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New Delhi: The government will try to introduce the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill in the forthcoming session of Parliament, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. The bill, pending approval from the Rajya Sabha, lapsed after the 16th Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die in February. “The cabinet note is ready for the Motor Bill and once it is approved we will try to introduce it in the upcoming session of Parliament,” Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said. Also Read – SC declines Oil Min request to stay sharing of documentsGadkari, who took charge of the Ministry Tuesday, told reporters that radical reforms are expected in the transport sector once the bill gets Parliament nod. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, which had been passed by the Lok Sabha, was introduced in the Upper House in April 2017 but was referred to a select panel. After taking into account the panel’s recommendation, the bill was re-introduced in the Rajya Sabha but the debate on the bill remained inconclusive. Also Read – World suffering ‘synchronized slowdown’, says new IMF chiefThe bill proposes hefty penalties for various offences pertaining to the road transport sector. Talking about the projects with the Ministry, Gadkari said by March next year, route to Kailash Mansarovar via Pithoragarh is likely to be completed while projects under Char Dham Yatra would be expedited. He said to reduce accidents at 8,000 black spots – accident-prone areas – have been identified and will be rectified. He said a road grid and a water grid on the pattern of power grid were also on the anvil and completion of various projects to decongest Delhi will ensure that the national capital is free from vehicular pollution in the next two years. He said highway projects worth Rs 50,000 crore are in the pipeline for Delhi alone.
Washington: A top US Senator has slammed President Donald Trump for “damaging” trade ties with India, saying his actions are hurting California almond growers who export more than USD 650 million worth of nuts to the country every year. California Senator Dianne Feinstein’s criticism of the US President came days after India announced a hike in customs duties on as many as 28 US products, including almond, pulses and walnut, in response to higher tariffs imposed by Washington on Indian products like steel and aluminium. Also Read – Merkel warns UK Brexit deal ‘unlikely’ without compromise: London “India just placed a 75 per cent tariff on almonds in response to President Trump’s trade war. His actions are hurting Californians. “California almond exports to India are worth more than USD 650 million a year. The president must stop damaging trade relations with our allies,” Senator Feinstein said. Almond growers in the US are a worried lot as authorities last month predicted a record California almond crop for the upcoming production year. Also Read – India, China should jointly uphold peace and stability, resolve disputes through dialogues: Chinese ambassador According to the Almond alliance of California, its almond export is being badly hit by retaliatory tariffs from both China and India. California almond orchards are expected to produce 2.50 billion pounds of nuts this year, up 8.69 per cent from last year’s 2.30 billion-pound crop, it said. The Indian move is also seen in retaliation to Trump’s decision terminating India’s designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that it has not assured the US that it will provide “equitable and reasonable access to its markets”. The suspension became effective June 5. India’s retaliatory tariffs came into effect Sunday. Apple and almond are some of the other American agricultural products to be impacted by India’s retaliatory tariffs. The move will hurt American exporters of these 28 items as they will have to pay higher duties, making those items costlier in the Indian market. Earlier, the list included 29 goods but India has removed artemia, a kind of shrimp, from the list. The country would get about USD 217 million additional revenue from such imports. America had in March last year imposed 25 per cent tariff on steel and a 10 per cent import duty on aluminium products. Earlier, there was no duty on these goods. India’s exports to the US in 2017-18 stood at USD 47.9 billion, while imports were at USD 26.7 billion. The trade balance is in favour of India.
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): A 11-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The incident took place on Friday in Safipur police circle. The girl, who was sleeping outside her house, was found missing when her father woke up in the middle of the night. “Initially, I thought that she might have gone to nearby fields to answer nature’s call. However, when she did not return for long, I along with my family and neighbours launched a search and found my daughter’s body lying in an orchard. Her head was badly crushed with bricks,” he said. The girl’s naked body was found later which bore injury marks around her neck and private parts. Unnao Superitendent of Police M.P. Verma said that a case of rape and murder under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) has been registered. He said teams had been formed to arrest the accused and the body had been sent for post mortem.
Kolkata: Firhad Hakim, state minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs department, will inaugurate the new office building of Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) in Sector V on Tuesday. Sujit Bose, Minister of State for Fire and Emergency Services department (Independent charge) will also be present at the function. Since the inception of NDITA 13 years ago, the agency used to function from Unnayan Bhavan, the headquarters of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) in Salt Lake which does not come under the jurisdiction of the NDITA. Also Read – Bengal family worships Muslim girl as Goddess Durga in Kumari PujaThe new four-storeyed building will have a ground level coffee corner and a permanent exhibition centre where IT products made in Sector V will be showcased. The space will also be used to exhibit the steps of good practices taken by the NDITA including rainwater harvesting, zero waste segregation and the like to create public awareness. The ministers will also inaugurate a pocket park. Pocket parks have become very popular in Western countries and are especially for IT professionals who take a break from their busy work schedules and come for a visit to relax for a bit and enjoy the greenery. They often take light refreshments and interact with their colleagues to lessen the strain and stress they undergo every day. This will be the second pocket park. The first one is extremely popular. The state government has been planning a well-defined traffic management system for Sector V where thousands of people come for work everyday.
Los Angeles: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi is the latest addition to the cast of Faraz Ansari’s upcoming directorial venture “Sheer Qorma”. The movie features Swara Bhasker and Divya Dutta in the lead. According to a press release issued by the makers, the film is a “heart-rending narrative of the longing for love and acceptance, felt by queer children in their parental homes that plays out through delicate story-telling, told through characters of courageous queer women of colour.” Also Read – I have personal ambitions now: Priyanka “Divya Dutta recommended the ‘Sheer Qorma’ script to me. I was moved by it and met Faraz who came across as sincere, honest and deeply committed to the story. “The bonus is working with Divya and Swara so we reworked the dates a bit and I said yes. We had the first workshop yesterday and everything came together organically. I am looking forward to the shoot,” Azmi said in a statement. Ansari said having the critically-acclaimed actor on board is a wish come true. “The character that Shabana ji essays in ‘Sheer Qorma’ is going to not only resonate with mothers all across the world but will also open a much needed dialogue about parenthood, and with not just parents of queer children but a more universal dialogue that I hope will bring a lot of love back in our universe. “Shabana ji’s character in ‘Sheer Qorma’ is the mother we all deserve,” the director said.
New Delhi: The Indian Railways announced on Sunday that it has cancelled the Samjhauta Express train run at its end of the international border, days after Pakistan suspended services on its side. The railways run the train on Sundays from Delhi to Attari and back, while Pakistan used to run the train between Lahore and Attari. Passengers used to change trains at the Attari station. “In consequent to Pakistan’s decision to cancel samjhaouta exp 14607/14608 running between Lahore and Atari …….the link exp train number 14001/14002 running between Delhi and Atari also stands cancelled (sic),” said Deepak Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northern Railway. Two passengers had booked tickets for the Sunday’s service, officials said. Pakistan suspended the Samjhauta Express and the Thar Express trains amid tensions between the two neighbouring countries after the government revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divided the state into two Union territories.
Singapore: Singapore said Monday it will impose a blanket ban on the domestic sale of elephant ivory and products from 2021 as the government tightens its campaign against illegal wildlife trade. The announcement on World Elephant Day followed two years of consultations with non-government groups, ivory retailers and the public. Authorities in the city-state made their largest ever seizure of smuggled ivory last month, impounding a haul of nearly nine tonnes of contraband tusks from an estimated 300 African elephants valued at 12.9 million. Also Read – Saudi Crown Prince ‘snubbed’ Pak PM, recalled jet from USThe illegal cargo was discovered in a container from the Democratic Republic of the Congo being shipped to Vietnam via Singapore and also included a huge stash of pangolin scales. Singapore has banned international trade in all forms of elephant ivory products since 1990. Such items could be sold domestically if traders could prove they were imported before that year or acquired prior to the inclusion of the relevant elephant species in an international convention protecting endangered species. Also Read – Record number of 35 candidates in fray for SL Presidential pollsIn a statement Monday, Singapore’s National Parks Board banned the sale of elephant ivory and products with effect from September 1, 2021. Violators face a jail term of up to one year and fines on conviction. Traders can donate their ivory stocks to institutions or keep them after the ban takes effect, the board said. Public consultation by the government last year showed that 99 percent of those who responded were in favour of a total ban.
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Police in northern Ontario say a meteor may be responsible for a loud explosion that shook houses in a Thunder Bay neighbourhood earlier this week.Thunder Bay police say officers were dispatched to the area at about 11 p.m. Wednesday to investigate reports of the loud explosion.They say officers found a hole in the snow about 75 centimetres wide on the side of the road, with a pile of what appeared to be rock-like material.Officials say the area was checked and no footprints or vehicle tracks were found.Thunder Bay police say they have been in contact with Lakehead University and a professor from the geology department to examine the area.The force says it is believed it was a meteor from the Geminid Meteor shower, which peaked late Wednesday night until early Thursday morning.
