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Boxing legend Ricky Hatton discusses his incredible weight loss journey, ring comeback, and rock bottom.
Ricky Hatton was 15st 4lbs, drinking every weekend, overindulging in takeout, and ignoring his health eight months ago.
The former world champion and British boxing star admits: “I was tremendously obese.” He was 43 years old and training professional fighters in his gym in Hyde, Manchester, Monday through Friday.
Then he received a call asking whether he would be interested in competing in an exhibition bout at Manchester’s AO Arena against an old foe who had become a close friend, former three-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera, aged 48.
He seized the chance, seeing it as a chance to uplift others’ and his own spirits.
Currently 44 years old, Hatton adds, “It was a fairly easy decision to make.”
“To become in shape and motivate a large number of people was the entire point of setting myself a goal for this exhibition.
“Wow, if you can do it, what you’ve been through and shift all that weight at 44 years of age? That’s what the letters and comments of people who have struggled with weight and mental health have said before I’ve even stepped foot in the ring.
As much as pulling punches, that is what it’s all about for me.


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This mod will let you change the basic hairstyles which the game is available for Franklin. Along with 5 hairstyles for you to change, players are no longer bored with those obsolete hairstyles, which bring a new and more fashionable feeling when playing games with Franklin. The mod is completed and it makes players can feel the realism. With a simple method, new mods users can install easily.
- Have Menyoo Trainer software
- Have OpenIV software
- Have ScriptHookV last update version
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- Download and extract file from the link at the end
- Open OpenIV software then choose Edit Mode. In there, enter follow this link:
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All whole plant foods contain fiber, many different fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamin C, and many orange vegetables and fruits are rich in beta-carotene. Some nutrients and phytochemicals are more specific. Lycopene is far more concentrated in cooked tomatoes than any other food, isothiocyanates are formed only by members of the cruciferous vegetable family, punicalagin is found only in pomegranate, and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is found almost exclusively in tea, especially green tea.1
What’s the difference between green, black, and white teas?
All types of tea are made from the Camellia sinensis plant, and the different types are based mostly on processing methods. During the “fermentation” process, the tea leaves are broken or rolled, and oxidation changes the phytochemical makeup of the tea. White tea is made from buds and young leaves, and green tea from more mature leaves; both white and green teas are unfermented. During fermentation, the flavonoids characteristic of green tea (catechins such as EGCG) are converted to those that are characteristic of black tea (theaflavins and thearubigins). The longer the tea leaves are fermented, the less EGCG there will be. Oolong tea is semifermented, and black tea is fully fermented.2
|EGCG (mg/100 g brewed tea)1|
|Decaffeinated green tea||26.05|
Drinking green tea regularly has been linked to reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, and all-cause mortality.3-11 Green tea is also thought to help prevent or slow brain aging.12,13
Green tea catechins are thought to affect energy metabolism, and green tea supplementation has been investigated for potential effects on weight loss, but no significant reductions in weight have been reported.14
An analysis of 5 studies found a dose-dependent 10 percent decrease in coronary artery disease risk for each cup of green tea consumed daily; there was no such effect for black tea.3 Randomized controlled trials have shed light on how this might work, showing that drinking green tea or using green tea extract supplements:
Many anti-cancer effects have been attributed to green tea catechins:
Brewed tea or supplements?
Green tea polyphenols can add to the spectrum of phytochemicals provided by green vegetables and other plant foods; a daily cup or two of green tea is a healthful adjunct to a high-nutrient diet. Green tea extract supplements are also an option, but they are very concentrated, commonly providing EGCG levels equivalent to five, ten, or even twenty cups of tea. The more concentrated supplements may be appropriate in some cases, but more than necessary for most people. Green tea extract supplements are sometimes but not always decaffeinated.
Regular or decaf?
Caffeine content varies with the type of green tea, brewing method, and steeping time, but in general green tea contains less caffeine than black tea, and black tea contains less than coffee. A study of commercially available tea bags found that black teas had a caffeine content ranging from 27 to 61 mg per 6 ounce cup, and green tea 36 to 41 mg, when steeped for 5 minutes.36 Catechins are released somewhat slowly, so a longer steep time is better; green tea steeped for five minutes has more than four times the catechins compared to one minute.37 If you prefer iced tea, antioxidant activity was found to be similar in green teas steeped in hot water for seven minutes compared to cold water for two hours.38
Note in the table above that the EGCG content is lower in decaffeinated green teas, but still substantially more than black tea. To add some green tea catechins to your diet while minimizing the caffeine content, you can opt for a decaffeinated green tea. Some teas use the solvent methylene chloride, which has been found to be carcinogenic in animals.39 Ethyl acetate is another common solvent used in teas; these teas are often labeled “naturally decaffeinated,” because ethyl acetate is a naturally occurring plant compound; it is only thought to pose a risk in very high doses (via inhalation) in occupational settings.40 Teas using the carbon dioxide decaffeination process are probably the best choice. Tea company websites often specify their decaffeination method.
Drink green tea plain
It is best to drink green tea plain, since there is evidence that adding milk (dairy or not) may blunt some of the benefit, possibly because of an interaction between proteins and tea polyphenols. The study suggested that adding milk blocked the improvements in endothelial function commonly observed with tea intake.41 It is thought that soy milk has a similar effect.42
Loose tea or tea bags?
Brewing loose tea or using powdered green tea (matcha) produces less waste than tea bags, and some of the newer “sachet” tea bags contain plastic compounds that may have endocrine disrupting effects. Also, some paper tea bags are coated with epichlorohydrin, a potential carcinogen.43-46 If you use paper tea bags, it is best to look for teas that use unbleached paper tea bags that do not contain epichlorohydrin.
Remember, it is not one particular food or nutrient that will best assure your long-term health and protection against cancer, but the regular consumption of a wide variety of beneficial plant compounds. Green tea clearly has beneficial properties, but these benefits may be more pronounced in those who have a poor diet compared to those already consuming an array of phytochemicals in a Nutritarian diet.
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Wang ZM, Zhou B, Wang YS, et al. Black and green tea consumption and the risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 2011, 93:506-515.
Arab L, Liu W, Elashoff D. Green and black tea consumption and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis. Stroke 2009, 40:1786-1792.
Tang N, Wu Y, Zhou B, et al. Green tea, black tea consumption and risk of lung cancer: a meta-analysis. Lung Cancer 2009, 65:274-283.
Sun CL, Yuan JM, Koh WP, Yu MC. Green tea, black tea and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Carcinogenesis 2006, 27:1310-1315.
Ogunleye AA, Xue F, Michels KB. Green tea consumption and breast cancer risk or recurrence: a meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2010, 119:477-484.
Khan N, Adhami VM, Mukhtar H. Review: green tea polyphenols in chemoprevention of prostate cancer: preclinical and clinical studies. Nutr Cancer 2009, 61:836-841.
Zheng J, Yang B, Huang T, et al. Green Tea and Black Tea Consumption and Prostate Cancer Risk: An Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Nutr Cancer 2011:1-10.
Kuriyama S, Shimazu T, Ohmori K, et al. Green tea consumption and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all causes in Japan: the Ohsaki study. JAMA 2006, 296:1255-1265.
Iso H, Date C, Wakai K, et al. The relationship between green tea and total caffeine intake and risk for self-reported type 2 diabetes among Japanese adults. Ann Intern Med 2006, 144:554-562.
Assuncao M, Andrade JP. Protective action of green tea catechins in neuronal mitochondria during aging. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) 2015, 20:247-262.
Mandel SA, Amit T, Weinreb O, Youdim MB. Understanding the broad-spectrum neuroprotective action profile of green tea polyphenols in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. J Alzheimers Dis 2011, 25:187-208.
Jurgens TM, Whelan AM, Killian L, et al. Green tea for weight loss and weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012, 12:CD008650.
Liu K, Zhou R, Wang B, et al. Effect of green tea on glucose control and insulin sensitivity: a meta-analysis of 17 randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr 2013, 98:340-348.
Zheng XX, Xu YL, Li SH, et al. Green tea intake lowers fasting serum total and LDL cholesterol in adults: a meta-analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr 2011.
Khalesi S, Sun J, Buys N, et al. Green tea catechins and blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Eur J Nutr 2014, 53:1299-1311.
Alexopoulos N, Vlachopoulos C, Aznaouridis K, et al. The acute effect of green tea consumption on endothelial function in healthy individuals. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2008, 15:300-305.
Tinahones FJ, Rubio MA, Garrido-Sanchez L, et al. Green tea reduces LDL oxidability and improves vascular function. J Am Coll Nutr 2008, 27:209-213.
Gomikawa S, Ishikawa Y, Hayase W, et al. Effect of ground green tea drinking for 2 weeks on the susceptibility of plasma and LDL to the oxidation ex vivo in healthy volunteers. Kobe J Med Sci 2008, 54:E62-72.
Singh T, Katiyar SK. Green tea catechins reduce invasive potential of human melanoma cells by targeting COX-2, PGE2 receptors and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. PLoS One 2011, 6:e25224.
Khan N, Mukhtar H. Cancer and metastasis: prevention and treatment by green tea. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2010, 29:435-445.
Chen L, Zhang HY. Cancer preventive mechanisms of the green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate. Molecules 2007, 12:946-957.
Singh BN, Shankar S, Srivastava RK. Green tea catechin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): mechanisms, perspectives and clinical applications. Biochem Pharmacol 2011, 82:1807-1821.
Ho CK, Choi SW, Siu PM, Benzie IF. Effects of single dose and regular intake of green tea (Camellia sinensis) on DNA damage, DNA repair, and heme oxygenase-1 expression in a randomized controlled human supplementation study. Mol Nutr Food Res 2014, 58:1379-1383.
Jung YD, Ellis LM. Inhibition of tumour invasion and angiogenesis by epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a major component of green tea. Int J Exp Pathol 2001, 82:309-316.
Rodriguez SK, Guo W, Liu L, et al. Green tea catechin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor angiogenic signaling by disrupting the formation of a receptor complex. International journal of cancer Journal international du cancer 2006, 118:1635-1644.
Domingo DS, Camouse MM, Hsia AH, et al. Anti-angiogenic effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate in human skin. International journal of clinical and experimental pathology 2010, 3:705-709.
Murugan RS, Vinothini G, Hara Y, Nagini S. Black tea polyphenols target matrix metalloproteinases, RECK, proangiogenic molecules and histone deacetylase in a rat hepatocarcinogenesis model. Anticancer Res 2009, 29:2301-2305.
Hussain T, Gupta S, Adhami VM, Mukhtar H. Green tea constituent epigallocatechin-3-gallate selectively inhibits COX-2 without affecting COX-1 expression in human prostate carcinoma cells. Int J Cancer 2005, 113:660-669.
Peng G, Dixon DA, Muga SJ, et al. Green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits cyclooxygenase-2 expression in colon carcinogenesis. Mol Carcinog 2006, 45:309-319.
Heinrich U, Moore CE, De Spirt S, et al. Green tea polyphenols provide photoprotection, increase microcirculation, and modulate skin properties of women. J Nutr 2011, 141:1202-1208.
Morley N, Clifford T, Salter L, et al. The green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate and green tea can protect human cellular DNA from ultraviolet and visible radiation-induced damage. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 2005, 21:15-22.
Fuhrman BJ, Schairer C, Gail MH, et al. Estrogen metabolism and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012, 104:326-339.
Monteiro R, Azevedo I, Calhau C. Modulation of aromatase activity by diet polyphenolic compounds. J Agric Food Chem 2006, 54:3535-3540.
Chin JM, Merves ML, Goldberger BA, et al. Caffeine content of brewed teas. J Anal Toxicol 2008, 32:702-704.
Astill C, Birch MR, Dacombe C, et al. Factors affecting the caffeine and polyphenol contents of black and green tea infusions. J Agric Food Chem 2001, 49:5340-5347.
Venditti E, Bacchetti T, Tiano L, et al. Hot vs. cold water steeping of different teas: Do they affect antioxidant activity? Food Chemistry 2010, 119:1597-1604.
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Deana Ferreri, Ph.D., after finishing a B.S. in biomedical engineering, researched endothelial cell biology leading to a doctorate in biomedical science in 2008. While studying the cardiovascular system, Deana became interested in nutrition and lifestyle approaches to heart disease prevention. After graduating, she aimed to use her background in science to educate people about the powerful effects of food on health. Deana has been writing science-based content for DrFuhrman.com and assisting Dr. Fuhrman with literature research since 2009.
*There is no guarantee of specific results. Results can vary. All material provided on the DrFuhrman.com website is provided for informational or educational purposes only. Consult a physician regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your symptoms or medical condition.

