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Brides-to-be looking for boho-inspired, elegant wedding dresses, need to see this new collection for 2017 by Shanna Melville.
Entitled ‘Wildflowers’ this is a ‘must have’ collection of seriously pretty bridal gowns inspired by muted tones and whimsical, floral detailing.
For the classic bride there are elegant and timeless dresses and for the more free-spirited bride, there are intricate designs made from floaty, delicate materials…
Shanna Melville launches 2017 bridal collection: Wildflowers
Inspired by country garden flowers and light, airy fabrics, this 26-piece collection is the epitome of boho elegance. The range has a soft, muted palette and features dresses in blush, champagne and ivory – these timeless styles are perfect for brides who want to look effortlessly glamorous on their big day. The designs are feminine, whimsical and include lots of intricate floral detailing.
Designer Shanna Melville thought up the collection with a particular bride in mind.
‘She is a free-spirited, confident bride who knows exactly what she wants. She can appreciate quality and is looking for a subtle way to work modern boho’.
The collection is perfectly suited to country manor weddings or even outdoor ceremonies. The carefully chosen fabrics are floaty and delicate to give a breathtaking, ethereal feel.
Soft silks are used in the lining so brides get a touch of luxury against their skin and layers of silk chiffon are used to enhance the angelic nature of the collection.
The beautiful lace that appears throughout the range is sourced from across Europe and adds a luxurious element to the dresses.
All Shanna Melville dresses are made-to-measure, so each and every bride will be able to walk down the aisle with a bespoke fitting gown that compliments their figure beautifully.
At Shanna’s welcoming London studio, each bride will have a one-on- one appointment to turn her dream dress into a reality and the team will be there every step of the way, right through to the final fitting, to ensure the bride’s vision is met.
Each dress in the range gives a new twist on the classic bridal look and there’s a style that’s perfect for every personality. The hero dress of the Wildflowers collection is Daisy.
This stunning design has a silk chiffon skirt that skims the body and also comes with a hand-beaded, detachable top – so the look can easily be transformed from ceremony to reception.
Bailey is Shanna’s favourite design with its statement V-neck cut and dramatic tulle skirt. The floral appliqué detailing adds real wow-factor and it’s ideal for brides looking to make a statement on their wedding day.
Shanna Melville has been designing beautiful wedding dresses in London for over 10 years. Each stunning gown is handmade by highly skilled seamstresses, using the finest European materials – including lace that’s specially manufactured in Paris.
Appointments are available at the Shanna Melville Bridal Studio in London (14 High Street, Wimbledon Village, London SW19 5DX). Shanna Melville dresses are also stocked in Satin Bow Bridal (62 Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1BX).


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Lewis Hamilton is once again odds on favourite going into another race this season, this time, the Belgian Grand Prix. ..
The German Grand Prix offers Nico Rosberg the chance to emulate his Mercedes team mate, Lewis Hamilton's victory on home ground at Silverstone two weeks ago. ..

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“UNHCR and other partners serving refugees are asked to stop providing direct services to asylum seekers and refugees in the urban areas and transfer the same services to the refugee camps,” the order said.
The order follows a spate of attacks in Kenya’s northeastern Somali regions as well as in the capital Nairobi, with several blasts in the largely ethnic Somali district of Eastleigh.
The attacks are usually blamed on members or sympathisers of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab fighters, although they have made no claim to the series of blasts, which escalated after Kenyan troops invaded Somalia last year.
“The government of Kenya has decided to stop reception, registration and close down all registration centres in the urban areas with immediate effect,” said Katelo.
Dadaab, around a 100 kilometres from the main border with Somalia, hosts over 468,700 mainly Somali refugees.
Kakuma, around a 100 kilometres from the border with South Sudan, hosts over 103,600 refugees, almost half of whom are Somalis, the rest largely being made up of Sudanese or South Sudanese, officials said.
Last week, Katelo said the decision was due to the rising insecurity where in some cases refugees have been implicated.

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Introducing NextEd, a new generation of online learning
What if we could combine the reach and accessibility of a MOOC with an engaging user experience and online interface, a Facebook-like social network, meaningful interaction with an instructor who is more than a talking head, and authentic project-based learning? That’s precisely what the LT Media Lab (LTML) at the University of Minnesota plans to accomplish via an innovative new learning initiative branded NextEd.
This January, LTML co-director Doering will help launch NextEd with a course titled Designing for Experiences: Principles to Technology Transformation. The course is targeted at anyone interested in learning to design and develop transformative technology-enhanced experiences for learners of any age. Course participants will explore multiple technologies and teaching strategies as they put into practice the principles they are learning.
“Transformative learning begins with transformative experiences,” Doering notes. “This online experience will guide and inspire teachers, corporate trainers, designers, and anyone interested in technology-enhanced learning to generate real change in online, hybrid, and mobile education.”
The NextEd courses offer an innovative course registration model as well, allowing participants to choose their level of enrollment and what type of recognition they will receive for completing the course — from a simple certificate of completion up through University of Minnesota graduate-level credit.
Stop being a MOOC number, and join Doering online in 2014. Experience online learning in a whole new way!
For more details about NextEd and Doering’s Designing for Experiences course, visit http://lt.umn.edu/nexted.

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text: Just a update. had spinal cortisone shot Wednesday and I have to say that I have hardly any sciatica pain at night anymore! And I didnt take any pain meds last night either. So happy. I hope and pray it lasts for months. Best wishes to those who are considering it. I had a great experience. Yes it was painful to get done but so far I am having great results.

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WWE superstar Xavier Woods is known for his affinity for gaming. He hosts the UpUpDownDown YouTube channel, and he’s even made appearances on Kinda Funny Games and GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb. In an interview with ESPN, Woods credited video games with helping him become the person that he is today.
Woods talked about how video games helped him overcome social awkwardness and make friends. He said his mom would set up playdates, which would help him express himself more often.
“Without video games, I don’t think I’d be where I am today with anything else in life,” he said. With UpUpDownDown, Woods said he wants to show kids that they can find a place where they can fit in and be accepted, just like he did.
“I always want to make sure that I’m able to put a spotlight on that for kids who might be in the same position and might feel a little awkward or might get made fun of for reading comic books and staying up till 4 in the morning playing Sonic,” he said. “I want to show them that, no, that stuff is awesome and fun and that look, you can go be CEO and make a ton of money, and you can be in an awesome fighting game community.”
Woods added that gaming has inspired the way he acts in the WWE and life, saying he wants “to be heroic like Cloud” from Final Fantasy VII and “funny like Crash Bandicoot and Sonic.” Additionally, Woods talked about how gaming has brought members of the WWE together. You can read the full article over on ESPN.
Woods has implemented video games into his WWE appearances. He’s played the Final Fantasy fanfare song on the trombone and even performed a Street Fighter hadouken to attack his opponent.

