LSU enters the Kentucky contest with a 2-2 overall mark and an 0-2 record in SEC action. LSU is coming off a 44-15 setback to second-ranked Florida, the Tigers' second consecutive top 10 opponent. Kentucky (1-4, 0-3) is coming off a 42-6 defeat to South Carolina. Last year, the Tigers toppled the Wildcats, 34-0, in Baton Rouge in a game that was the first of four straight SEC wins for the Tigers.
Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 13 at 6 (CT)
Location: Lexington, Ky. - Commonwealth Stadium (67,350)
Television: Tigervision (Live)
The Series: LSU leads 35-15-1
Last Meeting: LSU, 34-0, on Oct. 14, 2000 in Baton Rouge
Record: 2-2, 0-2 SEC
Ranking: Not Ranked
Last Game: Oct. 6 at Baton Rouge, La., lost #2 Florida, 44-15
Coach: Nick Saban
Career Record: 53-32-1/eighth year
LSU Record: 10-6/second year
vs. Kentucky: 1-0
Record: 1-4, 0-3 SEC
Ranking: Not Ranked
Last Game: Oct. 6 at Columbia, S.C., lost #12 So. Carolina, 42-6
Coach: Guy Morriss
Career Record: 1-4/first year
UK Record: 1-4/first year
vs. LSU: first meeting
LSU and Kentucky meet for the 52nd time with the Tigers holding a 35-15-1 lead over the Wildcats ... Last year, the Tigers posted a 34-0 win over Kentucky in Baton Rouge ... LSU is 14-10 vs. Kentucky in Lexington ... The last time the teams met in Lexington, UK posted a 31-5 victory ... The Tigers last won in Lexington in 1997 by a 63-28 count ... In that game, LSU's Kevin Faulk rushed for a school-record five TDs ... UK has won two of the last three vs. the Tigers ... The winning team has scored at least 30 points in the last five meetings between the teams ... Nick Saban is 1-0 all-time vs. Kentucky.
LSU FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: LSU will look to pick up its first Southeastern Conference win of the season and in the process snap a two-game losing streak when it travels to face Kentucky in Lexington on Saturday ... The Kentucky contest will mark the first of two straight on the road for the Tigers .. .Next week LSU hits the road to face Mississippi State in Starkville ... LSU is 0-1 on the road this season with the loss coming at Tennessee by a 26-18 count ... LSU has scored 20 or more points in all 10 of its victories under Nick Saban ... LSU quarterback Rohan Davey had his streak of passes without an interception snapped at 125 ... Davey hadn't been intercepted since the second half of the Florida game last year ... Over his last 10 games (including the Peach Bowl), Davey has thrown 17 TD passes - which includes two in the Peach Bowl - compared to just two interceptions ... LSU hasn't been shutout since the Alabama game on Nov. 9, 1996 - a span of 54 games ... LSU RB LaBrandon Toefield is 17 yards shy of reaching 1,000 rushing yards for his career.
MORE ON THE LSU-KENTUCKY SERIES: LSU and Kentucky have split the last eight meetings between the teams ... Prior to that, the Tigers had won seven of nine and 12 of 15 against the Wildcats ... From 1961 to 1973, the Tigers won 13 straight against the Wildcats ... The team that has scored first in the last six meetings has gone on to win the game ... Two of the last three games between the teams in Lexington have produced some interesting story lines ... LSU wore purple pants for the first and only time in school history in the 24-16 setback to the Wildcats in Lexington in 1995 ... Kevin Faulk rushed for 212 yards and a school-record five TDs in LSU's 63-28 win over Kentucky in Lexington in 1997 ... The 63 points was the most-ever by LSU in an SEC contest ... In Baton Rouge in 1998, Kentucky kicked a field goal as time expired to win 39-36.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR LSU: The Tigers travel to Starkville to face Mississippi State in a rematch of last year's 45-38 overtime LSU victory in Baton Rouge. After the Mississippi State contest, LSU will have four of its last five games at home.
JOSH REED CONTINUES TO MOVE UP LSU CHARTS: With six catches for 123 yards against Florida, LSU receiver Josh Reed moved from ninth to a tie for sixth place in career receiving yardage at LSU. Reed moved past Carlos Carson and Larry Foster, and equaled himself with Abram Booty for sixth place with 1,768 yards. Reed needs 143 yards to catch Todd Kinchen and move into the top five in LSU history. Through four games, Reed is already over half his way to another 1,000 yard season, having accumulated 507 yards on 24 catches. Reed is on pace to shatter Wendell Davis' single season record of 1,244 set in 1986. Reed is currently on pace to record nearly 1,400 this season. Since moving to receiver prior to the Alabama game in the 1999 season, Reed has averaged 98.2 yards per game over 18 games. Reed currently leads the SEC and ranks fourth in the nation with 126.8 yards receiving a contest.
THIRD QUARTER WOES FOR THE TIGERS: Scoring in the third quarter has become somewhat of a problem for LSU over the first four games of the season as the Tigers have managed only seven points in the third quarter through the first four games. LSU's only third quarter score came against Tulane in the season-opener. This season, the Tigers have had 11 third quarter possessions with just one resulting in a TD.
LSU's best scoring quarter is the second quarter as the Tigers have put 50 points on the board during that stanza. In the second quarter alone, LSU has outscored its opposition 50-19. The Tigers have also outscored the opposition 31-21 in the fourth quarter. Through four games, LSU has scored 112 points for an average of 28.0 points a contest.
TOEFIELD CONTINUES TO LEAD THE SEC IN SCORING: LaBrandon Toefield continues to lead the SEC in scoring as the sophomore running back scored his eighth TD of the season on Saturday vs. Florida. Through four games, Toefield has scored a total of 48 points for an SEC best average of 12.0 points a contest.
CLAYTON EMERGES AS RECEIVING THREAT: In the absence of senior Reggie Robinson, sidelined for the season with a neck injury, true freshman Michael Clayton has quickly emerged as one of the Tigers' key go-to guys through the early stages of the season.
Clayton came up with a breakout performance against Tennessee, hauling in three catches for 93 yards, including a 67-yard strike from Rohan Davey for the first touchdown of his young career. Clayton followed that with the first start of his career vs. Florida, becoming the first of LSU's 2001 true freshman class to start a game. Clayton caught a career-high five balls for 79 yards, including a 30-yarder to set up the Tigers' first touchdown. Through four games, the Baton Rouge native has caught 11 passes for 210 yards and a touchdown.
TIGERS SPREAD THE WEALTH IN PASSING GAME: One thing is for sure, LSU can never be accused of focusing on one receiver in its passing game as 11 different players - five split ends, three tight ends, two tailbacks and one fullback - have caught passes for the Tigers this season. Spreading the football around has become a trademark of the Jimbo Fisher offense as last year, 13 Tigers caught passes during the regular-season. The only two players with extensive game experience that have yet to catch a pass for the Tigers this year are tight end Marcus Spears (several have been thrown to him) and running back Devery Henderson.
MAUCK STEPS UP IN RELIEF: It had been five years since he stepped into a huddle in a real game situation, but Matt Mauck filled in admirably at quarterback last Saturday against Florida when starting signal caller Rohan Davey went out with a knee injury. The redshirt freshman from Jasper, Ind., hadn't taken a snap since 1996, but completed 11 of 22 passes for 132 yards while running for an additional 37 yards. Mauck originally signed with current LSU head coach Nick Saban in 1997 at Michigan State but opted to play minor league baseball instead. After three years in the minors in the Chicago Cubs orginization, Mauck opted to return to football and was on the Tigers' roster for the 2000 season, but did not take a snap.
HENDERSON ADDS ADDITONAL THREAT AT RUNNING BACK: Devery Henderson has turned into the perfect compliment to LaBrandon Toefield and came up with a career-high 86 yards on just six carries in the Tigers' last outing against Florida. Included in that total was a career-best 50-yard rush in the second half which demonstrated Henderson's tremendous ability to get to the outside, get around the corner and explode. While Toefield is more of a bruising back, Henderson relies on pure speed. Henderson ranks among the fastest football players in the nation, with 10.40 speed in track and field, he served as the opening leg of the Tigers' NCAA Outdoor Championship qualifying 4x100-meter relay team and holds the second fastest 60-meter time in LSU track and field history. Through four games this season, Henderson has rushed for 227 yards on 37 carries, an average of 6.1 yards an attempt.
20 POINTS THE MAGIC MARK: Since coming to LSU for the 2000 season, Nick Saban has posted a 10-6 record in Baton Rouge. In that time, the Tigers are 10-0 when scoring 20+ points and 0-6 when failing to reach that mark under Saban. The Tigers registered 48 and 31 points respectively in victories in their first two games of the season before scoring only 18 and 15 points respectively in their last two outings, both losses. In their seven regular season wins a year ago they averaged 36 points per game. In their four losses, they scored a total of 39 points. In LSU's two wins this season, the Tigers are averaging 39.5 points a contest. On the other hand, the Tigers are scoring an average of 16.5 points in their two defeats in 2001.
DAVEY REACHES 2,000 YARDS: With 154 yards passing against Florida, senior quarterback Rohan Davey surpassed 2,000 career passing yards. Davey enters the Kentucky game with 2,049 yards, 476 yards shy of moving into the top 10 in all-time passing yardage history. NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Y.A. Tittle currently sits 10th with 2,525 career yards passing. For his career, Davey has completed 129 of 248 passes for 2,049 yards and 15 TDs. Davey has thrown only six interceptions in his career.
DAVEY'S STREAK OF PASSES WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION SNAPPED: Rohan Davey's streak of consecutive passes without an interception came to an end at 125 last Saturday against Florida when the senior signal caller was picked off in the first quarter. Despite his one interception this season, Davey has still been a model of efficiency and has thrown 17 touchdown passes to just two inteceptions since entering in a relief appearance in the 1999 season finale against Arkansas.
REED NEARS 100 CAREER RECEPTIONS: With one reception, Josh Reed will tie Eddie Kennison and move into 10th place on the all-time LSU receptions list with 98. Reed is just three receptions away from becoming the 10th player in LSU history to reach 100 career receptions. In 18 games as a receiver, Reed has averaged 5.3 receptions per game since making the move from running back in week nine of the 1999 season.
REED ADDS ANOTHER 100-YARD OUTING: With 123 yards on six catches against Florida, Josh Reed posted his 11th career 100-yard game in only 18 career games at the position. Reed moved into sole possession of second place on the LSU all-time 100-yard receiving game list and sits only two away from Wendell Davis' school record of 13. Through LSU's first four games, Reed has recorded at least 120 yards four times.
STREAKS TO NOTE: Senior free safety Ryan Clark made his 27th consecutive start last weekend, dating back to the start of the 1999 season (including last year's Peach Bowl) ... Junior Trev Faulk extended his consecutive starts streak to 24 games dating back to the fourth game of his freshman year in 1999 ... Jerel Myers has now started 26 of 27 career games with the lone exception being the 1999 season finale against Arkansas when the Tigers started in a three tight end alignment ... Josh Reed has caught at least one pass in all 19 games since moving to receiver prior to the Alabama game in 1999 ... Myers has a reception in 26 of 27 games in his three-year career, while tight end Robert Royal has caught at least one pass in 15 straight regular season games for the Tigers ... The only game in which Myers did not catch at least one pass was the Tigers' victory over Ole Miss in Oxford in 2000.
TIGERS GET IT DONE ON THIRD DOWN: The Tigers 17-play scoring drive in the second quarter of Saturday's game against Florida was aided by a statistic that is becoming a strength of this Tiger team - the ability to convert on third down. The Tigers went 5-5 on that series, including conversions on third-and-23 and third-and-15. LSU finished eight-of-17 on third down conversions vs. Florida, and for the season, the Tigers have converted an SEC-best 31-of-59 for 52.5 percent.
LSU VS. SEC EASTERN DIVISION: With a 44-15 loss to Florida, LSU's struggles against the SEC Eastern Divison continued. The Tigers are only 2-9 against the SEC East since 1998. One of those victories, however, was a 34-0 win over Kentucky in Baton Rouge a year ago. Nick Saban is 2-3 against the SEC East. Since the SEC split into divisions in 1992, the Tigers are 8-20-1 vs. the eastern division of the league. Last year, the Tigers were 2-1 vs. the eastern division marking only the third time in nine tries in which LSU had a winning record against the other side of the league.
LSU'S SPECIAL TEAMS COVERAGE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING: Despite the loss to Florida, LSU's special teams coverage had another outstanding game as the Gators combined for only 16 punt return yards and 54 yards in kickoff returns. Florida did return the opening kickoff 45 yards, but the Gators followed that with a nine-yard kickoff return. Through four games, the Tigers are allowing only 14.1 yards per kickoff return and just 3.5 yards on punt returns. On 17 kickoff returns this season, the Tigers have allowed only 20 yards or more just three times. LSU has kicked off 36 times this year and its opponent has started outside the 20-yard line only six times.
PUNTER JONES' PLAY HAS BEEN CRITICAL: The play of sophomore punter Donnie Jones has been vital to the Tigers' success this season. Through four games, Jones is averaging 42.4 yards per punt, fourth in the SEC. Jones, who punts left-footed, punts a high ball with enough hang time which gives LSU's defenders the opportunity to get down field to be in position to make a play on the returner. As a team, the Tigers rank second in the SEC and 11th in the nation in net punting as they are averaging 39.9 yards per punt. Net punting takes a punters average and subtracts yards per return for the opposition. Auburn leads the league at 41.9 net yards per punt.
GREEN MATCHES FORMER TEAMMATE ON ALL-TIME SACK LIST: With a sack of Casey Clausen in the second half of the Tigers' game against Tennessee on Sept. 29, Jarvis Green registered the 17th sack of his career, moving him into a sixth place tie on the all-time LSU list. Green tied former teammate and current NFL standout Anthony "Booger" McFarland who registered 17 sacks from 1995-98.
TOEFIELD STILL ON RECORD PACE FOR RUSHING TDS IN A SEASON: LaBrandon Toefield is still on pace to re-write LSU's rushing TD record this season as the sophomore picked up his league-leading eighth TD of the season vs. Florida on Saturday. Through four games, Toefield has rushed for eight TDs, three more than he rushed for all of last season. Toefield's average of 2.0 rushing TDs a game this season puts him on pace to break the school mark of 17 held by Charles Alexander in 1977. Toefield's four rushing TDs vs. Utah State was the second-most in school history and he's the only player in school history to have seven rushing TDs in the first two games of a season.
DAVIS MOVES CLOSER TO RETURN YARD RECORD: With 29 kickoff return yards against Florida, Domanick Davis inched closer to Robert Dow's school record of 1,780 career yards, moving to within 438 yards of the record. For his career, Davis has 1,342 career kickoff return yards, second in school history. In addition, Davis has 393 career yards on punt returns, 10th in school history.


