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"But-He'll Fall!": Children with Autism, Interspecies Intersubjectivity, and the Problem of 'Being Social'
Contributor(s):: Solomon, O.
"The connection just happens": Therapists' perspectives of canine-assisted occupational therapy for children on the autism spectrum
Contributor(s):: Hill, J. R., Ziviani, J., Driscoll, C.
A Cow's Eye View? Cattle Empathy and Ethics in Screen Representations of Temple Grandin
Contributor(s):: Claire Henry
Temple Grandin has been a captivating figure for both animal and disability studies, and for filmmakers. Known for designing more humane livestock handling processes in the US cattle industry, and for her books and public speaking on autism, Grandin’s celebrity then became popularly...
A golden opportunity for children with autism
Contributor(s):: Nieves, J.
A long-term study of children with autism playing with a robotic pet: Taking inspirations from non-directive play therapy to encourage children's proactivity and initiative-taking
Contributor(s):: François, Dorothée, Powell, Stuart, Dautenhahn, Kerstin
A patient's best friend: dogs assist in recovery of kids, adults at Virginia and D.C. facilities
Contributor(s):: Wood, D. A.
A Stakeholder-Engaged Approach to Development of an Animal-Assisted Intervention for Obesity Prevention Among Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Pet Dogs
| Contributor(s):: Linder, D. E., Folta, S. C., Must, A., Mulé, C. M., Cash, S. B., Halbreich, E. D., Colón, C., Sullivan, S., Sanabria, E., Gibbs, D., Farrell, T.
Stakeholder involvement in research has been demonstrated to increase the effectiveness, validity, and quality of a study. This paper describes the engagement of a stakeholder panel in the development and implementation of an animal-assisted intervention (AAI) assessment and program for...
A thematic analysis of influences on parents' autism intervention decisions
| Contributor(s):: Wilson, Meghan, Whelan, Thomas, Milne, Lisa, Hamilton, David, Jacobs, Diane, Pilkington, Pamela
Acquiring a pet dog significantly reduces stress of primary carers for children with autism spectrum disorder: A prospective case control study
| Contributor(s):: Wright, H. F., Hall, S., Hames, A., Hardiman, J., Mills, R., Mills, D. S.
Additional evidence is needed to recommend acquiring a dog to families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A response to Crossman and Kazdin
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Additional evidence is needed to recommend acquiring a dog to families of children with autism spectrum disorder: A response to wright and colleagues
| Contributor(s):: Crossman, Molly K., Kazdin, Alan E.
Affectionate Interactions of Cats with Children Having Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Mental and physical benefits of dogs have been reported for adults and children with special needs, but less is known about benefits of cats for children. A cat that can be held by a child could provide important therapeutic companionship for children with severe or less severe autism spectrum...
An Evaluation of Animal-Assisted Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Therapist and Parent Perspectives
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Although there are a variety of psychological and therapeutic approaches to coping Autism Spectrum Disorder, people with autism still face some challenges in a "normal" therapy setting. Some therapy organizations and services have proposed an alternative therapy approach,...
An experimental analysis of the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on the behavior of children with autism
| Contributor(s):: Jenkins, Sarah R., DiGennaro Reed, Florence D.
Analysis of child-dog play behavior in child psychiatry
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Children have a natural affinity for animals and most often communicate with them nonverbally; nonverbal communication is authentic and difficult to influence deliberately. This study examines whether characteristic interaction patterns exist during pet-facilitated therapy with dogs, and whether...
Animal Assisted Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
| Contributor(s):: Davis, Tonya N., Scalzo, Rachel, Butler, Erin, Stauffer, Megan, Farah, Yara N., Perez, Scott, Mainor, Kristen, Clark, Cathryn, Miller, Stacy, Kobylecky, Alicia, Coviello, Laura
Animal assisted interventions on therapy farms for those with autism
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Animal Interaction Affecting Core Deficit Domains Among Children with Autism: A Meta-Analysis
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Animal models relevant to schizophrenia and autism: Validity and limitations
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DHAKA After the Appellate Division, the High Court Division of the Supreme Court has started displaying the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the courtrooms.
Today, the portraits of Father of the Nation were hanged at the courts of Justice Tariq ul Hakim, Justice Naima Haider and Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury, and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif.
Following a High Court order and a notice issued by Law and Justice Division, the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was hanged at the court of Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain at the Appellate Division on October 1.
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, Supreme Court Registrar General Dr Md Zakir Hossain and other senior officials of the apex court administration were present on the occasion, on that day.
The High Court on August 29 ordered the authorities concerned to preserve and display the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at all courtrooms across the country.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order, after holding primary hearing on a writ filed in this regard.
Following the order, Law and Justice Division on September 23 issued a notice, urging all the lower courts to preserve and display portraits of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at all the courtrooms.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

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Prince Philip’s body was laid to rest in the royal crypt of St George’s Chapel in London.
It was lowered into the vault by an electric motor after being mounted on a catafalque on a marble slab.
George III, who died in 1820 and is one of three kings buried there, had the vault built between 1804 and 1810. George IV and William IV are the remaining two.
As his coffin was lowered, horns were played.
Before the choir sang the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” the Archbishop of Canterbury gave a blessing.
According to NAN, members of the royal family glanced up as the choir sang and the queen bent her head.
The archbishop then led the 94-year-old queen out of the cathedral, accompanied by her family members.
When he walked away from his pew, Prince William, her grandson, was seen looking back at the vault.
Queen Elizabeth II, who was driven in a sedan, was part of the funeral procession that left Windsor Castle for the chapel. It was her first public outing since her husband’s death.
Philip’s coffin was shrouded in his flag and transported in a green military Land Rover Defender.
Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne, and Prince Edward, the children of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, marched behind the Land Rover.
The Earl of Wessex, Prince Harry, Peter Phillips, Prince William, Vice Admiral Tim Lawrence, and the Earl of Snowdon were all in the procession.
Queen Elizabeth II trailed behind in a car.
The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired a gun from Windsor Castle’s East Lawn during the eight-minute procession.

