Recognizing the water vulnerability and the importance of treating water security as a strategic issue for the development of other public policies, the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro through the State Secretariat for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), created the State Program for Water Security (PROSEGH) as per state decree on February 2021.
The State of Rio de Janeiro has a long history of disasters related to climate change and extreme hydrological events of floods, droughts and landslides. The intensification of hydrological events, coupled with disorderly land use, environmental degradation and occupation of risk areas, aggravate vulnerability to disasters and increase the frequency of water crises.
PROSEGH is an instrument for organizing actions, projects, and programs from several sectors whose development promotes the increase of hydric security in the state.
Its primary purposes are:
- Foster the integration of water resources management with other sectorial policies.
- Increase the investment synergy of hydric security actions and projects.
- Minimize water vulnerability related to floods, droughts, landslides caused by extreme hydrological events, climate change, and pollution of water bodies.
- Guarantee water supply in quantity and quality.
- Conserve and raise the environmental quality of water sources.
- Promote environmentally sustainable social and economic development, encouraging a harmonious relationship between human beings and nature.
- Strengthen educational actions, promote the efficient use of water resources, and raise awareness of the need for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
How it works
PROSEGH consists of four components:
- Component 1 – Planning: proposal of planning and management strategies capable of subsidizing the implementation of actions and projects that contribute to increasing water security and climate action. Its main product is the State Plan for Water Security.
- Component 2 – Water Supply: it aims to assure water availability compatible with its demand, in order to ensure sufficient water to meet multiple uses. Improvement of water production systems, adoption of alternative sources of supply, such as reuse and desalination, and managing water demand are also actions within this component.
- Component 3 – Environmental Quality: it aims to develop effective actions and integrated solutions to promote water pollution control and the conservation, recovery, and protection of vulnerable areas to water security issues. Also part of the scope of this component are actions focused on urban and rural sanitation that contribute to guaranteeing the provision of ecosystem services of water purification, water regulation, erosion control, sediment reduction, and also actions that collaborate with the goal of carbon neutrality in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
- Component 4 – Risks Associated with Water: focused on actions to manage droughts and floods, environmental accidents originating in water, and the protection of hydraulic infrastructure. The actions and projects contained in this component include the implementation of prevention, mitigation, and adaptation measures against hazardous situations caused by extreme hydrological events and climate change.
The WATER2030 initiative was established in the scope of PROSEGH, integrating water security actions and strategies for climate action, as presented below:
- Water Security Investment Portfolio: contains 86 actions, projects, and programs to be implemented in the State of Rio de Janeiro in order to increase water security. The Portfolio also includes initiatives from other public entities, private companies, the third sector, civil society, and water resources collegiate bodies, adding up to a total of approximately USD 1.1 billion in investment since the creation of PROSEGH in February 2021.
- State Plan for Water Security: planning instrument to guarantee water security for the State of Rio de Janeiro until 2043.
- Programa LIMPA RIO (CLEAN RIO Program): aims to remove the silt from the water bodies, control flooding, and the proliferation of water-borne vectors. The amount invested was about R$140 million and is expected to reach R$450 million, benefiting more than 16 million people. More than 400 rivers and canals in 60 cities have already been reached, totaling 3,765,175.08 m3 of sediments removed.
- Universalization of sanitation services and access to drinking water: the goal is to guarantee the universalization of sewage collection and treatment, as well as access to drinking water for about 13 million people by 2033, aiming to reach 99% of the population with access to water and 90% with sewage collection and treatment. In 2020, 90% of the population had access to drinking water and 67% had their sewage collected, of which only 69,4% were treated. USD 6,4 billion were raised through the bidding process, of which USD 4,8 billion were granted for investments in the state, also generating jobs and revenue, with an estimated 46,000 direct and indirect job positions.
- Reinvented Guanabara bay: the Program for the Decontamination and Revitalization of Guanabara Bay is composed of 20 actions. The main goal of this project is to make the Guanabara Bay bathing waters clean again in the next 10 years. Highlighting the universalization of basic sanitation as the main action, besides the implementation of a dry weather collection system, recovering the sewage treatment plants, and implementing sewage collectors in the eight municipalities of the concession area that are in the Bay’s surroundings.
- ESG WATER2030: this project aims to engage and encourage ESG practices within private companies and academic institutions with a focus on the efficient use of water to diversify renewable energy sources, in order to maintain energy and population supply in the event of water shortages, as well as stimulating the transition to a low-carbon economy, collaborating with the goal of carbon neutrality in the state of Rio de Janeiro by 2050.
- Florestas do Amanhã (Forests of Tomorrow Program): forest and landscape restoration is a fundamental part of Rio de Janeiro’s climate action. The goal is to reach 40% forest cover in the state of Rio de Janeiro by 2050, which is equivalent to restoring 400,000 hectares with the potential to absorb 143 million tons of CO2. 500 million is expected to be invested in forest restoration in the next 5 years.
- Sustainable assets trading platform: in partnership with the private sector, the State Government of Rio de Janeiro has been promoting the creation of a global platform for green assets trade in Latin America, with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, with the goal of stimulating sustainable development, forest restoration and a carbon credit market in the region.
In order to face the future challenges of prevention, mitigation, and adaptation to climate events, the state has been working to manage water-related risks by adopting measures that contribute to the reduction of social, environmental, and economic risks and damages.
WATER2030 puts the State of Rio de Janeiro in the national spotlight since this innovative initiative promotes water security as an important instrument for climate actions and sustainable economic development. Furthermore, it invests in a path of synergy between public and private actions and budgets, promoting empathy and engagement in society, in order to strengthen educational actions, promote the efficient use of water resources, and raise awareness of the need for adaptation and mitigation of climate change. Water security strategies for climate action require integrated approaches. The involvement of different sectors, with cohesive actions and budgets, increases the chance of achieving the desired results in the long term.


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The EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, told the European parliament on Tuesday (8 June) that the situation in Afghanistan was critical, but that the European Union had no option but to remain engaged after the withdrawal of US and NATO troops.
"Today, the United States and NATO troops are withdrawing from the country. The troops from European Member States will also withdraw. The peace process is largely stalled and violence continues. We see an appalling rate of civilian casualties – as I said, 40% of them are women and children – and targeted killings of civil society activists, media workers and public servants. And I am afraid that this violence might further increase in the near future", the EU High Representative told MEPs.
"The security situation in Afghanistan is evolving quickly. The Taliban control more than half of the country’s territory and increasingly have less incentive to compromise, so short-term prospects for a peace deal look bleak. However, the Taliban know that a large part of the Afghan population does not share their convictions and that ethnic and religious cleavages may come out to the fore in the absence of a negotiated peace settlement."
Borrell underlined that the European Union will make every effort to support the peace process and to remain a committed partner to the Afghan people. "Of course, we will have to take into account the evolving situation, but disengagement is not an option. We are clear on that: there is no alternative to a negotiated political settlement, through inclusive peace talks. This also means that there can be no sanctions relief for members of the Taliban at the United Nations Security Council without a genuine commitment on their part to the peace process, through a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire and substantial progress in the peace negotiations."
"I do not have to stress our interest in a stable Afghanistan with development perspectives being shared by all the countries of the region, who also need to play a constructive role in this peace process and with whom we will step up our co-operation."
Borrell highlighted the plight of women in the current precarious situation:
"Once again I want to express the importance and the interest of the situation of women. I see a lot of women in the Parliament, I see a lot of women in the government, I see a lot of women working, practising sports. I see three million girls at the school, but there are still 2 million girls that do not go to school. 2 million, can you imagine? Half of the female child population do not go to school. Let us try to avoid that the other half that is now going to school will lose this, because in this case Afghanistan will go back to the medieval ages. It is our responsibility to try to avoid it."
Borrell admitted that remaining engaged with Afghanistan in the current situation was going to be hard and the EU will have to show political will.

