Focusing on the issue of high food consumption and wastage of food in the UAE, Emirates Environmental Group organised its 7th Session of Community Lecture Series 2013 on 27 August 2013 in Dubai on the topic of Save Wasted Food for Zero Hunger. The session delved into the importance of saving food and avoiding wastage of food at all stages of food chain.
According to the FAO, under current production and consumption trends, global food production must increase 70% by 2050 in order to meet the demands of the growing world population. Yet, worldwide about one-third of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tones – gets lost or wasted in the food production and consumption systems every year.
Food loss and waste is a global concern today and many global initiatives are being undertaken to address this challenging issue. Food loss and wastage is a serious challenge for sustainable development – socially, economically and environmentally.
Following the theme of the World Environment Day, “Think. Eat. Save…. Reduce your Foodprint” and increasing wastage of food in the country, the purpose of the 7th Community Lecture was to bring to the surface the criticality of the issue and create awareness amongst all stakeholders to avoid food loss and wastage.
Ms Habiba Al Mar’ashi, Chairperson, Emirates Environmental Group in her welcome remarks shared that food loss and waste is a complex problem with losses occurring throughout the food chain from “farm to fork”, adding pressure on food security in the region and globally.
She further added that in medium and high income countries like ours, food is wasted and lost mainly at later stages in the supply chain. Food consumption in the UAE is a critical matter of concern. According to Dubai Municipality Waste Management Department, on regular days food makes up 33 to 38 per cent of domestic waste, during festive seasons like Ramadan it goes up to 55 per cent or more and lands up in landfills. Raising awareness among industries, retailers and consumers as well as finding beneficial use for saved food that is presently thrown away are useful measures to decrease the amount of losses and waste along with creating eco-friendly eating culture to change people’s habits and this session is a step towards that, she stated.
Mr Moez El Shohdi, Co-Founder & CEO - Egyptian Food Bank shared the details of food loss at each step in the food chain and gave some steps to work towards saving the wasted and lost foods through the initiatives adopted by the Food Banking Network. The network is a unique programme working towards eliminating hunger from the region by 2020 through creating a diversity of long term development, awareness, educational and feeding programs by founding food banks in the region, in co-operation with credible, potential partners in all sectors. Sharing the successful initiatives of the network, he emphasized on a collaborative approach at all levels of supply chain and consumption, giving examples of engagement with hotels, capacity building of farmers, selection of appropriate products, investment in right infrastructure, efficient transportation and awareness campaigns for cultural change as a way to avoid food loss and wastage and fight hunger together. The network as a social entrepreneurship model dealing with social issues with economic return is currently engaging with 10 food networks in the region and is working towards adding many more in Asia and Africa.
As part of the awareness spreading programmes of EEG, community lectures are free open public seminars hosted on the last Tuesday of each month. The seminars focus on array of environmental issues with the expert insights from business and government leaders and influential academics and researchers. EEG’s full house public speaking lectures are a sought after event and serve as a platform for the community to network, share and learn about the latest ground breaking technologies and solutions and inculcate the practice of ‘We Care’.
The topic of the current session caught the attention of many sectors including the media. The session was well attended by students, individual community members, hotel and other industry representatives and members of media. The session was highly interactive and raised discussions on significant concerns related to food wastage both at the level of supply chain by hotel and retail industry and through consumption by the community members and inspired the participants to work towards food sustainability and contribute to reach zero hunger level in the world.
Note for Editors: Emirates Environmental Group (EEG): EEG is a professional working group devoted to protecting the environment through the means of education, action programs and community involvement. It is the first environmental NGO in the world to be ISO 14001 certified and the only organization of its kind in the UAE with accredited status to the United Nations Convention to Combating Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). EEG is a regional focal point of the UN Global Compact and hosts the secretariat of Global Compact for the GCC states. EEG is also a member of the International Union of Conservation for Nature (IUCN).


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It was a short, simple sentence, but it rocked the world of pro football Monday. As ESPN senior writer Steve Fainaru reports, during a concussion roundtable convened by the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Energy & Commerce, NFL senior vice-president of health and safety Jeff Miller was asked whether there is a link between brain trauma sustained playing football and neurodegenerative diseases such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Miller's response: "The answer to that question is certainly yes."
According to Fainaru, Miller's response was rooted in his assessment of findings from Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist from Boston University. She has diagnosed CTE in the brains of 176 people, including 90 of 94 former NFL players tested.
The statement from Miller was significant because it marked the first time an NFL official admitted the link between brain trauma and football. For years, the NFL had avoided taking a stance and preferred to let the medical community decide. As recently as Super Bowl week less than two months ago, Dr. Mitch Berger, who leads the league subcommittee on long-term brain injury, claimed there was still no established link between football and CTE. So it was quite the about-face for Miller to back Dr. McKee's findings publicly.
Not surprisingly, Miller's comments have already impacted the settlement between the league and the thousands of players who sued the NFL for allegedly concealing the link between football and brain disease. As Fainaru reports:
Hours after Miller's comments, a lawyer representing seven former players objecting to the proposed settlement of the concussion lawsuit against the NFL sent a letter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The letter argued that Miller's acknowledgement of a link and of McKee's work reflects a "stark turn" from the league's position, underscoring the objectors' argument that CTE was not adequately addressed in the settlement. Attorney Steven Molo wrote that Miller's comments "directly contradict" the NFL's position in the case.
The settlement is on hold while the Third Circuit Court of Appeals considers the objections.
So why are you reading these words on The Hockey News website? You know what question comes next. How and will Miller's comments impact the NHL concussion lawsuit?
The plaintiffs claim is summarized as follows:
The plaintiffs generally allege that the NHL failed to warn its players of the short and long-term effects of repeated concussions and head trauma, failed to adequately care for its players after they received such injuries, and promoted and glorified unreasonable and unnecessary violence leading to head trauma. Plaintiffs allege these actions and inactions by the NHL resulted in players suffering from, or increased the risk of contracting, serious brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, and Parkinson’s, and accelerated the speed and severity of players’ post-retirement mental decline.
It's fair to assume NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will face public scrutiny in light of Miller's comments. Bettman, remember, famously stated last spring that there was no concrete link between concussions and CTE:
“From a medical science standpoint, there is no evidence yet that one necessarily leads to the other," he told reporters at the time. "I know there are a lot of theories, but if you ask people who study it, they tell you there is no statistical correlation that can definitively make that conclusion.”
From a public relations standpoint, Bettman will face pressure to backtrack on that stance. If concussions caused by football are proven to correlate with CTE, it's easy and obvious to make the same connection between hockey concussions and CTE. So, sure, Bettman might be wise to amend his position in a hurry.
About that, though. He can safely do so, because the crux of the concussion lawsuit is not about what the NHL knows now – or what the NHL is in the process of learning. It's all about what the NHL already knew. It alleges the NHL failed to warn its players about the dangers of concussions. Whether that can be proven is a question for another day. But anything the NFL says doesn't further implicate wrongdoing on the NHL's part. It makes for ugly PR if the NHL doesn't change its position, but nothing more.
UPDATE, 8:48 p.m. ET: THN.com reached out to the NHL concussion lawsuit plaintiffs for their thoughts on Miller's comments and received the following statement from the plaintiffs' co-lead counsel:
“The time has come for the NHL to do the right thing for its former players and finally admit and warn about the link between repeated head trauma and long-term, neuro-degenerative disorders. While the NFL, after intense public pressure, has finally admitted publicly that there is ‘certainly’ a link, the NHL, to this day, continues to deny that there is any long-term danger associated with suffering repeated concussions and sub-concussive blows, even in the face of compelling medical evidence. The NHL has a duty to protect its players and hockey players of all ages and provide them with factual and accurate information about the long-term consequences of repetitive head injuries. We hope that the NFL’s statements and public acknowledgment of this public health crisis will compel the NHL to follow suit.”
THN.com reached out to the NHL for comment as well but has not received a response as of this time.
Matt Larkin is an associate editor at The Hockey News and a regular contributor to the thn.com Post-To-Post blog. For more great profiles, news and views from the world of hockey, subscribe to The Hockey News magazine. Follow Matt Larkin on Twitter at @THNMattLarkin

