The season of iPhone is back! In an extravagant event, Apple’s Tim Cook launched their all new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in San Francisco.
The much awaited iPhone 7 is finally here and it was definitely a big night for Apple and its fans.
The tech powerhouse unveiled a lot of updates hardware and software, including dual cameras and wireless headphones.
Here’s everything you want to know about iPhone 7, and trust us, there are a lot of interesting changes.
Apple unveiled two upgraded versions of their iconic phone. Senior Vice President Phil Schiller said it was the ‘best iPhone ever made’.
Here are some noteworthy features:
No headphone jack
- Both the new iPhones have stereo speakers, at the top and bottom of the devices.
- The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus have removed the standard analogue headphone jack
- They will be using ‘Lightning’ connector, which plugs into the phone’s charging port.
- The iPhones will also come with an adapter so older earphones can still be used.
- Apple AirPods are here. Powered by Apple-designed W1 chip, the AirPods come with infrared sensors that detect when they’re in your ear. They will play only then.
- Their batteries last for 5 hours and they come with a charging case that holds 24 hours of charge, and will cost Rs 15,400.
- The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are finally water and dust resistant. It adheres to IP67 rating.
- The two devices have the same aluminium body and do not look a lot different from the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. They even share the same respective screen. But the screens are 25% brighter than the 6S.
- New 7-megapixel FaceTime HD front-facing camera with auto image stabilisation.
- 12-megapixel rear camera with 6-element lens, f1.8 aperture, optical stabilisation, quad-LED True Tone Flash.
- It has a new high-speed sensor that’s 60% faster and 30% more efficient.
- The iPhone 7Plus will have two cameras with different lenses which will boost the zoom capabilities of the camera.
Now, about the iOS 10… Read on…
The new iOS10
- This new software will add more intelligence to Apple services like Maps, Photos, Siri and the phone keyboard.
- A new Home app to control appliances.
- Apple is allowing developers to build apps for iMessage.
- Bigger emoji and other visual effects for iMessage – including Invisible Ink. This blurs an image until a recipient swipes a finger across the screen.
Read about the availability and price of iPhone 7 and 7Plus in India. Click the slide…
India is not in the first batch of countries that will get the new iPhones next week. Both the phones will launch on October 7.
Price in India starts at Rs 60,000. There’s no word yet on India price of other models.
In the US, the iPhone starts at $649 (Rs 43,000) for the 32GB entry-level variant. The iPhone 7 Plus starts at $769 (Rs 51,000) for the same variant.
Pre-orders will start on September 9 and they will start shipping on September 16 in the countries mentioned above in the picture.
Excited about this new iPhone? We surely are!


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Child Custody And Divorce
In the case of a divorce where children are involved, the court will determine the custody of the child/children. The exception to this would be if the parents have agreed on this matter prior to the final hearing of the divorce. Even if the parents have come to mutual decision the ultimate decision of the custody of the child is determined by the court. It is advisable to have a divorce attorney or child custody lawyer present at the final divorce hearing to argue your case if you are dissatisfied with the courts final decision concerning child custody.
Understanding the types of child custody with a child custody lawyer or divorce attorney
is the first step in a child custody case.
- custody given to one parent in which the child/children will reside with the majority of the time. Legal custody is the right to make decisions about the child’s/children welfare including health care, religion, education, and other factors that arise in a child’s life. One parent can have physical custody, but both parents can share legal custody.
- an agreement often between the parents in which the child/children will spend an equal amount of time with both parents. Joint custody can be very difficult due to school jurisdictions and the location of the parents.
- often not considered to be in the best interest of the children, as with this type of custody the children are split between their parents and the siblings no longer live at the same location.
If the custody of the child/children was determine by the court and later down the line this decision does not work for all parties involved, including the child, a divorce attorney or child custody attorney
can have the final decision altered so that everyone is happy with the arrangement.
In cases of unmarried parents, the majority of time, the mother is given sole physical custody unless the father files for custody and wins. The father does not have a good of chance to receive full custody of his child unless he can prove that the mother is an unfit parent. The help of the father’s divorce attorney or child custody attorney can dramatically change the outcome of the child custody decision.
In all cases of child custody, the court will determine what is in the best interest of the child including the wishes of the child if old enough to express, the mental and physical condition of the parents, religion, stability of the home environment, the support of extended family members, the interaction of other family members, school and community involvement, age of child, sex of child, and other issues that the court deems necessary. A child custody lawyer or divorce attorney is very useful in helping plead your case to the judge.
To learn the laws in your state governing child custody, you will need the expertise of a child custody lawyer or divorce attorney that can ensure your rights as well as the wishes and rights of your child/children are not violated.

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text: For once, the National Rifle Association is not opposing a gun control measure. It has announced it won't fight a law banning bump stocks. The devices are not weapons in themselves but they turn semi-automatic rifles requiring a finger pull on the trigger each time to an automatic where with one pull of a trigger, the gun fires all the rounds in its magazine. The Las Vegas shooter was using a bump stock when he killed 58 people and wounded scores of others. While the NRA did not give a reason for supporting a ban, it has barred use of bump stocks on its firing ranges because they are hard to control and reduce marksmanship. Predictably, gun owners flooded shops selling bump stocks and bought them out. Congress needs to act quickly to prevent manufacturers from overloading the market place with the devices. is no good reason for the existence of a bump stock. They are not useful in hunting or in target practice. Their only practicality is to spray bullets in a general direction.