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“Please steer exactly how, elder.” Ye Futian nodded, along with the group of people immediately set up off with their journey. They leaped in to the skies and eventually left the Perfect Mandate Academy, steering to the boundless void.
“I has also been curious about that, well, i have research. As outlined by them, ages upon generations of forefathers have been studying the continent for years, attempting to see other worlds of farming and cultivators. Following approaching the top amount, they discovered that this region has wonderful constraints, and the entire world looked way too little. Even so, for decades immemorial, they already have not found a single thing until recently. They have ascertained that every the stories were a fact: these were abandoned and exiled through the G.o.ds, and after this they have got truly enter in to exposure to the outer world,” Renhuang Chen revealed.
Ye Futian didn’t know the true measurements of an original Kingdom, and nobody really knew nearly anything regarding the Unique Realm sometimes. Possibly only Donghuang the truly amazing together with other Great Emperors understood most of its background.
Ye Futian didn’t understand the specific measurements of the main World, and nobody really understood anything regarding the Original Realm often. Maybe only Donghuang the good and various other Terrific Emperors recognized a few of its history.
This country was resorting to lies from the void, a faint excellence emanating from within. It had been just like it possessed existed here since the start of serious amounts of that this was an integral part of this wide s.p.a.ce.
Previously there had been lots of relics in the Authentic Kingdom, and that he possessed never had the desire to go, wishing to give many people their opportunities. Nonetheless, he was interested to determine this other country which had shown up from the First Realm,
Ye Futian didn’t know the true proportions of the first Kingdom, and no one really realized everything relating to the Authentic World often. Maybe only Donghuang the truly amazing and other Wonderful Emperors believed several of its history.
Ye Futian made an appearance helpful. These were not the only real styles who were interested in learning this continent. The cultivators on the country, also, possessed never quit their look for the surface environment until that they had visit the first Realm and identified the facts. Most likely, people were in the same way interested in the initial World as anyone else.
Ye Futian nodded. Which means that this was Shenyi Region?
Certainly, even for best Renhuang, this region was still ma.s.sive, a minimum of for anyone in Ye Futian’s realm. They persisted traveling from the region but nonetheless didn’t seem to have arrived at the core area.
Earlier there had been many relics on the Initial Realm, and he possessed never acquired the need to visit, wanting to give many people their opportunities. On the other hand, he was intrigued to check out this other region that had came out on the First Kingdom,
If this type of country acquired really been exiled from the countless void, of course, if it was able to survive until this day, then neither the country itself nor the cultivators on it will be common. If not, it is going to happen to be annihilated within its extended historical past.
Ye Futian and also the others looked over every thing in the country listed below. It didn’t appear too distinctive from Divine Prefecture and the 3,000 Realms in the Fantastic Course, as much as cities, hills, jungles, and cultivators were troubled, with the exception that the aura of them cultivators about this continent was somewhat various. Generally speaking, their world appeared to be a bit better.
The area with the Original Realm was the void society which was created following the collapse of your divine course. The 3,000 Realms of the Fantastic Path was the spot of individual cultivation. This region had not been deemed large, but past the 3,000 Realms of your Great Pathway, there were simply a continuous void, full of unknowns.
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Including the cultivators for the region understood they were simply being deserted through the G.o.ds once upon a period of time. But judging from their offer predicament, could the abandonment are already, in truth, a kind of security? Due to the abandonment, the region did not perish and managed to observe the light-weight of moment.
This country was resorting to lies during the void, a faint brilliance emanating from the inside. It was almost like it obtained existed on this page since the start of efforts and which it was an integral part of this huge s.p.a.ce.
Ye Futian as well as the other folks pa.s.sed over the corners on the country and continuing switching upwards. They spotted there had been cultivators on the side of the continent currently, but they seemed to be quite familiar with all that was going on looking at them, since they did not take action shocked.
A society that were exiled on the countless emptiness would obviously get accustomed to everything and might experienced exactly what they discovered now was pretty mundane.
This continent was lying on the void, a faint brilliance emanating from inside. It was subsequently almost like it had existed in this article since the beginning of some time and which it was an element of this vast s.p.a.ce.
“The reports we listened to was this region has been touring throughout the endless void, owning been exiled to obtain a many number of years, and has not manufactured its visual appeal until recently,” Emperor Nan replied. Ye Futian appeared missing in feelings. If that were definitely the situation, then that might clarify the allergic reactions of such cultivators on the region.
“I had also been interested in that, therefore i have some research. Based on them, decades upon generations of forefathers are actually exploring the continent for years, seeking to see other worlds of farming and cultivators. Right after reaching the maximum amount, they found this continent has fantastic disadvantages, plus the environment appeared far too compact. Nevertheless, for a long time immemorial, they have not identified anything up to now. They may have ascertained that each the legends were actually genuine: they were abandoned and exiled because of the G.o.ds, and from now on they may have truly enter into contact with the outer community,” Renhuang Chen spelled out.
“So, the highest energies from Genuine World will need to have already eliminated to Shenyi Area currently,” Ye Futian commented.
“The cultivation of them individuals is awesome,” Ye Futian whispered since he went frontward. The cultivators on this particular continent noticed outstanding to him. Even those on the fringe from the continent were definitely not within a lower level the cheapest cultivation turned out to be the Saint Jet.
The group meandered forwards haphazardly. Even though this country was newly learned with cultivators, it turned out different from Ziwei Segmentum, which had been an industry of personalities. On this page, it had been simply a country. Shopping from another perspective, the country could possibly have just been a place for the best numbers in ancient times.
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“Please lead the way, elder.” Ye Futian nodded, plus the party immediately set up off with their journey. They leaped to the sky and left the Divine Mandate Academy, going on the boundless void.
Chapter 2320: Shenyi Continent

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text: Shrewsbury Brass Band and Of One Accord choir perform two new choral compositions by composer Karen Kirkland at Shrewsbury Abbey. "Futility" based on the poem by Wilfred Owen and "Seafever" based on the poem by John Masefield were composed especially for the British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Shrewsbury Abbey. Both compositions are written for SATB choir. "Futility" is available as sheet music and is endorsed by the Wilfred Owen Society. Click here for more information.

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Boil the squid in boiling water, in large quantities, for 3 minutes. Immediately put the squid in ice water, peel off the films, chords, rinse and cut into thin strips.
Put the squid in a salad bowl, add salt + slices of fresh cucumber, straws of bell pepper, pieces of dried and fresh tomatoes, half rings of red onion. Mix well. Serve on lettuce leaves, seasoned with sauce ( mix olive oil and dried tomatoes), add salt. Garnish with pomegranate seeds and sesame seeds.

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Runners Knee Exercises (Strengthening Exercises)
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The cuboid bone is a small cube shape bone positioned on the outer side of the bone between the Navicular, 3rd Cuneiform, Calcaneus, and 4/5th metatarsals. It isn’t a common cause of foot pain and can often be overlooked as part of a differential diagnosis.
When the cuboid bone becomes overloaded, it may become irritated between the bony articulations surrounding it, leading to what is known as cuboid syndrome. This article discusses the causes, symptoms, and treatment of Cuboid Syndrome.
Cuboid syndrome is associated with pain on the outside of the foot. There may be some mild swelling, but this is not always the case, and there is rarely any visible bruising. Walking, hopping, and jumping can cause pain outside the foot, and in irritable cases, there may be soreness with weight-bearing. Cuboid syndrome can cause a reduced range of movement in the mid-foot, and it may be tender to palpate over the bone.
If you have pain outside the foot, we always recommend a consultation with a Physical Therapist or a Sports Medicine Doctor. After a careful examination, it is possible to establish a diagnosis. This is primarily performed by ruling out all other possibilities, as few evidence-based tests for Cuboid syndrome exist.
Any cuboid irritation and swelling are usually minimal, so it is unlikely to be detected by x-ray, MRI, or CT Scan. For this reason, an appointment with a foot specialist who is experienced in managing soft tissue injuries of the foot is highly recommended.
If you do not have access to a medical professional, we would recommend applying to POLICE principle to the management of suspected Cuboid Syndrome.
Treatment with a Physical Therapist who specialises in foot conditions is recommended for Cuboid Syndrome. Professional treatment includes typically soft tissue massage to help relax and lengthen the calf and foot muscles. Mobilisations of the cuboid bone and surrounding bones may be combined with manipulation of the cuboid bone.
Taping may be used to protect and offload the lateral foot. A Physical Therapist may conduct a gait analysis to determine if there is a biomechanical overload of the lateral foot.
Stretches and strengthening exercises are likely to be prescribed to address muscular imbalances of the foot and ankle, while advice on footwear and custom insoles may be prescribed to optimise the function of the foot.
In the early stages of cuboid syndrome, if the POLICE principle is applied then there is a chance that cuboid syndrome can heal on it’s own. If you try this and there is no success, we recommend that you see a foot specialist.
This is not medical advice. We recommend a consultation with a medical professional such as James McCormack. He offers Online Physiotherapy Appointments for £45.
Related Article: Cuboid Fractures: Symptoms & Diagnosis

