Iran on Thursday signaled it might be willing to back away from its insistence that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad remain in power, Reuters reported.
The shift in the Islamic Republic’s stance comes on the eve of an international conference aimed at ending Syria's four-year-old civil war, which Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is slated to join.
Iran could accept a six-month transition period at the end of which Assad's fate would be decided in nationwide elections, a senior official from the Middle East familiar with the Iranian position told Reuters on Thursday.
Iran is a key ally of Assad, standing by him since an uprising against his regime broke out in 2011.
The Islamic Republic provides Assad with financial aid and military advisors against a range of opposing forces in a civil war that has that has killed more than 250,000 and displaced millions.
Near the start of the Syrian civil war, it was reported that Ahmadinejad had personally sanctioned the dispatch of officers from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards to Syria to fight alongside Assad’s troops.
Iran, however, has rejected that it has any fighters on the ground in Syria. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian insisted recently that Tehran only has “military advisors” in the war-torn country.
Friday's talks are the first high-level discussions for which Washington's allies dropped their objections to including Iran, noted Reuters.
On Thursday the United States said it was hoping to hear from Iran and Assad's other main ally, Russia, on whether they would be ready to abandon the Syrian leader, whom Washington and its European and Arab allies blame for years of bloodshed.
Tehran suggested it was ready to be flexible.
"Iran does not insist on keeping Assad in power forever," Abdollahian, a member of Tehran's delegation at the Syria talks on Friday, was quoted by Iranian media as saying.
The senior official from the Middle East familiar with the Iranian position said that could go as far as ending support for Assad after a brief transition period.
"Talks are all about compromises and Iran is ready to make a compromise by accepting Assad remaining for six months," he told Reuters. "Of course, it will be up to the Syrian people to decide about the country's fate."
Meanwhile, American and European officials voiced skepticism about the possibility of a breakthrough at Friday's conference, which was expected to include foreign ministers and senior officials from 17 countries.
In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters it was not clear whether Tehran was ready to use its influence to hasten a political transition in Syria.
"That continues to be up in the air," he said, according to Reuters. "But we'll see. To exclude Iran and Russia from these conversations would be a missed opportunity."
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was also skeptical, saying in Athens that Friday's talks would be a success if the participants could agree on some basic principles, such as maintaining Syria's territorial integrity and a process for creating a transitional government.
But, he added, "The breakthrough will not come tomorrow."
Another country which has expressed skepticism about the intentions of Iran and of Russia, another ally of Assad’s, has been Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday that the international talks in Vienna will test whether Russia and Iran are "serious" about a political solution to the war in Syria.
"If they're serious we will know, and if they're not serious we will also know and stop wasting time with them," he said.


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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS DOING nearly everything in its power to ensure that life for asylum-seekers, particularly women, is hell.
On the ground, the Department of Homeland Security has doubled down on inhumane enforcement practices, like keeping pregnant women locked up in immigration detention and forcibly separating parents and children. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has provided the legal justification for such practices: a “zero-tolerance policy” aimed at prosecuting every possible case of “illegal entry” on the southwestern border.
As the apparent ringleader of this program of state-sponsored trauma, Jeff Sessions is willfully blinding himself to the specific gendered issues faced by many migrants, especially those from Central America. Like Trump and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, he sees large numbers of asylum claims not as what they are—the result of widespread desperation, especially by women fleeing abuse—but as evidence of “loopholes” in our immigration system that are being exploited by migrant families looking for free rides into the US. However, in his war on refugee women, Sessions has only been able to assist DHS in its systematic harassment of immigrant families; he hasn’t been able to, as Trump would put it, go “nuclear” on the asylum system by actually changing the parameters of who is eligible. That is, not yet.


