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Trone Hosts Opioid Epidemic Workshop with 264 People, Joined by Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford
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Hagerstown, MD - Tonight, Representative David Trone (MD-06), hosted a Congressional workshop focused on ending the opioid epidemic with special guest Maryland Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford. There were 264 people and 20 organizations in attendance at the Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown.
The event was Trone’s second workshop and the final event in his three-day tour of the district focusing on the opioid epidemic. Trone’s events during the week included a NARCAN training with local officials, a ridealong with the Hagerstown Police Department, and visits with individuals in recovery.
The opioid workshop featured a panel of experts to discuss the various aspects of the opioid epidemic. Hagerstown City Councilwoman Emily Keller gave opening remarks. The panel included:
- Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford
- Dr. Michael Fingerhood, Medical Director of John Hopkins Comprehensive Care Practice and an expert in addiction medicine
- Kevin Roy, Chief Public Policy Officer with Shatterproof, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families
- Victoria Sterling, Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Washington County Health Department
“This week I’ve toured the district to listen and learn about what resources our communities need from the federal government to continue operating and serving those suffering from addiction,” said Rep. David Trone (MD-06). “The community has really stepped up to combat this epidemic, and now it’s up to us at the state and federal level to provide funding and resources to support these efforts.”
“The opioid crisis in our state and nation is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue," said Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford. "It is going to take all of us - on both sides of the aisle and at every level of government - working together to solve this problem and make a difference in the lives of those suffering from substance use disorder."
“It’s well documented that we are in the midst of the deadliest health crisis in US history. It’s going to take a village to solve this issue, so I appreciate Congressman Trone bringing everyone together to educate, spread awareness, and helped fight addiction,” said Hagerstown Councilwoman Emily Keller. “Our community can get through this with ground work on the local level all the way up to David’s work at the federal level.”
“It is important for everyone to be knowledgeable about opioids. People over age 45 appear to be especially vulnerable to overdose death related to fentanyl, and most opioids sold on the street are fentanyl and not heroin,” said Dr. Michael Fingerhood, Medical Director of John Hopkins Comprehensive Care Practice and an expert in addiction medicine. We need naloxone everywhere to reverse overdose, but most of all we need to remove stigma, so that individuals with opioid use disorder can get effective treatment. There has to be a sense of hope, as recovery happens every day.”
"I believe the most effective way to combat the opioid epidemic is to attack it on every level, including prevention, intervention and treatment,” said Victoria Sterling, Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Washington County Health Department. “We need to teach our youth about the dangers of prescription pain medication. We need to expand services to at risk individuals and we need to ensure that there is adequate access to all levels of care."
“The opioid and addiction crisis is killing more than 70,000 people each year. It is going to take a concerted effort by all levels of government and throughout communities to change the trajectory of this crisis,” said Kevin Roy, Chief Public Policy Officer for Shatterproof. “I commend Representative Trone for convening this event, to do just this, and Lieutenant Governor Rutherford and the other distinguished leaders for participating. This crisis will only abate once best practices on prevention, treatment and recovery that are supported by research are broadly known and adopted.”
The panel discussed the many aspects of the opioid epidemic including how to promote education at an early age about addiction, how to create inclusive care practices, and how we can start to combat some of the stigma around addiction.
In addition to the panel discussion, there were 20 organizations focused on providing resources to constituents regarding the opioid epidemic. The Hagerstown Police Department was also on hand to collect any unused, unwanted, or expired prescription drugs.
The organizations included: Alternative Drug and Alcohol Counseling (ADAC), Brook Lane, Brooke’s House, Celebrate Recovery, Concerted Care Group, Frederick County Health Department, Frederick Institute, Genesis Treatment Services, Hagerstown Police Department, Justice and Recovery Advocates, Inc, Maryland Coalition of Families, Meritus Health, Narcotics Anonymous, The Phoenix Foundation, Potomac Case Management, Serenity Treatment Center, Turning Point - Way Station, Washington County Health Department, Washington Goes Purple, and Wells House Inc Residential and Outpatient Care Treatment.
In Congress, Trone has made tackling the opioid epidemic a top priority. In his first months in office, he started the Freshmen Working Group on Addiction, a bipartisan group of more than 50 Members dedicated to solving the addiction crisis in this country. This month, he announced the introduction of the bipartisan Providing Officers With Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would help law enforcement agencies secure high-tech, portable screening devices that assist offers in the detection of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs.
Congressman David Trone was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2018 to serve the 6th District of Maryland, which includes all or part of Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties. Trone serves on the Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, and Joint Economic Committees, where he is fighting to make progress on issues that matter to Marylanders, including the opioid epidemic, criminal justice reform, and funding for medical research.

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Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) protesters on Thursday evening threw a slipper at the vehicle of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and waved black flags at a public function near the state capital. The slipper, however, did not hit him.
The incident occurred when Chandy, assembly Speaker N. Sakthan and Social Justice Minister M.K. Muneer arrived in an open jeep to inaugurate a swimming pool near Balaramapuram.
Police officials said the slipper missed Chandy, and instead hit one of his security officials.
Muneer said the people of the village will isolate those involved in "such a shameful act".
The Communist Party of India-Marxist was yet to comment on the incident.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the protesters did not throw footwear at the Chief Minister. “They were showing the black flags against him,” he said.


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IQ collaborated with Studio Weave to design, manufacture and install the architectural glazing solutions to the Grade II Listed Lea Bridge library in East London. The library extension added a café and adaptable community space to the listed building, designed to deliver a revived civic heart for the borough of Waltham Forest.
The timber framed extension adjoins the rear of the original Edwardian red brick library, to improve and extended upon the current features of the building, whilst simultaneously maintain the culture of the original building. A large timber frame glass wall occupies the entire outward facing elevation of the library extension, using a combination of structural glass with minimal windows 4+ sliding glass doors. By engineering a glass façade with both sliding and opening elements, the team at IQ were able to create a timber frame glass wall that ran the entire length of the library with floor to ceiling glass.
The design of the timber frame glass wall sits harmoniously amongst existing mature trees within the courtyard beyond. The rectangular footprint of the library extension space is punctuated by cut outs within the timber structure filled with frameless glass. These frameless structural glass openings were coordinated with canopies and trunks to provide a sense of connectivity between the interior and exterior spaces.
Midway along the timber frame glass wall, the structure narrows and steps up which was a purposeful design to protect the root system of the surrounding trees on the library plot. This change in level of the building was paired with the location of a curved glass wall within the glass façade. This change in direction of glass within the timber frame masks the structural changes by drawing the eye to the curved glass wall element.
Salvaged wood from trees that have been felled across London were used to create the interior floors, walls, and ceilings, providing a variety of colours and textures. This includes fluted timber joinery on the walls in between areas of built-in seating. The structural glass and sliding glass doors were fitted within this timber structure for a harmonious design of glass meeting nature. This project acts as a showcase of the effect in which the combination of timber and bespoke glazing elements, can be in creating a space in which is extremely aesthetically pleasing. Simultaneously maintaining high levels of functionality, something of which is crucial in communal functional spaces such as libraries.
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Balansa clover (Trifolium michelianum) is an aerial seeding, self-regenerating, annual forage legume introduced from Turkey, and has been used in WA since the mid 1980s. It is a semi-erect, hollow-stemmed species that can grow to over 0.5m tall, but remains prostrate when grazed.
Leaves are trifoliate and vary greatly in size, shape and leaf marking. Leaflet margins can be smooth or serrated. The variation in leaf marking and shape is due to individual varieties being composed of a mixture of several genotypes. Both leaves and stems are hairless (Figure 1).
Flowers are white-pink in colour and round in shape, measuring 2–3 cm in diameter and each on a separate stem (Figure 1). Balansa clover is an outcrossing species (hence the notable variability in leaf morphology), and is very attractive to bees.
There are named varieties with a range of maturity to cover the 350 to 800 mm rainfall zones.
Seeds vary in colour from pale yellow to dark brown. They are very small, with 1 to 1.4 million/kg (Figure 2).
- performs well on a variety of soil types with pHCa ranging from 4.7–8.0
- typically produces 2–5 t of dry matter per hectare
- can produce more than 750 kg of seed per hectare in high rainfall environments
- achieves best production on sandy loams to clays with moderate to high soil phosphorus, sulphur and potassium levels
- has poor perfomance on deep, acidic sands, and should not be grown on these soils.