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I love the organic, tactile quality of working with paper. There’s a connection with nature and the nature lover in me wants to honor the sacred sacrifice of the tree by creating something beautiful. I’m fascinated by what you can create with paper. Here are a few of my paper creations.
The Exploding Box
The exploding box is a work of art and makes a great gift when filled with notes or treats…
…remove the lid and voilà!
When the lid is taken off, the four sides of the box fall away and reveal its contents. In this case, the box was filled with handmade paper flowers and each side had a pocket that held a pull-out note card. I made this box for my mom on Mother’s Day a few years ago. There are so many possibilities with the exploding box, check them out here.
The Wisdom Book
I wanted to create a handmade wisdom book that contained some of my favorite quotes. It is one of my treasures.
It was rather complex to put together, but worth the effort.
Hmmm, maybe I should make an exploding box of ancient wisdom! You may be laughing right now…but seriously, the idea just came to me as I write this post. What pearl of wisdom would you include in an exploding box? I’m curious to hear your thoughts. So please share your favorite quote in comments if you’re so inclined.
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A government minister from the Jewish Home party threatened Saturday to leave the coalition over reports — denied in Israel and the US — that the Trump administration is ready to recognize a Palestinian state as a central element of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal likely to be accepted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The National Union will not remain in a government that recognizes a Palestinian state,” Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel said in statement following a Hadashot news (formerly Channel 2) report on the plan, referring to the faction he heads within the nationalist Jewish Home Party.
The ruling coalition has a narrow majority of 66 out of 120 MKs, leaving the government vulnerable to threats from junior partners. If the National Union, which is made up of just Ariel and MK Bezalel Smotrich, were to leave the coalition, it would not, however, eliminate the government’s majority and trigger new elections.
But Ariel said he and Smotrich are not alone in their position and would be joined by other lawmakers in bringing the government down if the reports are true.
“There are also Knesset members in Likud and Jewish Home who have made clear that they will not agree to transfer swaths of land to the Palestinian Authority,” he said.
As co-chairs of the Knesset lobby for the Land of Israel, Smotrich and Likud MK Yoav Kisch echoed Ariel’s words, saying in a statement that “under no circumstances will we agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state on this side of the Jordan river.”
They added: “A diplomatic plan in the spirit of new Oslo accords will be received with strong opposition.”
The TV report Saturday night said that in addition to the recognition of a Palestinian state, the US would not insist on the evacuation of any settlements or settlers under a permanent accord, and that Washington would back most of Israel’s security demands regarding the West Bank.
Netanyahu had been made aware of the plan and had told ministers Israel could not say no to it, the TV report claimed.
Quoting what it said were senior Israelis intimately involved in the ongoing discussions with US President Donald Trump’s peace team, the report said the plan would see Trump prepared to offer recognition of Palestinian statehood, with the parameters of that state to include land swaps. The borders, however, would “not necessarily” be based on the pre-1967 lines.
Sunni Arab states and others would provide hundreds of millions of dollars in economic assistance for the Palestinians under the plan, to help encourage Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accept the deal, the report said.
The US would recognize most of Israel’s stated security needs, including for the ongoing presence of Israeli forces along the Jordan border, the TV report added. It said Netanyahu, for his part, was pushing for the retention of overall Israeli security control in all Palestinian territory.
No settlers or settlements would be evacuated under the US proposal, the TV report said, also noting that no Arabs would be required to relocate.
A White House official, however, rejected the report as “not an accurate representation” of the peace plan being worked on.
“There is constant speculation and guessing about what we are working on and this report is more of the same,” the official said. “It is not an accurate representation, rather it is a mix of possibilities and ideas that have existed for decades.”
“What we can say is we are engaged in a productive dialogue with all relevant parties and are taking a different approach than the past to create an enduring peace deal,” the official told The Times of Israel. “We are not going to put an artificial deadline on anything and we have no imminent plans beyond continuing our conversations. As we have always said, our job is to facilitate a deal that works for both Israelis and Palestinians, not to impose anything on them.”
Netanyahu’s office similarly stated that “the report is not accurate.” It said Netanyahu’s response to the US proposal would depend on its content and specifically on whether it met “the security needs and national needs of the State of Israel.”
The proposal is to be presented within months, but not in the next month, the TV report claimed. It will not deal with the issue of moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, or with US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.


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BEIRUT -- An EU to decision to designate Hezbollah’s military wing as a terrorist organization will complicate the formation of the upcoming Cabinet, caretaker State Minister Mohammad Fneish said in remarks published Friday.
“We stressed [to EU Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst] that the decision will make the Cabinet formation process more complicated because the other side [March 14 alliance] will use it to support its stance of opposing the participation of a political party [Hezbollah] in the government,” Fneish told Al-Joumhouriya newspaper.
Fneish, who met Eichhorst Thursday, said he had conveyed to the EU official his party’s belief that the decision to blacklist Hezbollah would give Israel license to target Lebanon.
“We made it clear that the decision gives Israel cover to carry out aggression [against Lebanon] because it can say it is fighting terrorists and this will enable it to carry out aggressive acts as it did in the July[-August 2006] war when it took advantage of [U.N. Security Council Resolution] 1559,” Fneish said.
Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam, who was nominated in early April, has so far failed to form a government due to conditions and counter-conditions set by the rival March 8 and March 14 coalitions.
While Hezbollah, which heads the March 8 coalition, insists it be represented in Cabinet, the opposition has called for a government of non-partisans.
MP Ahmad Fatfat, from the Future Movement, reiterated his party’s demands concerning the makeup of the next government.
“The Future Movement is calling for a Cabinet that runs the affairs of people while controversial issues, mainly the defense strategy, could be addressed during National Dialogue,” he told the Voice of Lebanon radio station.
“The stance [rejecting] Hezbollah’s participation in any Cabinet came before the decision of the European Union thus we should form a non-partisan Cabinet,” he said.
Twenty-eight EU foreign ministers unanimously agreed Monday to put the military wing of Hezbollah on a terrorism blacklist. The decision was driven by concerns over the party’s alleged role in a bus bombing in Bulgaria last year.
Ammar Musawi, Hezbollah’s official in charge of international relations, slammed Thursday the EU decision, warning that it would have repercussions.
Musawi, who spoke following talks with Eichhorst, stressed that no separate military wing of Hezbollah existed.
Eichhorst, in comments to As-Safir newspaper, said the move by the EU would only target the Jihadist Council and Foreign Security Committee of Hezbollah.
She also reiterated that the European organization did not object to Hezbollah participating in the next government.
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The ladies (and perhaps even the men) forgot how to breathe last night when r&b singer Mario Barrett, turned it up at Hot Gossip Nightclub. Not to be confused with the Mario (Winans) who didn’t want to know, this Mario was definitely the one the crowd wanted to know. The Hot Gossip doors opened early at 7pm with supporting acts including DJ Maarv, DJ Maxwell and Ezra James along with MC Loudmouth Len as the host for the night. Ezra certainly started the night off for the ladies as he ends up shirtless (watch here); Loudmouth Len jokes to the crowd that he will go pant-less after.

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It was live on Saturday night but dead in the TV ratings.
The third 2016 Democratic debate got the lowest TV ratings of any debate this cycle, ratings data released Monday showed.
About 7.85 million viewers tuned into the prime-time debate between Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, Nielsen data showed, noticeably below all of the other Democratic and Republican debates this year.
The viewership for the two-hour debate — held on the Saturday night before Christmas and moderated and televised by ABC — had been expected to be low, although the viewership was still higher than some expected, and the program was the most-watched program, by total viewers, on any major network on Saturday night.
The previous Democratic debate on Nov. 14 in Nevada, which was also held on a Saturday night, drew 8.5 million viewers.
About 15.3 million people tuned in to the party's first debate on Oct. 13 — the most ever for a Democratic debate.


