been "destroyed" by the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who raised the flag of Hindutva and "Indian Culture".
On Thursday, while addressing the media, the UP minister Anand Swaroop Shukla gave an account of the work done by the Adityanath-led government in the last four and half years and said, "The ancestors of the Muslims of India are lord ram, Krishna and Shankar. they do not need to see the land of Kaaba. These people should bow to the land and culture of India. After Syria and Afghanistan, some people from different countries want to make the world an Islamic State. Some in India have this mindset too. But the Modi and Adityanath governments at the Centre and State have raised the flag of Hindutva and Indian Culture in the country and defeated this mindset."
Shukla also claimed that the recent posters put up in Sambhal were the result of the Samajwadi Party's support of Islamic terrorists.
Shukla further said that the ghazis have been completely wiped out from Uttar Pradesh and added that there will be no possibility of such powers raising their heads in future.
"There are still people with such mentality. These are stupid people. Their ancestors became Muslim out of fear. This kind of thinking cannot flourish under the Modi and Adityanath governments," he said, attacking AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, adding that Owaisi's ancestors had tried to make Hyderabad a separate state but failed.


Improving security but not cutting off city businesses from their supplies. That’s the aim of proposals to permanently strengthen and improve on-street safety within Bath’s busiest streets.
Bath & North East Somerset Council launched a public consultation and – because of the Covid 19 lockdown – have decided to extend that until 31 January.
The consultation was launched on November 16 and has had more 200 responses already but because of the national lockdown the online consultation has been extended until the end of the month to provide city centre businesses and residents a little extra time to respond.
A key part of the council’s role is keeping the city’s streets and spaces safe and secure from the threat of terrorism. Since 2016, the council and Avon & Somerset Police have successfully helped maintain the city’s safety by putting in place various temporary security measures to provide a higher quality of protection around Bath Abbey, the Roman Baths and Pump Room, as well as the retail core of the city centre
As the threat to the United Kingdom from terrorism remains, it is important that Bath & North East Somerset Council, with the help of its partners, continues to work hard to support the economy and community of Bath city centre.
The council has been working closely with the police on plans to further strengthen city centre access restrictions and install new purpose-designed street furniture which will provide permanent enhanced safety for people in areas of high footfall.
The council and police have developed a proposal that seeks to provide proportionate improved security while continuing to allow the city’s businesses and service providers a viable level of vehicle access. The proposed scheme combines;
- Vehicle access restrictions 24 hours every day of the year within the city centre’s most crowded streets
- Strengthened secure vehicle access points controlled by the Council’s CCTV control room
- New purpose designed reinforced static and sliding protective bollards and furniture.
Councillor Joanna Wright, Cabinet Member for Transport Services said: “I want to thank everyone who has already taken part in the consultation. We have had more than 200 responses so far. However the latest lockdown has had an impact on many businesses and so we have decided to extend the consultation for a few more weeks to give people plenty of time to have their say.
“We also appreciate how important vehicle access within the city is for our businesses, residents and particularly for people with restricted mobility. We have recently appointed a specialist to work with local accessibility groups and other key local stakeholders to look at issues and recommend mitigation measures before the plans are finalised. It is important we ensure as many people as possible give their views on these proposals, before we begin considering all the responses.’”
You can view the details of the proposed city centre security improvements and provide feedback online until 31 January at www.bathnes.gov.uk/citycentresecurityconsultation
Feedback will then be used to inform refinements to the draft proposals, before the Council formally advertises the traffic regulation orders, which would enable the access restrictions to be enforced.
Information about this consultation is available on request in other languages, audio, Braille, large print or other formats. For those without internet access paper copies of the summary and survey can be made available. To request another format please contact us by email at firstname.lastname@example.org or by calling Council Connect on 01225 39 40 41.


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According to Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL03), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to house illegal immigrant children at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala. Many of them were apprehended at the border, which is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis brought on by children being sent across unaccompanied.
Rogers first learned of the plan in an email sent to his office by the Federal agency.
In response, Rogers penned a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson voicing his opposition to the proposal.
“The CDP is a world class first responder training facility; however, it was in no way built to house immigration detainees, much less children,” Rogers wrote. “CDP is over 900 miles from the Rio Grande Valley where many of these border crossings occur, and transporting illegal immigrants so far away from the border and their home countries would seem to make this crisis worse. It seems implausible that there is not a temporary facility within 900 miles of our southwestern border capable of housing these individuals without the disruption that I am concerned this transfer would cause to CDP operations. In addition, I am concerned the housing of many of these unaccompanied minor children who arrived here under the false belief they would be granted legal status — a belief challenged little if at all over the years by the Obama Administration — could put deep and challenging stresses on the local community’s health system.”
Rogers also grilled Homeland Security Secretary Johnson during a committee hearing, demanding answers on what could be done to remedy the recent surge of unaccompanied children from Central America illegally entering the country.