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A US Navy ship tested a high-energy laser weapon in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, successfully hitting its target.
The USS Portland used the weapon to destroy a non-moving practice target during a demonstration of the new weapon’s potential, according to a statement by the Navy.
The system, which has been installed on the San Antonio-class amphibious ship since 2018, had been previously tested in May 2020, when it successfully destroyed a drone in the Pacific Ocean.
The Solid State Laser-Technology Maturation Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) is a “next-generation” follow up to the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) aboard the USS Ponce that was tested for three years while the floating staging base operated in the Middle East, the Navy said.
“The region's geography, climate, and strategic importance offer a unique environment for technology innovation,” the Navy explained.
The LWSD is the Navy’s most powerful laser weapon to date. It is five times more powerful than the LaWS, UPI reported. The new weapon is able to shoot down small airplanes.
The Portland, which is part of the US 5th Fleet, began operating in the region in August.


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The long awaited Inspector General report is about to be made public.
That’s bad news for James Comey.
And the document uses one word to describe the former FBI Director that confirmed everyone’s worst fears.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report takes dead aim at James Comey’s conduct during the 2016 election.
A source that had seen the report told ABC news it would come down hard on Comey’s judgment and that Horowitz’s findings conclude that Comey’s actions were “insubordinate.”
“The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has concluded that James Comey defied authority at times during his tenure as FBI director, according to sources familiar with a draft report on the matter.
One source told ABC News that the draft report explicitly used the word “insubordinate” to describe Comey’s behavior. Another source agreed with that characterization but could not confirm the use of the term.”
The report’s negative findings center on Comey releasing a letter to Congress in late October informing members that Comey was reopening the Clinton email investigation.
ABC reports a source told them Comey took that action despite senior Justice Department officials warming him not to:
“Before Comey sent the letter to Congress, at least one senior Justice Department official told the FBI that publicizing the bombshell move so close to an election would violate longstanding department policy, and it would ignore federal guidelines prohibiting the disclosure of information related to an ongoing investigation, ABC News was told.”
This account also calls into question Comey’s honesty.
In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Comey claimed he never would have sent the letter to Congress if Lynch ordered him not to because he “believed in the chain of command.”
Horowitz’s report makes it clear Comey was lying in that interview.
The Inspector General report also backs up the letter Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote explaining why Trump fired Comey.
Rosenstein stated Comey was out of a job because,
“Concerning his letter to the Congress on October 28, 2016, the Director cast his decision as a choice between whether he would “speak” about the FBI’s decision to investigate the newly-discovered email messages or “conceal” it. “Conceal” is a loaded term that misstates the issue. When federal agents and prosecutors quietly open a criminal investigation, we are not concealing anything; we are simply following the longstanding policy that we refrain from publicizing non-public information. In that context, silence is not concealment.”
The media claimed Trump fired Comey because of the Russian investigation.
But his full remarks to NBC’s Lester Holt make it clear Trump knew firing Comey meant the probe would go on longer, so he fired Comey because he wanted the investigation run properly.
That answer is fully consistent with Rosenstein’s letter outlining the reasons why Comey was fired.
And the Inspector General report confirms Trump’s fears that Comey was a grandstanding glory hound who could not be trusted to follow established protocol while conducting a high profile investigation.
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The Official Pharmacy Negligence Claims Guide
April 11, 2019
The Official Pharmacy Negligence Claims Guide
In our official pharmacy negligence claims guide, we delve out informative tips on dealing with pharmaceutical mistakes and consequences.
Pharmacists are registered doctors and as such any mishandling of your prescriptions is a case of medical negligence. In some cases, the negligence may stem all the way back to your doctor as well. This is commonly the case regarding prescription notes that are writ in a poor fashion.
Prescription negligence or pharmacy negligence can have devastating consequences. Therefore, it’s our hope that this short Pharmacy Negligence Claims Guide clears up how to handle those consequences.
Some Examples of Pharmacy Negligence Claims
There are several ways that pharmacies could be negligent when it comes to their operation. This mistake could risk the life of one of their customers, as well. The fact is that some medications can cause allergic reactions, if not merely used by patients with a strong amount of care. If you receive the wrong medicine in your usual prescription dosages, you could accidentally overdose, and so on.
Some of the examples of pharmacy negligence include these below.
1. Administrative Issues
This often occurs from junior staff who have yet to reach their full qualification. The pharmacy and pharmacist on duty, however, is still responsible.
2. Incorrect Dispensing
This happens, in short, when you receive the wrong medication. The medication can either be in an incorrect pill bottle or in one you are familiar with. If you do not recognise your medication, always double-check to ensure you have the right one.
3. Incorrect Transcriptions
This is a product of a doctor’s poor handwriting on the prescription note. Not one to overlook, either: this example results in many incorrect prescriptions going out to patients.
What Are the Dangers of Pharmacy Negligence?
There are so many dangers when it comes to NHS medical negligence. On the light end of the scale, you could suffer from mild symptoms like nausea or headaches. In the worst-case scenario, you might have an allergic reaction to the medication and end up dead.
Even if you don’t die, an allergic reaction could cause permanent damage to your liver, kidneys, heart, and other vital areas in your body. It could even result in brain damage or failure.
How Can You Protect Yourself From Pharmacy Negligence?
Though you can seek out financial compensation after the fact, nothing will make up for not being able to live the fullest life due to a pharmacist error. This failure in duty of care from a pharmacist causing a medication error will require a medical negligence lawyer.
For now though, to protect against dispensing errors or other pharmacy errors, you should always:
- check the medication you are given;
- ensure that the prescription your doctor writes for you is either digital or written clearly;
- be aware of what symptoms to expect, and;
- if you ever doubt anything during the process remember to ask.
Even if the prescription was given out correctly, you can still face adverse side effects and will need to go to a medical professional immediately.
What Can You Do If You Have Been the Victim of Pharmacy Negligence?
If you were already a victim of pharmacy negligence, or know someone else who was, then there are a few things that you can do. Claiming compensation through a medical negligence claim is just one of them, too. But if the case uncovers gross negligence or criminal negligence, then the pharmacist in question could lose their license and even go to jail.
How much compensation you receive will depend on the severity of the issue and how much it has cost you. You are absolutely eligible for compensation to cover your pain and suffering, but you will also want to be covered for, say, the private care you needed to use to recover.
For the short term or the long term, we can seek general or special damages in the clinical negligence claims process. Start today with free legal advice from a friendly solicitor we work with here at TMNE. We collaborate with law firms that provide you with specialist solicitors with up to 30 years of experience in pharmacy negligence claims. They win high amounts of compensation for medical negligence and personal injury claims alike.
Claiming this compensation is far easier and more effective with a medical negligence solicitors on your side. Therefore, fill in the contact form today and we’ll help you determine if you have a valid case for compensation. We also handle other medical negligence cases here at The Medical Negligence Experts.