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Halton may be a small local authority in north west England, but it had a big traffic problem. However, as the road, or more particularly the bridge, involved was not deemed a strategic route, central government would not commission or even fund a solution - a problem that many other local authorities will recognise.
The borough of Halton has two big towns, Widnes and Runcorn, situated (respectively) on the north and south banks of the River Mersey, roughly equidistant between the city of Liverpool and the town of Birkenhead to the west and the main M6 north-south motorway to the east. Only the Silver Jubilee Bridge connects Widnes and Runcorn. It has two (narrow) lanes in each direction and spans both the Mersey Estuary and the adjacent Manchester Ship Canal.
Initially designed for 9,000 vehicles a day, currently between 80,000 and 85,000 cross the Silver Jubilee Bridge daily, creating regular tailbacks and congestion throughout both towns. Any additional traffic caused by drivers diverting off the M6, some 15km (10 miles) to the west or a blockage in the Mersey tunnels to the east, or maintenance on the Silver Jubilee Bridge itself, leads to gridlock on both sides of the river. Not only is this inconvenient, but as some of the important services are located only on one side of the river, such as the hospital and Liverpool Airport, the repeated isolation of the two towns could not be allowed to continue.
To make the situation worse, the local population is set to increase which will inevitably create even more congestion – possibly to a point where it could start to threaten the viability of local businesses. Action was most definitely required. While a second Mersey crossing has been a long-held ambition, to relieve congestion a complete new route for through traffic would need to be created. Furthermore, as the new bridge would be east of the existing structure, it would need to span the St Helen’s Canal as well as the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. The bridge would need to cross an environmentally sensitive salt marsh and mudflats while the new connecting roads would run across areas where the region’s industrial heritage has left a legacy of significant ground contamination.
Despite these and other complications (including government imposed budget cuts), the council invested around £40m in planning the only realistic solution – a new bridge. In 2004 a major scheme appraisal was submitted to the UK government along with a request for funding. While there was no objection to the project, the funding request was declined because it is DfT policy to toll estuarial crossings, and the bridge was not classified as a strategic route and was therefore not the responsibility of the UK’s Highways Authority but of the local authority - Halton Borough Council.
With a population of around 125,000 and an annual budget of just over £100million, Halton could not fund the £60million needed to build the necessary bridge and approach roads needed to solve the problem. But traffic predictions showed doing nothing was not an option, so in a courageous move the council committed further expenditure to commission additional modelling of various tolled solutions – as suggested by the UK
Charging tolls to cross a previously freeuse bridge, did not go down well with local voters and could have impacted businesses around the region, creating a dilemma for the council. “It was the only way we could make it work,” says Matthew Fearnhead, commercial and contracts manager for the Mersey Gateway Crossing Board (MGCB) – a dedicated entity set up to manage the project at arm’s length from other day-today council business.“Faced with a choice of both bridges being tolled or no new bridge at all, the overwhelming response by the council, local businesses and most residents was favourable because people recognised that the congestion was only getting worse,” Fearnhead adds.
Simply building a bigger bridge in the same location would not solve the problem as it would still mean all the traffic passes through the towns. Instead the proposed new route would run northwards for 9.5km from the M56 link between the M6 and Birkenhead, across the estuary to join the A562, from which traffic can access the main M62 Liverpool to Manchester motorway. Key to the new route was a 1km cable-stay bridge carrying three lanes in each direction with viaducts at either end to span the Mersey, the Ship Canal and also the St Helens Canal (which joins the river upstream of the old bridge). Imposing tolls only on the section from a junction on the south bank to the northern end of the new route would allow the free-use southern approach to act as a bypass for Runcorn town centre. The existing Silver Jubilee Bridge would be subject to the same tolls.
As it lacked experience in running a commercial toll collection business, the council split the project (which has a projected total cost of £1.86bn) into a 30-year design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) contract and a seven-year demand management participation agreement (DMPA) for the tolling and revenue collection. In 2014 the DBFO was awarded to the Merseylink consortium headed by Macquarie, BBGI and FCC Construction, which effectively isolated the council from many of the construction and financing risks.
“Tendering for the DBFO was relatively straightforward. We were comfortable with the construction and maintenance side of the project and the contract included nancial penalties if key indicators such as lane availability criteria and journey time targets [equivalent to 40mph] are not met,” says Fearnhead.
The same could not be said about the tolling side of the project. “Both the council and Gateway board were quite open about the fact that we had no expertise in managing a multi-million pound toll collecting business. Therefore we needed an organisation that could develop and manage end-to-end tolling and we wanted to build in the exibility to make necessary changes or amendments at certain points,” he adds.
When considering bids for the DMPA, the bidders’ ability to assist the MGCB and the council to not only configure the tolling operation but to advise on the tolling scheme itself, was a major factor.
“We also needed somebody who could take care of PR and marketing the tolling scheme because again we had no experience in this area, and [
Eventually the contract was awarded to the Mersey ow consortium with Emovis ful lling the toll operator function and providing advice. According to Emovis’ CEO of Mersey operations Anthony Alicastro, this was a very different relationship. “The customer really wanted us to be the leader, to work in cooperation with them and deliver the [tolling] project. We put aside a sizeable budget to devise appropriate branding and work with the MGCB on the messaging. Jerome Couzineau, group CEO at Emovis, says this might be a first but he has now seen a number of smaller companies enquiring about what they describe as ‘complete tolling packages’. Many of these approaches are prompted by the fear of losing, or at least not collecting, the toll revenue when moving to free-flow tolling and the realisation that skilful communications and persuading users to register is key to preventing revenue loss.
One of the key issues for both the council and Mersey ow was establishing an equitable tolling architecture to retain local support while ensuring enough revenue to cover the contractual payments. According to Fearnhead: “Emovis’ experience was vital in knowing what worked in other areas and, as importantly, what didn’t work so well and how to put together an appropriate public awareness and information campaign before the bridge opened.”
‘Blue Badge’ holders, motorcycles and local buses qualify for free crossings, while trucks between 3.5 and 12 tonnes pay £6 and heavier vehicles are charged £8. Registering for video-based charging attracts a 5% discount and double that for vehicles using the RFID windscreen stickers. Local business vehicles (including taxis) have to pay the tolls but can purchase a £90 monthly unlimited use pass (£60 for off-peak only). Non-registered users can pay on-line or at one of 10,000 pay zones across the UK.
Toll revenue can be used only to repay the debt and in terms of traffic volume, 65,000 vehicles a day are expected to use the new bridge with 20% being residents doing local journeys wholly within the borough. A further 40% of journeys will start or end in the borough and 40% will be through traffic. Inflation indexing is included in the toll fee structure and the fees are subject to annual review but it is expected to be three years before any changes are made.
In operation, Emovis designed and will operate the tolling and collection system. It then pays the revenue directly to Halton Borough Council which in turn pays a unitary charge to Merseylink and Merseyflow.
Not only does the tolling contract cover the new bridge but also the existing Silver Jubilee Bridge. This combination of all electronic free-flow tolling and imposing tolls on an existing structure meant there was a considerable amount of public information and ‘winning hearts and minds’ required ahead of the opening.
A public information campaign was devised to get the message across that both bridges were to be tolled and why, to tell users how they could pay and encourage them to register. This included local print, radio and television as well as a mobilefriendly website, social media and face-toface meetings with both the public and user groups. The website went live 10 months before the bridge opened with information for potential users, and with three months to go online registration opened as did the call and the walk-in centres. At its peak up to 1,000 windscreen stickers a day were being dispatched and there were already more than 80,000 registered users (resulting in £1m being passed to the council) before a single vehicle had crossed the bridge. More than 60% of users registered online.
After a 3.5 year construction phase and a sustained public information and marketing campaign, the bridge opened in the early hours of Saturday 14 October. At the same time the Silver Jubilee Bridge was closed for up to a year for deck recon guration (back into a single lane in each direction with the remainder of the deck space to be used for improved cycling and walking facilities) and long-overdue refurbishment.
Time savings run upwards of 10 minutes – potentially to an hour or more - and journey reliability has been vastly improved. Once the reconfiguration of the Silver Jubilee Bridge has finished, the MGCB will continue to monitor the performance of the bridge and tolling operation.
Renegotiating the tolling contract at the end of the seven-year agreement will provide an opportunity to re-evaluate the equipment employed and review the operation to date – something which all parties see as positive.


If a recent report from SuperData Research is anything to go by, the video game industry will continue its dominance of the entertainment world for the foreseeable future.
The report estimates that the “global gaming market,” which includes consoles, PC, and mobile, will rake in $74.2 billion in 2015 alone.
Contrary to the rise of the mobile space as an innovative new force in the gaming industry, the majority of these profits will come from the PC and console markets. According to the report, the combined sales of retail game, digital downloads, and PC downloadable content will add up to $30.3 billion; in contrast, the mobile gaming market is only projected to to amass $22.3 billion.
The report also included some financial numbers on social and virtual reality gaming; the former will rake in an estimated $7.9 billion, while the latter will earn approximately $225 million.
Although the mobile gaming scene is more prevalent on a worldwide basis, it seems that the higher cost of retail and downloadable content has provided the PC and console divisions with their edge.


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Helped run a series of school incursion activities as an employee of Do it on the Roof. Activities were for primary school children, and designed to engage them with ideas around urban ecology and conservation. After being introduced to the concept and componentry of green walls and roofs (via the portable rover trailer), children were tasked with working in teams to use aerial maps to determine the potential for green infrastructure in their own schools. This activity required communicating complex concepts around ecology, horticulture and green infrastructure to a young audience. Expert horticultural knowledge was required not only when working with the children, but as the horticulturalist for the activity when working with other employees and teachers.