Where balansa grows
Balansa is mostly used in medium to high rainfall regions, where it provides valuable grazing for livestock, can be conserved as forage, and improves crop yields through nitrogen fixation.
Balansa is adapted to most soils where subterranean clover grows, and will also tolerate wet, waterlogged conditions during winter.
Matching cultivar maturity to the environment is important for optimal seed production and this should be reflected in strong seedling regeneration.
- Frontier was developed from early flowering selections from the cultivar Paradana. It begins to flower around 85 days after a mid-May sowing at Perth and is best adapted to areas with short growing seasons (350–450 mm annual rainfall).
- Cobra (PBR) was developed from plant selections predominantly from the cultivars Taipan and Frontier with attributes for enhanced seed production. It is early flowering with similar maturity to Frontier.
- Enduro was developed in South Africa from Paradana material, but flowers two weeks earlier and is of similar maturity to Frontier.
- Border was developed from the cultivar Paradana and is intermediate in flowering between Frontier and Paradana.
- Taipan (PBR) was derived from selections of the cultivars Paradana, Frontier and Viper with attributes for enhanced seed production. It is similar in maturity to Paradana.
- Paradana is a mid-season maturing cultivar first registered in 1984, flowering approximately three weeks later than Frontier. It has been the basis for development of many other varieties and is still widely grown (suited to regions 425–700 mm annual rainfall).
- Mamba (PBR) is very late maturity, flowering later than Paradana.
- Bolta is a late-flowering cultivar, maturing approximately one to two weeks later than Paradana. It is best suited to higher rainfall districts (>550mm annual rainfall) with a longer growing season.
- Viper (PBR) was derived from selections of the cultivar Bolta with attributes for enhanced seed production. It is similar in maturity to Bolta.
- Vista (PBR) was derived from selections of the cultivar Paradana on the basis of plant vigour and later flowering. It is similar in maturity to Bolta.
Newly ripened seed of balansa clover contains a high level of hardseededness (typically over 80%), but this seed generally becomes germinable quite quickly over the summer-autumn period.
Salinity and waterlogging tolerance
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- tolerates low to moderate salinity (ECe 2–8 dS/m), typically associated with dense barley grass, but production losses will be evident at the higher end of this range
- can withstand wet, waterlogged conditions during winter, though it will not tolerate extended periods under water.
- Control problem weeds the year before planting balansa.
- Control red-legged earth mite in the previous spring with the Timerite® package, and control lucerne flea in the establishment year.
- Avoid areas where residual broadleaf herbicides have been used recently.
- Immediately before planting, prepare a fine, clod free seedbed to maximise seedling emergence.
- Balansa alone – use inoculated seed (Group C inoculum) at 6–7.5 kg/ha (bare seed at 4–5 kg/ha) as soon as possible after the break of the season. Seed can be dropped on the surface and lightly harrowed or rolled, or drilled at less than 1cm deep
- Balansa in mixes – use inoculated bare seed (Group C inoculum) at 1.5–3 kg/ha (bare seed at 1–2 kg/ha) with other pasture legumes such as subterranean clover and annual medics.
- Control insects with bare-earth insecticides at planting (especially lucerne flea and RLEM) for the first few weeks; control pasture aphids such as blue-green aphid, as severe infestations at flowering can reduce seed production.
- Lightly graze in the establishment winter to help control weeds; get professional advice on herbicide use.
- Remove stock before flowering, and do not cut for hay in the first year (seed buildup for regeneration).
- After the seed has matured, the pasture can be grazed (hard seed returned in dung).
- Heavily graze over summer if the paddock is back to pasture (encourages breakdown of hard seededness)
- Lightly graze over summer – leaving dry residues on the surface – if the paddock is back to crop (retains hard seededness)
In subsequent years
- Control red-legged earth mite in spring with the Timerite® package if needed and lucerne flea early in the season.
- Decide on management for the particular use (see details below):
- grazing only
- grazing and hay cutting
- grazing and seed harvesting.
Standard management practice to encourage maximum regeneration of balansa clover pasture involves hard summer grazing. This practice is designed to remove dry plant residues that otherwise insulate the seed and prevent exposure to high soil temperatures which bring about seed softening. However, if balansa pastures are to be cropped, we suggest that dry residues should be retained as long as possible to ensure hard seed levels remain high.
Grazing should be delayed until late autumn and only enough residue removed to allow the passage of seeding machinery. A high proportion of seed (30-40%) will pass through the digestive tract of animals and remain viable.
Once a seed bank has been established, complete removal of stock in spring is not essential unless seed is to be harvested, but an easing of grazing pressure is advisable. Control RLEM and aphids as required. Cutting balansa clover for hay in spring will yield good quality hay that can be baled without excessive leaf loss.
Digestibility and crude protein levels of balansa clover hay are similar to those of subterranean clover hay. Balansa clover is suited to hay production, since it can provide grazing until late winter and then provide spectacular spring growth.
Regeneration may be poor in the year after forage conservation as seed production will be substantially reduced. Dry balansa clover residues tend to be more digestible than dry subterranean clover, though can decline more rapidly with summer rain.
Harvesting the seed
Balansa clover can be harvested with a conventional cereal harvester provided the stand reaches an adequate height. Crop lifters may be an advantage in thick, lodged pastures. Timing of harvesting is important and stands should not be left too long after maturity as seed is shed from the head.
Dessicant herbicides (e.g. diquat) may be required in some situations if plants or weeds are still green. Swathing can also improve harvest efficiency, however, appropriate timing is important. It is unlikely that large quantities of seed can be harvested with a clover harvester because of difficulties in separating the seed from sand.
Farmers harvesting their own balansa clover seed must ensure that it is scarified before sowing to increase its germination percentage. The use of unscarified seed usually results in a very poor establishment owing to its high hard seed content.


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Mets 10 D-Rays 0
ST. PETERSBURG – Lenny Harris’ blood is laced with honesty. Although he is in his 13th season, he answers questions directly without cliché-ridden player speak.
So what would have happened if the Mets had become the first team to lose three straight to baseball’s worst team, the Devil Rays?
“I think if we lost today, then a fire sale would’ve started tomorrow,” said Harris, yesterday’s DH who scored four runs in the Mets’ 10-0 win over the D-Rays.
So postpone the sale another day as the Mets used a brew of hex-breaking rally caps, error-making D-Rays and Kevin Appier’s seven scoreless innings avoid the embarrassment of being swept by baseball’s weakest link.
Afterward, Appier defined what happened here this weekend.
“It’s still disappointing to have been beaten two-out-of-three,” Appier said.
Appier should be referred to as K-Appier these days. He struck out another nine in his seven shutout innings yesterday.
Using a more precise fastball and a harder breaking ball, K-Appier’s has 49 Ks in his past 401/3 innings. He only had 24 in his first 371/3 Met innings.
He owns a 1.60 ERA in his last four starts, but is only 2-2. Yesterday, he allowed just two runners to reach scoring position.
A week ago yesterday, K-Appier’s seven scoreless innings were wasted in Miami in a 1-0 loss to the Marlins. Yesterday began with more of the same non-support for K-Appier.
Shortly after the anthem, the obligatory first inning failure took place. A double by Timo Perez and an Edgardo Alfonzo single created the usual two-man on set up.
First and third with no outs produced no runs as Benny Agbayani struck out, Mike Piazza flied out to shallow center and Robin Ventura mimicked Piazza to left.
“Here we go again,” Alfonzo thought to himself.
In the second, it grew worse, before it got better. Harris brought much needed energy to the basepaths with an infield single and a steal of second. After Mark Johnson walked, the D-Rays gifted the Mets an opportunity.
Shortstop Andy Sheets dropped the flip on Joe McEwing’s double play grounder. Sheets actually recovered to tag out Johnson, but ump Jeff Nelson saw it differently.
The bases were loaded and Rey Ordonez promptly popped to short and Timo Perez struck out. Stuck at third base, Harris thought to himself, “Man, here comes another one of these innings.”
During this inning, Todd Pratt started wearing his cap inside out. The rest of the “bench dogs” – as they call themselves – followed suit. Bobby Valentine had his hat angled to the side.