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Nana Ama McBrown has revealed to the fans who have been dying to know that she is not best friends with singer Mzbel.
From her narrative, they are not even friends but one thing that is for us sure is the fact that she is not bitter about her neither does she bear grudges.
According to her, she is known that her now-husband dated Mzbel but she has never asked him about the relationship they had.
She believes that the ship has longed sailed and as matured people, they have moved beyond that Ghanaians should equally move on from it.
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SOUTHERN Kings flyer Siviwe "Shakes" Soyizwapi has been called up to the Stormers squad ahead of their opening Super Rugby match against the Lions at Ellis Park on Saturday.
The hard-running Soyizwapi made a big impression on Stormers coach Allister Coetzee earlier this month when the Stormers beat the Kings 40-7 in a Super Rugby friendly at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
"It is very satisfying to see Shakes' talent being recognised and is testament to the good work being done here. We wish Shakes everything of the best and know that he will be a great asset to the Stormers," Kings chief executive Charl Crous said.
Soyizwapi now joins two former Southern Kings players in the Stormers ranks.
Earlier this year, talented Scott van Breda was called up by the Stormers and flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis is also playing for the Cape side.
Last week, EP rugby was given a massive shot in the arm after SA Rugby bosses decided to include the Kings in an enlarged eight-team Currie Cup Premier Division later this year.
There is now speculation that the Kings will sign several big-name players ahead of their opening match in the top flight. "It is still early days, but we may look at contracting in the odd position where we need some cover," Crous said.
New EP Kings head coach Mzwandile Stick and backline coach Carlos Spencer will get a chance to run the rule over the available talent when they play Griquas in a friendly at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday.
The Kings kick off their Vodacom Cup campaign with a match against the Kenyan Tusker Simba 15 in Cape Town on March 8.
Each Vodacom Cup section, North and South, will consist of eight teams, who will play within their divisions in the group phase.
The quarterfinals will be cross-section, with the top two teams from each section hosting the third and fourth sides from the other section in the first knockout round.
"The format of the Vodacom Cup is exactly the same as last year, when the conclusion of the competition was pretty exciting," SA Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux said.
All 14 provincial teams will be required to pick a minimum of seven black players in their match-day squads, two of whom must be forwards. A minimum of five black players will be required to start.
The numbers were determined in line with SA Rugby's global transformation strategy and having reviewed historical levels of black representation in the competition."This decision to introduce measurable targets underlines our commitment to transformation," South African Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins said. The Vodacom Cup sections are:
North: Blue Bulls, Golden Lions, Griffons, Griquas, Leopards 15, Limpopo Blue Bulls, Pumas, Falcons.
South: Boland Cavaliers, Border Bulldogs, EP Kings, Free State 15, Tusker Simba 15, Sharks 15, SWD Eagles, Western Province.


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Discover the wisdom that The Last Act has to share. From TV legend Norman Lear to Phyllis Shlecter, a feisty 90 year old who was recently bat mitzvah'ed, to Dick and Lois Gunther, a beautiful couple falling in love all over again in their twilight years, to Marion Ross, the beloved TV mom Mrs. C from "Happy Days."
Legendary TV writer and producer Norman Lear continues to create into his 90s, driven by curiosity about “the game of life” and what comes next. His next passion project: a comedy titled “Guess Who Died?”
Phyllis Shlecter finds that most people are surprised she’s nearly 90. That’s what it’s like when you don’t fit stereotypes about nonagenarians. Phyllis was bat mitzvah-ed at 82 and just might change your views on aging.
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text: There is talk that a Major League Baseball team will one day reside in Las Vegas. At the very least, the commissioner is open to the idea. Of course, there’s already a pro baseball team in Sin City: the Las Vegas 51s, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets. Aside from the awesome logo on their hats, having its top affiliate in Vegas has been problematic for the Mets. The 2,237 miles from Vegas to Queens are most between any AAA team and its big league club, making it difficult for players to get to New York in a timely fashion.

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The Rossoneri could bring in Ze Eduardo as cover for the injured Alexandre Pato.
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The European Commission on Friday cleared Lite-On's takeover of Philips' CD and DVD vehicle entertainment system Automotive Playback Modules (APM). APM develops, manufactures and supplies CD and DVD playback modules.
The Commission -- the European Union's antitrust authority -- said the combined entity would continue to face "several strong and effective competitors", in the disc-making sector, as well as development and design. The Commission concluded that "there would be no risk of substantially re-enforcing the new entities' position in any of these markets and that customers would continue to have both alternative and competing sources of supply."
The manufacturing operations that will be sold are mainly located in Gyor, Hungary. However, some APM operations -- research and development, marketing and sales, and product management activities - will be transferred to a joint venture between the two companies, which will operate under the name Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions, or PLDS.
In PLDS, Lite-On will buy out BenQ's stake and replace it as the controlling shareholder in the joint venture now operating under the name Philips and BenQ Digital Storage, or PBDS. Upon completion of this transaction, PBDS will be renamed PLDS.