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Is life starting to open up where you are? Here in Utah, things are slowly starting to open up again. It’s a little surreal, still. Since we are all still mostly stuck at home, I thought it would be fun to share some indoor date night ideas!
Having an indoor date night can be as simple as watching a movie, or more involved like a scavenger hunt! It all depends on what you want to do, your imagination, and your energy level. One of the great things about doing a date night at home is that you don’t have to find and pay for a babysitter! My fiancé, Matt, and I have been doing a lot of at home date nights lately. It’s a great way to really get to know each other and also save some money.
Here are my 10 Indoor Date Night Ideas for Couples
- Camping– Put up your tent in the living room, basement, or backyard and get cozy!
- Cook dinner or dessert together– Try a new recipe. Make something that is fancier than your usual dinners. Or go international and try out a recipe from another country!
- Play video games together– Have a Super Mario tournament, or try out Fortnite. I mean, if our kids can figure these games out, they can’t be too hard to learn, right?!
- Have a Nerf Gun fight– You may need to take this outside so you don’t wake the kids up if you are really competitive.
- Watch a movie outside-Set up a screen outside with a projector, or just grab an extension cord and your laptop. Watch a movie outside under the stars. Bonus points for building a fire, too!
- Try out a subscription date box– There are subscription boxes for everything! A simple google search will show you options for romantic, fun, and even murder mystery date boxes you can subscribe to!
- Have a tasting together– Whether you drink wine or not, you can have a tasting of anything. Try out different chocolates, sodas, or cheeses together!
- Play a game together– Whether it’s a board game or a card game, have some fun playing a game together. And, if you’re feeling really spicy, do a strip-tease version. 😉
- Have a fondue night– What’s better than melted chocolate or melted cheese with your favorite things to dip in them?
- Dance together– put together a playlist of your favorite songs from your relationship and dance in the living room. Want to level up your dancing? Search for an instructional ballroom dance video and learn some new moves!
I loved putting this indoor date night ideas list together. I’m excited to try out more of these! I think the most important part of having a date night is connection and communication. When we intentionally date our spouses/partners, we show them that we care enough about our relationship to put in some extra effort.
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Americans may be much more willing to get genetic tests showing predisposition to diseases with this week's expected final passage by Congress of a bill barring discrimination based on one's genetics, experts say, the Reuters reported.
Genetic testing, typically involving a sample of blood, saliva or tissue, can help indicate whether a person has inherited a tendency to develop certain diseases - for example breast, ovarian or colon cancer or Huntington's disease.
"Many people have been getting a genetic test using an assumed name because they were afraid that the information would otherwise haunt them," Dr. Francis Collins, head of the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health, said in a telephone interview.
"And they've sometimes asked their physicians to lie about whether the test was positive in order to protect them."
The bipartisan bill would bar health insurers from turning down coverage or raising premiums for healthy people based on their genetic predisposition to develop a disease.
It also would prohibit employers, unions and employment agencies from using personal or familial genetic information in hiring, firing, compensation or promotion decisions.
"When this bill passes, we'll have protections to be able to tell people you don't need to worry about insurance or employment discrimination," Kathy Hudson, director of the Washington-based Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University, said in a telephone interview.
The bill, supported by the White House, is expected to go before the House of Representatives this week for final approval before heading to President George W. Bush to sign into law. The Senate passed it on Thursday.
Doctors may order genetic tests for various reasons, including looking for gene-based diseases in adults before symptoms appear or confirming a diagnosis in someone with symptoms.
Tests also may find whether a person has a genetic predisposition to a disease that could pass to children.
Hundreds of such tests are available. The results can prompt important medical decisions.
For example, women shown with a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes associated with breast cancer have a 40 to 85 percent chance of developing the disease by age 70. Faced with those odds, some women have opted to undergo mastectomies to remove both breasts before any sign of disease.
A number of companies market various tests directly to the public, typically costing hundreds of dollars.
Last year, two companies - Iceland's Decode Genetics Inc and 23andMe, a U.S. firm funded by Google Inc - launched rival services offering people a glimpse of their entire genomes for just under $1,000. Another unlisted U.S. company, Navigenics, has since joined the field.
Some medical experts say the services can be a waste of money and give people little more information than they would know from studying their family medical history, especially as many diseases have complex genetic underpinnings.
Some companies also are drawing government scrutiny.
The California Department of Public Health said last week it was looking into consumer complaints against a handful of unnamed companies offering direct-to-consumer genetic testing. The complaints involved cost and accuracy of tests and whether a licensed doctor ordered them as required.


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China's 1st digital pay-TV gets 1 lakh subscribers
The number of subscribers of China's first digital pay-TV network, founded in September last year, has exceeded 100,000, the network claimed here.
"Our network has now taken up some 95 per cent of China's digital pay-TV market share," China Digital TV Media Inc Ltd (CDM) said in a press release.
"Within only five months since last September, the number of the CDM's clients has grown rapidly to more than 100,000, and our programme providers are already seeing profits," the release said.
It also said CDM had so far signed service contracts with over 90 cable television networks across the country with a total of 63.07 million subscribers, among whom some 490,000 were set-top box users.
The CDM network currently runs 17 digital pay-TV channels, offering a wide range of programmes including movies, music, sports, shopping, education, TV guide and even computer games.
"In 2005 we plan to open a dozen more special channels to cater to the audience's different tastes," Xinhua news agency quoted company sources as saying.
China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) approved the digital pay-TV broadcast by five networks last year, with CDM being the first one to launch the service on August 9, 2004.

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JB Pritzker, Illinois’ governor elect, promises to legalize recreational cannabis within the state as you of their priorities that are top.
With an array of information, Pritzker says that legalizing cannabis will reform the opioid epidemic, balance the state’s spending plan with an increase in taxation income, which help enhance the justice that is criminal by reducing incarceration for cannabis offenses into the state.
Throughout the last couple of years, Illinois has received the main advantage of holding hearings and learning dilemmas of that which works and doesn’t work with other states where leisure cannabis is appropriate. To date, 10 states have legalized leisure usage and also have seen vast amounts through the taxation income of cannabis. From college construction and brand new training, to programs treating alcoholism and drug usage, these brand new taxation bucks are funding a number of programs and producing more job possibilities.
Pritzker stated, “There cbdoilreviewer are income possibilities when it comes to state like legalizing cannabis and therefore has the possibility to bring $350 million to $700 million in revenue possibly just as much as $1 billion, as well as the jobs that’ll be made up of dispensaries and manufacturing.”