But Alfonzo rocked a 2-1 sinker that forgot to sink into center for a two-run single.
“I’ve never seen rally caps in the second inning, but Tank [Pratt] got them going and it worked,” batting coach Dave Engle said.
Valentine added, “We had to break the hex, the man on base hex.”
Benny Agbayani followed with an RBI single and the Mets had the three runs. A day after going 1-for-10 with no RBIs, the Mets were 4-for-15 with five RBIs with runners in scoring position.
Breaking the hex was helped by the worst defense in the Tampa area since the Bucs’ first season. Five of the 10 runs the Mets scored were unearned thanks to three Tampa errors.
The Mets padded the lead using a variety of methods. There were homers by Johnson and McEwing. There was a suicide squeeze by McEwing to bring in Harris. Piazza drilled a two-run single.
There is no solace, though. It was still a terrible weekend at Tropicana Field. Right now, the Mets aren’t chasing the Phillies or the Braves, they are trying to run away from being dismantled.
“We definitely needed this win,” Harris said.
They got it and they will stick together at least 24 more hours.

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Bosa is a little little town on the Italian island Sardinia. With just around one hour drive from Alghero, this is a must visit on your Sardinia trip. Rent a car and of we go! The road from Alghero to Bosa has an breathtaking view. Oh! What a joy.
Bosa is a pastel dream. This town is filled with colored houses, small streets and a calm atmosphere. Stroll around on the cosy streets and have a lunch somewhere in the shade. Take a walk up to the top of the town where you can find the ruins of Castello Malaspina and a beautiful view of Bosa, the west coast pearl of Sardinia. Don't forget to have a mandatory ice-cream break, the italian ones is the best. Our favorite flavor is nocciola and pistachio.
Drive the breathtaking road from Alghero to Bosa.
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Kansas woman in critical condition after Kearney, Neb., fire
Police seeking vehicle involved in possible explosion
KEARNEY, Neb. -- Police in Kearney are looking for a vehicle involved in an explosion or a fire that left a Kansas woman with significant burns.
Kearney police say they received a report on Tuesday evening that burning items had been dumped in an alley. Around the same time, authorities learned that a woman had been burned at the same location.
Sgt. Tony Cordova tells the Kearney Hub (http://bit.ly/1dUj1cf) that witnesses described a fire or explosion, and that a red 1998 Ford Taurus with Kansas license plates 206FUF left the scene.
The Kansas woman was transferred to the burn unit at St. Elizabeth’s Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. She’s in critical but stable condition.
Cordova says two others may have also been injured, and officers are looking for them.


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Perhaps the most extraordinary architectural transformation performed in the burgeoning South Loop residential area so far is that which has converted the old YMCA Hotel into an apartment-retail-cinema complex called Burnham Park Plaza.
It is not without shortcomings, this venerable and formerly beehive-like building at the northwest corner of Wabash Avenue and 9th Street, now opened up into far more spacious rental apartments for those who seek the middle class chic prevailing in downtown`s southern fringes.
Yet the architecture firm of Schroeder Murchie Laya Associates Ltd. has turned in a solidly professional and, in most ways, tasteful job that could not be done by the numbers like a conventional built-from-scratch apartment highrise. Intuition and even improvisation-always supported by sound construction practices, of course-had to play a role here.
The old, 20-story YMCA Hotel was built in 1916 as a warren of 1,600 tiny rooms, where bewildered newcomers to the big city and low-budget transients paid as little as 30 cents a night. Even as late as the 1970s, the YMCA`s rates started at $9. Only the giant Conrad Hilton Hotel (while in a far classier league, of course) could accommodate more guests.
When rising operating costs forced the closing of the hotel on Wabash in 1979, YMCA officials first sought money to demolish it. Yet the building stood vacant and boarded-up until 1985, when developer Jerry Karp began his collaboration with Schroeder Murchie Laya to give the structure a second life. Kenneth Schroeder-a gentle, shambling man with a fey sense of humor-had earlier completed work on Cobbler Square, a once peculiar melange of light industrial buildings turned into a smart housing complex on Wells Street in Old Town.
He applied a bit of similar conceptualization at the Wabash YMCA, which is to say he viewed it as an archaeological-style challenge, carving away some of the old structure, leaving bits of its innards exposed and overlaying still other sections with bright, lively and unmistakably contemporary skins.
Cosmetics aside, it is essential to understand that the biggest problem facing Schroeder and his colleagues was the internal reorganization of residential space.
In the old hotel, many of the tiny rooms faced onto four windowed airshafts that rose the full height of the building but provided only the bleakest of brick wall views and precious little air. Schroeder eliminated the shafts, decked them over with steel plates at every level and gained enough extra floor space to make the economics of the development scheme work.
This did not, however, solve the problem of how to bring maximum daylight into the 292 new apartments, created by tearing out interior walls and otherwise combining spaces from the old YMCA beehive. To achieve that, the architects came up with 33 different floor plans serving apartments from studio to two-bedroom, two-bath size. Windows are concentrated in living rooms and bedrooms, of course. Their absence from kitchens and bathrooms is no different than the windowless walls found in even the newest highrise apartments.
Still, the juggling of space created some peculiar apartment configurations and floor layouts within a given type of unit. Interior walls jog, cant and produce awkward nooks and crannies. This is not without a certain charm, and some doubtless prefer it over the sterile, boxy symmetry of conventional apartments.
Schroeder further enlivened the look of many apartments by leaving exposed some of the original brick that once faced outdoors into the airshafts, but is now embedded in interior wall surfaces. Moldings, arches and other detailing add interest, and close attention was paid to color (the new window sash is beige and boysenberry).
Yet if Burnham Park Plaza`s interior is unusual almost to the point of idiosyncrasy, the exterior it presents to the passing public is even more arresting.
Deciding that the previously flat top of the building needed a strong new identity, the architects surmounted it with a ``folly``-a frivolous, basically British invention that can mean any sort of whimsical structure of trifling usefulness.
In this instance, the folly is a multilevel rooftop sundeck pieced together with industrial materials, looking vaguely sculptural and topped with a series of open trusses that do absolutely nothing but call attention to themselves. It is, therefore, just what a folly should be.
The original brick facades of the former YMCA were cleaned and tuckpointed, and look fine in the context of the total project. Unfortunately, results were much less visually satisfactory when a new skin was applied to the bottom stories along Wabash fronted by retail spaces. Worse yet, the architects seemed to lose all sense of esthetic control when they designed a new south wing housing the small movie theaters.


Dispatch last grave good to win.
I decided, to build only on the left bank of the Nile inspired by Gazzaj's West Itjtawy from 2013.
This also meant, that papyrus had to be imported.
Points of interest:
- Hard difficulty
- All roads connected including the kingdom road
- No salary, no gifts
- No unfunctional buildings
- All houses full
- The festival square is an integral part of a housing block with regular traffic
- No free stuff
- No statues


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The rising sun set the world awash in an orange-red glow as far as the eye could see. A beautiful sight to behold, as if the world were aflame, Gen basked in its glory while running towards his destiny, using the journey to reflect on the past few weeks. Though his muscles ached and lungs burned from running for days on end, he felt more awake and lucid than ever before. Since opening his mind to the truth, he’d found life filled with one pleasant surprise after another, aching to discover more hidden pleasures and unknown joys.
Freed from the stifling constraints of Balance, he’d indulged his every whim. Feasting, fucking, and fighting, he’d revelled in his newfound liberation for days, falling to debauchery and depravity at a moments notice. Finding Vithar and his northern kin had been a boon from the heavens, their mysterious friend speaking through Bei and convincing the barbarian to join with them. True Enlightened, these north-men were hardy folk and their Devotions were inspired, opening a whole new world for Gen to enjoy.
Oh how wonderful those few days had been, but now there was work to be done. Gen wasn’t a selfish man, quite the opposite in fact, he hoped to share his bounty with the world at large and free the masses from their miserable existences. In less than a month, he’d travelled further than anyone in three generations of his family, all without leaving the Sanshu region. How wonderful if everyone could share in the pleasures so readily available, like the simple act of moving through the wilderness without fear for their safety. His vigorous boat ride on Western Treasures Lake gave him time to bond with Laughing Dragon, brothers in all but blood now, though the former bandit was still sour over his loss of leadership. Exploring the island fortress held by the Butcher Bay Bandits was a dream come true, meeting the people behind the names he’d so come to fear. Greeted by the Red Devil himself, Gen soon found himself shaking hands with the likes of Black Heart Nazier, Hideous Helvend, Viper Pang and more, all legends in their own right.