“Right now, we have a crisis and I don’t see the Administration doing anything about it – other than trying to house the children,” Rogers said during the hearing. “You can’t send your children up here and let them stay.”
In a letter sent to President Obama last week, Rogers urged the Administration to utilize National Guard troops to lock down the border in areas of the southwest border that are particularly susceptible to illegal crossings.
“I strongly urge you to heed the call of Congress and utilize additional National Guard units in the hardest hit areas to allow the Border Patrol to focus on enforcing current immigration laws,” Rogers wrote. “It is within your power and the law to stem the tide of illegal immigration and work with home nations in order to return these children to their families as quickly as possible.”
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Remember hearing that those of us who refused to fill out the census form could face fines of up to $5,000? Here’s what the U.S. Census Bureau actually said on the matter:
“Although the law makes it a crime not to answer the decennial census, the American Community Survey and other mandatory censuses, and authorizes the courts to impose a fine of up to $5,000 for failure to respond, the Census Bureau views this approach as a last resort.”
Now we hear that fines are unlikely to be imposed on those who refused to answer the Census Bureau’s ridiculous and intrusive questions. Yes, shockingly, it appears that the federal government was trying to frighten us into compliance. From the newspaper The Hill:
The director of the U.S Census Bureau said Friday it is unlikely the government will issue any fines for not filling out the census form that was recently mailed to Americans.
Robert Groves, the director of the Census Bureau, said on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program that while the government can fine people $5,000 for not filling out the census form, it is unlikely to do so.
Groves said no one was fined 10 years ago during the last census. Asked whether he thinks anyone will be fined this year, Groves responded, “If I were a betting man, no.”
Groves noted that the census policymakers have found that it is better to emphasize the positive aspects of returning the survey than focusing on the negative ramifications of not doing so.
He added that the budget for the census is $7.2 billion.
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There are many Vermont veteran benefits and exemptions provided by the state to current and former members of the Armed Forces who served honorably in the U.S. military.
Many of the benefits we outline in this guide apply specifically to disabled veterans. Vermont has a veteran population of over 43,000 veteran residents and nearly 30 percent have a VA disability rating!
- Top Vermont Veteran Benefits
- Tax Benefits
- Financial Assistance
- VA Locations and Medical Facilities in Vermont
- Vehicle and Driver’s License
- Vermont’s Medals for Veterans
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Are there special property tax exemptions for Vermont veterans?
- Are there income tax benefits for Vermont veterans?
- Does Vermont award college credit for military training?
- Do Vermont veterans receive preferential treatment when seeking employment?
- Does Vermont offer employment counseling and assistance to veterans seeking employment?
- Does Vermont offer any special financial assistance to veterans and their families?
- Are there Vermont veteran benefits offering reduced recreational fees?
- MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL THE BENEFITS YOU DESERVE
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There are over 1,000 people in Vermont who work to help veterans and their families!
The state offers:
- Property tax exemptions
- Education benefits including tuition assistance and student loan forgiveness
- Employment assistance
- Financial assistance to veterans in need
- Recreational discounts
An excellent resource for Vermont veterans is the state’s Office of Veteran Affairs, which assists veterans in securing all the benefits they rightfully earned.
Make sure to compare the different types of exemptions you may qualify for as a veteran, especially when it comes to property tax exemptions and tuition-related educational options.
We’ve created this complete guide of Vermont veteran benefits to help you find all the benefits you’ve earned!
Property Tax Exemptions for Veterans in Vermont
Vermont disabled veteran benefits include property tax exemptions. The baseline property tax exemption is $10,000, which reduces the assessed value of your home.
The exemptions vary from town to town, so make sure to check with your local county assessor, as some towns increase the exemption up to $40,000!
To qualify for the property tax exemption, you must meet one of the following requirements:
- Have a disability rating of 50 percent or more
- Be receiving pay for a medical retirement
- Be an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran eligible for the property tax exemption
Make sure you apply with the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs before the annual May 1st deadline to apply for the exemption for the following year.
You can obtain proof of eligibility online through ebenefits.
Unless you have a permanent and total (P&T) disability rating, you’ll likely be required to provide proof of eligibility annually.
Income Tax Exemptions
Vermont taxes both active duty pay and military retirement pay. For active duty service members, the state taxes your active duty military income unless you’re stationed outside Vermont. When stationed outside of the state, military pay is fully exempt from Vermont state income tax.
Additionally, if you make $50,000 or less as your federal adjusted gross income, and are a member of the Vermont National Guard or Reservist, up to $2000 or your training pay is exempt from state income tax.
Vermont taxes military retirement pay at the state income tax range of 3.55 percent to 9.4 percent, depending on total income. There are no state income tax exemptions for military retirement pay in Vermont.
Although the state taxes military retirement, there are no taxes on:
- Military disability pay
- VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) pay
As a veteran you can simply deduct your disability or DIC pay from your adjusted gross income for the state.
