On 7 October 2013 the Daily Mail led with another attack on the European Court of Human Rights. Under the headline “Human right to make a killing” it referred to a “damning dossier” which was said to show that Judges in Strasbourg had paid out £4.4 million to some of Britain’s worst criminals.
All this was used as ammunition to support those who want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights – although the Mail is now, apparently, considering using it to attack the Royal Charter on Press Regulation.
In a highly unusual move, the Court of Human Rights has hit back. The Registrar of the Court has issued a statement accusing British newspapers, including the Mail, of publishing “misleading reports”. As Joshua Rozenberg notes in the Guardian, this appears to the first time that the Registrar has responded formally to media reports of the Court’s work.
The Registrar’s statement is worth reproducing in full:
“Several British newspapers have this week published articles based on a table produced in Westminster in response to a written parliamentary question. The common theme of the articles is that judgments from the European Court of Human Rights since 1998 have caused the UK government to make substantial payments to successful applicants, the clear suggestion being that this constitutes a massive payout to criminals. The figure cited is £4.4 million.
“However, the way in which this has been presented is seriously misleading. First, the figure of £4.4 million includes legal costs as well as compensation. The calculation of the total paid in respect of compensation by the UK since 1998 (as opposed to compensation and costs taken together) is in fact in the region of £1.7 million, less than half the figure of £4.4million.
“The failure to distinguish between compensation and costs creates the impression that applicants were awarded significantly more compensation than they really were and that the sums indicated were for the applicants’ sole benefit. For example, one of the articles suggested that Mustafa Abdi “pocketed £7,237”, whereas in reality he was awarded €1,500 in compensation. It is also indicated that applicant Douglas Vinter was “awarded £34,500”, although he was accorded no compensation whatsoever, the sum cited relating solely to costs and expenses.
“A significant proportion of the amounts referred to were therefore paid to lawyers. The particularly high level of legal fees in the U.K. compared with other Council of Europe countries means that in British cases costs normally exceed compensation. One example would be the case of Financial Times and Others v. the UK in which the Financial Times, the Independent, the Guardian, the Times and Reuters were awarded a total of €160,000 in costs, but received no compensation.
“The articles also imply that the sums in question were invariably paid to criminals. According to one headline “Judges in Strasbourg paid out £4.4 million to some of Britain’s worst criminals”. It is simply not true to suggest that all the applicants in respect of whom the Court has found violations since 1998 were criminals.
“For example, Mr McElduff and his fellow applicants (in Tinnelly and Sons and Others and McElduff and Others v. the UK) were self-employed joiners who were blacklisted from public works contracts because they were catholics, A. (in A v. the UK) was a 12 year old boy who was assaulted by his step father, the Osman family (in Osman v. the UK) the widow and son of man murdered by a stalker and David and Carol Glass (in Glass v. the UK) a disabled child and his mother.
“The calculations were based on the figure of 202 cases “lost” by the United Kingdom over this period (a figure described as “staggering” in one article). That figure has to be set against the total number of applications brought against the UK over the same period, namely 13,515. In other words the cases “lost” represented 1.5% of the cases examined.
“Finally, some of the articles cited a familiar refrain that “because they are political appointees many of the Court’s judges are not even legal experts”. This is simply not the case. Judges are not appointed but elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, composed of delegations from national parliaments, including Westminster. A list of three candidates is put forward by the Government, but before the Assembly proceeds to the election the list is vetted by an independent international panel of senior judicial figures to ensure that the candidates satisfy the Convention criteria that they must “either possess the qualifications required for appointment to high judicial office or be jurisconsults of recognised competence”. In other words they must be shown to be ‘legal experts.’ The judges on the Court come from different professional legal backgrounds, judges, academics, practitioners, but there are absolutely no grounds for alleging that they are not legal experts.
“The Court naturally understands that some of its decisions in sensitive areas give rise to criticism. The operation of the rule of law will not always tally with public opinion and it would be surprising if all its judgments were popular with governments.
“However, it is concerned about the frequent misrepresentation of its activities in the British media, the confusion between the costs (awarded in all properly functioning judicial systems) and compensation being one example of how a distorted picture of the Court’s decisions and work has been put forward.”


text: Nuwayri is the patronymic of a celebrated Arabian historian of the 8th century. of the Hegira, whose complete name was AHMED IBNA-ABID-AL-WAHHAB ALBEKR, AL-TEYMI AL-KISND, and who was further distinguished by the honorable surname of Shehabu-d-din (bright star of religion). He was born at Nuwayreh, a small town of the province of Bahnassd, in Egypt, in the year 682 of the Hegira (A.D. 1283-84). Nuwayri distinguished himself as a theologian of the sect of Shafei, and also as a rhetorician and grammarian, and he wrote several works on these subjects, the titles of which have not reached us. But the work which has made Nuwavri "known among European scholars is his Nehdyetu-ldrab fi fonzuni-ladab. a sort of cyclopedia, consisting of thirty books or volumes, and divided into five "fen" (subjects), each of which is further subdivided into "kasm" (sections), containing each a certain number of "bab" (chapters). The first four "fen" treat of the physical sciences and .the several branches of natural history and moral philosophy. The fifth and last, which is likewise the most valuable for Europeans, is wholly occupied with a history of the Mohammedan, settlements both in the East and West. The sixth "bab" (chapter) of the same contains a narrative of the conquest of Africa, Spain, and Sicily by the Saracens, together with a chronological history of the sultans of the family of Umeyah, who filled the throne of Cordova from A.H. 138 to 428 (A.D. 755 to 1036), and a short account of the principal events of their, reigns. Nuwayri died, according to Haji Khalfah, in the year 732 of the Hegira.