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"Tide Tables for Hong Kong 2013" now on sale
2 November 2012
The Hong Kong Observatory publication "Tide Tables for Hong Kong 2013" is now on sale.
The tide tables list the predicted heights and times of daily high and low waters at 14 locations in Hong Kong, which are Chek Lap Kok, Cheung Chau, Chi Ma Wan, Ko Lau Wan, Kwai Chung, Lok On Pai, Ma Wan, Quarry Bay, Shek Pik, Tai Miu Wan, Tai O, Tai Po Kau, Tsim Bei Tsui and Waglan Island. Phases of the moon are also given.
The "Tide Tables for Hong Kong 2013" adopts a new design, making it easier for readers to carry. It also includes a survey form inside for readers to provide feedback to the Hong Kong Observatory on the publication.
The bilingual publication is a useful reference for engineers, shipping companies, wharf and container terminal operators, yachtsmen, fishing and water sports enthusiasts.
At $24 a copy, "Tide Tables for Hong Kong 2013" is available at the Hong Kong Observatory Resource Centre, the Publications Sales Unit of the Information Services Department, the Kowloon Map Publications Centre of the Lands Department and the Marine Department Headquarters. An electronic book-ordering service is also available at the online Government Bookstore at www.bookstore.gov.hk, details of which can be obtained through the telephone enquiry service of the Information Services Department at 2537 1910.

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Drinking alcohol famously relaxes inhibitions. That’s true about social interaction with other humans — and also commercial interaction with retail goods, especially when they’re just a click away.
Americans spent an estimated $45 billion while drunken shopping last year, according to global survey company Statista. The grand majority of that boozy purchase power was directed toward Amazon, which was used by 85 percent of those polled. Runners up include eBay and Etsy.
Pennsylvanians are no slackers when it comes to tipsy spending, per the report, with people shelling out $400 to $499 annually. That’s way lower than pack-leaders Kentucky (all that bourbon) and Connecticut (all that wealth?), while just slightly less than our neighbors in New Jersey, more than Ohio and about the same as New York.
So what are we dropping that $450 on? Inspired by the Seattle Times, which asked readers in Washington to share their stories, we want to know what caught your under-the-influence fancy.
We posed the question on Twitter, and responses started rolling in.
We want to know: what’s your drunken shopping story?
Tell us using this form, embedded below. We’ll include the best answers in a future article.

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Sagar Island (West Bengal), June 1 (IANS) The West Bengal government will undertake infrastructural development in the sagar Island in South 24-Parganas district with a view to promote tourism, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Friday.
'The Ganga Sagar Mela is a very important festival and keeping this in view, we will spruce up infrastructural development here to make it an attractive tourist destination,' Banerjee said at Sagar Island, located 150 km from Kolkata.
The government is also working on developing a deep sea port in the area.
'The port trust and the government are already working on developing a deep sea port here, which will energise the economy and generate employment for the people of the area,' said Banerjee, adding that a railway link to the island would also come up soon.
'Work is on full swing, and very soon the island will be on the railway map. We have also donated 10 acres of land here on which tourist centres and other facilities will be developed,' Banerjee said.
The area being prone to cyclones, 15 relief centres will be built to provide quick succour to people in the event of natural disasters.
'Apart from developing roads and concretising the jetties, a university and a medical college will also be set up here. Tourism is an important industry and we will do everything required to develop the tourism infrastructure of the area,' said Banerjee, who inaugurated the restoration work of the Kapil Muni Ashram premises.
The chief minister handed over Kisan Credit Cards and crop insurance papers to the farmers of the area. She also distributed pattas (title deeds) under her pet project 'Nijo Bhumi Nijo Griha' (Own land own house), under which a beneficiary is entitled to three cottah of land to build a private house.