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As Midwest winter winds blow and temperatures drop to single digits, we dream about warm weather and sunshine. Turn those dreams into reality by starting your planning at the Chicago Travel and Adventure Show. The popular travel show returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, on January 21 and 22.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2016. It has been updated for the 2017 event.
Speakers and Entertainment
Listen to well-known travel personalities, including Samantha Brown, Rick Steves, Pauline Frommer, Peter Greenberg, and Johnny Jet, share travel tips in seminar sessions. Taste a sample of international cuisine when you watch top international chefs demonstrate cooking techniques. International cultural performers will entertain with dances from around the world.
For hands-on fun, try out a Segway or ride an old-time bike. Or ride a live camel!
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Sneak peek at some exhibitors
Be sure to leave plenty of time in your schedule to visit exhibitors. Representatives from dozens of organizations, from local Midwest resort towns to African safari destinations, will be on hand to provide you with information.
I am amazed at the number of tourist attractions Louisville has added since my visit there four years ago. The Mega Cavern, where I ziplined underground, has added an underground Mega Bike Trail and Mega Quest, a ropes course. A pedestrian bridge now connects Louisville to Louisville’s southern Indiana neighbor, Jeffersonville. The folks at the Louisville exhibit will be happy to tell you what southern Indiana has to offer, as well.
For those who haven’t been to Louisville before, Churchill Downs and Louisville Slugger are must-sees. And if you’re a fan of bourbon, be sure to ask about the Urban Bourbon Trail and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
Door County, Wisconsin, largely a peninsula that juts into Lake Michigan from the east coast of Wisconsin, is a magnet for Midwesterners, especially from spring through fall. There are also 34 small islands in Door County, the largest being Washington Island off the tip of the peninsula. With Lake Michigan to the east and Green Bay to the west, it is no surprise that water-related activities top the list of things to do.
However, there is plenty to do inland, as well. Door County is popular with the arts community, both visual and performing. It isn’t unusual to visit a gallery and find the artist busy working on his or her next project. Catch summer stock theater with the Peninsula Players, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater.
Each Door County small town has its own character. For instance, Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay is known for Swedish pancakes and goats on the roof. Yes, you read correctly. True to Swedish tradition, the restaurant has a sod roof, and during the summer the goats keep the sod trimmed.
Tips on attending the 2017 Chicago Travel and Adventure Show
- Purchase tickets early for discounted admission. On-site ticket sales are cash only.
- Plan your strategy ahead of time. Check the seminar and entertainment schedules, and make a note of those you want to see. For the best seats in speaker seminars, get there early. Seats for popular speaks fill up quickly.
- Strategize your visits to exhibitors, especially if you attend the show only one day. You’ll find the floor plan online, and you’ll get one when you enter the show, as well.
- It gets rather warm on the show floor, so dress accordingly. Leave your coat in your car if weather permits, or check it in the coat check area.
Chicago Travel and Adventure Show location and time
The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center is located at 5555 North River Road in Rosemont, Illinois. Parking fee at the convention center is $15. The Chicago Travel and Adventure Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 22.
Disclosures: I received a complimentary media pass for the Chicago Travel and Adventure Show. However, any opinions expressed in this post are my own.
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It is fast and easy to use, supports various platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows), no additional cost for eg. Linux operating system, supports Full Text Search and is EBA’s primary database.
The PostgreSQL database is freely available at http://www.postgresql.org
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The EBA DMS currently works with version 10.9
Instructions are made for the Windows environment.
If you need help with other operating systems, consult the documentation of the program author on their website.
Following instructions are for PostgreSQL version 9.6.
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- Choose path to installation directory. Default path is usually C:\Program Files\PostgresSQL.
3. Next step is to define, where data files will be stored. Basically this is where you define where your database will be stored.
4. Define password for the database superuser. Write down the password, without it it would be very difficult to administer database.
5. Define port for PostgreSQL, default value is 5433.
6. Set the locale for database cluster.
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New York City - State Senator Liz Krueger released the following statement today following the publication of the investigation in the New York Times regarding the failures of significant numbers of private schools serving New York's Hasidic Jewish community to provide a constitutionally guaranteed sound basic education:
“Yesterday's report in the New York Times is a damning indictment of the failure not only of certain private religious school leaders serving New York's ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic communities, but of the ongoing failure of the city and state to enforce the laws or listen to the pleas of graduates who have been sounding the alarm for more than a decade. As a legislator, as a taxpayer, and as a Jew, I am horrified that we continue to let this out-of-control system expand, and do so with hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money.
"Every single one of these students has a constitutional right to a sound basic education, and they have been denied that right. They are being denied the ability to learn English, math, science, and other fundamental skills needed to survive in our society. This has got to stop - the city must conclude the investigation that it began in 2015, and be completely transparent about its findings; and the State Education Department regulations, to be adopted today, must be swiftly enforced."


Nothing left to chance in development of Audi’s new WTCR challenger
Audi Sport is going all-out to ensure its second-generation Audi RS 3 LMS runs at the front when it makes its debut in the WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup.
As well as tests in Spain and Italy, the car has spent time in the wind tunnel at Audi AG in Ingolstadt in order to confirm the aerodynamic concept created “purely numerically in the computer”, according to the German make.
“Our calculations using Computational Fluid Dynamics were fully confirmed in the wind tunnel,” says Detlef Schmidt, Technical Project Manager Audi RS 3 LMS. “The predicted values for downforce and drag match up well.”
On track, initial testing took place over two days at Castellolí northwest of Barcelona from February 23 and 24 when Audi Sport driver Frédéric Vervisch completed approximately 500 kilometres.
The early focus was on general component testing, initial set-up work on the powertrain and chassis, and the aerodynamic balance. Engineers also checked the functionality of the mandatory standardised TCR engine control unit, which was preceded by intensive software development.
Testing continued at Vallelunga in Italy from March 8 to 10, then at MotorLand Aragón from March 17 and 18.
Rain in Italy, where Vervisch’s Audi Sport-supportedd Comtoyou Racing team-mate Nathanaël Berthon, drove the second-generation RS 3 LMS for the first time, gave engineers the chance to work through air pressures and suspension set-ups for wet track conditions before trying out further options on a dry track.
In Aragón, set-up work on the differential, dampers and the aerodynamic balance was carried out, while the development team also focused on the optimum configuration for qualifying, but also examined the behaviour of the new car over complete race distances.
“We already gained a positive impression of our new car at Castellolí,” sums up Dr. Andrea Milocco, Project Manager, Audi RS 3 LMS. “This continued at Vallelunga and Aragón. In total, we’ve [covered] almost 3000 kilometres with our absolutely reliable car to date and established a good basis for our development tests. It’s also positive that our two drivers are united in their feedback and complement each other well.”
Following planned homologation of the Audi RS 3 LMS on May 1, the car is set to make its competition debut at WTCR Race of Germany on the Nürburgring Nordschleife from June 3-5 when Goodyear-equipped Berthon, Vervisch and Tom Coronel, plus one as yet unannounced driver, will be in action for Comtoyou Racing.


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They required an Irish sports themed game that would primarily work on mobile Web browsers. They also needed the ability for users to share the game via social networks such as Facebook. The game was launched on time for a promotional campaign undertaken by Pundit Arena and one of their clients.


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Canada concluded the preliminary round of the Spengler Cup dead last in their group on Tuesday after losing 2-1 to host city club HC Davos.
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Thus, for the first time in the history of this competition, the maple leaf lost its first two duels.
After a 3-2 curtain-raiser loss to HC Sparta Prague, the Canadian team once again suffered the repercussions of a poor start to the match. After only 1 min 55 s. game, the Swiss club led 2 to 0.
Moments after the initial face-off, Enzo Corvi took advantage of a fall from Quebec defender Thomas Grégoire behind the Canadian cage. The one who is in his 11th season with HC Davos spotted American veteran Andrew Rowe at the mouth of the net, and the latter opened the scoring.
The scenario repeated itself less than two minutes later. This time, a reversal of the maple leaf allowed Dennis Rasmussen to be complicit in the success of Leon Bristedt.
Powerless on these two sequences, goalkeeper Connor Hughes nevertheless did better than his colleague Michael Hutchinson, who had snatched it the day before. Hughes stopped 22 pucks in the loss.
Author of a double in the first game, Brett Connolly added by being the sole scorer for Canada. At the end of the second period, his veiled shot beat Sandro Aeschlimann. The Swedish goalkeeper stopped the other 28 opposing attempts.
Travis Green's troupe no longer has room for error. They will play their quarter-final match against the second-best team in the Torriani group on Thursday. HC Ambri Piotta, Örebro HK, or IFK Helsinki could be his next opponent.