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The foundation of good health is the food we eat.
That’s why Cy-Fair Hospital wants to help you eat healthier during National Nutrition Month.
“It is important to control portion sizes, choose nutrient-rich foods, and maintain physical exercise,” explains Bimal Talati, MD, internal medicine physician on the medical staff at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital.
“When your body gets all the nutrients it needs from a smaller portion of food, you are less likely to eat too much.”
A well-balanced diet includes portions from all food groups including grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, meat and beans, healthy fats and oils, and some discretionary calories. “It is important to remember there is no such thing as “one size fits all” when it comes to nutrition,” says Dr. Talati. “Daily intake depends on many things such as sex, height, weight, and level of physical activity.” For more information on your ideal daily nutrition plan, visit www.mypyramid.gov.
“It is important to remember to focus on the quality of the foods you and your family eat rather than the quantity,” says Dr. Talati. By emphasizing nutrient-rich choices, you can lower both the portion size and lower your salt intake. Don’t forget to exercise!
To help your family eat healthier, it is important to understand the health benefits of eating certain foods:
- Grains provide the body with energy and fiber. When choosing grains, it is better to pick whole grains because they are more difficult for the body to digest. This helps control blood sugar levels and may protect against heart disease.
- Fruits and vegetables are extremely nutrient-rich foods. “Eating large portions of fruits and vegetables can decrease the chances of a heart attack or stroke and may protect against some forms of cancer,” explains Dr. Talati.
- Dairy products help build bones because they provide the body with calcium. The body absorbs calcium through vitamin D, but most people need more vitamin D than is supplied by one glass of milk. “It is possible to get calcium through a calcium supplement that includes vitamin D, however, check with your health care provider before trying anything new,” urges Dr. Talati.
- The meat and beans category also includes nuts, seeds, tofu, and eggs. These protein rich foods can help reduce the risk of heart disease and provide the body with fiber.
- Did you know that some fats are good for your body? Healthy fats and oils such as olive oil, canola oil, and peanut oil can improve cholesterol levels and may protect the heart from potentially deadly rhythm problems. You can get these healthy fats from other sources too, such as nuts, seeds, avocadoes, and fatty fish like salmon.
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Wednesday, December 11, 7PM at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum in St. Johnsbury. Free.
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Wednesday, October 30 12AM – Thursday, January 2 12AM at River Arts Center in Morrisville.
Sunday, December 8, 8PM at Club Metronome in Burlington. $15. 18+.
Sunday, July 20, 7:30PM at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. $7-10.
The silver-screen version of The Voices Project, a musical based on the lives of Vermont teens, continues on a 50-town tour.
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This Monday, 40 ° C was exceeded in mid-afternoon, in Bégaar in the Landes. It was 40.1 ° C, Météo France noted, which is a new record for the month of September, for this city in the south of the department. “We also recorded 39.6 ° C in Orthez (Pyrénées Atlantiques), where the record dates back to 14 September 2020 with 37.9 ° C, and 38.9 ° C in Pau, against 36.3 ° C on 7 September 1970 ”continues Francis Morisset, meteorologist and departmental climatologist for Météo-France in Biarritz.
Dozens of temperature records for the month of September have in fact been broken across the southwestern district. It was 39.1 ° C in Mont-de-Marsan, 39 ° C in Dax, 38.1 ° C in Sauternes south of Bordeaux, 37.2 ° C in Tarbes (Hautes Pyrenees) and even 35.1 ° C at Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) …
However, the all-time record for a month of September was not broken. “It dates back to 7 September 2016, when it was 40.5 ° C in Cambo-les-Bains (Atlantic Pyrenees), observes the meteorologist from Météo France. On 7 September 1966 we also had 40.2 ° C in Arjuzanx and 40 ° C in Parentis (Landes). We can also note 39.8 ° C on 14 September 1962 in Saint-André-de-Seignanx and 37 ° C in Bordeaux on 17 September 1967. “The average maximum temperatures of September in New Aquitaine, rather gravitate between 23 ° C and 25 ° C.
A heat spike that occurs after three heat waves
Francis Morisset believes, however, that “we shouldn’t get into the orange heatwave vigilance, because the phenomenon won’t last long enough. This is why we speak of heat spike. But it comes after three heat waves since June. It should also be noted that on Monday 40 ° C was exceeded… for the fourth consecutive month.
This heat spike runs through the southwest on Monday, “despite more cloud cover than on Sunday,” the forecaster also points out. “This is due to the instabilities coming from the Bay of Biscay which will give rise to high clouds. We are currently suffering from a depression, the former cyclone Danielle saw off the Azores a few days ago. This air, crossing the Pyrenees, undergoes a foehn effect, that is, the air mass compresses, which heats and dries it. We had the same situation, more or less, during the June heatwave, with a depression located off the coast of Portugal that brought in a flow from the south, bringing in air from North Africa. It is also possible that the air mass becomes increasingly sandy, as in June. “
Beware of storms at high altitudes
From Tuesday, however, temperatures should begin to drop, «even if they will still remain above 30 ° C. »« The problem is knowing if we will have rain, because thunderstorms await us at high altitudes. These are located at about 4,000 meters and precipitation evaporates from 3,000 meters, with the risk of lightning. This situation can therefore create sparks, with a wind that could attract the embers, so beware of the risk of fire, especially in the Landes and Gironde where the ground is still very dry. “
A new heat spike “is likely to reappear next week” warns the forecaster, “with temperatures still lower, but which will still remain above seasonal norms. “