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“Community Thread” is one of the art installations to be featured at this year’s True/False Film Fest. In keeping with the 2023 theme, “This is a Test,” the squares of this 9-by-9-foot quilt will be test swatches created by YOU to try out various creative techniques. Before the Fest, the lead artists will put the quilt together and display it with the Columbia Art League. We invite you to come create your own square to be featured at the Fest at this workshop
All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring in your favorite materials! We encourage you to use the hashtag #tf2023quilt to share your quilt square on social media.
Adults or ages 12 and older. Please register.
The library will host two "Community Thread" workshops. See both sessions here.
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Micro-syntactic variation in North American English / Raffaella Zanuttini and Laurence Horn
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Machine generated contents note: 1.North American English: Exploring the Syntactic Frontier / Raffaella Zanuttini -- 2.SO [totally] Speaker-oriented: An Analysis of "Drama SO" / Patricia Irwin -- 3.Affirmative Semantics with Negative Morphosyntax: Negative Exclamatives and the New England So Auxn't NP/DP Construction / Jim Wood -- 4.Force, Focus, and Negation in African American English / Lisa Green -- 5.Transitive Expletives in Appalachian English / Judy B. Bernstein -- 6.The Syntax and Semantics of Personal Datives in Appalachian English / Grant Armstrong -- 7.Iron Range English Reflexive Pronouns / Sara S. Loss -- 8.This Syntax Needs Studied / Elspeth Edelstein -- 9.We might should be thinking this way: Theory and Practice in the Study of Syntactic Variation / J. Daniel Hasty -- 10.Addressing the Problem of Intra-speaker Variation for Parametric Theory / Christina Tortora -- 11.Afterword: Microvariation in Syntax and Beyond / Laurence R. Horn.
- Comparative work on linguistic varieties that are overall very similar can help us determine where and how exactly grammatical systems differ from one another, and how they change over time. This book explores a range of data on unfamiliar constructions across regional and social dialects.
- 9780199367245 (ebook)
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There’s a fundamentally volatile, empathically compelling core about Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, more akin to an over-budgeted experiential art film than what might pass as a narrative in the conventional sense, especially for summer blockbusters and their perennial fetish for stories of self-actualization. In Dunkirk, characters are ciphers, stripped of anything resembling backstory. They are defined only by the minutiae of how they react to peril of the moment. Nolan strives not to detail, from above, the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of British soldiers after the failed British invasion of German-occupied France during WWII. Instead, he works over-time to feverishly emblazon the past in highly subjective, ground-level cinematic strokes. An experiment in the moment, in an eternal present-tense, Dunkirk is a stark refutation (within blockbuster confines) of the tendentiousness of narrative where moments are primarily valuable for the pay-offs and catharsis they will lead to in a theoretical future. Continue reading
Now in its third and possibly final film, the 21st century Planet of the Apes series has shuttled audiences from the thickets of armed revolt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) to the middle passage of Greek Tragedy (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes). With War for the Planet of the Apes, we’ve now descended into an even more classical and essentially mythological register. While Shakespeare was the obvious focal point in Dawn, director Matt Reeves and co-writer Marck Bomback double-down on the Biblical aspirations of the original series with this trilogy-conclusion, rendering War an heir apparent to the Cecil B. Demille Bible epics of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.
Throughout the early portions of War for the Planet of the Apes, protagonist Caesar (Andy Serkis) leaves his apes to mount a personal mission, but the rest of his colony begins an arduous trek through a desert, a setting and adventure which lays bare the Biblical aspirations and allegorical, metaphysical meditations at stake here. However, while this promises an arid climate, most of War shuttles us with Caesar into the frigid mountains of the Pacific Northwest, where cinematographer Michael Seresin can bombard Caesar and his close friends with a white, frosty holocaust, the tundra of the soul. Caesar’s mission is to hunt and kill the villainous enigma known as the Colonel (Woody Harrelson), whose abstraction of a name also reminds us that War is, at heart, a mythological allegory. The Colonel, obsessed with killing all of ape-kind, led a midnight raid on Caesar’s home from which not all emerged unscathed, and Caesar and his closest advisors, including sensitive and world-weary orangutan Maurice (Karin Konoval) and chimpanzee Rocket (Terry Notary), are on the proverbial war-path. Continue reading
Among the five original Planet of the Apes pictures, 1972’s Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is undeniably the most obvious forebear to the modern trilogy. A review of this most unheralded picture in honor of the conclusion of the new trilogy.
Human characters run toward the screen with imprisoned apes in tow, and a quavering camera courtesy of cinematographer Bruce Surtees trembles in reverse, as if cowering in fear. This hand-held style already puts us on a different, more unstable footing than the more classically composed delights of the original 1968 Planet of the Apes, but we’re in a film that is almost as good. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is also, in some sense, the closest analogue in the classic series to the beginning of the 2010’s series revamp, depicting the “conquest” that would become the “rise” in 2011. If anything, Conquest is even more explicit in its allegorical and essentially revolutionary nature than the modern films. Right in the thick of political disfiguration and social unrest, Conquest has Black Power on the mind and in the eyes, more overtly so than nearly any non-blaxploitation film of the ‘70s. Also suggesting America’s little venture into Vietnam, screenwriter Paul Dehn and director J. Lee Thompson hurtle right into the belly of the beast with guerilla aplomb. So many are wont to call Planet of the Apes “thinking person’s sci-fi” that they overlook how a red-hot screed like Conquest aims right for the gut. Continue reading
I so wanted to write some nonsense about Andy Serkis in War of the Planet of the Apes and in The Lord of the Rings films to make this connection, but really I had these reviews on my computer, and I guess that’s as good a reason as any.
Only fifteen odd years but many Hollywood eons ago, Peter Jackson’s much-vaunted trilogy was the commercial and critical darling of the cinematic world. It enraptured both fair-weather film attendees and cinephiles alike, and it could seemingly do no wrong. Its reputation hasn’t flagged at all. Although time salves the reptile brain’s immediate magnetic attraction to Jackson’s visual splendor, the trilogy has never truly been framed and squared-off into a museum piece, a taxidermied old classic to rest on the mantle rather than a lively, kicking thing to unsettle your ribs to this day. It isn’t a whirlwind of living and breathing sensations any more, but if the paint has dried, it hasn’t chipped, let’s say. All these years later, why do the films settle so cozily into the imagination while so many other blockbusters of the time are more like skeletons on an abandoned summer-time battlefield of the mind? Continue reading
The initial conflict begins without any clarity or certainty of agency. The causes do not match the effects, an early primer for director Sam Fuller’s hard-headed humanism and his eye and ear for the absurdism of conflict and a life that doesn’t conform to our rituals. A kind of retrospective parody of the famous D-Day invasion from Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan – all gung-ho violence and viciously unsentimental grandiose hell-raising – The Big Red One’s opening scene finds a platoon of Americans disappointed that they’re fighting Vichy French (co-collaborators of the Germans, or at least those acquiescent to Nazi might). The Americans rush to a line of barbed wire. A French general orders his men to fire with a machine gun placement. His man disagrees. The general kills him. The general’s underling shoots the general, who falls on the machine gun, setting it off accidentally. A brief skirmish that mounts to nothing starts. It’s over as soon as it starts. Fate, or chance, or whatever, seems to stack the pieces in favor of assault no matter who tries to stop it, as though the universe wanted them to start a conflict and then pitilessly lost interest in the human’s actions immediately. Whether the men are competent or not has nothing to do with it. Continue reading
Ever since the truly sublime Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch “Salad Days”, Sam Peckinpah has been something of a punchline for critics who reduce him to the rampant Novocaine of violence opiating the masses. His only proper war film, Cross of Iron, is not a full-throated rejoinder to that criticism, but it certainly problematizes the animating cinematic thrill of, say, The Wild Bunch. It’s not an abandonment of violence, though, so much as a rough and rowdy revision, punchy in the typical Peckinpah milieu but more decrepit and alienated from its bloodletting.
The introduction is a little over-baked, but it works as a sort of amuse-bouche for Peckinpah’s exceedingly dry comic sensibility, with a documentary video-reel of Nazi imagery marinated in an overtly condescending, cheeky military march. Great stuff, and it reveals a truly mordant sense of humor underneath Peckinpah’s usually stone-faced cinematic exteriors. Peckinpah also inverts the famous opening credits of The Wild Bunch, where color soldiers unsympathetically flash into still-photo black-and-white as if to trap them in time and enervate them of life-blood. Here, the black and white footage flashes into static blood-red, as if the distanced and denatured imagery of the past is being provocatively reinstated as a bloody present. Continue reading
Ahh, the wonderful world of John Boorman, that perennial cinematic oscillator between the realm of exhausted greatness (Point Break, Deliverance) and spirited atrocity (Zardoz and Exorcist II). The man just eludes categorization, except that all of his films seem to share a pure and unabashed self-centeredness. Yet many of his best films paradoxically stamp themselves in the director’s personality not through baroque visual extravaganzas but through thriller minimalism. His greatest achievements are not screeds radiating shards of discontent or phantasmagorical whirlygusts of excitement. Deliverance and Point Break are white-knuckle, certainly, but they are also thoroughly dog-tired, whipped features, spent forces rather than self-propagating fires of combustion. Continue reading