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Clinical Skills available in Paperback
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- Oxford University Press, USA
Clinical Skills: Oxford Core Text is a comprehensive, practical guide for medical students covering all aspects of history-taking, physical examination, and simple practical procedures - how to take a history, elicit and evaluate problems, the method of examining a patient, and how to interpret the significance of findings. The book also includes guidance on basic data interpretation - how to carry out and interpret test results.
Common difficulties are highlighted and solutions given with the aid of case histories and practical tips. Specially drawn colour illustrations and photographs demonstrate examination techniques and clinical diseases. The writing style is accessible and easy to follow - almost like a tutorial from an experienced doctor at the bedside. For advanced students there are summaries, useful lists and hints for finals, including a chapter covering the different formats they may encounter. As the foundations of clinical skills remain constant this book will remain an invaluable reference throughout the working life of a doctor.
About the Author
St James University Hospital, Leeds
Table of Contents
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The United States Government, acting through the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been ordered to pay US $3.5 million for copyright infringement after accidentally using a replica Statue of Liberty on its 2011 Forever Stamp. The creator of the replica sculpture, Robert S. Davidson, brought a claim against the United States for infringing his copyright over the original and protected work. Mr Davidson has described his work to the media as a sexier version of the original Statue of Liberty. It’s a costly mistake for the USPS which has many wondering how the blunder occurred in the first place.
In the mid-1990s Mr Davidson won the tender to create the ‘Lady Liberty’ statue in front of the New York-New York Hotel in Las Vegas. Throughout his passionate testimony, Mr Davidson described his desire to make the final product ‘a little more modern’ and ‘feminine’ than the original, drawing on a photo of his late mother-in-law for inspiration and making facial features softer and more well-defined. Mr Davidson said his replica was more appropriate for Las Vegas.
In 2008, the USPS sought to update the image on its ‘Forever Stamp’ – the workhorse of the US postal system, which remain valid forever, even if the rate of postage rises. The photograph of Mr Davidson’s replica was chosen to feature on the stamp, having been presented to USPS by a contractor as a photo of the original statue. USPS paid $1,500 to Getty Images for a three-year nonexclusive licence for the photograph and proceeded with production.
In 2011, after distribution had already started, USPS found out that the image on the stamp was Mr Davidson’s work and not an image of the original Statue of Liberty as first thought. Nevertheless, with billions already printed at a significant cost, the USPS decided to continue distributing the Lady Liberty stamp without revision.
After his wife saw the stamp at her local post office, Mr Davidson filed an application for copyright registration. Once his copyright was issued in 2013, he brought proceedings against the government for infringing his copyright over his original and protected work. In its defence, the government sought to rely on non-originality, fair use, and a statutory exemption for pictorial representations of architecture.
In its judgment, the Court focused on three issues:
- whether Mr Davidson’s replica statue can be considered ‘original’ such that it can be the subject of copyright;
- whether a defence of ‘fair use’ applies; and
- how the damages, if any, should be calculated.
There was no dispute about whether the defendant used an image of the replica statue without permission. Despite holding a licence for the photograph itself, the Court held that USPS had no rights to the substance of the image.
Can a replica be ‘original work’?
The Court emphasised that the fundamental principle of copyright is originality, but that originality requires only a ‘minimal degree of creativity’. This is an ‘extremely low’ standard, which only requires the plaintiff to show the independent creation of some ‘original elements’. It follows, therefore, that a work of art does not need to be entirely original for it to be copyrightable.
In this case, the Court was satisfied that Mr Davidson’s statue was sufficiently different to the original Statue of Liberty and able to be subject to copyright. In particular, they agreed with Mr Davidson’s testimony that the facial features of the replica statue evoked a more ‘feminine appeal’, noting the decision in Eden Toys, Inc. v Florelee Undergarment Co which found that minor changes to an illustration of Paddington Bear were non-trivial, as they gave the bear a ‘different, cleaner look.’
Does the defence of Fair Use apply?
The United States Copyright Act provides that, in certain limited circumstances, copying protected material may be characterised as ‘fair use’ and therefore not amount to an infringement. Generally, fair use will apply in circumstances where the copyrighted material has been used for educational or non-commercial purposes, or for a ‘transformative’ purpose to create something new.
In this case the Court determined that fair use could not be established. In particular, they focused on the fact that the photo on the stamps was of the face of the statue—the most distinctive and original part. In its defence, the government sought to argue that the photo was not used for a commercial purpose (despite being sold as stamps) and caused no harm to Mr Davidson’s business. However, the Court rejected this proposition. USPS printed billions of copies of Mr Davidson’s statue and sold them to the public, collecting over $4 billion in revenue. Notwithstanding that the overall profits were low, and that USPS operates at a loss, Mr Davidson was entitled to some form of damages.
In determining the sum of damages owed to Mr Davidson, the Court considered a range of expert submissions—including opinions about industry standards for art licenses and royalties calculations, the market conditions at the time of production, and USPS’s standard approaches to both acquiring artwork and licensing its own intellectual property. The Court was then left to craft a remedy that reflects fair market value of a non-exclusive licence in 2010, the time at which the licence agreement should have been negotiated.
The bulk of the argument centred on whether Mr Davidson was entitled to a running royalty over the entire production (upwards of four billion stamps) or only over the stamps that resulted in a profit for USPS. Although the Forever Stamp is redeemable at any date in the future, USPS estimates that a certain portion of stamps sold are subject to ‘breakage or retention’ and represent a pure profit.
Ultimately, the Court accepted that granting Mr Davidson a running royalty over billions of stamps would have made no economic sense in the context of licensing negotiations. Furthermore, Mr Davidson would have been in no position to demand such a royalty if he was approached at the time. As such, Mr Davidson was only entitled to the standard $5,000 non-exclusive licensing fee that USPS generally pays in respect of the whole stamp production.
However, the Court considered that stamps that were retained by the buyer, or were lost or destroyed, should be treated as distinct from the production run as a whole. According to USPS, the breakage and retention rate represented roughly 3.24 percent of stamps sold during the time. When applied to the total revenue collected from the Lady Liberty stamp, this amounted to slightly more than $70 million in profit to USPS. Having determined from expert opinions that an average running royalty was around 5 percent, the Court was prepared to grant Mr Davidson a running royalty over the sales of profit-earning stamps, being US $3.5 million.
Some might say Mr Davidson’s sculpture has received the ultimate stamp of approval.
A copy of the judgment can be found at https://ecf.cofc.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2013cv0942-136-0. Thanks to our winter clerk Rohan McPhee for his assistance with this article.
 Davidson v The United States (Fed Cl, No 13-942C, 29 Jun 2018) 17.
 Feist Publ’ns, Inc. v Rural Tel. Serv. Co, 499 US 340, 345 (1991).
 Davidson v The United States (Fed Cl, No 13-942C, 29 Jun 2018) 17.
 697 F.2d 27, 34-35 (2nd Cir, 1982).