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CIP Work Session
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|Date & Time:||Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM|
|Event Details:||City Council/ACPS Joint Facilities Planning Session|
|Audience:||Anyone may attend|
|Tags:||Budget2023, City Council, City Council Calendar|
For event details visit https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/?47900
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Fuel Marketer Intelligence: Supply Chain Dynamics to Retail Fuel Prices
By Brian Milne
There were only two sessions in 2017 in which nearest delivered New York Mercantile Exchange gasoline futures traded higher than where they are currently in early 2018, and those two days occurred in late August as Hurricane Harvey was ravishing the Texas coastline, triggering widespread supply shortages.
As the calendar turned to 2018, NYMEX reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending futures known by the RBOB acronym are trading well above last summer’s gasoline prices, a time of year when driving demand peaks. Historically this is odd, with gasoline prices usually trading near annual lows in January as driving demand declines during the cold winter months and inventory builds.
A look at the seasonal chart for RBOB futures shows several deviations from the historical price pattern in recent years, although gasoline’s seasonal trends were mostly observed from 2013 through 2016. In mid-2014, global oil prices began a long and enduring selloff as crude oil inventories swelled amid a renaissance in U.S. oil production.
Record gasoline demand in the United States in 2016 was a key component in lending price strength to oil futures during the early summer of that year, and again was supportive in 2017 with demand stronger than expected, although less than year prior. However, the chief price driver for gasoline has been crude oil prices, which rallied in the fourth quarter 2017, with the price ascent accelerating in January as the market sees a global oil supply-demand balance in the latter half of the year following more than three years with a massive supply overhang.
A confluence of factors drove domestic and international crude prices to three-year highs during 2018’s opening sessions, highlighted by a production agreement with 24 oil producing countries that is now in its second year. The 1.8 million bpd in production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and 10 non-OPEC oil producers that took effect on the first day of 2017 now runs through the end of 2018. Strong compliance with the quota system has dramatically reduced a global supply glut.
Data from the Energy Information Administration illustrates declining crude supply, reporting U.S. commercial crude inventory at 419.5 million bbl on Jan. 5, down 63.6 million bbl versus the comparable year-ago period, and well below a record high of 535.5 million bbl reached on March 31, 2017. Domestic crude stocks are 30.9 million bbl or 8.0% above the five-year average.
Geopolitics have also resurfaced as a bullish price driver for global oil prices. Antigovernment protests in Iran in January and a growing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela have underpinned recent price gains, with both countries members of OPEC.
The protests in Iran, which have since diminished, had heightened concern that oil production and exports from the country could be impaired. Venezuela’s oil production has consistently declined for more than a year due to poor management and a lack of funds to support operations.
Led by the United States, economies around the world are growing, which is bullish for oil demand. According to the World Bank, 2018 is expected to be a turning point for the global economy, indicating “a negative global output gap” is projected to close for the first time in a decade.
Under the assumption the world economy would grow 3.4% this year following a 3.2% annual expansion in 2017, the EIA in their latest Short-term Energy Outlook forecasts global oil demand to grow an above average 1.72 million bpd or 1.75% this year after an annual increase of 1.44 million bpd or 1.5% in 2017.
Combined with ongoing production cuts led by OPEC, the gulf between global oil supply and demand is expected to close later this year, which is bullish for oil prices. When the market is in greater balance, the futures market will also react more acutely to supply disruptions.
Domestically, EIA estimates gasoline consumption averaged 9.3 million bpd in 2017, down from a record pace of 9.32 million bpd in 2016. In their outlook, EIA projects domestic gasoline consumption to set new records for this year and 2019 at 9.33 million bpd and 9.39 million bpd, respectively.
Speculators hold large net-long positions in NYMEX RBOB and West Texas Intermediate futures, with the noncommercial trading group holding record net-length in WTI futures in December, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shows, illustrating the market’s bullish sentiment. A long position is taken on expectation prices would move higher over time.
NYMEX oil futures are overbought, suggesting a price pullback is close at hand. Large net-long positions also have the potential to accelerate a selloff should the market’s opinion change, triggering what is known as long liquidation.
In early January, some market followers expect a short-term top to be installed, and for prices to drift lower. They point to growing U.S. oil production, which the EIA expects to reach a record high at 10.3 million bpd this year, to cut short the current rally.
Others, however, expect a downside price correction before the market resumes higher, noting key resistance has been breached while citing a tightening supply-demand balance, heightening geopolitical risk and strong economic growth.
Join Milne on Jan. 25 for a free webinar on the oil market entitled, “Will Oil Prices Reach $70 Bbl by June?”, when he will explore the many dynamics affecting the oil market and offer a price outlook for the domestic and international crude oil grades.
Brian Milne is the energy editor with DTN, an independent, trusted source of actionable insights for 600,000 customers focused on feeding, protecting, and fueling the world. Customer-centric and employee-driven, DTN focuses on empowering agriculture, oil and gas, trading, and weather-sensitive industries through continuous, leading-edge innovation. DTN is based in Minneapolis, with offices globally.