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Unlike some new graduates, Catherine Pichardo knows exactly what she will be doing for at least the next five years.
Pichardo, who received her doctorate in Community Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago in December 2021, began a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Health (NIH) as part of the National Cancer Institute’s Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. The T32 grant provides institutions with cancer research training opportunities for pre- and post-doctoral fellows.
Under the tutelage of Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Rush University Medical Center, formerly of UIC; Yamilé Molina, PhD, associate director for community outreach and engagement at the Cancer Center and associate professor in the School of Public Health; and Jesse Plascak, PhD, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Pichardo studied how the health of Latinos could be linked to neighborhood risk factors. For her dissertation, Pichardo examined the role of neighborhood segregation and gentrification on metabolic health.
Growing up in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Corona, Queens, New York, Pichardo observed how the environment played a role in a person’s health. Many in the area managed obesity and other health conditions. Poverty, coupled with environmental stressors, affected access to quality resources, such as opportunities for physical activity and culturally sensitive health centers. When she began her studies at St. John’s University, she wanted to learn more about how the two factors – the environment and health – are intertwined.
“My community has high rates of obesity and, in turn, are at an increased risk of obesity-related cancers. I want to change that,” Pichardo said. “My goal is to develop interventions to address negative health outcomes in my community.”
The T32 grant has been continually funded at UIC since it was received in 1992. Under the direction of Cancer Center member Richard Warnecke, PhD, professor emeritus, the grant allowed the Cancer Center to develop a Cancer Education and Career Development Program that integrates education, mentored research training, and career development opportunities in areas such as research methods and biostatistics, population science, and grant development.
The program focused on collaborations among researchers in cancer epidemiology, community-based participatory research, chemoprevention, clinical psychology, economics, health policy, health services research nursing, nutrition science, pathology, pediatrics, and translational research.
“Continued advances in the field of cancer research depend on the development of a diverse, appropriately trained scientific workforce,” said Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD, professor of pediatrics, and health policy and administration. Fitzgibbon, associate director of the Cancer Center’s Cancer Prevention and Control program, has led the T32 program since 2009.
“Our goal is to train a diverse cadre of scientists with the skills and experience needed to address the range of challenges and opportunities in research on cancer-related health disparities and to advance health equity policies at both the local and national levels.
“Enhancing multidisciplinary cancer health equity research will also contribute to the health of our nation by expanding the research talent pool, enhancing innovation, and diversifying our health equity research leadership.”
Pichardo became interested in cancer research from her older sister, a student at Howard University College of Medicine who conducted breast cancer studies while a student in Yale University’s doctorate program. After receiving her master’s degree at UIC, Pichardo began working with Molina on the implementation of an intervention to increase adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among Latinas.
“I love UIC for its diversity, the excellent research, the advocacy and its great mentors. When I was told I received the position at NIH I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I’m sad about leaving UIC and Chicago, but am really excited about the new opportunity and my future.”

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When turned off, it's a political globe of the earth, but when turned on in a dark room, it shows the constellations as if in the heavens above. It comes with a 110v power adapter, but can also run on four C cell batteries.
- Acrylic globe ball.
- Molded plastic base and mounting will hold up to years of use.
- Realistic blue oceans.
- Vibrant land colors show distinct political boundaries.
- Features major stars and constellations.
- Insert C batteries and take outside and learn about the night sky. C batteries are not included.
- Globe Diameter: 8.5''
- Globe Ball Style: 2-way illuminated map (Earth when light is off / Constellations when light is on)
- Height: 14''

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Here you can’t invest in something and wait for an indefinite number of time to sell it, hoping that purchasing price would have increased enough a person personally to develop a profit.
One thing to note with financing cost is that you simply have spend for it should you have long cfd positions, nevertheless, you will be paid an interest if experience short CFD trades. The reason behind technically, are usually lending money to the CFD provider when you open a much smaller trade consequently you ought to be paid appeal to.
CFD trading is usually done on the search engines. The trader’s portfolio is marketed all day as against “end of your day portfolio revaluations” that occur in case of margin lending. This reduces risk as the investor possesses better power to manage risk on account of increased visibility as well as more period for react.
You entered at $7.50 and exited at $8.00, for a $.50 profit on each CFD. So you’ll multiply .50 x 667, at a profit of $333.50. But that is the gross profit, that you’ll always be subtract your costs.
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August 25, 2010
For immediate release
Minister Congratulates UPEI and Nautilus on Licensing Agreement
Innovation and Advanced Learning
“I would like to congratulate both UPEI and Nautilus on this promising partnership,” said Minister Campbell. “As government works to foster the Island’s bioscience sector through the Island Prosperity Strategy, it is exciting to see successful co-operation between the Island’s post-secondary institutions and industry to generate wealth through innovative products.”
UPEI researchers discovered a process to ferment bacteria from coral to obtain an anti-inflammatory compound called pseudopterosins. UPEI is licensing the discovery to Nautilus for development on a commercial scale.
“This compound has the potential to be marketed for a wide range of uses, from cosmetics to pharmaceuticals,” said Minister Campbell. “Companies need the kind of expertise it takes to develop new products like pseudopterosins to be competitive in today’s economy. Government is working to build a prosperous future for Prince Edward Island by supporting post-secondary institutions and the business community in working together.”
Research has seen a 600 per cent increase at UPEI in the last 10 years.