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As things wind down for the month of May, I have had some thoughts on my mind. I felt like making a blog post on it because despite me having a few blog posts ready to go, my mind is blocked. So, I hope that my thoughts and observations will be of some use to you.
Hey guys! I was looking at my hat that I got from Gizza earlier this month, and I was wondering where could I wear this? I thought I would go to a rainy sim, but decided to go “west of the rain” instead 🙂
Hey guys! I am happy to show you all Ghee‘s latest mainstore release! I remember seeing the Baxe poses ad at Pose Fair, and how the poses seemed to bring the fiery dresses to life. I did not use a Baxe pose in this photo today, but hopefully you can see how playful and sassy this dress can be 🙂
The Wash is at it again with this year’s Cart Sale event! For this time around, the theme is “Springtalicious”. Most items are priced at 10L, and merchants have one item at 50L. There are many bargains, so make sure you make The Wash one of your shopping priorities this weekend. The Cart Sale started on March 29th, and ends on April 12th. For more information, you can check out their website.
On Thursday (March 23) I attended a workshop on self -esteem at Model’s Workshop. A good portion of the workshop centered around us analyzing several holograms created by Janosh.
“Janosh’s work is based on Sacred Geometry, which is a code language that your subconscious understands. It has helped thousands of people to change their behavior and beliefs and find their purpose in life. ”
We were asked to pick which one(s) we found most interesting or resonated with us. After we picked a drawing, we were then told what it meant. The hologram that I picked spoke to “Release“. The affirmation that went with it was “I let go of everything that restricts my growth.” I felt the hologram resonated with me because it reminded me of something from biology, and was intriguing. If you look on the website, they have a number of holograms, so I am sure one of them will “speak” to you as well.
The Hipster Fair is an event hosted by The Event & Hunt Forever Planners. According to their site, “The Hipster Fair 2017 is mostly associated with the alternative culture all vintage theme, everything that carries the label of different, different, non-massive is what attracts this type of young.” The Hipster Fair started on February 17th, and will end on March 3rd.
“These boots are made for walkin’…” So I had to find a place to actually walk! I went to the 4 Seasons (link further down in the post) and had a look around.
Hey guys! I wanted to show off this new dress from Ghee while I was on my visit to Ashemi. The sim is set up as an urban city. I found some sparklers while walking around, and decided to have a bit of fun twirling them. Now, if I saw a dragon hanging around, it would almost make me feel like I was celebrating the New Year...Chinese New Year that is…
Hey guys! I just wanted to make a quick post to wish all of my readers a very Merry Christmas – I hope you all had fun today 🙂 There are a number of holidays this time of year, so I never understood why some get offended if one decides to say “Happy Holidays!” instead. It’s all meant to wish people well, so let’s all just have fun!

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Over the course of this week, you will receive many remarks. Some of the words spoken to you will be educational and inspiring. Some of the words spoken to you will be malicious and destructive. My prayer for you is that you would reject all of the negativity. Moreover, I pray that you would accept and meditate on the positive truths shared with you.
Far too long have you lived on the unkind words that have been spoken in your ear. You have harped on others’ poor behavior toward you. Imagine how much better your life will become when you allow positivity to be your propeller. You could soar to unimaginable heights.
Allow love, forgiveness, grace, and mercy to overtake you. Be the warmth and the light that you wish others to possess. Shake off the mistakes of your past. Walk in the liberty that Christ Jesus died and rose again for you to inherit. It is on this path that you must persist, never allowing obstacles to lead to stagnancy.

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Wokingham Borough Council is delighted to be shortlisted for ‘Client of the Year’ at the Education Estates Awards 2020 which celebrate excellence and achievement in education.
The ‘Client of the Year’ award recognises the passion, direction and innovation that a school, college, local authority or university has shown in either a new build or refurbishment.
The council was nominated by HLM Architects for its innovative approach to a number of projects across Wokingham borough over the last year.
“As a local authority it’s a real honour to be recognised in this way – we do the ‘bread and butter stuff’ of building schools, leisure centres, and roads, none of which are generally thought of as exciting. But, it is exciting – we are investing £1billion in infrastructure across the borough.
“We are investing nearly £100million in creating primary school places and nursery provisions in the borough, which is largely funded by developer contributions. As a local authority we are committed to building all our projects with the best possible outcome for the school and pupils, whilst also making sure we work towards our objective of being carbon neutral by 2030,” said Cllr John Kaiser, executive member for finance and housing.
The council’s projects include two new primary schools, an expansion of an existing SEND school, a new activity centre and a new post-16 SEND facility.
Expansion of Addington School
The expansion of Addington School was completed over the summer and will officially open later this month. This expansion increases capacity by about 50 students this year, ensuring more young people are able to access the best SEND education possible in Wokingham borough. The new block includes four classrooms, a café and a social/breakout area, alongside two multi-use games areas (MUGAs), a new sensory path and an expanded car park.
Sixty to 70 per cent of the building work was modular, with the work being done offsite to reduce disruption to the school and pupils. Not only does this significantly reduce the length of the construction programme but it also has a number environmental benefits, including reducing the amount of construction waste produced and the number of vehicle trips required, compared with traditional construction.
Find out more: https://news.wokingham.gov.uk/news/multi-million-pound-expansion-of-addington-school-nears-completion/.
New primary schools in North Wokingham and Arborfield
Two new primary schools are currently under construction in Arborfield and Matthewsgreen, Wokingham. These facilities are funded through developer contributions as part of the four major developments at Arborfield, Shinfield and North and South Wokingham. In total these developments will bring seven new primary schools to the borough.
Matthewsgreen primary school will share a building with a new community centre, providing a new one-form entry primary school of 210 places, a 26 place nursery and a community space. The new Arborfield primary school will provide a two-form entry of up to 420 primary places, a 26 place nursery and a 3G sports pitch for community use. Both buildings are using off-site modular construction and incorporate energy saving features.
Replacement building for the Dinton Activity Centre
The new activity centre at Dinton Pastures Country Park will be the first net zero carbon building in Wokingham borough. The state of the art facility will provide versatile spaces for both recreation and education, and will be a real asset to residents and visitors. The centre will include a number of environmentally friendly technologies, such as increased use of natural ventilation via innovative wind catchers on the roof and generation of power through solar panels and heat pumps. The building is also being built off-site using modular construction to reduce carbon emissions during manufacturing.
Find out more: https://news.wokingham.gov.uk/wokingham-borough-council-breaks-ground-on-first-net-zero-carbon-building-at-dinton-country-park/
Claire Wakelin, Studio Director at HLM Architects said, “Wokingham Borough Council have consistently shown that they are a client that is motivated to provide the best possible educational settings for their pupils – from new schools and activity centres to enhancing existing SEN facilities – each tailored to the individual end user’s needs and delivered with a collaborative ethos. We were more than happy to nominate the council for this prestigious award, as they are really pushing ahead with modern technologies to provide the most innovative buildings possible for their young people.”
“In Wokingham borough, we value all our children. We know they are our future and it is our responsibility to give them the best start in life by giving them a solid education. And education is not just about the teaching, although of course that is important. But the buildings that children spend their school days in are just as important. We believe in investing in our school buildings and these new facilities are state of the art and something we can be proud of as a borough,” said Cllr UllaKarin Clark, executive member for Children’s Services.
Winners will be announced at the Education Estates Digital Awards Ceremony on Thursday 15 October 2020.
Congratulations and good luck to all those shortlisted!