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Hernias are a relatively common medical condition in which a weak spot in the abdominal wall leads to a protrusion of an organ, such as the stomach, diaphragm, or bowel. Every year, tens of thousands of Americans suffer from hernias, and over half a million hernia repair surgeries are performed annually. Surgical hernia mesh implants have become popular as fast fixes, but there may be risks that medical device manufacturers are not disclosing to doctors—or to patients. Here’s what you need to know about hernia mesh surgery, the health risks of a defective mesh, and how to get legal help if you have been hurt.
What Is a Hernia Mesh?
A surgical hernia mesh is a type of implantable medical device sometimes used in hernia repair, as well as other types of reconstructive surgery. Meshes are designed to provide support to the damaged tissue and provide a surface to promote healing and closure of the injury.
Surgical meshes may be made entirely of synthetic material or may be made from porcine (pig) or bovine (cow) tissue. Synthetic meshes may be permanent implants, or may be designed to dissolve partially or entirely in the body; animal-derived meshes are typically designed to be absorbed by the body over time.
Unfortunately, hernia mesh implants are not without risks, and may be more trouble than they are worth. As with any device placed inside the body, they are prone to failure, especially when the mesh device is defective. There are multiple manufacturers of surgical hernia mesh products that may be defective, including the following companies:
- Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary company
- Atrium Medical
- Bard Davol
- Covidien (now known as Medtronic Covidien)
Several mesh products from different manufacturers have already been recalled from the market, but many more remain available. Some of the potentially defective surgical meshes include the following products:
- Atrium C-Qur Mesh
- Bard Davol 3DMax
- Bard Davol Composix Kugel Mesh
- Bard Davol Composix E/X Mesh
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- Ethicon Physiomesh
- Medtronic Covidien Parietex Mesh
- All Bard Davol Marlex polypropylene-constructed mesh products
Many surgical mesh products also see a wide variety of use outside of hernia repair, particularly including transvaginal implants for pelvic prolapse, urinary incontinence, as well as other types of reconstructive surgeries where tissue support is critical.
Surgical Hernia Mesh Complications
Mesh failure can come with dangerous side effects and life-threatening complications. Potential complications of a hernia mesh repair failure include the following medical issues:
- Bacterial infections, abscess, or sepsis
- Pain, swelling, or inflammation at the mesh site
- Fevers and chills
- Chronic pain
- Reoccurrence of the hernia
- Internal adhesions
- Mesh migration
- Bowel obstructions or organ perforations
Complications may happen in the days or weeks after surgery, but issues have also been known to appear months or even years after the procedure.
Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
Many patients who have suffered from severe side effects caused by a surgical mesh implant have begun filing suits against the manufacturers. One of the earliest lawsuits over the Composix Kugel Mesh, a product which was recalled three times by the Food and Drug Administration in three years, resulted in a $1.5 million award to a patient over alleged product defects. Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon, Atrium Medical, and Medtronics Covidien all have faced similar lawsuits by thousands as patients continue to seek relief from the costs of repeat surgeries and other treatments for defective mesh implants, as well as lost time and wages, pain and suffering, and more.
If you or someone you love has suffered harm as a result of a defective surgical hernia mesh implant, Wayne Wright LLP would like to hear from you. We make it our job to stand up for the rights of victims who have suffered due to defective medical devices and dangerous drugs, and we are here to help you when you need it most.
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Set in the near future, Carapace is a dystopic look at the influence technology has on our ability to grieve those we have lost.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The short film Carapace follows Mara as she grapples with an addiction to a new tech that allows her to virtually relive memories. She has been using it to spend time with her late partner, Sam. We find her as she attempts to cut herself off from this virtual world once and for all. As with most goodbyes, it does not go as she expects.
The film will shoot over three days on the Northern California coast. After completion, it will enter the festival circuit.
Writer/Director Tobin Sanson is a seasoned filmmaker looking to tell exciting and challenging stories that push us to question the status quo of our world. Autym Sanson and May Daniels are set to start in the film. Jake Bianco will photograph.
The film is currently in the funding stage, seeking contributions via Kickstarter. The film's campaign is live through November 19th.
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Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. This week, heed the Call of the Crusade in Wrath of the Lich King Classic™ beginning on June 20 and culminating in the release of the Trial of the Crusader, Trial of the Grand Crusader, and level 80 Onyxia’s Lair on June 22. Then, mark your calendars—Dragonflight: Fractures in Time goes live on July 11!
Mark your calendars, the next Dragonflight content update goes live on July 11, bringing with it a clutch of new content, including:
Stay tuned here to the official World of Warcraft news site as we journey through the week together.

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A calibration syringe is a type of syringe that is used to measure and dispense accurate volumes of liquid. They are often used in scientific and medical settings to measure and dispense small amounts of liquid, such as in the preparation of Solutions Most calibration syringes have a graduation mark on the barrel that indicates the volume of liquid in the syringe. The graduation marks are usually in milliliters (mL) or microliters (μL). To use the syringe, you simply draw the desired amount of liquid into the syringe barrel and then dispense it. Calibration syringes are very precise instruments and are typically used when accuracy is critical. For example, they may be used to measure small volumes of liquid for use in scientific experiments or to dispense precise amounts of medication. There are many different types of calibration syringes available on the market. Some are designed for specific applications, such as those used in the food industry, while others are more general-purpose. You can also find syringes with different barrel sizes, nozzle sizes, and graduation marks.
A calibration syringe has a label that identifies its model, serial number, date, and calibrated volume. The volume standard for spirometer calibration is provided in a calibration syringe calibrated with a mechanical stop that is accurate and repeatable.
Each tuberculin syringe is calibrated in 0.01 increments with large markings at 0, and every 0.04 mL increments, including every 0.01 mL increments, is 0.475 mL. The maximum capacity of a tuberculin syringe is determined by the number of tubes it can contain: 0.5 mL or 1 mL.
What Is A Syringe Calibration?
A syringe calibration is the process of verifying the accuracy of a syringe. This is done by measuring the volume of liquid that is dispensed by the syringe and comparing it to the known volume. The syringe must be calibrated to within a certain tolerance in order to be considered accurate.
How To Calibrate A Syringe
Please read the following information to calibrate a syringe. The plunger must be removed from the syringe. It is critical to ensure that the calibrated volume is visible. By pushing the plunger down all the way, you can accurately calibrate the volume of the syringe. If the calibration volume is not visible, make sure the syringe is upright. Check that the plunger is functioning properly. Check that the calibrated volume is visible.
What Is The Calibration On A 5ml Syringe?
To measure the dose, the top ring of the plunger tip must be lined with a calibration marking (the arrow points in that direction). As a result, it contains 5mL of liquid. When reading the amount of liquid in a syringe, avoid using the dome or the lower ring of the plunger tip.
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The Hamilton syringes are serialized and have a Certificate of Calibration that is NIST traceable to ensure long-term compliance with the National Instruments Standards and Technology. All Hamilton syringes achieve 1% accuracy at 80% of their nominal volume. To ensure accurate vaccine doses, it is critical to calibrate a tuberculin syringe.
What Are Tuberculin Syringes Calibrated In?
A tuberculin syringe is a type of syringe that is used to measure very small doses of liquid. They are usually calibrated in milliliters (mL), but they can also be calibrated in microliters (μL).
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A tuberculin syringe’s calibration is measured in milliliters (mL). A tuberculin syringe is used to administer drugs in smaller volumes, such as vaccines, hormones, and allergens used in allergy tests.
What Type Of Syringe Is Calibrated In Units?
When calibrated, syringes are held at a specific volume. A 1-mL syringe must be calibrated in hundredths of a second, while a 3-mL syringe must be calibrated in tenths of a second. For larger volumes, such as 5-mL, 10-mL, and 12-mL syringes, calibrated syringes should be placed in fifths (two tenths) of a second.
A unit of insulin is a unit of mass. To convert insulin units to milliliters, multiply the number by 100. You can divide the amount of insulin obtained by multiplying the number of U-100 units by 100 to get 0.07 ml. You will be able to inject 0.14 ml of insulin into a syringe if you draw it up into the level of the syringe’s plunger, then press it all the way down. To give yourself this amount of insulin, a 1 ml syringe would be required. If you needed 8 U-100 insulin units, you’d divide them 8 by 100 to get 0.08 ml. 0.08 ml of insulin should be drawn from a syringe by first pressing the plunger halfway down and then drawing it up to the level of the syringe. If you needed 9 U-100 insulin units, divide the number by 100 to get 0.1 ml. Simply draw 0.1 ml of insulin from a needle and then push the plunger down all the way until it is about the size of a dime. The amount of insulin required will vary according to the number of units, but if you need ten U-100 units, divide the number by 100 for a total of 0.1 mL. When injecting 0.1 ml of insulin into a syringe, begin by drawing the insulin up to the level of the syringe’s plunger and then pushing it down until it hits the plunger.
The Importance Of Using The Same Syringe Size When Measuring Multiple Doses
If you’re measuring a dosage in milliliters, use the same syringe size for multiple doses. When measuring each dose of medication, for example, a 3mL syringe should be used; for example, if you want to measure 3mL, a 3mL syringe should be used. Because of the variety of sizes available, the proper measurement of medication must be precise.
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A calibration syringe is a syringe that is used to calibrate or adjust the calibration of a medical device. The syringe is filled with a known volume of liquid, and the device is calibrated to dispense that volume.
Spirometry Calibration Syringe
A spirometry calibration syringe is a syringe that is used to calibrate a spirometer. A spirometer is a device that is used to measure the volume of air that is inhaled and exhaled by a person. The spirometer calibration syringe is used to set the zero point on the spirometer.
The Importance Of A Calibrated Spiromete
Spirometry is used for respiratory health by physicians. If the device is not calibrated, it will not perform the tests correctly. It is critical to calibrate the spirometer on a daily basis in order to ensure that test results are accurate.
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A calibration syringe is a precision instrument that is used to measure the volume of liquids. The Medikro ® calibration syringe is made of stainless steel and is precision machined to ensure accuracy. This syringe is calibrated in increments of 0.1 mL and can be used to measure volumes from 0.1 mL to 10 mL.
Spirometer Calibration Check Is Important For Accurate Test Results
During the calibration check, the spirometer is checked to ensure that it is operational and producing accurate test results. If the spirometer’s calibration limit is not met, its results may be inaccurate.