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– The Hutchinson City Council Tuesday discussed options regarding the Woodie Seat Freeway after Union Pacific Railroad officials told the city they would not permit a complete removal of the freeway as had been suggested by some. This plan would close Avenues B and C and re-do the north end of the freeway at Avenue A.
Work on the southern segment of Woodie Seat could happen as soon as 2023. Assistant City Engineer Jessica Lowe said the city can move quickly on a grant application for cost sharing funds. This work would include mill and overlay of the freeway south of Avenue C, median improvements and storm water projects.
During the Council’s Tuesday session, there was some discussion about looking at some way to keep Avenue B open, even as just a one lane road under the freeway, which engineers say is not recommended.
SW Bricktown resident Celia Pena encouraged the Council to do whatever is necessary to keep streets in that area as is, saying limiting access to either Avenues A or F would, “kill the neighborhood.”
The council is looking at four options to address the deteriorating freeway. That includes a decision on whether to have a roundabout at Avenue A or a conventional T-intersection.
Also during Tuesday’s meeting, the council elected to place a resolution on November’s ballot for renewal of the .25% local sales tax and an ordinance setting out how those funds are utilized. The ordinance specifies an allotment 47% for street and sidewalk projects, 33% for the Cosmosphere, 15% for property tax relief and 5% for Strataca.


TAMPA — The Children's Board of Hillsborough County has tapped the head of Alabama's Department of Child Abuse Prevention to lead the organization that provides money to nonprofits that promote child welfare.
Kelley Parris of Montgomery, Ala., has led that state's child abuse prevention efforts since 2008. Before that, she was executive director of the West Alabama Mental Health Center Inc., where she worked for six years.
Of the nine Children's Board members present, all but one ranked Parris as their top pick of five finalists, which included three local candidates and another from Washington. Board members said Parris' mix of experience, her management record and her desire to vault the agency's public profile made her an easy choice.
"Her background is tailor-made for what we do," said Chairman Chris Brown, general counsel for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. "She has a child abuse social services background. She has a mental health social services background. She has a media background. Those are all facets of what we want our executive director to do. And her interview was impressive."
Details of her contract must still be negotiated, but the salary range for the position is from $115,000 to $140,000. She currently makes $91,000, according to a resume she submitted with her application. Board members agreed to offer her a two-year contract, which would provide for no more than 12 weeks of severance if she is ever fired.
Attempts to reach Parris late Friday were unsuccessful.
She succeeds Luanne Panacek, who was fired in August after a failed negotiated departure to end her 15-year tenure. That followed months of scrutiny for questionable spending, no-bid contracts and bad workplace morale.
Panacek started facing increased questioning of her decisionmaking after revelations that she let a friend sprinkle holy oil in the agency's Ybor City office building after a tense public meeting.
Board members then hired former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio to serve as interim chief executive officer. Iorio promptly dismissed 15 employees and ultimately shrank the office, which largely administers grants to nonprofits, to 36 employees from a high of 55 when she took over, something she called "right-sizing" the agency Friday.
The Children's Board was created in 1988 by voters. It receives a small slice of property taxes that it then doles out to 30 or so nonprofit groups focusing on child welfare. Iorio said the agency now uses just 10 percent of its property tax allotment for administration with 81 percent going to direct spending on helping children and families.
"I think she will be able to continue with the fiscal prudence Mayor Iorio has started," said Kevin Beckner, a Hillsborough County commissioner who sits on the board.
Under state law, the agency's funding must go before voters by 2016 to see whether they still approve of their property tax money going to the agency. The public should vote yes, as things stand today, Iorio said.
But she said she thinks work must be done by Parris to explain to the public what the agency does and ensure voters that their money is well spent. She said she thinks Parris will perform that part of her job, and the rest, well.
"She's very accessible and she's used to working in the public realm, because she works for the state," Iorio said. "She's by nature an extrovert. And she's an authentic person."
Iorio, ever a whispered prospect for state office, said for now she plans to go back to what she was doing once Parris' start date is determined. That includes public speaking and consulting about leadership.
Times researcher John Martin contributed to this report. Bill Varian can be reached at [email protected] or (813) 226-3387.


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Did Ancient Egyptian Royalty consume Lotus Flowers?
Did they dry and crush the leaves of the Lotus Flower and ingest them as part of a religious ritual?
This was the question that prompted German scientists at the Egyptian Museum in Munich to initiate a search into whether or not the Pharaohs knew about the psychedelic properties of the Lotus.
What they found was STARTLING...
Nearly every mummy examined showed traces of COCAINE, Marijuana and Nicotine, substances that, if history is correct, could NOT have existed in Egypt at the time.....
Contamination by people that have handled the Mummies during the last 200 years or so was considered and proven to NOT be the case.
The Ancient Egyptians somehow were able to get their hands on PERUVIAN Flake, Acapulco Gold and Alabama Bottom-leaf....
It is NOW one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of Ancient Egypt..!
BUT, if you take into consideration the Ancient Egyptian City that I am convinced CERTAINLY exists in the Grand Canyon, then it is not so surprising.
The Egyptians got around.....
Os SOMEONE that they were in CONTACT with certainly did!

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Assessing your benefits strategy is like going to the doctor, says one rewards expert. How do your benefits stack up health-wise?
If it goes ahead, the move may see a number of HR functions outsourced to external firms.
ACCI boss says unions have the potential to derail positive developments in the labour market.
Men are working more and women are working less, but there are measures HR can take to address the imbalance.
We sat down with ANZ's head of HR about the enduring importance of integrity in HR practice today.
Women in finance must “not be a protected species” according to one senior female business figure.
The FWC has ruled on the controversial case involving an employer who terminated a worker opposed to same-sex marriage last year
Employees do not always disclose a mental illness voluntarily, and nor are they legally obliged to do so
Pepsico supports women at all levels of the organisation to progress into more senior positions