TORONTO – The race to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party kicked off in earnest Thursday, with the entrance of a high-profile candidate who was once considered the odds-on favourite to lead the party.Former Ontario legislator Christine Elliott announced via social media she is running to lead the provincial Tories, who have been working to get back on track after their top ranks were rocked by sexual misconduct allegations last week.The 62-year-old former Whitby-Oshawa politician announced her leadership plans with a simple tweet — “I’m in.”Elliott will be among those vying to replace former party leader Patrick Brown, who resigned last week in the face of sexual misconduct allegations he categorically denies. His resignation came just months before a spring election.Elliott’s campaign spokeswoman, Melanie Paradis, said the media will hear more from the new candidate in the days to come.Elliott “is immediately focused on connecting directly with grassroots members to talk about the issues that matter most to our party and the future of Ontario,” Paradis said.The widow of late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty, Elliott has run twice unsuccessfully for the Tory leadership — once in 2009, when she lost to Tim Hudak, and again in 2015, when she came second to Brown.She was considered the front-runner in the 2015 race and lost to the up-start Brown, who began the race as a relatively unknown back-bench MP in the Harper federal government.She went on to serve as Ontario’s non-partisan patient ombudsman but resigned from the role Thursday after announcing her bid to lead the PCs.Elliott’s entry means she joins former Toronto city councillor Doug Ford, brother of the city’s late former mayor Rob Ford, as the race’s only declared candidates.“I’d like to welcome my friend (Christine Elliott) to the race,” Ford said in a statement on Twitter. “I look forward to talking about positive ideas for a stronger Ontario PC Party and how we’re going to beat Kathleen Wynne.”Other potential candidates include Caroline Mulroney, the daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, and former Postmedia executive Rod Phillips. Sources tell The Canadian Press Phillips is set to enter the race within days.PC energy critic Todd Smith said in a statement Thursday afternoon that after contemplating a bid for the leadership he will not run, citing the cost to enter the race and the debt required to finance a campaign.The provincial Tories are set to pick a new leader March 10.Party executives laid out the rules that will govern the race to replace Brown late Wednesday night.Those seeking to take the reins — or help decide who will — must register with the party by Feb. 16, with the vote set to begin a few weeks later.Under the rules, leadership candidates must submit their paperwork and $100,000 in fees and deposits by the February date, with another $25,000 due later to access the party’s membership list. Each candidate’s campaign spending cannot exceed $750,000, according to the document.Ontario residents who wish to help select the new Tory leader must become party members by that same date.Votes will be cast electronically between March 2 and March 8, and the results will be announced March 10, the rules say.“We have almost 30-35 days, so that is one of the best options in front of us, so it will be mostly electronic voting,” party president Jag Badwal told Wednesday night after a meeting of the party’s executive.The party’s leadership election organizing committee has said the Tories would stick to a one-member, one-vote rule.Caucus had recommended that the party’s interim leader, Vic Fedeli, stay on through the June election, drawing objections from those who argued the party membership should have a say. The party executive chose to overrule caucus and hold a leadership race before the spring campaign.Fedeli announced soon afterwards that he would not be seeking to make his role permanent. Two other legislators considered potential candidates, Monte McNaughton and Lisa MacLeod, have also ruled out a run for the top spot.The party has been in turmoil since Brown stepped down after vehemently denying sexual misconduct allegations reported by CTV News. The Tories also had to deal with party president Rick Dykstra leaving his post on Sunday amid a separate allegation reported by Maclean’s magazine. None of the allegations have been verified by The Canadian Press, and Dykstra’s lawyers said he “categorically denies” the Maclean’s report.Asked how the upheaval in the Opposition would affect the upcoming election, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said what happens with the Tories is outside of her control.“The Tories will either be energized or depleted by their process, that’s up to them,” she said.Regardless of who is chosen as leader, there will be a “strong contrast” between the two parties’ policies, she said.
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named pollster Donna Dasko and former judge Pierre Dalphond to the Senate.Dasko will represent Ontario and Dalphond will take a Quebec seat, both as independents.Dalphond, a noted lawyer and mediator, was appointed to the Superior Court of Quebec in 1995 and to the Quebec Court of Appeal in 2002.He was educated at the University of Montreal and Oxford and worked in both government and private practice before he was named to the bench.Dasko was formerly senior vice-president of Environics Research Group Ltd., one of the country’s leading research firms.She now is a fellow at the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance and teaches in the master’s program.Trudeau says he looks forward to working with the new senators.“Their remarkable knowledge and experience will be a great benefit to our country,” he said in a statement.
TORONTO – There’s a moment on Norm Macdonald’s new talk show where the Canadian comic muses on what is and is not appropriate to say: “I always felt that some epithets were less abrasive than others, you know,” he tells his guest, a lively Drew Barrymore.“It’s like navigating a one-inch tightrope on an ice skate,” the seasoned actress concurs. “That’s what talking feels like today in this world.”It’s an oddly prescient exchange that appears in the second episode of the new talk show, “Norm Macdonald Has A Show,” given the firestorm Macdonald has ignited in recent days.While promoting the Netflix series, which premieres Friday, he’s had to issue an apology for several offensive remarks, and then an apology for that apology after further digging himself into a quagmire.The standup veteran is known for speaking his mind, but the social conventions, celebrity culture and news industry have changed vastly since he skewered O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson as the Weekend Update anchor on “Saturday Night Live” in the late ’90s, note several media observers.Macdonald’s multiple blunders are a good reminder that celebrities are often better off just keeping their mouth shut when asked to comment on hot-button issues, says public relations guru Natasha Koifman, of the Toronto-based NKPR.“Listen, I wish they were a little more nervous,” Koifman says when asked how these blunders continually plague seemingly smart, veteran performers.“They have to be super-careful and I think that sometimes they forget that what they say actually matters.”Macdonald has since said he was “confused” when he told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Tuesday that he was “happy the #MeToo movement has slowed down a bit” and that his famous pals Roseanne and Louis C.K. lost “everything in a day” while “the victims didn’t have to go through” what they did.The next day, he told “The Howard Stern Show” that he was misinterpreted and that he saw value in the #MeToo movement — however while trying to clarify his comments on sexual misconduct victims, Macdonald made an insulting reference to people with Down syndrome.He appeared on “The View” on Thursday to apologize for that odd comment, saying “I realized at that moment I’d done something unforgivable.”Macdonald’s former talent agent Louise Parent says she finds it hard to believe he meant any offence, nevertheless admitting she hasn’t spoken to Macdonald in years or read all the coverage about what is increasingly becoming his mea culpa tour.“I know Norm, he’s an old friend and I know how he speaks,” says Parent, who represented Macdonald in the late ’80s for acting jobs. “He absolutely is not somebody that would disregard the victims at all.”She said it’s a challenge for celebrities to speak eloquently on delicate topics they’re often asked to address with little notice.“You get put on the spot very quickly and you say something that maybe isn’t reported correctly and then you get the backlash,” says Parent, noting the 24-hour news cycle makes it especially hard to stay on top of developments.“There’s coaches and managers and publicists that are (telling them) ‘Here’s what happened in the last hour,’ or, ‘Here’s what happened in the last 10 minutes.’ … You’re supposed to be up-to-date all the time.”Then there’s the fact that, as Parent puts it: “It’s Norm, that’s how he talks.”Still, it’s no less bizarre to hear Macdonald ramble down an array of tangents during a phone interview with The Canadian Press that took place before his #MeToo comments made headlines, and the backlash that erupted.He discussed his dream to secure a residency at a Las Vegas casino, his side gig as the co-creator of a dating app called Loko, and his admiration for Toronto criminal defence lawyer Marie Henein, best known for successfully defending disgraced CBC Radio star Jian Ghomeshi against sexual assault charges.“Oh my God, she’s so beautiful. She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life,” Macdonald exclaimed in an odd segue from noting that Hart Pomerantz, the former comedy partner of “SNL” boss Lorne Michaels, is now a lawyer.When asked why that’s his lasting memory of the 2016 trial, he adds: “because she’s so smart and so mysterious.”“I’m sure people must hate her guts for defending that guy,” he continues. “They should understand the rule of law, (defence lawyers) are not betraying all of humanity.”Then there’s his desire to return to “SNL” so he can do an impression of controversial professor and free-speech advocate Jordan Peterson.Macdonald expressed admiration for the firebrand on Twitter back in Feb. 14, with the message from his verified account stating: “You changed my life years ago and I want to say thank you.”Whether he gets the chance to actually do his impression depends on getting the greenlight from Michaels.“I have to wait until he knows who Jordan Peterson is,” he says. “Jordan Peterson is just sort of on the radar here. I mean, he’s huge, but he’s sort of a secret person.”Koifman says it’s easy for some celebrities to forget their opinions might differ from most of the mainstream public, and that’s something she’s constantly trying to address in her work.“You can have an opinion but you do have to pay attention to what the public is saying and what the public is feeling about a specific topic,” she says.“The reality is celebrities are often surrounded by a lot of ‘yes people’ — that’s part of the problem. That doesn’t give them a very good perception of what the public perception is of things.”Ela Veresiu, an assistant professor of marketing at York University’s Schulich School of Business, says the old mantra that any publicity is good publicity is dead.“I feel like there is an obsession among celebrities … with staying relevant,” says Veresiu.“And then the narrative usually unfolds in a very similar fashion — they say something very controversial, either through their own social media channels or in an interview, it gets picked up, there’s a huge backlash of appearances and shows or performances getting cancelled, and then the celebrity back-pedals and eventually apologizes.“But the damage is already done.”Koifman tends to tell her clients to avoid saying anything.“You don’t always have to have a public opinion.”Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version misspelled Natasha Koifman’s first name.