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I was terminated unfairly on 31 Oct 2018 while i am pregnant at 13 weeks. I am not give any compensation and report have been made to MOM on 31 Oct itself and will take time before investigation can go on and it affect my household income and expenses. Currently i have 2 sons aged 4 and 2 in child care and being un employed will affect the current subsidy by ECDA.
As we just moved in to our new home 11 mths ago we are still servicing the renovation loans. We do not have a helper nor a car and our monthly income is the sole provider for all our expenses. With this recent termination our expenses will increase due to subsidy and income is lost by almost half. Your kind contribution will really help to ease this burden period.
I am looking for jobs to reduce this losses but being pregnant will bring the chances of getting employed lower. I wish no other pregnant ladies have to go thru this be in local or foreigners.

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HELENA, Mont., May 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. (Nasdaq:EBMT), the holding company of American Federal Savings Bank, today announced that Peter J. Johnson, President and CEO is scheduled to present at the 15th Annual D.A. Davidson Financial Services Conference in Seattle. Eagle's presentation is on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 11:05 a.m. PDT.
The live and archived presentation can be viewed at www.americanfederalsavingsbank.com under the Investor Relations tab.
About the Company
Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Helena, Montana and is the holding company of American Federal Savings Bank, a community bank established in 1922 that serves consumers and small businesses in Southern Montana through 13 banking offices. Additional information is available on the bank's website at www.americanfederalsavingsbank.com. The shares of Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "EBMT."
CONTACT: Peter J. Johnson, President and CEO (406) 457-4006 Clint J. Morrison, SVP and CFO (406) 457-4007Source:Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.