Vermont offers veterans and service members two main types of scholarship opportunities in addition to your federally administered VA educational benefits:
- Vermont Armed Services Scholarship
- Vermont National Guard Tuition Benefit Program (Loan Forgiveness)
Vermont Armed Services Scholarship
The Vermont Armed Services Scholarship provides free tuition for the families of Vermont service members who died on active or inactive duty. To qualify, the member who passed away must have been a Vermont resident or serving in the Vermont National Guard.
Children (including step-children) and spouses are eligible for this scholarship.
Loan Forgiveness for Vermont National Guard Members
In 2018, Vermont began offering student loan forgiveness to Vermont National Guard members.
Members are now eligible for loan forgiveness for tuition at a Vermont university, college, or other approved program.
The loan award amount varies based on the college the applicant is attending. The loan requires that National Guard members serve two years for every full-time academic year forgiven (with 12 credits or more per academic year considered full-time).
Applicants are eligible if applying for loan forgiveness towards their first bachelor’s degree. Members must also be complete with basic training and have exhausted post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and other federally funded military tuition assistance.
College Credit in Vermont for Military Training
Vermont colleges and universities recognize your military training and may award academic credit for it toward your degree.
When you begin your application, you’ll apply for an official evaluation of your Joint Services Transcript (JST) to determine which transfer credits are eligible.
Request a transcript from your service branch. Each service branch will provide official copies to schools at no charge.
Resident College Tuition Rates in Vermont
Vermont veteran benefits include in-state tuition rates for eligible veterans. Typically, Vermont requires at least one year of residency before granting in-state tuition rates.
If you meet one of the following requirements, you’re eligible for in-state tuition at any public Vermont university or college:
- You’re on active duty and stationed in Vermont for more than 30 days, regardless of whether you move after you start taking classes (your dependents qualify too!)
- You live in Vermont and are using VA education benefits within three years of honorable discharge from active duty service
- You live in Vermont and received transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, regardless of your state of residency
- You’re a Fry Scholarship recipient
- You’re a Vermont National Guard member in good standing pursuing your first bachelor’s degree and you’ve completed basic training
There are a number of Vermont veteran benefits that offer support with employment and many resources are available to help veterans and their families find jobs and advance their careers.
Vermont Veterans’ Employment Preference
Veterans and disabled veterans receive preference when applying for federal, state, county, and local government jobs in Vermont.
All honorably discharged veterans receive preference points added to their total application score. Additionally, veterans with a service-connected disability, spouses of totally disabled veterans, and unremarried surviving spouses receive additional preference points.
Vermont is one of the few states that doesn’t clarify exactly how many preference points are added, but the important thing is that you do receive preference! When looking at state jobs, keep an eye out for “state promotional only” jobs, as these jobs are uniquely available to veterans.
Normally these jobs are only available to current state employees. As a veteran you have special access to apply to these.
Vermont Veterans Employment Assistance
The Vermont Department of Labor helps veterans find gainful employment.
Career Resource Centers located across the state are staffed by counselors that have the resources to help you find the right job, work with you to improve your resume, or get access to additional training to qualify for a job.
Contact one of the 12 resources centers across the state to get the employment assistance you earned.
Vermont Veterans Assistance Fund
Vermont veteran benefits include immediate help covering emergency costs for veterans.
If you’re a Vermont resident veteran and you need immediate help covering critical life needs, this program offers veterans a one-time payment up to $500. You can apply over the phone in as little as 10 minutes.
Contact the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs to apply for this fund at (802) 828-3379.
Vermont 211 is a fantastic organization dedicated to helping veterans with basic life necessities.
If you’re a veteran struggling to pay for necessities including food, shelter, or utilities, Vermont 211 is a one-stop shop for all state and federal programs available to help you through difficult times.
VT Veterans Home
The Vermont Veterans’ Home located in Bennington is dedicated to serving veterans with a full range of care as part of the Vermont veteran benefits you earned.
The facility offers a variety of services, including:
- Skilled nursing care
- Certified Alzhiemer’s unit
- Rehabilitation therapy
- Medical social work
- Respite care
- Registered dietician
- Podiatry care
- End of life care
- Transportation to medical appointments
- Guest room for family members
Veterans, spouses, and Gold Star parents are eligible for admission. Vermont veterans receive priority for admission, but veterans from all states are welcome to apply!
The veteran must have served on active duty for 90 days or more and must have received a discharge under honorable conditions.
To apply, see the Vermont Veterans’ Home Admission Application.
Call (802) 447-6539 for more information.
VA Locations and Medical Facilities in Vermont
|Medical Facilities for Vermont Veteran Benefits
|Bennington Outpatient Clinic
|Brattleboro Community Based Outpatient Clinic
|Keene VA Clinic
|Littleton VA Clinic
|Burlington Outpatient Lakeside Clinic
|Newport Community Based Outpatient Clinic
|Rutland Community Based Outpatient Clinic
|South Burlington Vet Center
|Berlin Vet Center
|White River Junction
|White River Junction VA Medical Center
|White River Junction
|White River Junction Vet Center
Vehicle and Driver’s License
Veteran Designation on Driver License or Identification (ID) Cards
Any honorably discharged veteran can request a “Veteran” designation for a small fee on the front of his or her Vermont driver’s license or ID card.