OTTAWA – The federal government is talking with Pakistan about the possibilty of bringing a Pakistani woman, who was recently released from death row, to Canada.Asia Bibi, a Christian, was sentenced to death in Pakistan eight years ago for blasphemy after being convicted of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad — a charge her family has long denied.Pakistan’s high court recently overturned Bibi’s conviction and ordered her release in a decision that triggered public outrage and protests across the predominantly Muslim country.Since her release, Bibi and her family have faced threats and her husband has pleaded with countries in the West to relocate them.A spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an email Monday that Canada is in talks with Pakistan about Bibi.Cameron Ahmad said the government recognizes the delicate domestic context and won’t comment further on the case, but he noted Canada is a welcoming country.Bibi’s 2009 arrest came after she was accused of blasphemy following an altercation with two fellow farm workers who refused to drink from a water container a Christian had used. A mob accused her a few days later of insulting Muhammad, which led to her 2010 conviction.— with files from The Associated Press
TORONTO — Starting next season, Ontario Basketball will drop the term ‘midget’ from its age category classifications and instead use more standard terms currently in use at the national and international levels.Executive director Jason Jansson said the subject was brought to his attention this month by a member of the basketball community who has a child with dwarfism. Jansson said the organization’s board supported the change and plans will likely be formalized later this season.The midget category will likely be called U15 (under-15) and major midget would go to U16 (under-16).“Our commitment is to make it come together for next year because our season just started,” Jansson said. “So obviously there’s some promotional material that we want to change and there’s some rules and regulations manuals that we want to change.“We just obviously haven’t really gotten it to that level just yet because everything came across my desk a couple weeks ago.”Canada Basketball, the sport’s governing body in the country, already uses numerical designators for age categories. The practice is also used by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).Canada Basketball president and chief executive officer Glen Grunwald said the subject will be raised at its annual general meeting in the spring.“I think it’s better for all sorts of different reasons,” he said. “First of all, it’s more understandable of what age group we’re talking about. Second of all, if it’s offensive to someone then there’s no reason to use it.”There was no immediate word on whether any other provinces or territories might follow Ontario’s lead.Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The defence is expected to conclude its case in the Dennis Oland murder trial today when the judge hearing the case visits the scene where his father’s body was found.Justice Terrence Morrison, who is presiding over the trial without a jury, is expected to go to Richard Oland’s office in uptown Saint John, N.B., where the multimillionaire’s battered body was discovered on July 7, 2011.His only son, Dennis Oland, is charged with second-degree murder in the case.Only lawyers from both sides of the case, Dennis Oland and a sheriff will participate in the visit to the office near the courthouse, with today expected to be the final day of evidence presentation.Defence lawyer Alan Gold asked for the tour, saying it was impossible to get a true picture of the office interior without seeing it in person.The defence has maintained the person who beat Richard Oland to death would have been covered in blood, but only a few specks were found on the jacket Dennis Oland was wearing when he visited his father on July 6, 2011, the day of the killing.The defence and prosecution will be given at least a month to prepare final briefs and concluding arguments, with the judge then expected to take at least another month to decide the verdict.The Canadian Press
American lawmakers are increasingly concerned about pollution from British Columbia mines contaminating waters in the United States.Eight U.S. senators have written a letter to B.C. Premier John Horgan over the threat mines in his province pose to rivers flowing into American states.They say Canadian mines are badly assessed for their environmental impact and badly monitored once they are built.Americans have long been upset over pollution from coal mines in southern B.C., which leaves rivers flowing into the U.S. with contaminant levels up to 50 times higher than recommended.The letter, dated June 13, says four U.S. states receive water downstream from mines with poor oversight.Last year, Americans on the panel that regulates cross-border waters said Canadian members blocked the release of information on contaminants that are many times above guideline levels.The letter is signed by both Republicans and Democrats.It is copied to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and four federal cabinet ministers. The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — A federal infrastructure financing agency is going to put some money behind a few final, financially risky steps in Via Rail’s high-frequency rail project, sources say.Two sources speaking on condition of anonymity because the details are not yet public say the Canada Infrastructure Bank will cover the financial risk for the last few studies and other requirements.The sources didn’t say how much money will be provided or what would specifically be funded, but the agency’s backing could help Via more easily find a private partner to cover the cost of the proposal.Announcements are promised Tuesday in Trois-Rivieres, Que., with Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, and also in Peterborough, Ont., with Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef, the local MP.The rail company wants to build a multibillion-dollar new network of dedicated passenger-rail lines in Ontario and Quebec, so its trains will no longer have to yield to freight trains on borrowed tracks.Transport Canada has been looking over the Via proposal for more than a year.The Canadian Press
TORONTO — The former head of a public health unit is looking to Canada’s top court to keep secret the embarrassing details of her personal relationship with a convicted fraudster the agency hired as its chief financial officer.In urging the Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in, Dr. Kim Barker warns public interest considerations will unfairly trample personal privacy concerns if court-ordered disclosure of the sensitive information is allowed to stand.“The ‘public interest override’ provision found in access to information or privacy legislation across the country is an exceptional measure,” Barker argues in her leave application. “(It is) to be applied only when it has been established that the public interest in disclosure is ‘clearly’ greater than preventing an unjustified invasion of personal privacy.”The case arose in 2013, when Algoma Public Health based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., hired Shaun Rothberg as its interim CFO for six months ending in May 2014. His hiring came after his predecessor left amid criminal charges of breach of trust and theft.Rothberg, however, turned out to be Shaun Rootenberg, of Thornhill, Ont., who had a criminal record for multiple counts of fraud. The revelation, by media outlet SooToday, prompted Barker to resign in early 2015, sparking questions about her role in his hiring and whether their personal relationship had put her in an undisclosed conflict of interest.The health unit has long wanted to release the resulting forensic report under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to “inform the citizenry about the activities of the institution during a time when its integrity was in question.” The province’s privacy commissioner agreed a “compelling public interest in the disclosure” outweighed Barker’s privacy concerns.Barker, who says she is legally blind as a result of contracting malaria in Tanzania in 2003, maintains releasing the KPMG report will make her a double victim.“What I object to is my revictimization by releasing information in the report about how Mr. Rootenberg exploited my disability to manipulate me,” Barker, of Toronto, told The Canadian Press in an email. “It is personally hurtful to have to admit that my visual disability allowed me to become the victim of a professional con man.”In April, the Ontario Court of Appeal acknowledged the significant personal distress releasing the audit would cause Barker but, unlike Divisional Court, ruled the public interest in how Algoma Public Health hired Rootenberg outweighed her privacy interests. The doctor was a senior public official accountable to the community, the health unit board as well as the Ministry of Health, the appellate court said.The Appeal Court, in line with the wishes of the health unit and the privacy commissioner ruling, ordered full release of the KPMG audit.In her Supreme Court filing, Barker says the Court of Appeal decision would upset the balancing exercise contained in information and privacy legislation across the country, potentially resulting in unjust intrusions on personal privacy in the name of transparency.Barker, who is in her late 40s, said she has never objected to making public part of the March 2015 report that focuses on the financial aspects of Rootenberg’s stint as the health unit’s chief financial officer. The audit found no misappropriation of money under her watch, she said.In 2017, Toronto police accused Rootenberg of using dating sites to lure victims into an intimate relationship before defrauding them.The privacy commissioner’s office said it would oppose Barker’s application for leave to the Supreme Court.Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — A Quebec land developer says he’s signed an agreement with the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake to return a parcel of forest that was central to the Oka crisis that began 29 years ago today.Gregoire Gollin says in the spirit of reconciliation, he plans to cede 60 hectares of forest known as The Pines to the local council as an ecological gift through a federal government program.He says discussions had been ongoing for two years with Kanesatake officials and he’s hopeful it can be concluded quickly and perhaps serve as an example to landowners elsewhere in Canada in similar situations.The crisis began July 11, 1990, when gunfire between provincial police and Aboriginals defending a small stand of pine trees resulted in the death of officer Marcel Lemay and sparked a 78-day showdown.At the end of it, a deal was struck to bring down the barricades in exchange for cancelling the expansion of a golf course.Nearly three decades later, the disputed territory remains a long-standing, unsettled issue and Ellen Gabriel, a well-known Mohawk activist, says while it’s a noble gesture on the part of Gollin, it doesn’t necessarily go far enough.She notes that as an ecological gift, there will be strings attached to the land transfer and adds the local Mohawk council hasn’t shared details of the agreement with the community.Meanwhile, the nearby town of Oka will hold a meeting next week to discuss the land transfer, according to a Facebook message by the mayor last week.The Canadian Press
