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*Hampshire County Council budget consultation
County Councillor Rhydian Vaughan is drawing attention to a current consultation. Hampshire County Council is asking residents for feedback on how to meet the demand for services within the budget:
Servicing Hampshire – Balancing the Budget Consultation.
Despite making savings over the last 9 years of £340 million, Hampshire County Council (HCC) is required to make further savings of £140 million to the years 2019/2020. HCC is required by law to balance the books and is not allowed to run a deficit. Leader of HCC, Cllr Roy Perry states, ‘Although we have been preparing for this challenge for some time, finding these additional savings is inevitably going to be extremely tough'.
As part of the decision making process a consultation has been opened to enable residents in Hampshire to bring forward constructive views on where these savings could and should be made.
The consultation runs from 3rd July ‘till 21st August. To find the consultation, Google ‘Hantsweb’ then click on the pair of scales entitled ‘ Provide your views on how we could balance our budget’.

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Kenan Thompson has seemed to have a love-hate relationship with Saturday Night Live recently, and that relationship could be coming to an end.
TMZ reports Thompson might be leaving SNL and that he is in talks to star in his own show, although there are no details on what that project could be.
Thompson has been a regular cast member on SNL since 2003, making him the most senior member of the show. He is also the longest-running African-American actor in the show's history.
TMZ's sources say Thompson wanted to leave last year but the show's executive producer Lorne Michaels convinced him to stay.
However, The Huffington Post quotes an SNL spokesman who called the TMZ story "inaccurate," saying no casting decisions will be made until the end of the next season, which hasn't even started yet.
Neither Thompson nor anyone from his camp has commented yet — but if the decision to leave is coming from him and not the show's producers, the TMZ report could be accurate.
A year ago, when Entertainment Weekly asked Thompson if he had any plans to leave the show he said "I'm never leaving."
But a few months after that Thompson told TV Guide he would no longer play female characters on the show.
Thompson at the time was one of only two African-American actors on the show and frequently was asked to do impersonations of prominent black women.
The next season of SNL kicks off Sept. 27.
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Megan Rooney's immersive works—encompassing painting, written and spoken word, sculpture, installation, and performance—both interrogate and excoriate the psyche of interwoven personal histories and broader societal narratives, such as femininity and urban decay.Read More
Growing up between South Africa, Brazil, and Canada, Rooney received a BA from the University of Toronto followed by an MA in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, London, in 2011. She is now based in London.
Megan Rooney's early works, such as those included in her solo show Piggy Piggy at Croy Nielsen, Berlin, in 2016, present speculative fictions that explore tropes of gender using everyday iconography. Cigarettes allude to snakes, for example, and masked, dysmorphic figures were painted over Topshop magazines.
Later that year, in Animals on the bed at Seventeen, London, washed-out, calligraphic, semi-abstract, and glowing paintings stretched well beyond the confines of the canvas, covering the walls of the exhibition space—an immersive technique for which Rooney is now well-known.
Rooney's painting practice is as much predicated on erasure, happenstance, and revision as it is on mark-making. Describing Fire on the Mountain (2019), a monumental wall painting created on-site at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Swiss Institute Curator Laura Mclean-Ferris wrote it 'dramatized the creative cycle of layering, grinding away, and layering again.'
Measuring around 200 by 150 centimetres, many of Rooney' canvas-based works are designed to reflect the wingspan of the average woman, and the colours she uses—pastel pinks, pale yellows, and sky blues—reference her mother's paintings of her suburban childhood home. Rooney's painting practice could also be considered as a contemporary, feminist reclamation of the intuitive mid-century action painting movement, placing her in dialogue with artists such as Michaela Eichwald and Amy Sillman.
Describing her bodily approach to painting—physically and conceptually—Rooney once said, 'The body is always present inside of my work ... The paintings for me are journeys between the space of the body and the space of the outside, the private and the public, the domestic, the interior and exterior landscape of our society.'
Rooney often utilises her exhibition environments as sites of theatrical performance. At Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Salzburger Kunstverein, she worked with choreographers and dancers—some donning floating, painted gowns—to transpose her poem SUN DOWN MOON UP into a physical happening, where the figures both merged into, and clashed with, a mural painting behind.
In HUSH SKY MURMUR HOLE, her 2020 solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto, Rooney treated the walls of the exhibition space as canvas by painting and sandblasting them. She also presented sculptural works made up of found and adapted materials: steel café umbrellas, crumpled oil barrels, and covered street signs, all appear appliqued with the artist's signature sugar-toned palette. One installation, titled Love—we're making a run for it, shows two fabric sculptures, huddled on the floor like animals or human figures, imprisoned behind metal barricades. Works such as this symbolically decompress rigid, tense and standardised elements of civic control—while their absurdist nature recalls the intentions of Isa Genzken and Rachel Harrison.
For BONES ROOTS FRUITS (2021), Rooney's first exhibition in London after a five-year hiatus, Thaddaeus Ropac exhibited an important series of portraits, titled 'Old Baggy Root' (ongoing since 2011). The surreal works are made from observing figures in public spaces and the more nightmarish paintings in the series incorporate therianthropic representations of human and animal faces to evoke the laden violence of society rooted in the body. As Emily LaBarge wrote: 'Rooney's figures are at once specific and amorphous, friendly and threatening, powerful and injured—as though their outward forms have struck a bad bargain with the darker registers of the world'.
Megan Rooney has held solo exhibitions BONES ROOTS FRUITS, Thaddeus Ropac, London (2021); Green, I want You Green, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria (2020); HUSH SKY MURMUR HOLE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto (2020); Fire On The Mountain, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany (2019); MOMMA! MOMMA! Tramway, Glasgow (2017); Piggy Piggy, Croy Nielsen, Berlin (2016).
Selected group exhibitions include In the Hullaballoo of Midnight, 15th Lyon Biennale (2019); Paint, also known as Blood. Women, Affect, and Desire in Contemporary Painting, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2019); CHILDHOOD: Another banana day for the dream-fish, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018); and Poor Memory, Without Poetry Nothing is Possible, performance at Salon Suisse, 57th Venice Biennale (2017).
Rooney's work also resides in prominent public and private collections such as Frac Île-de-France, Paris; Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; and Zabludowicz Collection, London.
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A Boulder, Colorado judge has removed a child from her mother’s care because the mother believes chemtrails are being sprayed into the atmosphere, court documents reveal.
Boulder Judge D.D. Mallard told Becca Vandb that ‘99% of people would know those are just contrails,’ and said that she is ‘so immersed in a fringe subculture’ that ‘she is a danger to her daughter.’
‘I can now only see my daughter with a social security worker standing over me taking notes, and the judge said this was so that if I mention chemtrails they would put a stop to that.’
Becca pointed out that there have been no neglect or child abuse allegations from the court or her daughter’s school. There have been no criminal charges and no protective services visits.
‘I am being railroaded for expressing my views about chemtrails.’
Becca Vandb’s daughter wants to be with her mother, but is being kept away from her, with only supervised visits allowed, because Judge Mallard believes Becca is ‘immersed in a dangerous fringe subculture.’
‘I bought up chemtrails at my daughter’s school and was immediately banned from the premises. Schools and courts in Boulder, Colorado have flat out denied there is any such thing as geoengineering or chemtrails, so has my kid’s dad who works in atmospheric research at the University of Colorado – seriously.’
‘The school helped him take away custody because I had the gall to argue with them when they severely embellished my comments (made to adults only) about chemtrails.’
An historic lawsuit has been filed in Canada in an effort to expose and halt the practice of chemtrails being sprayed into the atmosphere.
The suit claims that the Canadian and US governments are conducting a geoengineering program that aims to spray toxic substances and particles into the atmosphere – endangering the lives of millions of citizens.
Meanwhile in Colorado a judge has removed a child from her family home because her mother expresses her belief that chemtrails are being sprayed into the atmosphere. Something is not right here.
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Thanks for the link! I myself am raising awareness about Chemtrails in Spain. It’s incredible how so many people don’t even grasp that this could possibly be real and actually don’t even know what am talking about except a few who work in the organic agriculture and have a store of organic vegetables and fruit.
Just incase you can post links…
Riggggggggggggght…because the military industrial complex/gub’mint never EVER sprayed anything on an unsuspecting citizenry before…
I’d post a link, but sometimes comments are deleted for containing links.
Go to YouTube and search for Zinc Cadmium Sulfide. During the 50’s & 60’s the US gub’ment sprayed it over low-income housing in Missouri claiming it was a “smoke screen” to protect US assets from Russian spy satellites.