Must-see Maui Film Festival picks for music lovers
Among the new music-themed films and documentaries screening at the 2014 Maui Film Festival, reggae fans will not want to miss “Journey to Jah,” about international reggae stars Gentleman (from Germany) and Alborosie (from Italy) and their love for reggae’s spiritual homeland.
Gentleman (born Tilman Otto) dropped out of school at 16 and traveled to Jamaica to live with a farming family. In time, he teamed with established Jamaican artists like Morgan Heritage, Capleton and Luciano and sold more than a million records.
Inspired by reggae’s conscious roots, Alborosie also dropped out of school and moved to Jamaica, where he was eventually accepted by Trenchtown’s Rasta community.
This unique documentary, shot over seven years, examines the spiritual and political foundations of reggae. Helping unravel some of Jamaica’s paradoxes are Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, singer Jack Radics, dancehall star Richie Stephens, and “Kingstonlogic’s” Terry Lynn. “God lives here, but Satan too,” notes Alborosie.
An Audience Award winner at the Zurich Film Festival, it screens tonight at 10 in Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater. The director is flying in from Germany to attend.
Emmy Award-winning directors Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson illuminate the joys and struggles of an extraordinary transgender native-Hawaiian teacher, who embodies the ancient mahu tradition in the new documentary, “Kumu Hina,” screening tonight at 6 at Castle. A respected and beloved kumu and cultural scholar at Oahu’s Halau Lokahi charter school, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu opened her unique world to the filmmakers.
“Everyone is a part of the larger whole, and the Hawaiian way of life requires acceptance and aloha for all,” says Hina. The soundtrack includes music by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole and Keali’i Reichel.
British actress Keira Knightley stars as a singer/songwriter in the charming, new romantic comedy, “Begin Again.” A hit at the Toronto International Film Festival, this musical drama is directed by John Carney, who made the Academy Award-winning musical, “Once.”
Teaming up with a former record executive played by Mark Ruffalo, Knightley’s character embarks on an adventure across New York, recording her songs in alleyways, rooftops, parks and subway stations. The cast also includes Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, The Voice’s CeeLo Green, and rapper Mos Def. It screens Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in McCoy Studio Theater.
Anyone familiar with the music of acclaimed Scottish indie band Belle and Sebastian will especially enjoy the crowd-pleasing musical, “God Help the Girl,” screening Saturday at 10 p.m. at the Celestial Cinema.
Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch directs, setting his debut feature in the bohemian fantasia of Glasgow’s West End, where kids routinely break into song and dance.
Influenced by vintage pop movies like the Beatles’ “A Hard Days Night,” this stylish film is elevated by a terrific cast, which includes Emily Browning, Olly Alexander and Hannah Murray, who play three misfits drawn together to create pop gems over the course of a languid summer.
A must for jazz fans and all who find delight in truly inspirational stories, “Keep On Keepin’ On” spotlights the remarkable career of jazz giant Clark Terry.
An Audience Award winner at the Tribeca Film Festival, this heartwarming documentary follows Terry, now 93 and in failing health, in his quest to mentor Justin Kauflin, a blind piano prodigy.
One of the most recorded musicians in jazz, whom Dizzy Gillespie once hailed as the greatest trumpet player in history, in later years Terry realized that his greatest joy came from helping young music students achieve their dreams.
A beautiful, poignant film, “Keep On Keepin On” pays tribute to a trumpet player with the “happiest sound in jazz,” mixing vintage clips with contemporary interviews with artists like Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock and Arturo Sandoval, who all extol his genius. It screens at 3 p.m. Sunday in Castle Theater.
And finally a feel-good romantic comedy from the U.K., “Cuban Fury” employs a fiery Latin soundtrack by Tito Puente, Willie Coln and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra to weave a tale of a former champion salsa dancer seeking to reclaim his mojo on the dance floor and win the heart of his American boss. It screens at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Seaside Cinema.
* The 2014 Maui Film Festival will be held through Sunday. Visit www.mauifilmfestival.com.
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Join us for the 30th Annual Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering, January 18-21st. A festival of Western music, poetry, and storytelling. Performed by top Western artists; including Barry Ward, Jerry Brooks and many more. Come see us at the American Mountaineering Center, Golden, CO. More information ...more details.
In 1978, when Pete Wernick, Tim O’Brien, Nick Forster and Charles Sawtelle came together as a band, their chemistry soon generated an exciting and soulful new style of bluegrass, showcasing their formidable talents as instrumentalists, songwriters, and innovators. Grounded in the bluegrass tradition ...more details.
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Don’t Miss the 2019 Martin Luther King Day Talent Show of Boulder Presented by Kenneth Flowe Each year a portion of the proceeds go to a different organization. Last year they went to the I Have a Dream Foundation. This year the will go to:KGNU Radio Talent, Music, Excitement, Celebration Tell ...more details.
The piece group, The Lonesome Days, are Colorado natives based out of Denver, Colorado. They are known for their high energy, heartfelt songs and powerful vocals. They will also be joined by Bridget Law, another Colorado native. Bridget Law is a virtuoso violinist. They will be joined by special gue ...more details.
Venue: The Fox Theatre
Rustic Rockers, Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore, will be returning for their annual show at Daniels Hall. They will be bringing their friends, The Hamkickers Club, and also adding some new aspects to their live show.
Venue: Daniels Hall
Reggae legends, The Wailers, bless Boulder with a live show. They will be joined by Selasee & The Fafa Family. They are long time veterans, former band for Bob Marley and continue to have a following for decades. A live band that is impressive and talented.
Venue: The Fox Theatre
The Winter Walkabout Music Showcase will take place between 2:00PM - 9:00PM in Downtown Longmont. It will include over 30 performances with more than a dozen venues and plenty of food choices. Bonnie & The Clydes will be headlining and closing out the night at Dickens Opera House.
Artist: Winter Walkabout Music Showcase
Venue: Downtown Longmont
Stefon Alexander, also known as P.O.S, returns to Denver for the ten year anniversary tour. P.O.S has done his best to combine punk philosophy, explosive vocals, and energetic beats into his music. It is the perfect marriage of hardcore punk and hip hop.
Venue: The Marquis Theatre
LP is a singer-songwriter who wears her song’s messages on her sleeves and has the voice to back it up. Joachim Cooder is a musician with a unique approach and comforting sound. This radio taping will be an intimate performance from two prolific and original artists.
Venue: eTown Hall
Authentic, veteran Dub artist, Lee “Scratch” Perry, graces Denver with some of the most authentic and original dub music in the world. He will be performing ‘Blackboard Jungle’ for it’s 40th anniversary. It will be the first time this album will be played completely live.
Artist: Lee "Scratch" Perry
Yawl is the wonderfully-unlikely-sounding collaboratory project from Denver maniac Ancient Mith and Dot. They are boldly choosing to seek out and walk new paths, new ways; new destinations together. Young thoughts emerging from old minds, and unbelievably killer live.
Venue: Moe's BBQ, Englewood, CO
KGNU Community Radio and Lion's Lair Quarterly Showcase is back with another one this one is stacked with a wide range of genres and styles. This quarter we are celebrating local Denver and Boulder music from local artists. The Milk Blossoms : https://themilkblossoms.bandcamp.com/ Lady Gang ...more details.
Venue: Lion's Lair, Denver CO