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Hola, wee while since my last post!
Been a busy few months! Glasgow, Edinburgh, T in the Park!
Had a wee jaunt to Glasgow to see the awesome Belle & Sebastian at the SSE Hydro. See some photos here. The gig was awesome and was the first one I’ve ever been to at the Hydro. Not a bad venue!
The next ‘wee jaunt’ was to Edinburgh to see the Foo Fighters! Except there were no Foo Fighters, Arg! Gig was cancelled due to Dave Grohl’s leg knack. Quite disappointed as myself and wife were really looking forward to it.
We decided that as we had already booked trains, hotel and time off work to head down anyway for a mini break and see some sights. Most of the sights we saw were the inside of restaurants and pubs but we did also fit in a trip to the really cool botanic gardens.
While having dinner at the awesome Restaurant Mark Greenway on Tuesday night we met literary legend Ian Ranking, who was sitting at the next table. Had a brief chat with him, he seemed like a genuinely nice guy and was happy talking to us till his dinner guests arrived. I am a massive fan of his Rebus books and my wife said she’s not sure when she’s seen me that excited!
Saw a very large ‘Corpse Flower’ at the Botanic Gardens, was pretty neat!
Some photos of the trip on Flickr!
And finally a few weeks ago we were at T in the Park. It’s been a few years since I’ve been (2009) and the wife had never been before. We had an ace time, saw some cracking bands including War on Drugs, Kasabian, Marina and the Diamonds, The Vaccines, The LIbertines, Idlewild and Noel Gallagher. We gave the camping a miss though and stayed at a caravan park in Scone. So still technically camping but not Proper Festival Camping. Was nice to be at a festival and be feeling fresh in the morning though!
Not sure about the new festival site at Strathalan. I think they will need to alter the layout a bit as there was a pretty bad bottleneck around the King Tuts Tent and by all accounts getting a bus at the end of the day was apparently a nightmare. Glad we had the car with us, our car park experience was thankfully ok. Well, apart from taking about 10 minutes to find the car on the Friday night hah.
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The number of tourists is growing, but there are still few foreign tourists
According to Statistics Estonia, in May 2021, Estonian accommodation establishments served 90,000 tourists, which is nearly one and a half times more than in May last year. The numbers of foreign and domestic tourists both increased.
Helga Laurmaa, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that in May 2020 the spread of the coronavirus still had a significant impact on the movement of people. “This year, people travelled more and consequently accommodation establishments served 1.4 times more domestic tourists. The number of foreign tourists is on the rise, but they accounted for just 16% of all tourists,” explained Laurmaa.
Accommodation establishments served 75,000 domestic tourists and 15,000 foreign tourists. Nearly 3,000 tourists came from Finland, 2,000 from Latvia, more than 900 tourists travelled to Estonia from Germany, nearly 800 from Russia and 750 from Lithuania. The majority of tourists preferred to stay overnight in Harju county, followed by Tartu and Pärnu counties.
Tourists spent a total of 180,000 nights in accommodation establishments, of which domestic tourists accounted for 135,000 nights and foreign tourists for 45,000 nights.
In May, there were 1,058 accommodation establishments open for tourists in Estonia, which is 11% more than the year before. There were 21,000 rooms and 48,000 bed places available for guests. The room occupancy rate was 17%. The average cost of a guest night was 29 euros per person, which is three euros more than at the same time last year. The average cost of an overnight stay was 29 euros in Harju county, 30 euros in Pärnu and Tartu counties, 32 euros in Lääne-Viru county and 34 euros in Saare county.
Statistics Estonia collects and analyses accommodation data for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications with the aim to determine the economic situation in Estonia.
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Sex trafficking has been an issue in society and a topic many people try to maneuver around. Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder is accused via social media of sex trafficking with connections to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
A $10 million lawsuit by Snyder was filed against the parent company New Content Media which is over the website meaww.com.
TMZ Sports reported on Friday “According to docs, Snyder says meaww.com posted an article hinting that a forthcoming Washington Post story was going to expose Snyder’s alleged involvement in sex trafficking. Snyder points out the meaww.com post sourced anonymous Reddit posts, including one that said “[Snyder] is getting [arrested] for sex trafficking. He was on [Jeffrey] Epstein’s list too.”
The Washington football team posted on Twitter new helmets with numbers on the side of it. With the celebration taking place, it doesn’t look so well for Snyder who has to deal with a variety of questions, assumptions and claims that is affecting his reputation.
Snyder is concerned with taking matters into his own hands and finding out the truth on who is responsible for the false accusations according to him. Snyder referenced in the docs how he wants the “identity of the third parties involved in hiring [meaww.com] to publish these false and defamatory articles.”
If Snyder is that angry about the alleged claims, his motive should be in question on why he wants to find out the person responsible and what will he do? It’s a journalist job to get juicy information such as that and Snyder isn’t ready to endure the hell many alleged and justly accused sex traffickers went through.
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Sustainable Cities Require Urban Agriculture
Growing urbanization goes hand in hand with growing consumer demand for food
Cities are where we find large concentrations of consumers for the end-product of our food systems and it is the responsibility of cities to ensure that all their inhabitants are food-secure. This is increasingly recognized by cities themselves, as shown by city adherence to food-networks as well as international city agendas on food. Examples include the 138 cities which have signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact in 2015, the 12 Dutch cities and 3 National Ministries which have signed the Dutch City deal Food on the Urban Agenda in January 2017, the cities linked to the C40 food systems network, and those having joined the ICLEI-RUAF CITYFOOD network. The New Urban Agenda, adopted in Quito in October 2016, will guide implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals for the coming years, and through these, food security and nutrition are now at the centre of urban and territorial sustainability.
Diversification and resilience of urban food supply
The past years have shown the vulnerability of urban food supply systems when these are affected by climate impacts, disrupted rural production or food transport, food price hikes or other factors. The New Urban Agenda emphasises the need to ‘strengthen food system planning’ and recognizes that dependence on distant sources of food and other resources can create sustainability challenges and vulnerabilities to supply disruptions. The agenda includes a commitment to: ‘Support urban agriculture and farming, as well as responsible, local, and sustainable consumption and production, and social interactions, through enabling accessible networks of local markets and commerce as an option to contribute to sustainability and food security’.
Cities like New York are already putting such strategies in place. Like all major cities, New York City only has about a 3-day supply of fresh food for its eight million residents. Diversifying the food distribution system can make the city less vulnerable to disruption while also reducing adverse impacts (such as heavy commercial truck traffic) in neighbourhoods like Hunts Point. Diversification should include new transportation infrastructure including rail and water transport, and an emphasis on various sources of food production, including increasing localized production in urban and peri-urban areas (in short: urban agriculture), and forms of food retail (including farmers markets and cooperatives) that build community-based social networks, competencies, and infrastructures.
Next to market-oriented forms of urban agriculture, growing fresh food for home consumption has been shown to help increase access to nutritious and fresh food for the urban poor. It can provide a more varied diet as well as monetary savings that can be used toward other food and non-food purchases, thus reducing overall inequalities in access.
Investing in green productive infrastructure
Cities are also increasingly impacted by climate change. The inclusion and preservation of green spaces, to help mitigate the so-called Urban Heat Island effect and to buffer for storm water, are being promoted by many cities. Promoting not only green, but also green productive infrastructure (combining food growing with other green land uses) will have multiple sustainability benefits.
For example, Rosario, Argentina has a climate change plan looking at how to better integrate urban agriculture, food security and greening into its temperature mitigation and storm water management strategies in order to promote more cost-effective solutions and alternatives to higher-cost building insulation and drainage infrastructure improvements. Rosario’s planning aligns with stormwater management practices being adopted in New York City as well.
New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection has committed to investing in green infrastructure that contains rainwater during and after a storm, then releases it into the sewer system slowly, thereby reducing the risk of flooding and impacts on water infrastructure. Green infrastructure projects include turning vacant paved lots and asphalt rooftops into gardens. New York’s experience, like Rosario’s, suggests that if productive landscapes are integrated into storm water management planning, cities may be able to reduce storm water flow and at the same time support the creation of farms and edible gardens, with their respective social and other benefits, at a lower cost than traditional storm water adaptation measures would require.
Improving resource efficiency
Next to food security and climate change impacts, urban agriculture offers opportunities for improved waste recycling. In South Asia, 60-70% of the irrigated and rain fed croplands exist within 20 kilometres radius from the urban centres (Thebo et al 2014). Currently, urban areas account for 75% of the world’s natural resource consumption, while producing over 50% of the globe’s waste on just 2–3% of the earth’s land surface (UNEP, 2013). If consumption-related food waste, other food waste generated by humans, and current stocks of livestock manure and human waste are returned to urban and peri-urban agriculture, it would replenish an astounding 386 million tons of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) annually − more than twice the world’s current consumption while promoting circular economy, increasing efficiency of resource use through waste recovery and reuse, and contributing to rural economic growth.
Social and economic development
Urban agriculture has shown its potential ability to strengthen social inclusion, local economic development (creating job opportunities for women and youth), and community development (increasing community ownership and responsibility for their environment). From a social integration perspective, urban agriculture can help to build bridges within local communities between people from different age groups, backgrounds and cultures. There are numerous examples of such initiatives across European cities in the UK, Germany and Austria. These countries have created opportunities to work with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants on agricultural sites and
community gardens with the aim of improving quality of life and general wellbeing. Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from around the world, both for-profit and non-profit, are pioneering innovative entrepreneurial efforts to address urban food provisioning and security.
Urban and peri-urban agriculture will not be able to feed cities entirely, but has the clear potential to contribute to social, economic and environmental city sustainability and enhance urban resilience. Both city governments as well as other actors can play important roles in enhancing this potential.
What can city and regional governments do?
City and regional governments can:
- Recognize urban agriculture as an urban land use, protect agricultural land areas from urban expansion and ensure secure access and tenure to small holder producers
- Integrate urban agriculture into city development plans and sectoral policies and programs (climate change; social and economic development; health and food security amongst others)
- Technically and financially support urban producers
- Facilitate marketing opportunities for urban producers
- Include local procurement criteria in their institutional food purchasing and set criteria for other business
- Promote waste recycling and use in urban agriculture
- Innovate financing tools for urban agriculture, such as the use of carbon credits (Quito-Ecuador); public –private partnerships and local food business funds.
What can private sector do?
Private sector stakeholders can:
- Promote urban agriculture and local farming in response to consumer demand (as done by the HMS shops) or as part of their corporate social and environmental responsibility (as done by Accord Hotels)
- Include localized sourcing in their procurement strategies
- Promote development of new urban farming systems as done by companies like Philips and Panasonic
- Include food growing in building certification schemes (as already done in LEAD and BREEM schemes)
- Align corporate social responsibility strategies and resources with sustainable and resilient vision urban food systems (by promoting or directly engaging in localised sourcing, own production, food waste reduction and management, prioritising links with small-scale producers, SMEs and social enterprises).
Both public and private engagement is needed to further increase city sustainability and urban agriculture is one strategy to do so.
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I spoke last week to Adrian Benepe, former commissioner for the NYC Parks Department and currently the Senior Vice President and Director of National Programs at The Trust for Public Land.
We discussed a lot of things – the increased use of parks in the era of COVID-19, the role parks have historically played – and currently play – in citizens’ first amendment right to free speech and protests, access & equity for underserved communities, the coming budget shortfalls and how they might play out in park systems.
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Forget breakfast bars or muffins: Our new favorite grab-and-go breakfast is a blondie. Think of them like a healthyish muffin in bar form. Made with almond butter and flaxseed meal, they’re grain-free and packed full of protein.
Preheat oven to 350°. Line an 8x8" baking dish with a sheet of parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides. Grease parchment with butter.
Cook nuts and 6 Tbsp. butter in a medium skillet over medium heat, swirling pan often, until butter foams, then browns, 5–6 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl; set aside nuts. Add almond butter, maple syrup, flaxseed, vanilla, salt, and baking powder to hot brown butter and whisk until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, whisking to incorporate after each addition. Vigorously whisk batter until glossy and smooth, about 1 minute. Stir in all but about 3 Tbsp. reserved nuts. Scrape batter into prepared pan and spread in an even layer. Top with remaining nuts.
Bake blondies until top is puffed and lightly browned and a tester inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 18–22 minutes. Let cool.
Remove blondies from pan using parchment overhang. Cut into squares.
Do Ahead: Blondies can be baked 3 days ahead. Store tightly wrapped in plastic at room temperature.