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St. FX taking extra precautions as students leave dorms for home
Antigonish, N.S., university offered in-person classes this academic year
Most universities in Nova Scotia are in the homestretch of a school year like no other, and are taking added precautions as thousands of students prepare to head home.
At St. Francis Xavier University, the only post-secondary in Nova Scotia to offer largely in-person classes during the pandemic, exams are ending this week and 1,400 students are set to leave their dorm rooms.
The school is making sure it is being done in a way that reduces the risk of spreading COVID-19.
"As a safety precaution we are not allowing any parents or friends or guardians to come into residence buildings to assist students with moving out," said Jacqueline de Leebeeck, the school's director of student life.
"We are hiring small teams of people who can help with moving things that are heavier items, like fridges and whatnot."
The university, which had four positive COVID cases this school year, all linked to travel, has communicated its plan to students so parents won't be surprised when they arrive on campus for pickup.
This week is expected to be a busy one as the last exams at the school are scheduled for Wednesday. With so many people coming and going, added measures are in place.
"There are a few things changed around to try and accommodate the extra traffic and minimize interactions," said de Leebeeck. "We are also providing some washroom facilities for them because we recognize they'll need somewhere to go to the washroom while they are waiting."
Acadia University went with a hybrid system this school year as some students were on campus while others were online only. The school had 780 students staying in residences this year and had two positive cases of COVID-19 in the academic year.
"Students can have one family member or friend enter the residence building to help them move out," said Sherri Turner, Acadia's director of university communications.
Along with wearing a mask and practising good hand hygiene, their time is limited to 30 minutes. "Family members who are required to quarantine in Nova Scotia may not enter residence buildings to assist with move-out," Turner said.
Incoming travellers still have to isolate
Dalhousie University and Saint Mary's University, both located in Halifax, are using similar guidelines.
The majority of students at Dalhousie have been getting their schooling online. In a normal school year, 2,500 students would have stayed in residences but this year that number was reduced to 780.
Saint Mary's students used online learning all year and between 350 to 400 students stayed in residence at any given time this year.
Other than the brief pickup/drop off of the student, parents (or anyone else) coming from outside Atlantic Canada must self-isolate while in Nova Scotia.
The person can turn around and leave right away without quarantining for 14 days, but other than picking up/dropping off their student, they must isolate in their accommodations or vehicle while they are here.


Cinco Ranch II has recreation centers, parks, trails and natural areas. There are four recreation centers which include a clubhouse/meeting space, swimming pools, tennis courts and play equipment. In addition, smaller parks and playgrounds are spread throughout the community, all connected by sidewalks.
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Friday, August 24, 2012 marked the 68th anniversary of the crash of the B-24 bomber The Little Lulu. My grandfather, Sgt. Thad J. Watson Sr., was killed in that crash, along with all but one of his crew members. A child of a soldier who served on The Little Lulu, before my grandfather’s crew, has created a blog dedicated to honoring and remembering the members of the 464th Battle Group. Friday’s post contained more information on the crash of The Little Lulu, as well as photographs of the crash site.
Michael Hait recently announced the publication of the second edition of his eBook, Online State Resources for Genealogy. I had the pleasure of hearing Michael speak about this very subject this past June at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, and I can tell you from first-hand experience that Michael knows his subject well. Anyone interested in making the best use of their at-home research time would do well to have a copy of this eBook.
Have you ever had that feeling that you’re stagnating, but you’re not sure exactly how to get out of that rut? Well, that’s me with my personal research. I spent some quality time with OneNote a few days ago to organize some of my research, in part looking for possible story ideas for articles, lectures, and blog posts.
I realized, as I do every single time I look through my pedigree, that I’m stuck in the 19th century with many of my lines.
An 1877 Indenture of Apprenticeship between Sillah Walker and Peter “P. G.” Walker, both of Morgan County, Georgia, binding Sillah’s son, Warren, aged nine, to Peter. Notice the amount of detail about Sillah, her family, and their circumstances contained in this document.
Note: When transcribing, I added space between the paragraphs and slightly changed other formatting of the original to make the whole easier to read.
Many thanks to the members of the Rockdale County Genealogical Society for the warm welcome at Sunday’s meeting. I very much enjoyed speaking with y’all and discussing some of Georgia’s “poor” records. Y’all made my first professional speaking engagement a relaxed and pleasant experience, and I appreciate that.
For those of you who missed it, the session was “Poor People, Rich Records: Researching Georgia’s 19th Century Poor.” The specific records we discussed were:

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The modern world treats animal fat as garbage and foods rich in animal fat as potentially harmful or dangerous. Every other ad or health journal or food recipe claims that saturated fat is bad for the body. Many health enthusiasts swear by unsaturated fats. Saturated fats are said to increase bad cholesterol and the rate of cancer and heart disease. Obesity, heart attacks and all types of serious diseases are associated with red meat, pork and all other animal fat. What more, tallow or lard, (food processing communities say), should be shunned as poison.
Accusations against saturated fats: There are several accusations against saturated fats like tallow: Beef tallow is linked to cholesterol and heart disease. Hence, consumption or use of it in cooking should be avoided. This is because, saturated fat is linked to high cholesterol and high cholesterol in turn, is linked to increased rate of heart disease. Since it is believed that the fat around the heart is highly saturated, it is said that heart-attacks happen if there is a build up of saturated fat in the arteries. This mostly occurs when foods rich in saturated fat like tallow are consumed regularly.
Animal fat is no garbage: At least that is what the recent studies say. If one analyzes the use of fats in the food items in America, one can identify that most of the current food items are rich only in unsaturated fat or vegetable oils. The whole fast food industry now runs on vegetable oil and not on animal fat. With too much of processing, the United States food industry has eliminated saturated fats from the palates of people. Then, why do people of this century are prone to increased number of heart problems than their ancestors (who were nothing but meat eaters)? If meat like tallow or lard was the cause for coronary heart disease, then why do people who don’t take meat fall victims to it?
There are several rebuttals against the myths that claim saturated fats to be the primary reasons for heart attacks. As a saturated fat, beef tallow is especially very beneficial to human body. Here are a few reasons why it is good to health:
1. Saturated fats are heart-killers: Studies prove that saturated fats have nothing do with heart problems. The Framingham Heart study states that the more saturated fat and the more cholesterol one ate, the lower the person’s serum or blood cholesterol. It also asserts that the people who ate most saturated fat were the least in weight and were physically very active. Another Harvard based study (in 2001) says, “The amount of saturated fat in the diet may have little if any bearing on the risk of heart disease.” A study by Weston A. Price Foundation on the Masai tribes in Africa too proves the same. The Masai men, born meat-eaters, are one of the leanest and most active people among the African tribes. They had the lowest cholesterol levels inspite of taking 60 percent saturated fats daily. However, it was noted that when the Masai men moved to cities and ate modern processed food, they became obese and developed higher rates of cholesterol.
2. Heart fat and beef fat don’t go together: The Framingham study as mentioned in the book Nourishing Traditions states that the fat in the heart muscles is exactly similar to the one present in beef. Unlike the general assumption that too much of this fat will lead to the clogging of arteries, it has been proved that the human heart needs such fat like tallow to keep itself hale and healthy.
3. Saturated fats spoil us: No. In fact, saturated fats are no more in our food. If one looks at the top fats eaten in the 19th century, one can find butter, coconut oil, lard, tallow and olive oil. If one looks at the top fats eaten today, one can find only corn oil, soybean oil, canola oil, safflower oil and olive oil and none of the saturated fats. This shows that inspite of eliminating saturated fats like tallow from food, people have become victims of CHD. This brings us to the conclusion that heart diseases are in no way linked to saturated fats like beef tallow.
4. Tallow is unhealthy: Not at all. As a saturated fat, tallow is an energy-giving food with many antimicrobial properties. With about 50% monosaturated fat, it has a positive impact on cancer and reduces carcinogenic cell growth. Grass-fed beef fat has high levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) which is good for cholesterol levels.

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Satisfying ginger spice cookies that both adults and children will love!
Baked to avoid ‘sugar highs’ by using oats and agave to give a lower GI.
My daughter Kipper had a playdate lined up, so we decided to bake some ginger spice cookies to take with us. We had a fun time baking, and once the cookies were cooled we packed them into a plastic box and set off to play.
Cookies and drinks
Our hosts made drinks and we all had a cookie each. The lid went back on the plastic box, and I sat chatting with Kipper’s friend’s mum while the two kids went off to do their own thing. They seemed to be having fun, although before long it got strangely quiet… However we decided that they couldn’t both be unconscious, and were probably fine.
All fine, nothing to see…
Well, they were fine, sure enough. Shortly thereafter they both reappeared, with sheepish expressions and AN EMPTY PLASTIC BOX. We reckon they’d polished off five ginger spice cookies each. So this recipe definitely comes with a high preschooler approval rating!
I’ve had this recipe for donkey’s years, and tinkered with it a fair amount during that time. The end result always looks very professional, for a very minimal effort, which is just my kind of recipe! It is also a very accommodating recipe – on one occasion I forgot to add the sugar, and although the shape and texture were a bit wrong, the finished cookies still got enthusiastically eaten.
On this occasion, I tried to make the recipe a bit more healthy, or at least less unhealthy, by replacing some of the flour with oats, reducing the amount of sugar slightly, and using agave syrup, all of which contribute to a lower GI in the final product. This should mean that any potential ‘sugar high’ is reduced, at least a bit. Although if your 3-year-old eats five of these delicious ginger spice cookies, I can’t be held responsible if they start bouncing off the walls!
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Ginger spice cookies
- 85 g self-raising flour (OR use plain flour plus an extra ¾ tsp baking powder) (⅔ cup)
- 85 g porridge oats (1 cup)
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 85 g margarine OR butter (approx. 6 tbsp)
- 85 g golden caster sugar (⅓ cup + 1 tbsp)
- 3 tbsp agave syrup
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Line 2 baking sheets with greaseproof paper or a non-stick liner.
- Using a food processor, pulse the flour, oats, baking powder, bicarb and spices to combine. Add the margarine or butter and pulse again until the mixture resembles crumbs. Add the sugar and pulse to combine.
- Warm the agave syrup - a few seconds in the microwave should do it, but keep a close eye and make sure it doesn't boil. With the food processor motor running, pour the warmed syrup in and mix to a stiff dough.
- With damp palms, roll the mixture into walnut-sized balls, and space well apart on lined baking sheets. The cookies will spread to be 8-10cm (3-4 inches) across so make sure they have room to grow.
- Bake for 5-8 minutes until golden. Allow to cool on the trays for a minute or two to firm up slightly, then transfer to wire racks until cold.
If you like delicious cookies (and who doesn’t?!) then why not also try these oatmeal cranberry coconut cookies, these delicious flourless chocolate chip cookies (gluten free) or these wonderfully easy muesli cookies.