Iconic British fashion model Twiggy has joined Animal Defenders International’s (ADI) Fur Stop campaign to highlight the cruelty of fur paraded on British catwalks during London Fashion Week.Twiggy said, “Fur looks beautiful on animals, but very ugly on humans. Fur is literally ripped off animals backs and it can take many animals to make just one coat. The UK prides itself as a nation of animal lovers, so I am asking London Fashion Week to make an ethical choice and reject real fur.”Around 50 million animals are killed around the world each year for their fur. Whilst fur farming is banned in the UK, the rising fur trend has fuelled UK demand. Over 40% of fur sold in the UK is from Finland, where ADI went undercover to reveal video and photographic evidence of the horrific conditions and cruelty on certified fur farms for ADI’s fur report ‘Bloody Harvest’.ADI Chief Executive, Jan Creamer, “I am so disappointed to see fur on catwalks at London Fashion Week. ADI investigations have revealed the horrific conditions endured by animals during fur farming, a practice which is banned in the UK. It is unacceptable for London Fashion Week to continue ignoring the suffering which is so callously paraded on its catwalks. It is high time for London Fashion Week to take responsibility and stop allowing designs made from animal fur.”ADI’s undercover fur farm investigators found: animals with open and infected wounds; obvious signs of untreated infection; eyes infected or missing; tails bitten off; deformed and damaged legs; overgrowing gum disease resulting in difficulty eating and drinking; babies with legs stuck through the mesh floor of the cage; dilapidated and dangerous caging and facilities; widespread animal suffering and neglect; empty, dirty and broken water bowls.Fur Stop supporter Alesha Dixon says, “I think killing animals to steal their fur is not only unnecessary but cruel and goes against everything I believe in. There are so many beautiful fake fur products on the market, why do we need to make poor innocent creatures suffer in the name of vanity? I fully support ADI’s Bloody Harvest report in their quest to wipe out these acts of cruelty!”With the increase of fur on the catwalk this London Fashion Week, many celebrities are denouncing the use of fur. Additional supporters of Animal Defenders International’s Fur Stop campaign include: Stella McCartney, Mary McCartney, Brian Blessed, Meg Mathews, Ricky Gervais, Samantha Womack, Jenni Falconer and Belinda Carlisle.With offices in London, Los Angeles and Bogota, Animal Defenders International campaigns across the globe on animals in entertainment, providing technical advice to governments, securing progressive animal protection legislation, drafting regulations and rescuing animals in distress. ADI has a worldwide reputation for providing video and photographic evidence exposing the behind-the-scenes suffering in industry and supporting this evidence with scientific research on captive wildlife and transport. ADI rescues animals all over the world, educates the public on animals and environmental issues. For more information on how you can help, visit www.ad-international.org.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was on Sunday given the title of ‘Tupua’ or ‘chief’ in south-eastern Samoa by villagers whose homes had been struck by a tsunami nearly five years ago.Tsunami-hit community honours Ban with chief title Credit/Copyright: UN Photo/E. SchneiderWearing traditional ‘siapo lavalava’ around his waist and a beaded ‘palefuiono’ with feathers on his head, the Secretary-General sat across from Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi in a roofed social centre in Siupapa, a sub-village of Saleapaga.“It has been agreed by consensus that you be confirmed with the title of Tupua,” the Prime Minister said following a traditional ’ava drinking ceremony.Surrounded by more than a dozen chiefs from local families, as well as the Speaker of the Parliament, Afioga Hon Laauli Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt, and other senior officials, the Prime Minister said the Secretary-General will be addressed as “Your Excellency Prince Tupua Ban Ki-moon of Siupapa Saleapaga.” An elderly woman in the village confirmed that the holding of such an already rare ceremony has never before occurred in the village on a Sunday.Taking a polished coconut with the ‘ava drink, Mr. Ban toasted the village and pledged the UN’s support to working with the local communities: “I know your country is facing a lot of difficulties. First of all by climate change, rising sea tides. That’s why I am here to show my strong solidarity and unity with the people of Samoa and many other small island States.”Seated nearby were Mr. Ban’s own chiefs, of sort, including his Special Envoy for Climate Change, Mary Robinson, and Valerie Amos, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Also joining him was Wu Hongbo, who serves as Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which is due to begin tomorrow in the capital, Apia.Among the topics that will be discussed at the summit over the next four days are adapting to and mitigating climate change, building resilience, and sustainable management of oceans.These are important topics for the communities in Saleapaga, which on 29 September 2009 braced an 8.1 magnitude earthquake that caused sea levels to rise up to 46 feet, according to official measures.Lafi Lesa was working in Apia when she heard the news and drove back that morning. There were at least 189 people killed that day, including five from her family.“It was devastating,” she told the UN News Centre. “Sometimes we go back during the day, but not at night, because it might happen again.”After the tsunami, the community moved to its farmland, a 50-minute walk uphill. Instead of fishing, they grow bananas and taro, and raise cattle.The Government has since installed sirens to warn of a potential disaster, and people are educated in how to evacuate quickly. People still go to the beach to enjoy the sun, but the cement foundations of many houses remain desolate under coconut trees, some which are still broken years later.“People want to go back because there was easy access to roads and to operate their small businesses. Up here, because it’s more or less farmland, it is hard for them, and they can hardly adapt to changes,” said Ms. Lesa.Despite having a 25-year-old daughter who works in a bank in the capital, Ms. Lesa decided to remain on the coast after the tsunami. She has a small shop and also represents her family in the village council.With only one road to the village, however, and few opportunities for education and alternative livelihoods, she worries about the future of her community. Ms. Lesa said that she was overwhelmed by the number of delegates participating in the conference, and she hopes that their decisions this week will lead to real action.Source:United Nations

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The Oakland Mills girls basketball team struggled to a 45-41 win over visiting Western Tech on Tuesday in the semifinal round of the Oakland Mills Holiday Tournament.
On Wednesday, junior guard Kara Hight made sure the No. 13 Scorpions didn’t have another slow start against Patterson, as she scored 15 first quarter points to power the host team to a 68-42 victory to claim their own title.
“Kara got off to a good start for us,” said Oakland Mills coach Seth Willingham. “They went into a box-and-one on her. We have a couple of other shooters and once they got going, it opened things up for us offensively.”
“It starts in warm-ups really, it carries over into the first quarter and if you keep it going, it will keep flowing throughout the game,” Hight said of her pregame preparation. “It was really important for us to come out and show what we really can do.”
Hight hit three consecutive three-pointers to start the contest and outscored the Clippers, 15-10, by herself in the first quarter.
She finished with 22 points, while forward Jasmine Hill added 30 points and 12 rebounds for the Scorpions (7-3 overall). Guard Brianna Taylor added 10 assists to go with four points.
“Yesterday, we did not play well at all,” said Hill. “I fouled out in that game so it was really good that we came back and I came back strong. We wanted to show that even though we won by four points, we are better than we showed.”
Patterson, which beat Parkville 50-44 in the semifinal round, was led by Towson-bound point guard Ciara Webb. Webb scored a team-high 26 points and Shakel McNeil added 12 points. McNeil was named to the All-Tournament team along with Hight and Hill.
Thanks to their hot shooting from beyond the arc, the Scorpions ran out to a 22-10 advantage after one quarter and led 39-20 at the break.
The Clippers outscored Oakland Mills, 16-13, the third quarter. A three-pointer by Webb cut the score to 50-36 but Patterson (7-2) would get no closer. The Scorpions went on a 16-0 run to put the game out of reach.