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Tropical Storm Haliba appeared to be the "filling" in a sandwich between the Southern Indian Ocean islands of La Reunion and Mauritius in NASA satellite imagery because wind shear pushed the bulk of the storm's clouds between the islands.
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite passed above Tropical Storm Haliba on March 9 when its center was just west of La Reunion Island at 1035 UTC (6:25 a.m. EDT).
The bulk of precipitation appeared east of the center of Haliba's circulation making it appears as if the storm was between Reunion and Mauritius (which is northeast of Reunion). Westerly vertical wind shear was pushing the clouds and showers east of the center.
TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) instrument indicated that the heaviest rainfall of over 181 mm (7.1 inches) per hour was located in an intense rain band located northeast of Reunion Island.
TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) data showed the most powerful storms in this band of thunderstorms were reaching heights above 16.8 km (10.4 miles). Radar reflectivity values of 55.5 dBZ returned from heavy rainfall in that area are another proof of rainfall intensity in that area.
The International Space Station's RapidScat instrument captured a look at Tropical Cyclone Haliba's surface winds. RapidScat measured the winds later on March 9 from 22:17 to 23:49 UTC. By that time, Haliba had weakened.
Measurements revealed that sustained winds at the surface were as high as 15 meters per second (34 mph/55 kph) near the center and southern quadrant of the storm, indicating that the storm had dropped below tropical storm status and weakened to a depression.
By 0900 UTC on March 10, Tropical Cyclone Haliba's maximum sustained winds remained near 30 knots (34 mph/55 kph). It was centered near 23.7 south latitude and 55.3 east longitude, about 192 nautical miles (221 miles/356 km) south of St. Denis, La Reunion.
Tropical Depression Haliba was moving to the south-southwest at 8 knots (9.2 mph/14.8 kph).
The westerly vertical wind shear that affected Haliba on March 9 continued on March 10 and weakened the storm to a depression. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center expects the storm to maintain its strength over the next day until it dissipates.
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Scientists develop first tool to use machine learning methods to compute flow around interactively designable 3D objects. Tool will be presented at this year’s prestigious SIGGRAPH conference.
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Researchers from TU Graz and their industry partners have unveiled a world first: the prototype of a robot-controlled, high-speed combined charging system (CCS) for electric vehicles that enables series charging of cars in various parking positions.
Global demand for electric vehicles is forecast to rise sharply: by 2025, the number of new vehicle registrations is expected to reach 25 million per year....
Proteins must be folded correctly to fulfill their molecular functions in cells. Molecular assistants called chaperones help proteins exploit their inbuilt folding potential and reach the correct three-dimensional structure. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) have demonstrated that actin, the most abundant protein in higher developed cells, does not have the inbuilt potential to fold and instead requires special assistance to fold into its active state. The chaperone TRiC uses a previously undescribed mechanism to perform actin folding. The study was recently published in the journal Cell.
Actin is the most abundant protein in highly developed cells and has diverse functions in processes like cell stabilization, cell division and muscle...
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Kaiseul (81 kaiseul stories)
Jongin is a brokenhearted guy with scars scraping both his mental state and physical body. Seulgi is an enthusiastic student, merely doing research for her final task. This is the world where the boundary between strangers and friends is hazy and obscure. Everyone will have different stories to unravel, build upon their intention.
“With all due respect, Seulgi, I am the Crown Prince of Aria and I have no intention on let my people down or failing to do my duties. Yes, we’re probably jumping into a loveless marriage but what is a loveless marriage compared to the weight of the crown? I don’t want to go through with this marriage, same as you, but if marrying you means strengthening the peace and ending the
This is a supergeneration and exovelvet fic! Some of the couples that I ship. Hope you enjoy. Feedbacks are appreciated.
One fateful day, Seulgi suddenly calls Jongin out of nowhere, insisting he comes to this 'Get Together' for her special announcement. Is this fate working to get them back together, or is it to close another chapter of their lives?
A compilation of EXOVelvet ships one-shot stories. Also published in Wattpad. Username: @wendanie
Wherein Seulgi is the missing piece and Kai is from another planet. But the crazy thing is, they're in love with each other.
How much can someone break you down before everything is rendered unfixable?
Seulgi has always been a wallflower, always the last one picked and never the first choice. So it didn’t really come as a surprise to her when she still came last in the eyes of the guy she saw herself marrying. To be frank she wasn’t even a choice because for him there has only been one. Jongin is a changed man. He used
Have you ever heard about Farternal Quadruplets??? Well Chanyeol, Kai, Sehun and Irene are fraternal Quadruplets that are born together but are completely nonidentical from each other. Four of them have different stories in their life. But Irene being the only girl among the Quads has a hard time finding a boyfriend because of her over protective brothers.
Who would ever thought that a three years old boy would change their lives forever?
Most friendships fall apart after a good chunk of lack of communication but not Kang Seulgi and Kim Jongin. It didn’t really matter how much they never talk with each other. Seulgi and Jongin’s relationship have always outlived every conventional aspect of human relationships. No amount of silence and distance shared in between them can ever tear their care
Based losely on the Red Velvet's The Velvet concept where the girls become the Disney princesses with a modern twist.
She walks towards him, her skin slightly flushed after the performance, in all her glory. “Hi”, Jongin tries to smile as he barely chokes out, the word dissipating into nothingness in the noise coming from the audience. Her eyes shift to him, so briefly he could’ve imagined it, recognition flitting over them and then she’s gone, leaving nothing but her mint-soap scent around him. He swallows hard, and gathers enough courage to turn and look back at her one last time as she walks back
"Nama saya Rangga Wangsadirja." "Hai Rangga, di sini ada Cinta juga loh." --- Karena nama mereka yang sama dengan tokoh pasangan fenomenal se-Indonesia, hidup Cinta dan Rangga selalu bersinggungan, mulai dari SMA hingga beranjak dewasa di mana Rangga tiba-tiba bekerja di tempat yang sama dengannya. Akankah kisah mereka seperti kisah Cinta-Rangga lain? Ataukah mereka akan menulis kisahnya sendiri?
❛ Sir Isaac Newton described gravity as the mutual attraction between any two bodies in the universe. It doesn't matter how small or how far apart they are... ❜ ❛ Gravity ❜ a SeulKai novel by seulkaination. If you comment it
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in which seulgi just wants to erase the word "better" in her vocabulary and if she only could . . . then probably kim jongin —
This fic is based on this picture hahaha. It's my first time writing so i hope you'll like i

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Tom Clayton talks about his book When Quiet Was the New Loud with Shell Zenner on the The Dead Good Show on BBC Radio Manchester. Recorded June 2021. Running time 7m11s.
Ian Clayton and Betty Cook talk with Paulette Edwards on BBC Radio Sheffield about the writing of Betty’s joint memoir with her comrade in arms Anne Scargill, Anne and Betty: United By The Struggle. Recorded on 23rd July 2020. Click play above to listen.
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‘Anne and Betty are a constant inspiration to me. They are two beacons of hope that show that we are all capable of affecting change, tackling life face on and having a bloody good laugh along the way. I salute you both, my heroes.’ Maxine Peake
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AUDIO: Brothers Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley in conversation with John Doran at Walthamstow Rock N Roll Book Club. The first part of the conversation is dedicated to The Fall’s 1982 album Hex Enduction Hour, the subject of Paul Hanley’s book Have A Bleedin Guess. The second part is taken with general questions about The Fall, led first by John Doran and followed up by questions from the audience. Recorded at The Trades Hall, Walthamstow on 23rd October 2019 in front of a full house. The sound of bottles smashing during the recording come from the bar, there wasn’t a riot in the crowd. Click play above to listen. Running Time 1:26:50
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VIDEO: Click here to watch a video of the audience Q&A (It duplicates the last 21 minutes of this recording, so you can switch over at 1:05:29 and listen to the remainder with moving pictures.)
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In his book No One Else Could Play That Tune Clinton Heylin notes that the only contemporary radio interview in which Bob Dylan discussed Blood On The Tracks was with Mary Travers but he carefully steered her away from it after a brief exchange. This is said interview (just the talk, the commercials and music are edited out). They also talk Woody Guthrie, topical songs, and about the then forthcoming Basement Tapes release. At one stage the conversation gets a little philosophical until Bob points out to Travers that she is crossing another one of his red lines.
A podcast of Clinton Heylin’s presentation at Durham Book Festival 2018. Clinton reads from his monograph No One Else Could Play That Tune, plays two tracks from the New York recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s album Blood on the Tracks and takes questions from the floor. Running time is 49 minutes. Recorded at City Theatre, Durham, 13th October 2018. Click play above to listen.
No One Else Could Play That Tune is a session by session and track by track account of the New York recording sessions for Blood on the Tracks, and is the prefect guide to the Bootleg Series release More Blood, More Tracks. It is a limited edition hardback available exclusively from Route. Click here to order a copy.