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Rishikesh To Kanyakumari: 5 Budget-Friendly Trips One Can Take In India In November Under Rs 5K
One should never miss an opportunity to travel. Yes, even when you are on a tight budget or are experiencing the end-of-month blues, you must still go ahead and plan that holiday you’d been thinking about. Well, we bring five amazing budget-friendly destinations you can visit this November.
5 budget-friendly trips in India under Rs. 5,000
Popular for water rafting, Rishikesh is a great vacation spot for both adventurous and leisure travellers. The cheapest way to reach here from Delhi is by road, which takes a little over four hours.
The prices for one-way tickets range from Rs. 200 to Rs. 1,400, and you can find a room for less than Rs. 150 per day here.
A picturesque hill town in Himachal Pradesh, Kasauli is an ideal budget-friendy destination for nature lovers.
The cheapest way to get to Kasauli is by taking a train from Delhi to Kalka, and from there, you can take a shared taxi to Kasauli. This limits your total round-trip travel cost to Rs. 1,500 or less.
Affordable lodging doesn’t cost more than Rs. 1,000, leaving you with about Rs. 2,500 to spend extravagantly during the trip.
A popular vacation spot celebrated for its natural beauty, Kanyakumari—also known for its breathtaking sunrise—is only 85 kilometres from Trivandrum.
A one-way bus ticket from Trivandrum would cost about Rs. 250, and the cheapest hotel rooms start at around Rs. 800. This means you still have approximately Rs. 3,000 to spend on your vacation.
In addition to being a melting pot of cultures, Varanasi also has incredibly low costs for lodging, dining, and transportation. In fact, it has excellent transportation connections to almost all of India's major cities.
The least expensive method of travel to Varanasi is by train, with tickets beginning at Rs. 350. You can easily find an accommodation for less than Rs. 200 per day here.
5. McLeod Ganj
Do you live in or near Delhi and want to escape the city noise? Well, McLeod Ganj could be a great weekend getaway destination for you!
If you want to stay in Naddi or Dharamkot, hotel accommodation rates can be as low as Rs. 200 per day. The charges aren’t too high in McLeod Ganj either; you can find a decent, comfortable hotel room for Rs. 300 per day.
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Princess Diana’s wedding dress designer says the Netflix show “The Crown” doesn’t depict the late princess accurately.
Fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel is known for creating the voluminous ivory silk gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer as she exchanged wedding vows with Charles, Prince of Wales.
“The Crown”Is “hard to watch”Emanuel is upset that Princess Diana’s portrayal seems so different to the woman she knew.
“Especially when you see like ‘The Crown‘ and all these publications saying, oh, she was depressed all the time,”She said. “And that shows that it wasn’t the case. That’s what I want to emphasize. Diana was a fun-loving, upbeat person who everyone loved. My entire team loved her. You know, I believe it’s important to show that there were other sides.”
The princess’ wedding gown isn’t the only dress Emanuel created for Diana.
A hot-pink gown was designed in 1981 for Lady Di to wear at a ball just two days before the royal wedding.
“So it’s going to be it a very, very exciting event. And she wanted something really spectacular and eye-catching to wear for that because the whole world was going to be there at that party,” she said. “I think it was a message being sent with this dress, really. That she’d been previously known as Shy Di, but in this dress, she definitely was no longer a Shy Di. This was a much more confident, dynamic, you know, a woman who knew she looked fantastic and stunning that evening.”
This dress is a recreation of the one worn by the late princess.
Emanuel says other dresses belonging to Diana are in private possession or have been found in second-hand stores, adding, “But this one, it just disappeared.”
Clothing is more than fabric to Emanuel.
“It is important to me that people dress in a way that reflects their inner world. You see, they may want to show self-confidence and they might like to look certain things. I mean, I regard fashion as people packaging, you know, and marketing,” she said.
Now that she’s recreated the pink gown, Emanuel says she will make a copy of Diana’s alternate wedding dress, made in case the design seen on the Most Photographed Woman in the World was leaked to the tabloids.


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Optimum Group recently broke ground on a Class A office building at 3480 Main Highway in Coconut Grove.
Named “The Optimum,” it’s among a slew of new office projects to be announced for the surging neighborhood and is located next to Greenstreet Cafe. The developer closed on a $21.5 million construction loan in June.
The project will feature four stories of office space totaling 44,000 square feet, a 6,500-square-foot restaurant on the ground floor, and a rooftop bar. Arquitectonica designed the building, which is expected to be completed in 2018 with initial occupancy expected about a year and a half from now.


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Silk White Cocktail Dress With Bow
Original Retail Price: £1,200+
This Azzaro dress has a beautiful free-flowing silhouette, and crafted from glossy silk. In true Marilyn Monroe style, it's cinched by the waist with a wide sash with a beautiful natural flare at the bottom.
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Woman compensated $88,500 following bullying and harassment at work
In 2017, our client was subject to bullying and harassment a work as a Senior Administration Payroll Officer. Here's how we helped her get maximum compensation.
Date of incident
Date of ChargeOctober 2017
Date of settlement
Date of Sentence/hearingSeptember 2021
OutcomeCompensation payout of $88,500.00 with ongoing medical expenses
Our client was employed as a Senior Administration Payroll Officer. During the course of her employment, our client was subject to bullying and harassment at work. Our client, during the course of her usual occupational duties, had been the subject of unreasonable requests and expectations by her manager who repeatedly reprimanded our client for lacking performance contrary to her output and performance. The manager repeatedly singled out our client, causing her undue stress and eventually significant psychological disorder which compelled her to leave her job.
State Law Group was retained to assist our client with her workers compensation entitlements against the relevant employer.
Prior to the work-related incident, our client did not have any significant pre-existing injuries or conditions and was able to perform pre-injury duties.
Our client lodged a workers compensation claim on the relevant workers compensation insurer which denied the claim. In denying the claim, the insurer relied on statements from employees of the employer which disputed the alleged bullying and harassment.
State Law Group began gathering evidence from our client’s treating doctors. An Independent Medical Examination for our client was also arrange. This was to strengthen our client’s evidence in indicating a clear link between our client’s injuries and the actions of her workplace which caused her significant psychological injuries.
The medical evidence obtained established that the nature of injuries suffered by our was a direct result her employment which impacted her ability to return to work with the employer.
State Law Group lodged the claim with the Personal Injury Commission (‘Commission’) – Workers Compensation Division claiming a loss of income as well as past and future medical expenses arising as a result of the subject work-related incident.
A teleconference was held with the Commission between the parties involved. Our expert lawyer represented our client and participated in negotiations with the employer to get the maximum possible outcome for our client.
A settlement was achieved in favour of our client for her workers compensation entitlements.