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A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. The unheralded and fifth-seeded McGill Martlets were led onto a national stage to do battle with the lions. In the end, they came away with an astonishing 3-1 upset over the Quebec champion Montreal Carabins to capture a bronze medal at the CIS women's volleyball championship, their first-ever CIS podium finish, Sunday.
Kaiva Mateus of Montreal West, Que., has been named most valuable player on the McGill University women's volleyball team, announced head coach Rachèle Béliveau. Other team awards were presented to Marie-Christine Lapointe (most improved player) of St. Jean sur Richelieu, Que., Kristina Pavlovic (most sportmanlike player) of Richmond, B.C., and Yasmeen Dawoodjee (rookie of the year) of Ottawa.
Jo-Annie Fortin, a 21-year-old psychology freshman at McGill University, finished fourth with the Canadian synchronized swim squad in the team routine final at the Olympics, Friday. Fortin, a Montrealer, had the best finish of the six McGillians that competed at the London Games. Ten other McGill grads served at the Games as coaches or administrators.
It has been a less than stellar debut for McGill's Olympians at the Summer Games in London. In rowing, Doug Vandor of Dewittville, Que., placed third in the opening heat of the men's lightweight double sculls, Sunday. Meanwhile, in women's beach volleyball, McGill grad Marie-Andrée Lessard of LaSalle, Que., lost 2-1 in her pairs preliminary opener to Britain.
Former McGill University swimmer Victoria Poon of LaSalle, Que., finished fifth in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay (3:39.60) at the Summer Olympics on Saturday.Rowers Douglas Vandor of Dewittville, Que., and Derek O'Farrell of Montreal - who both got their start in a McGill novice boat - are slated to make their Olympic debut at the Summer Games on Sunday and Monday, respectively.
Two McGill University grads -- rower Derek O'Farrell and beach volleyballer Marie-Andrée Lessard -- were knocked out of medal contention on Day 6 at the Olympics, Thursday. O'Farrell and his crew finished fifth in a men's fours semifinal heat and the Canadian boat has been relegated to Saturday's consolation final. Lessard and her teammate were bounced out of the Games after a 2-1 loss to It
McGill took home 18 of 84 bursaries handed out at the 26th annual Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence gala, Wednesday, as a combined total of $189,750 was doled out to worthy student-athletes from nine Quebec universities. McGillians won five of the 11 major categories, sweeping both academic excellence prizes and both athletic excellence awards.
McGill swimmer Steven Bielby of Pointe Claire, Que., hauled in four awards totaling $4,000 and the hockey Martlets were named Quebec women's team of the year at the 24th annual Quebec Foundation for University Athletics gala, held at the Mortagne hotel in Boucherville, Tuesday. McGill ranked third among all institutions with a combined 11 bursary recipients for $25,500.
Geneviève Plante of the McGill women's volleyball team and Karl De Grandpré, a volleyball player with the Laval Rouge et Or, have been selected athletes of the week by the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec, for the period ending Mar. 4, 2012.


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Sexual dimorphism in the brain maturation during childhood and adolescence has been repeatedly documented, which may underlie the differences in behaviors and cognitive performance. However, our understanding of how gender modulates the development of structural connectome in healthy adults is still not entirely clear. Here we utilized graph theoretical analysis of longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging data over a five-year period to investigate the progressive gender differences of brain network topology. The brain networks of both genders showed prominent economical "small-world" architecture (high local clustering and short paths between nodes). Additional analysis revealed a more economical "small-world" architecture in females as well as a greater global efficiency in males regardless of scan time point. At the regional level, both increased and decreased efficiency were found across the cerebral cortex for both males and females, indicating a compensation mechanism of cortical network reorganization over time. Furthermore, we found that weighted clustering coefficient exhibited significant gender-time interactions, implying different development trends between males and females. Moreover, several specific brain regions (e.g., insula, superior temporal gyrus, cuneus, putamen, and parahippocampal gyrus) exhibited different development trajectories between males and females. Our findings further prove the presence of sexual dimorphism in brain structures that may underlie gender differences in behavioral and cognitive functioning. The sex-specific progress trajectories in brain connectome revealed in this work provide an important foundation to delineate the gender related pathophysiological mechanisms in various neuropsychiatric disorders, which may potentially guide the development of sex-specific treatments for these devastating brain disorders.
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- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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Traditional scanning of operating systems, ports and basic services is no longer adequate. Attackers have moved upstream in their attacks and now often exploit applications that are running on these systems. For example, for a financial institution, rather than compromising the Microsoft 2007 server, or the IIS version 6.0 Web software, they may attack the online banking software. The trick for criminals is that there are a limited number of operating systems and common services, but applications are plentiful. Many applications have not gone through serious (if any) code review or security analysis and often have common programming flaws that can be exploited. The attackers then use Google or another search to find other companies that use the same or similar flawed software that they can compromise.
Extensive application testing usually requires more than your standard external or internal vulnerability assessment. This should be consulting engagements where more sophisticated software is used along with limited access granted to systems so thorough testing may be performed.
Today’s threat landscape offers attackers a much larger selection of attack points in the form of open firewall ports for business traffic, Web or other servers behind the firewall, along with all applications running internally on the network, including PCs and servers. This gives the bad guys a wealth of attack methods to find vulnerabilities in your network. Attackers even have applications that take all the difficulty out of hacking into your network. These programs can be used to run high-speed automated attacks that were unthinkable a few years ago.
External threats are now the minority attack method. Attacks targeting internal systems are more lucrative financially and more effective than external attacks. Spam, phishing, social engineering, malware, Trojans, portable media devices, and other methods are commonly used to compromise systems while completely subverting traditional security solutions such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and even previous external vulnerability scans.
Bottom line: It is easy to be a hacker, and hard to stay ahead of them. One silver lining is that many of these attack methods rely on the system being vulnerable in some way. A lot of attacks are looking for weaknesses or misconfigurations in browser and Web applications. Malicious websites, whether used in conjunction with spam, phishing, search engine manipulation or any of several other attack types, often require a vulnerable system in order for the hackers to be successful. Identifying and remediating these vulnerabilities becomes one of the methods we can use to stay ahead of criminals.
Here, Perimeter Chief Architect Kevin Prince offers up eight steps you should take to protect your organization.


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Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season
Even though his cancer's in remission; chemistry teacher-turned-meth maker Walter White (Cranston) still can't catch a break. His wife (Anna Gunn) has filed for divorce; his DEA agent brother-in-law (Dean Norris) is out to bust him and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family's future still at stake Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune; a scheme with a terrible price. Executive produced by Vince Gilligan and Mark Johnson.


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how can i use my computer to record audio?
- Spock (rhp)Lv 72 months ago
is not designed for that. built in mic, if you have one, is poor quality. better is to get external equipment designed for this and which records results to computer
- KidddasLv 72 months ago
u mean u want to record sound off the computer?
u can open control panel > sounds > recording tabs > and select the stereo mix and enable it.
stereo mix records sound from the computer.
then open the sound recording software, and select stereo mix to record sounds from the computer.