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Tal Shegev is now releasing his first single from his fourth album called “Yom Acharon“. The single features a duet with Yonatan Razel, and is called “Ain Yeeush“. The two first met in the army orchestra, and now 20 years later the two are partnering up together for a single that Tal wrote, composed, and produced.
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America thought it had said goodbye to Piers Morgan when his CNN talk show folded in 2014 and he headed back to British shores – but it was wrong. Now he’ll be back on US screens as Good Morning Britain crosses the Atlantic.
BBC and ITV-owned streaming service Britbox has struck a deal to air GMB, packaging together the breakfast show with fellow ITV programme This Morning for a weekly recap titled “This Morning: This Week”.
The show will feature the delights of ITV favourites Morgan, Susanna Reid, Ruth Langsford, Eamon Holmes, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
Morgan is already a familiar face to many US viewers. He’s been a judge on America’s Got Talent, won Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, and hosted his own talk show – Piers Morgan Live – for three years until it was cancelled after a continual drop in ratings. Since then he’s remained an admirer of Trump, interviewing the President on Air Force One during his recent trip to the UK.
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New work, still on the drawing board, inspired in great part by personal frustration and a general sense of impotent hopelessness.
My latest works are frequently snide, furtive symbolist comments on what I find frustrating , annoying and frequently terrifying (I wish I felt uplifted by society, but in what feels an apocalyptic age of societal decay , I do not). The silencing of dissenting or unpopular perspectives through public shaming by what is loosely referred to as “cancel culture” has for some time recalled to me the Inquisition with its spectacle of public humiliation and penance through the ceremonial auto-da-fé. Whereas in the 16th century there was raucous public degradation and self flagellation of the accused with their pointy headed capirotes, the damned garbed shamefully in their “shirt of flame”, the samarra sanbenito. The accused trespasser of our day, faces an even more relentlessly raucous mob, the unclean must grovel and tearfully (sincerely or not) repent publicly to the politically “woke”elite, hoping against hope to be allowed back into the fold .
I wince every time I witness yet again another sinner, who having failed to tow the party-member line, frequently trespassing ever so slightly, must quiver in isolated shame, flagellating themselves performatively to an unforgiving, intolerant mob. I question why they do that to themselves, can’t they stand by their convictions? But would I be any different if I were in their more high profile shoes?
I fear not, for even this modest post, one read by very few, is still contrary to the generally left, increasingly far left of center art world ; such a stance has me wondering if Mr. Punch will be garbing me in the flames of contrition any time soon.
Afterthought, I used the word “woke” above, I do not like that word, it is too vague, too broad a brush, it is a lazy shorthand . The attached article below explores the word, its possible ideology with more sensitivity, compassion and eloquence.
“In return, the people formerly known as “woke” need to cut it out with the witch hunts. I hope they understand by now that politics by inquisition is unsustainable. Eventually, the guillotine finds its way to you.”
The substack Journal of Free Black Thought is well worth a subscription.
Organizing photographs I came upon this forgotten (lost?) painting of Mr. Punch. I’ve loved the awful mean spirited Punch since boyhood, it is little wonder as I approach sixty that he keeps reappearing.
A newly completed work on paper, pencil and gouache expressing my confusion, dismay and anxiety concerning multiple new realities, be it social upheaval identity obsessions , pronoun hysteria , language police, climate vulnerability , and now martial aggression in Eastern Europe.
Bread and circuses, be it foolish political distractions, petty grievances and mindless entertainment seems to be what society craves most .
A year ago yesterday (30th January 2021) I read for the first time a new translation of the Quiche Maya Popol vuh by a talented poet Jemshed Khan. The manuscript appeared unexpectedly in my email inbox one morning, as I am a devoted admirer of this great creation myth (of which I’ve read multiple translations) I was eager to see how it compared- I confess I hadn’t high hopes. I soon found this manuscript to be a sensitive translation, that it would arrive so magically, so mysteriously, to me, I found enchanting – the old gods seemed at play.
From the first reading it was obvious to me that Khan shared my passion for this great work, weaving his own poetic voice within the tapestry of ancient ancestors.
Gratitude to old gods.
The Popol vuh is clearly a Mesoamerican treasure, steeped in the rich traditions and archetypes of a particular region; however equally true, I find within its twisting liminal wordplay, universal themes that I believe many can (and do) identify with: betrayal, wonder, fear, bravery, parental concern, tragic loss, sorrow, redemption, ultimately rebirth…and concerning the impish daemons of Xibalba, prankish, school-boy humor.
Though this epic work found its expression in the pre-Conquest consciousness of the Maya people, the shape shifting artistry of this great culture undeniably awakened in the Quiche-fluent Spanish friar Francisco Ximenez (the original Popol vuh translator) familiar associations (much within the text resonates with Christian archetypes: virgin births, ritual sacrifice, resurrection and redemption) . As the Mesoamerican scholars Mary Miller and Karl Taub attest in their indispensable An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya :
In the Classic Maya area, the complexity of the hieroglyphic inscriptions is entirely matched by the attendant iconography, the texts and the pictorial images conveying different qualities of information. Unlike the specificity of writing , the power of Mesoamerican iconography lies in its subtle ambiguity and ability to express different levels of meaning. In a single scene , a richly costumed king can be regarded as a diety impersonator , an actual god, or both. In terms of metaphoric expression , the iconography comes alive. Lightening can appear as a burning serpent, blood as writhing snakes or gouts sprouting sweet flowers, and a mature maize ear as a human head awaiting decapitation from the stalk. (pg.32)
My desire, once I committed to a collaboration, in designing the following plates, was to convey this “subtle ambiguity”, desiring as well that my iconography equally “comes alive” with curious meaning .
In approaching a work so rooted in the Maya people’s culture and identity I naturally tread cautiously and hopefully I convey the respect I have for this masterpiece. I did not resort to Mesomaerican archetypes , such indigenous iconography, while clearly inspirational, didn’t feel appropriate for my use. As one of mixed European heritage I felt haven’t the natural right to directly appropriate such rich material;I instead wanted to express my desire to create a mythical, timeless space of my own imaginings (as much of this epic is set in the underworld kingdom of Xibalba, this was done with relative ease).
This self imposed stylistic restraint is not an original concept , that titan of Mexican mural painting, the great José Clemente Orozco placed upon his own work similar restrictions (though I would argue he had more liberty to “loot” than I do). In Neil Baldwin’s Legends of the Plumed Serpent: Biography of a Mexican God” Orozco is quoted as expressing similar intentions:
Deliberately, unlike Diego Rivera at the Palacio Nacional three years early, Orozco will not draw so directly upon “aboriginal traditions”. It is time , rather for a “new cycle”, he says, and to forego “looting indigenous remains…however picturesque and interesting they may be”.
My desire in addition to creating a dream space is to explore perception, the images that float before our mind’s eye when told an unfamiliar story. I turn immediately, instinctively to Durer’s rhinoceros, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dürer%27s_Rhinoceros
a fascinating example of perception misaligned with reality; Dürer, an artistic genius able to convey with great sensitivity and seeming ease the world about him, however clearly had never stumbled upon an actual rhino. He instead seems to cobble together a bull with an armored tank, sketching I imagine what had been described to him. It is this disconnect of perception with “reality” that I had hoped to convey, my stratagem was in pretending that I had no knowledge of the Maya people and their incredible artistic accomplishments, instead, listening as if for the first time to this grand epic we call the Popol vuh. Populating this fascinating narrative with ambiguous, mythical, vaguely familiar figures; my conceit was imagining a 16th century European court sitting entranced by this exotic tale from a far-off land and in their imagination the Hero Twins possess the brawn of Herakles, the Xibalban princess is sister to a tower bound damsel and the Maize God so obviously the brother to Christ (or at least the Baptist).
That is the intention of this collection of illuminations , an outward expression of my appreciation for the Popol vuh, for we hear in these unfamiliar stories, from unfamiliar lands, the familiar. The Popol vuh, like the creation stories of the Classical world and of our Northern kin, speak of universal truths, naturally touching the hearts of all who stumble upon them, providing inspiration to so many.
Here in frosty Chicago , I have felt the wintry chill for weeks, yet my calendar informs me that true winter isn’t until tomorrow, the 21st of December. So in honor of all manner of frosty solstice cheer and Yuletide goodwill, I share today’s drawing-painting.
“There is devil within each of us but it depends on us whether they are to be nourished or detained within. Burn your devil side into ashes on the holy fire of Samhain. Have a great Samhain celebration today.”
“Let us remove negative thoughts from the depth of our souls on this day of Samhain. Celebrate the evening with people you love and God shall give you a great year ahead.”
Such are the frequently perky suggestions for Samhain greetings I encountered online (link: https://www.virtualedge.org/happy-samhain-greetings/). Being an American, the Celtic tradition of Samhain feels like an affectation, one I feel self conscious in expressing. Yet a day (evening actually )honoring thinned veils of consciousness, liminal possibilities , new beginnings and fairy folk is pretty difficult to resist.
Translated from Spanish, my late mother-in-law Elisa would frequently chastise those inclined to fretting to “not paint the devil on the wall”. Being a well practiced fretter AND a painter of devils, it seemed a particularly pointed and relevant admonition.
I am behind a veil of my own at the moment, not so much straight up depression , but one concerning purpose, direction and uncertainty. I’m 59, an ungainly number , lacking the elegant roundness of 60, and in this awkward time of life I keenly sense not knowing what lies ahead. We purchased a home in Chicago, a lovely between-the-wars apartment on Lake Shore Drive, very handsome and its care and renovation has been my primary focus. But that domestic fussing is coming to an end and in putting down the big brushes of home redecoration I am having difficulty picking up the smaller brushes of personal expression.
My Chicago studio, the workroom is what I am calling it, is quite small, the former maid’s quarter, and that smallness has had an impact psychologically. I once painted vast ceiling murals, in hindsight astonishing physical accomplishments. The nuts and bolts of climbing 30 plus feet in the air, on rickety scaffolding, single handedly painting , with such confidence, recalls pride and admiration for a younger braver person…it also saddens me knowing that chapter is closed. I could not I fear, at this stage, climb to such heights and frankly I wouldn’t want to. Decorative painting was grueling , frequently underpaid, unappreciated work, nearly all of my work has been painted over, much of it painted pre-I phone, undocumented. Memories, many of them bittersweet.
I now, contrary to Elisa’s scolding, paint devils, on canvas and panel, stitched up, carved into lino, sketched into notebooks. Devils and hobgoblins galore as some recent workroom snaps attest.
Currently at work on illustrating the Maya creation myth Popol Vuh , I am happily occupied but my wonder at this point is what’s next? Paintings, of course but drawings , pencil work on paper really holds my attention, stitching as well, bringing the greatest satisfaction…and yet oddly, foolishly perhaps , I feel that to be inadequate , insufficient.
Ponderings, naval gazing, trying to put self consciousness aside, at nearly sixty I struggle like a sixteen year old with self doubt.
Good news , some sales, my skull The Eternal Cycle, now on an international exhibition tour, has sold, and when the traveling show ends, will have a permanent home, that is quite gratifying.
Also gratifying is the fact that my oil painting Genesis has also found a collector.
Another bit of happy news was a satisfying conversation with an artist Richard Bledsoe at Remodern Review, who I admire a great deal and is unafraid to ask the tough and challenging questions others more timid, less confident, fear to ask.
These are early morning musings and I must at this point get on with day as Dawn reaches out her less than rose tinted fingers across the Los Angeles skyline (visible from my dining table). Nonetheless , a little more personal clarity gained upon reflection ; sending out good wishes, open horizons and lifted veils of doubt.
Belated happy Halloween, a solemn All Souls Day and a spirit filled Samhain.
A reading from the Book of the Apocalypse 12:7-12ab
Now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had deceived all the world, was hurled down to the earth and his angels were hurled down with him. Then I heard a voice shout from heaven,
“Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ, now that the persecutor, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down. They have triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the witness of their martyrdom, because even in the face of death they would not cling to life. Let the heavens rejoice and all who live there.”
If I am to boast, then let me boast of my feebleness.
Second letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians, 11:30
This period of lockdown isolation , which seems to be lifting, has been a gift of reflection. Previously, romantically , I had pined for the hermitage, this last year or so has provided it, albeit without the verdure of the forest or the harsh nobility of the desert . But in this virtual hermitage I’ve spent a great deal of time reflecting upon what I spend a great deal of time doing, studio work.
The question that arises is why?, for what purpose?
I put in many, many studio hours, in part because I am a slow painter, given to fastidiousness , I have a fascination with early Renaissance panel paintings and that lapidary finish and attention to detail takes time. But also, I just enjoy painting, hours fly by, we arrive to the studio in the morning and before I know it, David is finishing up with his last patient (we share a suite),telling me its time to go home.
This of course is a gift, one I am very grateful for, many artists balance children, conventional work and studio time; I have the great privilege to focus solely on my work (in between walking Miss Viola). But increasingly I feel alone in this pursuit. I make thousands of marks, pencil scratches, oily brushstrokes, fussing over lines and shading that most likely will be seen by no other eyes than my own. I do post my work on social media and I have a warm if limited circle of supportive friends cheering me on, but realistically, given the sheer volume of work being produced in the universe, the likelihood of my work, the fruit of much labor and contemplation , will be seen by a very few.
The humbling truth is my work is very personal, difficult to “read”, unabashedly Eurocentric and out of sync with contemporary taste. It hasn’t the popular accessibility so desired, so “liked”; it isn’t timely ; it isn’t “identity” based, I actively avoid contemporary issues ; it doesn’t play well with other more agreeable works; and as I have often been told, it is just “odd”. I frequently wonder if it is even good. I don’t know , I am too close to the subject to make that judgment and I am of the belief that making that decision isn’t an artist’s job. My job is to make, and making is all I care about.
Although I frequently feel a sense of isolation and being misunderstood (or worse yet, simply irrelevant) I am compelled, obsessively so (for I have no other significant pastimes ) to create work that most likely interests very few. I feel I must come to the reality that this obsession may be self indulgent. I admit I feel especially down of late, I feel out of sync with a world moving rapidly forward towards some “progressive” utopia while I cling to medieval lays, British folklore, Victorian poetry and my Catholicism.
Not exactly a winning strategy for popularity in a society enraptured with identity strife, social discord and twerking. My reaction is to retreat into my tower, tiny brushes in hand and pretend I don’t know who Cardi B is.
My thoughtful husband, knowing what I funk I have been in, sent me a podcast link concerning my beloved William Blake. Though my work has little recognizable similarities with the master, I believe there is spiritual kinship. And while I do not have Blake’s great gift in seeing angels in trees I do paint them.
This podcast which is quite good, from the Getty so the standards are high, explored Blake’s frequently willful disconnect from his society and the isolation and despair he suffered consequent from both his decisions and his society’s indifference. One shouldn’t benefit from another’s suffering, but I did find solace in this shared pain. The link below is well worth a listen:
In the end I must reckon with my own insignificance, for if even if I were to feel more broadly understood , time marches on, we live, make, regenerate, die, then the eternal cycle starts anew. I just finished listening to an Audible recording of Herman Hesse’s Narcissus and Goldmund. Quite incredible, and just the themes I find so fascinating , life, art, logic ,lust, faith, death, all fully and passionately examined. While the reading was very good I now must read the novel myself, so many passages worth contemplating.
Excited to be included in this international collective, dates and venues above. A boon to my participation being some well documented images of my contribution The Eternal Cycle.
Apparently a collection of my fiber art is on display at MOAH’s (Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA) Summer Exhibition 2021 . Although the museum did not alert me to this fact, a thoughtful friend brought it to my attention. This video clip confirms the fact.