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Wildchild - Renegade Master (AppleBottom POWER Bootleg)
Teenage Bristol boy Applebottom is the master of the old school house sound, I never know what he's going to conjure up next. Hot of soundcloud is hit latest remix of the classic 'reneagade master', an inevitably head-noddin tune which was born for the dancefloor, with an old school house sound and uplifting synths this has Applebottom's name all over it. He had previously released a snippet of this, but this full release is now available on a free download for you lucky people. If you're craving some more, check out a Disco Palace mix he did.


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A New Footprint Find – The Earliest Americans?
A great discovery on the path to understanding the earliest Americans.
By: Sarah Cowgill | October 6, 2021 | 487 Words
Scientists, researchers, and many more have wondered who were the first people to arrive in America?
It appears a 2009 discovery in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, is suggesting a timeline of around 23,000 years ago, during the time of the Ice Age. The fossil finds, found in a dry lakebed in the park, show many footprints. It looks like they were those of teenage and child-aged people. Although there have been other findings, such as stone tools and fossil bones, footprints prints are more solid proof of a human presence.
The common thought is that people first came to the Americas from Asia and Africa around 13,000 years ago. One theory is that they crossed over a land bridge, now submerged under the Bering Sea, into what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. However, more and more scientists have begun to doubt this theory as new evidence is found.
The U.S. Geological Survey researchers analyzed seeds embedded in the fossil imprints and believe the age ranges from 21,130 years to 22,800 years ago. The study published in Science claims, “We knew they were old, but we had no way to date the prints before we discovered some with (seeds) on top. What we present here is evidence of a firm time and location.”
The footprints were found in the delicate combination of fine white silt and clay and were too fragile to do much other than preserving. As one archaeologist said, “The only way we can save them is to record them — to take a lot of photos and make 3D models.”
White Sands National Park has also uncovered fossilized tracks left by a saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, Columbian mammoth, and other ice age animals. In addition, a dog femur bone was found in a cave in Alaska, telling another tale of migration and pets in the family setting. The domesticating of dogs began in Siberia 23,000 years ago. The bone fragment indicates the dog was a descendent of the earliest known dogs in Siberia, Russia. Researchers guess the two populations of dog (Siberian/Alaskan) split 16,700 years ago, based on genetic differences. This could account for fossil footprints heading south to warmer climates.
The Americas were the last known areas on Earth to be populated. As such, the rush is on to understand the origins of the continent’s natives. Matthew Bennett, a specialist in ancient footprints at Bournemouth University, knows a thing or two about the subject, saying, “The peopling of the Americas is one of those things that has been for many years very contentious and a lot of archeologists hold views with almost religious zeal.”
Well, one thing is certain, scientists are one step closer to figuring out just when the first Americans arrived.


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(WWBT) - With the right information, a thief can hijack your phone number and then your bank account.
This scam is pretty much a worst-case scenario.
The Better Business Bureau says "porting scams" are a new threat everyone needs to know about.
The way it works is a thief find out information like your name, phone number, Social Security number and birthday. That information is out there for many of us, thanks to the data breaches at Equifax and Anthem. Then, with that information, the thief calls your cell phone carrier to tell them you are switching carriers but want to keep your number.
That's called "porting." The process takes 24 hours to complete meaning both your phone and theirs are functional with the same number at the same time.
Any text messages you get on your phone will be seen by the scammer too. That opens the door for the thief to take your bank account number, if you have two-factor authentication. They get the access code to your account, and can log in the same as you.
You can protect yourself by calling your wireless provider and asking for a porting authorization code.
Every major carrier allows users to set up a PIN or security question before porting can happen. While this scam is new, it is popping up enough to warrant a warning, so it's worth the extra time to set up that extra layer of security.
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Aston Villa fans have been reacting to reports claiming their side are prepared to let Callum O'Hare leave the club.
The Coventry City loan sensation will see his deal at boyhood club Villa come to an end this summer, with Mark Robins able to approach him with a deal to join his side tomorrow.
O'Hare, The Athletic claim, hasn't had a new deal offered to him since last year with discussions failing to reach that stage since.
The 22-year-old Solihull-born playmaker made 29 appearances in League One for City this season, his four goals and seven assists helping the club into the Championship.
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City are planning for life back in the second tier of English football next season after they were promoted via a 'points-per-game' formula because the campaign was curtailed early because of the coronavirus pandemic.
With Championship football a possibility for Villa next season, their fans are puzzled as to why O'Hare hasn't been offered a new deal.
"That's a bit...shortsighted," one fan said.
"That will come back and bite us," said another.
"We don't learn, do we?" asked a third.
"Think we could of done with him in championship if we go down," added another.
"Absolute madness," said a fifth.
A sixth said: "That’s disappointing."
"This is laughable if true?!" another said.
O'Hare made 40 appearances in all competitions for City last season.


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Last week I joined the Financial Times Digital Media conference through livestream pinged to the TV in my bedroom via AirPlay. Through the wonders of technology I was able to watch Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales’ keynote speech. (If you missed it, you can catch up here by watching eight sessions on demand)
Wikipedia often makes and breaks the news and today I thought I’d highlight Monmouthpedia – the first Wikipedia project to cover a whole town. It is a traditional county town in southeast Wales and I’ve come across it before thanks to Communications Officer at the local council, Helen Reynolds who regularly writes and talks about how they have been using social media to connect their employees and overcome barriers. One example of this is their network of Foster Carers who use Yammer to communicate with each other.
What is it?
Monmouthpedia aims to cover every single notable place, people, artefacts, flora, fauna and other things in Monmouthshire in as many languages as possible.
The town is using QRpedia codes, (a type of bar code a smartphone can read through its camera that takes people to a Wikipedia article). You can download QR readers for free. The council says: “QR codes are extremely useful, as physical signs have no way of displaying the same amount of information and in a potentially huge number of languages”.
Monmouthpedia belongs to and can be contributed to by everyone and involves people from all over the world contributing their time and knowledge. Check out this video to see a overview of what it is and how it works.
This week The Daily Telegraph published an article saying that Jimmy Wales is to become an unpaid adviser to Government departments, helping civil servants develop innovative technology. Monmouthshire council officers have welcomed this news and their Chief Executive, Paul Matthews said: “It’s fantastic that visionary entrepreneurs are willing to share their expertise with the public sector like this. Of course Mr Wales is especially welcome here in Monmouthshire since we are home to the world’s first Wikipedia town”.
How is the council using technology?
Monmouthshire County Council has taken a number of steps to become a more innovative and open authority including encouraging Freedom of Information requests via Twitter, providing free Wifi in the town and adopting the Open Government Licence on its website.
What about internally?
At the start of 2011, the council gave all its employees access to social media to encourage them to talk to the council in an informal way. Check out this link to read what they did and what guidance they gave employees.
I like their approach of challenging 15 ‘what if’ scenarios. I think these will ring true with anyone who has had conversations about introducing social media to their organisation. Read a blog post by Helen to see what they are and her response. They include… what if: all the officers piled onto YouTube at the same time, people started swearing and giving out sensitive data online, if managers discovered their teams were ‘messing around on Facebook all day’.
Have you come across something that you think other internal comms professionals would be interested in reading about? I’m always on the lookout for good case studies and examples of fresh thinking to share. Feel free to comment below or contact me: email@example.com