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Stellar year for Swiss franc, tied for best-performing major currency.
End to negative rates, FX interventions, and safety flows helped.
Next week's SNB decision and risk tone could decide franc's fate.
Flying under the radar
Even though it hasn’t attracted many headlines, the Swiss franc has gone on a silent winning streak. It is virtually tied with the British pound as the top-performing currency of this year, while it has gained more than 3% against both the US dollar and the euro. Against the bruised Japanese yen, the franc has appreciated by around 15%, pushing the franc/yen cross to new record highs.
Several elements lie behind this impressive performance. First and foremost has been the Swiss National Bank’s exit from negative interest rates. With the central bank raising rates back into positive territory, global depositors are no longer penalized for parking their cash in Switzerland.
Direct FX interventions have also played a role. The SNB has been active in the currency market for a long time, but last year it flipped from a net-seller of francs to a net-buyer, in an attempt to strengthen the currency and exert downward pressure on imported inflation.
This can be seen through sight deposits at the SNB, which are considered a proxy for foreign currency purchases. Sight deposits have fallen sharply over the past year, revealing that the central bank has been actively selling foreign currencies and buying francs on the open market.
A quiet flight to safety likely helped the franc too. Because of Switzerland’s chronic current account surplus, the franc often acts like a safe haven instrument, especially when the Eurozone economy encounters trouble. With business surveys warning the Eurozone is headed for a mild recession, this dynamic probably came into play.
What’s next? All eyes on SNB
Looking ahead, there are both positives and negatives on the horizon. Arguing in favor of further franc gains is the worsening economic data pulse in Europe and China, which might continue to fuel safe-haven flows.
Any correction in high-flying US stock markets could have similar effects. That’s a real risk considering that equity valuations are stretched, earnings have been stagnant for three quarters now, and bond yields are trading near their highest levels of this cycle.
However, the Swiss economy has also started to lose steam, which in turn might give the SNB cold feet. In the second quarter, GDP growth was running at just 0.5% from a year ago, slowing down sharply as the stronger franc dampened demand for exports and capital investments stalled.
Similarly, inflation has cooled off. The yearly CPI rate clocked in at 1.6% in August, staying below the central bank’s 2% target for a third month. That said, the SNB anticipated this cooldown in its latest forecasts and still maintained a tightening bias, warning that inflation would reaccelerate next year because of higher electricity and rent prices.
Therefore, the immediate question facing the franc is whether the SNB will raise rates next week. Growth is losing power and recession risks cannot be ignored based on global trends, but at the same time, the recent spike in energy prices could make the SNB even more concerned about stubborn inflationary pressures.
That leaves the SNB with a difficult choice: keep rates unchanged to safeguard economic growth or raise them to eradicate inflation? Market pricing is currently leaning towards no action, assigning a 60% probability for the SNB to pause next week versus 40% for another rate hike.
Whether the European Central Bank raises rates on Thursday will be a key variable in this decision. The SNB usually follows in the ECB’s footsteps, mimicking the moves of its larger neighbor so that interest rate differentials don’t widen too much and put pressure on exchange rates.
Speaking of exchange rates, the SNB’s stance on FX interventions needs to be monitored closely. For now, the SNB is buying francs to dampen imported inflation, but that could change if inflation doesn’t reaccelerate. It’s probably too early for such a shift next week, but it’s a clear risk moving forward.
Blending it all together, the franc’s fortunes will be tied mostly to FX interventions and the global economy. With global growth slowing while the SNB continues to boost the franc through interventions, the near-term landscape seems favorable, even if there is a setback next week in case the SNB holds rates steady.
That said, the franc’s performance will also depend on the currency it is matched against. For instance, the franc could outperform the growth-starved euro, and might also outshine the yen, which has been decimated by Japan’s refusal to abandon negative rates.
The catch is that the franc might struggle to record any further gains against the US dollar, which is backed both by a resilient economy and safe-haven qualities. A period of risk aversion in global markets would benefit both currencies, so the deciding factors might be interest rate and growth differentials, which seem to favor the dollar.
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Right now, Steve Nash is the guy in the “trade him so he can get a ring” spotlight, even though he’s not pushing for a trade.
But if the Lakers keep deteriorating, it’s not impossible to imagine that day coming for Kobe Bryant, either.
Well, it is for Kobe. He told Stephen A. Smith of ESPN he is not leaving the Lakers.
“Why would I want to go somewhere else, that ship sailed in (2007),” Bryant said. “If there was ever a time I was going to move to go play someplace else, that was it. I’m not going to jump ship to chase a sixth ring, it’s just not going to happen.
“It’s going to happen here or it’s not going to happen.”
I’m not sure anyone thought he was leaving at this point, except for a few delusional Knicks fans. But there is your confirmation.
So, how long will he hang around and be a Laker? Kobe wouldn’t put a date on it, but he’s not one to hang on too long.
“You think I’d hang around and average 18 points, 19 points… hell no.”
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- Donald Trump says he’s becoming a Mavericks fan after Mark Cuban’s comments 37
- Report: Michael Jordan shot down Boston draft-day effort to get Charlotte No. 9 pick 30
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- Report: Cavaliers sign Matthew Dellavedova 10
- Heat trade Zoran Dragic, second-rounder to Celtics 11
- Report: Cavaliers trade Brendan Haywood, Mike Miller, two second-round picks to Portland 17

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The boom in Mister Rogers nostalgia rolls on.
On the heels of the Toronto Film Festival debut of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, an album featuring a diverse collection of artists cover songs from the beloved public TV show is coming soon.
Due October 25th, Thank You, Mister Rogers -- Music and Memories is not connected to the movie -- although Rita Wilson, whose husband Tom Hanks co-stars in Neighborhood, is one of the featured vocalists. She sings "Sometimes People Are Good," and tells BroadwayWorld.com why she signed on for the project. "Mister Rogers' melody and lyrics are beautifully integrated together. His words of kindness, acceptance and peace are a classic message."
Micky Dolenz, who sings "Perfectly Beautiful Day," tells us, "Mister Rogers reached a younger [audience] and he made little kids feel safe, warm, and fuzzy like a teddy bear."
The Cowsills put their harmony-driven stamp on "Won't You Be My Neighbor."
Other artists on the collection include Vanessa Williams, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Junior, Lee Greenwood, Jon Secada and Jim Brickman.
The website ThankYouMisterRogers.com offers short clips from each of the 13 songs.