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2018 marks the 30th anniversary of Nike’s iconic “Just Do It,” an iconic tagline created by marketing agency and long-time brand partner Wieden+Kennedy. Nike has pulled no punches when it comes to promoting their powerful slogan as they’ve released a plethora of classic kicks adorned in vintage colors and themes, from the Air Max 97 to the Air Force 1. Their recent apparel has also heavily featured “Just Do It” hits. However, nothing they’ve done to usher in the saying’s fourth decade has commanded as much attention and precipitated as much discussion as their newest ad, featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and social justice activist Colin Kaepernick.
The current issue surrounding the NFL’s national anthem policy and the swath of players who choose to kneel, raise a fist, or simply stay in the locker room while the anthem is played was started by Kaepernick, who first opted to take a knee during the pre-game anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality. This astonishing move caused a great deal of controversy as supporters lauded the quarterback for his bravery and outspokenness, while detractors derided him for disrespecting the military and taking focus away from the game. Although the University of Nevada product has been out of professional football for more than two years, his presence has loomed over the league as players from all thirty teams displayed their own form of quiet protest. With Nike’s newest ad campaign — and Kaepernick attempting to sue the NFL for collusion — it’s arguably more grand and imposing than ever.
It’s an incredibly bold move for a company the size of Nike — who is the NFL’s official uniform provider — to take such a pronounced stance on a political conversation deeply rooted in American politics, especially one that raises so many emotions. The brand hasn’t shied away from other issues; they are proud supporters of the LGBT community, and over the last year or so a miniature exodus of employees occurred after internal investigations revealed unfair practices. Simply put, Nike isn’t afraid to take a stance, even when the stakes are high.
If Nike’s advertisement with Kaepernick proves anything, it’s that the cultural impact of sports is still as strong as ever. Although fashion designers, musicians, and celebrities seem to have a more trendy influence than athletes do, Nike’s Kaepernick ad campaign proves that the root of their brand will always be sport. And although you’ve likely got a pointed and heartfelt opinion about the advertisement one way or the other, there’s one thing you can’t deny: you won’t forget “Just Do It” for another thirty years.


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Small dog names are all seriously cute, how on earth can you choose one? Well, hopefully that’s where we come in. We have hunted down some of the very best names for small dogs, and, fingers crossed, there will be one amongst the list that will delight you and your small best friend. So let’s take a look at some of these cute names!
Small dog names
Alfie is just such a seriously cute name and means “rose bush” this is just an awesome name for the small guy in your life, and just had to be at the top of our list.
Is your little guy your hero? Does he guard over you? If your best friend is courageous then Artie is just perfect.
Aldo means “wise one” so if you’ve got a little wise guy at home, what name could be more perfect than Aldo?
Bella has always been such a cute name for a small girl dog, just perfect for the little girl in your life.
What little girl dog wouldn’t love to be called Angel? Is your little one your Angel, who watches over you? Angel is such a special name for a girl dog, always has been, and just had to make our list of small dog names.
This name has always been so popular amongst dog owners and it’s not hard to see why. Chip is just awesome and can be used for males and females.
Is your best friend as sweet as a cookie? Well, if so, can you think of a better name than Cookie? It’s just so cute and definitely one to consider.
Grace is such a gorgeous name for the girl in your life. Is your little one graceful? If so surely Grace just has to be the one?
Well what can you say, Dandy absolutely had to make our list of small dog names, and if your little guy is fine and dandy, what name could be better? Just perfect!
Yes, Muffin absolutely had to make the list of small dog names. Always a popular choice and with good reason, it’s just perfect for the little girl or boy in your life.
Pickles is an unusual yet ideal name for your best friend and can be used for both males and females, I really cannot think of a cuter name than Pickles for a special little friend.
Is your little one just like your shadow and follows you everywhere? Shadow has always been such a great name for a dog and can be used for males and females.
Peaches is just such a gorgeous name for the girl you love, I adore this name and really cannot think of better for a small, sweet best friend. This name was always going to make the list of small dog names.
Well come on, you didn’t think we were going to leave out Rosie did you? Rosie absolutely had to make the list. Rosie is just the sweetest name for a small dog and definitely one to consider.
You may not hear this name much but it really is perfect for the small dog in your life, just so gorgeous and seriously cute.
Oh yes, Sweetie absolutely had to make the list of small dog names, how could it not? Sweetie is just so sweet for the little girl that’s captured your heart.
Sasha has been a favourite dog name for a long time. It really is the most perfect name for a small girl dog.
Does your girl love walking in the night, looking up at the twinkling stars? I adore this name, it’s just so special. Is your girl as stunning as a twinkling star?
Well of course Tiny made our list it just wouldn’t have been the same without Tiny. Tiny has forever been hugely popular amongst dog owners and for good reason it’s just amazing and seriously cute. Tiny ABSOLUTLEY had to make our list of small dog names.
Who could not love this name? It is just awesome and for those Peter Pan fans (myself included) is the perfect choice. Tinkerbelle is the most gorgeous name for the girl you love.
This name is seriously gorgeous, who could refuse calling their small girl or boy Truffles? This is just an awesome name for the little truffle that has captured your heart.
Do you remember Yogi the bear? This name is just perfect for the little guy in your life, what little boy wouldn’t want to be known as Yogi?
Oh yes, we had to get a Star Wars name in and what a name it is! Yoda is amazing for your best friend, such a cool name for a cool, little guy. For small dog names, this was a must!
This name is so gorgeous and would be awesome for the girl that shines like a crystal. If your girl is a precious gem, surely Crystal is the one? Crystal just had to make the list of small dog names.
Does your precious girl melt your heart like caramel? Caramel is a great choice for your special little friend.
Right then, I seriously cannot think of anyone who could refuse to call their dog Buttons. It is just awesome and I adore it! So if your sweet girl or boy is as small as a button, what name could be more perfect? It’s an absolute cracker.
Well that’s our list completed! Have you found the perfect name for your best friend? We really hope so, each of these names are just so perfect for small dogs and are all truly awesome.
Choosing names can be really difficult, there are just so many choices, but, hopefully, our list of small dog names have inspired you, and that you are closer to picking one for your little friend, which is sure to be amazing!