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Health care providers at Lower Bucks Hospital are seeing the rise in cases first-hand.
"Actually, we have seen an increase in the cases of COVID in our patient population. We've been seeing this in the past couple of weeks, fluctuating back and forth, but more on the higher side," said Lea Rodriguez, the chief nursing officer for Lower Bucks Hospital.
"Today there are about 11 patients we have in the hospital that are COVID positive and there are some we're ruling out," she continued. "One day it will be 10, and the next day it will be 15, so it all depends on what we see in our emergency rooms and the patients we see. We are seeing many different ages in our COVID populations."
Rodriguez added that the more people they can vaccinate, the more the case counts will go down.
On Wednesday, they inoculated 400 people with the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine. They also received an additional 1,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from Bucks County.
The state Department of Health stopped sending the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Lower Bucks Hospital, which had begun in December. The four southeastern Pennsylvania counties including Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware, all are receiving their own allotments to be distributed at county sites and where local officials see fit moving forward.
This was the first week the counties received a weekly expected allotment that includes at least 42,000 vaccines a week. Some counties received an extra amount this first week.
Lower Bucks Hospital officials, however, are urging the state and county to give them more doses.
"It is the population that's underserved who we are serving, and we have the resources," said Rodriguez.
Patients receiving vaccines on Wednesday at the Bristol hospital said rising case counts were a factor.
Briana Belford of Doylestown said most of her family is already vaccinated.
"I felt like this was my chance to get ahead of a curve maybe and be a part in bringing those back down," Belford said.
Anthony Brannon of Langhorne agreed.
"I was waiting for the first available shot and it happened to be the one I wanted, the Johnson & Johnson," Brannon said.
Michelle and Cornell McClease of Levittown both were hesitant to get the vaccine until they saw a rise in cases.
"I was very undecided, then I started to see cases jumping up around me and I started thinking, 'Oh, I might need to go ahead and get taken care of,'" said Michelle.
"In the beginning, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but the right thing to do was to protect myself, my family, my co-workers. I feel a lot better now that I have the vaccine," Cornell added.


text: Nintendo showed off a stunning new trailer for its upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Wii U and NX. I have to admit that I was floored. It looks so beautiful and there are a ton of new mechanics that differ from prior Zelda titles. There are so many little details and the animations look glorious. Watch it for yourself!

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San Diego, CA, March 10, 2018 – Pacific Tugboat Service, headquartered in San Diego has completed a total re-fit and repower of the former push tug American River. The boat was originally built at Colburg Shipyard in Napa, CA for Crowley Marine and was one of four that were built in the series. They were designed to be a multipurpose vessel, with shallow enough draft to work in the Delta, a model bow and tow winch for inland towing and occasional ship assist. In the 1980’s the boats were laid up for several years then auctioned off. Olin Jones Sand and Gravel bought the American River and used it to push the sand Dredge DS#10 between their Middle Ground sand lease and sand yard in Martinez CA. In 2003 Olin Jones was purchased by Hanson Aggregates and the Martinez yard was shut down shortly thereafter. This idled the boat and it was laid up. In 2012 the boat was sold to Lind Marine who held it in lay-up until Pacific Tugboat Service purchased her in 2016.
The boat was originally powered with Cat 379’s through fixed nozzles with a single main rudder and twin flanking rudders. It was later repowered by Olin Jones under the Carl Moyer program with Cat 3508’s in Nautican Nozzles with triple main rudders and double flanking rudders.
Pacific Tugboat Service removed the old upper wheelhouse and stripped everything in the tug down to the engine room frames. Superstructure interiors were also gutted and the entire steel exterior and interior was sandblasted and epoxy coated. Only the hull, main superstructure, shafts, props, nozzles and rudders remain original. A new aluminum wheelhouse was added and gives the Pacific Patriot an updated and capable look. From the wheelhouse down to the keel, every aspect of the boat has been modernized. The interior spaces are fresh and functional. The engine room is spacious, with easy access to perform maintenance on all systems. The forepeak is currently configured as open storage space and shop, but it can easily be reconfigured to additional berthing or lounge area if so desired.
Pacific Patriot is powered by new, twin Cummins QSK19 750HP Tier 3 engines through ZF1800 4.4:1 reduction gears, and 60” four blade stainless propellers inside Nautical Nozzles. The rudders are triple main and double flanking rudders. Total shaft horsepower is 1500 HP. Ship’s power and hydraulics is provided by John Deere 75KW and 100KW generators. The electronics suite includes Furuno Electronics. There is berthing for four in two staterooms on the second level. A small galley, crew lounge, head with shower and workstation occupy the main deck, aft of which is a room housing the electrical distribution panels and engine room access. The engine room is thoughtfully laid-out with plenty of light and air circulation. The forepeak is accessed by a passageway between the two main fuel tanks.
PTS Senior Engineer Peter Walding led the rebuild team effort with input from senior PTS Captains. PTS Senior electrical engineer Matt Scullard oversaw the design and installation of AC, DC, and electronics systems.
Handling barges is the Pacific Patriot’s specialty. Making the task easier are two Wintech 46 Ton facing wire winches with helm controls. The headline/anchor handling winch is a DP 60,000lb hydraulic winch. A bow roller is set into the bullnose. Tow winch area was redesigned and strengthened to accept a single drum tow winch to be added later this year.
Operating the Pacific Patriot proved to be a pleasure. The boat reacts as expected and does not balk at using full power or rudder combinations.
As the newest CARB Tier III vessel on the market in California, Pacific Patriot should be a popular vessel in the Southern California dredging and marine construction industry.


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I spent several months reading and researching self publishing after it became apparent that publishing an ebook would be better than a publishing company. This came about for a really simple reason; I couldn’t pigeonhole my book into one genre. I didn’t want to be rejected because it wasn’t just steampunk. It wasn’t just fantasy. It wasn’t just horror.
It was a story that had all those elements and more.
I wasn’t going to write to one particular genre and so it seemed natural to self publish. Further research and reading concluded one thing if you were going to follow that path; you had to self promote.
Make a website, get on social media, get your name out there! Oh, and by the way, do it all before you’ve done the first book, it builds up excitement about it. Wait… what?
I cringed when I first started.
It sounded so terrible, “Hey, I’m self publishing,” and I’d watch some expressions appear delighted, others to minor concern, and some right along to flat out sympathy. If I was self publishing… wasn’t it going to be… uh… not very good? Explaining my reasoning was fine, and then I’d talk about my book. I could do this for hours, and have done so. I’m passionate about this story.
I’ve felt I took it too far and monopolized the conversation to the extent of boredom for some people, who were simply being polite, and then I’ve let my excitement over it get the better of me and gushed over the new cover, my editor, the map, etc. There is a certain glazed expression I see, and I know I need to talk about something else. These people aren’t my fans, they are family, friends, and acquaintances that are politely listening to what I’ve been doing lately, and being supportive. I had a nightmare the other night that my mother called about Christmas planning and during the phone call told me I needed to stop talking to her about the book, which I don’t think she’d actually ever say to me… right, Mum?
I got my own business cards and get scared every time I hand one out because I feel like such a jerk.
Except… it worked.
People I haven’t spoken to in ages are coming out of the woodwork, interested and supportive. It’s been overwhelmingly wonderful. It’s actually stopped me having panic attacks about the book being completely slammed when it’s released because so many people have said it sounded great and can’t wait to read it. People who’ve admitted they don’t like the genre I’m writing have said that they’d give it a go because of the way I’ve talked about it.
It’s a reminder that I have a very clear and definite purpose behind all of this; I want to tell you a story.
My self professed number one fan was also promised that the map for Hidden Monastery would come with this post.
It won’t be the first time I’ve lied to my sister.
“It won’t be the first time I’ve lied to my sister.” – I lol’ed
She lied to me! This is the first time that’s ever happened! *cough cough*