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Live and Kicking Lobsters
I just wanted to let you all know that my lobster arrived at the convenient time of 3 pm. It arrived alive and kicking and made my second anniversary a special one. My husband loved the thought and we enjoyed the spectacular clam chowder with all the extras sent in the gift package. Thanks for making my anniversary special!
Lobster Tales Blog
June 10, 2017
In New England we are particular about how lobster rolls are made. A proper lobster roll has flat sides for grilling and is top center cut to hold the sweet, tender lobster meat. This is an authentic lobster roll, plain and simple. Since we are not using rolls this is not a lobster roll recipe; it’s a recipe for a lobster […]


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BBC 6 Music presents live sessions from the BBC's historic Maida Vale studios.
A traditional Christimas Eve service of readings and carols from King's College, Cambridge
Rigsy brings you great new music from Northern Ireland.
Alan Thompson presents classic songs and explores the stories behind them with guests.
Dean Jackson and the team with new music from Derbyshire, East Staffordshire and beyond.
Unsigned, undiscovered & under-the-radar music with Andrew Marston.
Dean Jackson and The Beat team bring you great new music from Lincolnshire and beyond.
Dean Jackson and The Beat team with new music from Nottinghamshire and beyond.
BBC Introducing... with Gareth Lloyd - unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music.
The BBC unites for an extraordinary star-studded performance and the launch of BBC Music.
The whole BBC unites for a star-studded performance and the launch of BBC Music.
John Toal presents a gala concert celebrating 90 years of BBC services in Northern Ireland
The annual Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring orchestral classical music
A chance to celebrate teenage life and recognise some of your own personal heroes.
Bill Kenwright shares his passion for the hits of the late 50s and early 60s
Complete performances from artists recorded in venues from across Northern Ireland
Music highlights from the CMA Music Festivals
The best of Irish traditional music selected by acclaimed Uilleann piper Robbie Hannan.
FAI Cup semi-final: Shamrock Rovers v Derry City. Commentary by Eric White and Liam Coyle.
FAI Cup semi-final replay: Shamrock Rovers v Derry City.
Colm Sands presents a weekly feast of the best traditional and contemporary folk music
Celebrating the best of British food
The world's longest-running orchestral live music programme with the BBC Concert Orchestra
One-man performances by Martin Jarvis from the Cheltenham Literature Festival
Join Jools and his Rhythm Section as he plays tracks from his eclectic record collection
Showcase for brass and military band music, looking at new CD releases and old favourites
A gala performance of the whole show with a finale starring the current and original casts
Highlights from the Royal National Mod 2014 in Inverness
Radio Ulster's Sunday morning service from places of worship throughout Northern Ireland
Series of audio interventions by artists, to mark the launch of the Open arts initiative
Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances
A celebration of the world of culture, arts and entertainment in Northern Ireland.
Exclusive performances, backstage gossip, gig news, interviews and session archives
Presenting exciting live musical events from all over the world
Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series
An entertaining mix of popular classics, news, reviews and interviews
Dean Jackson and the team with new music and more for your Saturday night.
Jason Mohammad presents coverage of Wales's biggest road race.
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
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Page 43 - And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon ; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
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Page 239 - And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give : for the labourer is worthy of his hire.
Page 202 - And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
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Refurbishment leads to new tenant’s in Derriaghy Industrial Park
Following recent refurbishments at Derriaghy Industrial Park, Dunmurry, Belfast, Murphy Chartered Surveyors and Real Estate Agents have secured the first tenant for this new look space.
Foster Tyres depot have leased a 2,000 sqft unit, for their latest outlet, with Derriaghy part of an on going expansion strategy for the company in N Ireland.
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.The Despoina Apartments is 200 meters. from the beach and offers self-catering. The accommodation has flowered garden with mountain and Lybian (URL HIDDEN) all areas is free Wi-Fi.
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The Despoina Apartments is a very nice and quiet place .The rooms are very clean and all have private balconies overlooking the sea. In all rooms there is a fully equipped kitchen for meal preparation. There is a beautiful garden with large (URL HIDDEN) 200 meters from our rooms you will find traditional taverns with good food, cafes and mini markets. The distance is very small, as most visitors prefer to be moved without a car, so you can enjoy the beauty of nature!Kastri is the only port in the region, serving the local boats and boats. Just next to the port (in the west), there is the small beach of Kastri. It is a beautiful sandy beach and several trees, which is not organized.Just past the harbor beach Kastri, is the largest Skoyros beach. It is a beautiful beach with sand and pebbles, which is not crowded. Also, wonderful rock formations in and out of the sea, breaking the monotony of continuous beach. Especially in the west, there is a large rock, the Skouros, which gives its name to the beach.Two kilometers after Skouros beach, there the beach Listis .For approaches the beach, you have to go down a small slope, but the whole process worth it! The beach is not organized, have clear water, sand, pebbles and stands out for the huge rocks from which you can do incredible dives!Iraklion and Ierapetra are within a 70km and 52km respectively from Despoina Apartments.
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Chinese internet stocks have been on a major downtrend for the past 15 or so months. For example, KWEB (KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF), a fund that tracks Chinese companies whose core business is focused on the internet and web-related technologies, has plunged more than 65% from its peak in February 2021. , weighed down by a relentless technology sector. repression and pandemic uncertainty.
While the coronavirus problem won’t go away as long as the Chinese government sticks to its “Zero Covid” strategy, there are encouraging signs on the surveillance front. For example, regulators recently signaled that strict oversight of tech companies may soon end as part of efforts to restore capital market stability and support growth targets.
After the latest lockdowns hit the economy, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing all it can to improve business conditions and the financial system, pledging to step up stimulus measures to achieve its goals while minimizing the negative impact of the current health crisis.
The Chinese Communist Party will hold its twice-a-decade national congress in November, an event where President Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term. To avoid any setbacks or unforeseen leadership challenges, Xi must thoroughly control the damage on the economic front to send the message that the “status quo” works for everyone.
To create a picture of prosperity ahead of the upcoming Party Congress, the government is likely to roll out more growth-supportive measures and further reduce regulatory measures throughout the third quarter, a scenario that will strengthen economic activity and will increase the profits of Chinese companies. Against this backdrop, internet stocks could thrive in the coming months, at least until the end of the year, when cooler temperatures could trigger another wave of Covid-19 infections and new lockdowns.
Looking ahead to the third quarter, KWEB is at a crucial technical moment, probing key resistance, ranging from 32.85 to 34.00. Breaking through this area will give a strong bullish signal and could be the start of a rally towards the 40.00 area. Stronger, focus shifts to the psychological level of 45.00, followed by 52.55, the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the February 2021/March 2022 selloff.
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On the other hand, if KWEB fails to break through the resistance at 32.85/34.00 on the weekly closing prices and resumes its decline, initial support appears at 29.00 and 24.50 thereafter. If this last support is breached on the downside, the bullish reversal thesis would be invalidated, a situation that could encourage the bears to launch an attack on the 2022 lows.