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At this very difficult time the NHS is under great strain and we need to use our resources in the safest and most efficient way to be able to deal with this developing emergency situation and so we ask for your help to make the best use of the services that we provide.
We are taking measures to reduce the spread of infection and so from Monday 23rd March 2020 attendance in person at the surgery will only be permitted if you have a booked appointment. If you wish to drop off any paperwork you will need to leave them in the box provided at the surgery entrance. Telephone the surgery with regard to any paperwork collection but do note that these can now often be dealt with by other methods. Please note that you will not be able to discuss any matters face to face with the reception team.
At this time of heightened risk we may delay some of the routine annual check- ups to allow our teams to deal with the other problems related to Coronavirus. In the short term this will not place you at any risk and so please do continue with your regular If you feel that there is a more urgent need to review you for some reason do contact us and if we also consider an earlier review is needed we will contact you.
Dedicated blood test clinics have been cancelled and patients will now need to take their blood forms to Epsom Hospital for this to be done instead between 8-30 am – 4-45 If you currently have a surgery appointment booked and wish to do this please call the surgery and we will send you your form.
Across the UK all GP practices are trying to increase the use of technology to communicate with patients. We know from experience that many problems can be dealt on the telephone and we have therefore increased the proportion of all our appointments that are of this type and all on-line accessible appointments are telephone only for.
This has become an efficient way to send a message to you On occasions now we may ask you to send a one-time-only reply back to us to respond to a specific question. Furthermore we now have the facility to send you medical certificates and many private reports or letters using the text services. When received you simply click on the link and enter your date of birth. Again this reduces attendance at the surgery itself so is safer for all. If you feel we do not have your correct mobile number do ensure that you let us know.
We strongly advocate the use of this service which allows you to book telephone consultations, request regular repeat medications and view your test results so saving time for everyone and reducing unnecessary visits to the surgery. You can apply for access by looking at co.uk and selecting ‘online services’.
To avoid stock shortages and excessive practice workload do not order your repeat prescriptions too early in order to stock up. At this challenging time we are happy to receive requests up to 1 week before you run out of medication as this gives us more time to process the request.
We now do expect all patients to move to on-line requests or ask their pharmacist to order rather than delivering requests to the surgery but if you do have to then please leave the requests in the box at the surgery entrance.
Most of our patients use the Electronic Prescription Service [EPS] as this allows us to send the prescriptions directly to your named pharmacist and prescriptions simply do not get Please sign up NOW as collection at the surgery places you and others at greater infection risk. It’s easy – just ask your regular community pharmacist to sign you up.
We will update your further as the situation changes at the surgery.

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Hyundai updates Sonata Hybrid variants
Korea’s Hyundai has put the updated hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of its Sonata on display at the Chicago Auto Show. The 2018 Sonata is made in Asan, South Korea and both hybrids are set to launch this year in the States.
The 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid made their debut at the Chicago Auto Show with on sale dates in the U.S. announced as follows: the hybrid model will arrive in the first quarter of 2018, while the Plug-in will come later in the second quarter.
Both models received a full facelift with updates to the interior and exterior. There are also new wheel designs and new LED headlights. Powering the 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, coupled with a 38-kW electric motor. The Sonata Hybrid can ride on electric power alone at speeds up to 120 kph.
The Sonata Plug-in Hybrid has an extended all-electric range of up to 43 km delivered by the 9.8-kWh Li-ion battery onboard. It can recharge in under three hours with a level-two charger.
The Sonata Hybrid and Sonata PHEV will be made in Korea at Hyundai’s Asan facility.


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Eiza Gonzalez Went To A Premiere
Eiza Gonzalez, best known for being Liam Hemsworth’s vagina come up after Miley Cyrus and the kind of person Donald Trump and Republicans want to keep out of America (they also want to keep HER out) , went to the premiere of The Gallows last night. Cool story, cool story. IMDB says she’s not in this movie, so that means she either went because she wanted to see it or because this dress had to be returned today. I honestly don’t know.

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Europe's largest electronic retailer, Dixons, has said its UK and Irish operations have returned to first-half profitability for the first time in five years.
The group, which operates under the PC World and Currys brands in close to 30 outlets in Ireland, provided further evidence for investors that its operations are showing signs of stabilisation.
It said like-for-like sales in the first half of its financial year rose 3pc to £3.28bn (€4.04bn), while its net loss narrowed to £22.2m (€27.4m) from £25.3m (€31.3m). The revenue rise was spurred by television sales before the Olympics.
"I am particularly encouraged by our performance in the UK and Ireland and in Northern Europe and we were particularly busy during the sporting and cultural events during the summer," said Dixons chief executive Sebastian James.
He said the company's UK operations are also set to benefit after rival Comet entered administration.
"Dixons continues to underline its survivor status," said analyst Keith Bowman at Hargreaves Lansdown. "While arch rival Comet remains in a critical condition, a combination of initiatives including cost savings, store revamps and an ever-greater emphasis on its online offering are driving the group's recovery."


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Although everyone acknowledges the dangers of cocaine crack use, there is still no fear of the repercussions evident when trying it for the first time. After the first try, the individual is so entranced with the feelings of pleasure that it seems too attractive to overlook or reconsider. The false conviction that the individual is able to control the indulgence is the main excuse to take the drug again. The technique of cocaine crack use normally starts by snorting or smoking the substance but in most cases, it eventually progresses to intravenous use. The West Virginia government is trying to bring this to the awareness of its citizens. Although the addict will attest to the initial feelings of increased energy this eventually gives way to fatigue and depression as soon as the cocaine crack drug wears off. Long-term abuse of cocaine crack can severely damage the central nervous system causing the addict to be unable to achieve any sense of pleasure naturally and without the use of drugs.
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Bulbs and bulblike plants, Perennials
Beyond their fascinating variety in flower form and color, these natives of Europe and North Africa offer numerous appealing traits. They are permanent, increasing from year to year; they stand up to cold (most are hardy to –30°F/–34°C) and heat; and they are useful in many garden situations. Given minimum care at planting, they thrive with virtually no further attention. These plants do not require summer watering (but will take it), need only infrequent division (and will even survive without it), and are totally unappetizing to gophers and deer. They bloom in late winter or spring. All plants known by the names “daffodil,” “narcissus,” and “jonquil” are properly Narcissus.
Flowers may be borne singly or in clusters. Colors are basically yellow and white, but there are many variations: shades of orange, red, apricot, pink, cream. Some are fragrant. Leaves may be straight and flat (strap shaped) or narrow and rushlike.
Use them among trees and flowering shrubs, in groundcover plantings, near water, in rock gardens, or in borders. Naturalize them in sweeping drifts where space is available.Narcissus, Cyclamineus hybrids
Early bloomers with one flower per stem. Perianth segments are strongly recurved. Yellow ‘February Gold’ is best known. Yellow ‘Rapture’ has an especially long trumpet. ‘Jack Snipe’ and ‘Wisley’ have white segments and yellow trumpets.
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Walgreen Co. said its September sales rose 8 percent from a year ago to $5.92 billion, while sales at stores open at least a year rose 7.4 percent, topping estimates.
The Deerfield-based drugstore chain said sales were boosted by more prescription sales and flu shots, as well as a shift in the calendar that included an additional Monday and one fewer Saturday compared with September last year.
Calendar day shifts lifted total comparable sales by 1.9 percentage points, while generic drug introductions in the last 12 months hurt comparable sales by 0.5 percentage point, Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) said.
September pharmacy sales, which accounted for 65 percent of total sales for the month, grew 10.4 percent, with comparable-store pharmacy sales up 10.2 percent, or up a calendar day-shift adjusted 7.3 percent.
Prescriptions filled at comparable stores increased by 9.6 percent in September, boosted by 0.8 percentage point from more flu shots versus last year but shaved by 0.2 percentage point from the lower incidence of flu this year.
Total front-end sales rose 4.1 percent, while comparable-store front-end sales increased 2.9 percent. Customer traffic in comparable stores slipped 0.8 percent while basket size increased 3.7 percent.
Sales beat analysts' forecasts of 7 percent growth in comparable-store sales and growth in pharmacy and front-end sales of 9.4 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, according to Thomson Reuters.
Walgreen earlier this week reported a 68 percent jump in fiscal fourth-quarter profits to $657 million as revenue grew 5 percent to $17.94 billion, helped by its partnership with Europe’s Alliance Boots.
However, Walgreen's revenue last year was hurt by a dispute with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co., which analysts say have helped comparisons with this year’s financial results.
In a separate announcement Thursday, Walgreen said it is partnering with Chicago-based GoHealthInsurance.com to provide information to customers considering the new health insurance exchanges that have opened as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Walgreens store personnel are directing customers to GoHealth Marketplace, where they can shop and compare health insurance plans, enroll and find other important tools and information. Stores also are providing informational brochures and other materials.
“As an accessible, community health care provider serving more than 6 million people each day, Walgreens can help connect those customers who may be considering new health insurance options with resources and information,” Brad Fluegel, Walgreens senior vice president and chief strategy officer, said in a statement.
Drugstore chains such as Walgreen are hoping to benefit from the new health care overhaul by winning customers who now have insurance coverage to buy prescription drugs.
Walgreen's shares hit a new 52-week high of $57.41 a share Thursday, before ending the day down 1 percent at $55.95 a share. The stock is up more than 50 percent so far this year.