After a few days of celebrating, for the first time in his life, he’d left the lake behind and journeyed into the world with his comrades at his side. Travelling out of the verdant forests and into the rolling hills of the Golden Highlands, their towering majesty filled him with awe. Now, he ran across the vast plains and flat roads of Sanshu, able to see for kilometres in every direction, the world ever changing around him.
This was true freedom, the was what it meant to be alive. Such a pitiful existence he’d led before, too embarrassing to even think about. Crawling through the dark forests while scanning every shadow, terrified of what lay within yet still praying the heavens would provide a hare or duck on which to feast on. Then there were the days when he returned in failure, forced to grub through sand and dirt for clams and roots, wary of the churning white waters and never daring to dive too far beneath them. After that, he’d come home to a ramshackle hut in a shabby village, dreaming of mediocrity and subsistence, of lording over those even less fortunate than he, such was his life.
No more. No, Gen was reborn, purified in the flames, reforged as a warrior. He wasn’t foolish enough to believe himself unparalleled, in fact, among his new comrades, his strength ranked closer to the end than the middle, trailing far behind Yo Ling’s elites not to mention Vithar and his mounted Enlightened. After being welcomed by the Butchers, Gen spent some time sparring and training under Yo Ling’s watchful eye, his skills growing with every encounter and the older bandit’s well-worded advice, but all his efforts only taught him there was still much to learn.
There was no time for leisurely training, no the world ached for liberation and Gen would train in true battle. Reunited with Bei once more, he fought against the soldiers of the Mongrel Emperor alongside the Bandits, Vithar’s tribesmen, and a steady stream of Enlightened who joined them from the surrounding areas. So many of them, some gathered by Bei while others following the Spirit’s clarion call to battle, man, woman and child alike. These were his people, his kin, former peasants who’d seen the light. Dissatisfied with the status quo, they shared his desire for chaos and destruction. Sick of persecution, they joined him in his quest to spread the truth, looking to him for leadership, a young man much like themselves, yet stood shoulder to shoulder with giants. Soon, the world would come to learn Balance was a lie and the Heavens helped those who helped themselves. Then, even more would find Enlightenment and join the cause.
As morning turned to afternoon, he caught his first glimpse of Sanshu in the distance. So far away yet still visible, the towering sandstone walls seemed sturdy as the mountains themselves, eternal and impenetrable. Smooth and rounded, they seemed to reach into the clouds themselves, displaying a multitude of colourful pennants and banners flapping in the wind. A man-made marvel, the walls offered its inhabitants a safety and security he’d never known, filling him with rage at the inequality of it all. But for a quirk of fate, those people were given succour and comfort while he’d lived like a dog in the wilds, a grave injustice he would set right. Together with his Enlightened, they would tear down those walls and raze the city to the ground, freeing its inhabitants from the shackles of mediocrity.
First Sanshu, then the Province, then the world.
Even though he was filled with disdain, his heart swelled with pride as he approached the city several hours later. With Bei at his side, the milling mass of warriors waited to be let in, ignoring the odd stone or arrow arcing from the walls. His beautiful wife caught the eye of every man and woman around them, but he paid it no heed. She was a good wife, loyal and subservient, and instead of giving in to his jealousy, he turned his attentions to the gates of Sanshu. The heavy double-doors stood open, each one at least six wagons wide and taller than a dozen men stacked together, yet still there wasn’t enough room for all his comrades to enter in short order. Made entirely of a reddish-brown metal, it sported innumerable carvings etched into its surface, battles of man and beast depicted in shockingly lifelike detail. Such flagrant excess, even a simple door was made so beautifully, he ached to smash it into scrap where it stood.
Patience, there was an order to the chaos, a carefully crafted plan which must be followed. Enter the city and strike at the soft underbelly, then the walls and doors could be ground to dust at his leisure.
Bei’s arm wrapped around his shoulders, drawing him into her embrace. The world changed around him as he found himself several steps back, watching a stone larger than himself crash into the area he’d only just occupied. As the stone rolled to a stop, crushing all in its wake, his people took the deaths in stride, a few kneeling to pick up some of the pulped flesh, replenishing their strength from the arduous journey. No matter, these losses would be repaid in full and the entire city put through trial and tribulation in a matter of hours. Then, he would be free to burn and purify as he pleased, seeking out the worthy to join the cause.
The projectiles continued to rain down upon them and they hurried into the tunnels. With a wry smile, he noted that even the wall sconces were beautifully crafted, each one a likeness of some woman holding a torch, representing the Mother who lit the way. What hypocrisy, religion was a joke, a comforting blanket for the foolish to hide behind. No matter, in time the truth would spread, it was all that mattered. Strength came to those who seized it. For too long had those in power hid this from the masses, and now Gen was here to enact change and bring turmoil. Many would suffer and more would die, but the world would be stronger for it.
No more lies, the time for revolution was nigh.
With his head held high, he stepped out of the tunnel and sneered at the waiting soldiers, all little sheep hiding behind their flimsy wooden walls. Too scared to do anything besides lob stones and arrows, he tasted their despair and relished their dismay at Bei’s presence, with many soldiers visibly fighting to control their lust. A beautiful woman, she was unmatched by any other, and she belonged to him. How wonderful it was to be the object of envy, and he grinned as he turned away, swaggering up the avenue to where Yo Ling waited.
The white-haired bandit king greeted them with open arms, his raspy voice filled with joy and satisfaction. “Gen my boy! You made it.” A crushing hug enveloped him and he hugged the old man back, while Bei glanced off towards the outer gatehouses before disappearing in search of… something.
Ignoring his wife’s flight of fancy, Gen smiled at the old bandit. “Glad to be here. There was so much sport to be had, I almost forgot myself. Luckily Bei reminded me and hurried me along.”
“A good wife you have there, but the young should indulge more often. Enlightening the masses and Devotions are holy matters, leave the busywork for an old hand like myself.” With a crooked grin, Yo Ling ruffled Gen’s hair and slapped him on the back. Were it anyone else, he would have resented it, but not this old pirate. In a single week, Yo Ling had been a better father and teacher than Pa ever was. The ferocious warrior would never bow and scrape to anyone, especially not to a whelp like Baledagh.
The bastard runt got the better of Gen in their last exchange, but only because Gen was still an untrained novice. Flexing his wondrous, metallic hands, he ached to show Baledagh the results of his training. “Where is Laughing Dragon? I’ve missed him.”
“He’s yet to arrive, but no need to worry. I’ve seen many like him, restrained for so many years. He’s likely letting off steam, it’ll be good for him.” With his arm around Gen’s shoulder, Yo Ling guided them into the gatehouse courtyard, where a man stood waiting, straight backed and head up. “I’d like to introduce you to another repressed individual, a hero to us all. This is Mao Jianghong, and without his sacrifices, our job here would have been a hundred times more difficult, if not impossible.”
Nodding, Gen smiled and studied the newcomer, a soldier through and through. With dark, piercing eyes and shiny, jet-black hair, Jianghong looked every bit a noble, or at least what Gen believed a noble would look like, his chiselled good looks holding a dominating air about them. If not for the veneer of blood and gore caking his fine robes and the spirits conglomerating around him, Gen would never have believed Jianghong was one of the Enlightened. “Thank you for your efforts great hero. History will remember your name.”
A palm shot out towards his chest and Gen stepped aside, his smile turning into a snarl as he deflected the blow. Fingers elongating into claws, he reached out to crush Jianghong’s throat. A heavy slap swatted his hand aside, and they both planted their feet and traded blows, their hands moving in a rhythmic back and forth as the sound of flesh on metal rang throughout the courtyard. Gen gained no advantage but gave no ground, his weapons unable to pierce through the veteran warrior’s defences. The man was too fast, too skilled, throwing three strikes for every one of Gen’s, defending and attacking in one motion.