Wide Open Spaces (2009)
FFH (Far From Home) is a Contemporary Christian band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the United States. The band is occasionally known as Far From Home.
Formed in 1993, FFH released six independent projects before being signed by Essential Records. Since then, they have released seven studio albums, as well as a "greatest-hits" album.


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- Title: Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
- Released: 2013-08-12
- Pages: 772
- ASIN: B00AKE1SUC
--Danny A. Brass, PRS
"This sweeping, multi-authored text is an excellent resource for expedition medical officers traveling off the grid in remote, resource-limited environments; however even nonmedical expedition members interested in the management of wilderness-related emergencies or urban disasters will benefit from the valuable information provided...Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners."
"Clear exposition of core material, combined with generous referencing of more specialized tomes and electronic resources, increases the value of this fine work. The editors have done an excellent job of pulling together a book with coverage that is both broad and deep. The consequence is a large textbook - not one to pack in a travel bag on an expedition, but one that deserves a place on the shelf as a reference book for those who are drawn to the practice of expedition and wilderness medicine."
--New England Journal of Medicine
"A valuable resource to medical providers who care for or are preparing for care in unique environments. It is a comprehensive text that should be consulted prior to travels and one that should serve as a resource in established medical clinics in remote locations."
--Annals of Emergency Medicine
Book Description Health care professionals now seek training in the specialty of wilderness medicine in order to cope with the health risks faced when far removed from professional care resources. This book covers everything a prospective field physician or medical consultant needs to prepare for when beginning an expedition. pdf

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Why Your Affirmations DON'T WORK (& How to Fix Them!)
Have you ever tried to tell yourself an affirmation that just felt soooo out of your reach that your brain couldn’t help but fire off the BS alarm?!
Like saying “I’m a MILLIONAIRE!” when you’ve got $20 in the bank so your mind is like, “pshhhh yeah right?!” 😂
There’s a LOT of people who get frustrated with affirmations as a manifestation tool because they claim that they just don’t work for them.
And the REASON why their affirmations don’t work is because their affirmations are too BIG- they’re trying to convince themselves of a statement that is just WAY too far outside of their realm of possibility, so their analytical mind takes over and doesn’t allow them to accept the statement!
However, affirmations DO work INCREDIBLY well for reprogramming your subconscious mind- IF you do them correctly. 😉
That's why in today's short and snappy video I'm sharing more detail about WHY your affirmations don't work, AND how to fix them in order to reprogram your subconscious mind so that you can truly manifest ANYTHING your heart desires!
And as mentioned in the video, here’s what to do in order to have affirmations that ACTUALLY work:
➡ Add a “belief bridge” BEFORE any affirmation that doesn’t feel 100% believable to you (YET).
Here’s a few examples:
“I am willing to believe that _________.”
“I am in the process of believing that _________.”
“I am beginning to believe that ________.”
So for any affirmation that feels slightly unbelievable, simply add one of the following bridges to the beginning of your affirmation to get your brain (and subconscious mind) on board!
Once your subconscious mind accepts your affirmation as your new truth, it’ll go to work in the most incredible ways to make THAT your new reality. ✨ 💕
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The Brantford Wagers
By Nadine Kampen
Publisher: Birdsgate Publishing
Softcover Pdf Page Length: 358
eBook Length: 106K words
Genre: Fiction / Historical / Romance / Regency (traditional)
Chapter 6, Meeting at the River
Clara walked for close to an hour. Stopping on a small rise, she could hear dogs baying and saw a group of riders on a distant ridge. She felt a keen sense of pleasure. The air was fresh, the ground damp and sweet smelling. Her steps quickened as she followed a well-used path down to the river. Fatigue of the past few days fell away. Lifting the dress to keep it clean, Clara ran at an easy pace down the slope. She arrived at an old footbridge and moved towards the middle. Pausing, she leaned over the wooden rail and watched the clear water flowing rapidly beneath her. She closed her eyes, letting the morning sun bathe her skin.
Clara was surprised to hear a sweet voice calling out. She turned to see a young child standing on the opposite bank, further along, and quite alone. Clara watched with interest as the little girl danced around one of the shrubs and then spoke in the direction of the thicket.
‘There you are! Come out, come out!’ she cried in a coaxing voice that carried easily to Clara. The child, crouching down and peering into the underbrush, had fixed her gaze upon a wild-eyed fox, evident as well to Clara from her position.
‘I shan’t hurt you,’ the girl promised, stretching her hand out towards the creature.
Movement by the child and nearby rustling startled the fox. Clara heard a sudden crashing sound. In an instant, the fox dashed away. Two large hounds broke through into the clearing and the little girl, trying to get out of the way, plummeted off the bank. Clara, her heart pounding as she heard the child scream, raced off the bridge and ran along the embankment towards where the child fell. The river, full from yesterday’s heavy rain, carried the child’s body outwards and downstream. Despite the strong current, the little girl managed to keep her grip on a protruding branch. She was on her stomach one minute and flipped to her back the next by the fast-flowing water.
Clara struggled to find a branch to brace her feet against and something to hold on to along the muddy embankment. Clutching at tree roots on the riverbank with one hand, she slid down the bank and grabbed the small girl’s tiny wrist. Digging her boots into the wet earth, Clara pulled the child out of the water and lifted her to safety.
The two of them collapsed onto the bank. The sputtering child lay exhausted in Clara’s arms. It was only for a matter of seconds that they were lying thus when a man rode into the clearing just a few feet from where they lay. His horse, to avoid trampling on the pair, reared above them. Scrambling to her knees to pull the child out from under the horse, Clara had the misfortune to then slide backwards off the ledge, falling into the water in much the same manner as the child had done not long before. She struggled for a few moments, then wedged one foot into the crux of an underwater branch, grabbed an exposed root on the bank, and tried to haul herself forward. With one foot still without a foothold, she dug her free hand in the mud and grass for a grip of anything secure.
Mr James Brantford, the man on the horse, the eldest son of Oliver Brantford, the intended husband for every young woman in the district, and the man so eagerly expected at the Drinscol gathering tomorrow evening, was fortunately an agile man and owner of a muscled frame. He was also, thankfully, quick thinking and decisive. He immediately dismounted, climbed part way down the bank, caught hold of Clara’s wrist, and pulled Clara to solid ground. Positioning himself opposite his horse and holding Clara tightly to his chest for the moment, he manoeuvred in such a way as to impede the child’s attempted dash into the woods.
‘Stay right where you are and do not move,’ the man said sternly to the little girl.
Clara, startled by his tone, but seeing that the child was safe, broke free of his grip and looked ruefully down at Mrs Simpson’s dress and assessed the damage. She was, during this time, too preoccupied to see what looks she had earned for herself.
Mr Brantford stared in confusion at the unusual figure before him, taking in her appearance from tousled head to muddy toe. How was he to piece the images into a cohesive whole? Here stood a woman of remarkable composure, in these interesting circumstances, with a fine figure, he was easily able to judge, and rather good looks. And what a picture she made. Her items of clothing were extremely ill-fitted. The wet dress was wildly askew, and the woman’s petticoat was sliding down over the tip of one of her boots. The boots, he decided, were of excellent construction, of a kind his sister wore, and vaguely familiar. As for the lady herself, she was wet, smeared with mud, and her auburn hair curled wildly around her face. The child edged towards her. As Clara clasped the little girl’s limp hand, she started to slip backwards again.
Mr Brantford reached out and pulled her towards him, worried that she and the child might both slip again. Frustrated, she raised her dark eyes to him and said, ‘You may release hold of me. I can stand perfectly well by myself.’
‘I have yet to see it, but as you wish,’ he replied. Reluctantly, he let go of her, and found himself intrigued by the tone of authority in her voice.