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When Midwest Wind Energy announced last week its intention to build the state’s largest wind plant in north-central Nebraska, it was greeted by alarm, not joy, from several of the state’s staunchest advocates of wind power.
“This is the exact scenario that we’ve been aggressively working with public power for the last three years to avoid,” said John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union.
Hansen and others are concerned that such projects will siphon potential profits from wind energy to out-of-state developers, rather than keeping them with Nebraskan landowners.
The project is the latest flash point in a long-standing debate over how wind energy should be developed in Nebraska, the nation’s only public-power state.
Mike Donahue, executive vice president of the Chicago-based Midwest Wind Energy, said the company has had negotiations over the project, proposed for northwest Holt County, with the Nebraska Public Power District.
He hopes to the 100-megawatt plant’s power to Nebraska utilities, because although the plant would be less than 15 miles from South Dakota, transporting power would be too expensive.
“If we wanted to sell out-of-state, we could,” Donahue said. “But it wouldn’t make economic sense.”
Still, Hansen is concerned that the plant and others like it would undermine the state’s public utilities. Though the wind power would be transmitted on NPPD lines, he said, the profits from its development would be headed to companies in other states.
Donahue refuted the idea that his company’s plant could threaten public power, saying that its negotiations are subject to the approval of NPPD and the state Power Review Board, which won’t agree to something that’s not in their best interest.
NPPD spokeswoman Beth Boesch said the discussions are still early, and a purchase proposal stating pricing and a timetable are expected this week. But regardless of the project’s specifics, she said NPPD would make sure to fulfill the public-power mandate of providing its customers with the most inexpensive power possible while pursuing renewable energy.
“NPPD and our board of directors will take any step we can to make sure that this project does not undermine public power in this state,” Boesch said.
Hansen is not opposed to allowing private parties to develop wind power in Nebraska, but he advocates a community-based model that allows landowners to keep their wind-development rights as the best way to do it.
A trio of bills that would stimulate such community-based projects is stuck in committee, despite “priority bill” status on the centerpiece (LB629) from its sponsor, state Sen. Cap Dierks.
State Sen. Annette Dubas of Fullerton, who also supports the community-based model, said she’s also concerned about who will benefit from the project.
“There’s another economic development (tool) that’s going out of state,” she said. “And that’s raising some red flags for me.”
Dubas said she’s also worried about reports from landowners in several Nebraska counties, including Boone and Custer, who have cheaply sold their wind-development rights to private developers.
She said she has talked with the state Attorney General’s office about issuing a consumer alert. Hansen said he’d like to see all such agreements reported to that office as well.
State Sen. Deb Fischer of Valentine, whose district includes the site of the proposed plant, discounted fears about hasty wind-rights sales.
“I think property owners have a pretty good idea of what their property’s worth and what people might want it for,” she said.
Larry Flowers, a team leader at the nonprofit National Wind Technology Center, said Nebraska is facing the same the question that public utilities in many other states have faced in wind development: Is it better to buy power or generate it yourself?
Each option has its pluses and minuses, he said. Generating a utility’s own power would eliminate a third party’s price markups, but private groups are eligible for valuable federal tax credits that public organizations can’t receive.
For Fischer, there’s a lot of questions about price and legality that need to be cleared up, but for now, she’s cautiously optimistic because of the eight permanent jobs the plant is expected to provide.
“There’s a lot of potential, but we need to be cautious about it,” she said, “because Nebraska is a public-power state, and every citizen in the state is affected by those decisions.”
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About this listing
We offer you an exclusive stay in our organic lavender farm. Our indipendent apartment offers you an exceptional possibility of peace, quiteness and privacy. Just you and Maremma's wild and unspoiled nature, just you and a lavender embrace.
Experience the true Tuscany countryside living at our Farm in an exclusive place. There will be just you and an astonishing nature, peace and silence.
Agriturismo Bio Podere Argo is the perfect location to visit the most wonderful places of central Italy. We are just 7 km from Sorano, voted as one of the 10 most beautiful villages of Italy. We are also startegically located at the intersection of 3 of the most rich Italians regions in art, archeology and natural beauty: Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria. Starting from here you can visit: Rome, Siena, Orvieto, Viterbo, Montepulciano, Pienza, Sorano, Sovana, Pitigliano, Mount Amiata, Bolsena Lake, Saturnia Spas, Civita di Bagnoregio, Argentario coast in about 1 hour.
Our indipendent apartment consists of :
- double bedroom
- lavender colour bathroom with shower,
- open kitchen/sitting room with a double sofa bes
- portico with a view onto our organic lavender field
In our kitchen you'll find all the essentials for cooking: salt, oil, vinegar, sugar, Italian coffe, different types of organic teas and infusions. While you're staying here you are also welcome to taste our fresh eggs, organic and synergistic vegetables and organic fruits. You are also welcome to visit our laboratory where we make raw and organic honey and pack our organic beans and bottle our organic lavender essential oil and natural lavender cosmetics.
Bed Linen Included
Kettle + selection of teas and infusions
Extra virgin oil, salt, sugar,
Garden Table and chairs
Baby swimming pool 3 metres diameter x 76 cm high
Seasonal fruits and vegetables
ADSL Wifi is available all around the farm and garden and in our house but not inside your apartment.
In the middle of Tuscany wildest and unspoilt Maremma contryside. We are an organic farm who produces honey and cultivates beans and lavander. All around us woods, cultivated fields, wild animals and birds.
We are in a very good position for all your sightseeing in the area: archeological Etruscan sites: Sovana, Pitigliano, Sorano. The Bolsena Lake, Orvieto, Montepulciano, Pienza, Vietrbo. Saturnia and Sorano Spas. The Amiata Mountain, The Argentario coast.
Paradise for people who love nature, walking, trekking, cycling, horse-riding, good and healthy food, good honey, good wine and olive oil.
We have crib, highchair, toys,swings, swimmingpool and other facilities for kids.
-A selection of Books (English, French, Spanish Italian).
Your pets are welcome.
-We can organize for you;
- Traditional Tuscany cooking classes,
- Bread making course with sourdough.
- Italian language courses
-Massages and beauty treatments with our honey and lavender essential oil are available at an extra cost.
Our guests have access to all our farm and our garden. They are also very welcome to come and see how we work in the fields, in our synergistic vegetable garden, and in our honey laboratory experiencing how honey is made and in our farm shop where we sell our organic products: lavender cosmetics, lavender essential oil, honey, beans and vegetables.
Interaction with Guests
I love meeting new and interesting people and exchange with them our different opinions and ways of life, but at the same time I like to respect their privacy and peace. So if you need help or information I'm here to help, but if you want to be alone and need your privacy, I will not interfere.
Enjoy your stay, relax and feel at home in our cozy apartment surrounded by a wild and unspoiled nature :-)
Our Farm is in the middle of Tuscany Maremma's wild countryside, inside a very large hunting reserve . No noises, no houses around us, just the sound of nature. We are surrounded by fields, woods and oak trees and of course lavender. Lots of wild animals such as pheasant, wild boars, deers, all sorts of birds. Enjoy 3
The public transportation here isn't very good so I recommend you come by car. There is a parking place in the farm.
You are very welcome to stay at our farm.
Here are some rules we would like you to follow:
1. Please don't do anything you wouldn't like to happen in your flat.
2. Behave responsibly and with care.
3. Respect all the animals of our farm and the enviroment.
3. Please try to reduce the waste of water, electricity etc.: switch off when not needed.
6. If something is not clear or you need help and information do call and ask.
7. Enjoy your stay and leave the apartment in the condition you found it. Hopefully you'll come again.
From Jun 1 - Aug 31, 2016 the minimum stay is 4 nights.
My name is Beatrice,
I love living surrounded by nature, flowers, bees, growing my own food, gradening, walking and running, practicing yoga and meditation. I love silence and the sound of nature, relaxing under an oak tree, reading, dancing, and doing creative activities.
I love hosting people from all over the world, making them feel at home and taken care of.
I feel so grateful to have the opportunity to get to meet new cultures, new perspectives, new ways of living, and share with you this beautiful land.
I also love to travel and discover new places and new cultures.
Ivaldo, my partner, my daughters Viola and Ambra and I would love to host you here.