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We are having little play sessions with Joy’s pups. They’re not super adventurous yet, but we like to get them out and introduced them to some new things. Pretty soon they’re be romping all over with confidence!
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Despite the victory of Juventus against Sassuolo on Wednesday night (1-3), the Bianconeri are still fifth in the Serie A standings two days before the end of the championship. If the Champions League is still mathematically accessible, it will be necessary to count on failures of Atalanta, AC Milan or even Naples.
After the meeting, Andrea Pirlo drew up a report of failure concerning the race for Europe. “We have to think about doing our own things and in the end we’ll see where we get to. We are playing Inter to win because that is the only result we have and we are going to prepare for it in the best possible way. “ Yes because to be able to dream of the cup with big ears, it will be necessary to win against the champion, Inter, this weekend on the penultimate day.

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What's all this, then?
Scotland The Bread is a collaborative project to recreate a healthy, sustainable and locally-controlled grain, flour and bread supply for Scotland. Find out more about the project here and, if you can, please pledge something to help community groups grow their own healthy bread from the soil to the slice.
Everyone who pledges will be entered on the wholesome roll of honour at the end of the crowdfunding.
If you pledge £25, you are a dough-sharer and, after the crowdfunding finishes on 26th July, you will be able to choose the baker you want to collect your bread from. We'll send you a dough-share voucher and a full list of the bakers, with their contact details and all the information you need to exchange your voucher for one locally-made loaf.
Drumroll. Here are the bakers, starting at the edge of the world:
Louise Cooper at the Decca on the Isle of Lewis
At Ness, in the North West corner of the Outer Hebrides, this isn’t one you’ll stumble across by accident but, if you’re on the island, don’t miss it. The Decca Station has B&B rooms, self-catering cottages, occasional suppers and, new this year, the Buttery tearoom. Louise and her husband Pete are accomplished musicians, so there is often musical accompaniment to the evening meals; and there is always home-cooked food and artisan bread.
Théo Laffargue at Riverside Bakery in Stirling
Théo has been making sourdough bread frequently since he joined a Bread Matters Sourdough Exchange in May 2013. He describes that as 'the starting point of the venture… it helped shape the way we three [Tom, Nils and Théo] think of our Bakery start-up…' Théo has returned many times to help on the farm and wrote a thoughtful piece about Scotland The Bread after his most recent visit here. He attended Baking for a Living in February 2014 and, with support from Bread Matters and from Firstport Scotland is developing a sustainable enterprise with real social and environmental benefits.
Riverside will be on the move this summer, from the Green and Blue Space at Stirling University; we’ll let you know where they settle and where you can find their bread.
Debra Riddell at Breadshare CIC in Edinburgh
Breadshare community-supported, organic bakery started at Whitmuir Organic Farm here in the Borders in 2012 and moved to Portobello, Edinburgh early this year. A thriving social enterprise, Breadshare was in the first cohort of enterprises in the business accelerator programme, Launch Me and is an important part of the movement to develop and healthy local supply chain for grain, flour and bread in Scotland. The bakers will be using locally-grown and -milled organic flour from Mungoswells, East Lothian to make the sourdough breads.
Kris McVey of Breadwinner Bakery in Edinburgh
Breadwinner has been baking in Edinburgh since 1973 and last year won Bakery of the Year at The Food Awards Scotland (2014). They knead and shape dough by hand and use slow fermentation to make a range of Real Breads. Their lack of reliance on machinery gives Breadwinner adaptability and the ability to change and innovate; as well as a genuine pride in the heritage and skill of their master craftsmen bakers. Breadwinner will reward pledges with a rye sourdough.
Matt Fountain at The Freedom Bakery in Glasgow
Freedom Bakery is a social enterprise based at HM Prison Low Moss. It works both inside and outside the prison to give prisoners and recently-released ex-offenders training and meaningful employment, making real, artisan bread. Matt and his team will make their slowly-fermented Ryeberry Sourdoughs for dough-share pledgers in the Glasgow area.
Colin Lindsay at BreadinFife in Freuchie
Colin began by making bread for his B&B guests. Now he shares his expertise across the local community, providing bread and soup sessions for Zero Waste Fife, baking with adults and youngsters at Coupar Angus Summer School, making bread at The Big Tent Festival, at Fife Diet barbecues, at Aberdour Festival and in the Falkland Centre for Stewardship. At BreadinFife he welcomes small groups to make bread together and last year he passed on the breadmaking bug to more than 300 people.
Colin Richardson Webb at The Lint Mill in South Lanarkshire
Colin and Deborah provide B&B accommodation for some of our Bread Matters course guests at The Lint Mill. They share our ideals of growing and serving local, sustainable food in a context that enriches life as well as nourishing the body and, like Bread Matters, the Lint Mill holds a Gold Award as a Green Tourism business. Colin has been making bread almost every day since he came to a course three years ago. He’ll reward pledges with a Pain de Campagne sourdough, made with organic flour from Mungoswells.
Simon Thomas at Staff of Life in Kendal, Cumbria
Simon has been making slowly-fermented artisan bread at Staff of Life since 1997. His handmade sourdough bread is still available direct from the bakery as well as in some of Kendal’s best-known shops, including Artisan at Booth’s. Bread Matters' connections with Staff of Life go back to Cumbrian days and the Village Bakery at Melmerby, of course. Simon recently described Andrew as a 'constant inspiration' and 'the biggest reason I started my bakery'.
Tom Baker at Loaf in Birmingham
Loaf started as a community-supported bakery in 2009; using a wood-fired oven in his garden, Tom baked bread once a week for his neighbours. Now Loaf is a workers' co-operative with a full-time bakery on Stirchley High Street in Birmingham. The bakery shop is open five days a week and serves real bread takeaway lunches. Loaf's slowly-fermented sourdoughs can also be found at monthly local markets; on the last Wednesday of the month they are at the Farmers' Market at the main entrance of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Selly Oak, Wouldn't we love to see that in our local hospital?
Ben MacKinnon at e5 Bakehouse in London
e5 is an independent, organic bakery in a spruced up railway arch beneath London Fields Station. All the flour they use is organic and e5 increasingly sources directly from UK farms who are growing diverse and ancient varieties of wheat. All the energy used in the bakery is from renewable sources, they use biodegradable packaging, recycling waste and deliver the bread to local cafés and restaurants by bicycle. Ben is an ambassador for the Real Bread Campaign and will be speaking at the The Uprising at SOAS on 12th September.
James Thorn at Wild Bread in Faversham, Kent
Wild Bread is a community-supported artisan bakery making sourdough bread using organic, stoneground and, where possible, locally-produced wheat, spelt and rye flours. Wild Bread is available at local markets and shops on Thursdays and Saturdays and via a home delivery subscription service in Faversham.
James and Hannah spent a week as WWOOF volunteers here last September and helped to make our Scotland The Bread farm walk such a success.
Alison McTaggart of BREADONABIKE in Cambridge
Alison was still a full-time researcher in nutrition when she learned how to make sourdough bread ‘from Andrew Whitley, one of [her] bread heroes’. She came to Bread Matters for the Baking for Community in 2011 and for a five-day Advanced course in 2012. For eighteen months Alison spent her weekends working with Ben McKinnon at e5 Bakehouse; she also worked for a month at the Handmade Bakery in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire.
Launched in January 2013, Bread on a Bike grew from baking once a week for eight work colleagues and a few friends to supplying everyone who could collect their bread or was within cycling distance for home delivery. By the end of 2014, Alison had more than 570 customers and was making 70-80 sourdough loaves in a domestic oven each day on Tuesdays through to Fridays. Alison has found some premises that would make a great bakery and is calling for support, interest and investment here.
Emma Parkin at Emma’s Bread in Exeter, Devon
Dough-sharers will be able to collect a sourdough rye bread from the bakery at the Real Food Store in Exeter, where Emma makes it three times a week. Emma’s bread can be found in several cafés in Exeter and in the organic veg box scheme run by Shillingford Organics.
Emma is on the look-out for a part-time member of staff, so if you are an experienced Real Bread baker in Exeter, let her know. Emma's team includes Iona Collins, whom we first met when she was organising, and we were hosting, the Otesha cycling tour of 2012. Iona is a skilled facilitator and organiser who has worked and made bread with us on a Sourdough Exchange, volunteered on the farm and attended Baking for a Living in May 2015.
Questions to Ask? Dough to Share?