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We are pleased to tell you that our Physiotherapy through Dance workshops have begun in Springwood Heath Primary School. These workshops will continue at Springwood Heath for 12 weeks until the end of April. We are currently in schools but plan to move to a community setting later this year.
These workshops mix the skills of a professional dancer and a physiotherapist to design and deliver dance routines to children that improve their motor control and balance. The moves are based on wide-ranging and high impact physiotherapy exercises. These free workshops aim to improve mobility in a safe and fun environment. This project has been generously funded by BBC Children in Need.
Harriet Yale is our Physiotherapist who is also a yoga and pilates teacher. Leila Silitto is the project’s Dance Instructor. She is the Director of her company called Travelled Companions: a theatre company for young audiences. Leila is also working on another Brain Charity dance project – this time for people with dementia.
Please get in touch to suggest someone who might benefit from taking part in either of these projects. Also, if you run an accessible community location please contact us as we would love to take our project out into the community very soon.


Man shoots girlfriend and dog, then kills himself
DAYTONA BEACH — A man shot and killed himself after shooting his girlfriend and the family dog, authorities said Saturday.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said deputies were called about 1 p.m. to the 1400 block of Old Kings Road where they were met by the victim, 31-year-old Candice Hall, who had been shot by her boyfriend, 37-year-old William Cox.
Chitwood said Cox was pistol-whipping Hall when the family dog attacked him. Cox shot and killed the dog, and then turned the gun on Hall, shooting her in the stomach, Chitwood said.
Hall ran from the house and drove off in a nearby sport utility vehicle when Cox, still inside the home, shot and killed himself, he said.
Hall made it a short distance before she could no longer drive because of her injuries. She was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center where she was in surgery in critical condition. Hall is expected to survive, Chitwood said. There were also three children who witnessed the shooting but were uninjured when they fled with Hall. Their ages were unclear, as well as their exact relationship to Hall and Cox.
Neighbor Jeff Crabtree rushed to help Hall as she sat, bleeding, in the front seat of her vehicle. He asked her "if she could breathe," he said.
"She had a tear coming out of her eye," he said, "as if she was silently crying."
Chitwood said that neighbors had heard the couple arguing during the last few days, Chitwood said.
"It's domestic violence, when there is a weapon involved," he said. "We see this repeatedly. If there is a silver lining, it is that the woman in this incident didn't lose her life. She could have very easily lost her life. The children in the house could have lost their lives. Here you have the aggressor, the abuser, he kills the dog, kills himself, and shoots her. And I'm sure he thought he killed her, that's why he turns the weapon on himself."
The Sheriff's Office is still investigating the incident.
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All Wight on the night for new pub owners
The Winchester office of specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has sold two pubs on the Isle of Wight, on behalf of Red Oak Taverns.
Red Oak Taverns acquired both of these sites in August 2015 as part of their 146 pub acquisition of the GRS pub estate.
Having been closed for a number of years, both The Loft, a former nightclub on the High Street in Ryde and Sportsman’s Rest, named recently as an Asset of Community Interest, have been acquired by Hampshire based Havenbrae Pub Co, who moved quickly to acquire both sites.
Plans are afoot to reopen both pubs following an extensive refurbishment programme, giving Havenbrae a presence on the Island with the aim of restoring the assets for use by their local communities.
Richard Wood, Business Agent at Christie & Co commented: “It’s been a pleasure being involved in a deal that sees two former public houses reopen their doors after several years of being closed, illustrating demand from regional pub companies for licensed premises in the area.
“Over the past 12 months, we have seen that 84 % of the pub properties sold by Christie & Co continued to trade as pubs, and it’s great to see this trend continuing, especially at a time when publicans are constantly under pressure. We are seeing a huge rise in demand for pub properties that can be operated as community pubs, which put “the local” back at the heart of community life.
“We wish Havenbrae Pub Co success with these new pubs as they continue to expand their estate.”
Peter Harding, owner of Havenbrae Pub Co, says: “We are delighted with these two new acquisitions which now give us a diverse portfolio of public houses throughout the South. We are hoping to have these two new sites open for business shortly.”

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whose head, half on,half off it, a crown is held by an arm from the sky. In Swetnam the Woman-hater, arraigned by women,printed for Richard Meighen the next year, a fairly goodcut, which I regret to have remembered too late to havereproduced, exhibits Swetnam formally tried at bar,before a judge and jury of women. Our next picture is from The Fair Maid of the West,or, a Girle Worth Gold. The first part. As it was lately acted before the King andQueen, with approved liking,by the Queens MajestiesComedians. Written by T.H. (London, Printed forRichard Royston, and are tobe sold at his Shop in IvieLane. 1631.) The cut, ofcourse, represents the girlworth gold, and leaves onewondering whether the manwho took the part was reallyable to screw his waist to thefashionable limit here shown.In The Iron Age: Con-tayning the Rape of Hcllen :The siege of Troy: TheCombate betwixt Hector andAiax : Hector and Troilus slayne by Achilles : Achillesslaine by Paris : Aiax and Vlisses contend for the Armour
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THE FAIK MAID UF THE WEST WOODCUTS IN ENGLISH PLAYS 195 of Achilles : The Death of Aiax, etc. Written by ThomasHeywood, we have a very pictorial title-page, which dulvanswers to the stage direction : Alarum. In this combat,both having lost their swords and shields. Hector takesup a great piece of a rock and casts at Aiax, who tears ayoung tree up by the roots, and assails Hector ; at whichthey are parted by both armies. In The Second Part (N. Okes, 1632) the title-cutshows Troy in flames, the Greeks issuing from the woodenhorse, and in the foreground Sinon and Thersites engagedin a most conventional stage dialogue. The actual greet-ing of these heroes is in contrast with the earnest mienthe artist has given them ; for Thersites hails Sinon as* My Urchin, and Sinon hails Thersites as My Toad.But these epithets had no doubt a hidden meaning. Our next illustration is from The Foure Prentises ofLondon, With the Conquest of Jerusalem. As it hathbeene diuers times acted at the Red-Bull, by
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sherpa said:The Sig DAKs seems to be nice. Has anyone compared them with the M&P trigger?
mwadibe said:i have used a p220 and when i store the gun it rusts. the only way i can store it is it has to be sitting out in the open. another thing i have heard that many people do not like the fact that some guns may have plastic has anyone ever had trouble with the "plastic" of the M&P
jnc36rcpd said:Todd, what is the reasoning behind the two reset points? I can understand the concept of "working the reset", but the heavier trigger pull at the first reset would seem contraindicated. My only guess is a concern that someone working the reset might inadvertently pop one off with the lighter trigger.
texagun said:hopefully, all the bugs have been well worked out by now.


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U.S. doesn’t get World Cup, Obama says it was “wrong decision”
The 2018 World Cup will be played in Russia, provided that it is still called that. And that is also provided that other countries will be allowed to enter the country to play soccer. With that country, you just never know. Hell, by 2018, China could have moved in.
But, we still have 2022, right? Nope. Someone must have thought that we really need to throw Qatar a bone. Qatar? Really? Because playing soccer in the Persian Gulf in June sounds like fun? Christ. What are the players going to drink at halftime? Sand?
Of course, President Obama called the move to not give the U.S. a World Cup the “wrong decision.” He’s the president, what else is he going to say? This is the guy that thought bringing the Olympics to Chicago was a good idea. Cities lose money on that crap, but the entire country would have profited off of the World Cup. Maybe he thought we had a chance to get the 2011 World Cup so we could get the economy turned around. Did anyone tell him there is no 2011 World Cup? He’s a basketball fan, he wouldn’t know.