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The global outlooks of the legal market of cannabis are excellent. It is possible to simultaneously imagine dry law repeal and craft brewing boom but not in one but in several consumer categories. For alcohol is contained in liquids and cannabis derivatives can be in three physical forms. The value of legal market of cannabis and its products can reach 10% of the world beer market in five years, and in 2030-2040 even reach the same scope provided the current rates of legalization and development of market infrastructure remain at the same level. Cannabinoids are actively integrating into the food industry from chewing gum to beverages deforming the pharmaceutical and alcohol markets, they influence the trends of healthy lifestyle and beauty. ...
Beer market of Kazakhstan acquired both traits of East European countries and South Eastern Asia taking a transitional position between them by many criteria and consumption style. Yet there is a positive trend in beer production which differs Kazakhstan from most of the neighboring countries. The market has remained consolidated in the hands of two international players because of its small size. However, it faces dynamic processes such as fast growth of draft beer sales, up and downs of regional companies and Carlsberg Group’s ultimate expansion. Excessive mainstream segment has declined over the recent years, yet, Zhigulevskoe and national brands with regional links have yielded their positions to a range of new products. In our review special attention was paid to regional analysis of the markets. In 14 regions of Kazakhstan we compared the companies’ positions, the market price segmentation and DIOT channel development. Besides we have compared the beer market of Kazakhstan to neighboring countries. ...
Beer market of Russia 2018
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- Foreign trade setting records
- Demography as challenge to branding
- Aged consumer
- Declining of youth brands
- Nostalgia on trend
- DIOT feels at home
- 5.0 Original is the new face of import
- Positions of Market Leaders
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Ukrainian beer market 2018
- Better than yesterday
- Performance by value
- Positions of Ukrainian brewers
India. City pubs may soon serve freshly brewed beer
“A proposal was sent to the cabinet a fortnight back and once it is approved, a clearance from Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) will be required,” said a senior official of the Delhi government.
However, officials said that mostly medium and large sized pubs and restaurants will be eligible for getting a license as the space required to set up the brewery is quite large.
“The space required for such a set-up is quite huge. Five star hotels and pubs will have such space. Gurgaon already has two such pubs and are doing quite well. We want to start the same in Delhi now,” added the official.
The government is hoping to increase its revenue through this exercise. The plan to open micro-breweries is part of the new excise policy which was cleared last year.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) was also given permission by the government to set up microbrewery at the airport. Micro-breweries originated in Germany and went on to gain popularity globally in the past four decades, including the United States, Belgium, Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom, where the term microbrewery was first coined in the 1970s.
In India, Haryana is the first state which had allowed opening up of such pubs, thanks to its new excise policy that allows setting up of micro-breweries for an additional Rs 2.5 lakh as the annual license fee.
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If you give a mom an apple…. or, to be precise, about 6 pounds of apples (a seasonal bargain from farmers’ market), she will make chips out of it. This is a super simple and surprisingly addictive treat that requires almost no preparation work and will become a hit with your family.
Here is how you can make this nutritious snack that also works great in lunchboxes.
Preheat oven to 225F. Brush baking sheets with canola oil, to prevent the apple slices from sticking to it.
Wash apples and slice them very thinly, around 1/8 inch or less. The thinner the slices, the crispier the chips!
Place the apple slices on the baking sheet close to each other but with as little overlapping as possible.
Sprinkle some cinnamon on the apple slices.
Bake for about 2 hours 30 minutes turning the chips once after about 1 hour 30 minutes.
Let them cool completely before storing them away in releasable bags to preserve crispiness. They will turn soggy if left outside for too long.

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This week’s video is straight from the Churnet Valley where Lattice Training team members, Ollie Torr, Madeleine Cope and Rhoslyn Frugtniet explore the area’s most popular spots. Churnet’s sandstone conglomerate offers an exceptionally diverse style of climbing with pockets, slopers and minuscule pebbles all contributing to some truly unique problems. Like St. Bees in the woods, Churnet has a bit of everything for everyone. Highlights of the video include Wright’s Unconquerable (7A+), a competition style bloc with an awesome jump, and The Mentalist (7C), a hideously difficult roof bloc on undercuts and crimps.
Found just south of the Peak District and perched on the doorstep of Alton Towers theme park, the Lower Churnet Valley features some of the best bouldering the Peak has to offer. As we approach the bouldering season, this spot is definitely worth adding to the destination list although, being sandstone, it’s worth waiting for a particularly dry spell of weather – sandstone is incredibly fragile, especially when wet. More information can be found in Stuart Brooks’ 2015 guide, Churnet Bouldering, which comprehensively details each of Churnet’s key areas and some newly developed spots. The guide features crucial information around access and rock maintenance so be sure to grab a copy if you fancy visiting - I know I do!