“I expected tonight’s game to be a bit more competitive but we forgot to show up,” said Patterson coach Kelly Bagdasarian. “My two girls that made the all-tournament team played extremely well.”
Webb, despite being on the losing team, was named the Tournament’s MVP.
“She’s a beast,” Willingham said. “We put a box-and-one on her, we had a hand in her face and that is the best you can do because she’s going to hit shots…She’s going to have a great career.”
Both teams will take the rest of the holiday break off and return to their respective league competition next week.
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LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - British factory output fell more than expected in August and the country's trade deficit widened sharply, data showed on Tuesday, dampening prospects for a sustained recovery in the second half of 2012.
The figures from the Office for National Statistics come hours after the International Monetary Fund sharply downgraded its forecasts for Britain's economy, predicting a contraction of 0.4 percent for this year and meagre growth for 2013.
Manufacturing output dropped 1.1 percent in August after a downwardly revised bounce of 3.1 percent in July. Economists had forecast a dip of 0.6 percent on the month.
Britain's goods trade deficit widened more than expected to 9.8 billion pounds, as exports fell and oil imports rose, and its total trade deficit - which includes buoyant services exports - rose to its second highest on record.
Industrial output, which includes energy production and mining, fell 0.5 percent on the month in August, in line with expectations, after a 2.8 percent rise in July.
Most economists think Britain probably exited recession in the third quarter as production bounced back from the effect of an extra public holiday in June, and ticket sales for the London Olympics and Paralympics boosted growth.
The British Retail Consortium said earlier on Tuesday that retailers posted a solid rise in sales last month as Britons splashed out on sturdy shoes and warm clothes, and another survey showed that house prices fell at a slower rate.
But recent business surveys have shown a renewed weakening in sentiment, increasing concerns of an economic relapse as government spending cuts continue to hurt growth, and the euro zone debt crisis is hitting exports and business morale.
A sharp worsening in Britain's net exports had been one of the main drags on the economy in the second quarter, when output shrank by 0.4 percent.
With the government's hands tied by its pledge to erase the country's huge budget deficit over the coming five years, the onus is on the Bank of England to stimulate the economy.
Finance minister George Osborne vowed on Monday not to waver from his austerity plans, although the IMF said on Tuesday that he may need to defer some spending cuts planned for next year if the economy is much weaker than forecast. The IMF also said the BoE may need to loosen policy further.
Most economists expect the central bank to extend its quantitative easing purchases of government bonds once the current 50 billion pound round is completed in November.
(Reporting by David Milliken and Sven Egenter)
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PSSSB Clerk Recruitment 2021
PSSSB Clerk Recruitment 2021: Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board (PSSSB) has started accepting online applicants for the post of Legal Clerk (Group C) on its official website @psssb.punjab.gov.in from 12th April 2021 onwards. The recruitment has been released to fill 160 vacancies for clerk posts. The online registration process for PSSSB Clerk Vacancy 2021 will be available till the 10th of May 2021. Here you can check the complete information about PSSSB Clerk 160 Posts Recruitment provided below.
PSSSB Clerk Recruitment 2021: Overview
|PSSSB Clerk Recruitment 2021 Notification|
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|Starting Date||12th April 2021|
|Closing Date||10th May 2021|
PSSSB Clerk Recruitment 2021: Important Dates
|Notification Release Date||09th April 2021|
|Online Registration Starts||12th April 2021|
|Last Date to Apply||10th May 2021|
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PSSSB Clerk Recruitment 2021: Notification PDF
The official PDF for the Recruitment of 160 Legal Clerk has been released by the Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board on its official website on 09th April 2021 against Advt no 03/2021. The direct link to download the notification pdf has been provided here. Read the complete details about the recruitment from the official notification.
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- Possesses at least one hundred and twenty hours course with hands-on experience in the use of Personal Computer or Information Technology in Office Productivity applications or Desktop Publishing Applications from a Government recognized institution or a reputed institution, which is ISO 9001, certified OR Possess a Computer Information Technology Course equivalent to ‘O’ level certificate of Department of Electronics Accreditation of Computer Course (DOEACC) of Government of India.
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- First, you have to open the Official website of Punjab SSB at revenue.punjab.gov.in
- On this Website, Click on Career\Recruitment Link.
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The link to apply online has been activated from 12th April 2021 to 10th May 2021. The last date to pay the online application fee has been scheduled for 29th April 2021. The interested candidates can apply from the direct link much before the last date.
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Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules. At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature, and swell the country’s already bloated deficit.
Goldman made hefty fees, you can be quite sure of that. And if their tricky scheme means disaster for Greece, oh well. They can always short Greek debt. If they haven’t already.
In similar news,
Banker Liverpudlian stew disguises CDO scraps as tasty morsels
In the same way that Liverpudlians disguise overripe meat and vegetables by cooking them to mush in a stew called scouse, investment banks, rating companies and plain old market peer pressure turned the investments inside most CDOs from inedible chunks of the financial markets into bite-size morsels palatable to pension fund trustees.
They’re just parasites, aren’t they? They contribute little or nothing, take much, and if they kill a host, no biggie.


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Fresh out of school, young Mariah faces a new chapter of his life living in the Prince Regent hotel built into the rockface of a cliffside. His job to to assist the magician in the stage shows held for the guests. Above ground, the guests are offered every form of luxury. Below ground, in the slimy, green-dripping walls of the basements, is where the magic show equipment is kept - and lurking in an Egyptian sarcophagus amongst scuttling sea-creatures is a secret that draws Mariah into the path of villainy, plots, and possible death.
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G.P.Taylor turned to writing when he was a vicar with his first novel Shadowmancer, which was an international bestseller. This is his fifth novel, and he has received widespread critical acclaim for his work. He lives in Yorkshire with his family, near the rugged North Yorkshire Moors and the cold Oceanus Germanicus that provide the dramatic backdrop to his stories.More About G. P. Taylor
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SUPREME COURT -- Supreme Court justices appear divided over whether the method of lethal injection that is used in most states is permissible under the Constitution.
Under the procedure that came before the court today, three drugs are administered in succession to knock out, paralyze and kill prisoners. Lawyers argue if the initial anesthetic doesn't take hold, the third drug could cause serious pain.
Justice John Paul Stevens says he's "terribly troubled" that the method could result in excruciating pain.
But fellow justice Antonin Scalia is suggesting he'll uphold Kentucky's method of capital punishment, saying, "there is no painless requirement" in the Constitution.
A veteran Washington lawyer says the risk is real, and argues that it's "unlawful to euthanize animals the way Kentucky executes inmates." Kentucky bars the use of the paralytic on animals.
Kentucky, backed by the Bush administration, says it works hard to execute inmates humanely. It contends the procedure remains within the confines of the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Recent executions in Florida and Ohio took much longer than usual, with strong indications that the prisoners suffered severe pain.
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TOXICON, vol.45, no.1, pp.43-52, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
In the present study, crude venom of Mesobuthus gibbosus (Buthidae), a scorpion distributed all over Anatolia was isolated and purified by the Sephadex G-50 gel filtration and high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) separation. Two of the five fractions (fractions 4 and 5) obtained from the Sephadex G-50 filtration and detected as lethal on mice and Musca domestica larvae in in vivo toxicity tests, were independently subjected to the HPLC separation. Only one of seven fractions (fraction 5.5*) obtained from the HPLC separation of the fraction 5 was found to be extremely lethal. Sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic (SDS-PAGE) analysis of the crude venom and its chromatographic fractions demonstrated that crude venom consisted of peptides with molecular weights of 6500-210,000 Da. The neurotoxic fraction 5.5* appeared as a single band of 28,000 Da and two bands of 6200 and 22,000 Da in SDS-PAGE under non-reducing and reducing conditions, respectively, suggesting that it might consist of two chains attached by a disulfide bridge. Fractions 5 and 5.5* inhibited monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) of rat liver reversibly and non-competitively, in a concentration-dependent manner. Fraction 5.5* appeared as a potent and specific MAO-A inhibitor with a K-i value of 0.12 mg venom protein ml(-1). The inhibitory effect of venom peptide 5.5* on MAO-A was found to be dependent on the preincubation time suggesting that the peptide binds to some site other than the substrate-binding site. Results of the present study demonstrated that M. gibbosus venom contains a peptide with specific MAO-A inhibitory activity which may be responsible for the anxiogenic effects of the scorpion venoms on animals and humans. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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MANKATO (TEC News) – A man made his first mistake early Friday morning when he tried to rob a Mankato woman.
The second mistake was trying to rob a Mankato woman who had no money.
The incident in the alley of the 400 block of South Broad Street happened around 2:15 a.m., but Mankato police say they don’t know why it took the woman nearly 18 hours to report the crime.