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Rose Garden is a multi-million selling, RIAA Platinum-certified studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson. It was released in late 1970 as the title song was climbing country and pop music charts around the world. The single went on to top the Country charts, where it stayed at the number 1 position for five weeks. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in early 1971 and hit number 1 in both Cash Box and Record World.
The Rose Garden is the self-titled and only album from the American folk rock group of the same name. It was released in April 1968 on Atco Records and included their Top 20 hit "Next Plane to London". The band was heavily influenced by the Byrds' style of vocal harmony and 12-string guitar blending and the album includes two Gene Clark compositions, "Till Today" and "Long Time". The group also recorded "Rider", which was first recorded by the Byrds in 1966, but not yet released.
G Am D7 G I beg your pardon,I never promised you a rose garden Am D7 G Along with the sunshine theres gotta be a little rain sometimes C Am When you take you gotta give so live & . I beg your pardon,I never promised you a rose garden. I could promise you things,like big diamond rings. Am. but you don't find roses growing on stalks of clover. D7. So you better think it over. I'd just as soon let you go. But there's one thing I want you to know.
Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden lyrics. Chorus: I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gotta be a little rain sometime. I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden.
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Good news. Congress passed legislation to contribute another $480 million to its COVID-19 response and it was signed into law by the President on April 24, 2020. $310 million of the money will be used to fund and reopen the Paycheck Protection Program while another $10 billion is dedicated to Economic Injury Disaster Loan grants. More good news is the fact that $75 billion will be provided to hospitals and $25 billion will be used to develop and administer COVID-19 tests.
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Another black stone.
In an effort to become more Hokage-like and avoid arguments, Naruto came up with the idea of drawing colored rocks to choose roommates during missions. Sasuke only needed the smallest peek into his fist to know he'd drawn a black stone—again. It seemed his hand was magnetically drawn to the black stone. He pulled it every single time in the year he was back on duty with Team Seven.
"Okay. On three, open your hand."
Sasuke prayed to every god he knew that Sakura would pull a black stone from Naruto's little, orange pouch.
She always drew white.
Given a choice, Sasuke would choose no one for a roommate. Naruto was a cacophony of bodily noises, the worst of which drove Sasuke to drag a futon up to their inn's roof just to get some fresh air. Sai was no better. He recently discovered women and his hormones quickly washed away what little sense of propriety he had. Sakura always said Sai didn't know better, but Sasuke knew he didn't pull that shit when he roomed with Naruto or her.
A room to himself would've been his first choice—until three months ago.
Three months ago, Sasuke gaped as Sakura was washed over a cliff by a Suiton user's Giant Vortex. The vision of her slipping over the edge, his Sharingan noting her empty chakra tank, still made him shudder.
His only thought was Get to her! as his legs churned, hoping she'd managed to grab a root or rocky ledge. When he glanced over and saw a rapidly plummeting mop of pink, he jumped off the edge, flattening his arms against his sides in an effort to catch up.
A foot away, Sakura stopped flailing long enough to look up. His stomach swooped as her hands reached out to him. The thought of losing Sakura forever made him stretch until his shoulders burned with effort. When his fingertips finally touched hers, she crawled into his arms.
"Sasuke-kun," she whispered into his ear as she wrapped her arms and legs around him with constricting force. Relief made him close shaking arms around her, his eyes squeezing shut.
"How are we going to stop?"
"Stop?" His eyes shot open when he realized he hadn't gotten that far in his planning.
Panic blurred Sasuke's thoughts as he clutched Sakura tighter. A thousand jutsu raced through his head.
I just need one!
With a breath-taking oof, they landed on the back of an enormous, cawing ink bird that soared up the hillside. It fluttered to a landing before disappearing in a messy splat beside the rest of Team Seven.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Naruto's sarcastic tone—the years had not diluted their competitive natures one bit.
"Like you would've done better." He sat up and only then realized that Sakura was still clutching him, her head tucked into the crook of his neck. "Sakura?" he asked, concerned that she'd been hurt more then he knew.
Slowly, her grip on his shirt loosened, her legs went slack around his hips, and she moved her face in front of his.
It was strange and unexpected how the feeling came over him. He'd been this close to other women before, both in the line of duty and because of unwanted advances. A lifetime of goal-oriented self-discipline left Sasuke coldly indifferent. But with Sakura's ink-smeared lips an inch away from his and her twig-scratched arms and legs still twined around him, a tidal wave of desire like he'd never felt before flooded his body. For several moments, there was nothing else in the entire world—no mission, no teammates, no cliff. Just Sakura.
"Are you two going to kiss now?" asked Sai, crouching next to them with a pencil and sketchpad at the ready.
"Sai!" squeaked Sakura as she jumped up.
With her head turned away, she held a hand out to help Sasuke up. His body was on fire, the rush of desire still surging through him. He was about to use Sakura's outstretched hand to pull her back down to him, but she wiggled her fingers in expectation, snapping him back to reality. Sasuke grabbed her hand in what he hoped was a rough, friendly, non-enamored way and got to his feet.
Since then, every minute Sasuke spent away from Sakura, he recalled that moment when her body was close and her mouth was so ripe before him. In his daydreams, he didn't let her pull away. He smashed his lips to hers—his other teammates be damned.
Every minute he spent with Sakura became a series of self-appointed mini-missions where he came up with new and different ways to touch her, to be near her. Any excuse would do. He offered to deliver mission scrolls, brushing her fingers as he handed them over. He waited until she found her seat at Ichiraku's and then dashed for the chair beside her, grazing her knee with his whenever possible. He gave himself bonus points if he made her grin, laugh, or blush.
As excited as these glancing touches and soft smiles made him, they only fanned the flames. He needed to touch her more, with more purpose.
That's when he decided to attack.
During team spars, Sasuke always avoided Sakura. He justified this in his thoughts by remembering her incredible defense. This time, however, when he saw her even chakra humming in the distance, he raced toward her.
Her eyes widened when he broke through the tree line, lightning crackling in his hand, but she was quick to throw down a fist and raise a rock wall in his face. Chidori blasted the wall to pebbles and he darted up the tree she was hiding in. Sakura would never match his speed, though, and Sasuke's long fingers were soon wrapped around her ankle. He tugged her down as she yelped, shuddering when his palm skated along the firm muscle of her thigh.
The glow of chakra scalpels flaring in his face caused Sasuke to rear back. Sakura took the opportunity to spring from the branch, her eyes flashing like fire over her shoulder. Her feet barely touched the ground when the earth exploded beneath them, twisting and obstructing his path. Sasuke smirked—he would not be so easily denied.
He flash-stepped behind her, skimming his hand down her arm as she ran like a frightened rabbit. As fast as Sasuke was, Sakura was twice as smart and she slipped out of his grasp repeatedly. Each kiss of skin only multiplied his desire. He grabbed at her waist, tugged on her skirt, and trailed his fingers down the tempting curve at the small of her back. Her squeaking and squealing emboldened him. His nimble hands finally caught her, snagging her wrists behind her, yanking her against him.
"S-Sasuke—haa, haa—I yield," she panted, but he pulled her harder and she thumped against his chest. "I said I yield!" she shouted, turning to scowl at him.
The mud splashed across her shirt and face and the dried leaves crushed in disheveled pink caused an uncomfortable tug in his groin. He reached up and raked trembling fingers through her hair.
"O-oh," she stuttered, her eyes closing when his thumb dipped to trace her cheekbone.
"Ha, ha! Sakura lost!"
Naruto's voice boomed across the clearing as he and Sai stepped out from behind a tree.
Sakura jerked her hands out of Sasuke's grip and backed away. "Shut up, Naruto," she growled, rubbing her wrists.
Since then, she stayed close to Naruto or Sai during spars. His time alone with her was cut short.
His longing, however, would not fade. His every thought, waking or sleeping, was filled with Sakura. He dreamed of some time alone with her, so he could make his intentions clear—to let her know that, yes, he wanted desperately to touch every inch of her, but that day soaring over the cliff taught him something else. He couldn't live without her.
As he held another rock in his sweaty fist, Sasuke dredged up hope from the darkest recesses of his heart and pleaded with the fates for a break.
"One, two, THREE!"
Sasuke unfurled his fingers and waited to be clapped on the back by either Sai or Naruto. When silence followed Naruto's countdown, he turned toward the rest of Team Seven and found Naruto and Sai staring slack-jawed into Sakura's open palm. She was biting her lip until she flicked her eyes to his. Her mouth twitched with a tentative smile.
"Looks like we're roommates."
Sasuke was as stunned as his teammates.
A black stone.
In Sakura's hand.
He fought hard to keep a grin from his face. Losing his battle, Sasuke scooped up his pack, growling, "Let's go," as he shuffled up the stairs toward their room.
Sasuke wanted to vault up the stairs, but he heard Naruto and Sai whispering and snickering behind him.
Am I that obvious? he wondered. Then embarrassment gripped his stomach.
Did Sakura know how he felt?
The questions snowballed. Was that why she avoided him during spars? Did he make her uncomfortable? Was he too bold?
Sakura dropped back to chat cheerfully with Naruto, without the tiniest shred of distress on her face. She seemed to be completely at ease with the idea of rooming with Sasuke. He couldn't understand why she wasn't a tangle of anxious and excited nerves like he was. Until a chilling thought paralyzed him.
Did Sakura not love him anymore?
When Sasuke stumbled on the stairs, Sai threw him one of his creepy, searching looks.
I am being obvious! If Sai knows enough to question me, I must be flailing around like a lovesick moron.
Humiliation made Sasuke nauseous. Suddenly, the prospect of sharing a room with Sakura seemed dismal.
After what felt like a million miles, Sakura finally twisted the key in the lock of their door. Naruto and Sai lingered, covertly snorting and pointing. Sasuke studied his shoes until the door swung open and Sakura stepped inside. He glanced at his teammates only to find Naruto hugging himself, making a disgusting kissy face and Sai obscenely thrusting his hips—until Naruto saw what he was doing, put him in a headlock, and dragged him into their room.
Sasuke let out a shuddering sigh and marched into their room like he was heading to his doom. He toed off his shoes. Sakura's boots next to his made his ears burn. Eyes trained to the green tatami mats, Sasuke dropped his pack next to the table and sank into a chair. He could hear Sakura opening and closing drawers, emptying her pack. When he finally dared to lift his eyes to survey their room, he found his worst nightmare and most wicked fantasy had collided—there was only one bed.
"I'm going to take a shower. Could you tell Naruto and Sai to come over here for dinner so we can outline the mission plan? I'll be out in a few minutes."
Sasuke nodded stiffly, snapping his eyes down. He had no idea how he'd make it through this mission. Just the thought of her showering only a few feet away made his heart thump uncomfortably fast, never mind the fact that she'd be warm and drowsy, next to him in that bed. He dreamed of pulling her close, whispering all the things he wanted her to—
A cool hand on his cheek made Sasuke jump. His wide eyes connected with Sakura's.
"Sasuke? Are you feeling all right?" Her hand moved from his cheek to his forehead as his eyes darted away—only to land on the clothes in her hand. A tiny pair of red underwear on top made his face blaze with heat.
She knelt down in front of him. "You're burning up. I hope you're not getting sick."
"I'm not," he grumbled, leaping out of the chair and heading for the door.
"If you say so…"
Sasuke's stomach churned as he slipped back into his shoes. One side of him was comforted by the idea that Sakura cared whether or not he was okay. His other, more insecure side thought that, as captain, she didn't want a sick shinobi messing up her squad.
He threw open the door to his teammates' room to find Naruto sprawled out on the bed and Sai hailing a local girl from their window.
"What's up, jerk?"
"Sakura says she wants to have dinner together to go over plans. She'll be out of the shower soon."
"Oh, will she now?" Naruto said, wiggling his eyebrows. "That means she's over there right now…naked…doesn't it?"
Sasuke tried to appear bored while his heart raced. He forced a sigh and folded his arms. "Just make sure you and the other moron are there in fifteen minutes." He added idiot for good measure before he slammed the door shut behind him.
Standing in the empty hall, he knew he couldn't go back into their room…not with Sakura possibly…maybe…
Sasuke shook his head. Best not to think about it.
He ducked down to the main desk and ordered dinner, lingering over the menu and haunting the lobby for as long as possible. He had to make sure there was no chance he'd walk in on Sakura in her ridiculously small, red underwear.
Taking a deep breath to steel himself, Sasuke put his hand on the knob—and lurched forward when the door was pulled open from the other side. Before he could stop, he was thrown onto Sakura. His arm looped around her waist for balance, his face pressed into her shirt.
The voice was much deeper than he expected from Sakura. He didn't have time to contemplate that thought as heat seared his body—he just realized what was gently pillowing his face. Sasuke jerked upright, still clutching her hips.
Raising himself to eye level, he was caught off-guard by her bright smile.
Clutching Sakura a little tighter, Sasuke pulled her in closer. His eyes flicked from her softly smiling lips to the downturned fan of her night-black lashes.
"Uh, Sasuke? I think it's safe to let go of Sakura-chan now."
That same deep voice finally registered in Sasuke's love-addled brain—Naruto!
He whipped around to see his two other teammates turning a brilliant scarlet with suppressed laughter. Immediately releasing her, Sasuke side-stepped Sakura and stalked into their room. When their dinner arrived at that exact moment, Naruto and Sai were distracted and Sasuke thanked the gods for small favors.
I need to get it together, he thought. Slipping into the bathroom to throw some cold water on his face, he vowed to stay as far from Sakura as possible.
When he came back into the main room, Sasuke was pleased to see that dinner was laid out and Sai had taken the chair next to Sakura and Naruto the one directly across. He'd be on the completely opposite side of the table—incidental contact would be impossible.
Sasuke felt his muscles relax. I can do this.
Knock, knock, knock.
The only person still standing was Sasuke and, pressured by the silent command of his teammates' staring eyes, he answered the door with an annoyed grunt.
"HEY! Sai! Get your stinking hands off the ramen. I called it!"
In the hall stood a deeply bowing hotel employee.
"If I recall the rule you told me, I would need to see your name written on the food for possession to be legal. And I don't. Therefore…"
"Therefore, you better shut up and hand over the ramen, asshole!"
Extending a tea tray, the steward said, "So sorry. This was forgotten." The clatter of porcelain rang from the room behind him as Sasuke took hold of the tray, nodding and closing the door.
"You better shut up before I club the both of you!"
When Sasuke turned back to the table, he nearly dropped the tea. After Sakura threatened his moronic teammates, they'd scurried to the opposite side of the table—leaving only the chair right next to Sakura available. The teapot began to tremble.
I am a shinobi. I endure. I am a shinobi. I endure, Sasuke chanted in his head. He set the tray down near Sai and scooted his chair closer to the opposite end of the table. He couldn't risk their arms brushing or knees touching.
Sasuke concentrated on his meal and nodded along as they discussed the plan of attack for their mission. When Sakura spread out the map on the table, her fingertips grazed the back of his hand and he could feel his face glowing red. A snort from Sai had him scooting his chair further away. Braving a look at Sakura, he found her frowning at the map.
I do make her uncomfortable. That means she…doesn't... Sasuke couldn't bring himself to finish that thought.
His eyes darted up as Naruto tried to suggest breaking off into pairs for scouting. "Come on, Sakura-chan. I know you're captain, but this makes sense. Me and Sai could go one way," he jerked a thumb at his teammate, "and you and Sasuke could go another. We'd cover a lot more ground and—"
"No." Her voice was stern as she squinted her eyes dangerously at Naruto. "We have no idea how many enemies we're dealing with or their threat level. The team stays together."
It felt like something curled up inside Sasuke at Sakura's cold tone. He knew she was putting distance between them. Tentatively, he glanced at her as she rolled up the map and wondered what would happen if they scouted in pairs. His mind filled with a dark green forest dappled in sunlight, the scent of moss and pine, the sound of their ragged breathing as he pressed her against a woody trunk, the feeling of her soft skin as he kissed his way up her neck.
A poisonous thought intruded and Sasuke's eyes squeezed shut tightly. If the idiot suggested she pair with Sai, would she have said yes? The idea of anyone else holding Sakura blackened his mood.
Ripped from his thoughts, he found himself staring into Sakura's concerned eyes. When they flicked to his hand, Sasuke looked at his closed fist and saw his chopsticks snapped in two. At the sound of a stifled grunt, his head jerked up to his teammates. Sakura frowned again, Naruto bit his lip to hold back a guffaw, and Sai wore a fake smile that Sasuke wanted to punch right off his face.
"I…need a shower," he said, throwing down his broken chopsticks and heading for the bathroom, not daring to look back.
He grimaced at his obviousness. Sakura has to know how I feel now. His anger melted into humiliation. I make her uneasy. Heavyhearted, Sasuke stayed in the shower until his fingers wrinkled and the water ran cold. He calculated jutsu chakra ratios just to stay calm and focused on something other than the fact that he'd be lying next to Sakura all night.
When he finally left the bath, their room was tinted blue with moonlight. The glow cast deep shadows over Sakura's curled shape on the far side of their bed. He listened to her even breathing as he finished toweling his hair dry. Convinced that she was deeply asleep, he fished clothes from his pack. Sasuke glanced at her one more time before dropping his towel and stepping into pants.
Gently, gently, Sasuke glided beneath the covers and released a held breath. He successfully made it into bed without waking her. His muscles relaxed as he stared at the back of her head against the pillow, the strap of her nightgown slipping down her shoulder, the dip of the sheet at her waist.
Maybe this won't be so bad after all.
Quickly flipping over to prop herself up on her elbow, Sakura hovered above him. "Sasuke, what's wrong? I know something's bothering you. Please tell me."
He felt pinned to the mattress under her strong gaze. The bare skin of her arm pressed against his made blood rush to inconvenient places. All he could do was stare at her, his breath coming in rapid pants. He needed to do something, say something. His mind was a jumbled mess as she shifted, rubbing her soft skin against his. All he wanted to do was roll her over, push her nightgown up, and bury his face in her—
The whisper of that tender suffix jarred him from his wicked thoughts.
Sakura…so fragile. What am I thinking?
Berating himself for his behavior, Sasuke turned away from her, mumbling, "Nothing. I'm fine. Go to sleep."
a/n: So, WordPress is a lot more hard to manage than you would think! Plus, it doesn't help that I'm too lazy to keep things orderly. Hee, hee. Anyhoo, I'm publishing this story here, despite it being completed on my WP site.
A waterfall of bacon for Unicorn Paige for editing this and for always setting me straight. Thanks, Paige!