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Gaborone – Growing from hard learned lessons
by Kibo Ngowi
Locals like to think of Gaborone as a small town posing as a big city – Certainly, this metropolis is dwarfed in comparison to many other cities in the region, the likes of Pretoria and Johannesburg. However, it may come as a surprise to many of the residents that this seemingly undersized town has exceeded all initial expectations of its growth potential. In 1964, when the first development plan for the city was drafted, the assumption was that its population would never exceed 15, 000 people. Within six years, the population had mushroomed to 75, ooo and today, it stands at around 300, 000. This seems to be the source of many of Gaborone’s development problems – The city’s potential for growth was underestimated from the outset and subsequent development plans failed to readjust this point of view.
The architect and director of a private urban design consultancy, Leta Mosienyane, is the author of Gaborone’s current development plan, a plan scheduled to run from 2009 to 2021, so he understands the problem at hand all too well. “In reality, the inefficiencies of Gaborone are close to those of a well-run village! The cause of this is that the past development plans allowed the area to sprawl with individual houses on large plots, rather than concentrating growth into specific areas. Ours is the first development plan that tries to depart from that approach and attempts to create centres of efficient distribution,” says Mosienyane as he weighs in on the infrastructural inadequacies of Botswana’s capital.
Although the city’s development plan runs for 24 years at a time, the law provides for that plan to be reviewed every five years and the last review of the current plan was made in 2009. “Following the last review, the spirit of the current development plan is that, in the next ten years, the city will become more compact and more traversable,” says Lester Sebuso, a physical planner at the Gaborone City Council. “The impetus is to create a situation in which we can accommodate more people and facilitate the operation of more businesses closer to the centre of the city, rather than being scattered as they seem to be now.” Sebuso speaks at length about how this alteration will facilitate the growth of the industrial sector and improve convenience for residents.
Nevertheless, one fundamental problem seems to be a lack of understanding of the concept of urban renewal. In the case of cities like Cape Town and London, the land has long been exhausted but the authorities still make plans for the growth of the city. In Botswana, discussions about development plans still tend to be focused on the allocation of new plots but once a city has reached its maturity, then it continues to grow – from within.
A shift in thinking, not just by the powers that be but also by the populace, to one in which we can look within Gaborone for progress is exactly the thing for which Mosienyane is advocating. The architect disapprovingly recalls the days in which residents used to travel to Mafikeng and Zeerust for basic needs such as groceries and other services. “Infact, I can say with confidence that to this day, many people still go to Johannesburg for medical attention. I don’t know if the medical services here are below standard but I believe they are up to date. It’s just that it has become almost a culture to look outside for excellent service delivery; we do not look within for excellence, we look elsewhere,” laments Mosienyane. However, one wonders if it is fair to condemn citizens for looking elsewhere for their needs to be met when government does not effectively consult with them on issues of development.
Neo Modisi, an architect and development consultant, who has worked in different parts of Africa, is adamant that the authorities in Gaborone need to broaden stakeholder consultation. She recommends that the government engage transport service providers, such as combi and taxi drivers and food vendors or Bo mma sa apei, as they are locally known. In Modisi’s view, these are the people best placed to forecast the development trends of the city, even more so than architects and physical planners. She goes on to cite the example of Tunis, “There is a building in the middle of Tunis (The Tunisian capital) which showcases the plans for any and all new developments that are to be introduced to the city. The plans are made easy to understand and any interested person is free to come and view these plans and make their comments.” This is an example of a city in which the authorities have gone out of their way to involve the public in the formulation of new development plans, an example that the authorities in Gaborone would be prudent to try to emulate more effectively.
There are signs that the city authorities have learned from past mistakes though. Roads are being transformed into dual carriageways across the city and circles are being converted into traffic lights, apparently to accommodate the rising needs of industrialisation. After long having been surpassed by the likes of Commerce Park and Kgale Mews, the Central Business district (CBD) is finally staring to show signs of growth. The CBD is slowly developing into the important business hub that it was initially envisioned to be, with multi-purpose plazas and high-rise office buildings already under construction. They may not be giant leaps forward but they are steps in the right direction.
While Sebuso does concede that the decision-makers may have faltered in a few key steps in the past, he is optimistic for the town’s prospects. “The one thing we want is for people to own up to the city’s development plans because with that sense of ownership, everything will become a success. We want Gaborone to be a major city in Southern Africa and if we can achieve that, then we can look beyond.” Gaborone still has some way to go before it can compete with some of its more accomplished counterparts in the region but it is refreshing to see a shift in the paradigm that made the city lag behind in the first place.
To be fair, the likes of Harare and Maputo were given somewhat of a head start in that these cities were developed during colonial times while Gaborone was neglected – Botswana, still considered a worthless settlement at the time. This means that it has been a game of catch up for the fledgling town since the very beginning but residents should take comfort in the fact that London had a head start of more than a thousand years over New York City. The race is long indeed, so time still abounds for Gaborone to hit the ground running.