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Posted Apr 14, 2012By gdvorak
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Judd Apatow's fourth film presents itself with self-deprecation, as the vague 'sorta sequel' to Knocked Up when in fact; it's Apatow's defining cinematic moment. While 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Funny People orbit it's Apatow having an amazing eye for comedic talent and what is funny, This is 40 feels like opening Apatow's diary.
Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are coming to terms with the uncomfortable significant '40' milestone and are thrust into a joint all-encompassing existential crises. Pete’s broken out on his own and is running a struggling niche record label, and supporting his mooching father (Albert Brooks); while Debbie is running a clothing store where her staff (Megan Fox and Charlyne Yi) may be stealing and attempting to reconnect with her own estranged father (John Lithgow). Financial woes, diminishing bedroom spark, teenagers in the social media age, daddy issues and weight issues all serve as the experiential comedic fodder for the pair of leads. Apatow’s talent lies in how he’s able to the wring the humour out of the full gamut of the marriage experience. The minutiae of life at the age of forty features infuriating dietary fads, the disgusting (but necessary) examinations of potential haemorrhoids, the humiliating mid gynaecological examination jokes and the two hour running time streams past.
Rudd’s Pete is the Apatow stand in, burdened by the pressures of providing for his family on the precipice of his failing dreams. It’s Rudd's most whole and developed performance that utilises all his charm and dramatic chops to boot. Mann seriously shines in the glamour-less mother role of Debbie. Not only is she the fire cracker established in Knocked Up, but it’s the quieter dramatic moments paired with her abrasive side that makes the performance this time round. Mann’s real-life daughters (Maude and Iris Apatow) portray her on screen children and that allows for some beautifully tender moments.
There’s dynamite support in every possible role outside the leads. Comedic titan Albert Brooks is great occupying the impossible parent that you love to detest. Jason Segel (reprising his role as Jason from Knocked Up and now Deb's Personal trainer) and Chris O'Dowd (Pete's co-worker) provide some wonderful individual moments but are hysterical once they’re playing off of each other. And finally, Melissa McCarthy is unbelievable as the disgruntled parent who runs into Pete at the height of frustration. In one or two scenes she contrasts that sweetness from her Gilmore Girls days with her aggressive Bridemaids-esque filthy persona and nearly steals the entire film.
This is 40 consistently finds the humour in all facets of Pete and Debbie’s life; in their loving and sweet playful moments, in the pathetic and desperate moments, in the melancholy of seemingly inevitable financial and marriage failure. Apatow is a student of comedy and with each film has shed a layer of his insulation. This is 40 is his graduation, leaving him totally exposed - and you’re at your funniest when your pants are down.
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Just over a week after a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a grand jury in Staten Island, New York has decided not to indict the officer responsible for the choking death of Eric Garner, despite the existence of a video capturing the incident that took place on July 17, 2014. In the process of apprehending Garner, the officer placed Garner in a chokehold which an autopsy determined compressed his neck and restricted his chest to the point of asphyxiation. These are just two of many cases we have seen this year where black men are dying at the hands of police officers around the country.
Days after Michael Brown was fatally shot in Ferguson, MO, St. Louis police officers shot and killed a young African American man, Kajieme Powell, 25, who was reportedly holding a knife. Police claims that he was brandishing a knife were not borne out by the available video footage of the shooting. On August 11, Ezell Ford, 25, an unarmed black man with a history of mental illness, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police officers; Akai Gurley, 28, was killed on November 20 when he was shot by an NYPD officer patrolling a stairwell in a public housing development; and two days later, Tamir Rice, 12, was playing with a toy gun in a Cleveland park when he was shot and killed by a Cleveland Police officer.
The recent spate of incidents of lethal force used against men of color by law enforcement from New York to Los Angeles has once again demonstrated the need to take a deeper look at policing tactics on a national level.
Law enforcement policies on the use of force vary widely from agency to agency and state to state and may not meet international standards. International standards provide that law enforcement officers should only use force as a last resort and that the amount of force must be proportionate to the threat encountered and designed to minimize damage and injury. Officers may use firearms as a last resort – when strictly necessary to protect themselves or others against the imminent threat of death or serious injury. The intentional lethal use of firearms is justified only when “strictly unavoidable in order to protect life.”
However, as much attention that these cases have received, we truly do not know how many cases happen each and every year. Hundreds of individuals may be shot and killed by law enforcement annually. However, due to the failure of the Department of Justice to collect accurate, comprehensive national data on police use of force, including the numbers of people killed or injured through police shootings or other types of force, it is impossible to truly understand the enormity of the issue across the country.
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It is imperative that the Justice Department begin collecting and publishing this data (disaggregated on the basis of race, ethnicity and gender) annually, in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Enforcement Act (1994). The Department of Justice should play a key role in collecting and publishing data on police shootings in order to determine whether shootings are indicative of trends for individual officers or law enforcement agencies.
Furthermore, the Department of Justice should champion the need for a special law enforcement commission, to comprehensively examine and produce recommendations on policing tactics, including use of force and lethal force, discriminatory policing, the militarization of police and the policing of protests to produce recommendations and ensure adherence of all law enforcement agencies to human rights standards for law enforcement.
Amnesty International is urging the Department of Justice to take these crucial steps to ensure that all Michael Browns, Eric Garners, Akai Gurleys, Kajieme Powells, Ezell Fords, Tamir Rices — that all people, especially men of color in the U.S., do not continue to die at the hands of law enforcement in the future. Join us in taking action today!


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During a hearing held on Wednesday, the Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal sentenced a 35-year-old Asian man, Hassan D.A.A., to ten years in prison, after being convicted by the State Security Prosecution of joining Daesh and using social media to promote the group’s ideology.
The court fined him Dhs2 million, confiscated his personal computers, mobile phones, laptops and cameras, and closed his social media sites that published information, articles, videos, photos and films that promoted Daesh, defended its ideologies and terrorist practices and urged people to financially support it.
The court also decided that he should pay all judicial expenses and be deported after the end of his sentence.
A government employee has been sentenced to six months in jail by Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court for embezzling Dh104,000.
Seven of them were killed in the village of Sarja, which lies in Idlib province, most of which is controlled by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, a group dominated by former members of Al Qaeda's Syria affiliate.
Iraq’s judiciary condemned to death four Daesh group members on Sunday, the first known sentence for hundreds of Iraqi extremists repatriated in recent months from neighbouring Syria.
Two workers with moderate burns were transferred to the hospital to receive the necessary treatment by national ambulance.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities emblazoned the front of the Great Pyramid of Giza conveying a message of solidarity and appreciation with those battling the novel coronavirus the world over.
The Philippines' department of foreign affairs expressed its "deep sadness" at the passing of Bernardita Catalla, which it said was the result of "complications arising from Covid 19".