The word “Veteran” printed on the center of a license allows Vermont veterans to validate their honorable service with a government-issued ID card.
Free Vehicle Registration for Disabled Veterans with Modified Vehicles
Vermont offers free vehicle registration for veterans with certain disabilities.
To qualify, you must have modifications to your vehicle paid for by the VA. If you meet this requirement, you’re exempt from paying vehicle sales tax, registration, and license fees.
Bring a copy of VA Form 21-4502 certifying the VA’s financial assistance in the purchase of the car to the DMV to waive these fees.
Vermont offers service members and veterans several discounts for recreation, as a way of saying thanks for the many sacrifices you’ve made.
Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Disabled Veterans
Veterans with a VA disability rating of 60 percent or more are eligible for a free permanent fishing or combination hunting and fishing license.
You must be a Vermont resident to apply for a permanent license. Residents of states with hunting and fishing reciprocity agreements with Vermont are eligible for a free one-year license. Currently this applies to residents of New Hampshire and Maine.
If applying for a hunting license, you’ll need to provide proof that you’ve completed hunting safety training.
To apply, see the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department Sporting License Application.
Mail your application to:
Fish & Wildlife Department
1 National Life Drive, Dewey Bldg
Montpelier VT 05620-3208
Free Military Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Vermont Residents
Vermont veteran benefits offer resident service members free hunting and fishing licenses!
You must be serving on active duty or on active duty orders for 120 consecutive days or more. Your license is valid until expiration, regardless of your discharge date.
Military members stationed in Vermont on active duty orders are eligible to purchase licenses at resident rates.
Vermont Green Mountain Passport Lifetime Pass
If you’re a resident veteran in Vermont, the Green Mountain Pass is an excellent benefit to enjoy Vermont’s state parks with free day-use entry for life.
The pass is available to all honorably discharged veterans in Vermont. The pass only costs $2 and is available for purchase at your local Town Clerk’s office.
Vermont’s Medals for Veterans
Vermont veteran benefits include three types of medals to honor the sacrifice of service members and their families:
Vermont Veterans Medal
The Vermont Veterans Medal is awarded to most veterans with an honorable discharge.
Vermont Distinguished Service Medal
The Vermont Distinguished Service Medal honors veterans who served in a combat theater with an honorable discharge.
The Patriots Medal
The Patriots Medal is presented to next-of-kin of Vermont service members killed in action.
To be awarded a medal, veterans must be residents of the state and must apply or have someone apply on their behalf. Vermont holds an annual medal presentation at the Vermont State House with the Vermont Governor. Veterans can choose to attend this ceremony or simply receive their medal in the mail.
To apply, call the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs at (802) 828-3379.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Are there special property tax exemptions for Vermont veterans?
Yes, Vermont disabled veterans with a VA disability rating of 50 percent, or more or those receiving medical retirement pay, receive a property tax exemption in Vermont up to $10,000 in most cases.
You should apply by the May 1st deadline to qualify. Unremarried surviving spouses of eligible veterans may also apply for this benefit.
Are there income tax benefits for Vermont veterans?
Active service members who are residents of Vermont don’t have to pay state income tax if they are stationed outside of Vermont. Veterans receiving military retirement do owe Vermont state income tax.
Does Vermont award college credit for military training?
Yes, Vermont colleges individually evaluate your military training and experience, and award credit and credentialing appropriately.
Do Vermont veterans receive preferential treatment when seeking employment?
Vermont veterans with an honorable discharge receive preference points added to the Vermont civil service application for Vermont jobs.
Does Vermont offer employment counseling and assistance to veterans seeking employment?
Yes, Vermont offers veterans help finding gainful employment through 12 Career Resource Centers located throughout the state.
Does Vermont offer any special financial assistance to veterans and their families?
Yes, the Vermont Veterans Assistance Fund is designed to help veterans cover basic life needs during emergencies by offering a one-time payment up to $500.
Are there Vermont veteran benefits offering reduced recreational fees?
Yes, if you’re a resident of Vermont serving on active duty or on active duty orders for more than 120 days, you may be eligible for a free hunting and fishing license.
Additionally, disabled veterans with a VA disability rating of 60 percent or more are eligible for a permanent combination license if they’re a Vermont resident, or a one-year license for residents of Maine and New Hampshire. All honorably discharged veterans are also eligible for a $2 lifetime pass granting free day entry to Vermont state parks.
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Earlier this year the Federal government announced plans to have Toronto’s third airport at Pickering in operation by 2027. The stated justification is that “The demand is here”.
A report published by WWF in the UK suggests that, at least in that country, the demand for more flights may not be there. WWF states that:
- Business flying at Heathrow has fallen by 23% since 2000 – and not because of capacity or the recession.