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Bomb Explosion Kills 4 Soldiers In MaliAfrican News, Featured, Latest News, News From The State, West Africa Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Days after military officers in Mali seized power from President Ibrahim Keita, four soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion in the centre of the country.
The AFP, quoting a military source, reports that an explosive device detonated when a vehicle conveying some of the military junta reached Koro, a borderline town with Burkina Faso, killing four soldiers and leaving one seriously injured.
The development comes a day after the military junta freed two government officials arrested during Tuesday’s coup.
The junta, who earlier rejected foreign interference, on Thursday gave the human rights team of the United Nations Mission in Mali access to Mr Keita who is being detained alongside 17 other political leaders.
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White Sox Draft 18-Year-Old Auroran In First Round
It's been a whirlwind summer for 18 year-old Noah Schultz of Aurora.
The 6'9", 220-lb. recent high school graduate was selected in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft by his hometown team, a lifelong dream of his.
The Chicago White Sox selected the left-handed pitcher No. 26 overall. Schultz, who was committed to Vanderbilt, said the opportunity to fulfill his dream was something he couldn't say 'no' to.
"I am part of the Chicago White Sox now," Schultz said. "It was a great school to be committed to and everything. I loved it, but I think this opportunity is something I could not pass up. I'm excited to see what happens in the future."
It's been more than 20 years since the White Sox selected a high school pitcher in the first round of the MLB Draft.
"I have a four-seam fastball, a slider and a changeup," Schultz said. "Those are three pitches that I've been working on and I'm confident in all of them. I'm excited to see how they can take off and become the best they can in the future."
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Only the two were built.
Engines: 2 x Westinghouse J34-WE-13 turbojets, 3000-lb (1361-kg) thrust
Max speed, 641 mph (1 032 km/h) at sea level
Time to 35,000 ft (10 670 m), 14.5 min
Range, 1,737 mls (2 795 km)
Empty weight, 12,140 lb (5 507 kg)
Normal loaded weight, 18,500 lb (8 391 kg)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: movie review
Eight films and $2 billion later, a poignant send-off for 'the boy who lived.'
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With the appearance of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," it has finally sunk in for a lot of people that Harry won't be having any new adventures, although at the film's recent London première, J.K. Rowling sent a crowd of enthusiasts into a froth by saying "never say never."
The collective emotion arising from the last installment of the "Harry Potter" franchise, after eight films and a record-setting $2 billion at the box office (so far), is a sense of loss. Even for those of us who have not found the films transcendent, there is some regret. The films' rampaging innocence and invention seem worlds apart in quality from most of what passes these days as family entertainment.
The movies, closely following Rowling's books, and all but one expertly scripted by Steve Kloves, have grown inexorably darker since the series began in 2001 with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
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Aodhan clutched uselessly at his head, groaning. He knew it was useless, because the voice was not inside his head. It followed him, skimming across buildings and land. It had followed him since he was sixteen, and it still followed him today, like a memory too horrific to be forgotten…
Aodhan is a shadow-demon, hardened and cold after years of being alone, after his love, his Entwined, was cruelly taken away from him. He has closed his heart to the world, and now spends his life ridding the world of men like those who took his beloved away, an immortal hit-man…
Arianwen Harris is a young DCI, working for York City Police. When a known criminal is found viciously killed, she finds herself trailing a hit-man who has seemed to escape clutches again and again…but she begins to find herself drawn to his dark charms and roguish good looks…
As their two worlds collide, Aodhan and Arianwen find themselves coming together to escape a far greater enemy, one that threatens to create a world far worse than the one they live in. As they battle to hold back the oncoming forces, fate has another plan; one to draw them together and heal their broken pasts together…
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Aodhan. I quite enjoy books where the protagonist is centuries old.
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Its worth getting. It is funny and the concept is rather unique. Especialy liked how Demons weren't something inherently evil and didn't come from hell, but rather occationaly from human beings.
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Sexy Scottish Demon, creative, gripping story!
Yes, because I found it entertaining. It grabbed my attention and I loved Aohdan (I'm sure I'm still spelling his name wrong but oh well).
Um, well there was that one sex scene that my husband just happened to get into the car while I was listening to. It was a rather steamy scene. In all serious though, I loved hearing about the drive to his home and the description of it along with all the other supernatural creatures that took up residence there.
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“We are going to break them down, shift by shift, and demoralize their living soul every time they step on the ice,” she said during her pregame speech. “One – one breath at a time, one timeout at a time, one period at a time, play as a unit of one, one mind, one heart, we leave no doubt, and you will forever have a legacy.”
A few hours later, after Ohio State dominated possession on the way to a 3-2 win over Minnesota-Duluth that clinched the first national championship in program history, Muzerall looked like a soothsayer.
But her prognosticating abilities go even further back. When speaking in front of a gathering of the entire athletic department earlier in the year, the outspoken head coach told her fellow Buckeyes that her team was going to win the crown for the first time ever. She would go on to echo that statement multiple times during press conferences leading up to the title game, showing no lack of confidence in the team she had assembled.
“We were laughing on the plane, at the beginning of the year, they had Muzz in front of all the athletes and she said, ‘We’re going to win a championship this year,'” said senior Clair DeGeorge, who scored three times in three NCAA tournament games.
“Looking back at that now and realizing we actually made that come true, it’s huge. It’s quite the moment for Ohio State being able to represent them, and to go out there and bring home a national championship is just amazing.”
So what led Muzerall to have such confidence in her team? It was the fact that the Buckeyes were ready, having knocked on the door multiple times over the past few seasons. It was the fact the Buckeyes were loaded, having supplemented what was already a talented roster with a few key transfers – like DeGeorge – over the past few years.
And it was also, well, a little bit of luck.
“We were always knocking on the door of winning a national championship, but we were a few short teammates,” Muzerall said. “I think we did a good job of getting the kids right in our culture but also adding the depth we needed to go over the top and win the whole thing.
“Of course you never really know. I look like a genius now, but you never really know. But I called them out in that meeting because I felt like this was going to be the year they could do it.”
Spurred on by a balanced lineup, strong depth, and a united belief and culture, Ohio State did just that. The Buckeyes beat highly ranked Wisconsin and Minnesota teams to win the Western Collegiate Hockey Association conference tournament and earn the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament.
The Buckeyes then claimed wins over Quinnipiac in the quarterfinals, Yale in the semifinals and then UMD in the national title game to make program history.
Since then, it’s been a celebration, including a stop at last night’s Blue Jackets game to take a lap with the NCAA championship trophy before the game and also have captain Liz Schepers drop a ceremonial puck. To hear the players tell it, it’s been a bit overwhelming and a bit surreal, but the memories being made will last a lifetime.
“It still feels like a dream, like it didn’t actually come true or didn’t actually happen,” said alternate captain Paetyn Levis. “It’s been awesome. We’ve had great support so far. We can’t thank the city and the Jackets and everyone who has reached out and congratulated us enough because we couldn’t have done it without the institution and all the people that backed us up.
“It still feels like a dream. Everyone is like, ‘How do you feel?’ And I’m like, speechless. ”
The Journey There
Ohio State’s run to the national title wasn’t without some bumps in the road, though. First, in the WCHA tournament, the Buckeyes twice had to come back, first overturning a 1-0 deficit to beat Wisconsin by a 2-1 score and then battling back from a 2-0 hole in the final at Minnesota. There, national player of the year finalist Sophie Jaques scored twice, including the game-winning, power-play goal in overtime.
Then, in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, Ohio State needed 77 shots on goal, a rally from an early 1-0 hole and a little luck to beat Quinnipiac by a 4-3 score at the OSU Ice Rink on DeGeorge’s overtime winner .
That sent the program to its third Frozen Four, but the first win at that level wasn’t checked off until the very end as Ohio State inched its way to a 2-1 win over Yale in a national semifinal after giving up the first goal for the fourth straight game.
Then, in the NCAA final against UMD, something weird happened. Ohio State scored first on a goal by Levis, but having come back throughout the tournament, OSU knew it wasn’t over.
The Buckeyes withstood two tying goals from the Bulldogs – after Minnesota-Duluth made it 1-1, DeGeorge scored early in the third only to see UMD respond quickly – before Kenzie Hauswirth put the Buckeyes ahead for good with 6:40 to go when she fired the puck at the net from the left-wing boards and it deflected off the skate of a defender and into the net.
“All game our coach kept saying, ‘Shoot the puck at the net. No shot is a bad shot,’ and I think that’s exactly what I thought at the moment, just fire it at the net,” Hauswirth said. “I got a lucky bounce. There are literally no other words for it, it just worked out, and I’m so grateful for our team and how we battled there was so amazing, just bearing down, not even letting them get the goalie out and chipping pucks out. It was amazing. ”
As Hauswirth said, Ohio State battened down the hatches after her winner, continuing to forecheck and allowing just four shot attempts – and only two on goal – between the goal and the final buzzer.
“It was tough because I felt like we were pretty dominant,” Muzerall said. “(We had) 39 shots to 19, we controlled the neutral zone really well on our backcheck and our offensive push, but you score and they score, and then you score and they score. It was quick, and that could have been demoralizing just because you feel like you have the lead and then you don’t.
“But they found a way to push. When there was that timeout in the last two minutes, I just challenged them – ‘Do you want to be national champions? You are going to have to sell out.'”
Once the final buzzer sounded, the Buckeyes steamed off the bench to celebrate having reached the mountaintop for the first time in team history.
“It’s an amazing moment to be with your teammates and be able to celebrate this moment right now,” DeGeorge said when the team arrived back in Columbus later that evening. “It’s unreal. There’s really no words I can use to describe this feeling. I’m just going to take it at this moment. It really hasn’t set in yet. For me, I’m a fifth-year (senior). I ‘m done now, but I wouldn’t want to go out any other way. ”
A Lasting Legacy
So what goes into a championship team? Certainly there’s talent, and Ohio State has been able to amass a lot of that. A team also has to get some breaks along the way, but there also has to be that little bit extra that separates the contenders from the pretenders.
Considering Ohio State won each of its last five tournament games by one goal, came back in four of them and won two of them in overtime, it’s fair to say the Buckeyes have that.
“I think it was the love and passion we have for each other,” Levis said. “The culture that we lean back on really showed in those games. Once you get into playoff hockey, you get everyone’s best game, so at that point, it’s anyone’s night.
“So I think leaning back on the culture and the foundation we had set at the beginning of the year and our everyday activities that we did and set forth and just doing the little things right really paid off for us in the end. You could see that in the games we didn’t always have a great start, you could tell the character of the team and how far we had come to that point in the season. ”
It probably also helped to have Muzerall’s constant belief in her team that dated back to the beginning of the season. The sixth-year head coach is a unique force, one who took a program that had never won an NCAA tournament game and put it on the map.
Her players, let’s just say, weren’t terribly surprised to hear her confidence throughout the season starting all the way back when she told the entire athletic department that she had a championship squad.
“I think it puts a lot of confidence into us,” Hauswirth said. “She believed in us all year. She pushed us all year, and we knew what we were fighting for and what we were going for. She just gave this confidence to us that we needed in order to win today. She’s pretty intense, but in the best way possible.The best coach I’ve ever had in my life, and I’m sure everybody would say the same thing.We all chose to come here, and they also chose us, so that gives us the confidence we can do this. ”
The irony of last night’s appearance at Nationwide Arena is it came on the last night before the team’s return to offseason conditioning work. A champion never rests, of course, and the Buckeyes will go into next season with a target on their backs like never before.
Yet for now, there’s still a chance to enjoy the historic achievement, one that has been in the works for years. Finally, Ohio State has checked off all the boxes, and the hope is they’ll be rechecked for years to come.
“For five years, I’ve been fortunate to be part of a lot of firsts, a lot of records for this program,” Schepers siad. “Nothing is going to top this for me, and I hope it’s the start of a long run of championships for this program.”