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Contamination risk and drinking water protection for a large-scale managed aquifer recharge site in a semi-arid karst region, Jordan
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Karst aquifers in semi-arid regions are particularly threatened by surface contamination, especially during winter seasons when extremely variable rainfall of high intensities prevails. An additional challenge is posed when managed recharge of storm water is applied, since karst aquifers display a high spatial variability of hydraulic properties. In these cases, adapted protection concepts are required to address the interaction of surface water and groundwater. In this study a combined protection approach for the surface catchment of the managed aquifer recharge site at the Wala reservoir in Jordan and the downstream Hidan wellfield, which are both subject to frequent bacteriological contamination, is developed. The variability of groundwater quality was evaluated by correlating contamination events to rainfall, and to recharge from the reservoir. Both trigger increased wadi flow downstream of the reservoir by surface runoff generation and groundwater seepage, respectively. A tracer test verified the major pathway of the surface flow into the underground by infiltrating from pools along Wadi Wala. An intrinsic karst vulnerability and risk map was adapted to the regional characteristics and developed to account for the catchment separation by the Wala Dam and the interaction of surface water and groundwater. Implementation of the proposed protection zones for the wellfield and the reservoir is highly recommended, since the results suggest an extreme contamination risk resulting from livestock farming, arable agriculture and human occupation along the wadi. The applied methods can be transferred to other managed aquifer recharge sites in similar karstic environments of semi-arid regions.
Karst, Managed Aquifer Recharge, Bacteriological Contamination, Groundwater Vulnerability, Jordan
Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 25, no. 6 (2017).
Xanke, Julian; Liesch, Tanja; and Goeppert, Nadine, "Contamination risk and drinking water protection for a large-scale managed aquifer recharge site in a semi-arid karst region, Jordan" (2017). KIP Articles. 1233.


text: No one plans to get sick with cancer, especially at a young age, but it happens every day. Cancer doesn’t discriminate and effects people of all ages and walks of life. Not everyone has medical insurance or a bank account full of money. Struggling with cancer your main focus should be to get well, to survive! Many people are not able to work because of chemotherapy, radiation, surgeries or their mental state. This is one thing that is often forgotten. Life keeps going and those affected my cancer still have to pay rent, bills and car payments while struggling to maintain special diets and alternative therapies. Bills don’t stop coming because you get sick .Yes there is some help available, but not enough to cover all expenses. The last thing a Cancer patient needs is to be stressing and struggling financially to keep up. We look to help in any small way we can. We aim to shine light on the forgotten corners of their lives.


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Rochester, N.Y. -For the second time in a week, a Lyell Avenue barbershop in Rochester was hit with some type of explosive device .
It happened around 1 a.m. this morning at "Dream Cutz" on Lyell Avenue. Another explosive device was thrown at the same building earlier this week damaging a window and a back room. R
ochester police believe this device was made up of several fireworks.It caused some damage to the front of the building but no one was hurt.


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Friends, today’s Gospel tells the story of the birth and naming of John the Baptist. John’s father Zechariah had been rendered speechless after his vision in the sanctuary, but we hear that “his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God.”
What follows this passage is the wonderful Canticle of Zechariah, which puts Jesus and John in the context of the great story of Israel. Once we grasp that Jesus was no ordinary teacher and healer, but Yahweh moving among his people, we can begin to understand his words and actions more clearly. If we survey the texts of the Old Testament—and the first Christians relentlessly read Jesus in light of these writings—we see that Yahweh was expected to do four great things: he would gather the scattered tribes of Israel; he would cleanse the holy temple in Jerusalem; he would definitively deal with the enemies of the nation; and finally, he would reign as Lord of the world.
The eschatological hope expressed especially in the prophets and the Psalms was that through these actions, Yahweh would purify Israel, and through the purified Israel bring salvation to all. What startled the first followers of Jesus is that he accomplished these four tasks, but in the most unexpected way.
Reflect: The first words Zechariah spoke after being mute for more than six months were in praise of God. How often do you praise God aloud and in the presence of other people?