The woman says the masked man with a small, black handgun jumped out of the bushes near the old downtown KFC and demanded money. When she told him she didn’t have any money, he made her empty out her purse.
She screamed and the frustrated armed robber, according to the woman, said ‘Just go then.”

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The comments are rolling in already after I reposted Lizzo in my stories yesterday …
I can’t imagine what these plus-size warrior Goddesses go through on the daily, after seeing this tiny glimpse in my DMs last night and this morning.
So let me be clear: I love all body sizes, regardless of your opinion about fat being unhealthy or anything else you feel or think about fat bodies.
I take a stand for accepting every body, exactly as they are right now.
💜💙💛 I love what Lizzo is doing, along with all the plus-sized women who have what society considers less than perfect bodies.
They are taking hits from people who are stuck on programmed idealized perfection, so stuck they get massively triggered by a woman posting her body, exactly as it is right now, with —MY GOODNESS!—feeling no need or desire to change it.
Them showing up to give women something else to look at, appreciate, love and celebrate —something other than what a marketing or health team once decided is the ideal perfect body, is an act of pure love for all women kind.
Period. That’s how we roll and see things here, because this is based in acceptance for all bodies, a value my community and I promote, defend and protect.
There are many spaces online to practice opinions and attitudes of non-acceptance, but that’s not here. Nor in any of my programs or coaching containers.
Wanting to learn or understand things, asking questions, opening up respectful conversations around something you want to learn more about IS welcome, always – but you are responsible for how you present yourself.
If you’re infected with this particular brand of poison, that has you behaving anything other than in calm, respectful, caring ways, then you’ll need to take care of that first, before even being considered a part of my community here.
I believe that if something turns you off, then your option and responsibility is to remove yourself from the offending situation.
Without yelling, shaming or barfing your unmanaged emotion all over the situation or person.
If you’re unable to handle your emotions around a situation, it’s time to remove yourself from the situation, then give yourself what you need to return to a calm, centred place.
👑 Respect is respect. 👑 There are ALWAYS ways to deal with things, respectfully. Even in intense emotion, which is part of our shared human experience.
What I know from my experience of gaining then losing 150 pounds, then going up and down again from there, is that not accepting myself exactly as I am, in the moments along my journey, and every moment that followed, is the real poison.
That’s why I don’t allow people in my life or community who don’t also accept people’s bodies exactly as they are.
💜 You’ll never convince me that a woman can’t be physically beautiful right now, exactly as she is, right now. 💙
So you know where the 🚪 door 🚪 is … don’t let it hit you on the way out.

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Nicotine Patch ?
My doctor started me on lowest dose because I’m sensitive to nicotine and don’t smoke a lot. What I want to know is how does it make you feel? Do you feel like you’ve smoked? Do you get dizzy? Do you get the whole amount of nicotine at once or steadily during the day? Thank you
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It does not make you feel like anything. There may be some irritation around the patch itself. That is why one must put it in a different location every day.

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Maker: Attributed to Samuel McIntire (1757–1811)
Geography: Made in Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Medium: Mahogany, ebony, ash, birch, white pine
Dimensions: 37 7/8 x 27 7/8 x 18 in. (96.2 x 70.8 x 45.7 cm)
Credit Line: Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1962
Accession Number: 62.16
This vase-back chair, originally part of a large set, was made for the wealthy Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby. The chair's overall design is based on plate 2 of George Hepplewhite's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (London, 1788), but it has been enriched considerably by the addition of relief carving to parts of the back and the front legs. The carved grape clusters in the lunette at the base of the splat and suspended from bowknots at the top of each leg are a motif traditionally associated with the work of Salem's renowned architect and carver Samuel McIntire, who also was responsible for designing Elias Hasket Derby's spectacular Neoclassical mansion in Salem, completed in 1794.

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Nothing like good music on a warm summer evening!
Nothing like good music any time. I've always enjoyed street music in Paris, but I'd say these guys have a more elevated venue.
Where's the sound button?
"Summer nights" is the one thing that I miss about summer in England :-(
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The big news last week was the official announcement of the new Brembo Big Brake Kits for the BMW M3 and M4 models, and it made our day! We’ve been longtime fans of the competency and effectiveness of the Brembo GT and GT-R systems, and these latest additions look to be no exception. Of particular note is the inclusion of the CCM-R Carbon Disc option, which adds carbon rotors to the kits for lighter weight and significantly better resistance to brake fade.
Sizing options include 6-piston 380x34mm in front and 4-piston 380x28mm rear, with either GT or GT-R calipers and steel or the CCM-R carbon rotors. We also offer custom painting of the GT brake calipers! If you have a specific color in mind, let us know. We expect to have stock by mid-August for the GT line. CCM-R Systems are built to order with a standard lead time of about 3-4 weeks. CCM-R discs are currently in stock.
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Transforming a historic highway in small town Mosier into a vibrant main street
Kaleidoscope Student Planners, a group of six students in the Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning program at Portland State University, are working with Mosier, Oregon’s City Council to develop the Slow Mo’ Main Street Concept Plan. The goal for the project is to develop conceptual designs and programmatic recommendations for historic Highway 30 (which runs through the town), to help ensure that Mosier’s Main Street reflects community priorities, supports a thriving downtown, and creates a safe and inviting corridor for people traveling on foot, by bike and by motor vehicle. During this seminar we will reflect on our process and discuss how we reached our final design concept and recommendations.
Kaleidoscope Student Planners is a group of six students in the Master’s of Urban & Regional Planning program at Portland State University. Members of the student team include: Amanda Davidowitz, Brandi Campbell, Kathy Wilson, Liz Kaster, Matt Lee, and Neil Heller. Check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SlowMoMainStreet to learn more about the project.
The Green Loop SWPDX Workshop Project
The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability proposes the construction of the Green Loop, a 10-mile linear public open space proposed in the West Quadrant Plan update that will further link the east and west sides of the Central City. In addition to physically affirming both sides of the river as part of the Central City, the Green Loop is expected to create a second ring of pedestrian and bicycle access, much like the East Bank Esplanade and Tom McCall Waterfront Park, that will draw activity to retail further from the river.
The Green Loop addresses both the City of Portland’s Climate Action Plan goals of reducing personal vehicle reliance, improving active lifestyles and adding green infrastructure; and filling a transportation gap between two significant university campuses. Portland is also interested in attracting the “interested but concerned” to active transportation. In order to do so, it must provide a bike pedestrian facility that creates the kind of safety and security this group needs.
The purpose of the Green Loop SWPDX project is to explore design concepts and treatments that will create an identity for the Green Loop section between the Tilikum Bridge and the South Park Blocks. A team of 5 Portland State University master’s in urban and regional planning students performed both qualitative and quantitative analysis of this stretch of the Loop. This presentation reports the findings of their research and how it will affect their recommendations. Themes from their findings include safety, activity, facilities and placemaking that will make the Green Loop an ideal facility for the interested but concerned group of users.
Presenter: Jacob Adams. Jake’s purpose for working in the planning field is to help others improve their lives by improving their built environment. He has always been interested in maps and plans and was exposed to real life development through his father’s business building homes and master-planned developments in the mountains and valleys of Utah. He loves the beauty of the natural world and wants to protect it while providing opportunities for economic growth. Over the last few years he has switched his commute to biking and transit and wants to improve the cycling environment for people who want to bike but don’t feel comfortable riding on a busy street.


The sensor is located inside the distribuitor
The Camshaft Position Sensor is located behind the Power Steering Pump.
1996 and later models-the camshaft position sensor is located on the back of the distributor, drivers side.the loss of the camshaft position sensor signal will not affect the driveability of the vehicle. whoops,that sensor is located in the distributor,the one on the back is the ignition module.
its located in the distributor.
Its in the distributer.
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where are the camshaft position
The 1996 BMW 328 camshaft position sensor is located on the front of the cylinder head. The camshaft position sensor should be labeled as such.
It's located in the distributor
On the camshaft
where is the camshaft position sensor laocated at on a 1996 ls 400 lexus
were is the camshaft position sensor (cmp) location on a 1996 caprice classic
It is located on the distributor under the cap and rotor.
Under the rotor inside the distributor.
It's inside the top part of the engine.
The Camshaft Position (CMP) sensor is located on the passenger side of the engine and is accessible after removing the right front tire-2.2L engine.
it is in the distributor
It is located on the distributor under the cap and rotor Crank sensor should be on the front bottom of engine by the crank pulley
depends on the engine but it is usually on the top of the bellhousing of the tranny. the crank sensor gets a pickup signal from the flywheel.
The cam sensor is the "pick up plate" in the distributor, under the rotor.
on the back of the engine . above the starter 10 mm bolt holds it in.