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Mountain bikes are designed and built to cover almost any terrain.
But they cannot go on every trail.
Mountain bikers — thousands of whom enjoy some of the nation’s most state-of-the art trail systems here in Central Oregon — have long been excluded from wilderness areas, including the nearly 300,000-acre Three Sisters Wilderness and its 260 miles of trails.
But two Republican Utah senators introduced a bill in July that would allow mountain biking in wilderness, which includes some 150,000 square miles of the country’s most remote, pristine locales. Wilderness is open only to hikers, runners and horseback riders.
The controversial Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act has drawn the ire of environmental groups. And even mountain biking groups, both locally and nationally, have concerns about the bill.
While there seems to be some agreement that mountain bikers should not lose access to trails they have enjoyed for many years once an area becomes designated wilderness, mountain bikers in Central Oregon are not exactly eager to ride trails in the Three Sisters Wilderness or other wilderness areas in the state.
Bikes in the wild
Under the bill — sponsored by U.S. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah — federal land managers at the local level would have two years to determine where bikes would be allowed within wilderness areas. Bikes would automatically be allowed in locations where no decision is made in those two years.
But local officials with the U.S. Forest Service say two years may not be enough time to make those decisions.
“If it came to pass, we would have to go through environmental analysis and processes to designate trails,” said Jean Nelson-Dean, public affairs officer for the Deschutes National Forest. “It would be a lot of public involvement. It would be a very, very long process. That would be a tremendous amount of work, and there would certainly be issues with capacity, in terms of analysis and the decision-making process. We have a lot of trails, and we don’t have everyone in agreement (among the public) about what should and should not be done.”
A certain section of the 1964 Wilderness Act is at the crux of the issue, according to The Associated Press. The act prohibits the use of “mechanical transport,” including bikes and motorized vehicles, in wilderness areas.
The Central Oregon Trail Alliance — a volunteer organization with a history of working with the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to build and maintain mountain bike trails on the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests — has no designs on opening Oregon wilderness areas to mountain biking, according to COTA chairman Bruce Schroeder.
“I don’t think any of us (in COTA) are interested in the Three Sisters Wilderness,” Schroeder said. “I really think this bill wasn’t written with the Bend area in mind, so I can’t really see the community at large coming out strongly to allow mountain bikes on wilderness trails. COTA’s position is to not lose access (that it already has). If we have to give up something for wildlife protection, we want something in return. We wouldn’t want to lose any trails to an arbitrary decision that maybe someday it could become wilderness. Whether this bill fixes that or not I guess is arguable.”
According to The New York Times, mountain bikers were upset in 2015 when more than 400 square miles of the Boulder-White Clouds Mountains in central Idaho were designated as wilderness.
Closer to Central Oregon, mountain bikers lost access to about 120 miles of trail near Mount Hood with the designation of the Roaring River Wilderness in 2009.
Bend’s Paul Thomasberg lobbied hard then for mountain bikers to not lose access to those remote trails. The former COTA board member and member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame has built many miles of singletrack in Central Oregon and has developed a lasting relationship with the U.S. Forest Service.
“I had some frustration with IMBA (the International Mountain Bicycling Association) with what happened with Mount Hood a long time ago, just that they weren’t quite aggressive enough” in efforts to retain access for bikers, Thomasberg said.
IMBA actually opposed the introduced bill in a statement it released in July:
“ … amending the Wilderness Act comes … with a risk of unintended consequences, especially political consequences and further polarization of the stewardship and outdoor recreation community, and is unnecessary to preserve mountain bike access while also achieving landscape level conservation.”
Thomasberg said he is unsure where he stands on the bill, but he said he likes the idea of giving local land managers with the Forest Service and BLM the authority to make decisions on which trails should be open to bikes.
“It’s all about local power and that’s the most important thing,” Thomasberg said.
He added that little wilderness in Central Oregon would be feasible for allowing mountain bikes due to crowds, but he said that opening more remote areas to mountain bikes is not necessarily a negative.
“I don’t really see a lot of places that are currently wilderness suddenly opening up a bunch of trails (to bikes),” Thomasberg said. “However, I also see that there’s a few places that trails could be opened up. The example locally is having a singletrack route that goes from Bend all the way to Oakridge. There’s some just little pieces in there where they’re like corners that go through wilderness. And they’re very, very seldom used.”
Longtime Bend resident David Stowe is an executive committee member of the Juniper Group, the Central and Eastern Oregon chapter of the Sierra Club. Like most other environmental groups, the Sierra Club strongly opposes the bill, as does Stowe. But he is sympathetic to mountain bikers, and he has worked with Thomasberg and other COTA members to reach compromises in certain areas, such as Waldo Lake southwest of Bend.
While some fear that this new bill could drive a wedge between environmental groups and mountain bikers, that is not necessarily the case in Central Oregon.
“I love COTA, and I love mountain bikers,” Stowe said. “I think it’s a great way to recreate. I don’t think mountain bikes belong everywhere, though. We’ve got to find a way to let people enjoy the woods, and stop trying to keep people out. But in the case of the Wilderness Act … a mountain biker can go 40 or 50 miles. A strong rider, it’s amazing what they can cover in a day. So it makes these backcountry areas that are remote, not remote anymore. And it disturbs wildlife, and it just becomes less wild.”
Stowe said he hopes that environmental groups and mountain bikers can continue to work together on the side of land conservation.
“We all want to keep public land open to the public, so we just have to figure out how to slice that pie up,” Stowe said. “And I think mountain bikers and environmentalists are natural allies, not opponents. That’s the way we need to do business moving forward.”
When the Wilderness Act was signed in 1964, it noted that “there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport” in the designated wilderness areas. Modern mountain biking did not exist then. But in 1984, as the sport started to gain ground, the Forest Service added to its rules, prohibiting “possessing or using a hang glider or bicycle.”
“One of the key purposes of the Wilderness Act was to keep wild areas wild in perpetuity,” Stowe said. “That’s lost on the mountain biking folks who are proponents of access. My concern is the integrity of the land. Mountain bikers would say horses are much tougher on the trail, and I would say, yeah, you’re right, there’s no doubt about that, they’re like rototillers going down the trail. But mountain bikes have their own set of issues.”
Thomasberg disagreed with the Forest Service’s 1984 update to the Wilderness Act.
“There really was no reason for a blanket ban,” he said. “It was just something new, and the easiest way to deal with it was a blanket ban. They should have just left it up to the local land manager to make that decision for each area.”
The Sustainable Trails Coalition, a nonprofit that is supporting the bill, believes that the Wilderness Act was never meant to exclude bikes, and it is opposed to a blanket ban on bikes in wilderness. But it also believes mountain bikes should not be allowed on all trails.
Most backcountry hiking trails are not ideal for mountain biking, often with rocks and downed trees, or crowded with hikers and equestrians, according to the STC.
The STC claims it mostly wants closed trails, such as those in the Boulder-White Cloud Wilderness Area in Idaho, reopened to mountain bikers, rather than access to all trails.
Another issue is that user conflict — among hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders — is already high in nonwilderness areas in Central Oregon. Opening wilderness to mountain bikes, it seems, would only increase those conflicts.
“Bikes and equestrians tend to be a bad combination,” said Kim McCarrel, chair of the Central Oregon chapter of Oregon Equestrian Trails. “I believe they can coexist on some trails, as long as there are no blind corners and not a lot of elevation change. But that’s not the case in a lot of wilderness. I’ve already heard from the Forest Service that we have too many trails in the wilderness that are already overused.”
McCarrel conceded that horses likely do more damage to trails than mountain bikes. She added, however, that because horseback riders had been using wilderness trails for many decades before the 1964 Wilderness Act, they were allowed in wilderness areas.
“It’s a historical-use thing,” McCarrel said.
Along those lines, McCarrel does not believe mountain bikers should be banned from trails they have been riding for years, like those in the Boulder-White Clouds.
“If it was OK for mountain bikes to be here yesterday, walling people out like in Idaho, that’s really not fair,” she said.
Further complicating the issue, as The New York Times noted in August, is the fact that the bill comes from Lee and Hatch, whom some environmentalists and outdoor recreation groups are concerned have a “public land seizure agenda.”
Efforts to shift federal lands into state or local control are nothing new in the West, according to The New York Times. The 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns this past winter is one example.
Thomasberg fears that mountain bikers are getting lumped into the same groups that support the seizure of federal lands.
“Their sort of anti-government, land-takeover position is long well-known,” Thomasberg said of Lee and Hatch. “In a way, I think mountain bikers get used. We’ve been used in the past, and it’s kind of sad. They want us on their side, just like the motorized community would love to have us on their side. A lot of times, bikers get used as political pawns.”
The Deschutes National Forest’s Nelson-Dean noted that with so many different angles and opinions on the issue, the discussion will not be a simple one.
She added that in Oregon and Washington, about 2,000 miles of trail are already designated and maintained for mountain biking, and another 1,000 miles of trail are mixed use.
“I think when you start looking at the Wilderness Act … part of what it foresaw was exactly this kind of continuing intrusion into wilderness and wanting to retain a unique experience of solitude and primitive recreation,” Nelson-Dean said. “I think it will depend on what people’s vision of the Wilderness Act means and what it should continue to mean. A lot of things come and go, and we’ll just see where this (bill) goes. I do think there’s a lot of interest in it, for sure.”
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Southern fried okra | air fried okra recipe
Easy air fried okra recipe southern style, is perfect for a light dinner. Learn to make it here in easy steps.
- 250 gm okra
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 2 tablespoon flax seed powder flax seed meal
- ½ cup water for flax seed meal above.
- 2 tbsp. oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt as per taste
Wash and dry okra.
Cut it in small pieces.
Add salt and garlic to corn meal in a plate. Mix it with a spoon.
In a bowl, mix flax seed meal with water and keep it aside.
Dip some okra in flaxseed mix.
Transfer the coated okra to the the plate of corn meal.
Coat it with cornmeal mixture. Repeat for remaining okra.
Preheat the air fryer at 200 deg C | 390 F for 10 mins. Place the coated okra in an air fryer basket.
Spray oil on the okra, Air fry okra in basket / grill plate for 15 mins at 200 C
Spray oil 2-3 times in between. Serve hot.


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Colourful Magic is a mod with a lot of depth in terms of magic and things. I recorded all of this, without even taking a look at the golden anvil near the merchant vendors. Make sure, to take a look at that anvil, it's got phat lewt yo.
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For Bollywood glitz and glamour Down Under, nothing beats the annual Miss India NZ event.
From academics to sporting champs, career professionals to high school students, these 20 beautiful and extremely diverse women share one common dream – to take home the coveted title of Miss Indian NZ 2017.
And they don’t have long to wait. In less than two months, Bollywood will descend upon Auckland’s Aotea Centre for the much-anticipated Miss India NZ event. Now in its 15th year, Miss India NZ 2017 will be a visual extravaganza of glitz, glamour, fashion, music and dance. A spectacular celebration of Kiwi-Indian culture, Miss India NZ brings together women from mixed ethnic backgrounds to showcase their unique identities.
They will have devoted hours and hours to mastering their Indian dance skills and spent hundreds of dollars on lavish costumes. With a diverse line-up of competition categories (such as Miss Popular and Miss Potential Model), there will be plenty of opportunities for each and every one of them to shine.