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Known for hitting anything thrown his way during his days as a baseball star at the University of North Carolina, Pro Nitrous star Jay Cox will take his best swing at a curveball heading into the 2017 season.
Coming off an outstanding year of racing in arguably drag racing’s most competitive heads-up category, Cox recently received news that racing partner Bryant Marriner of Bryant Industrial Crane and Rigging in Morrisville, NC, is ceasing his involvement in the sport at age 68 to spend more time with his family. That leaves Cox, who finished just one round of racing shy of winning the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Pro Nitrous championship, without the necessary funding to compete in 2017.
“I can’t thank Bryant and his wife, Candy, enough for all the support and everything they’ve done over these last few years,” Cox said. “I wouldn’t be where I am without them. We had a heck of a run and a whole lot of fun, and I’m going to miss those times, but at the same time I completely understand the reasons behind his decision.
“The good news is we’ve still got the car, the engine, the equipment, and the team that produced a championship in the GALOT Motorsports Park Mad Mule series, ran a 3.68 at 202 MPH, won three PDRA races, and battled back from a midseason crash to nearly win a PDRA Pro Nitrous championship. We just need the operational budget to keep it all going,” said the native of Smithfield, NC.
As Cox alluded to, the team doesn’t lack for top-notch equipment. His familiar RJ Race Cars-built ’69 Camaro, dubbed “The Pumpkin” for its orange paint, is powered by a 950+ cubic inch fuel-injected beast from Buck Racing Engines. “We have everything, and I manage everything. There’s nothing I can’t or don’t do, from rebuilding the engine, to tuning, to driving the rig. We have a lot of the best stuff, but I know how to run out front on a budget as well.
“I’m hoping to team up with someone who loves this stuff just as much as I do,” Cox continued. “Ideally, I’m looking for a long-term situation; the reason I say that is because when you’re committed, you invest a lot of time in research and do a lot of development, and if you jump around you lose some of that. I want to keep what we learn to ourselves and really build something special. That’s my dream.
“At the same time, I’m willing to be flexible. I’m open to driving or tuning for a team, or both. I’m committed to doing what it takes to stay out there in 2017,” Cox concluded.
As for his 2017 schedule, Cox has his sights set on all eight PDRA races and contending for the Pro Nitrous championship once again. In addition, he plans to defend his title at the three Mad Mule shootouts scheduled at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, NC.
With an outsize personality off the track that matches his performance on it, Cox is one of the most popular drivers in the division and won’t let this setback rattle his confidence.
“I’m still looking forward to 2017,” he stated. “We’re just getting started and we’ve got some unfinished business to take care of. It’s going to be a fun ride, I can promise you that.”


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This bulletin reviews existing information on cider apple cultivars evaluated for production in Michigan and provides additional trait information for other potential cider apple cultivars.
Published on September 26, 2016
Apples on the tree are generally free of bruise damage, but after traveling through a series of handling processes, apples in the retail store often show bruises.
Published on April 8, 2016
Summary of insecticide and miticide label additions, clarifications and corrections to the 2016 Michigan Fruit Management Guide (E0154).
Published on January 29, 2016
The nutritional health of orchard crops, grapes, and blueberries is best assessed by measuring the concentrations of nutrients in plant parts.
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Scouting and monitoring for pests is a critical step in quantifying potential damage that can be caused by a pest and aids in determining if intervention to control the pest is warranted.


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Zinc Oxide is one of the most used, and tested of all root canal sealers. It has been used and abused since we began doing endodontics.
Only recently with the advent of better chemistry and better tests have we begun to question it's use as a root canal sealer.
We have resins, silicones, acrylics etc. but we always seem to come back to plain old ZOE.
The reason seems to be that ON BALANCE it is the best, easiest, least toxic and most reliable of all sealing materials.
Each attempt to replace it has failed.
Silicone is almost totally inert but it stays rubbery and is easy to dislodge when inserting posts or restorations over it. Furthermore since it doesn't have a snap set, but instead gradually polymerizes it is difficult to actually know when it is fully set.
Epoxies set very hard and are almost impossible to re-treat once cured.
Acrylics, both methyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate have problems keeping the radio-opacifier emulsified during setting. It is very easy, using a syringe, to clog a needle and literally wring the radio-opaque particles out of the radio-lucent acrylic(which is a liquid until it cures) and thus be unable to determine the extent or completeness of our fill.
Some calcium hydroxides are theoretically kinder to periapical tissues but tend to be soluble in tissue fluids and blood.
So we keep coming back to ZOE.
ZOE snap sets and then continues to create a crystalline matrix ending up hard and brittle.
It mixes fairly easily from a powder and liquid form to a putty like consistency. The more eugenol mixed with the zinc oxide, the thinner and more fluid it gets.
It is available in various particle sizes depending on the manufacturing methods used and thus can be made to flow very well.
When various modifiers and radio-opacifiers are mixed with it, they stay relatively stable without settling out.
When it is injected, it flows well and adheres pretty well although, to make it adhere requires small particle sizes and thinner mixes.
When mixed very thick it will still go through a very small bore needle and adapt to the canal walls until it sets.
After setting it can be removed because it sets to a brittle but hard state and any process that essentially chips it out can be used to remove it.
There has been some concerns that eugenol is incompatible with polymerizing cements used for restorations but once set, it contains very little eugenol. And what little remains can be either washed off the interface with ethanol or covered with a material acceptable to both ZOE and composite materials.
And last but certainly not least, it is inexpensive making it a favorite in third world countries.
When mixed with either Barium Sulfate, Bismuth sub Nitrate or Titanium Dioxide it is radio opaque enough to determine the completeness of our seal and fill.
So over all, it is a good reliable, non-soluble, long lasting material.

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Type: Super Fun Prison Time!
Synopsis: In the near future, a cry baby by the name of Ganta Igarashi is set to prison by a fixed court for a crime he didn’t commit. The boy is forced to survive in Deadman Wonderland, a prison that doubles as an amusement park. Discovering that he’s able to control his own blood like a weapon, he lives only to get revenge against the man who framed him. If you have a strong constitution, if nothing else will do, and if you like albino side-kicks named Shiro, then maybe you can watch, Deadman Wonderland (cue A-Team theme).
Pros: Deadman Wonderland is a story about a boy who is sent to jail unfairly, then discovers that it was all part of a conspiracy. This by itself is very intriguing. You really sympathize with Ganta during that first episode where he’s being set up, though he does cry a lot. It all happens so quick and suddenly, that you know that something isn’t right. Then the show decides to add blood based superpowers, which adds a fun and dark layer to the show. That element is perhaps the true genius of Deadman Wonderland. It’s able to mix levity with drama very well. Every time you’re presented a ray of hope, the show takes it away. It never lets you forget how bleak Ganta’s situation is, but it also provides just enough optimism to keep you watching. I truly hope this gets a second season.
Cons: Like I said, this show gets pretty damn bleak at times. A few of these characters are disturbing. It’s also a bit more gory than it needs to be. Some other elements are a bit hit or miss. I understood why Ganta’s memories of his friends needed to be used, but since these characters only show up for a few minutes, you really don’t care who they are. It’s also confusing as to why Ganta would’t think about his parents. I mean, Ganta’s mother is mentioned, but since she doesn’t show up, I guess she’s dead? Shiro also presented a bit of a problem, mostly because I found it weird that a teenage girl could wander around a high security prison without anyone being at least annoyed by it. But admittedly, that’s nitpicky.
Watch it?: A bloody good time (4/5)
MVP: Senji Kiyomasa
Best Episode: Ep. 1 “Death Row Inmate” (Where’s Matlock when you need him?)