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- ovarian - Traducere în română - exemple în engleză | Reverso Context Ovarian cancer pregnancy
- Rolul examinării Doppler în evaluarea patologiei ovariene
- Proceduri ginecologice laparoscopice în timpul sarcinii
- Traducere "ovarian" în română
- Spinal Cord Tumor (Schwannoma): Aaron’s Story
- Sanatate la-ndemana cu dr. A. V. Ditoiu: Malign sau benign?
- Atypical mediastinal tumor
The most common causes of anterior mediastinal mass include the following: thymoma; teratoma; thyroid disease; and lymphoma.
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Masses of the middle mediastinum are typically cancer cysts benign cysts, including foregut and pericardial cysts, while those that arise in the posterior mediastinum are often neurogenic tumors1. Gold standard for mediastial tumor diagnosis is computerized tomography CT with or without intravenous i. We present you a case of a young caucasian man, recently diagnosticated with myastenia gravis, that had a CT scan and discovered a mediastinal cancer cysts benign, probably a thymoma.
Surprisingly in operation, the tumor was invasive, with a mozaic ferges tendency of bleeding, and probably malignant.
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- Utilitatea imunohistochimiei în diagnosticul carcinomului ovarian The purpose of this paper is to quantify the incidence of different histological types of ovarian tumors and to demonstrate the clinical importance of an effective screening program, considering the paucisymptomatic nature of this pathology.
- Introducere Evaluarea optimă a patologiei ovariene înainte de a decide sancţiunea chirurgicală îmbunătăţeşte conduita terapeutică 1,2,3.
A paliative operation was carried out, a prosthetic bypass from left venous brahiocefalic trunk to superior vena cava SVC. The patient had an uneventful recovery period and was discharged after 7 days.
Rolul examinării Doppler în evaluarea patologiei ovariene
The pathology finding was atypical lipomatous tumor, a liposarcoma. Keywords: mediastinal tumor, liposarcoma, atypical cancer cysts benign tumor. Abstract: Mediastinul reprezintă o zonă complexă ce cuprinde mai multe organe interconectate paraziti jetra şi funcţional.
Cele mai frecvente tipuri de tumori mediastinale sunt următoarele: timomul, teratomul, guşa tiroidiană multinodulară, limfomul.
Studiu clinico-patologic al tumorilor ovariene - experienţa de un an într-un centru medical Chistul ovarian impotență Proceduri ginecologice laparoscopice în timpul sarcinii Studiu clinico-patologic cancer cysts benign tumorilor ovariene - experienţa de un an într-un centru medical Ovarian cancer or cyst. Chistul ovarian impotență Papillary urothelial cancer icd 10 Proceduri ginecologice laparoscopice în timpul sarcinii Papillomatosis confluent et reticularis The aim of this study is a retrospective analysis of the spectrum of ovarian tumors: statistics, epidemiology and pathological features, based on one-year experience in our hospital. Several conditions are more frequent in pregnancy: appendicitis, linfezione da papilloma virus umano hpvadnexal torsion, adnexal mass, trauma, breast disease, cervical dysplasia or cancer, bowel obstruction.
Tumorile din mediastinul mediu sunt, de obicei, chisturi congenitale, dezvoltate din canalul alimentar anterior sistemul digestiv superior şi din ţesut pericardic, în timp ce tumorile din mediastinul posterior sunt frecvent neurogenice.
Vă prezentăm cazul unui pacient tânăr, caucazian, diagnosticat recent cu miastenia gravis, la care s-a evidenţiat o formaţiune la nivelul mediastinului cancer cysts benign în urma examenului CT.
Proceduri ginecologice laparoscopice în timpul sarcinii
Principala suspiciune a fost de timom. Surprinzător, intraoperator, tumora era invazivă, cu tendinţă la sângerare, warts treatment on hands malignă. S-a efectuat o intervenţie paliativă, un by-pass de la nivelul trunchiului venos brahiocefalic stâng la vena cavă superioară VCS cu o proteză vasculară.
Pacientul a evoluat favorabil postoperator şi a fost externat la 7 zile de la interventie. Diagnosticul anatomo-patologic a fost de tumoră lipomatoasă atipică, liposarcom. Tumorile mediastinale atipice au un prognostic rezervat, dar această tumoră localizată în mediastin este foarte rară. Aşa că, din păcate, nu există date suficiente despre această patologie, şi nu se poate cancer cysts benign supravieţuirea acestui pacient.
This area is limited anterior — by the sternum, posterior — the spinal column, laterally — the mediastinal pleura, inferiorlly — the cancer cysts benign, superior by a plan that crosses inferior to the clavicules.
Cancer cysts benign we devided mediastinum in 4 compartments: by the plan that crosses between manubrium and sternal body in superior mediastinum which contains proximal segment of tracheea, esofagus, the thymic gland, aortic arch, left and right brachiocefalic veins, nervesand inferior mediastinum which is divided in 3: anterior distal part of thymic gland, fat tissue, lymph nodesmedium intrapericardial heart vessels, pericardium, the heart, tracheal byfurcation, pulmonary arteries and veins, lymph nodesand cancer cysts benign esofagus, thoracic descending aorta, thoracic duct, sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, lymph nodes.
Mediastinal tumors classification The most common causes of anterior mediastinal mass include the following: thymoma; teratoma; thyroid disease; and lymphoma.
Masses of the middle mediastinum are typically congenital cysts, including foregut and pericardial cysts, while those that arise in the posterior mediastinum are often neurogenic tumors1,2. Symptoms Patients with mediastinal tumors can have specific cancer que fecha es findings, depending on organ compresion or invasion, but frequently is not specific. Diagnosis A standard chest radiography can show enlargement of mediastinal opacity1,3.
This enlargement can have different caracteristics depending on the tumor, a profile chest radiography is cancer cysts benign so we can see in which mediastinal compartement is the tumor.
Lymph nodes can easily be identified and analized. CT scan is also very useful for guiding future invasive investigations cancer cysts benign assisted thoracoscopy-VATS, thoracic puncture, byopsy. I scintigraphy is indicated for intrathoracic thyroid tumor2,4,5. Byopsy invasive tests are very usefull, but have limited indicationd due to their important risks.
Some of them are: mediastinoscopy, transthoracic byopsy aspiration, ultrasound or CT guided fine needle byopsy, VATS 6. Most of mediastinal tumors have a slow growth rate. Rarely patients have also myasthenia gravis, low Gama globulins, medullary aplasia, especially for red line, and some other immune problems2,4,6.
Cervical Cancer During Pregnancy - Ashley's Story Several conditions are more frequent in pregnancy: ovarian cancer pregnancy, cholecystitis, adnexal torsion, adnexal mass, trauma, breast disease, cervical dysplasia or cancer, bowel obstruction. When a pregnant patient has to undergo surgery, the obstetrician, the general surgeon, or the orthopedist, the neurosurgeon as appropriate, together with the ovarian cancer pregnancy and the neonatologist must consult each other, establishing the plan of action and performing accordingly. Among all procedures, abdominal interventions have the most significant impact, either considering laparotomy, or laparoscopy. There are several advantages of laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy: decreased pain, smaller abdominal incisions, smaller scars, fewer incisional hernias, shorter recovery and hospitalization time, early normal bowel function and mobilization. There are also some possible disadvantages, such as injuring the pregnant uterus, cancer cysts benign ovarian cancer pregnancy blood flow by increased intraabdominal pressure or even carbon dioxide absorption by mother and fetus.
CT scan revealed non homogeneous nodular tumor at the anterosuperior mediastinum with compression effect on cancer cysts benign vascular structures, without invasiveness Figure 3. Also two cancer cysts benign nodular lesions in the left upper lung lobe were found.
Physical examination was in normal parameters. There were no pathologic findings in echocardiography or radiography scan. Blood tests were normal. He was scheduled cancer cysts benign operation.
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Настоящей загадкой, до разрешения которой он до сих пор так и не смог добраться, которую никто не хотел ему объяснить, была эта его непохожесть на Не такой, как .
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Хедрон глядел девушке вслед, пока она не исчезла из виду, и устало думал о том, какие же еще планы могут созревать сейчас в этой юной головке.
Для меня сон, знаешь, все еще очень странный обычай.
The chest was opened through median sternotomy. The tumor had a high consistency. A tumor fragment was excised and sent to Pathology. A serious tendency for bleeding was noticed, the tumor had important vascularization. Considering the age of the patient, the tendency for bleeding and the malignant aspect of the tumor, we decided not to excise any more of it and to make a venous-venous by pass cancer cysts benign left venous trunk to proximal SVC.
The venous by-pass was made with a vascular Gore-Tex prosthesis no 8.
Traducere "ovarian" în română
cancer cysts benign This was made in cancer cysts benign of the poor prognosis and natural history of the disease, considering the state of the tumor invading already vascular structures. Sternoraphy was made using Ti-Cron 5 sutures. Light microscopy examination showed a tumor growth made of spindle cells with large, elongated, hyper chromatic nuclei, embedded in a myxoid and fibrillar collagen matrix.
A moderate inflammatory infiltrate was identified within the lesion.
Proceduri ginecologice laparoscopice în timpul sarcinii The aim of this study is a retrospective analysis of the spectrum of ovarian tumors: statistics, epidemiology and pathological features, based on one-year experience in our hospital. Materials and method. We analyzed 58 cases registered in the Pathology Department as ovarian cancer or cyst or hysterectomy specimens diagnosed with ovarian tumors, including benign, borderline and malignant tumors of various histological types. Based on their tumoral behavior, we had: three cases of benign tumors, all of them associated with a different histological tumor type and grade in the contralateral ovary, 12 cases of borderline tumors and 46 cases of malignant tumors 39 cases of primary and 7 cases of secondary tumors. The cancer cysts benign frequent histologic type was represented by high-grade serous carcinoma Rare primary ovarian tumors were represented by: adult granulosa cell tumor, clear cell carcinoma, mixed serous-mucinous carcinoma and undifferentiated pleomorphic cancer cysts benign 1.
Note the presence of areas of bone differentiation heterologous differentiation. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry tests confirmed the diagnosis of differentiated liposarcoma atypical lipomatous tumor. Patient had an uneventful recovery, stayed 3 days in ICU intensive care unit and was discharged 7 days after surgical intervention.
He was sent to Oncology Department for additional medical treatment. Surgical excision of the tumor is the optimal treatment for a mediastinal liposarcoma, as in other sites. If the entire tumor cannot be excised, surgical debulking often results in symptomatic relief. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy may be added as adjuncts to surgical excision but liposarcoma seem to have low sensitivity2,5,6.
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Recurrence is common in deep-seated liposarcoma and it becomes detectable within the first 6 months in most cases, but it may be delayed for 5 or 10 years following the initial excision. Recurrence is directly related to the incomplete excision, tumor tissue left behind and invasiveness of the tumor in adjacent blood vessels, at the time of surgery.
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Therefore a close follow up is strongly recommended Conflict of interest: none declared. References 1. David H. Zipes, Peter Libby, W. Saunders London, Beau V.
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Он не знал, что это ему даст и поможет ли его исканиям.
Подъем науки, с монотонной последовательностью опровергавшей космогонии пророков и творившей чудеса, с которыми не под силу было тягаться ни одному из них, в конце концов разрушил все эти верования.
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NAPTIP Rescues 19 Human Trafficking Victims In Kano On Their Way To Libya
The Kano zonal command of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 19 human trafficking victims.
Abdullahi Babale, the agency’s Zonal Commander, said in a statement on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, that a suspected trafficker was also apprehended.
He stated that the survivors were those saved in the state by the Joint Border Task Force between September 13 and September 18.
Babale revealed that the survivors, who range in age from 18 to 32 years, were gotten from Abia, Kaduna, Lagos, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Enugu, and Kogi states.
The suspect, according to Babale, is a Kano native who was transporting the victims to Libya for commercial sex and labor exploitation.
The zonal commander also revealed that all of the survivors were female expect one male.