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I have been struggling to decide on what to write for my first post since I started this blog. It has been almost two years since I paid for the domain, and it has sat empty, inactive, ever since. I'm fixing that, starting today.
I have been writing since I was a little kid. Much of it was heavily influenced by the writers I was reading while growing up, as seems to be the case for most people. I filled notebooks with odd stories and snippets. Mostly snippets, which I define as short disorganized idea documents which read poorly by most standards.
As I've aged I have found myself mostly writing pieces from the heart about the things I care for, in sort of an essay-like format. Though, I do still write stories. Short fiction is something I enjoy writing and will probably always enjoy.
My feeling and thought writings, these essays and random postings, have focused on media which has affected me, nostalgia, memories, and identity. I rediscover myself through them and share who I am. It's a way to recover bits of me and a way to bolster myself for the days, months, and years ahead. Without getting these things out I become frustrated and lost.
I have this compulsion to meditate on the things which made me happy throughout my life. These meditations lead me to joy, but they also cause me a considerable amount of trouble. Nostalgia will drive me to seek out whatever I can find through various means, oftentimes leading to unnecessary purchases, confusion, and regret. I get caught in a cycle of buy-sell-trade to chase nostalgia and find that in the end I have nothing but the memories I had before I went off. There's never an end to the emptiness, if it was emptiness that I was actually feeling.
Anyway, my goal here is to write. I hope that by writing here, and at a regular rate, that I can control the urges to chase memories and nostalgia. Maybe this will be my way to reign things in and actually give myself something meaningful to show for having had those memories and feelings.
Also, my father recently passed away, a few days before Christmas. That was a bit of a wake up call, and it forced me to consider where I am in life and what I need to do to not lose myself or the time I have left. In our last conversation he called me a writer, told me that he was proud of me, and that I should write. So, I'm going to write.
Thank you for reading this ramble. I hope that you'll return for future posts and stay with the blog. As far as what you might get out of these posts, I think you'll be able to find a connection with another person and maybe some entertainment along the way. I'll be writing reviews of media and experiences here, from time to time, so these might be appealing to you as well.
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FIR has been registered against an Aligarh Muslim University Female professor and her journalist-husband over the posts they shared on social media, allegedly hurting the morale of the security forces in Kashmir.
The FIR cited an “inappropriate post” in which the assistant professor, whose husband is a journalist based in Occupied Kashmir, referred to the communications blackout in the Valley immediately after the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.
The post talked about “pain” caused by losing contact, “whether it is Chandrayaan or Occupied Kashmir”. The reference was to the ISRO mission that went wrong in September with lander Vikram losing contact after crashing on the moon’s surface.
Indian politician Ashok Pandey, who filed the complaint on November 14 over the weeks-old post, claimed that the comment indicated that she “did not consider Kashmir an integral part of India”.
Huma Parveen, 34, from the AMU’s Mass Communication department has been charged under sections 153-A and 505 (2) of the Indian Penal Code for “promoting enmity” between different groups.


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At the Virtues of Captain America, friend of the Gutter Mark. D. White looks at Avengers #32-3 (Sept. / Oct. 1966). “These two issues are not heavy on ethical content related to Captain America specifically, but it is a particularly timely story… unfortunately. It deals with a white […]
Friend of the Gutter, Mark D. White has a new blog looking at “ethically memorable moments in Captain America’s 50+ years in comics since his Silver Age revival in 1964.” And he begins with Cap in Avengers #4 (1967)!
Friend of the Gutter Mark D. White writes about first issue of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Francis Yu’s Captain America. He focuses on five aspects that “excite [him] going forward.”
Mild-mannered Mark D. White has a double life. By day, he’s a professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. And, well, also by day, he’s a writer on superheroes, philosophy and what we can learn about […]
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Pacific-Standard interviews friend of the Gutter Mark D. White about Marvel’s Civil War and how it illustrates ethical conflicts. “Civil War goes back to these classic ideas of liberty versus security that we, at least in America, have been dealing with intensely since 9/11. When it comes to […]


Jul 17, 2014. I have seen one night cruises for $50 per person and two-night cruises for $99. I have also seen 3 and 4-day Caribbean cruises in an interior room go for $129 per person (yes, that includes food and basic drinks!), not including port fees or taxes. Depending on when you book, you may even be able to book.
It is well known in the industry that while the cruise itself is relatively cheap, the extra payments on board the ships have. Royal Caribbean hasn’t been very active in the buybacks field. The company initiated a new repurchase program a.
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Aug 29, 2017. Although cruises are available year-round, the best time to go depends on your destination, budget and, of course, vacation schedule. Cruisers looking to save money while sailing the seas will need to.
It’s spring, which means, in L.A. at least, that it’s officially rosé season, that time.
April 17 (UPI) –Amy Roloff returned home Sunday after a "fun" cruise with Chris Marek. The 53-year-old television. "The end to a wonderful time on a cruise w/.
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There are some fresh things to see and do on the massive, 228,081-gross-ton ship, the new holder, by about 1,100 gross tons, of the title of world’s largest cruise.
Jul 21, 2017. So instead of just searching for Carnival cruises to the Caribbean in October, you can search every cruise line — potentially finding a cheaper cruise with. Remember, if everyone waited until the wave season deals, then the cruise lines wouldn't have anyone book the other nine months of the year. You'll.
Oct 24, 2017. The cheapest rates for Caribbean cruises are typically offered between September and early January, according to the Cruise Critic information site, with the. Holidays. Many cruise lines decorate their ships for the Thanksgiving through New Years Day holiday season and have special on–board activities.
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Apr 15, 2016. Sometimes it just comes down to knowing when the cruise lines are most likely to offer their best deals. There are set periods when industry-wide sales occur — such as Wave Season (January through March) and Plan a Cruise Month ( October) — but each cruise line also has its own approach to timing.
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Jul 7, 2011. Answer 1 of 9: Was thinking February 2012, but am curious the cheapest time to cruise in the West Caribbean or the Pacific side of Mexico (Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, etc.)? I would be flying. From time to time an agent may have a lower rate due to having blocked off group space before fares were raised.
Jan 31, 2017. Carnival, for example, has a promotional event with special savings, discounts and onboard perks throughout January. Beyond this month, check Carnival's website for more offers. Another popular line, Princess Cruises, offers several " Drop and Go" deals this winter, including a 10-day Caribbean cruise.
Some prefer to go to the Caribbean. the cheapest month of the year to travel to that location. Once that month is assessed, the website then lets you pick departure and return dates that work best with your schedule and budget.
During the week I was there, it was baking hot and mostly sunny, with the occasional refreshing downpour – typical for.
You don't even have to step off of the ship to have a fun-filled vacation when you sail with Royal Caribbean. From relaxing pursuits like mini-golf and yoga to more adventurous options like onboard ice skating, rock climbing, and even zip lining over multiple decks, this fleet has it all. Hang ten on the state-of-the-art Flowrider,
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Mar 12, 2018. What is the cheapest time to cruise? It's a question we get a lot because if you love cruising you want to go as often as possible without going broke. We broke down the best times of year to cruise to save the most money. Here are the cheapest weeks and most expensive weeks to cruise.
That was the message from cruise line executives gathered in Ft. Lauderdale this week for the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Cruise 360 annual.
One of Royal Caribbean's newest ships has arrived, sailing from NJ. You're sure to enjoy an affordable Royal Caribbean cruise when booking with us!. To bridge the transition, Royal Caribbean has expanded itineraries onboard Rhapsody and Vision of the Seas to include new Europe and Transatlantic destinations.
Jul 26, 2010. If you are looking for a similar peak-season cruise but have more time to spare, a 10- to 14-night cruise will easily balloon to $1,200 to $1,800, with sale prices from $1,100. During low season, average mainstream cruise prices are usually priced $200 to $500 less than on the same itineraries in the summer.
caribbean best time book cruise. Photo by Sean Pavone. Best Price: January, May, and September. Best Weather: Hurricane season lasts from June through November, so winter is prime time. We Recommend: Winter is a no-brainer. (Plus , it's colder up north and kids are in school, so ships are less crowded.) Caribbean.
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Jun 26, 2008. The cheapest time to cruise is often when most travelers don't want to go. Alaska has a very short cruising season; ships traverse its northern waters only between May and September. You can sail to the Caribbean year-round, but the best time to go is when it's coldest in the northern hemisphere.
Sep 11, 2015. The ever increasing popularity of cruising these days has been good news for the cruise industry, and with rising numbers of people going on a cruise, prices have also crept up a bit. The good news is there are still deals to be found but you need to be flexible and a little creative when looking for that.
Dec 19, 2017. The cheapest time to cruise is when most travelers don't want to go because of chillier temperatures or inopportune timing (too close to holidays, the start of school, etc.). But the lure of. Bermuda has temperate weather year-round and is less affected by hurricanes than its Caribbean neighbors. If it's too.
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Every American opposed to taxpayer-funded abortion should be aware of a major legislative battle coming in September. When the Senate reconvenes, debate is expected to begin on this year’s Department of Defense (DOD) Authorization bill. Last May, when the Senate Armed Services Committee was putting this bill together, Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) added an amendment that would strike a provision in the U.S. Code that prohibits DOD medical personnel or facilities from performing abortions.
The Burris amendment would – simply put – turn U.S. military facilities into abortion clinics.
Advocates for the amendment argue that the change would not amount to taxpayer funding for abortion, but this is completely false. American taxpayers will be footing the bill for elective abortions by paying for these military facilities, additional equipment, and the use of needed military personnel to perform abortions. Further, more money may be used to search for, hire, and transport new personnel to perform those abortions. From 1993 to 1996, when President Clinton allowed abortions in military facilities, the administration had to seek out civilians to perform the abortions – all military physicians refused to perform or assist in elective abortions.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), arguing on the floor of the Senate that “abortion now is going to be performed in military hospitals,” temporarily stopped this bill from moving forward. But this was only a delay and the Senator is preparing to lead this fight again in the fall. We expect at least one amendment to be offered on the Senate Floor to strike the Burris Amendment. We’ll keep you updated on this important issue. For more information, check out the website of our sister organization, AUL Action.