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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Brunei’s sultan has said a moratorium on capital punishment is in effect for new Shariah criminal laws including stoning people for gay sex and adultery that sparked an international outcry.
The United Nations has called the laws implemented April 3 “draconian” while the U.S. and several other countries have urged Brunei to halt its plans. Celebrities including George Clooney, Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres have rallied for a boycott of nine hotels in the U.S. and Europe linked to Brunei.
Even before 2014, homosexuality was already punishable in Brunei by a jail term of up to 10 years. The new laws say those found guilty of gay sex can be stoned to death or whipped. Adulterers risk death by stoning too, while thieves face amputation of a right hand on their first offense and a left foot on their second. The new laws apply to children and foreigners, even if they are not Muslim.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said Sunday in a speech to mark the start of Ramadan that he was aware of the “many questions and misperceptions” over the penalties provided for under new sections of Brunei’s Shariah Penal Code, but stressed that there should be no fear.
Brunei has had a “de facto moratorium” on capital punishment for over two decades and “this will also be applied to cases under the (Shariah laws) which provides a wider scope for remission,” he said. The announcement came as a surprise but appeared aimed at deflecting criticism that Islamic criminal laws are cruel.
“We are conscious of the fact that misperceptions may cause apprehension. However, we believe that once these have been cleared, the merit of the law will be evident,” the sultan said. Sultan Hassanal said Brunei will also ratify the U.N. Convention Against Torture to show its commitment to human rights.
“Both the common law and the Shariah law aim to ensure peace and harmony of the country. They are also crucial in protecting the morality and decency of the public as well as respecting the privacy of individuals,” he added.
In an immediate reaction, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland on Monday hailed the moratorium on the death penalty but also urged Brunei to revoke other harsh punishments such as amputation and flogging. Brunei is a member of the Commonwealth.
Sultan Hassanal instituted the Shariah Penal Code in 2014 to bolster the influence of Islam in the oil-rich monarchy of around 430,000 people, two-thirds of whom are Muslim. There has been no vocal opposition to the new penalties in Brunei, where the sultan rules as head of state with full executive authority. Public criticism of his policies is extremely rare in the country.
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Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Mississippi high school girls basketball player of the week for Feb. 1-7 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Sunday at 11:59 p.m and the winner will be announced Monday. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, please email email@example.com or tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivems.
WEEK 8 NOMINEES:
Hama’ya Fielder, Neshoba Central: Fielder scored 17 points in the Lady Rockets’ 69-53 loss to Madison Central.
Marley Freeman, Brandon: Freeman led all scorers with 15 points in Brandon’s 43-29 win over Biloxi.
Clara Garland, Tishomingo County: Garland nearly had a triple-double in Tishomingo County’s 75-42 win over Biggersville. She finished with 10 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks.
Claire Leak, Walnut: Leak recorded her first career triple-double in Walnut’s 63-45 win over Hickory Flat. She finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Tandria Minor, Brandon: Minor filled up the stat sheet with eight points, eight rebounds and five assists in Brandon’s 43-29 win over Biloxi.
LaShaunte Payne, Magee: Payne scored a game-high 24 points to lead Magee to a 54-31 win over Yazoo County.
Deborah Pierce, Velma Jackson: Pierce scored a game-high 15 points in Velma Jackson’s 56-23 win over McLaurin.
Jairya Rankins, Center Hill: Rankins scored 19 points in Center Hill’s 56-53 loss to Southaven.
Kennedy Ransom, Madison Central: Jackson State signee Ransom had a game-high 25 points as the Lady Jaguars got past the Lady Rockets 69-53.
Olivia Sasser, Jackson Prep: Sasser scored 12 points on senior night to lead Jackson Prep to a 52-23 win over Copiah.
Halle Traylor, Tupelo: Traylor scored 18 points to lead Tupelo to a 61-41 win over Corinth.
Dakiya Walker, Magee: Walked scored 15 points in Magee’s 54-31 win overr Yazoo County.
Chrystianna Beeman, Pelahatchie: Beeman had 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 charges in the Chiefs’ game against St. Joseph Catholic. Beeman also had 23 points, 5 steals, and 6 rebounds in a 52-15 win over South Delta.