Unsatisfied with an even trade, Gen reached deep into his reserves and set his fingers aglow, red hot with the flames of his soul. Smoke rose from Jianghong’s robes wherever Gen’s fingers passed too close, the delicious sizzle of burning flesh filling in nostrils as the older warrior’s stony features showed a hint of shock and delight. Still, Jianghong stood unmoved, redoubling his efforts as Gen struggled to keep up. Giving it his all, Gen sought to rend and tear into the man’s flesh, to taste his blood and devour his innards, the Spirits stoking his desire for combat.
Remembering his training, Gen took a mental step back, relaxing as he observed his body fighting under the Spirit’s guidance, his speed and power increasing markedly as soon as they took over. Power borrowed which would soon be his, but until he had enough time to learn their lessons, this would have to do. His strikes grew more calculated and savage, his teeth bared in a grin as he revelled in the thrill of combat, taking pleasure in the rush of sensations that surged through him. Freed from the demands of his body, he set his mind to task concentrating on other tasks, his fingers forming two red-hot blades as he slashed and stabbed at the unarmed warrior.
Still unable to push Jianghong back, Gen focused on the air around him as the temperature soared, and finally, Jianghong retreated away as a column of flame erupted at his feet. Scorching the grass around him, Gen howled in delight as he leaped through the fire untouched, his blade-hands positioned to slice the offending bastard’s head clean off.
The blades passed through empty air and Gen sailed past his opponent, crashing into the blackened grass. Rolling to his feet, he snarled and moved to attack again, but Yo Ling stepped between them, his hands raised and single eye twinkling. “Enough my boy, easy there.” Turning to glance at Jianghong, the old pirate grinned mischievously. “Told you, didn’t I? Never let it be said Yo Ling was a liar.”
With a flick of his sleeves, Jianghong clasped his hands behind him, falling back into his stiff, upright posture. “An impressive youth I’ll admit. Young waves poised to overtake the old, but not yet ready. Be wary though, talented greenhorns won’t win us the city, we need seasoned warriors.”
Rolling his eye, Yo Ling chuckled. “You picky bastard, did I not uphold my end of the bargain? Fifteen thousand of my finest, armed and armoured to the teeth. Another five thousand hiding in the forests, plus three thousand Garo riders to dissuade the Major and her ilk. More Enlightened arrive by the day, the call went far and wide, and all this without mentioning the Venerated Ones. After we take the city, our numbers will swell once my boy Gen has a word with them, and all will be right. What is there to fear?”
Raising a single, neatly trimmed eyebrow, Jianghong seemed unconvinced. “Another two thousand more before we strike at most, meaning we barely outnumber Sanshu’s forces. The attempt in the north failed spectacularly, our people thrown back by the Herald. There will be no influx of Enlightened from beyond the Bridge, not until the Wall is broken. The Magistrate yet lives, and will rally and embolden his men, not to mention the mysterious warriors who saved him and killed your Wraiths. Should this not affect our plans?”
“So what? You’ve spent too much time hiding among the sheep, you sound like one yourself. Hear the truth from my lips and return to your devotions.” Yo Ling snorted and dismissed the concerns. “Who will come to Sanshu’s aid? Not a single scout or messenger has made it past our agents, and even if someone did, Jiu Lang and Shen Yun will never make it in time. The city will fall and then we march north to grind the Herald beneath our boots, welcoming our comrades into the Province.”
“And if we fail?” Jianghong asked. “Even as we stand here, armies might be ready to march on Sanshu and put and end to us all.”
Shrugging, Yo Ling smirked. “Then we kill and burn as much as we can before slipping away. Victory or defeat, it matters not, every soldier here means one less at the Bridge. This is our inauguration, the dawn of a new era, and we’ve been chosen to raise the curtain on the glory of the Enlightened. Whether we become heroes celebrated for millennia or ashes floating in the wind to be forgotten in a month’s time, it is too late for regrets friend. Our hand has been played and our path set: tomorrow, we attack and Sanshu will burn.”
Leaving the dour warrior behind, Gen and Yo Ling sauntered up the gatehouse stairs to stand on the parapets. Overlooking the plaza and the city beyond, Gen’s breath caught in his throat as he took in the sights. Beautiful canals ran alongside paved stone streets, while grand manors dotted the landscape. The city seemed carved from a single, sparkling white stone, with beautiful lush greenery, ornate marble statues, and vibrant, colourful flowers sprinkled neatly about. A veritable paradise sat within these walls, forever denied to Gen and his like.
“Impressive, isn’t it my boy?” Yo Ling wore an amused expression, and Gen reddened as he closed his gaping mouth.
Clearing his throat, he answered, “It’s more spectacular than I could ever imagine.” Sighing audibly, he imagined how the scene would look after he was through with it. “I can’t wait to burn it all.”
Chuckling, Yo Ling wrapped Gen in a fatherly half-hug, joining him in his reveries. “Neither can I, my boy. This has been a long time in the planning.” Sighing contentedly, he muttered reverently, “A glorious era it will be.”
Happier than he’d ever been, Gen stood and stared, filled to the brim with confidence and bravado. This was the first step to realizing his dreams, to bathe the world in blood and fire and spread the truth, cleansing away the taint of the Mother and her duplicitous pawn, the Mongrel Emperor.
What a time to be alive.
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Smart Works Shorts #3 - Mirror Mirror
2020 Jul 066m 16s
In our third episode of the 'Smart Works Shorts' podcast series, we stare into the 'self-view' function mirror. Video calls have become the norm, but why are we so obsessed with the self-view function, and how can we train ourselves to ignore it, or turn it off. Ruth Aitken, client manager at a global tech company and also a Smart Works Reading volunteer interview coach, guides us to see just how distracting that little 'mirror' can be and what we can do about it.


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Vietnamese Chicken & Noodle Salad
From EatingWell: The EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook (2006)
Fish sauce is the soy sauce of Southeast Asia—more pungent at first blush but very aromatic and malleable when combined with other flavors, like the chicken, vegetables and peanuts in this light, refreshing salad.
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed
- 4 ounces wide rice noodles
- 1/2 cup rice-wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce, (see Ingredient Note)
- 2 teaspoons sugar, or to taste
- 3 cups shredded napa cabbage
- 1 English cucumber, halved, seeded and thinly sliced
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 1 cup slivered fresh basil
- 1/2 cup finely chopped unsalted roasted peanuts
- Place chicken in a skillet or saucepan and add enough water to cover; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and gently simmer until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, shred into bite-size strips.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Stir in rice noodles and cook until just tender, 6 to 8 minutes, or according to package directions. Drain and rinse under cold water.
- Whisk vinegar, fish sauce and sugar to taste in a large bowl until the sugar is dissolved. Add the chicken, noodles, cabbage, cucumber, carrot, basil and peanuts; toss to combine. Serve immediately.
Tips & Notes
- Make Ahead Tip: Prepare salad up to 8 hours in advance. Toss with peanuts just before serving.
- Ingredient Note: Fish sauce is a pungent Southeast Asian sauce made from salted, fermented fish. It can be found in the Asian section of large supermarkets and in Asian specialty markets
Per serving: 402 calories; 12 g fat (2 g sat, 5 g mono); 63 mg cholesterol; 44 g carbohydrates; 31 g protein; 5 g fiber; 667 mg sodium; 454 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (100% daily value), Vitamin K (60% dv), Vitamin C (40% dv), Selenium (37% dv).
Carbohydrate Servings: 2 1/2
Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 vegetable, 3 lean meat, 1/2 fat
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Text chat from today’s practice session:
me 9:18 AM
Just picked a random Spotify playlist, and guess which song came up first? Alaska by Maggie Rogers!
Raven Henderson 9:25 AM
Melanie Grimm 9:49 AM
Raven Henderson 9:55 AM
Melanie Grimm 9:56 AM
Raven Henderson 9:58 AM
I like your orange. It’s almost a trademark like your egg
Ana Maravic 9:58 AM
can you play with it ? maybe make web address like a stamp
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Now that you have so much of your handwritten images in Videoscribe and experience with it…. do you think you will use it more?
Are you going to photograph and add your own hand?
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oh yeah that’s so cool. I am looking forward to doing that too.