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The pet food company says this is the type of food dogs were meant to eat and it's changing the way people feed their pets. The farmer's dog tv commercial, 'built to eat: Beef, sweet potato, lentils, carrots, beef liver, kale, sunflower seeds, fish oil, tfd nutrient blend.
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Developed by vets and packed with natural nutrients, the food improves the overall health of your pets. I’ve been feeding the farmer’s dog for more than a year now and am still so proud to fill my dogs’ food bowls with it. On the other hand, an adequate amount of fresh dog food made from real cooked meat and vegetables for the same dog is more expensive.
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Chanel Marriott is a famous Australian actress. Being born in the western part of Australia, she has managed to establish herself in the Hollywood film industry and has proved to be a renowned actress who has given extraordinary performances day in and day out. She is a very beautiful actress and with her excellent physique, she has claimed herself a spot in the heart of the audience and even all the crew members whom she has worked with.
Chanel Marriott made her debut in 2007 where she played the role of a Chloe in the movie The Department of Nothing. Chanel is an award-winning actress who has bagged herself 6 awards out of 8 possible nominations in various categories.
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10 Facts on Chanel Marriott:
- Chanel Marriott was born in Perth, Australia probably in the mid1980’s.
- Her age as of 2020 is probably in her 30’s however she hasn’t opened up about her birthday yet.
- Despite being a famous and award-winning Australian actress she isn’t featured in Wikipedia but she might get featured soon in it.
- Her height is exactly 5 feet and 6 inches tall which is about 1.68cm.
- Chanel married her long term boyfriend Joshua on August 17, 2019, and marked their first year anniversary just a couple of months ago.
- She has her own Instagram account named @chanelmarriott where she has more than 15.6k followers.
- Chanel Marriott is an actress who started her acting journey when she was just 13 years old and later in 2007 she started it professionally.
- Chanel became the first Australian actress to win The Young Artist Award in the Hollywood film industry in 2014 and she has bagged more 5 awards for herself as of 2020.
- Channel has played some of the fantastic movies and they are Rosewood, Splash Paige, Lady Bug, and Toolies.
- Her net worth as of 2020 is exactly 1.9 million dollars.
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Stroke survivors are at an increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which in turn increases the likelihood of poor medication adherence, researchers found.
Two-thirds (67%) of those who were diagnosed with PTSD following stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) were not compliant with their medication, according to Ian M. Kronish, MD, MPH, from Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues.
After adjusting for demographic and clinical predictors of non-adherence, PTSD was associated with a nearly threefold increase in the risk of medication noncompliance, they reported in the August issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
- There is some evidence that PTSD can occur after acute, life-threatening medical events such as strokes and transient ischemic attacks.
- Point out that in this study, patients who had PTSD after a stroke or TIA were at increased risk for medication non-adherence.
The evidence is mounting linking acute, life-threatening medical events with PTSD, Kronish and colleagues wrote. A recent meta-analysis found that PTSD is not unusual after myocardial infarction.
Stroke and TIA, in particular, are sudden, uncontrollable events, which are common triggers for PTSD, researchers noted.
In addition, depression often accompanies PTSD and depression has been shown to be associated with medication non-adherence.
But whether the PTSD or depression has more of a role in patients foregoing their medication is not known.
Kronish and colleagues recruited 535 patients who were part of the PRAISE (Preventing Recurrence of All Inner City Strokes) clinical trial. To be eligible, participants had to be at least 40, with a self-reported history of stroke or TIA within the last 5 years.
Researchers relied on the eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Questionnaire and a score of less than 6 indicated non-adherence.
They assessed potential PTSD with a modified PTSD Checklist Specific for a stressor (PCL-S), using the stressor "stroke or ministroke." The checklist has 17 items and a score of 50 or above indicated "having likely PTSD."
The authors also measured depression with the eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8), and a score of 10 or more indicated mild to moderate depression.
Most (80%) of the participants were black or Latino, nearly 60% were women, and the mean age was 63. One-third had less than a high school education and the earning power of more than half did not rise above $15,000.
Test results indicated that 18% likely suffered from PTSD, while another 56% had possible PTSD.
The participants with PTSD were more likely to be minorities, women, unmarried, and unable to work compared with those without the diagnosis. This group also tended to have a higher modified Rankin score, more comorbidities, and higher depression scores.
Overall, about 40% of participants were non-adherent to medications, but there were twice as many non-adherent participants with PTSD than without the disorder (P<0.001). Of the participants with possible PTSD, 42% were non-adherent.
In the unadjusted model, PTSD was associated with a relative risk (RR) of 3.42 for non-adherence (95% CI 2.36 to 4.96). When researchers adjusted for demographics and clinical predictors of non-adherence, the risk dropped, but was still nearly threefold greater than those without PTSD (RR 2.91, 95% CI 1.92 to 4.42).
Finally, researchers added the depression score to the model, which blunted the risk a little but did not diminish the significant association of PTSD and medication non-adherence (RR 2.69, 95% CI 1.71 to 4.23).
No other risk factor rose above 1.19, and that was for being a minority. In fact, depressive symptoms were not a significant predictor of medication noncompliance in the fully adjusted model (RR 1.12, 95% CI 0.88 to 1.42).
"The results suggest that not only is PTSD common after strokes and TIAs, but that PTSD may be putting stroke/TIA survivors at increased risk for recurrent cerebrovascular events as a result of decreased medication adherence," researchers concluded.
However, they cautioned that their results cannot be construed as causal. They also advised that the results may not be applicable to all populations, particularly because of the high number of participants from low socioeconomic background.
The study is further limited from the self-reported nature of PTSD, depression, and medication compliance.
From the American Heart Association:
Funding for the study was provided in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the National Center for Research Resources.
The investigators reported they had no conflicts of interest.
Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association