Ben Davies has described Tottenham’s start to the season as stressful – and reiterated that the players are doing everything to find their form. It is best to visit outpatient detox center in Fort Lauderdale which will sort out the issues among the players to retrieve their form back into the tournament.
Spurs are currently 11th in the Premier League after winning just three of their opening ten matches and have slipped into bottom-half of the table since the beginning of the 2015/2016 campaign after their defeat at Liverpool last time out.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men returned to winning ways in the Champions League and remain on course to reach the knockouts for a third consecutive season, although they were humiliated by Bayern Munich earlier this month – conceding seven goals at home for the first time in the club’s history.
Tottenham were also knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League One Colchester United, a game that Davies started and apologised to the supporters for the result.
“It’s painful times. We want to be in and around the top-four, every season, winning games on a regular basis,” the Welshman said in an interview with Sky Sports.
“It’s stressful, it’s tough, but we’re a professional group and we have got really good lads and the players are willing to put 100 percent effort in every day to try and get back to winning ways.
“This is our first extended run where it has been a bit tough for five odd years. It is obviously tough in the dressing room when you expect to be going out there and putting in – pretty much when we look back is perfect performances back then, so it’s very disappointing when things don’t seem to click, but in football sometimes you have to take the ups and the downs and maybe not too high when you are flying and when it’s down, it’s about getting back as a team, back as a group and getting back to basics.”
With Danny Rose suspended, Davies is in line to make just his second Premier League start of the season against Everton on Sunday and the full-back is targeting maximum points at Goodison Park.
“The group is fired up. The group just want to win games, we are a determined group. We need to put things right on Sunday.”


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While the multifamily property sector fared better in 2020 than many economists anticipated at the beginning of the pandemic, there’s no question that apartment investors and owners were negatively impacted along with the rest of the world by COVID-19. Vacancy rates climbed, rents declined, and concessions increased in reaction to widespread unemployment, shifting migration patterns and new supply. However, the pandemic’s impact varied widely by location and investors became increasingly confident in the multifamily sector as the year progressed.
Nationally, vacancy rates are expected to peak in 2021 at 6.5%, according to Fannie Mae’s January 2021 Multifamily Economic and Market Commentary. Vacancy rates are anticipated to begin trending down in 2022 and continue that downward trajectory to 4.75% by 2026.
However, it’s important to recognize that much of that rise in vacancy rates is driven by prime properties in high-cost urban locations such as New York, Washington, San Francisco and Boston. Vacancy rates remained steady in many suburban markets and in Class B and Class C buildings.
Why vacancy rates are expected to rise in 2021
- New supply delivering. More than 396,000 apartment units were delivered in 2020, a peak year for deliveries, according to Dodge Data & Analytics Supply Track. Another 506,637 are anticipated to deliver in 2021. However, it is possible given labor and material shortages that not all of those apartments will be completed this year. The cities with the highest levels of apartment construction underway now include New York, Washington, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Seattle, according to Dodge.
- Demand down. Demand, particularly for Class A apartments in prime urban locations, dropped precipitously early in the pandemic as young adults left to move in with their parents and tenants moved to the suburbs in search of more living space, less density and lower rent. Working remotely and the lack of availability of urban amenities during the pandemic meant renters were more likely to move away from expensive downtown locations. Those renters are not anticipated to return to their offices – at least not full-time – until later in 2021 or perhaps 2022.
- Disconnect between demand and supply. While demand is expected to remain strong for Class B and Class C apartments, especially in markets with relatively steady employment, new supply is primarily Class A apartments in already saturated markets where demand is down.
- Uneven performance by market. Vacancy rates also vary by market. Class A apartments in prime urban markets, particularly in gateway cities, are not expected to recover until 2022, according to market analysis by CBRE. But markets in the Midwest and South, which didn’t deteriorate as much in 2020, are anticipated to have lower vacancy rates in 2021.
- Job growth won’t replace 2020 job losses. Fannie Mae’s economic forecast expects job growth of 5.5% by the end of 2021, but even that estimated 7.9 million new jobs won’t make up for the estimated 9.3 million jobs lost in 2020. Fannie Mae expects it will be 2022 before those jobs are replaced and before demand will increase substantially for apartments.
Why vacancy rates will improve in 2022
The U.S. economy will begin rebounding in 2021, particularly as vaccinations become more widespread. That rebound is anticipated to accelerate in 2022. By late 2021 and into 2022, job growth is anticipated by Moody’s Analytics to increase in Austin, Dallas and Phoenix, which should increase multifamily demand. All three cities have a significant amount of supply, but demand is strong enough to absorb that supply. Other cities where employment recovery levels by the fourth quarter of 2021 are expected to be strong include Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Houston, Denver, Atlanta, San Antonio and Jacksonville. Cities with lower expected employment recovery include Pittsburgh, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Providence, San Francisco, Cleveland, Detroit and Las Vegas.
Demand for apartments, which is closely tied to job growth, is also connected to household formations. As the pandemic’s impact fades and consumers feel they have more job stability, young adults are more likely to move out of their parents’ homes and begin to establish their own households again.


Dox Music | For Songwriters, Performers & Creatives
Welcome to Dox Music Services (incorporating Doxmedia Aggregation). If you are a songwriter, performer or creative we are here to offer expert advice and help you thrive and survive in today's music industry. With over 20 years experience of working in all aspects of the creation, copyrighting and distribution of music we can support you in many areas, from an original idea to the finished project and beyond.
Welcome to Doxmedia Aggregation. We are your easy 'one-stop' gateway to the digital music world for your music. We are here to help artists and record labels make your music available on every major online digital music store and streaming site WORLDWIDE. So if you want your music to be readily available everywhere, from iTunes through to Spotify, and everyone inbetween across the globe, then you need to talk to us.
We are very pleased to confirm that the digital music sites and platforms that we at DOXMEDIA aggregation service and supply our artist’s music to continues to grow and expand. You’ll be able to find the music of our artists on a new on-demand subscription streaming service launched by the Russian social[…]
Here’s an interesting article for all you artists out there. Following reported growth for the eighth year in a row, resurgent sales of music on vinyl generated more income for UK artists than YouTube last year, with British acts including Adele and Ed Sheeran accounting for a record one in six[…]
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Hello plant lovers! We know how excited you are to see your newly planted flora thrive in your garden or home. However, sometimes, plants that are not fully established may take a bit longer to come back with foliage or blooms. Don’t worry, this is completely normal! We just ask for a little patience before you see them at their best. That’s why we kindly remind you that plant material cannot be replaced before June 15th each year. If you have any concerns or questions about your plant’s progress, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
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Warranty applies to plants purchased at regular price (no more than 10% off). Does not apply to the sale or discounted products or plants.
Plants damaged by animal, pest, mechanical, weather or other unforeseeable acts of nature are not eligible for warranty. Also, plants grown in raised gardens or containers are not eligible for a warranty.
Plants deemed by Blue Grass to be improperly planted, maintained or cared for will not be eligible for warranty. Dieback or branch damage that can be removed leaving a viable plant will not be eligible for warranty.
The following are not sold with any warranty or guarantee: flowering indoor or seasonal plants, air plants, bonsai, orchids, tea roses, bulbs, roots, cedars, dwarf Alberta Spruce and some other plants as noted on the invoice.
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Services like delivery and planting are not covered by warranty. All costs incurred in replacing plant material are at the sole cost of the purchaser.
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Sod: 1 year from date of purchase. Warranty void if the product is left standing for more than 24 hours.
Trees, Shrubs & Evergreens: 1 year from date of purchase (unless otherwise noted on the invoice).
Perennials & Vines: until September 30th of the year of purchase.
Annuals: No warranty (bedding plants, hanging baskets, planters, seasonal).
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New Day starting in April 2015.
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Scholomance walls& floor set for the next Halloween gift! :3
~Scholomance is a dungeon in World of Warcraft, original from Vanilla updated in Cata but I like the older version more
It where many items so I did hope I didnt forgot to take a screen of 1… The floor in the first screen are the corners made by me because in the sims you cant get it like that like the original in wow….
I hope you guys will enjoy this! :3
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The mayor says the city's trash hauler went rouge by halting trash pickup in some cases and placing violation stickers on bins and bag throughout the city.
Recently, Republic Services, the city's trash hauler, began what city hall is calling "soft enforcement" of the city's current trash ordinances. The workers started placing violation stickers on resident's trash bins if they did not comply with the standards and in some cases refused to collect trash or recycling because of the non-complia
David Bertolozzi has managed a gas station and convenience store for 27 years and hasn't been cited for a tobacco violation.
But yet, every three years he has to pay the Tri-Town Health Department $25 to watch a lengthy video, which features information such as the anatomy of a cigarette, to be certified. All clerks are required to take the certification exam every three years.
A proposal to change the way residential trash is collected is heading to the City Council.
The Resource and Recovery Committee on Wednesday passed a favorable recommendation on Ward 3 Councilor Nicholas Caccamo's petition to switch to a totter system. The committee's plan is to give all households a 35-gallon tote for trash and as much as a 95-gallon tote for recycling. Those totes will then allow Republic Services to switch to automated trash pickup.
Covanta is expected to remain open now that the City Council has granted the waste to energy facility $562,000 to help with capital repairs.
The council on Tuesday approved the expenditure from the Pittsfield Economic Development Fund, which was created in part of the settlement with General Electric years ago, to help the company replace a boiler, and comply with state regulations to enclose the area recyclables are sorted. The money is part of what officials called a "three-legged stool" wi
The group looking at a possible overhaul of the city's trash collection is putting nearly everything on the table.
The Resource Recovery Committee met for its second thing this month in its ongoing look into changing the way the trash system operates. Currently, the city has a curbside pick up model in which Republic Services collects all of the trash and brings it to Covanta, where it is burned to make energy to sell to Crane & Co. The recycling is transported from Covanta to a recycler who