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Acromegaly is a condition in which a tumor produces excess growth hormone (GH) after normal adult height has been reached. The disorder is characterized by slowly growing hands and feet, coarser facial features, spaced teeth, enlarged tongue, underbite and skin tags. Internally, acromegaly causes organs to enlarge and can contribute to the development of diabetes, heart disease, and even colon polyps.
Human growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland and is part of complex interaction of many hormones, including growth-hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and somatostatin. In normal development, the interplay among these hormones regulates growth through puberty, then stops it at maturity. When that normal balance is disrupted and GH production is in excess, the resulting condition is called acromegaly. (Excess production of GH in children is a related condition called gigantism, so called because it can lead to abnormally large body size as still-growing bones are exposed to too much of the hormone.)
Acromegaly is most often diagnosed in middle-aged patients, although the disorder likely starts at a younger age — many people do not immediately recognize that their bodies are changing. Increases in ring size or shoe size are often dismissed as signs of aging. When combined with other symptoms, however, these physical changes can be indicators of a hormonal disorder.
What Causes Acromegaly?
The overproduction of growth hormone that leads to acromegaly is most commonly caused by a benign pituitary tumor. Removing the tumor usually resolves the condition. (Find out more about surgery for a pituitary tumor.) In rare instances, acromegaly is caused by a hormone-producing tumor elsewhere in the body; surgical removal of that tumor can often cure the condition.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) - A scam, preying on people's kindness, is still claiming victims in the Queen City.
Tech savvy thieves are stealing hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars right in front of their victims - not from their wallet but from their phone.
"I decided to be nice and let him borrow my phone," said IT analyst Billy Phitakoun.
Phitakoun was sitting down for lunch, inside the lobby of 400 South Tryon in Uptown, when a man approached him.
"He just approaches me and asks if he could borrow my phone to text a friend," said Phitakoun. "Because his phone was off."
For two minutes - an "unusually long" time to text, Phitakoun thought - the thief used his phone to "text" a friend, he said. What he was actually doing was opening up this Venmo cash app and wiring $500 to an accomplice, according to a transaction receipt.
"He handed me my phone and told me he was going to meet his friend outside," said Phitakoun. "He thanked me."
After he left, he received an email from Venmo notifying him of the electronic payment. It's a scam FOX 46 has reported on before. Police are investigating similar incidents occurring in South End, Mount Holly and now Uptown.
"I'm not going to let strangers take my phone anymore," said Phitakoun. "Sorry to any future strangers that might really need my help but I'm going to be more safe than sorry going forward."
Experts recommend password protecting any cash or banking apps and never handing over your phone. Instead, if someone says they need to make a call or text, you can offer to do it for them and put the call on speaker.
Phitakoun filed a police report with CMPD. He says the incident was captured by the building's surveillance cameras. That video, he says, will be turned over to police.
"He was able to use his charisma on me and scam me out of my money," said Phitakoun. "He could probably do something a lot more positive with [his personality] instead of doing something that could land him in jail."


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We should not get our hopes up that the Copenhagen climate-change summit will produce anything resembling a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Though many say this is the world's last chance to make a deal, there are major divisions that stand in the way of a meaningful agreement.
Although key developing countries, led by China, India and Brazil, have said they will cut their own carbon emissions, they are all marching to a different drummer in terms of baselines, specific reduction measures and whether targets should be legally binding. They also want rich nations to cut their emissions while providing major funding for technology transfer and adaptation to developing countries.
Although the United States has said it will cut its emissions to 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020, it remains to be seen whether Congress will agree to such a deal. In contrast, the European Union, which is playing a leading role at Copenhagen, plans to cut its emissions by 20 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020, or 30 per cent if other countries follow suit. In the wake of allegations that a key climate-change research unit at the University of East Anglia fudged data on global warming, Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil producer, has declared it opposes a new climate agreement.
Canada has adopted a wait-and-see approach: Let others act before we do.
What's to be done? As past efforts at multilateral diplomacy attest, there are creative ways to break negotiating deadlocks and impasses.
Form a coalition of the like-minded to take the lead. When the anti-personnel land-mines treaty process headed into a cul-de-sac, Canada invited those who wanted to sign a treaty to participate in a separate forum, the Ottawa Process, which quickly concluded an agreement under a tight deadline. This was a bold move, but it shamed many of the treaty holdouts to join the club or, at the very least, support its goals.
For those countries prepared to take decisive action to reduce their emissions, this is an option if Copenhagen flounders. But it would likely wreak havoc on world trade if those inside the coalition penalized polluters and trading partners who don't play by their rules. We would all pay a heavy price.
Take an incremental approach by scaling down ambitious targets to reduce emissions. Baby steps are sometimes a way to generate momentum and build political support before you do something big.
The problem is that many scientists say we need drastic reductions now to forestall disaster - a more modest, phased approach to reducing emissions simply will not work. That may be true, but right now there are precious few stepping stones to move forward. Politically and economically, this may be the better option.
Develop pragmatic rather than ideologically driven approaches to the problem. Ideology prevails on issues marked by high levels of uncertainty and risk because it simplifies the problem.
The discourse on climate change has been infused with conflicting "moral" and "nature myths" by champions and skeptics of global warming alike. In the long run, however, the success of negotiations will turn on the ability of negotiators and other interested parties to work pragmatically together on the basis of sound scientific principles. To address doubts fuelled by the Climategate scandal at East Anglia, we need a thorough, open, transparent and impartial review of the existing scientific evidence.
Work harder to develop effective compliance and verification mechanisms. There is still an enormous lack of trust among those sitting at the table in Copenhagen. Many countries fear that others will not honour their negotiated treaty commitments because of the difficulties of monitoring carbon emissions under a voluntary reporting system.
The World Trade Organization offers a good model for dealing with these problems via its disputes-settlement procedures and monitoring mechanisms for the review of trade policies. Like the WTO, a climate-change agreement will also need clear rules, effective monitoring and penalties for non-compliance.
Energize a coalition of business and environmental interests to work for imaginative solutions. Some businesses could benefit from carbon reductions. Others can create new benefits by developing alternative products and processes.
Major change occurs when advocacy and key interest groups come together in support. That is what produced the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer. It is probably too late to galvanize such a coalition now, and it would take real leadership to do it. Al Gore did not succeed because he made less of a pitch to the business interests than to environmentalists. Yet, ultimately, such a coalition will be necessary for any agreement.
The impasse at Copenhagen is not insurmountable. But it will take creativity and hard thinking outside the box of traditional multilateral diplomacy to break it.
The authors are steering group members of the Vienna-based International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis program on negotiation. Fen Osler Hampson is director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. William Zartman is professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.Report Typo/Error
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Battlefield 1's Operations mode, Evan argued a year ago, is one of the best game modes in any FPS, combining the scale of Conquest's 64-player battles with the focus of Rush, where you only attack a small number of objectives at any one time. Operation Campaigns string these Operations together back-to-back, and until this week there were just two, one free and one that was available to Premium Pass holders. From now on they'll all be available for free, developer DICE said this week.
The change comes alongside the release of the Fire & Ice Operation Campaign, which combines Operations from the They Shall Not Pass and In The Name of the Tsar expansions. Again, even if you don't own those expansions, you'll be able to play the Operation Campaign, which is neat. DICE said the aim is to get the "most populated servers we can".
If you're playing the campaigns without the Premium Pass, then you won't get to use the weapons and vehicles that come as part of the expansions that the Operations are taken from, and you'll only get the operations that are part of the current, active campaign, which rotates every two weeks (Premium Pass holders can play whichever campaign they want at any time).
DICE has also reduced the points threshold for completing an Operation Campaign from 30,000 to 25,000, and is considering changes to the rewards players get afterwards, it said. Read the full announcement in this blog post.
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