- It’s part of a broader trend. Across the UK, business trips by air are down by 13% since 2000.
- The share of UK flights taken for business purposes has dropped steadily for many years, and is now just 16%
- Smart companies know that flying less and using technology more saves time and money.
- Working with WWF, leaders such as Microsoft UK and BT have thrived by reducing flights by 20% in just a few years.
- Many FTSE 500 companies are making a permanent shift towards lower-carbon alternatives to flying. Videoconferencing will grow from 36 million users in 2011 to a projected 219 million users in 2016.
- Any new runway [at Heathrow] would be used mainly for leisure trips, which may actually shrink the UK economy.
- British businesses are profiting by flying less.
GallonDaily is not aware of a source of compiled data for Canada that is comparable to the WWF UK report.
The report, which is in the form of an infographic, or slide deck, can be found at http://www.wwf.org.uk/how_you_can_help/get_your_business_involved/one_in_five_challenge/no_business_case_for_airport_expansion/


Democrats act alone to raise the debt ceiling while Republicans look the other way on the filibuster.
A high-risk political gamble could be in play to pass President Biden’s Build Back Better plan.
And the governor of Illinois does his own political side-step when his name surfaces as a possibility for higher office.
We talk about that this morning with Democratic political consultant Porter McNeil and former Iowa State Rep. David Millage, a Republican.
“Sen. Manchin – I don’t think he’s going to change,” Millage said. “He said he’s worried about inflation. He’s worried about the debt.”
“Setting the deadline for Christmas might have been wrong,” McNeil said. “They may need to push this back to the goalpost, to the Super Bowl.”
Hear other views from McNeil and Millage when you watch the video.
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The birthplace of Captain Cook is located in the heart of the North and is close to various historic destinations. In 1801 the city was still only a farm of 25 people but it has now grown into a beautiful city with a typical Nordic atmosphere.
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum – visit this great museum that takes you on an exciting journey through Captain Cook’s life and his life as one of the world’s greatest navigators and mariners. The museum is also in the beautiful landscaped grounds of Stewart Park, which makes it perfect for a family trip.
Roseberry Topping – if you’re up for a bit of a trek, this is the one of Britain’s most distinctive hills that you must definitely do. The rewarding scenery that comes up after this satisfying walk offers magnificent views of Middlesbrough’s unusual landscape.
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest transportation bridge in UK whose magnificent size spreads across River Tees. It is the only one of it kind and provides you with a full bridge experience. Not to be missed!
Nature’s World is the place to go if you’re a fan of eco-experiences and you’re planning a family visit to be interesting for both young and old. There are different areas that include informative signage, family trails, solar powered talking posts, educational play parks, a giant bank-side slide, an interactive sustainability challenge, 2020 future world, etc.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art opens doors on 30 November and is the hottest new attraction in the city. With many exciting exhibitions lined up, MIMA is a must-see for all the art lovers.
For eating out, don’t forget to try the famous Middlesbrough parmo. This variation of Chicken Parmesan invented in the area is served all around town and is the perfect take-away snack.
- Mike’s Return is apparently the best place for parmo and offers anything a modern restaurant does and if the weather is bad; they also deliver
- Maharaja Tandoori offers a great and affordable range of Bangladeshi food if you’re a fan of the South Asian kitchen.
Middlesbrough is also a hotspot for designers and designer brands
- Psyche is an award winning company in the fashion industry and it also hosts a Christmas Fain on Saturday, 10 December

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Tottenham set to battle Juventus for Matthias Ginter
For a long time, Juventus has been interested in signing Matthias Ginter in the summer, but they will now have competition from an Antonio Conte-led Tottenham.
With Borussia Monchengladbach, the 28-year-old German defender has enjoyed a particularly productive season, appearing in all but three Bundesliga games as he continues to demonstrate his ability in the middle of the defense.
His contract with the German club ends at the conclusion of this season, and a renewal is not in the cards for the time being. According to the Daily Mail, Tottenham are extremely interested in signing Ginter on a free transfer in the summer and are hoping to fight out competition from Juventus, West Ham United, and Aston Villa for his services.
While the Bianconeri are preparing to phase out Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci in the coming years, they are trying to add a bit of youth to their backline. Ginter is a tactically versatile midfielder who can also play as a defensive midfielder, which makes him a desirable choice.
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A man wanted for murder out of Arizona was arrested at a Grand Junction Home Tuesday evening.
Grand Junction Police Officers and Mesa County Deputies arrested 19–year–old John Neal at 1945 N. Fourth Street.
Officials say they got a tip from authorities in Mojave Arizona that Neal was at the home. They say Neal is wanted for a December homicide in Mojave county.
Police say Neal came out peacefully. He was booked into the Mesa County Jail and officers say he will be facing extradition back to Arizona.