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Volkswagen Eos convertible (2006-2014) - Practicality & boot space
The Volkswagen Eos offers plenty of space up front but boot is small
Volkswagen Eos Cabriolet interior space and storage
Inside the Eos, there's more room than you might expect from a coupe, and all-round visibility is good. Although it’s a bit of a squeeze getting in, there’s space for adults in the rear seats for shorter trips, but headroom is restricted with the sloping roof in place and your average-sized adult won’t want to be stuck back there for very long unless the roof is down.
There are plenty of useful cubbies and storage spaces dotted around the cabin, so finding a place for the usual essentials shouldn’t be a problem.
Volkswagen Eos boot space
The boot isn’t a strong point for the Eos. At just 205 litres, it's smaller than rivals such as the Renault Megane CC and Peugeot 308 CC. What’s more, is it's only really suitable for small bags, as the load space is awkwardly shaped and larger items can get trapped under the roof mechanism.
With the roof up, boot space is a quite generous 380 litres – but you can’t rely on that amount of space if there’s a chance you may need to fold the roof down during your journey, and let’s face it, there’s almost always a chance of that in the UK. When the Eos was facelifted, Volkswagen introduced the option to lower or raise the roof remotely with the key fob, which can be useful considering it takes a relatively lengthy 25 seconds.
Volkswagen Eos towing
All Volkswagen Eos models are capable of towing a maximum braked weight of 1,500kg. This beats the 750kg managed by the Renault Megane CC and the 1,400kg managed by most of the models in the Peugeot 308 CC range.


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Actress Regina Daniels shares beautiful pictures of her sons to celebrates on their birthday
Regina Daniels, a Nollywood actress, is celebrating the birthdays of both of her sons today—a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old.
Regina Daniels wrote a lengthy statement on her Instagram page in which she referred to her sons as both her greatest accomplishments and the source of her motivation for a brand-new way of life.
She acknowledged how fortunate, favored, and honored she feels to be their mother and said that having daily contact with children gives her the confidence to carry out her motherly duties admirably.
She praised his tranquil demeanor and called him the Oodgwu of the home in a letter to Khalifa.
She told Munir how impressed she is by what he does and says. He was the sharpest 2-year-old boy she had ever met, according to her.

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Academy Encore 2019
Return to The Academy for an Encore!
It’s time for our annual Encore of “Not My President’s Weekend” as we return to Hollywood’s #1 Nightclub, Academy, for an Encore of one of our most popular events of New Year’s Weekend: Academy.
Join international superstar DJ GSP as he celebrates his birthday with us and takes us on a non-stop musical journey from start to finish at this incredible club, home to American Idol.
Join us immediately after Encore for a special President’s holiday weekend afterhours as Reload and Masterbeat join forces to present “Afterhours at the Men’s Academy” at Station 1640 with DJ Mike Soriano.


The Old Firm currently sit third in their respective groups ahead of the five matchday of Uefa’s secondary competition.
Celtic have already secured European football in the New Year as they are assured of finishing at least third which would see them drop into the Conference League. A win against Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, however, would put the pressure on their German opponents as well as Real Betis who travel to Parkhead in December.
As for Rangers, a win over Sparta Prague will lift them into second going into the final group match against Lyon.
Scroll down and click through fro all the latest news and transfer speculation from around the SPFL and Scottish football with the January window on the horizon as clubs eye mid-season deals.
1. Defender keen on Celtic stay
Cameron Carter-Vickers has revealed he is “open to” extending his stay at Celtic beyond this season. The centre-back is on loan from Tottenham Hotspur and the Parkhead club have an option to make the deal permanent. The player said: “I have really enjoyed it. The staff and the players have been really good with me and that’s helped me.” (Various)
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Alfredo Morelos has been valued at between £6m-£8million by former Rangers star Charlie Adam. The Colombian has been one of a number of underperforming players in the Scottish champions squad. The Dundee midfielder reckons he will still have interest in January because he is a goalscorer. He said: “I think he is miles away from it. You're talking £6million, £8million maybe." (PLZ Soccer)
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Chris Sutton took to Twitter to make a jibe aimed towards Rangers after he was barred from Ibrox once more. The former Celtic star was due to be at the ground as part of BT Sport’s coverage of the Europa League but he will not be allowed in once more having also been rejected in September. It means BT Sport will broadcast from an empty Celtic Park. Sutton tweeted: “Everyone, anyone”. A slogan that is Rangers’. (Twitter)
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David Templeton has announced his retirement from playing. The former Stenhousemuir, Hearts and Rangers star has been with Hamilton Accies since 2020, his second spell at the club. However, a hamstring issue has caused him issues. He’s played just 19 times since returning to Accies but will continue with a coaching role at the club. (Various)
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The Texas Longhorns will have their star quarterback back on the field this weekend.
Five-star transfer Quinn Ewers is set to return for Saturday's Red River Rivalry matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners, per college football insider Pete Thamel.
Ewers has missed the Longhorns' last three games after suffering a shoulder injury during a Week 2 matchup against the Alabama Crimson Tide. He was initially given a 4-6 week recovery period with a sprained SC joint.
In Ewers' absence, backup Hudson Card has stepped up as the Longhorns' QB1. The team is 2-1 without Ewers after an overtime loss to Texas Tech in Week 4.
Ewers has been a full participant in practice all week with no limitations.
Texas will host the Sooners in a highly-anticipated matchup on Saturday afternoon at noon ET.