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Permeability Single Coat
Permeability Two Coats
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CONFORMANCE: Confirms to flexibility and adhesion test as per I.S. 101.
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STORAGE & SHELF LIFE : 12 months when stored in cool , dry place, away from direct sunlight, in original sealed packing
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Remove all curing compounds and sealers
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High flexural strength and extraordinary adhesion of polymer reinforces the high compressive strength property of cementitious matrix.
Alkaline and compatible with concrete.
Does not facilitate carbonation.
Can be applied in moist conditions e.g: exteriors, terraces and chajjas in wet spells of monsoon, underground and/ or overhead water tanks almost immediately after emptying.
Can be mixed with any cement based paint and can thus have any desired colour shade.
Can be used as a base waterproofing coat.
PACKING : 1,5,20,200Kg
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There are several fundamental issues related to homelessness on which there is currently no consensus, the aim of the 9-10 December conference is to examine these topics.
The conference is organised by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council, co-organised with the European Commission. FEANTSA (the European Federation of Organisations Working with the Homeless) is co-ordinating the process and the French Government is a key partner. Homelessness is one of the priorities for the Belgian Presidency within its social domain. The conference will be attended by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Social Protection Committee in view of reaching a true political consensus on the following key issues:


Bad Bunny made history at the Video Music Awards on Sunday, becoming the first non-English speaking artist to win artist of the year.
The urban music sensation from Puerto Rico was nominated alongside Drake, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X and Lizzo. His hit song “Tití Me Preguntó” also received a nomination for this year’s VMA nomination for best Latin award.
During the MTV broadcast, Bad Bunny performed live from Yankee Stadium in New York as part of his World’s Hottest Tour. Other acts in the VMA performing lineup this year included Harlow, Nicki Minaj, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blackpink, Panic! at the disco, Anitta, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Lizzo.
In May, Bad Bunny released his fourth studio album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” which was the second Spanish-language album to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, according to MTV. When it came out, the 28-year-old musician’s latest LP was also Spotify’s most-streamed album of 2022.
Bad Bunny wasn’t the only artist breaking barriers on Sunday night. Blackpink also became the first K-pop girl group to win Group of the Year, according to Teen Vogue. In their US award show debut, the quartet performed their new single, “Pink Venom,” during the VMAs on live television for the first time.