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Except for windy daysJanuary 11 2017 at 9:14 AM
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Response to lets talk trigger characteristics
when YOU need to DECIDE WHEN to release the shot, a "rolling" trigger is definitely a good choice/possibility for some shooting disciplines.
But IF you really like the rolling trigger, you should go back to the OEM trigger in the Walther and adjust it so. That is the way it was designed and built, that is why it has a roller instead of a screw where the "second stage" should be.
You would probably be better off going to a single stage version of the "rolling" trigger and address the weight issue by changing springs. Unless you have small hands and like to put your thumb over the pistol grip hump, you should not mind the long initial pull.
Personally, I have my T-06's adjusted so that if the squeeze is a little bit faster than the slow, normal, squeeze, it will be a "rolling" trigger with no second stage wall but; with a slow, careful, squeeze; I feel the second stage and then DECIDE when to release the shot as conditions match what I am allowing for.
More than triggers, it is a question of how YOU shoot.


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Free Digital Flower Frame with Roses, Dogwood, Cats and Kittens
What another bonanza of digital images I've given you today! These are several, lovely digital images of a vintage Victorian scrap. The cat and her kittens are so cute as they play together in a flower garden. And, that gorgeous pink and yellow rose and dogwood flower frame just had to stand on its own, don't you agree? For both your paper and digital projects, I've given you .jpg and .png files of each version of this digital image. There are three versions of the digital frame image so that you can use it according to your needs. I hope you enjoy these wonderful animal, flower, and frame images!
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No Settlement for H&R Block
U.S. District Court Judge Elaine Bucklo rejected the proposal to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against H&R Block’s tax-refund loan program on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. The proposed $360 million settlement covering more than 28 million customers and 55 million transactions, was the second settlement proposal blocked by Judge Bucklo, according to the Associated Press.
“Obviously we’re disappointed, because we thought it was an offer that provided true value [to the class-action lawsuit participants],” H&R Block spokesperson Linda McDougall told the Kansas City Star.
Judge Bucklo did not provide a reason for rejecting the settlement proposal. The Kansas City Star reports that the only additional information in the docket entry denying the settlement was a comment that if the parties wished “to explore further the possibility of settlement with an independent mediator, the court would refer them to a mediator familiar with the law in this circuit.”
By ruling to invalidate the settlement, Judge Bucklo returns all parties to the status they had before the settlement agreement was reached. The Chicago case and five other class action lawsuits involving the refund-anticipation loans remain active as a result of Judge Bucklo’s ruling as well. Without a settlement, the Chicago case heads to trial in October.
“Knowing how highly regulated refund anticipations are, and how careful the company is to follow those regulations, we believe that we’re very prepared to take this to court and prove our case,” McDougall told the Kansas City Star.
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Which isn’t completely true. I mean, occasionally I drop by when I manage to sneak out of the nonstop frat party over at Going Concern, but I’m mostly a wallflower over there. I’m happy to say that I’ve been given express permission (or explicit orders, if you like) to wander over here to AccountingWEB more often.
Why is that, you might ask? My job is to replace the irreplaceable Gail Perry as Editor-in-Chief. What does that mean? I don’t really know! I think it’ll be fun getting a feel for things, throwing in my own thoughts here and there, and listening to the discussions you’re having about the accounting profession.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft is first in computer reliability according to RESCUECOM’s annual holiday computer reliability report; Lenovo takes second place and Apple wins the bronze medal.
Choose Microsoft Surface for Reliable Gifts
This holiday season, a Microsoft Surface is the best choice for shoppers prioritizing computer reliability. Once maligned for failing to secure their systems against bugs and viruses, Microsoft now outpaces competitors at producing reliable computers that save their owners future computer repair costs.
“When you buy a Surface, you are essentially purchasing protection against the kind of problems that regularly take down other computers,” says RESCUECOM CEO David A. Milman. “Microsoft is making products with computer reliability leagues beyond what other brands are doing, and it is paying off for their customers.”
Microsoft’s investment in building well-running machines comes at a cost, as


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Conscious that there is a small window of light before the dusk falls I hop over the barrier into the Glen. There is a new gate, grey as shiny steel and crowned with trident spikes, who owns this gate but the council, opening up another pedestrian entry point to the Glen for them, its lock telling us so… I read this as a good sign, that sometime the machines they ride will be left behind and the humans will come on foot with flesh hands and legs to carry them, I guess the first they will do is paint the gate to integrate and smooth the transition – a rite of passage is required. As I walk on down I’m drawn back up to the place of the fish, but the verge mowings already tell me she is no longer there with her roe, and I’m spared the disappointment as I am pulled back further and see, for the first time, a ribbon of tarmac woven the other way across the path, is this an infilling of an older route…? One that would lead into the place I live before it was my home. Its edges bearded with grass as if to say there is another meadow squashed beneath, an underland. I look for co-ordinates and find a perfect tree, an oak with a bend, and an intermingling of leaves with another, a twin oak making the portal through which I see the dark triangles of the evergreens on the other side. This is the ground where I once found in a shallow dug out by a dog the body of a fledgling blackbird, and I feel I stand on a hill of small sacrifices. Walking on down I find the ragwort buachaláin unearthed and presented to the bench cementing my mood for the walk, the final encore. And as I pass onto the pitch I see that one of the limes is wearing a twisted bangle on its thin branch improvised from a massive human ear hoop.
I am heading toward the three stemmed birch and a catch up on The Millar mushroom (possibly, and if so, aptly) I found last week. My spore print yielded white, and only nearly pink, spores if you squeezed the imagination. The light is beginning to dwindle as I step onto the path where the council machines come from, I see from a distance it is not as it was, last week mistaken for a plastic bag, but there are younger ones, not so wavy, their smaller parasols splitting already as they emerge form the undergrowth. Each holding fallen sycamore helicopters, one copter has a tri-paddle form, puncturing the creamy surface with its stalk, I lift it from its piercing and place it gently down, looking up I see the white lightening of the twisting beech in the darkening lane, making co-ordinates. Looking back for the big old Millar I see she has spread her wings and her brown flesh forms fecund valleys for insect life, walking too in the Glen in the October dusk
Here is a beautiful poem I found today by Sam Garvan:
I love this poem because it summons so much of living in a moment that is made still <3