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According to a reminder sent out this year to all AdWords advertisers from the Google AdWords Team, there is a change to Google’s advertising policies. What is that change going to entail? Well, let’s take it directly from the horse’s mouth:
“Beginning in the coming weeks, we’ll no longer accept ads that promote graphic depictions of sexual acts including, but not limited to, hardcore pornography; graphic sexual acts including sex acts such as masturbation; genital, anal, and oral sexual activity.
When we make this change, Google will disapprove all ads and sites that are identified as being in violation of our revised policy… We ask that you make any necessary changes to your ads and sites to comply so that your campaigns can continue to run.”
So, is this perhaps yet another fast encroaching wave of social puritanism we can look forward to? It looks like it. We recently featured a couple of different articles which, I believe, can be linked to what is happening here with the Google AdWords issue: one spoke of the potential for an eventual war on porn; the other talked about the trials of a porn star called Eden Alexander, whose campaign to raise money to help pay the medical bills she had accrued through serious illness was taken down by the payment processor WePay, on the basis that they did not accept monies in connection with pornographic items.
Setting aside the fact for now that WePay were confusing an adult performer, i.e. a human being, with a “pornographic item,” their decision spoke of a wider trend of discrimination against the industry. Chase Bank recently closed accounts belonging to hundreds of adult performers – and they aren’t the only major financial organization to have done so – as a result of efforts by the Department of Justice, which asked banks to deny access to those who may – MAY – be breaking the law.
Now, as far as we understand, the adult industry is a legal, regulated business, one which provides a healthy revenue for the U.S. as a whole – in 2013 it was estimated to have generated around USD5bn, in fact. God knows the banks haven’t been doing that much to generate revenue. And let’s remember, it was the banking and finance industry, which led to the collapse of the economy as a whole, and all of the consequent, massive social suffering we’ve seen all over the world. Those institutions broke the law, yet the Dept. of Justice doesn’t seem concerned with arresting even a single banker.
So, bankers fucked an entire planet while adult performers just fucked each other, yet the adult performers are the criminals. Anyone else reeling from the stench of moral hypocrisy?
The adult industry is being targeted again. And why not? It’s an easy target for major neoconservative networks like Fox News and is a perfect distraction from the more serious matters affecting the world. It’s an easy target also for career politicians, wishing to prove their mettle in the field of ‘decency’ and family values (while at the same time indecently applying a zero valuation to the lives of the majority of working class families).
Now add to all of that the threat posed by the potential removal of net neutrality – and what that means in terms of ISPs imposing their own moralities and ideologies on those who wish to use their services – and we find ourselves once more heading unhappily towards a state of censorship, applied arbitrarily according to the caprices and proclivities of folk who assume their wealth and/or power mean they know better than the rest of us. Imagine a world in which the women-hating zealots of Hobby Lobby dictated how the Internet worked.
Let’s bring it back round to the Google AdWords move again. The policy change, in essence, represents nothing more and nothing less than Google jumping on the anti-porn bandwagon (you’d hope at least cynically – if it really does come down to fervent conviction, then we’re all in trouble).
I get that there are certain places where certain images and material should not be readily seen – I agree that children should not be exposed to explicit adult content… that’s downright obvious – but such factors can surely be built into the current system. The guys and girls at Google are supposed to be geniuses after all. And to be honest that’s all I need from them… I need them to provide cool, innovative tech that makes life interesting, not take it upon themselves to be the protectors of my moral virtue and sensibilities. If I want that, I’ll go live in China or Iran.
If this isn’t just a cynical tactic by Google to come off as paragons of decency, then they should go all the way and disallow absolutely everything that has even the faintest whiff of the sexual about it. They won’t do that though, because if they did, there’d be very little left for Google to index. As we’ve talked about before here on BaDoink, the fact of the matter is that in today’s society there seems to be very little that separates porn from any other form of advertising or entertainment, other than a strip of cloth or the fact that you actually see the penetration. Which is another reason why this whole anti-porn movement is even more spurious than you may have already suspected.
I feel pretty certain that Google aren’t going to punish HBO for the highly sexual and very, very frequently explicit content of Game of Thrones or True Blood, or YouTube for basically any contemporary music video, which almost as a matter of course now must feature a barely-dressed woman, or seven, straddling or sliding up and down massive invisible dicks, perpetuating the myth that ladies are good for nothing else and that, clearly, they all just want it anyway.
(It’s also worth repeating as an aside that in a world in which the majority of business is still conducted mostly by men – and therefore subject to all the insecurities of machismo – perhaps the real problem with seeing penetration is that you see that big old dick. The root of censorship perhaps, in this case, isn’t morality but un-evolved sexism.)
Look at fashion industry commercials and photo-spreads, look at the advertising for over-priced bottles of pretentious fragrances… in the former they may as well be selling open-crotch panties, and in the latter you may as well just see the male or female human sex dolls pouting about therein using their highly expensive and elaborately-designed scent bottles as rectal stimulators.
Acting as if porn is somehow worse than all of this is ridiculous. By helping to maintain this myth of porn’s comparative unworthiness, Google puts itself on the wrong side of the censorship and freedom of speech argument. To my eyes, at least, this seems like a wrong-headed move for an otherwise savvy company that has usually proved itself adept at recognizing and harnessing progressive social trends.