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30,000 EU nationals live in the UK.
This is wrong, about 3.2 million nationals of other EU countries live in the UK.
“We will be fighting to get the best Brexit we can. We will be fighting first and foremost to do something for the 30,000 EU nationals living in this country which have a terrible shadow of uncertainty over them.”
Diane Abbott MP, 27 January 2017
The figure Ms Abbott uses is wrong.
Around 3.2 million people living in the UK in 2015 were citizens of another EU country—about 5% of the UK population.
Some of them face an uncertain future in the UK, because we don’t yet know what arrangements the UK will make after free movement of citizens comes to an end. The government has so far signalled it aims to protect the long-term status of EU residents here.
Figures from a few years ago suggested that just over half of them arrived between 2006 and 2014.
We’ve written about this before in our piece on EU immigration into the UK.
Figures for 2015 suggest that 1.2 million people born in the UK live in other EU countries, and we’ve looked at those estimates in detail before too.
For the moment we’re assuming that the mistake was a slip of the tongue, but we’ve asked Ms Abbott if she meant to refer to something more specific.
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"Power shift! Power shift!" Cries of hope and fear filled the air on Monday as 3,000 college students, professors and environmentally conscious individuals rallied on the lawn of the Capitol, including nine Goshen College students and Paul Steury, education coordinator at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center.
This gathering topped off a weekend of environmental and social justice education that took place at the annual Power Shift conference. Sessions at the 2009 conference included "Civil Rights, Hip Hop, and the New Eco-Equity Movement," "Global Warming for Dummies" and "Achieving Environmental Justice through Economic Justice."
Keynote speakers included Rocky Anderson, executive director for the High Road for Human Rights and former Salt Lake City mayor; Van Jones, founder and president of Green For All and fellow of the Center for American Progress; and Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx, hailed as New York City's most influential environmentalist and named one of the "25 Most Influential African-Americans" by Essence magazine as well as one of Newsweek magazine's "25 to watch."
Some environmentalists estimate that in the next 50 years more than half of all life will be extinct. We have a responsibility as human beings to save our home. We get one planet, and we have to start undoing and slowing the damage we've done to it.
Power Shift 2009 taught us that the time is now. Everyone has heard about the importance of a sustainable future, but without acting now, we may not have a future to sustain.
One part of Power Shift 2009 was the rally on Capitol Hill. Students also visited the senators of their home state. ALL 50 STATES were represented. The goal was to put climate change legislation at the foremost part of their minds and to let them know that the youth care.
The conference was 12,000 people strong, but those 12,000 people are certainly not the only ones who care about the environment. I encourage you, implore you, to do something about climate change.
We don't have time to meander and pass it off as minor. We are the ones we have been waiting for.


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Dr. Gina Wong, Ph.D., is a Registered Psychologist in Alberta, Canada, and a professor in the Faculty of Health Disciplines at Athabasca University. She specializes in perinatal mental health and has a program of research focused on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and is an educator on the topic. Dr. Wong directs the Centre for Perinatal Psychology and Forensics International. She is the Vice-President of Postpartum Support International Canada that launched on World Maternal Mental Health Day in 2022. She also specializes in maternal mental health forensics and is an expert witness. Dr. Wong is actively involved in developing competency-based understandings in the role of the perinatal mental health expert witness. She has published 4 books, which includes editing Moms Gone Mad published by Demeter Press (Wong, 2012) and co-editing Infanticide and Filicide: Foundations in Maternal Mental Health Forensics published by the American Psychiatric Association (Wong & Parnham, 2021). Dr. Wong received the 2022 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Leadership Award and the 2022 Psychologist of the Year Award from the Psychologists’ Association of Alberta for her work in racial justice and perinatal mental health. Email: firstname.lastname@example.org affiliation is Centre for Perinatal Psychology and Forensics International.

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11 May 2018 - Published by Debbie GlenThe project ‘Kempen2020’ has the ambition to reduce 20% carbon emissions by 2020 in the Campine Region (Covenant of Mayors). All the 29 municipalities of the Campine region support this goal. On 27th April 2018, IOK organised the annual Kempen2020 Event where municipalities and local stakeholders came together for an inspiring afternoon about local climate and energy actions. Energy Challenges was one of the topics on the agenda. The Sint Pietersinstituut of Turnhout gave an interview about the school’s climate ambitions.
Representatives of the 29 municipalities of the Campine Region (mayors, alderman, employees), local and regional partner organisations, gathered at ROG, Markt 24-30, Mol, in Belgium, for this annual event.
The Sint-Pieterinstituut of Turnhout, represented by director Willem Janssens, was one of the schools participating in the ‘Energy Challenges’ in the Campine Region next school year. Willem Janssens gave an interview about the school’s climate ambitions.
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Poverty is gendered. Women in the UK are slightly more likely to live in poverty than men when this is measured on the usual household basis (21% of adult women, compared to 19% of adult men in 2016-17).
This is from the July 2018 report (pdf) from the Women’s Budget Group on the causes of poverty among women and the consequences that poverty has on women’s lives.
This report is produced by the Women’s Budget Group on behalf of the Coventry Women’s Partnership, a collaboration between WBG and five women’s organisations in Coventry.
The report finds:
- Women’s employment rate (age 16-64) is at an all-time high in the UK, at 71%, but women make up 60% of employees on low pay and 73% of part-time workers
- With the new Universal Credit system, cuts in work allowances, taper rates and the single monthly payment particularly hit women by reducing work incentives for some second earners and potentially increasing women’s vulnerability to poverty and financial abuse
- Poverty may exacerbate domestic abuse and violence by increasing or prolonging women’s exposure to it and by reducing their ability to flee
- Cuts to public services are leaving many people with unmet care needs, particularly older women, who tend to live longer and more often on their own, and so tend to have greater caring needs than older men.
The report recommends:
- Barriers to employment should be tackled by investment in childcare and adult social care, public transport and flexible and adaptable jobs
- Benefits should be designed to ensure that every individual within a household has access to a fair income
- In addition to collecting data at the household level, statistical authorities (including the ONS and DWP) should collect and publish income data at the individual level
- Specialist local women’s organisations should be adequately funded to ensure that all women have access to relevant support.