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Concord Publications 7073 Panzer Vor! 6This volume summarizes how German tank firepower and protection levels evolved throughout the period of 1939-45. Focuses specifically on the 'gun versus armor' equation and some of the many solutions such as additional armor plates and Schürzen side skirts. Includes the Panzer I, Panzer II, Panzer III, StuG III, Panzer IV, Panther and Tiger I as well as artillery pieces (such as the Hummel and Wespe) and a number of halftracks. Well illustrated with 183 b/w photos and 16 full color plates presenting camouflage schemes and markings. Armor at War Series; De Sisto; 72 pages.


We’ve heard of the 15-minute city, but what about the 15-minute suburb, town or village? Laval wants to pioneer it.
Île Jésus was once a collection of thriving farming villages bordered by the Mille-Îles River to the north and Rivières des Prairies to the south, among them: Ste-Rose, St. François and St-Vincent-de Paul.
Today, they are the names of districts of neighbourhoods in Quebec’s third-largest city. In 1965, 14 municipalities, including Chomedey, Vimont and Ste-Dorothée, were merged into present-day Laval.
Despite being half the size of the island of Montreal (242 square kilometres versus 472), Laval has only one-quarter of Montreal’s population (roughly 423,000 compared with 1.7 million), according to 2016 census data. In other words, it’s largely a sprawling suburb of single-family homes, shopping malls and big-box stores. The arrival of the métro in 2007 brought pockets of density. And some of the ancestral villages that once dotted Île Jésus remain charming hubs. But for the most part, Laval is a car-centric suburb that lacks density.
Mayor Stéphane Boyer plans to change that.
After being elected last fall on promising a clean, green, modern agenda, he recently launched a massive overhaul of his city’s urban planning regulations to “bring Laval into the 21st century.”
His new vision for Laval includes densifying housing and commercial activity so all residents live and work in neighbourhoods where schools, daycares, grocery stores, jobs and recreation facilities are a short walk, bike ride or transit trip away. Boyer is essentially proposing to bring the concept of the 15-minute city to the ‘burbs.
And he is not alone. Boyer was one of a new generation of young mayors elected across Quebec last November intent on bringing the 21st-century city-building ideas pioneered locally by Projet Montréal to smaller centres, including Quebec City, Longueuil, Sherbrooke, Gatineau, Granby and Drummondville. Conscious of the impact of climate change, these mayors want to do their part in using urban planning tools to densify their towns, promote active transport instead of reliance on personal automobiles and rein in sprawl that consumes more and more precious woods, wetlands, meadows and agricultural territory.
Strangely, one of their biggest obstacles seems to be a Coalition Avenir Québec government, which believes it can win re-election this fall with promises of more sprawl-inducing highways, tunnels and bridges.
Paris is among the cities leading the charge toward this 15-minute urban-planning philosophy, and the pandemic helped popularize it. Lockdowns that kept people grounded in their own neighbourhoods and the shift toward remote or hybrid work emphasized the convenience and importance of having services and amenities within a 15-minute radius. Now many Quebecers in cities and suburbs are eager for such changes.
Montreal, with its dense boroughs, was already well positioned to advance the concept. Of course, bringing it to the suburbs is more challenging — but it’s all the more important given the greater reliance on solo vehicles, one of the most significant and fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Quebec.
Laval, like many similar cities, is spread out with commercial districts arranged in a linear fashion. Clusters of big-box stores with vast parking lots are separated by wide boulevards with traffic signals that take a long time to change. The very design discourages walking and promotes car use to get from place to place, even when destinations are a short distance apart. Infill development is needed to create mixed-use neighbourhoods with homes, businesses and services.
Densification in small towns and suburbs doesn’t mean putting up skyscrapers, despite what Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel may think. Bringing low-rise condos with commercial space on the ground floor and building townhouses around a central green space in areas dominated by single-family homes can bring density without compromising character. But attitudes may have to change to foster acceptance and avoid NIMBYism.
Concentrating new construction around public transit hubs is also crucial to make service more efficient and facilitate commutes to work to other parts of the city or downtown Montreal. If neighbourhoods are set up to be self-contained, many of the back-and-forth car trips that criss-cross suburbs or smaller centres will become unnecessary.
Including active infrastructure like cycling paths, wider sidewalks and fringes of greenery may actually be easier in spread-out communities than in big cities, since there is more space to work with. It’s a matter of smart planning and a forward-thinking vision.
The urban planning ethos may be called the 15-minute city, but there’s no reason not to bring this revolution to villages, towns and suburbs as well. In fact, it’s not so much a revolution as a return to a time before car culture dominated development, when walkable main streets were the focus of civic and commercial life.
Getting people to stroll from the butcher to the baker to the ice-cream parlour will strengthen communities large and small, making them greener, more livable and resilient.
In the case of Laval, it may just be a modern version of traditional village life.
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This survey was designed to gather information from Bahamian residents on various issues and aspects of tourism and media habits. The focus of the survey was concentrated on the following
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Full interview with Simon Hayward in the matchday programme
During the last fortnight, the back pages of newspapers have been gushing with praise for the Academy of Southampton Football Club, following the call-up of Adam Lallana and Jay Rodriguez to the England international squad.
Indeed, the Saints’ Academy at Staplewood has produced no shortage of talent down the years and has reaped the rewards – Theo Walcott, Gareth Bale and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, to name a few, are evidence of that production line unearthing some gems which have gone on to be polished more thoroughly after big-money moves.
The Grecians’ Under-21 Premier League Cup victory at St James Park against a full-strength Southampton side, however, didn’t make a splash in the nationals – column inches are hard to come by for teams outside the top tier. Exeter, the only team left flying the flag for Sky Bet League 2, will now be visited by Blackburn Rovers in the last 16 of the competition – and one would hope that passage to the quarter-finals would raise a few eyebrows from afar.
For Exeter City’s Academy Manager Simon Hayward, who is one of the longest-serving members of staff at the club with 12 years under his belt, the victory represented an especially proud moment in the development of the young men in the City squad – many of which he has known since they were in junior school. No less than ten of the 16-man match squad were fully-fledged Cat & Fiddle products.
“If we keep doing well, they might have to change the name of the competition!” says Hayward with a smile, referring to the ‘Premier League’ name of the tournament. Indeed, the only other club than City currently playing outside the top two tiers to be guaranteed a last-16 place is Wolverhampton Wanderers.
“We’re delighted with the victory against Southampton and the players will be looking forward to the game against Blackburn,” says Hayward, having seen many of the fruits of the labour of his Academy and its coaches on show.
“They are fantastic players that have come through our Academy programme, but it was also fantastic work from the coaching staff. The first-team assistant manager Rob Edwards and under-18 coach Lee Skyrme have taken a handful of boys from the fringes of the first-team and from the under-18s, and prepared them to play against one of the best Academies in the country in a single training session.”
For the full interview, get hold of a copy of The Grecian – our matchday programme – at our game against Bury on Saturday for £3. Sellers are based around the ground so get hold of a copy!


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Some states and cities that have been shipped masks, gloves, ventilators and other essential equipment from the nation’s medical stockpile to fight the coronavirus have gotten an unwelcome surprise: the material is unusable.
Nearly 6,000 medical masks sent to Alabama had dry rot and a 2010 expiration date. More than 150 ventilators sent to Los Angeles were broken and had to be repaired. In Oregon, it was masks with faulty elastic that could cause the straps to snap, exposing medical workers to the disease.
“Several of the shipments we have received from the strategic national stockpile contained (personal protective equipment) well past expiration dates and, while we are being told much of the expired equipment is capable of being used for COVID-19 response, they would not be suitable for use in surgical settings,” Charles Boyle, a spokesman for Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, said in an email.
He said some of the equipment had been purchased during the H1N1 outbreak more than a decade ago and that the masks with the fragile elastic had been among products previously recalled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state did not distribute them to medical workers.
A shortage of protective gear has imperiled doctors, nurses and other front-line medical workers. Life-saving ventilators have been in short supply as more and more states experience outbreaks of the COVID-19 disease, which typically causes mild or moderate symptoms but can be especially perilous for older adults and people with existing health problems. Many younger adults and medical workers also have succumbed to the disease.
Numerous governors have complained about delays in getting equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile or receiving amounts of gear far below what they had requested. That frustration is compounded when equipment arrives, but can’t be used.