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Every time I go to Palm Springs, I appreciate it more, and I love to try to capture new photos of things making me happy while there.
Just driving around provides plenty of photo opportunities.
Of course, walking around does too.
The colors and color combinations, the unusual sights...
And then there's the reason we're there; hanging out and making art at the top of the list.
We've rented a new house each time, and this is the slice of heaven Carol found for us this year. Horrible, right?
This is what it felt like being there, like floating in air:
Art journaling and sketchbookery madness were pretty much the main creative activities.
Besides quilts and quilting books (so I could put on a mini quilt show), I only brought one basket of art supplies.
Of course, we shared supplies and gifted each other presents too.
There is always a show and tell of current or recent journals.
I've got more to show and tell... part 2 next post!


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- Make ready 6 cup of water.
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- Take 1 tsp of kosher salt.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of white pepper.
- Take 1 tsp of onion powder.
- Make ready 1 tbsp of paprika.
- Take 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
- Make ready 1/2 tsp of oregano.
- Make ready 1 tbsp of chili powder.
- Get 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
- Make ready 1/2 cup of white vinegar.
- Take 3/4 cup of corn starch dissolved in 1 cup water.
Instructions to make Hudson Valley Hot Wiener Sauce:
- grind up hot dogs and put in saucepan.
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In the loss to Clemson on Saturday, Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman was exceptional. Although Hartman’s Demon Deacons side lost the game in a thrilling two-overtime contest, that result should not detract from the outstanding performance he delivered. According to The Athletic, Hartman’s six touchdowns versus Clemson tied the ACC single-game record.
Sam Hartman has SIX touchdowns against No. 5 Clemson.
He ties the ACC single-game record.
— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) September 24, 2022
Unreal. Two weeks after throwing for four touchdowns in Wake Forest’s victory against Vanderbilt, quarterback Sam Hartman equaled the Atlantic Coast Conference record with six touchdown passes against Georgia Tech.
Hartman threw every conceivable pass, from deep out to red zone daggers, against a Clemson football defense that was widely considered to be among the finest in the country.
Well, Hartman was the star, slicing apart the Tigers’ secondary in a performance worthy of the Heisman. Fans of the Demon Deacons are relieved to see him healthy after worrying about his status throughout the 2022 season.
Sam Hartman was sidelined indefinitely on August 10 due to Paget-Schroetter Syndrome. The quarterback for the Wake Forest football team had surgery to have a blood clot in his subclavian vein removed.
And now, Sam Hartman is out there nearly guiding his team to a victory over one of the finest teams in the country.
The fact that he is not only back on the field but is also rapidly becoming one of the top quarterbacks in the country has to give Wake Forest fans a sense of relief and pride, given that it was unclear when he would return to the team.
As long as Sam Hartman continues to lead from the quarterback position, good things should happen for the Wake Forest football team.


The purpose of all gender blurring movements supported by the “politically correct,” starting with feminism, then gay, then transgender, is to destroy family because family loyalties stand in the way of creating the perfect slave. The ideal global mono-culture has all children created in test tubes, living in boarding schools where they are programmed for their lifelong work, never marry, and regard sex as a drug, not linked to reproduction. Gender then becomes a choice, not a natural polarity. Nature must be eliminated then for technocracy to flourish. I discuss this here. -Ray Songtree
“Ze” gender-neutral pronoun being pushed by ‘safe space universities’ is identical to Communist China pronoun
Monday, December 12, 2016 by: Mike Adams
(NaturalNews) “Students at Oxford University have been told to use the pronoun ‘ze’ rather than ‘he’ or ‘she’ to eliminate discrimination against transgender people,” reported Breitbart.com today.
“Guidance offered in a leaflet by the students’ union advises against using traditional pronouns, arguing that doing so suggests there are only two genders. Deliberately using the wrong pronoun for a transgendered person is an offense under the union’s code of conduct.”
I have news for all the snowflake “biological denialists” at Oxford and other “safe space” campus across America: There are only two sexes in humans: male and female.
This attempted removal of gender-specific pronouns from the English language is a blatant (and horrifying) campaign to sterilize the English language in order to appease a tiny fraction of the population that is, technically speaking, suffering from a condition that’s still recognized as a “mental illness” by the World Health Organization.
Esteemed psychiatrist explains why transgenderism is a mental disorder
“Transgenderism” is not rooted in biological reality. It is a mental disconnect from reality, and universities have no place trying to force gender-neutral language onto everyone just to appease biological denialists. As John Hopkins psychiatrist Dr. Paul R. McHugh wrote (source below), “…let us address the basic assumption of the contemporary parade: the idea that exchange of one’s sex is possible. It, like the storied Emperor, is starkly, nakedly false. Transgendered men do not become women, nor do transgendered women become men. All (including Bruce Jenner) become feminized men or masculinized women, counterfeits or impersonators of the sex with which they ‘identify’.”