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Hanover Elementary Students Give Back
Students at Hanover Elementary Schools participated in their annual “Pennies For Patients” fundraiser. Both Jane Ball and Lincoln Elementary students collected change to be donated to the Indiana Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The pennies and change collected and counted totaled nearly $6000.
Learning to give back is a lesson that begins in elementary school for students in the Hanover Community School Corporation.
For nearly a decade the students at Jane Ball Elementary and Lincoln Elementary have held a ‘Pennies for Patients’ fundraiser each spring to benefit the Indiana Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
For a week, students at both schools collect change, mostly pennies, to help children battling childhood cancers. While each school use unique methods to gather donations and rewards classrooms that collect the largest amount, ultimately the students learn that it’s not about winning
a contest, but helping kids with cancer. At Jane Ball Elementary, the Student Council stepped up and sponsored the event and worked hard
to collect money from each classroom. Their efforts were well rewarded and the school collected over $1500. The had work at Lincoln Elementary resulted in a record breaking year for money raised by the students. In just five days students collected $4458.19. The two schools will be contributing nearly $6000 to aid in the work of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, an amount that surpasses many corporate donations.
“The conversations that came out of this experience were genuine and amazing. The students talked about how winning (the classroom contests) isn't the most important part of the fundraiser. Parents came in and told stories about how the kids were taking coins out of their piggy banks to help the sick kids. Our families are so generous and giving, and it is evident in their children,” noted Lincoln Elementary Principal Melissa Walley.
Giving back is a lesson best learned young and that lesson has an even greater impact when the giving is to other young people.
At Hanover Community School Corporation, we are: Making a difference…realizing potential.
The Hanover Community School Corporation realizes the individuality of each student and is committed to providing a safe and positive atmosphere for learning. The collaboration of dedicated staff and the community allows Hanover Community School Corporation to create a literacy-rich environment and facilitate high quality instruction for all students. A challenging curriculum, well-equipped facilities and relevant technology optimize achievement, empowering all students to realize their potential for success in a global society.
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Acts of Compassion: an Alternative Break Challenge
Journal for Students
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Acts of Compassion: An Alternative Break Challenge is a journal for students to complete participating in an Alternative Break Service Trip. The challenge is to complete ten Acts of Compassion during their trip and reflect on their thoughts and experience.