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When looking at the current media landscape, the definition of what constitutes a “broadcaster” is undergoing a serious overhaul. Traditional linear TV might not be dead just yet, but it’s clearly having to reinvent itself in order to stay competitive amid rapidly evolving media business models and increasingly diverse content distribution platforms.
The concept of “binge watching” a TV show, for example, was non-existent only a few years ago. Media consumption towards digital and online viewership on a myriad of devices such as smartphones, tablets and PCs is on the rise. Subscription on-demand services are becoming the consumption method of choice, while broadcast-yourself platforms like Twitch and YouTube are fast becoming a popular corner stone of millennial’s viewership habits. Horowitz Research found that over 70 percent of millennials have access to an OTT SVOD service, and they are three times as likely to have an OTT SVOD service without a pay TV subscription. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) estimates that OTT video streaming will grow to be a $10.1 billion business by 2018, up from $3.3 billion in 2013.
As a result, broadcast operators are evolving into media aggregators, and content providers are transforming into “entertainment service providers,” expanding into platforms ranging from mobile to digital to even virtual theme parks.
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This change in media consumption requires media organizations to consider a more efficient storage compute and network infrastructure. Media organizations need flexible and agile platforms to not only expand their content libraries but also to meet the dynamic growth in the number of subscribers and how they consume and experience media and entertainment.
To successfully compete in OTT market is dependent upon the “uniqueness” of your service to the consumer , This uniqueness comes from either having unique or exclusive content, or by having a platform which is able to adapt and offer the customer more than just watching content. For the latter how you deploy your solution whether it be (1) build your own (“DIY”), (2) buy a turn-key solution or (3) take a hybrid approach, is key to success.
MLBAM Hits a Home Run with a DIY Approach
A key advantage of the “DIY” approach is that it increases business agility, allowing media organizations to adapt and change, as consumers demand more from their services. For some media organizations this allows them to leverage existing content assets, infrastructure and technology teams and keep deployment costs low. Further, layering OTT video delivery on top of regular playout enables organizations to incrementally add the new workflow to the existing content delivery ecosystem. For new entrants, the DIY approach enables new development methodologies, allowing these “new kids on the block” to develop micro-services unencumbered by legacy services.
One example of an organization taking the DIY approach is Isilon customer Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), which has created a streaming media empire. MLBAM’s success underscores the voracious and rapid growth in consumer demand for streaming video; it streams sporting events, and also supports the streaming service HBO GO, as well as mobile, web and TV offerings for the NHL.
“The reality is that now we’re in a situation where digital distribution isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ strategy, it’s an essential strategy for any content company,” said Joe Inzerillo, CTO for MLBAM. “When I think about…how we’re going to be able to innovate, I often tell people ‘I don’t manage technology, I actually manage velocity.’ The ability to adapt and innovate and move forward is absolutely essential.”
Alternatively, the turn-key approach, which either outsources your media platform or gives you a pre-built video delivery infrastructure, can offer benefits such as increased speed-to-market. However, selecting the right outsource partner for this approach is critical; you choose incorrectly and it can create vendor lock-in, loss of control and flexibility and larger operational costs.
Making it Personal: Analytics’ Role
Being able to access content when and where consumer’s want – on the device they want – is one part of the challenge with the rise of digital and online content. Another key component is personalization of that content to viewers. Making content more relevant and tailored for subscribers is critical to the success of alternate broadcast business models – EMC and Pivotal are helping media companies extract insights on customers through the development and use of analytics should be key to any OTT strategy. Analyzing data on what consumers are watching should be used to help drive content acquisition and personalized recommendation engines. The added benefits of personalized advertisement of content through targeted ad insertion will help increase revenue through tailored advertisements.
Scaling for the future
Infrastructure platforms that scale is the final consideration for the new age media platforms. Being able to scale “apps” based on containers or virtual instances is key. To do that you need a platform that scales compute, network and storage independently or together, just like EMC’s scale out NAS with Isilon or scale out compute with VCE or VXRail/Rack. MLBAM’s Inzerillo explains. “The ability to have a technology like Isilon that’s flexible, so that the size of the data lake can grow as we on board clients, is increasingly important to us. That kind of flexibility allows you to really focus on total cost of ownership of the custodianship of the data.”
Inzerillo continues, “If you’re always worried about the sand that you’re standing on, because it’s shifting, you’re never going to be able to jump, and what we need to be able to do is sprint.”
It’s an exciting time to be in the ever-evolving media and entertainment space – the breadth of offerings that broadcasters and media companies are developing today, and the range of devices and distribution models to reach subscribers will only continue to grow.
Check out how MLBAM improves customer experience through OTT.