It is located almost adjacent to the oil filter and right beside the transmission bellhousing. The plug is located beside knock sensor plug attached to the motor mount.
The Cam Sensor in a 1996 GMC Sonoma is located in the distributor under the rotor cap
It does not have one. It still has a distributor
Is inside the distributor


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Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), an active constituent of turmeric, is a well-described phytochemical, which has been used since ancient times for the treatment of various diseases. The dysregulation of cell signaling pathways by the gradual alteration of regulatory proteins is the root cause of cancers. Curcumin modulates regulatory proteins through various molecular mechanisms. Several research studies have provided in-depth analysis of multiple targets through which curcumin induces protective effects against cancers including gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecological, hematological, pulmonary, thymic, brain, breast, and bone. The molecular mechanisms of action of curcumin in treating different types of cancers remain under investigation. The multifaceted role of this dietary agent is mediated through its inhibition of several cell signaling pathways at multiple levels. Curcumin has the ability to inhibit carcinogenicity through the modulation of the cell cycle by binding directly and indirectly to molecular targets including transcription factors (NF-kB, STAT3, β-catenin, and AP-1), growth factors (EGF, PDGF, and VEGF), enzymes (COX-2, iNOS, and MMPs), kinases (cyclin D1, CDKs, Akt, PKC, and AMPK), inflammatory cytokines (TNF, MCP, IL-1, and IL-6), upregulation of proapoptotic (Bax, Bad, and Bak) and downregulation of antiapoptotic proteins (Bcl(2) and Bcl-xL). A variety of animal models and human studies have proven that curcumin is safe and well tolerated even at very high doses. This study elaborates the current understanding of the chemopreventive effects of curcumin through its multiple molecular pathways and highlights its therapeutic value in the treatment and prevention of a wide range of cancers.
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COMPRESSION SUPPORT WITH POT DRAINING TO ADAPT TO ITS MOVEMENT.Mens stretch and absorbent Nike Pro leggings will not restrict your movement and keep you dry. Compression cut will give you the necessary support during exercise.
BODY SUPPORT AND FIXED CUT.Nike Pro Leggings nicely strengthen your legs and keep you dry. The wide marbled waist provides the necessary support for the center of the body and nicely fixed leggings in place. You can combine them with a tuned shortened marbled tank top.
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Smooth and tapered cut, quick-drying material.Nike Pro Shorts makes every workout easy. They feature a distinctive Nike Pro waist, smooth flat seams and an arrow shaped pocket for all-day comfort and support.
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Take your weight training sessions to new heights. Made for stability, these weightlifting shoes have a narrow fit, a midsole wedge and a wide instep strap for complete lockdown. A rubber outsole keeps you firmly planted when lifting. The lightweight upper is made from durable canvas.
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On today's BradCast, guest hosted by Angie Coiro, a roundup of Trump-generated violence around the country; a Holocaust scholar suspended from high school teaching for daring to mention the obvious; the Democratic Coalition Against Trump's compendium of Trump/Putin connections; and finally: futurist Alex Steffen says it's not "game over" for the climate.
Angie's first guest is Scott Dworkin from The Democratic Coalition Against Trump. DCAT is giving the FBI a little help, since it's having so much trouble finding connections between Donald Trump, his team, his family, and Vladimir Putin. The kicker: all of this stuff is public record.
Also today: Angie covers the story of a Holocaust scholar who tried to show high schoolers the parallels between the rise of Hitler and the rise of Trump. One parent complained; boom, he's suspended. There's a petition to get him back in the classroom.
Finally, futurist Alex Steffen, founder of The Heroic Future makes a pitch for the tech world to unify against the evil Trump is sure to wreak. And he explains why this is no time to shrug your shoulders and declare the battle for the planet lost.
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STOKENCHURCH, U.K. -- RedPrairie is launching its Duty Management 2009.1 to coincide with the standardization of excise duty calculations by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which will see guidelines for beers, wines, cider, spirits and low-alcohol beverages brought into force in June 2009.
RedPrairie’s International Trade and Customs solution, Duty Management, enables companies to cut costs by delaying payment of all Customs duties & VAT until the latest possible time, usually after the goods leave the warehouse, the company stated.
The upgraded solution will enable users to comply with a new HMRC initiative to implement electronic Alcohol and Tobacco Warehouse Declarations, replacing existing paper forms, the company reported. The Duty Management system will automatically send these declarations directly to the HMRC system, which will save keying time and ensure speed and accuracy. The solution will also enable RedPrairie customers to hold Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) certificate details in the system and include them in declarations to HMRC.


Like a lot of entomologists, assistant biology professor Ann Ray has been bugged by a dearth of information about the valley elderberry longhorn beetle. So she joined a group of other bug-crazy biologists to find a better way to locate them than just looking in the weeds.
The valley elderberry longhorn beetle, whose Latin name is Desmocerus californicus dimorphus, is a threatened species, just a step below endangered. But there’s a catch—no one really knows how many there are.
“Since (the beetle was added to the threatened species list in 1980), it has been the subject of a lot of controversy because the larvae bore into elderberry trees,” Ray says. “Elderberry is a weed. It just grows up in all sorts of place. Since the beetle’s elderberry habitat is protected, you can’t cut down elderberry trees. But you also can’t develop.”
Property owners don’t like elderberry, but they can’t cut down the pesky weed because it’s the habitat of the longhorn. And yet determining exactly how threatened the longhorn is has been nearly impossible. Until now.
Who would have thought that the sex pheromone desmolactone could be the answer?
Entomologists use pheromones like desmolactone in special traps, where the pheromone is hung in a cross-section of cardboard. The beetles are attracted to the pheromone and hit the cardboard as they fly, falling into the trap. Only the male beetles are attracted to the traps. It’s a far more effective way to find specimens than hunting through elderberry trees.
Ray and her colleagues published an article on their discovery in the online journal PLOS One in December last year and hope it’s the answer to finding—and studying—the valley elderberry longhorn beetle. And maybe freeing up the elderberry for a much-needed trim. Read the journal article at PLOS One.


Alphacool Eisbaer Extreme 280 Review
We check out Alphacool's monstrous new liquid-cooler.
Video: Corsair Crystal Series 680X RGB Build
We built a rig into the 280X's bigger brother. See just how it came out!
Researchers tip reversed LEDs for cooling breakthrough
Could scale to 1kW/m².
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Constitutional Stability on the Rockies
In the legislative Man Bites Dog story of the day, Colorado state legislators are examining bills that would make it harder for voters to change ...
In the legislative Man Bites Dog story of the day, Colorado state legislators are examining bills that would make it harder for voters to change the state's constitution. As it stands, Colorado allows a constitutional amendment after a relatively easy petition-initiative process that has made for 23 amendments in the last decade alone [insert joke about French periodicals].
Attorney General John Suthers says (rightly, to my mind) that the constitution is for "general principles that govern sovereignty." Stability is the game when it comes to constitutions. Add in voters who might sometimes take a short-sighted view of the long-term effects, and easy amendments can make a mess.
The catalyst for the legislative shift is a recently passed ethics amendment that is chafing state employees. So the legislators are offering a popular referendum to stiffen the constitution while the iron is hot. Of course, such a change would necessarily make the legislature itself stronger. Hard to tell which is pricklier: a shapeshifting constitution or legislators giving themselves more power?
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Eric Studer, associate producer for the newly-named F.E.A.R. 2,was more than happy to boast about the enemy AI in the upcoming sequel to the popular FPS. In an interview with CVG, Studer said that the AI “is second to none” and that the game will “keep [players] on [their] toes at every turn.”
Studer elaborated on his statement by pointing out how the AI adjusts to player behavior:
As such we didn’t want to create an expectation in the players mind for how to progress through a level. If you want to blast your way through an environment, you can do that. If you want to kill every enemy at a slower pace, you’re encouraged to do that as well. The AI will respond in kind, but it was key that we let players determine exactly how they progress.
Decent AI in a horror-centric game always spells many a restless nights for me as I try to toss away the memories of creepy ghouls and circumspect hallways. At least the AI won’t be able to observe me jumping up and down on the couch whenever something particularly scary happens. I would hate for a game to taunt me as much as the people that sit next to me whenever I play these games.

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1 Keep a food journal
Take note of foods which activate signs and stay away from those. Typical perpetrators for irritable bowel syndrome consist of fatty, spicy or processed foods, carbonated beverages and sweeteners.
2 Exercise routinely
It will help in reducing levels of the body’s tension hormonal agents, such as cortisol. And discover relaxation methods such as yoga and mindfulness to keep tension under control, since stress and anxiety makes IBS signs even worse.