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Eilean Donan Studio
Art Studio featuring original oil paintings and fibre art. The artist’s fibre work crosses the boundaries of fine art, textile design and craft. She “paints with wool and other textiles” creating highly textured animal portraits, bold and colourful landscapes, florals and abstracts. Fibre paintings include hooked and needle felted pieces- many incorporating both techniques.
Each hooked painting is a creative journey of letting the textiles colour and texture dictate the final visual effects in her designs. Like the artist’s early forbearers who hooked rugs, she incorporates many recycled clothing and materials into her pieces, deconstructing and cutting them into strips either by hand or using a cloth strip cutter. Materials include everything from velvet ribbons, metallic threads, jerseys, silks, nylons, wool yarn, wool rovings and wool cloth strips.


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Children's occupational therapy South Espoo
You can obtain a referral to occupational therapy from a health care professional (such as your child health clinic nurse) or early childhood education special-needs teacher, special-needs teacher or school psychologist. You can call the contact person for telephone guidance without a referral. If you have already attended occupational therapy you can call her directly.
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Why then the open door policy? This morning it is -6C and once again the front door of the Co-op/Sommerfield is literally open for business and will stay like that until closing time. How much more energy do you have to use on heating when you leave the front door open? 50%, 100% or 200% more? Obviously the cash loss from heat going out of the door is no problem to the Co-operative.
The Co-op make great store out of their efforts to fight climate change. A page on their website specifically mentions energy efficiency:
"The Co-operative is among the world’s leading businesses when it comes to taking up the challenge of tackling global climate change. Our approach to the issue is five-fold, focusing on energy efficiency, renewable energy consumption and generation, carbon offsetting, the provision of finance and public policy lobbying. "
You can read the Co-op's climate change policy here. Perhaps the 750K investment didn't reach to a decent set of sliding doors?


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March 29, 2021, 7:00:00 PM
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Monday 12pm-9pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Friday 12pm-6pm, every other Saturday (9am-5pm) and Sunday (1pm-5pm)
Provide excellent customer service.
Provide readers advisory, information, assistance using library resources and equipment, one-on-one device and technology help, and library programming services to the public.
High school diploma/or equivalent and 48 hours college credit.
At least one year customer service-related experience.
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Click on an alumni listing from Cabool, MO to find more information about the person.
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|Ammie Williams||Cabool High School||Class of 1992|
|Harley Williams||Cabool High School||Class of 1984|
|Courtney Wilson||Cabool High School R-Iv||Class of 2013|
|Courtney Wilson||Cabool High School||Class of 2013|
|Dianna Wilson||Cabool High School||Class of 1964|
|Debbie Wiyrick||Cabool High School||Class of 1974|
|Alva Wood||Cabool High School||Class of 1989|
|Shelley Wood||Cabool High School|
|Vicki Woods||Cabool High School||Class of 1965|
|Rick Woolard||Cabool High School||Class of 2007|
|Shawna Woolard||Cabool High School||Class of 1997|
|Slade Wrady||Cabool High School||Class of 2013|
|Janet Wright||Cabool High School||Class of 1974|
|Martin Yaeger||Cabool High School|
|Linda York||Cabool High School||Class of 1963|
|Diana Young||Cabool High School||Class of 1986|
|Rick Young||Cabool High School||Class of 1971|
|Jac Zimmerman||Cabool High School||Class of 1940|
The listing of alumni from Cabool, MO includes graduates from 2 schools. To filter results, select a Cabool, MO high school using the links to the right. The Cabool alumni list on this page come from a variety of sources. Clicking one of your friends will give you locations that you can get back in touch with the fellow graduate. To view alumni that graduated in Cabool around your class year, enter your graduation year in the search box at the top of the page. You may also be able to find friends close to your home town. We also have listings for graduates from Mountain Grove, MO, Willow Springs, MO, or Houston, MO.
Approximately 200 of residents in Cabool (8%) are the normal age for attending high school (15-19). Also, around 100 Cabool residents (2%) are the average age for high school seniors (18-19). Population stats are from the United States Census Bureau.
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For the second time in Andorra
Location and contact
Andorra’s solid relationship with the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup goes back a long way. Looking back over the years, Grandvalira has had FIS-approved slopes since 2007 and 2013, and has hosted international events, both for men and women. This is a brief review of the history of alpine skiing in our country.
Alpine skiing, Andorra’s national sport
Alpine skiing is of ‘national interest’ in Andorra, according to an official declaration in 1965. Not only in terms of the number of skiers, as demonstrated by the 30 Olympic skiers in our history, who have taken part in ten Olympic Games in recent decades. This sport can also be considered of ‘national interest’ at an organisational level: given that Grandvalira is the largest ski area in the Pyrenees, our vocation to host major events has led us to organise several major international tournaments.
These include various European Cup events in the men’s category (2009 and 2013) and women’s category (2008, 2010 and 2011), as well as the finals of this competition in 2014, 2015 and 2018. Initially, these were on the Avet slope and, since 2014, on the Avet and the Àliga slopes.
The Ski World Cup, in 2012, 2016 and 2019
The first time an FIS Alpine Ski World Cup event was held on Andorran snow was in 2012. It was the slalom and giant slalom events, which crowned Tessa Worley and Marlies Schild, respectively.
These skiers were also the stars of the Andorran event at the 2016 Alpine Ski World Cup. At the second world event in Andorra, the combined gold medal went to Marie-Michèle Gagnon and the super-G to Federica Brignone.
In the Finals of the 2019 FIS Alpine ski World Cup, the third event on Andorran slopes, the final overall ranking was led by Mikaela Shiffrin in the women’s category and Marcel Hirscher in the men’s category. Shiffrin won four globes: slalom, super-G, giant and overall. Hirscher, meanwhile, won three: slalom, giant and overall.
Who will be the champions of the 2023 Alpine Ski World Cup?
The Avet slope in the Soldeu sector and the Àliga slope in El Tarter are names that already form part of the circuit of the great world events in this sport.
Grandvalira continues working to organise more events in the future!