As he continued in “Transgenderism: A Pathogenic Meme,” “[transgenderism] is doing much damage to families [as intended], adolescents, and children and should be confronted as an opinion without biological foundation wherever it emerge.”
Communist China has no gender-specific pronouns, either… Oxford wants to turn English into a sterilized “communist” language
One fact in all this that virtually no one seems to consider is that Mandarin Chinese does not use “he” and “she” pronouns at all. People are referred to as “ta” which could mean either gender. I speak Mandarin Chinese, so I’m very familiar with this pronoun form. It explains why people from China tend to confuse “he” and “she” in the English language. You will often hear a Chinese man, when speaking English, say something like, “My wife, he went to the grocery store today…”
What’s really fascinating about this is that once children are raised to speak a language that lacks gender pronouns, as adults they can rarely speak correctly with such pronouns.
In other words, what Oxford and other delusional “safe space” universities are attempting to do is permanently remove gender pronouns from the English language, making sure future generations of Americans can’t even grasp the concept. This is nothing short of “linguistic eradication” of gender pronouns.
This is precisely the kind of social engineering that college campuses are now prioritizing in their indoctrination campaigns. Today, colleges aren’t trying to educate young people; they’re attempting to indoctrinate them with a new, radical left social agenda.
That agenda includes eliminating gender-specific pronouns, “normalizing” the mental illness of transgenderism, destroying the male archetype and feminizing everyone in society to the point where they are all turned into pathetic, self-loathing neutered weaklings ruled by domineering P.C. gender-jihadi facists.
Remember, in the world of delusional P.C. leftists, feelings matter more than facts. “Facts” actually have no place whatsoever in the leftist worldview. Only “feelings” determine their reality, which is why they can exist in such total contradiction to their biological reality.
Now, delusional leftists want to force their mental illness onto everyone
The most disturbing part of the left’s radical transgenderism agenda is that they are demanding all Americans adopt their mental illness and delusional, twisted worldview. If you believe that an individual cannot change XY chromosomes into XX chromosomes through wishful thinking, you are going to be derided as a “vile hater” who’s mean to people. But if you embrace the complete lunacy of believing that a male can be magically transformed into a female by declaring himself to be a woman, then you will be embraced by the mentally ill left, a dangerous “cult” that has proven itself to be utterly detached from reality on countless issues, from climate change to transgenderism to believing in lunatic Russian conspiracy theories about Trump’s election victory.
On a personal note, knowing how self-deceived these people are about sex, gender and climate change, I’m beginning to doubt everything claimed by the lunatic left. I’m coming to realize that the logic and reason parts of their brains no longer function at all, and they exist solely as “emotional animals” with no logic-based cognitive function whatsoever. You can’t reason with these people because the “reason” parts of their brains don’t work anymore.
So NO, those of us who are capable of intelligent thinking based in reality are not willing to acquiesce to the mental illness of the “alt-left” and their P.C. lingui-cide. They want to kill language, destroy rational thinking, obliterate logic and demand absolute obedience to their lunatic “bubble” fairy tales.
In essence, the goal of the radical left is to make you believe that utterly false, mentally insane narratives are “facts,” while things you know to be literally true are marginalized as “conspiracy theories.”
This also explains why left-wing news isn’t rooted in factual reality, either
Now, their false (and ridiculous) narratives have completely taken over academia, Hollywood movies, TV shows and most of pop culture. But repeating a falsehood over and over again doesn’t magically make it true. Just as they believe that gender is a “feeling” and not rooted in biological reality, they also think news facts should be based on feelings rather than evidence. Their fact-free lunacy pervades every institution of society, from education to news publishers to the workplace.
It’s all a sickness on society. It is mental illness run amok, pushed by delusional snowflakes who are so mentally malleable, many of them literally worship Hillary Clinton as a spiritual goddess. The “cult of leftism” is a danger to us all, and we must halt their transgenderism transgressions against sanity, reason and reality. We must reject their lunatic language sterilization attempts and bring our culture back from the brink of left-wing insanity.


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Bains says legislative changes needed to update privacy rules
By Jolson LimFeb. 13, 2019
In a Q&A, the innovation minister also says a report on federal digital and data consultations should be released in the 'coming weeks.'
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured in the House of Commons foyer on Jan. 29, says recent consultations on digital and data policy will help guide upcoming legislative changes related to privacy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the federal government supports legislative changes to Canada’s privacy regime to protect Canadians’ data and meet new “challenges of the digital world.”
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On top of $301.8-billion in planned spending in the 2019-10 main estimates—combining $299.6-billion in budgetary spending and $2.2-billion in non-budgetary expenses—is another $51.2-billion in statutory expenses.
‘Imagine losing your job, getting fired, but you’re fired by basically your entire riding and your whole life has been serving these people, and there’s just a lot wrapped up in it:’ Tory House leader Candice Bergen.

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