3 Time it right
Delaying or avoiding meals can play havoc with blood sugar level, which in turn will intensify IBS signs. Objective for a 14- hour break from consuming over night to provide your gut a break to recover and fix. ■

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Take advantage of all four decks to create unique and complex mixes. Whether you mix audio only, or require the added visual dynamics of video & karaoke mixing, DJ Mixer Pro’s incredible feature set, reliable mixing engine and intuitive user interface will insure that you "Rock the House" every night. Beat-matching is just a click away, realtime effects, sampler, seamless loops, keylock, pitch shifting, MIDI controller support, vinyl simulation, harmonic mixing, plus many more great features are all at your finger tips.
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The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a government organization dedicated to assisting small businesses in the United States. The SBA does this by providing grants, mentoring, and services for new and existing small businesses. Small businesses can face numerous challenges when starting up or growing their business. That's why the SBA exists to help. Read on to learn more about the SBA and how it may be able to assist your business as you grow.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is an agency of the federal government that assists with financing, training, and support for small businesses— not a stand-alone nonprofit organization. Rather than applying directly to the S&T Council, you must seek assistance through your local SBA branch office. There are almost 200 offices located throughout the country; however, smaller cities will have fewer locations — some areas only have one or two branches within a reasonable distance from most residents.
What Does the SBA Do?
The Small Business Administration was established in 1953 to provide capital to small businesses that are unable to obtain financing from private sources. The SBA makes loans, guarantees loans, and provides other assistance to help small businesses get the capital they desperately need to start up or expand. The SBA is also responsible for administering contracting provisions that give small businesses an opportunity to compete for federal contracts that might otherwise be reserved only for larger companies. The SBA's core function is to provide assistance to small businesses in the form of loans and grants. In addition, the SBA offers services that help businesses grow, expand and succeed. Some of these services include providing business mentoring, assistance in obtaining government contracts, training workshops, and assistance with regulatory compliance.
SBA Loan Program
The SBA loan program provides financing in the form of loans and grants to small businesses that are unable to access financing from banks or other private sources. The SBA guarantees these loans, which means that if the borrower is unable to repay the loan, the federal government will pay the lender. The SBA's 7(a) Loan Guarantee Program provides long-term, fixed-rate financing (20 years or less) to small businesses.
This program also provides fixed-rate loans to lenders who make loans to small businesses. The SBA's Microloan program offers fixed-rate, long-term loans to start or expand a small business that employs low-income individuals. The SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee Program is used by contractors and their contractors to obtain surety bonds that permit them to work on federal contracts.
SBA Equity Program
The SBA's Microloan Equity Investment Program provides equity investments to microloan lenders who serve low-income entrepreneurs. The SBA guarantees a percentage of the equity investment in these microloans. The SBA's Preferred Lenders Program allows preferential treatment for lenders who commit to loan funds to economically underserved areas. These programs help increase the availability of microloans for low-income entrepreneurs and reduce the amount of capital needed to start or operate a microloan lender.
The SBA's Microloan Program also offers financial assistance and advice to low-income entrepreneurs who want to start their own businesses. The SBA's Business Development Program offers free one-on-one counseling services to aspiring and current business owners. The SBA's Women's Business Development Program offers grants and one-on-one counseling services to women interested in starting or growing their own businesses.
7(a) Loan Guarantee Program
The 7(a) Loan Guarantee Program provides a guaranteed source of long-term fixed-rate financing for small businesses that cannot obtain financing from private sources. The program's loan funds are provided by private lenders. The SBA guarantees a portion of the loan to the lender, thus ensuring that the lender will be repaid even if the small business defaults on the loan. The SBA's Contracting Assistance Program offers assistance with obtaining federal contracts and competing for federal contracts that are reserved only for small businesses.
SCORE Counseling and Training
SCORE's network of more than 10,000 volunteer mentors across the United States and in Puerto Rico provides free one-on-one advice, workshops, and seminars on starting, growing, and selling a business, financing a business, hiring and managing employees, marketing, and other topics, as well as advice on federal programs and resources for small businesses. SCORE's services and resources are available through its website, email, live chat, and app.
The website offers information on topics such as how to start a business, how to market a business, how to apply for government grants, and how to obtain loans. The website features guides on writing a business plan, marketing your business, and choosing the right business entity. It also offers resources such as a business consultant finder, business financing resources, business grants, and a list of government agencies.
The SCORE program provides free mentoring from experienced business people who have been successful in starting, growing, and selling their businesses. SCORE also provides information about federal programs and resources for small businesses.
SBA Assistance for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
The U.S. government has created and implemented several programs to assist veteran-owned small businesses with obtaining the capital they need to start or grow their businesses. These programs include SBA loan assistance, government contracting set-asides, grants, and other activities designed to assist veteran-owned small businesses. For example, SBA 7(a) loans are available to veteran-owned small businesses with a creditworthy business plan. The SBA partners with other government agencies to provide contracting set-asides for veteran-owned small businesses. Many government agencies have programs to hire veterans to work for the government.
Other Services Provided by the SBA
The SBA also conducts research and publishes handbooks and guides of interest to small businesses. The SBA's Disaster Assistance Program assists small businesses and nonprofits in recovering from natural disasters. The SBA's Advocate for Small Business program assists with resolving disputes between small businesses and large companies that are their customers or suppliers.
How to Find Out If You're Eligible for an SBA Loan or Grant?
The SBA offers a simple way to determine if your small business is eligible for a loan or grant. The SBA has set up a website where you can enter information about your business and then find out if you're eligible for any assistance. The website address is www.sba.gov.
You can also reach out to an SBA-approved lender or broker to find out how to get a small business loan. The SBA recommends that you start researching and applying for a loan at least six months before you actually need it. This will give you enough time to navigate the application process and receive approval.
The SBA offers a variety of financial and other support services for small businesses. You can learn more about these programs by visiting the SBA website, www.sba.gov. If you're a small business owner, it's worth your time to see what assistance is available to help your business grow and succeed. SBAs also hosts a variety of events, workshops, and forums where you can meet other entrepreneurs, seek advice, and get feedback on your business plan. If you're looking to expand your business or start a new one, the SBA has resources to help you at every step of the way.
Visit the SBA website to learn more about the agency's financial and non-financial services and how to get involved with these programs. You can also contact your local SBA office to speak with an advisor about how these programs can benefit your business. For more informative blogs on young professionals and business strats, check out SYP.net.


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JIANGSU SKYPLAN GREENHOUSE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
Model No.: SKP-1
Certification: ISO9001, ISO, SGS, CE
Application: Vegetables, Fruit, Other
Physics State: Other
Infection On Soil: Other
Chemical Character: Other
Function: Promote Crops On Soil Nutrient Use
Name: Butch Bucket
Size: 12 X 10 X 9 Inches(31x25x23cm)
Volume: 11 Liters
Material: Food-grade Polypropylene & UV
UV Protective Ability: Yes
Fittings: 2 Siphon Elbows Included
Packaging: Pack in carton
Place of Origin: China
Supply Ability: 10000
HS Code: 3926909090
Commercial Hydroponic Growing Systems Dutch Bucket are suitable for drip irrigation systems. The overflow outlet can be connected into a central 1-1/2-in PVC drainpipe. The Commercial Hydroponic Growing Systems Dutch Bucket has a highly effective internal discharge system. By installing the two elbows, the overflow water is suctioned from the lowest level of the bucket and discharged into the central drainpipe. This will eliminate the pooling of stagnant water. The Commercial Hydroponic Growing Systems Dutch Bucket measures 12-in x 10-in x 9-in (LxWxH). Commercial Hydroponic Growing Systems Dutch Bucket are made from food-grade polypropylene.
Jiangsu Skyplant Greenhouse Technology Co., Ltd. registered capital of 5.00 million , is a greenhouse design, construction, maintenance, greenhouse facilities installation, commissioning and maintenance of an integrated engineering company. Production company under the Ministry of Technology, Ministry of Finance and Operations, business all over the country.
Produced greenhouse . greenhouse, mainly material galvanized steel skeleton based, with strong corrosion resistance advantages, life of up to 15 years. Connections using cold forming process, using a dedicated production line pipe processing . Product quality is stable and reliable, easy installation and transportation , shed-type neat appearance, reasonable structure design, wind pressure 31-35 kg/㎡, anti-snow carry 20-24 kg/square meter.
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As the annual Barack-etology spectacle generates a ridiculous number of headlines, Ricochet’s Jon Gabriel asks, “Wouldn’t it be convenient to organize the bad news into a format the average reporter can follow?” Introducing the Obama Scandal Bracket:
And what if Hillary makes her way back to the White House?
We’re glad we were able to confirm the source of the Scandal Bracket we posted earlier this week. Visit Ricochet to see a zoomed-in view of the new 2014 Scandal Bracket and tell us your picks.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet and sentence.