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Learn how tech is changing how we care for everyone, young and old.
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Family members will be able to personalize alerts, check in with relatives and call for help with simple commands.
Parents can set up an Apple Watch for their children, with parental controls for messaging and location tracking.
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However, the stock market surprised all by surpassing to new historical heights. There was more cash flow in the stock market in the first ten months of 2021, far exceeding that in 2020. As per an outside investment fund, cash flow is increasing spectacularly, as investors wait for an even bigger economic stimulus package.
Cause of cash flow
Post Covid-19 pandemic recovery and stimulus measures have been under deployment around the world since 2020. Always accompanying these stimulus packages is a loosening monetary policy, which the stock market expects. This is also the source of fear of asset bubbles due to flood of cheap money. For Vietnam's stock market, the so-called tsunami in 2020 has not shown any signs of cooling down from the beginning of 2021 until now. The VN-Index has grown by 32.72%, and since the peak of the pandemic, it has grown by 121.22%. Hence, it is not surprising that a stimulus package worth nearly USD 35 bn has raised concerns of exaggeration more than the risk of an assets bubble.
According to an assessment of the interaction between economic support measures and cash flow in the Vietnamese stock market, the growth momentum of securities is not associated with direct support measures. In 2020, the support packages were mainly indirect through loan rescheduling, tax reduction, and cash support for disadvantaged people. Unlike other countries in the world, especially the US, the beneficiaries of direct cash support have little connection with securities investment activities. Therefore, the main factor promoting cash flow related to securities is very low-interest rates, and stimulating the middle class with idle money to switch to securities investment channels.
Banks themselves have helped by devising all kinds of investment services to hold onto depositors, as well as vying for advantage of demand deposit rate (CASA). Flexible investment packages in bonds, fund certificates, or securities investments through the bank securities company, still keep money connected between securities accounts and savings accounts. This has stimulated a huge source of capital that has long been dormant in accounts enjoying demand interest rates, or cheap short-term savings interest rates. This source of money is much larger than any economic stimulus package.
The evidence is that a number of securities trading accounts of domestic individual investors has increased dramatically. In the first ten months of 2021 alone, nearly 1.09 million new accounts of this type were opened, nearly 2.8 times the number in 2020, which was also a historic record. Even in ten months of this year, the number of domestic individual investors jumping into the stock market is more than in the last four years combined. If on an average, each account deposited VND 100 mn, the figure is nearly VND 109,000 bn. If each account has an average of VND 1 bn, it will be a huge number that has just been added to the market in less than one year. This is not to mention that for every billion Vietnam dong of capital, you can borrow half more according to current regulations.
The risk is that the source of cheap money is too large on the stock market and that it will inflate the asset price more than it is real. However, a bubble risk needs to be looked at from two angles. First, the source of money contributing to that bubble is how much in equity capital and how much in borrowed capital. Second, a bubble must be accompanied by an unreasonably high valuation, which means that the underlying value of the business escapes due to excessive speculative demand.
Currently, the source of money in the lending market comes mainly from banking channels and the equity capital of securities companies. This is a source of money that can be controlled by tools, especially after painful lessons learnt during the period 2007 to 2008. However, the main source of money is still hundreds of thousands of new accounts opening every month. By the end of October 2021, the total number of individual investor accounts in the country were at 3.81 million, equivalent to approximately 3.9% of the population. The target of restructuring the stock market and insurance market is towards 5% of the population by 2025. This means that the wave of individual investors participating in securities has grown faster than expected, and it is the mobilization of capital from the people into this capital channel.
Regarding the valuation factor, the business results in the third quarter of 2021, although decreased by about 19.7% compared to the second quarter of 2021, still grew by 14.7% over the same period, according to FiinTrade calculation. This is quite a surprise because in the third quarter social distancing was prolonged, but corporate profits were still positive. This makes the valuation coefficient P/E of the Vietnamese stock market forecast to be about 18.2 times by the end of 2021.
However, 2022 will likely be the year of economic recovery and strong growth for Vietnam. Corporate profit in 2020 may grow 27% compared to 2021, which is expected to reduce P/E 2022 to 14.3 times with the current score as seen until 21 October. This means that in relation to the growth rate of corporate profits, in the next two to three years, the valuation of Vietnamese securities will not be at the bubble threshold, if you look at Vietnam's P/E Index at the time of the bubble in the second quarter of 2007 to 34 times.
However, the remaining risk is that the long-term maintenance of too low-interest rates combined with the USD 35 bn economic stimulus package, if not closely monitored for the purpose of capital use, can increase the source of opportunity capital on the stock market. The period of 4% interest rate support in 2009 was a lesson when money did not enter production and businesses, but flowed into property speculation from securities to real estate, leading to long lasting consequences.
Liquidity on stock market increased in proportion to number of new domestic individual investor accounts. This shows that the stock market is attracting idle cash flow from the population, and not just speculative capital flow from the banking system as in the 2007 to 2008 period.


In 1931, Sam Cook was born. Cook was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as The King of Soul for his unmatched vocal abilities and impact and influence on the modern world of music. His contribution in pioneering Soul music led to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and popularizing the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown.
Cooke began his career singing gospel with his siblings in a group called The Singing Children. He first became known as lead singer with the Highway QC's as a teenager. In 1950, Cooke replaced gospel tenor R.H. Harris as lead singer of the landmark gospel group The Soul Stirrers. Under Cooke's leadership, the group signed with Specialty Records and recorded the hits "Peace in the Valley", "How Far Am I From Canaan?", "Jesus Paid the Debt", and "One More River", among many other gospel songs.
His first pop single, "Lovable" (1956), was released under thealias"Dale Cooke" in order not to alienate his gospel fan base (he sang with the Soul Stirrers until 1957); there was a considerable stigma against gospel singers performing secular music. However, it fooled no one - Cooke's unique and distinctive vocals were easily recognized Like most R&B artists of his time, Cooke focused on singles; in all he had twenty-nine top-40 hits on the pop charts, and more on the R&B charts. In spite of this, he released a well received blues-inflected LP in 1963, Night Beat, and his most critically acclaimed studio album Ain't That Good News, which featured five singles, in 1964., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke
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The topic of Responsive Web Design, or RWD for short, has become increasingly important in recent years. It is impossible to imagine Web Development without RWD today. Due to a wide variety of screen sizes, for example, smartphones or tablet computers, Responsive Web Design has become an integral part of every web designer’s toolbox.
The Responsive Webdesign – Training Video explains in a practical and easy to understand way how to master Responsive Web Design and how to design a seamless experience for mobile users.
Responsive Web Design Training is the ultimate guide to bringing dynamic, eye-catching web projects to tablets, smartphones, and other devices. We teach practical techniques based on HTML5 and CSS3, languages that clients use in real projects. To aid your studies, we share the code with you.
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I'm so excited to share that I was featured on the cover of this month's issue of Books & Buzz Magazine! In the feature article, I talk my shameless love for books, my history in design, and the current projects filling my days.
The nature/adventure documentary I helped create and produce, The Devil's Road, will be streaming for a limited time at the virtual Big Bear Film Festival from June 12 - July 12 as an Official Selection. Passes are now on sale. If you enjoy the film and would like to support it, please consider voting for it [...]
The film production company I work for as an associate producer, Broken Wagon Films, LLC, founded in Santa Cruz, California, is currently working on its debut feature-length historical/conservation/adventure documentary about Baja, California, Mexico, called "The Devil's Road." We highly encourage you to check out our site at http://www.brokenwagonfilms.com. We've completed a number of shorts as [...]
For months I was wondering what I had gotten myself into. Lauri and I were planning to fly my single-engine plane over 2,000 miles across the country in late winter; attempt to cross the border into Mexico without getting my plane confiscated and the two of us thrown into Mexican prison; rendezvous with my brother [...]
SPECIAL "SNEAK PEEK" RECEPTION with the filmmakers of "The Devil's Road: A Baja Documentary” (In Production) Saturday, February 25th | Aptos Branch Library SCHEDULE: 4:30PM - Doors Open 5:00 PM - Screening 6-6:30PM - Q&A Session with the Filmmakers! 6:30-7PM - Reception with Light Refreshments Please join the Santa Cruz Public Libraries’ Hidden Gems Film Club for a [...]
"The Devil's Road" Episode 1: Isla Raza Isla Raza is a tiny island in the Gulf of California that serves as the sole breeding ground for several important bird species. Despite being protected by the Mexican government as a wildlife sanctuary in 1964, this unique island is currently threatened by climate change and human activity. [...]
The Devil's Road: A Baja Documentary In 1905, two American naturalists set out on horseback across the remote deserts of Baja California, Mexico. Their expedition was the first of its kind to span the entire peninsula and complete a comprehensive survey of Baja's flora and fauna. Zig-zagging from coast to coast across the desolate interior, [...]


Former Foreign Secretary Lord Hague has called for a renewed drive to tackle the “terrible crime” of holding another human being enslaved after the report found a rise in incidents of domestic slavery.
The report by The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) think tank and the anti-slavery charity Justice and Care, entitled ‘It Still Happens Here’, warns the problem is likely to intensify in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
Modern slaves are frequently trafficked from abroad, although in the last three years the UK has been the top country of origin of suspected slavery victims, the report says.
It cites harrowing examples of gangs using the identities of victims to commit benefit fraud, victims being plied with alcohol and drugs and forced to beg in the streets, engage in the sale of illicit tobacco or be exploited in brothels or car washes.
Emerging evidence was also seen on how the Government’s furlough scheme was being abused.
Government estimates in 2017 put the cost of slavery on the country at up to £4.3 billion - based on between 10,000 and 13,000 victims.
The report gathered evidence of slavery in the UK across six towns and cities. Using Artificial Intelligence to analyse crime and intelligence reports from West Midlands Police Force, it found there were likely to be 4,197 victims in one 12-month period.
Extrapolating the data to the UK population as a whole suggests there are at least 99,469 victims linked to cases reported to police. This does not include the hidden majority of victims that are yet to be in any way identified.
The report also links modern slavery to organised crime. In Leeds, Trading Standards officials linked slavery to widespread tax evasion on cigarette sales, while in the West Midlands, a major police operation on one criminal network uncovered how victims from Eastern Europe were being used for labour exploitation.
Endorsing the report’s call for a tightening of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, Lord Hague said: “Most people find it hard to believe that, nearly two hundred years after Britain formally abolished slavery, the terrible crime of holding another human being enslaved is still widespread here. That is because modern slavery is hidden from view, even though it is all around us.
“Across our country, large numbers of young women have been forced into sexual slavery. Thousands of young men struggling with debt are drawn into forced labour from which they cannot escape. Hundreds of children are growing up never experiencing the freedom the rest of us enjoy.”
Commentary by Iain Duncan Smith and Carolyn Harris here.