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May 16, 2015, Port Vila: Greenpeace’s flagship vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, will arrive in Vanuatu’s capital of Port Vila on Monday to help deliver relief to Vanuatu’s outlying islands, many of which are still stranded without electricity or basic living essentials.
Thousands of people are still in dire need of emergency shelter and goods, even two months after Cyclone Pam battered the island nation.
“We’re very thankful that Greenpeace is donating its ship, the Rainbow Warrior, to help distribute aid to our remote communities,” Director of the National Disaster Management Office in Port Vila, Shadrack Welegtabit said.
“There are ongoing tireless efforts from many different organisations working to provide relief to Vanuatu and it’s people. But delivering aid to all of the nation’s 23 worst affected islands has been a challenge because Vanuatu has limited vessels available to distribute relief to all affected islands and getting supplies around is a slow and tedious process.”
The Rainbow Warrior is due to dock at Port Vila on Sunday morning carrying goods supplied by partner organisations including tools, solar torches, clothing, kitchen utensils, stationery and books. Previous relief donations stuck in the nation’s capital will also be loaded onto the ship and taken to the most affected islands.
“We’ll be taking things to help people get back to normal life. Aid agencies on the ground have reported a desperate need for solar torches due to the sporadic power and electricity outages Vanuatu is experiencing. This will help provide light and safety to remote areas that have been destroyed by Cyclone Pam,” said Greenpeace Pacific spokesperson Matisse Walkden-Brown.
As a Fiji national, Walkden-Brown believes uniting the Pacific region in response to freak storms like Cyclone Pam is becoming more important as climate change drives increasingly severe weather events.
“Greenpeace is here with the Rainbow Warrior to stand in solidarity with the people of Vanuatu not only to assist with the ongoings efforts to rebuild their home, but to help amplify and multiply their voices,” Walkden-Brown said.
“Cyclone Pam was one of the most intense cyclones ever recorded. Increasingly severe storms are battering Pacific nations as a result of climate change. As Pacific Islanders, we have a right to stand up and challenge the world’s most polluting companies and nations. They are having a direct impact on our lives and homes,” she said.
“Pacific Island countries may be vulnerable to climate change, but we are also strong, loud and we have every right to challenge the global governance that has so far failed, putting our existence at risk,” Walkden-Brown said.


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Could you recommend a herbal treatment for my dog? She is coming on holiday with us and we are due to stay with friends who have two dogs. Our dog gets very excited, and I’d like to give her a herbal remedy to calm her down.
Holly says: There are quite a few herbs that can be helpful in these situations. Traditionally, these herbs were called nervines, and were used to calm and settle the nerves before stressful events.
Camomile is a favourite and most dogs get along well with this herb. It is also helpful for settling tummies in anxious situations, as it eases bloat and cramping. You could use it as a tea added to your dog’s food or there are a number of companies, such as Dorwest Herbs, selling dog remedies that may include camomile and other nervines.
Other herbs to consider are valerian and scullcap, as well as oat straw.
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The UL Demko certification has revealed the details of the upcoming Pixel device. It makes us conclude that Google could be sitting up its ladder for the Pixel Series. The launches starring the Google Pixel 8a, Google Pixel 9 series, and Google Pixel Fold 2 are anticipated to arrive this year. We have been fortunate enough to hear a lot about the trio. Now, the latest comes from the UL Demko certification website, which cleared a Google smartphone with a big 4,942mAh battery. Let’s find out more information about it.
UL Demko certification details for the upcoming Google Smartphone
The UL Demko certification website details an unnamed Google smartphone bearing model number GH2MB. The certification makes the smartphones compliant with all safety standards as required in Denmark (and potentially signals their arrival in other markets).
The listing confirms a battery pack rated at 4,942 mAh that Google will market as a 5,000 mAh or 5,040 mAh battery. However, the listing doesn’t mention names, keeping it open for interpretation.
According to what we know so far, the Pixel 7a arrived with a 4,385 mAh battery. If the listing mentioned above is for the upcoming Pixel 8a, we could get an 11.27% larger battery pack at 4,942 mAh. When compared with the Pixel 6a, we saw a minuscule decline in the battery pack, making a huge 11.27% increase far stretched. Pixel 8a is slated to arrive in May at Google I/O 2024, just like last year’s Pixel 7a at Google I/O 2023.
Could it be Google Pixel Fold 2?
The most probable candidate is the second-gen Google Pixel Fold 2. Last year, we saw the Pixel Fold make its debut with a 4,821mAh battery. If we take its battery pack and the upcoming Pixel Fold 2, a 2.5% increase to 4,942 mAh makes it quite reasonable. It remains to be seen if that’s the case.
We compared it with the Pixel 8 series and Pixel 9 series, as the latter is scheduled to arrive in October this year. For instance, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro arrived with 4,575 mAh and 5,050 mAh batteries, respectively. If you compare the batteries on the Pixel 8 series with the upcoming Pixel 9 series, it means a 4,942mAh battery pack signals an 8% hike and a decline of 2.1% in the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro, respectively.
All in all, we are hoping the recently leaked out 4,942mAh battery is for the Google Pixel Fold 2, touted to arrive this May. Moreover, it will be powered by the Google Tensor G4 SoC that we saw making its appearance on Geekbench v5 recently.
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Considered the highest ski resort in the world with top lift height at 5,421m, the Chacaltaya Mountain located 30 kilometers from Bolivia Capital, La Paz, is a must see in the country. With views over La Paz, El Alto, Lake Titicaca and Cordillera Real, the 5370 meter summit will literally take your breath away. Since the climate changes melted most of the glaciers you can visit the summit without trekking the entire mountain.
The easiest way is to book a guided tour in La Paz that includes Chacaltaya and Moon Valley. Usually for 100 BOB (15 USD), not including tickets for admission (30 BOB) and food, prices will depend on your bargain skills.
A van picked us up at the hostel around 8AM and drove 1 and a half hours to the mountain. There was a first stop in a market so we were able to buy some groceries for the day. The second stop happened before reaching the bottom of the mountain so we could learn a bit more with the tour guide about Chacaltaya.
The van drove for 30 minutes in a curvy and tight road all the way to the sign at 5300 m. It is recommended to bring a thick coat because the temperature is pretty low.
Over there the car is parked and meanwhile the driver wait, we have a 70 meters walk (30 min) to reach the summit in a slow pace. Not all of us are up to this walk because is pretty steep and there is no air at all at 5300, making it extremely exhausting. I had to chew a few coca leaves and candies to increase my blood flow and keep my self alive.
We finally reached the summit and had an impressive view of the mountains. I took a picture with the altitude app to show my position at 5372 m, definitely the highest place I have ever been in my entire life.
Afterwards we returned to the city of La Paz, for lunch, from where we continued south to the village of Mallasa. We had a walking tour in the Moon Valley, named according to it geological structure formed by the wind erosion. Around 4PM we were back at La Paz.


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