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During his 2009 trip to Cameroon, a country with an HIV prevalence rate of over 5%, Pope Benedict XVI made a shocking assertion on condom use to prevent HIV. He told reporters, "You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, it increases the problem."
This false and dangerous assertion caused an immediate uproar from governments around the world. The German Health and Development Ministers issued a joint statement that expressed the "crucial role" condoms play in preventing the transmission of HIV. They stated simply, "Condoms save lives." French officials suggested that the Pope's remarks denouncing condom use "endanger public health policies and the imperative to protect human life."
The development minister of the Netherlands noted, "It is extremely harmful and very serious that this Pope is forbidding people from protecting themselves." He also suggested that the Pope was "out of touch with reality." The Spanish health ministry took it a step further. Beyond issuing a statement that characterized condoms as a "necessary element in prevention policies and an efficient barrier against the virus," it also sent one million condoms to Africa to fight the spread of HIV.
Belgium's response to the Pope's remarks tipped the scale, forcing the Vatican to respond. The minister of public health stated, "His statements could undo years of prevention and awareness and endanger many lives." The Belgian Parliament also issued a resolution calling Pope Benedict's remarks "unacceptable" and encouraging official protest by the Belgian government.
These responses did not go unnoticed. The Vatican issued a statement denouncing these critics, calling their words an attempt to "dissuade the Pope from expressing himself on certain themes of obvious moral relevance."
By and large, however, these critics are not out to silence the Pope; rather, they are trying to speak the truth about HIV prevention in order to save lives. It is one thing, after all, to disagree with condom use, but it is another thing entirely to spread misinformation about their efficacy in preventing the transmission of HIV.
Several bishops in Africa, including especially Bishop Kevin Dowling of South Africa, have been outspoken in their support of the use of condoms. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that many people who work with Catholic relief agencies distribute condoms to those at risk of infection.
Pope Benedict's words -- and the Vatican's hard line against homosexuality -- further harm prevention efforts. When the Vatican says homosexual sex is "intrinsically disordered" and tells people with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" not to have sex, it exacerbates the stigma and shame many people feel, resulting in secrecy and denial about their sexual lives. The Vatican's statements do not encourage honesty between sexual partners, nor with health professionals who can advise their patients about safer sex, the correct use of condoms, and HIV prevention. If we've learned anything about HIV prevention, it's that secrecy about sexual activity, sexual history, and sexual health endangers people's lives.
What Do Catholics Think?
Catholics around the world also disagree with the Pope's stance on condoms. According to a recent poll commissioned by Catholics for Choice, which interviewed Catholics in Ghana, Ireland, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United States, support for condom use among Catholics is overwhelming. When asked if "using condoms is pro-life because it helps save lives by preventing the spread of AIDS," 90% of Catholics in Mexico, 86% in Ireland, 79% in the U.S., 77% in the Philippines, and 59% in Ghana agreed.
When questioned about the church's responsibility to help prevent the spread of HIV in a health care context, 87% of Irish Catholics, 86% of Mexican Catholics, 73% of US Catholics, 65% of Filipino Catholics, and 60% of Ghanaian Catholics believe that "Catholic hospitals and clinics that the government funds should be required to include condoms as part of AIDS prevention."
While condoms are not a panacea for the spread of HIV, they are a critical part of the campaign to reduce the impact of the virus. Medical experts agree that the condom can be a life-saving device: It is highly effective in preventing HIV transmission if used correctly and consistently, and it is the best current method of HIV prevention for those who are sexually active and at risk.
Just as condom use is not the only method of HIV prevention, prevention is not a cure-all for the HIV epidemic. Only when prevention is combined with care, treatment, and education will the epidemic unlock its grip on so many societies.
So, if governments, bishops, medical experts, and rank-and-file Catholics disagree with the Pope's assertion on condoms, then do his words hold any weight? Unfortunately, they do. Quite a bit of weight, in fact, especially in the global South.
The Catholic hierarchy's position holds the most sway in the countries least able to deal economically and medically with HIV disease. Whereas Catholics in Ireland (79%), the U.S. (63%), and Mexico (60%) overwhelmingly agree that "the church's position on condoms is wrong and should be changed," in the Philippines (47%) and Ghana (37%), support for this change was not as high. These results are not surprising, especially in the Philippines, where the ultraconservative bishops conference has tremendous political influence.
These results show that in many countries outside Europe and North America the Catholic Church's teachings can profoundly influence people's behavior, even if following those teachings endangers their health. Ghana, which demonstrates the most support for the Vatican's position, has the highest HIV rate of all the countries surveyed.
The Church's Work in AIDS
It must be said that the institutional Catholic Church remains a key direct service provider to people with HIV. And though most Catholic relief agencies and organizations working on the ground do not provide condoms, these organizations do extensive work in terms of care and treatment both internationally and domestically. Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops' development aid arm, for instance, operates 280 HIV and AIDS projects in 62 countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. In 2009 alone, these programs had an expenditure of $170 million. The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development operates in 60 countries, addressing issues of poverty, working to prevent the spread of HIV, and working to change the current global systems that negatively affect people living with or at risk of HIV. That organization provides educational programs aimed at risk reduction as well as holistic care for people with HIV. Caritas International is active in 107 countries providing food, counseling, medicine, employment, and education, as well as working to eliminate stigma. Caritas is also involved in advocacy to government entities and pharmaceutical companies to produce lifesaving child-friendly HIV treatment.
Domestically, Catholic agencies provide extensive services to people with HIV across the U.S. Catholic Charities' Children's Youth Organization provides permanent supportive housing as well as a medical residential care community for people with HIV in San Francisco. Catholic Charities' AIDS Services of Albany, New York, serves all individuals and communities affected by HIV in that region. It provides clients with access to the COBRA case management program and the Ryan White Part D Outreach program. Additionally, it runs a Project Safe Point syringe exchange and access program that provides access to drug treatment programs and HIV testing.
A Powerful Lobbyist
At the same time, however, the institutional church continually lobbies governments to exclude condom promotion from development aid, and the impact of the Vatican's stance on condom use is far reaching and perilous.
The bishops' efforts have not been limited to the global South. In 2008, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops successfully used its lobbying power on Capitol Hill to remove family planning from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Provisions in the final PEPFAR bill not only allow faith-based groups to abstain from distributing condoms, but also to refrain from providing referrals to agencies that do. Catholic Relief Services is one of the top recipients of PEPFAR funding: $103 million in 2007. Through its far-reaching programs, the Catholic church has been able impose its myopic anti-condom stance on those countries most affected by the HIV epidemic.
In order to stem the national and international impact of the church's teaching on condoms, Catholics for Choice's Condoms4Life campaign provides a vocal counterpoint to the Vatican's stance on condom use. Using the core message "Good Catholics Use Condoms," the campaign supports Catholics and non-Catholics in using and promoting the use of these lifesaving and life-affirming devices and calls on the hierarchy to join others in the active prevention of the spread of HIV throughout the world.
The Catholic hierarchy proclaims its opposition to condom use in the name of the "pro-life" cause. Pope Benedict and the Catholic hierarchy are unable, however, or perhaps unwilling, to acknowledge that condom use is pro-life. From the World Health Organization to the United Nations, experts agree that condom use goes a long way to reducing the transmission of HIV. Not only the experts, but Catholics around the world, agree that condom use as a means to combat HIV is indeed pro-life.
Jon O'Brien is the President of Catholics for Choice.