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The United States pledged Tuesday to join an EU-led effort to develop a space "code of conduct" that would set rules for orbiting spacecraft and for mitigating the growing problem of orbiting debris.
Between 5.7 and 6.7 million bats have died in North America due to a fungus known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) since the disease first appeared in 2006, US authorities said on Tuesday.
Jerry Yang, who co-founded Yahoo! nearly 17 years ago and had an ill-fated stint as chief executive, abruptly resigned from all of his positions with the struggling Internet company.
Wikipedia went dark, Google blotted out its logo and other popular websites planned protests on Wednesday to voice concern over legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead of uniform, dispersed ...
During an economic downturn, even people who are not directly affected spend less on goods and services that signal social status, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
A new approach to motion capture technology is offering fresh insights into tennis injuries and orthopedic injuries in general.
A clean desk might not be all it's cracked up to be. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, messiness can lead consumers toward clearer thinkingespecially political conservatives.
Lead sulfide (PbS) forms when an equal number of lead and sulfur atoms exchange electrons and bond together in cubic crystals. Now scientists have determined that a structure comprising 32 lead-sulfur pairs is the smallest ...
A new, 162-Teraflop peak supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping scientists do more complex, advanced research in areas such as energy storage and future power grid development. ...


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Sir Paul Mccartney married his fiancee Nancy Shevell in London on Sunday (Oct. 9) on the day his late bandmate John Lennon would have turned 71.
The Beatles legend, 69, proposed to New York socialite Shevell in May (11) after four years together, and they became man and wife on Sunday at London’s Westminster registry office at The Old Marylebone Town Hall – the same venue where McCartney married his first wife, Linda.
The couple received a blessing at a local synagogue on Saturday evening (08Oct11) as part of Shevell’s Jewish religion ahead of Sunday’s civil service.
Shevell wore a flower in her hair and a simple white dress reportedly created by MCCartney’s fashion designer daughter Stella, who was among the guests at the nuptials along with the singer’s former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr.
The star’s younger brother Mike reportedly acted as best man, while McCartney’s daughter Beatrice, seven, from his marriage to Heather Mills, acted as bridesmaid.
The newly-weds were greeted by crowds of fans and well-wishers as they emerged from the venue to a hail of confetti and they smiled and waved to the spectators before heading off.
The reception is said to be taking place at McCartney’s nearby home in St John’s Wood, where workers were seen erecting a marquee in the grounds of the property on Friday (07Oct11). Coloured roses, bags of ice and sound equipment were also seen being delivered to the house.
McCartney has been married twice before – his first wife, Linda, died of cancer in 1998, and the star divorced Mills in 2008. Shevell has been married once before.

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Tonight as I was putting Jack to bed we started talking about how food travels through our bodies. Somehow that lead to Jack saying "mummy, wee comes out of a woman's vagina and so do babies, but only wee comes out of a mans penis".
As is my way, I couldn't just let that go. So I mentioned that sperm, the seed that joins with a woman's egg to make a baby, also came out of the mans penis. Of course the idea of an egg inside of me made Jack laugh and so as I tried to convince him that it wasn't like a chicken's egg I remembered the 'Where do I Come From' book that I had when I was a child. I asked Jack if he wanted to read it.
And so I read the book that taught me where babies come from, to my little man for the first time. As I read I was worried that it would turn out to be not as lovely as I remembered it. I need not have worried.
It is a lovely book and told the story of how a baby comes to be in an informative and yet slightly romantic sort of way. Here is a link to the book.
OK so there are a few points that I edited in the reading (like the fact that most mothers usually have a doctor or a nurse with them, or that we can't see what the sex of the baby is in the womb so the doctor tells the mother after the baby is born) but mostly I thought that this was still exactly the sort of book I wanted to explain the process to my kids.
I hadn't expected to have 'the talk' with Jack today, but then this has been a conversation that has happened over a period of years with new questions after each discussion. This was the first time that I felt Jack was asking for the whole story, like how does the sperm get inside the mummy?
I have looked at a lot of different 'Where did I Come From?' type books. Some of the newer ones that I have read are either very contrived or too black and white. It seems important to me that this book seems to to be written with love and yet is also sufficiently detailed.
I also have a copy of two other books that I think are great but very different. Andrew grew up with a book that talks about how flowers are seeded, then how chicks get into the egg, then how puppies are born and then how people reproduce. I had a little giggle at this today. His book is so perfectly for him, just as I think my book is so perfectly for me. I also have a national geographic type pop-up book with a pop-up uterus, a pop-up baby and a pop-up erect penis (we may wait a little while before I share this one with the kids)
I wonder how the way we learn about sex and babies forms our ideas as we get older. I read this book and I wondered if I could trace back my love of pregnancy and birth to these beginnings? I don't know, but it can't have hurt.
Apparently my book isn't in print anymore, but if you can get your hands on a copy I highly recommend it. Its got to be better to be ready for these conversations to pop-up when you least expect them, although maybe wait a while for pop-up penises.

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As brands take to Twitter to celebrate Pride, many of the same companies donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians who voted against expanded LGBTQ protections.

In February, the vast majority of Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against the Equality Act, which aims to expand LGBTQ protections. SEC filings show that some of the best-known companies in the US, including McDonald's, Walmart, and Amazon, have donated significant sums to politicians who voted against the bill.

Most major companies donate to both parties via political action committees, historically giving more to Republicans. (Industry PACs supported by these organizations also donate to both parties, but tend to skew even further right.) In recent years, many companies' PACsincluding Walmart, Amazon, and McDonald'shave moved toward a 50/50 split between Democrat and Republican donations.

Companies donate to politicians' campaigns hoping to influence lawmakers on legislation that might impact business, from immigration to minimum wages.

As a result, these industry giants have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians who are pushing for legislation that protects LGBTQ rights, and hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians actively working to defeat the same bills.

Companies are increasingly caught between a desire to pursue bipartisan political alliances through donations and expectations that they support progressive social causes. Now, some are being forced to change their strategies.