Dr. Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association and the former top public health official in the state, said he received multiple emails from hospitals about stockpile shipments of N95 masks in which the rubber bands that hold the mask tight around the user’s face had dry rot. They couldn’t be used unless the bands were replaced.
Montgomery County received nearly 6,000 medical masks of a different type that had dry rot, a shipment that was replaced about a week later.
“It’s really alarming because those masks are desperately needed,” said U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama. “When our national stockpile is not monitored enough to know that you’ve got expired masks and rotted masks out there and not replenished, that is a real problem.”
Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado on Friday requested a probe into the management of the supply and distribution of ventilators from the national stockpile. Among other things, he cited reports that maintenance failures were contributing to the lack of operational ventilators “at a time our country desperately needs them.”
Los Angeles received about 170 ventilators from the national stockpile that were in disrepair. Gov. Gavin Newsom said they were sent to a company to be fixed.
In New Hampshire, the congressional delegation wrote to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services saying many of the supplies the state received were expired. In addition, more than 16,000 latex gloves couldn’t be used in a medical setting because of latex allergies.
The CDC acknowledged late last month that some items in the U.S. stockpile have exceeded their manufacturer-designated shelf life. They were nevertheless being sent to hospitals “due to the potential urgent demand caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency,” the CDC said.
Associated Press writers Adam Beam in Sacramento, California; Holly Ramer in Concord, New Hampshire; and Andrew Selsky in Salem, Oregon, contributed to this report.


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Since 2003, the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour has provided rural, regional and metropolitan communities across Australia and New Zealand a chance to experience the magic of the iconic $200,000 Lexus Melbourne Cup trophy.
Each year, the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour celebrates the heroes and stories intrinsically linked to the Victoria Racing Club’s 158-year old Lexus Melbourne Cup race and its contribution to the nation's historical and cultural heritage. The 18-carat gold Lexus Melbourne Cup trophy visits numerous destinations in an effort to unite communities by engaging councils, schools, hospitals, aged-care and racing groups, in events, to raise funds for local causes.
2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tenders
Tenders for the 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour are now closed. We appreciate everyone’s interest in this iconic Australian event. The destinations for the 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour will be announced on Tuesday, 5th June.
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Living up to its status as the ‘People’s Cup’, the 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour will once again engage in many community events, including street parades, civic receptions, charity dinners, community events and cocktail parties.
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Indie folk musician Anna p.s. conveys a sense of weariness throughout her simple yet resonant songs, but it’s a weariness that keeps a blanket of hope tucked up under its chin, even as the rain keeps falling outside the windows. Grace always lurks around the corner on tunes that layer delicate vulnerability over the hearty stock of this songwriters’ spirit. With technical acumen acquired during an early career as an audio engineer, and a humble but confident stage presence groomed as a founding member of indie roots rock band Shiny Shiny Black, Anna stepped out as a solo musician in 2014. She’s been on the road intermittently ever since. Her debut LP Umbrella, released in July 2016, showcases her signature sonic blend of melancholy, hope, and resilience.
In concert, Anna plays acoustic guitar, foot percussion, and—perhaps unexpectedly—the flute. She uses a looper pedal to sample her guitar and loop it back while she plays flute interludes during her songs, bringing a unique element to her concerts. She started playing the flute in fifth grade in her hometown of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and while it wasn’t her favorite instrument at the time, she stuck with it over the years through concert band, private lessons, and district through state competitions. Those years of instruction and discipline provided Anna with the classical training that would form the foundation of what she’s doing now.
As many artists can relate, Anna experienced her fair share of loneliness as a teenager, and while it’s not a time in her life she cares to go back to, those years of yearning for connection inform much of her songwriting. Anna’s music helps her listeners feel less alone, but not with false cheeriness. Her listeners know from her songs that she’s been there, and felt what they’re feeling. She is able to form an empathic bond with her listeners, weaving intimacy and connection from the strings of her guitar and the soul in her words.
In her twenties, Anna was one of the founding members of the roots rock band Shiny Shiny Black. She spent several years playing with the successful indie band before embarking on her solo career, and her former bandmates have deep respect and affection for Anna: “Anna's songs fill you with a sense of longing, of friendship, and community. Dark and warm vocals complement lilting acoustic melodies—creating the perfect moment in which to reflect, to mourn, to live with hope in your heart. We were honored to share the stage as bandmates and happy now to see her own project take wing.”
Throughout this time, Anna also worked as a sound engineer for live music venues; that technical knowledge has aided her greatly not only on tour, but in the production of her album Umbrella. The tracks on Umbrella showcase Anna’s rich, warm vocals and deeply personal lyrics. These are songs with dirt under their nails from working in the soil, and grass stains on their feet from running out into a summer rainstorm, breathless and weary and yet full of life.
These songs translate beautifully to Anna’s live shows, where her gentle but unyielding voice, simple but vibrant guitar, and lilting flute make every show feel like an intimate living room concert. She has an easy rapport with her crowd, using humor and storytelling to set the tone for her songs. She’ll even surprise listeners at some shows by interspersing her own music with an eclectic selection of cover tunes, ranging from Over the Rhine to Corinne Bailey Rae.
Following the release of Umbrella, Anna was interviewed for LLC Radio’s Coffee Break (2017) and WVPE’s The Back Porch (2016). Friend and mentor Al Kniola, host of The Back Porch, has this to say: "Anna and her music are one and the same. Both are genuine. Both are honest. Both are irresistible. You'll love the simple and true emotion of her songs, her spare instrumentation and the plaintive clarity of her vocals. As a bonus, if you get the chance to see her perform live and to chat with her, you'll love her, too. 'Umbrella' is contemplative and reflective - it's best listened to when you feel the same way, maybe with a glass of good wine. Treat yourself!"
The song “Free” on Umbrella starts out, “I want to be with the sun and the green, and the wild things beneath my feet.” Anna’s songs could all be said to have wild things beneath their feet, full of life even as they know the hurts life can bring. Whether sharing sunny skies or offering an umbrella, Anna will keep translating life’s ups and downs into songs that help her listeners feel less alone.
Anna released her second album, In The Void, in July 2019 on both CD and Vinyl, putting on a collaborative show with Goshen's own Improv troupe. The album itself was a collaboration with long time musician friend Tony Eckenrode. It departs from Umbrella with fuller instrumentation and production work. She recorded a third album in December of last year and plans to release new music sometime this fall.
Anna currently lives on on the road, ocassionally staying in home-bases across the midwest, while managing to keep a tiny garden patch alive in northern Indiana during the warm months. She continues to perform online livestreamed shows when in person shows are not an option.


Dwayne Johnson considering a run for president
LOS ANGELES - After conquering Hollywood, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may have his sights set on the White House.
The actor and former pro wrestler tells GQ that a presidential run is "a real possibility."
Johnson says if he were president, leadership would be a top priority.
Johnson isn't revealing much about his political leanings, but says he's not in favor of President Donald Trump's proposed travel ban because he believes "in inclusion."
Johnson declined to endorse anyone in the presidential race last year even though he says both campaigns approached him. Johnson explains that he didn't want to sway anyone's opinion or make people unhappy with his politics.
Johnson would have at least one high-profile backer in NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer, who tells GQ he'd vote for Johnson "without a question."
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on March 7 that employer R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes unlawfully discriminated on the basis of sex when it fired a transgender employee after she informed the company that she would begin presenting consistent with her gender identity. In so doing, the court emphatically rejected the employer’s defense invoking religious liberty to discriminate on the basis of sex and other protected minorities. On the heels of the Second Circuit’s decision in Zarda v. Altitude Express, this case represents a further affirmation that existing civil rights laws protect LGBTQ employees from both gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination.
Phew – it has been a whirlwind of a month in the employment law world! Just in time for spring, new laws are popping up like crocuses just about everywhere we turn.