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Covid positive? Consult doctor, don't panic and rush for Oxygen, ICU - Dr Justin A Gopaldas, Consultant, Critical care medicine, Manipal hospitals, Jayanagar..
A patient who needs hospitalisation is likely to need oxygen in the near future. The need for oxygen is determined by a number of factors. If they have a cold, cough or fever but have oxygen levels of 99% in the beginning, which later decreases to 94.96% ,It indicates a downward trajectory, said Dr Justin A Gopaldas, Consultant, Critical care medicine, Manipal hospitals, Jayanagar.
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The BBC has sacked Danny Baker, saying he showed a “serious error of judgement” over his tweet about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby.
The tweet showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption: “Royal Baby leaves hospital”. He later deleted the tweet but it has been circulated on social media.
The BBC 5 Live presenter was accused of mocking the duchess’s racial heritage.
Baker claimed it was a “stupid gag”.
The 61-year-old presented a Saturday morning show on the network.
The corporation said Baker’s tweet “goes against the values we as a station aim to embody”.
It added: “Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us.”


P. Diddy and the entire Bad Boy Reunion family invaded Detroit over the Labor Day weekend and they brought out the whole city!
The concert, which took place at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Friday, Sept. 2, was completely lit and all the Bad Boy veterans showed today’s younger rappers how to put on a show. From the women of Bad Boy, who included none other than Faith Evans, Lil Kim and Total, to the surprise guest appearances that included French Montana and Diddy’s two son’s Christian and Justin, all of the performers kept everyone on their feet. Of course, Mase, 112 and Carl Thomas turned it out as well, and we can’t forget about the maestro himself, P. Diddy, whose performance was reminiscent of a 20-something-year-old Puff Daddy.
Check out pics from the concert below. Chime in on the comments section and let us know what you think.
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"Though Mr. Shahzad was stopped before he could fly away, there were at least two significant lapses in the security response of the government and the airline that allowed him to come close to making his escape, officials of the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies said on Tuesday."
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"Lapses Allowed Suspect to Board Plan", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), mai 2010. Consulté le 02/12/2023. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/lapses-allowed-suspect-to-board-plan

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Last week, we removed our cannas from flower beds where we are now planting tulips and have stored them for the winter. As I was doing a little botanizing (read: plant nerd with a curious brain and a lunch hour to kill), I discovered something I had neither heard of nor learned long ago in some dusty university lecture hall. There are such things as stem tubers (such as a potato), and root tubers (such as a dahlia). I had been operating under the assumption that a tuber was a tuber was a tuber: a modified stem used to store energy for the plant. Yes, a stem tuber like a potato is not a root, but actually a stem! Who knew? The potato eye is a node, where one or more leaves meet the stem.
Do not confuse a root tuber with root crops such as radish, carrots and turnips. Those crops have tap roots. They are shaped differently, but serve the same purpose: to store energy. Root tubers, on the other hand, are swollen portions of a root also used to store energy. Think of a dahlia root or some varieties of day lily. The root is thin, swells and gets thin again, forming on a fibrous root system.
Esoteric? Mind numbing? Perhaps, but if you have read this article to this point, you are a hooked plant nerd so how about a bit more? Back to cannas and tubers. Cannas are neither stem nor root tubers. They are rhizomes, or underground stems like stem tubers, with a few key differences in morphology, but easiest to remember is rhizomes grow horizontally underground.
All these root and stem adaptations function to store energy, which is key to my final point- storing these tender perennial species for winter. There is great information out there on how to dig and store cannas and dahlias, but I do want to pass on two thoughts. First, it is recommended to leave cannas in place until frost kills the tops off. I am not sure how critical this is really. If you pull cannas a bit early, fine-but know you might get some leaf regrowth. More important is the curing process and storage conditions later (see above links for details). Second, I would use a spading fork when digging up any plant you hope to transplant, divide or store, regardless of soil type. Using a spading fork rather than a shovel to leverage the plant loose tends to preserve more of the root system intact where a shovel might slice or shear too much.

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Police will be looking for impaired drivers in Muskoka over the long weekend
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Make sure you have a plan to get home after your New Year’s Eve celebrations.
The OPP are out in full force this long weekend looking for drivers who’ve decided to get behind the wheel drunk or high. Stops for the Festive RIDE program will be set up along highways and roads around Haliburton both at night and during the day.
If you’re caught driving impaired by alcohol or drugs you can have your vehicle impounded, your licence suspended and you can face hefty fines and even jail time.


APD reform will make little difference, say Global travel agentsPosted: March 26, 2014
By Juliet Dennis,
Reform of Air Passenger Duty will make little if any difference to business, according to Global travel agents.
From next April the air tax will be simplified into a two band system for short-haul and long-haul flights, scrapping the two highest bands. The Caribbean will be the main winner of the change, which means holidaymakers travelling to the destination will now pay the same as those travelling to the US.
But agents quizzed about APD on stage at this year’s Global Travel Conference claimed the change – a surprise move announced in last week’s government budget – would have little impact on bookings, particularly in the luxury sector.
Travel Designers’ managing director Nick Harding-McKay said: “For what people already spend on luxury holidays, a saving here and there will not make a difference.”
But he conceded: “For people going home to see their family, this might make a difference, but this is not really our market.”
Lee Hunt, managing director of Deben Travel, added: “I don’t think it [the change in APD] will make any difference. I think the press and the government should focus on the benefits of booking with travel agents.”
Sourced by Travel Weekly