On last May 8, 2013, a Palestinian woman identified as Khaleda Tayseer Quazbeh, 30, a mother of 13 children from Al-Minia in the district of Bethlehem, was murdered in cold blood by PA thugs in civilian clothes, people who obviously had received training by the EU-COPPS. Quazbeh was shot from behind while sitting in her car, the bullets hit her in the shoulder and exited from her chest.
The incident according to her husband (widower), Mr. Nawwaf Quazbeh: “Yesterday I went together with my wife and my daughter to buy clothes for our children. It surprised me when a number of PA elements stopped and attacked me and my family while on our way to shopping.
They told me that I am “wanted” by the Palestinian Authority. I told them to send me a notification letter to my shop, where I work and live in Bethlehem. My address is clear in the city. I was talking to them when one of those present opened fire on my wife and shot her in shoulder with three bullets. Another one then pointed his pistol at my head. My wife died immediately.”
Since the occupation started in 1967, the Israeli death squads called Mistaaravin (what means “those who look like Arabs” in hebrew) always dressed in Palestinian civilian clothing whenever they want to execute or capture a “wanted” Palestinian from his home, work or wherever who lives in the occupied territories, have been operating.
Now, and since the establishment of Palestinian Authority, israeli death squads are not longer carrying out assassinations and arrests of politically undesirable Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Now, and with help from the EU, zionist israel delegates their dirty work to the so-called “Palestinian National Authority”. It is enough that any small officer – one of the many uncountable desktop criminals which populate the israeli, and now Palestinian, bureaucracies, those feckless cowards who crawl around the offices of the intelligence, military or police, to send out an order or include somebody on a list with names of “wanted people”, to set in motion a death squad to perpetrate the murder and abduction of these politically undesirable people.
What is new in Palestine is not the fact that death squads operate there, but that now the death squads are entirely made up by Palestinian thugs trained by the EU police force stationed in Ramallah called EU-COPPS.
I looked through the COPPS website today, and after reading through the self-laudatory statements and looking at the pictures published there, I was nothing less than astonished at the crass lies published there. While the COPPS state on their website “The EU has been at the forefront of efforts for peace in the Middle East. Its priorities include further strengthening law and order …”, the facts on the ground are that no Palestinian is safe against murder, torture, abduction, violence at the hands of the jewish colonists, the IDF, the israeli death squads, the many PA militarized “police” units or the intelligence operatives of many Arab countries which are present in the West Bank.
Contrary to the self-laudatory statements of the COPPS, there is no true peace in Palestine, to the contrary, the situation has dramatically worsened for the great mass of Palestinians who are not recipients of graft. Thanks to the presence of COPPS, there are now two kinds of peace in Palestine: the peace which impunity gives to the jewish colonists, and the peace of the cemetery for any Palestinian who dares to protect themselves, their family or their meager possessions from the crimes of the occupation.
Among the other “achievements” lauded on the website of COPPS is the prison for women, a project which was voiced by some of the most despicable characters in the EU as a sign of progress and humanitarian values, a jail built with in architecture of the “Supermax” (see Supermaxed and Wikipedia) prisons of the USA, which have achieved sad notoriety because the people jailed there slowly rot into mental derangement and being jailed in such oubliettes has been characterized as “cruel and unusual punishment” and “equivalent to torture” in court cases in the USA. A quote from Wikipedia about such facilities: “A 2011 New York Bar association comprehensive study suggested that supermax prisons constitute torture under international law and cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution” (PDF here). As a Palestinian woman I am without an answer as to what would make any Palestinian woman deserving of such a treatment.
The PA has never asked israel to arrest the criminal colonists who attack Palestinians out of base motivation in the occupied West Bank, and there is not one incident known to me where the militarized Palestinian “security” forces have protected Palestinians against the jewish occupiers, not before and not since the COPPS arrived in Palestine mounted on their white horse and proclaiming “we are the good ones”. This can be explained. Before COPPS, Palestinian police were simply scared of the israeli brutality, and after COPPS arrived, police and “security” thugs have been trained specifically to protect the jewish invaders and to repress Palestinians who dare as much as to say a word, and lastly to suppress and legitimate form of political discourse or action with a brutality which is often far worse than what the israeli army does.
Case in point, all Palestinian are against the PA “security” coordination with Israel which has the only purpose of spying against Palestinians. The “security coordination” means that the PA is a fully-owned subsidiary of the israeli occupation, a clique of collaborators for the Israeli occupation and against legitimate Palestinian interests – imagine, if you will, Abbas as a hand-puppet with Bibi’s hand up his arse.
The part of the EU-COPPS in this increasing horror is that they train Palestinian “security” forces, most of them recruited from among the poorest and least educated population, to take over the beastly role which the israelis themselves have always enjoyed. The reason for this is that after the Gaza massacre of 2009 the israelis saw themselves confronted with uniform and universal rejection from around the world. Gaza basically ended the viability of any pretense that there is anything decent about israel.
Since it is unimaginable for israel to change its criminal ways, a major exercise in propaganda was called for as could be understood by reading several reports of the time emanating from the Reut Istitute, the British intelligence establishment and certain deranged ultra-radical exponents of the zionist power configuration in the USA.
The result of this “reorientation” of the zionist policy about Palestine had the effect of evading and outflanking its critics and political opponents while at the same time compounding the problems of all Arab nations, is in part what has become known as the “Arab Spring”, and in part what is an addition of layers to the problems inside Palestine.
One of these additional layers of occupation is represented by the EU-COPPS and several other such constabulary missions, all of which represent themselves as “humanitarian this” and “humanitarian that”, which have the function of facilitating and delegating the genocide of Palestine, the ethnic cleansing and all the other crimes against humanity perpetrated by israel, to precisely Palestinians, aided by a financial and logistics support network set up by zionists and their accomplices in the USA and in the EU.
For the israelis this arrangement is neat: they don’t dirty their hands with their own crimes, they get their crimes fully financed and organized by third parties, and they can claim at any time to have no part in the occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The losers are as always we the Palestinians, but also the USA and the EU, who get parasitized for money and favors by israel and its many supporters infiltrated throughout their political systems.
One small consolation for occupied Palestine is that, with the IDF receding into the background, the towns and villages will be spared of the bestial screams of many of the jewish boys in uniform deployed on rooftops around Palestine while they sodomize each other at night.
Returning to the Quazbeh murder, as soon as this crime became public knowledge, the PA started spreading rumors claiming that Mr. Quazbeh was “wanted” on several charges and crimes, claiming that when police tried to stop him he ran away and that in order to stop him one of the “police officers” shot at the car and accidentally shot Ms. Quazbeh dead.
In a related incident on April 15 of last year 2012, the Palestinian police and security forces executed in cold blood the Palestinian youth Amthal Ghannam al-Ghwadre in the village of Bir al-Basha and arrested his brother Moammar, an ex-prisoner who was released by Israel in October 2011 under the Al-Ahrar deal, the prisoner exchange deal accorded between Hamas and the Israeli occupation under the auspices of Egypt but still the PA want to jail him again. On 23 February 2013, another Palestinian prisoner, Ayman Mohammad Sharif Samara, 40, was arrested by the PA police and “died” on 1 March 2013, at the Jericho Prison in the occupied West Bank.
The thugs who perpetrated this crime were presumably also trained by the EU-COPPS. Before the COPPS started their operations in Palestine, the problems with Palestinian police were few and far in between, and there were certainly no death squads who operated in the same way as the israelis.
The pictures proudly displayed at the COPPS website tell the truth of what COPPS does. In some of them trainees can be seen dragging captives around in a disgusting way, as this would not be done in any European country, or forcibly stuffing people into vehicles as only “snatch-squads” would do but certainly no legitimate police force.
So to counter any protestations of innocence from the irate press department of COPPS, why does the COPPS train Palestinians as thugs, knuckle-dragging goons, death-squaddies, to treat people in such disgusting ways? Do police in European countries treat people like this for voicing their political views? For crimes? For serious crimes? If not, then why are Palestinians supposed to be treated in this way simply for asserting our rights?
What all COPPS employees should know is that to them applies the same as to the israelis: you are not welcome in Palestine and your presence there has no legal basis of any kind, despite whatever the anti-meritocracy in Brussels may have decreed in its infinite wisdom.
As such, any and all orders given to you by any officer are illegal, and following them renders you a war criminal and an accessory to crimes against humanity. Your legal status in Palestine is comparable to that of the German SS in eastern countries during WW2, who were basically a unit engaged in grave crimes against the populations of those countries: while you probably do not directly engage in murder, abduction or participate in acts conducive to ethnic cleansing yourselves, you are facilitators of these and other crimes against the Palestinian civilian population, and this places you squarely on the wrong side of the law. Do not believe me and do not believe your superiors in command, research it for yourself.
As a Palestinian I say to all COPPS personnel, for myself and for all Palestinians whose voice has been silenced by your activities: get out of my country, I don’t want your presence there and no Palestinian wants your presence there, apart perhaps from the political prostitutes who inhabit Ramallah. You are as vile and disgusting as the torturers in Abu-Ghraib, Guantanamo and other such places of iniquity. Go and crawl under a rock after you get out of Palestine.


LEGION DROPS ROW OVER GERSON'S JOB; But Cross Denounces Isaacs in Report to State Session on 'Red' Appointment Technical Ground" Ignored LEGION DROPS ROW OVER GERSON'S JOB Fun-Makers at Work Again Mayor Silent on Attack
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In a strongly worded condemnation of Manhattan Borough President Stanley M. Isaacs, Jeremiah F. Cross, retiring State Commander of the American Legion, will tell the opening session of the twentieth annual State convention here tomorrow that the Legion plans no further efforts to oust Simon W. Gerson, Mr. Isaacs's Communist assistant.


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Albertsons board still supports CEO after sale attempt fizzles
Published 10:00 pm, Wednesday, December 28, 2005
"As the 11 independent members of the Albertsons board of directors, we continue to be unanimously supportive of our CEO, Larry Johnston," Albertsons' board said in a statement. "The board was in total agreement on every step of the process and, after thorough consideration, unanimously agreed, voting 12-0, to reject the proposal."
Albertsons last week turned down a bid by a group including Supervalu Inc., owner of Save-A-Lot and Shop 'n Save stores; CVS Corp.; and investors Kimco Realty Corp. and Cerberus Capital Management LP to buy the struggling supermarket's grocery stores and stand-alone drug business. The Boise, Idaho-based chain said it's in talks about selling some of its underperforming assets.
Johnston had been seeking a buyer since September after competition from lower-priced and upscale stores and a 20-week strike led to profit declines in three of the past four years. Albertsons is losing market share to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. after the discounter expanded to more than 1,000 supercenters that offer low-priced groceries.
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"We want to stress that the board has never wavered in its confidence in Larry," the board said in the statement. "We continue to have full confidence in Larry's ability to lead this company forward."