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The dead will walk the earth this Halloween with this terrifyingly detailed Adult 3-D Zombie Costume. Gather your zombie friends for a frightful evening of blood, guts and gore. This thrilling Adult 3-D Zombie Costume looks like it came out of the mind of George Romero himself. Get ready for the dead to walk amongst the living this Halloween. Adult 3-D Zombie Costume includes; plastic molded mask with attached hair, tattered shirt with 3-D plastic bone/flesh chest piece, matching pants and gloves. Shoes not included. One size fits most.
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I don't have any acrylic paint but I really wanted to try this so I used ink instead. I know it doesn't really qualify for the "Acrylic Distress" technique but I like how it turned out so I'm sharing it anyway. I will definitely be using the technique again....I'll try to pick up some paint daubers so I can try it the correct way.
Thanks for looking!
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Oh My Korin, I did not have any paint either but still played along as well. I love how your card turned out, acrylic or not. We gotta stick together in case we get picked up by the challenge police ya know :0

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LumApps & Microsoft Announce Global Partnership to Power the Digital Workplace
LumApps, the leading social intranet for the enterprise, today announced it has been selected as one of only ten European startups to join Microsoft’s Partner eXperience (PAX) program. LumApps will also be participating in Microsoft’s Inspire Conference 2019 in Las Vegas.
NEW YORK, May 23, 2019 — LumApps, the leading social intranet for the enterprise, today announced it has been selected as one of only ten European startups to join Microsoft’s Partner eXperience (PAX) program. LumApps will also be participating in Microsoft’s Inspire Conference 2019 in Las Vegas.
Already a premier Microsoft ISV partner, LumApps currently integrates with Sharepoint Online for document management, Microsoft Teams for real-time collaboration, Outlook 365 for email and calendar, and Azure Active Directory for central and secure user management. Through this new partnership, companies can now manage all their Microsoft Office 365 communications and workflows inside of LumApps Social Intranet to enable greater productivity across an enterprise organization.
This announcement comes on the heels of significant market momentum for LumApps in EMEA. The company has seen triple-digit growth year over year since 2016. The company recently appointed Microsoft veteran Alain Bernard as Chief Revenue Officer to accelerate the company’s go-to-market strategy in EMEA.
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from existence. it's good to have you with us on metropolis of around 20000000 people most of them breathing in poisoned air this has been the reality in india's capital delhi over the past few days small skies over the city meant to the quantities of dangerous bought tickets in the air by some estimates up to 6 times what's considered safe by double standards but the government is fighting back the use of diesel generators for instance has been. fired back if things become was other measures such as
banning of construction stopping the entry of trucks into the city regulating use of private vehicles and kick in but until then city residents have no escape from the. the majestic president's house reduced to a shadow by the delhi smoke air quality in many parts of the indian capital has plunged into poor or even very poor in some areas. this is not fog but smoke and because of the smog the air is getting worse but the government is still not a living many vehicles on the street it's becoming difficult to live because of it you know the. social media users have expressed their frustration on twitter some say they only enjoyed one month of beautiful air in the city is cooked and the smoke again others which is citizens good luck in figuring out what's more poisonous the air inside or outside their homes and offices and emergency
plan is already in place diesel generator is a bed for now other measures such as a truck embargo a limit on vehicles could follow. but cars i'm not the only source of the haste this is another factor behind delis smoke problem stubborn ng in neighboring states farmers set fire to clear fields for the next crop season. despite a government ban the practice is popular because it's the most cost effective. money. i agree with the government but it's not good. but what can a farmer do. the government says we have to buy machines but how many of us and i buy them on the. machinery to remove crop stubble can cost up to $10000.00 euros an affordable for many small farmers for.
tidemand from the government is that it should think about the farmers they should try to find a way to deal with the burning. of the. prevailing winds usually carry the smoke every october to new delhi. and then combined with the missions blanketing the city once again in tainted air. that's only expected to worsen in the coming days. either because one of them are sure there is one is not a grown 0 in delhi and she joins me know let me show the government keeps saying that it is burning in the neighboring states also delhi that is the main cause of pollution in delhi oh i could it is that well british it's not entirely accurate unfortunately for the delhi government that have been reports from the central government which have from a research agency an egg quality association c with that crop bonding with bonding from neighboring states only contribute some one to 9 percent and that 90 percent
or more off the air pollution in delhi right now is local however the delhi government has strongly denied this they have said that they can create measures to ensure that the air quality is better they have said it's been better over the last 8 months and that this spike that we have seen over the last night is because of stop the burning the deny the other data the water the government's plans to combat deserve them. well british the supreme court had mandated to for an action plan to be brought up and 2 years ago in 2017 agreed of response action plan was implemented this is going to be put in place again this year as well and it basically tries to discourage all band behavior that increases air pollution it's trying to increase bus and metro of 1 all abilities trying to spike up parking fees so people don't take out their cars one of the most iconic and eye
catching measures has been overall joshing a measure called the audi vin scheme where guards with number plates with license plates of either at an odd number or an even number are allowed to come out onto the streets every alternate did this is again going to be implemented in a couple of weeks but unfortunately in the past it's basically been seen as a way of reducing congestion perhaps the deduction because of the dated response action plan has not been that dramatic with we're going to have to wait and see again this year if the graph or the grid response action plan can be more effective and more strict on the meter this is a problem but don't those every year this time of the year one going to talk to once and for all. well british a ping that's important to note is that the steady air pollution problem is gone to the contributions to air pollution coming in from various different sources even and what we have spoken about that is double avoiding those cars there is because
this factory is this for much that is going to be getting to after you show and this also that descends from the public despite the highs it does not stick quality that everybody can sense dick for example the festival of lights the valley there has been a significant spike seen off to the festival because of the busting of fire crackers laughter the supreme court said only green crackers will be allowed but what exactly is a green cracker is still under scrutiny the values coming up in a short while and we will have to see again if people actually want to stick to the mandates of the supreme court to improve their quality or to be a think it's too important for their nations and customs to set off fire crackers so things like this this kind of that a sense has also contributed to the fact that there's no simple solution there are just really thank you very much for that. enabling mungo there's the residents of its capital dhaka are dealing with pollution off a different kind noise pollution for reference the world health organization says
humans can tolerate only a maximum of $8.00 to $5.00 decibels for 8 hours over a period of time before hearing damage occurs but residents of dakar a city of 18000000 people regularly have to hear sounds of up to 110 decibels it's a problem one man in talk is determined to meet head on even if it means he takes his message to the streets. in bangladesh is noisy capital. is on a mission to chant down the volume heavy traffic and horns go hand in hand but there are policing makes. noise levels the jack-o. regularly exceed 80 decibel was way beyond safe levels the message of moment always placards and the idiots home knesset sara lee all got on hard such noise could hamper the mental stability of drivers it creates tension in their heads they become anxious because the driver behind them is continuously hurrying them to move
when there is nowhere to go but was in the level of a moment campaign his fortune supports and recognition on the streets of jacka he now spends at least 10 minutes every day passing on his message at intersections around the city a graphic designer his agency has grown since the birth of his daughter earlier this year. i made it up or tear down are worth it i want to i want i don't want any profit out of it you can't always measure everything by profit i think this is my social responsibility as an artist every artist has it and i believe this is my. drivers can face fines and even prison for flouting whom rules but they're rarely enforced so it's left a moment or 2 new to the noise one vehicle at a time. 40 years of war in afghanistan have destroyed much of the country's art artifacts and architecture
other pieces have been stolen by warlords who sold them abroad the destruction included. in province the figures were blown up in dramatic fashion by the taliban in 2001 images that shocked the world. but scores of smaller buddhist artifacts also fell victim to the militant group during its time and now one museum in kabul is trying to repair precious relics shattered by war the puzzle pieces of history just like an ancient jigsaw conservators from afghanistan's national museum are reassembling the country's buddhist past that the taliban tried to erase in 2001 the group went on a cultural rampage destroying thousands of artifacts. they came with a number of people and opened the door of the national museum and then they started
destroying the antiquities. because the and that was. after the taliban government fell the same year the museum began the painstaking task of restoration nearly 20 years later this still a lot of work to be done. and of our integrity and our cultural heritage whether it is. able object in move the immovable monuments the 5 we're having all around of one of the. very important for me is because. this is part of history this current project aims to reassemble thousands of pieces into statues within the next 3 years and the hard work is paying off already inspiring a new generation. it's very important for afghans to come to the museum
because we should find out about our past history of our ancestors so. safe in now but with a resurgent taliban in afghanistan this cultural haven could once again come under threat. and afghanistan remains a continuing focus of asia and also our website did up a dot com for what slash asia. that's our show for today we leave you now with a look of the shrine of fall. in pakistan southern seemed. devotees of sufi islam. in the songs flag dance it's a practice that's considered cut after followed by a farmer combine as of the region bob has longer existed as an expression of the most from fear to stop going to next time over.
of the book give us leave. that one wouldn't need to give them i have serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there much i'm going to. want to know their story in full migrates terrified for libel information for my great. 2020 looks set for clothes a e.u. china relations the reason chancellor angela merkel says she'll make ties with china a priority when germany takes over the e.u. presidency in the 2nd half of next year also coming up the e.u. and britain have agreed on yet another brics a divorce deal but having been there before business on both sides of the channel
are cautious and to keep stockpiling goods just in case. of beijing's universal studios amusement park won't ask you for a ticket facial recognition software will ensure you've paid your entrance fee. welcome to do your business asia i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us chancellor angela merkel says germany will make relations with china a key issue during its 2020 year presidency she says europe needs a unified policy on china the world's 2nd biggest economy it's also germany's largest trading partner a crucial market for its cost of machinery brussels has taken a tougher line on beijing of late describing it is a strategic competitor germany takes over the rotating 6 months presidency in the 2nd half of next year. and for more let's cross over to our financial market correspondent all the bars are standing by for us in front furred