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WASHINGTON – A proponent of abstinence education has stated that the term "war on women" is being used to attack sexual risk avoidance education.
Valerie Huber, president and CEO of the National Abstinence Education Association, spoke at a Family Research Council event Wednesday on the issue titled, "Collateral damage in the 'war on women' debate: Sexual risk avoidance education caught in the crosshairs."
In an interview with The Christian Post, Huber explained why she and her nonpartisan organization felt an obligation to address the war on women phrase.
"This terminology is being used in a wide variety of ways and we specifically became interested when we saw it disingenuously attached to our programs," said Huber. "Rather than being a war on women [our programs] empower them, and that message that goes with it empowers them more than any other message that they can receive in their sex-ed classes."
According to the FRC announcement about the event, the phrase war on women is an "agenda-driven attempt to give victim status to women while ignoring their victimization by dangerous sexual messages."
"The use of the phrase is also intended to intimidate the messenger into silence - all the while communicating a message that actually puts young women at risk," continued the FRC statement.
During her presentation, which had viewers both in person at the FRC's office and online via webcast, Huber discussed how the war on women is being used against abstinence programs.
Huber drew a historical parallel to efforts by the federal government during World War I to promote abstinence until marriage among young men sent to Europe, who were experiencing a rise in sexually transmitted disease infections.
When noting support for abstinence until marriage for both men and women, Huber noted in her presentation that such efforts had broad support in the political spectrum, from conservatives to socialists.
Regarding whether or not a similar broad coalition could be created in the modern day for similar programs, Huber told CP that she felt it was unlikely.
"We would like nothing better than to see that kind of a coalition. This is such, though a high-pitched debate and the tenor is not at all parallel to what it should be. I'm not that hopeful, but we are working for that and will continue to do so," said Huber.
Huber also cited research that shows the harmful effects of the hook-up culture, especially on women, arguing that many groups use the war on women terminology to advocate for sexual freedom, which ultimately harms women far more than liberates them.
When looking at trends among youth, Huber observed that over the past few years the practice of abstinence has increased among teenage boys and girls. She explained to those gathered that she believes this is happening in spite of the messages youth are getting from sex education and the media.
"This is a phenomenon that we should not discount, because although they are given a very different message, they are choosing something different," said Huber to CP.
"I think it is very hopeful, actually, and its time adults get behind that and reinforce and encourage it rather than try to diminish and not reinforce those healthy behaviors."
According to an entry on the American Civil Liberties Union's Blog of Rights, the phrase war on women is meant to describe "the legislative and rhetorical attacks on women and women's rights taking place across the nation."
"It includes a wide-range of policy efforts designed to place restrictions on women's health care and erode protections for women and their families," stated the ACLU.
"Examples at the state and federal level have included restricting contraception; cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood; state-mandated, medically unnecessary ultrasounds; abortion taxes; abortion waiting periods; forcing women to tell their employers why they want birth control; and prohibiting insurance companies from including abortion coverage in their policies."
In addition to its politically conservative critics, international women's rights advocates have been known to be critical of the term, arguing that it is a "first world problem."
Manda Zand Ervin, Iranian political refugee and founder of the Alliance of Iranian Women, told The Washington Examiner that she was "ashamed" of the term's usage in American politics.
"I mean, when I sit here and watch television and a bunch of women are screaming and yelling in front of the Supreme Court for free birth control pills - $9 a month - I feel ashamed," said Ervin.


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Lydia Farley loves to share a smile. The brunette bombshell sent temperatures soaring on Instagram Thursday when she posted a photo in which she rocked a tiny pair of Daisy Dukes, a sheer top and a beaming smile.
In the post, Lydia was in Barcelona, standing outside on a street near a stop sign. It appeared to be a gorgeous day with blue skies above. She wore an incredibly small pair of Daisy Dukes that showed off her toned thighs. She paired the shorts with a black see-through lace top that showed just about every bit of the black lace bra she wore underneath it. On display was her ample chest, slender waist and curvy hips. The look gave off a sexy casual vibe, and judging from the response of Lydia’s followers, the beauty pulled it off perfectly.
Lydia wore her long hair straight down and tossed over one shoulder. She added some bling to the outfit with a dainty silver necklace and hoop earrings. She sported a pair of sunglasses that obscured most of her face, but her beaming smile could not be missed.
In the post’s caption, the Instagram sensation wrote about how a smile is the universal language of kindness. There is no doubt that her update made many of her followers smile. Fans loved the snap, and many were eager to tell her so.
“You have a charming appearance,” said another admirer, while another fan told her the snap was the “perfect pic.”
“Spectacular as usual,” wrote one follower.
Some fans could not help but point out that Lydia’s smile was as stunning as the rest of her.
“Beautiful smile,” wrote one fan.
“And you always have the most beautiful smile. I fall in love every day over and over again,” commented another admirer.
“Your smile is your best curve you have,” another follower said.
That may be true, but Lydia has some fabulous curves that get a lot of attention. A quick scroll through her Instagram page shows that she has an enviable figure that looks good in just about everything she puts on it.
Lydia was a Maxim magazine cover model in 2019, which means the beauty also knows how to rock a bikini. As The Inquisitr reported earlier this month, she set Instagram on fire in a pink and black bikini that left little to the imagination.
Fans wanting to see more of the beauty can follow her Instagram account.

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Turner & Townsend hires former Deloitte and NYC economic development executives to expand USA infrastructure and public sector practice.
Global construction consulting firm, Turner & Townsend, has announced the addition of two key strategic new hires to lead their government infrastructure and public sector business in the USA. Mark Blumkin has joined as executive vice president and leader for the USA infrastructure practice and Jennifer Rimmer has joined as senior vice president for government and public sector in the USA.
Blumkin comes to Turner & Townsend with extensive experience in both the public and private sector on delivering major transportation, energy and water infrastructure, as well as leading disaster recovery and resiliency programs.
He previously served in notable roles throughout his career, including as managing director of Deloitte’s infrastructure and capital projects practice, senior manager at PwC’s engineering and construction practice and as a value engineering consultant at the NYC Office of Management and Budget.
Rimmer also has extensive experience in both the public and private sector on large and complex real estate, infrastructure, and energy projects. She has led major economic development programs with a strong emphasis on resiliency, equity and environmental health and justice.
Previously, she has served in key roles throughout her career, including as vice president at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, as special advisor to a NY state senator, as director of strategic initiatives and sustainability for engineering consulting firm, AECOM and vice president for subsidiaries for New York State Empire State Development.
Commenting on the appointments, John Robbins, Turner & Townsend’s managing director for the USA, said: “With the signing of the landmark $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we find ourselves at the beginning of a historic era of investment and growth in our nation’s infrastructure and public buildings, which are vital to supporting and accelerating economic development, commerce, security and safety.
“Mark and Jennifer’s deep understanding of the infrastructure and public sectors and creative approaches to problem solving will enable us to support our clients in delivering projects that will improve the lives of millions of people across the country.”
Rimmer said: “Supporting governments at all levels to deliver assets that help provide vital services to the American people will transform our nation and help create a safer, more sustainable, productive and inclusive world. I’m happy to join a team that is deeply passionate about rebuilding our infrastructure and delivering projects that connect, protect and uplift our communities. I’m looking forward to building on the firm’s history of success delivering major public sector projects around the world.”
Blumkin added: “The public sector and its private sector partners are beginning to plan, design and execute the projects and programs funded by the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. I’m excited to join a team that is deeply passionate about helping our clients to deliver on the promise of the IIJA and deliver projects that improve commerce, mobility, safety, resilience and equity for the public.”
Blumkin and Rimmer’s appointments come at a pivotal moment in the firm’s North America expansion, as the infrastructure and public sectors are a priority for Turner & Townsend on its path to double its business in the region by 2025.


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We’re looking to get a cake delivered to AKL next week for a 5th birthday. Is going through Disney the best bet? Or can we get it delivered from elsewhere?
I thought this was going to be an MK 25th anniversary memorial thread.
Not sure if you can get an outside cake delivered.
Disney Travel Babble dot com has loads of info on how to order a cake at Disney - varies by location/restaurant. https://disneytravelbabble.com/how-to/order-cake/