Slumberville shares new single “Norrland”
Swedish hiphop pioneer Slumberville is back with a brand new release titled “Norrland” which once again shows why he is revered in the hip-hop scene. The music production is diverse and still retains the core of traditional hip-hop but is elevated with his own unique twist. The drums have that classic boom-bap feel and the layered soulful textures are cinematic and exotic all at once.
“Norrland” is lifted from his debut album Harmony.
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Cougar has announced a Purity RGB computer case for a gaming system. The novelty is offered in white and black color options.
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The case allows you to create relatively compact gaming desktops based on Mini-ITX and Micro-ATX motherboards. There are four slots for expansion cards; The limitation of the length of the discrete graphics accelerator is 305 mm.
The system can be equipped with two 3.5/2.5 inch drives and two additional 2.5 inch drives. The power supply can be up to 160 mm long. The top has two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, headphone and microphone jacks.
With air cooling, you can use up to five 120mm fans (two on the front and top, one on the back). When using liquid cooling, it is possible to mount a 240mm radiator on the top and a 120mm radiator on the rear. The height of the CPU cooler can be up to 160 mm. Case dimensions – 200 × 392 × 360 mm.


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From Jayce Baron and Hailie Sahar (Pose), Beyond Ed Buck follows the tragic murders that took place at the hands of Democratic political donor, Edward Buck. The documentary expands the conversation in which Black trans and Black gay-identified men fall prey to the sexual fetishes and baiting of crystal meth that exist throughout history. These encounters often result in fatal endings for many innocent people who just so happen to live under the umbrella of being queer and Black in America. Filled with real-life survivors, community leaders, and families who give heartfelt testimonials, Beyond Ed Buck is a call-to-action work of art meant to inspire change in the world surrounding us so that one day the value of all human life will be acknowledged as one race of people.
Stars : Hailie Sahar, DeMarco Majors, George M. Johnson, Hailie Sahar, DeMarco Majors, George M. Johnson
Genre : Documentary


Cotton bud sticks and baby wipes are still among the top ten marine polluters found during coastal clean-ups, a marine litter conference hosted by An Taisce has heard.
Some 33,442 items of litter were removed from 128km of Irish coastline by thousands of volunteers during An Taisce’s recent “Big Beach Clean” weekend, the conference heard.
Plastic bottles and aluminium cans, cigarette butts, fishing litter such as ropes and nets and “sewage-related” litter such as cotton bud sticks are among the main items collected, an Taisce’s coastal programmes manager Annabel FitzGerald told the “Clean Coasts” symposium today in Dublin.
Some 423 clean coast groups are currently participating in An Taisce’s programme which aims to promote the values of a “two minute beach clean”.
A number of “ocean hero” groups and individuals were presented with awards by the non-governmental organisation at the event.
School of the year award went to Poulfur National School near Fethard-on-Sea in Wexford, where some 75 pupils participated in a three-day coastal education and clean-up event in May.
Pupils Chloe Draught, Dara McGee, Domini Bin Mhic Oda, Harry Nunan and Sarah Miskella accepted on behalf of their school.
A clean-up in Drumcliffe Bay near Coolbeg in Co Sligo last March, involving over 50 volunteers from Lissadell Coastscare and Drumcliffe/Rathcormac Tidy Towns won “clean-up” of the year. Local Co Sligo businesses provided refreshments during the day, and among items retrieved were over 300 old tyres dumped on the shoreline.
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Volunteer of the year award was presented to Dan Clabby of Galway, who is involved with both Clean Coasts and the Conservation Volunteers Galway group,while the Mara Beo Dingle Oceanworld aquarium in Co Kerry was awarded business of the year.
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Engineering curriculum to change
By Staff Reports
Published in News on July 12, 2009 12:25 AM
Wayne School of Engineering students will tackle world hunger as part of their curriculum in the fall.
Through coursework and after-school activities, students will be given opportunities to evaluate world famine in a technologically globalized society, officials said.
During the summer months, teachers are developing lesson plans, creating assessments for data collection and refining curriculums for the program. Each core subject area will also focus on the issue.
"As a staff, we wanted to develop a project that would challenge our students while providing them with a relevant connection to today's world," said drafting teacher Steven Reese.
In addition to coursework, students can also participate in the newly-formed Agricultural Research Club, or ARC. Members will sponsor monthly activities such as gardening and fundraising for charities. The initial project will be a community outreach project involving the construction of rain barrels.
"It will be exciting to see our students gain an awareness of the severity of an overlooked problem that is within our society's means to solve," said Tiffiany Nurse, club advisor.
Gary Hales, WSE principal, says the program will enrich the standard high school curriculum being taught.
"Our school focuses on science, technology, engineering and math. Through an in-depth study of global hunger, teachers can increase rigor and relevance in education, and allow students to apply information being learned in the classroom to address real world problems," he said.
The project was created in conjunction with the Learning Lab Initiative, part of the North Carolina New Schools Project, and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the development of innovative high schools that can demonstrate rigorous, highly effective instruction and deep student engagement to educators, university faculty and policymakers.
Wayne School of Engineering is one of four high schools in the state that participates in the Learning Lab Initiative.
"As a model for schools around the state and nation, our staff will be able to share effective strategies and measurable data that can be used by other schools to help produce graduates ready to succeed in the 21st Century," Hales said.


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It’s been a very difficult year, but the sadness has been diluted a little by some lovely memories along the way. Here’s to a better 2019.
Review of 2018
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Lovely shot with the benches and the light house.
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Neighborhood/Area Plans and Studies
Neighborhoods are a fundamental building block of our community. Neighborhood/Area plans are intended to provide a means for neighborhoods to identify, preserve, and enhance the positive qualities of their neighborhoods; to acknowledge and address existing issues or problems; and to set goals and priorities that will shape the future of the neighborhood. Planning allows a community to become proactive in response to neighborhood issues and invites the diverse interests within a neighborhood to come together for the purpose of developing a shared vision.
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Neighborhood/area planning in Louisville is regulated by the Neighborhood Plan Ordinance (Chapter 161 of the Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances), which was last updated in March 2021. Below is a Neighborhood Planning Handbook passed in January 2021.
Neighborhood/area planning is guided by the community, and the Office of Advanced Planning has created a Neighborhood Planning Handbook that serves as an introduction to neighborhood planning and as a resource for residents and community members.


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GOTEMBA, Japan -- Toyota's top executives can barely open their mouths these days without rhapsodizing about the company's new push to produce "fun to drive" cars.
The orders come straight from Akio Toyoda, the car-crazy president who has made it his mission to overhaul Toyota Motor Corp.'s reputation for bland and boring vehicles.
The strategy is showcased by the Lexus LFA, the $375,000 halo sports car. But zippier intentions are creeping into more accessible products, including the latest Scion tC and the long-awaited FT-86 sporty coupe that Toyota will produce jointly with Subaru.
Toyota, which once had a respectable lineup of sporty cars that included the MR2 and Supra, mothballed such projects because of financial constraints, staff limitations and the distraction of managing its global expansion over the past several years, Takeshi Uchiyamada, executive vice president for r&d, said during a recent event at Fuji Speedway, the Toyota-owned F1 circuit.
"With the rise of globalization, the number of projects increased faster than our manpower," he said. "Therefore, we had to give priority to advanced projects that might have bigger future potential, and sports cars didn't seem to fit this priority."