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Michael Specter, on his Twitter feed (which everyone should follow), points to a brilliant graphic-novel rendition of the Wakefield scandal. Andrew Wakefield, who had his license to practice medicine in Britain revoked on Monday, pushed the idea, now discredited, that the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine was a cause of autism, using research more crooked than the path of Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball. In February, when Lancet fully retracted a notorious 1998 study Wakefield led, Specter, who also dealt with the vaccine controversy in his book “Denialism,” wrote that
The animus toward the MMR vaccine is maddening, because while its supposed link to autism was, in the most charitable rendition, speculative, it is a proven fact that when a pregnant woman is exposed to rubella (also known as German measles) horrible things can happen to her baby—do happen, to a great number of such babies. (Measles and mumps are bad, too, but those can be the subject of separate rants.) Didn’t any of those anti-vaccine activists read “The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side,” by Agatha Christie? That’s the one in which (perhaps there should be a spoiler alert here) an aging movie star murders a woman after learning, at a party, that she had recklessly exposed the actress to rubella when she was pregnant, all but destroying her child. As it happened, a new adaptation of the novel premièred on “Masterpiece Theatre” this weekend—but for me, the eternal version is the 1980 film with Elizabeth Taylor and Kim Novak, snapping at each other in their purple and pink ensembles.
Rubella’s effect on a fetus was well enough known, in the pre-vaccine era, for this case to be a relatively easy one for Miss Marple. To review, for those of us lucky enough to grow up in a time when this isn’t a common tragedy: congenital rubella syndrome causes deafness, blindness, heart disease, liver and spleen disease, and developmental delays ranging from mild to severe mental disability. (And that’s after about a fifth of the babies miscarry.) The National Network for Immunization Information notes that
The vaccine was introduced in 1969. After a rubella outbreak in 1964-65, according to the NNII, “11,000 fetuses died and 20,000 babies were born with permanent disabilities” in the United States. There are now fewer than ten cases a year in the U.S., although there are still a great many in countries without universal vaccination.
“The Mirror Crack’d” was based on a true story. In 1943, Gene Tierney volunteered to help out at the Hollywood Canteen, a support-the-troops nightclub set up by people in the film industry. (This was after she made “Heaven Can Wait” and just before “Laura.”) Tierney, who was pregnant (the father was Oleg Cassini), came away infected with rubella. Her daughter, Daria, was born early and in bad shape—just over three pounds, deaf, with severe cataracts and brain damage. She never learned to speak. Sometime afterward, Tierney met a woman who said that she’d gone to the Hollywood Canteen that night despite being in quarantine with rubella. From Tierney’s website:
Tierney didn’t kill her, but she did descend into years of depression. Daria was eventually institutionalized. (Howard Hughes paid many of her medical bills.)
I’ll admit to having an emotional interest in this. When I was pregnant, my doctor found that I didn’t have an immunity to rubella—I’d had the shots, but resistance sometimes fades, which is why doctors check. They won’t inoculate you while you’re pregnant, so she told me that it was important to stay away from anyone who might have rubella. But how does one do that? Avoid quarters of Brooklyn where anti-vaccine advocates gather? That was probably the single scariest thing I heard, and you hear a lot of scary things. (I may have been haunted by Elizabeth Taylor’s death glare; I certainly never forgot her hideous hat.) The idea of parents smugly holding measles or rubella parties filled me with blind rage. When I finally could, I was reimmunized with a sense of pure gratitude—a feeling I experience every time my child is given a shot, and protected from diseases that once killed or badly hurt boys like him.


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Sunday, 4 April 2010
anime: Ghost In the shell: Stand alone complex
It is the year 2030, Cybernetic implants are a daily use, meaning without the use of a computer you an acces the internet or communicate with eachother. You follow the acticivities of a intelligence department calles section 9, a group of extraordinairy people who fought in the last war. By accident they stumble on the case called the laughing man witch happend 6 years prior to the story start. As they try to uncover the truth they learn that many parties are involved in this case and some of them are deadserious.
most anime about technology, be it mecha or sience fiction, i would probably like it, this one is no diffirent. I like they way how they gradualy set the gears of story in motion, the first episodes have nothing to do with the main story, they are only meant to show what and who the members are. Later on they set the start of the main story, progress with that and then give it a little break, later on they will once again continue with the story to the finale.
Although you got about 7 main members, you only get to know a few of them, you get more background on some members in season 2 but thats for later. As the main story continues you get to see how their thinking tanks actuly develop a mind of its own, a ghost as they mention it, but also the troubles that cybernetic implants bring with them.
The main story is well thought out and have almost no room for error, i especialy come to like the laughing man, he is a A+ class hacker with a good mind for justice, so i feel sorry they didn't adapt him in the second season.
overall for people who like this new technology thing it really a good to watch anime, for those who like to see some good battle scenes with guns, they can watch it to. Btw, in this anime, i haven't seen any katana ore somthing that resembles it so that really came to me as a surprise, mostly in any battle scene there is at least one person who wields a katana, and now i never seen it.