Here is your monthly rundown of the most recent developments in labor and employment law: The Supreme Court significantly narrowed whistleblower protections under Dodd Frank with its decision in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers. The Second Circuit became the second circuit court to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination when it issued a decision holding that sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under Title VII. In New York, just as employers finished preparing for and implementing the New York Paid Family Leave law, New York City passed new legislation requiring employers to grant temporary schedule changes for qualifying personal events, and amending the requirements for employers and employees engaging in a cooperative dialogue concerning a reasonable accommodation. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office issued guidance on the pay equity law scheduled to take effect in July; Austin, Texas became the first Texas municipality to enact a paid sick and safe leave law; and new legislation intending to crack down on sexual harassment has been proposed in several jurisdictions, including Connecticut and New York City. Stay tuned for further updates and more details on these developments which we will be covering more extensively here in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, don’t forget to register to attend our Fourth Annual Employment Law Summit on April 19!
On Monday, for the second time in less than a year, a federal appeals court ruled that Title VII forbids sexual orientation discrimination because it is a form of sex discrimination. This time, in Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. the Second Circuit overturned decades of precedent and ruled that Title VII’s ban on discrimination “because of . . . sex” encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation. The decision is also an apparent rebuke of the position taken by the United States Department of Justice (contrary to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s position) that sexual orientation discrimination was never intended to by Congress to be covered by Title VII. The issue is almost certainly headed to the Supreme Court in its next term.
On April 19, 2018, Mintz Levin will be hosting its Fourth Annual Employment Law Summit at the Princeton Club in New York City. This half-day seminar will feature as its keynote speaker Kevin Berry, the District Director of the EEOC’s New York District Office. District Director Berry will discuss the main objectives of the EEOC’s recently-released Strategic Enforcement Plan, as well as sexual harassment in the workplace and best practices for responding to charges of discrimination. The seminar will also offer various segments on the most important workplace issues of the day, including sexual harassment in the wake of #metoo, family leave and caregiver accommodations, implications of the new federal tax law, wage and hour issues, and more. It’s a program you will not want to miss, so register now!
This event is intended for C-Level Executives, HR Executives, Compliance Officers, In-house Counsel, and HR Directors and Staff.
For more information and to register, click here.
On Wednesday this week, all nine justices agreed that the Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation provision does not extend to an individual who has not reported a violation of the securities laws to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In other words, making only internal complaints does not shroud an employee in whistleblower protection under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Now that January has come to an end, and we’ve navigated compliance with our own resolutions and employment obligations (as discussed on our latest post on The Bubbler), we’re going to take a look at a few topics of legislation that are brewing on the state and local level. While federal law does not govern these areas, the activity within state and local governments should catch all of our attention, particularly as employers with operations in multiple states deal with the overlapping (and, at times, seemingly in conflict) provisions of these various laws. These will, quite undoubtedly, continue to expand.
2017 is in the books and 2018 is now upon us. A dramatic close to 2017 on Capitol Hill ushered in sweeping changes to the tax code that will begin to impact both employers and employees in a number of ways – some more immediately – from employers losing deductions for sexual harassment settlement payouts, to penalties for high nonprofit executive compensation, to tax deferral on exercise of stock options for public company executives, to employee benefit plans. Wage and leave-related issues are also likely to dominate in 2018, as more states (and employers on their own initiative) increase wage thresholds and broaden employee paid and unpaid leave entitlements (even for some smaller employers). Salary history bans, such as those already enacted in New York City, Massachusetts, and California, will continue to get traction in 2018 as more states and municipalities jump on that bandwagon. We also expect to continue to witness a significant shift in the NLRB’s enforcement policy and decision-making; the NLRB’s new General Counsel has already announced a number of changes that are sure to make employers sigh with relief. Also in 2018, employers could continue to face rising uncertainty with respect to health plans in the wake of the tax bill’s repeal of the individual mandate that was central to keeping health plans affordable under the Affordable Care Act. Finally, so that we can help keep you accountable to the five New Year’s resolutions we made for you over the holidays (that we know you were eager to adopt as your own), we have collected them for you here: (1) review and refresh your non-harassment policies and training; (2) update your leave policies; (3) make sure your job applications comply with new state ban-the-box laws and salary history inquiry bans; (4) assess the strength and enforceability of your post-employment covenants under changing state law; and (5) make sure your employee benefit plans are compliant.
On April 2, 2018, significant changes to ERISA’s disability claims procedures will take effect. These new rules will require all ERISA-covered plans which provide disability benefits to make significant modifications to the way disability benefit claims are reviewed and decided. This post describes what is changing and why, and the steps employers must take now to ensure compliance.
In the case of DiFiore v. CSL Behring, LLC, the Third Circuit ruled for the first time that the more demanding “but for” causation standard applies to retaliation claims under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), rejecting the lower “motivating factor” (also commonly known as the “mixed-motive”) standard. The Third Circuit’s ruling is a welcome result, especially for employers who deal with the federal government and may, therefore, be exposed to FCA retaliation claims. But, employers need to be mindful that different causes of action have different causation standards. For example, the more stringent “but for” standard applied by the Third Circuit to FCA retaliation claims also applies in Title VII retaliation and ADEA cases, but the lower “mixed motive” standard applies in other cases, including “status based” Title VII and ADA discrimination claims. So, employers are left with a mishmash of different causation standards to consider when assessing risk around employment decisions and defending cases.
Taking note of the #MeToo movement, Congress included a new provision in the tax code overhaul bill — Section 13307 – which is titled “Denial of Deduction for Settlements Subject to Nondisclosure Agreements Paid in Connection with Sexual Harassment or Sexual Abuse.” While the title of the section makes its purpose clear, the provision raises more questions than it answers.


Since the first Ohio Constitution in 1802 established a supreme court and court of common pleas, Ohio courts have been resolving disputes and ensuring that the law is applied impartially and fairly.
The Constitution separates our state government into three branches - the executive, the legislative, and the judicial - each with distinct areas of responsibility.
To understand the responsibility of the judicial branch, it's important understand where our laws come from.
There are five sources of state law, including constitutional, statutory, and case law.
The Ohio Constitution defines the rights of Ohioans and responsibilities of the government. None of the other sources of law can violate the constitution.
The Ohio Revised Code is the second source, and it is the laws made by the elected officials of the legislative branch.
Case law is the law as interpreted by judges and predicts based on precedent how specific actions of individuals relate to the Ohio revised Code and the constitution.
When a dispute arises, the judicial system is designed to resolve it. Which court resolves that dispute is determined by the rules of jurisdiction.
As the highest court in the state, the Ohio Supreme Court has jurisdiction over all types of cases, including those on appeal from the Ohio courts of appeals, cases dealing with questions of constitutionality, and death penalty cases.
But where do most court cases in Ohio start, and how might a case that originated in Ohio make it all the way to the Supreme Court of Ohio?
Ohio has three levels of courts.
Each level has a different jurisdiction. First are the Trial courts, then the Courts of Appeals and finally the Supreme Court.
This three-tiered system is outlined in Article IV of the Ohio Constitution of 1851.
In most instances a case is heard for the first time in a trial court. Ohio has several types of trial courts.
Municipal and County Courts hear misdemeanor offenses, traffic cases, and some civil action cases. Each of Ohio's 88 counties has one or more municipal or county courts.
For example, if an intoxicated motorist is pulled over and charged with a misdemeanor charge of Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs, the hearing would take place in a municipal or county court.
Another type of trial court found in each county is the Court of Common Pleas. The Court of Common Pleas have four divisions: general, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate.
The General Division hears civil and criminal cases and appeals from administrative agencies. As an example, a foreclosure case would be heard in the General Division.
The Domestic Relations Division hears divorce and dissolution cases, as well as related child support and custody issues.
The Juvenile Division deals with offenses involving minors and most paternity actions. When minors commit offenses, their cases are heard in the juvenile division.
The fourth division of the Court of Common Pleas is the Probate Division. Decedents' estates, guardianships, mental illness commitments, adoptions, and marriage licenses, are handled by the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas.
Another type of court at the trial level is the Court of Claims, which hears all cases filed against the state. These cases may be for personal injury, property damage, contract disputes and wrongful death, and a special type of matter involving compensation for crime victims.
The judges in the Court of Claims are not elected but rather, they are assigned by the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
The next level in the Ohio judicial system is the Court of Appeals. Ohio has 12 Courts of Appeals districts. Each case in an appellate court is heard by a three-judge panel. Appellate courts review decisions appealed to them from the trial courts. A trial court decision can be appealed if a party believes the trial court made an error.
The courts of appeals also have original jurisdict