Walmart, Amazon, and McDonald's collectively donated over $1 million to lawmakers who voted against the Equality Act

From 2019 to 2020, Walmart's PAC donated $1.2 million to federal candidates, according to an Insider analysis of FEC data via the Center for Responsive Politics. Donations were exactly an even split$596,000 to Republicans and $596,000 to Democrats. All but three Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against the Equality Act, saying it could infringe on religious freedom. That means Walmart donated nearly $400,000 to politicians opposing the bill.

Meanwhile, the company's Twitter avatar is currently rainbow hued, and the retailer is selling a collection of Pride merchandise. A Walmart spokesperson did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Amazon has supported the Equality Act since 2015, with Brian Huseman, Amazon's vice president of public policy, writing in a post in February that "now is the time for federal law to protect LGBTQ+ Americans across the country."

At the same time, the company's PAC split donations from 2019 to 2020, donating $659,000 to Democratic candidates and $648,500 to Republicans. More than $460,000 of those donations went to politicians who voted against the Equality Act.

An Amazon spokesperson told Insider that the company "engages with policymakers and regulators on a wide range of issues that affect our business, customers, and employees."

"That does not mean we agree with any individual or political organization 100 percent of the time on every issue, and this includes legislation that discriminates or encourages discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community," the spokesperson continued.

Fast-food PACs have also donated to Republicans in the House of Representatives who oppose the Equality Act. From 2019 to 2020, McDonald's PAC donated a total of $213,000 to lawmakers who voted against the bill. Earlier this week, the company tweeted: "We're proud of you. And you should be proud of you, too."

Were proud of you. And you should be proud of you, too. This month, well be celebrating and highlighting the people within our McDonalds family that embody the spirit of LGBTQ+ Pride.pic.twitter.com/m4SQd9o5WH
 McDonald's Corporation (@McDonaldsCorp) June 1, 2021

Companies are changing how they approach political donations

In 2021, more brands are openly supporting LGBTQ people and celebrating Pride on social media than ever before.

Simultaneously, the US is seeing an explosion of anti-trans bills. Lawmakers are not simply voting against expanding protections for LGBTQ people, they are trying to pass new laws that advocates say will harm vulnerable individuals.

"These are organized anti-transgender forces, people who are ideologically anti-transgender, who are trying to push this everywhere that they can," trans advocate Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen told Insider in April. "So it's coordinated, it's deliberate, and it is all about using trans people and especially trans youth as a political football."

Employees and customers increasingly expect companies to uphold progressive social values, including vocal support of LGBTQ people. But, companies typically don't want to surrender the chance to engage with politicians on both sides of the aisle.

However, companies are being forced to change their practices. Walmart and Amazon paused donations to lawmakers who opposed certifying President Joe Biden's win in January, following the Capitol insurrection. McDonald's paused all political donations in January, and its PAC has not donated to any lawmakers since, according to FEC filings.

In 2021, it is increasingly difficult for companies to say they support a cause, while donating to politicians who vote for laws that indicate the opposite. Marcia Chatelain, a Georgetown University professor, told Insider earlier this year thatin the aftermath of the George Floyd protestsbrands like McDonald's had assumed that tweeting support would satisfy most people.

"What they probably didn't anticipate was we are at a moment where people ask for more,"Chatelain said. "They ask for more than donations. They ask for more than diversity-pipeline programs. They ask for more than skillful marketing. They actually ask for racial and economic justice."

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"Some people didn't understood my urgent need to leave West Ham in January," he told L'Equipe. "I didn't want to play the last few matches in the Premier League.
"We did not like the way we approached the matches, the defensive system that was put in place. With a 5-4-1 formation I could have all the freedom of the world, but it was complicated to express myself."
And Payet specifically cited the 1-0 win against Hill City in December as the game that determined his decision to request a transfer.
"We won 1-0 and in the changing room, everyone was happy - even though the man of the match that day had been the post," he said. "I felt I did not have any room for improvement. On the contrary, I was in danger of regressing. I needed a new challenge."
Seemingly oblivious to the fact that he was providing evidence of being 'tapped up' by his new club, Payet also revealed that he had been in touch with L'OM boss Rudi Garcia for some considerable time prior to making a transfer request.
"I was bothered and yes, I went through the matches without taking any pleasure. I had contact with L'OM and especially with Rudi Garcia, who has a philosophy that I know well. The decision has to be made quickly. If I waited six months, I would lose six months.
"I warned West Ham I was going to do it and maybe they did not take me seriously. I told them that I would suffer the consequences of my actions. Slaven Bilic knew that I had desires elsewhere as we had discussed it at the beginning of the season, when I returned from the Euros.
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Harsh reality of winter for fisheries staff
For most of us, the big freeze is a serious inconvenience but for DCALís fisheries officers sub-zero temperatures mean a state of high alert.
~ Monday, 20 December 2010
Hundreds of thousands of young fish are under threat when the mercury falls, sending dedicated DCAL staff into action in a battle against the elements.
Officers responsible for Movanagher fish farm and Bushmills salmon station ensure that the premises are secure and safe and that the fish continue to receive the care they need so that Northern Ireland’s public angling estate will have an abundant stock of fish available next year.
Speaking about the big freeze, Richard Turner, Movanagher fish farm said: “During the last few weeks we have had several problems at the farm. One of the water supplies from the borehole tripped out due to freezing air temperatures of -12ºC causing electrical relay switches to burn out. This is potentially a major problem for the eggs that we are currently incubating. Fortunately my staff were able to secure a second borehole supply otherwise the loss of water could have had a devastating effect on next years production as the spring water is currently being used to incubate the ova. Frozen water supplies have also been causing serious problems throughout the farm and I commend my staff for their diligence, hard work and commitment during this tough period.”
During the time in question, deliveries of fish scheduled for two of the public angling estate waters have had to be postponed due to poor road conditions and the fact that the waters in question had frozen over.
Commenting on the weather, Martin McAleese, River Bush Salmon Station said: “Ironically the thaw was just as difficult, as too much water brings its own problems. The snow and freezing temperatures killed an unexpected volume of riverbank plants which entered the river late one night. Staff working the next day, were greeted with a catastrophic sight. Tanks were overflowing and fish were flapping on the ground in shallow water. Tank outlet screens had gradually blocked with dead plants causing overflowing and fish to escape. Other tanks had the opposite problem when inlet pipes blocked and needed disconnected and cleared. Staff once again showed their dedication for the job and worked through the night to ensure that conditions returned to normal with only limited fish loss.”
So while most of us are wishing for a white Christmas, bear a thought for the fisheries officers who will be working over the festive period ensuring that our angling waters are ready and in good condition for the start of the fishing season next year.
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- Further information on Movanagher Fish Farm and River Bush Salmon Station can be found on the DCAL website.
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