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As the first and only preschool in Singapore to be certified for Habits Of Mind – a world-renowned framework used by MOE’s Gifted Education Programme – here’s how Mulberry Learning grooms your tiny tots to be able to behave intelligently and respond effectively to dilemmas and uncertainty in everyday life.
About Habits Of Mind
The Habits Of Mind framework was developed by California’s Co-Director of the Institute for Intelligent Behaviour – Dr Arthur Costa. In a nutshell, they’re guidelines for skilful, critical thinking.
With 16 Habits Of Mind in total, here are some essential life skills your child will pick up:
Persisting – Seeing a task through to completion despite obstacles
Many children are prone to short attention spans. When one thing doesn’t work out the way they envision, they might throw in the towel to avoid frustration. Such a mindset is unhealthy later in life, as we can’t all just swing from one path to another as soon as an obstacle presents itself.
The framework emphasises persevering in tasks through to completion, remaining focused and searching for new ways to achieve one’s goal when stuck.
Listening with understanding and empathy
Due largely to the rise of digital communication and shortened attention spans, people nowadays may listen to others – without actually hearing them. Grownups are especially guilty of this, scrolling through social media instead of giving the conversation undivided attention.
Through the framework’s teachings, kids will question whether they’re listening with the intention of truly understanding the speaker, or just waiting for their turn to chime in. It’ll also push them into making a conscious effort to perceive others’ emotions and points of view.
Managing impulsivity – Taking time out to weigh your options
Be it major life decisions or simple day-to-day interactions with people around them, no good can come out of making an uninformed choice on impulse.
It can be something as simple as not losing one’s temper at a friend during playtime today, all the way to making high-commitment choices with long-lasting, rippling effects 10 years down the road. Imagine ending a relationship or quitting your job due to the heat of the moment, yikes.
One Habit Of Mind is to think before acting, remain calm and weigh all options in a deliberative manner.
Questioning and problem posing
A familiar line from our days in school is “there’s no such thing as a stupid question”. Yet, the shyer ones always find it difficult to raise their hand in the classroom when something has them stumped.
Especially vital amidst a culture of “losing face” and being paiseh among peers, the Habits Of Mind framework instils a questioning attitude in the early years of childhood. This means challenging notions and delving into the How and the Why of everything comes naturally to the child’s mind.
Habits Of Mind in Singapore
The framework equips children with the confidence and know-how to tackle sticky situations, and is cemented in their mind through a rigorous yet effective routine:
- A habit is introduced each month during formal lesson settings
- Repetitive teaching even during playtime and wash-up instills the habit within children outside of the classroom
- Active parental involvement leads to children practising the habits at home, leading to long-term remembrance as it becomes part and parcel of how a child conducts oneself
By the time your precious tot graduates preschool, they’ll enter the next chapter of his or her life with a bright, inquisitive mind and grow up to become a well-balanced individual with a big heart to match.
*Article courtesy of TheSmartLocal.com Singapore, By Locals For Locals.
Extracted from this article originally written by Renae Cheng for TheSmartLocal.com and republished with permission.*

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The Alliance of the Hearts, Jesus & Mary
Hope of the World
Order Number: 3631
Number of Pages: 112
Is there going to be a new feast day declared by Pope John Paul II? Renowned theologian and author Fr. Michael O'Carroll presents the essential theological and devotional background of this most holy day. This book is a must read for anyone who has special devotion to the Two Hearts. Devotion to the Two Hearts is the answer to the great evils of our time, the spreading apostasy, the culture of death and the temptation to despair. This book explains why and will inspire hope and courage for the times ahead.


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Barbara Brown Frazier
<br/k>August 30, 1914 - Sept. 10, 1988
<br/k><br/k>Barbara grew up in Amesbury (Massachusetts) and made a reputation as a teen as a portrait artist who'd studied in New York at the Art Students League with Dmitri Romanovsky (Russian/American, 1887-1971) and in Rockport/Gloucester studying landscape painting with Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). She also attended the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida in its earliest years.
<br/k><br/k>She married Stuart Frazier from the neighboring town of West Newbury, and after Stuart spent World War Two as a part of the American contingent to the Ultra Project, the team that that cracked the German codes in Bletchley, England, they settled in Townsend, Massachusetts, near Fort Devens (Ayer, MA) where he taught cryptology and code-breaking as a civilian.
<br/k><br/k>Barbara served as a town librarian for some years, single-handedly changing the library over to the Dewey Decimal system, and moved to 30 Pleasant Street on Nantucket a handful of years after Stuart's death in 1966.
<br/k><br/k>Her son Douglas was the AAN president for one year from 1976-1977; her son Robert was the AAN president for five years from 1999-2004.
<br/k><br/k>On Nantucket she turned to a second career in art, painting landscapes in acrylic that spanned two decades, much of that under the tutelage of Philip Burnham Hicken from his studio on Pine Street. She was a valued member of the Artists Association of Nantucket from 1970 to 1988, including five solo exhibitions at the AAN's The Little Gallery, the last in 1987.

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One of the first places Erfan Kazemi and his family went after fleeing Iran was the Vancouver Public Library.
“I love the library. It’s just fantastic. It’s one of the few public spaces in the city – it’s actually the only public space in the city – where it’s free. You don’t have to buy anything, it’s a safe environment, it’s one where it’s welcoming,” said Kazemi, who was only four or five when religious persecution forced his parents and their three children to leave everything behind.
A fan of books in a range of fields spanning sci-fi to Shakespeare, Kazemi spent eight years on the library’s board as one of its youngest directors, also serving as its vice-chair. His fondness for the city’s libraries has a lot to do with how they provide easy access to information – and to knowledgeable people who can guide anyone through it.
From the 30,000-foot level, those functions pretty well describe the 35-year-old’s role as CFO of Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (TSX:SSL), a public company that provides financing to gold companies through streams and royalty agreements, and boasts a portfolio of over US$496 million in assets spanning five continents – nearly 46% of which are located in Canada.
From his office in the Commerce Place building downtown, Kazemi parses, analyzes and communicates information that takes the company through its technical due diligence, helps restructure its transactions and builds relationships with shareholders. He’s also part of a seven-person management team that oversees the review of well over 100 potential assets each year.
“We’re trying to find those gems that aren’t loved by the mining industry,” Kazemi said.
Judging by the numbers – and Kazemi has always had an affinity for numbers – Sandstorm is finding swift success with a deliberate and diligent search for those diamonds in the rough.
Since joining the company as its CFO in 2011, Kazemi has helped raise over US$300 million in financing, more than doubled Sandstorm’s cash flow to about US$40 million and taken its market cap to over US$500 million.
“We may have only had two or three cash-flowing assets when we started,” Kazemi said. “Looking over the last five years, we’ve grown to over 130 streams and royalties. We’ve gone from a company that had little to no cash flow. There are significant opportunities out there for streaming royalty companies. It’s exciting to be in the mining industry now.”
Yet Kazemi had never intended on entering the mining investment industry, or even accounting, for that matter. With a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from the University of British Columbia, Kazemi focused on seeking mentorship and experiences that would help him clarify where he wanted to take his career.
“Where I drew my energy was working with teams and people. And I wanted to focus on what types of roles and careers would draw from those strengths,” he said. The result of his efforts landed him at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). It took him five years to skyrocket from his chartered accountant articles to making history by becoming one of PwC’s youngest senior managers.
Kazemi audited accounts in sectors as varied as technology, entertainment and mining; the latter affording him the opportunity to see how successful mining companies ran their operations. In 2011, he took his drive and insights to Sandstorm, just two years old at the time. In 2014, he was recognized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC (ICABC) with an Early Achievement Award.
“Mining was one [sector] where I found the industry very exciting and interesting. I felt that I had a lot of opportunities within that,” said Kazemi.
His goal at Sandstorm is to focus on building the company into a world-class investment vehicle for the mining industry. And once again judging by the numbers, the company appears to be headed in the right direction.
This year, Sandstorm expects over 80% of its cash flow to come from operations run by major and mid-tier mining companies, “the Rio Tintos of the world, the Glencores of the world,” Kazemi said.
“I believe that’s where we’ll end up,” said the 2016 BC CFO Award winner, who was also a Business in Vancouver Forty Under 40 recipient in 2013. “I think that one of the things we’ve worked really hard at is improving the quality of our portfolio, and that’s something we’re all very proud of.
“We feel like we’re setting ourselves up for a very successful future.”
Outside the office, Kazemi is a father to two young girls, who are enthusiastic holders of their own library cards. He has volunteered at the board level with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s Vancouver branch, is a recipient of the BC Library Trustees Association’s Trustee of the Year Award and has received the ICABC Community Service Award.Join us June 2 when Business in Vancouver celebrates the 2016 BC CFO Awards at the Four Seasons Vancouver. For further information or to register for the event visit the events page at www.biv.com/cfo.