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There’s a current deluge of superhero movies hitting cinemas. Why? Because they’re basically money trees, even the worst offenders (Suicide Squad/Batman v Superman) making huge profits.
Perhaps, then, we shouldn’t be surprised that one of Hollywood’s greatest — Martin Scorsese — wants some of the action.
Various trade publications, including Deadline, have reported that Warner Bros and DC are working with Scorsese to produce a Joker origins tale, directed by The Hangover’s Todd Phillips and written by 8 Mile’s Scott Silver.
The reports detail a “gritty and grounded hard-boiled crime film set in early-’80s Gotham City” that borrows from early Scorsese flicks Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The King Of Comedy.
Jared Leto — who plays the character in Suicide Squad — will not take the title role; instead, they will source another actor, the movie being unrelated to the current DC Cinematic Universe (DCEU).
Despite seeming like another terrible idea (do we really need to know how one of the most iconic villains became a villain?) Scorsese’s involvement has given some hope in the project.
On the flip side, however, there’s already been huge outcry against Phillips directing, his most recent cinematic outings — the Hangover trilogy and War Dogs — not exactly being the most loved films of the last few years.
With the Joker movie not being part of the DCEU, a release date remains uncertain. Some publications are saying there will be a new DC banner for the film to be released under, no doubt signalling another rush of damn superhero movies to come.
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In the round-up: Sebastian Vettel says that prior criticisms of the performance of Pirelli’s full-wet tyre will likely remain after yesterday’s wet qualifying sessions.
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
Autograph session. Done. ✍🏼💨 pic.twitter.com/iE9wNdHyAy
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Now look! We only wanted the heat to break a little bit. It was not code for "Bring out the Ex Wets" ☔☔☔ pic.twitter.com/WOS6AizPxx
— Manor Racing (@ManorRacing) July 23, 2016
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 23, 2016
— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) July 23, 2016
107% performance rule is to stop very uncompetitive cars/teams in F1, not penalise drivers on drying track. So grid rightly stays the same.
— Martin Brundle (@MBrundleF1) July 23, 2016
— Mattzel89 (@Mattzel89) July 23, 2016
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On this day in F1
Jack Brabham made it three wins in a row as he won the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort 50 years ago today, though only after a fault delayed Jim Clark’s Lotus.


Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, wants to cut all federal funding for any Justice Department program that emulates the botched gun-trafficking investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.
He filed an amendment to a spending bill for U.S. agricultural, commerce, justice and science-related programs that would halt federal funding for any programs that allow firearms to be transferred to drug cartels if law-enforcement officials can’t keep track of the weapons at all times.
“When 2,000 firearms go missing and at least one is found at the crime scene of a murdered U.S. Border Patrol agent, we must do everything possible to ensure that such a reckless and ill-advised operation like ‘Fast and Furious’ is not repeated,” Cornyn said in a statement emailed to reporters Monday afternoon.
Fast and Furious was an interagency operation run out of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Phoenix field office starting in late 2009. Instead of interdicting illegally bought guns, agents instead allowed the weapons to “walk” across the border to Mexico as a way of building a case against Mexican drug cartels. But agents lost track of approximately 1,400 guns, and two were later found at the scene of the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010.
Heads have rolled at ATF ever since the public controversy started. Kenneth Melson, acting head of ATF during Fast and Furious, resigned in late August and shifted to an advisory position in the Justice Department.
New Acting Director B. Todd Jones has confirmed the existence of a second gun-walking operation that allowed guns to walk to Mexico. Named Operation Wide Receiver, too was run out of the ATF Phoenix office, from 2006 to 2007.
Jones, also U.S. attorney for Minnesota, has said he doesn’t know of any other gun-walking operations.
Congressional Republicans have suggested Attorney General Eric Holder might have lied under oath about when he learned of the operation. Along with Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is conducting a probe to see who in the Justice Department authorized the operation or knew about it early on.
Holder told a congressional panel under oath in May he first heard about Fast and Furious a few weeks earlier. Congressional investigators have released documents showing memos mentioning Fast and Furious by name were sent to Holder as early as July 2010.
Holder has insisted he told the truth to Congress, saying in a recent letter he had “no recollection” of hearing of Fast and Furious before the public controversy over it started. He also said staffers screen his memos to determine whether they should be passed on to him.
“No issues regarding Fast and Furious were brought to my attention because the information presented in the reports did not suggest a problem,” Holder wrote in the letter to Congress.
He has criticized Republicans for using “irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric” in an attempt to gain political advantage. Holder has also noted that he instructed the DOJ’s inspector general to investigate the operation after he found out about the tactics being employed.
Republicans such as Issa and Cornyn have called on Holder to give sworn testimony before Congress to clarify the seeming discrepancy between his testimony and the date his office received the memos.
Issa has subpoenaed Holder for information on any other DOJ gun-walking operations, as well as communications among top department, ATF and White House officials regarding Fast and Furious. Holder has indicated he will comply.


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What promised to be a classic encounter between the former 2010 champions Kevin Firth & Dave Stirk, against the defending 2012 champions Gareth Green (who recently qualified for the wuxi classic in china later this month) and his brother Anthony Green lived up to its high hopes.
Frame 1. It didn’t take long for the match to get going as Gareth potted a long red and made a solid break of 30 before losing position and forced into playing safe. Then after a few safety shots Kevin Firth got in and contributed a superb 60 break but just failing to bring the last two reds into play. after some more safety play Gareth Green potted the open red and developed the remaining safe red to which he cleared the table with a great 38 break to win the first frame.
Gareth & Antony Green 1 – 0 Kevin Firth & Dave Stirk
Gareth & Antony Green 2 – 0 Kevin Firth & Dave Stirk
Frame 3. Frame 3 was a nervy affair with all players making 20+ breaks. First Gareth Green made 22, then Dave Stirk made a 23, Anthony Green followed with 28, then Kevin Firth was on 22 and it looked like he was going to clear the table, but a untimely miss cue on the final blue but luckily the blue went safe. Anthony Green had Dave Stirk in trouble with a good safety shot on the blue only for Dave Stirk to fluke the blue. left with a tricky pink Dave Stirk missed it but it went safe again. was lady luck looking down on Kevin and Dave?. A few shots later Kevin Firth pots a fantastic long pink to put them 6 points up with only the black remaining but playing back into a blind pocket missed the black but got a good cue ball on the baulk cushion. Anthony Green missed his attempt of a long black and left it sitting for Dave Stirk to make it 2-1
Gareth & Antony Green 2- 1 Kevin Firth & Dave Stirk
Frame 4. After a short interval of about 10 minutes frame 4 started in much the same way, but this time no players making a decisive contribution, until Anthony Green made a very controlled 48 break to leave Kevin & Dave needing snookers, to which they couldn’t get. so the Green brothers defended their title in true style. The quality of this match was outstanding as only 3 fouls were made over the 4 frames with lots of great safety and break building, and without doubt the best players won on the night, with both Kevin And David showing what true sportsmanship they are by applauding both their opponents for their good match play and saying they were beaten by the better players.
Mark Slater (pictured) won the highest break award with a 89 break in a earlier round.
Gareth & Antony Green 3 – 1 Kevin Firth & Dave Stirk


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