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In 1989, fitness expert John Abdo, who trained numerous Olympic and world class athletes, visited the Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow to investigate Russian training routines. At that time, Russian athletes underwent a dramatic increase in the success in weightlifting competitions. John met with former Soviet weight-lifting champion Victor Sheynkin and training expert Yuri Verhoshansky. John learned that their athletes had experienced considerable improvement in performance with deer antler velvet. Dr Arkady Koltun, Chaiman of the Medical Committee for the Russian Bodybuilding Federation, and an expert on anabolic agents confirmed that deer antler velvet increases muscular strength and speeds recovery after exercise.
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But when it comes to sprays or pills, there’s little evidence that deer antler offers performance enhancing benefits of any kind, says Alan Rogol, M.D., an endocrinologist at the University of Virginia. Rogol is also part of a small team of doctors that assists anti-doping agencies in determining if and when athletes can use certain controversial substances.
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The latest and greatest performance enhancer, if you've been living under a rock, is deer antler velvet. On the surface, it seems like it could make sense. The coating on the antlers of young male deer that contribute to the growth of that part of their body could help athletes. First, the NFL prohibited Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson from endorsing it. Now, according to SI.com, Major League Baseball is warning players about using it.
According to modern research, deer antler velvet has shown gonadotropic activity. Studies by both Fisher and Wang indicate that deer antler velvet may increase testosterone levels in men and can help prevent some conditions associated with aging. The estrogen hormone most affected by deer antler velvet is estradiol. Estradiol is a precursor to testosterone.
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There is an increasing amount of scientific evidence supporting the benefits of deer antler velvet from decades of research carried out in Russia, Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. This research has given credibility to deer antler velvet’s traditional usage and validated recommendations for its inclusion as an everyday health supplement. Almost 250 papers have been published since 1930 on the manufacture, composition and biochemical effect of deer antler velvet. Studies on deer antler velvet and the corresponding findings are described below.
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One study in men given 1.5g Velvet Antler for 11 weeks noted that intake of Velvet Antler was associated with a greater improvement in peak torque (30+/-21% more than baseline vs. placebo increasing 13+/-15%) and average power (21+/-19% vs. 7+/-12%) as assessed by leg extension; the authors noted that other parameters suggestive of power improvement (such as endocrine improvements or erythropoesis) did not occur and noted that replication is needed. The lack of aerobic improvement noted in this study is contrasted by another study using 2,700mg of Velvet Antler (two doses of 1,350mg daily for 10 weeks) which improved VO2 max by 9.8%, although this study had a remarkably high dropout rate of 44% which precludes conclusions that can be drawn.
The IGF-1 in deer antler velvet can help increase the body's natural healing by affecting cell repair and growth. When an injury or surgery occurs that leaves a wound on the body, the wound is healed naturally by the cells which line the wound. Those cells multiply and rejoin over time. Using deer antler velvet can help promote faster cell repair and growth so that the wound can heal at a faster rate which means less time being injured or sore.
The product smells like lemon-scented cleaner and bears a resemblance to murky pond water. I hesitantly tried the stuff and found it surprisingly palatable, with a lemon taste, but not too sour and slightly sweet. The directions say to take 14 drops under the tongue, three times a day, but I stopped after one dose — so I probably don't have a good chance of reaping the benefits, if there are any.
Deer antler velvet's effects on cell growth and repair have been investigated in several areas. Deer antler velvet may be a natural source of hormones for those seeking aid to muscle growth and development. Research has identified various growth factors in deer antler velvet including IGF-1 (insulin–like Growth Factor-1), IGF-2 (insulin–like Growth Factor-2), and EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor).


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Fraud and abuse of student financial aid is a rising nationwide epidemic, according to Myrna Perkins, Director of Financial Aid at Barton Community College. Her office has the challenge of spotting suspicious applications, as well as reducing the default rate on student loans.
With Dems and Republicans seemingly at a stalemate in Washington, D.C., it's encouraging to see a bipartisan effort being proposed by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), along with Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Angus King (I-Maine), and for something the country really needs. They have proposed the "21st Century Glass-Steagall Act," restoring some provisions that were stripped from the Banking Act of 1933 back in 1999.
People with some "loose change" are invited to place it in one of six jars at the Barton County Fair. The jars show the faces of members of the Fair Board, Fair Friends and 4-H. The one who gets the most money will kiss a farm animal.
Leonard Bunselmeyer was sworn in Thursday as the newest member of the Barton Community College Board of Trustees. County Clerk Donna Zimmerman administered the oath of office for Bunselmeyer and re-elected trustees Don Learned and John Moshier at the beginning of a study session that included news about next year's budget.
Berny Unruh was a shoe-in at the Red Shoe Kick, Wednesday at the Barton County Fair. The Barton County K-State Extension agent suggested the friendly game for the 4-H Youth Rally on the official opening day of the fair.
CrossPoint Church's youth group will travel to Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Mo., at the conclusion of vacation Bible school, youth pastor Randy Mills said. In addition to that, a Christian rap singer will come to Great Bend.
The recent death of Great Bend resident Bob Mead has created a vacancy on the Barton Community College Board of Trustees. The process for replacing a trustee after elections will be discussed at this month's board study session, set for 4 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in the Seminar Room, F-30, on the lower level of the Fine Arts Building.
Baseball and softball practices have started, members of the Great Bend Recreation Commission's board of directors were told Monday. The board meeting included pay raises for full-time employees and discussion on a master plan for the playground at the Great Bend Activity Center.
St. Mark Lutheran Church in Great Bend will accept out-dated and broken electronic items for recycling from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 30. The church is located at 21st and Jackson St. This project is being done in cooperation with the Barton County Landfill, which also accepts "e-waste."
Prairie Godmothers – the local organization of women helping women – held a Build-A-Bag Brunch on Friday and members filled more than 100 gift bags that will be distributed to single mothers in the coming weeks.


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This Tropical Slush is DELICIOUS! It is the perfect thirst-quencher for a HOT summer’s day. Fancy it up by serving in hollowed out pineapples. This makes enough for a pretty good crowd (serves 20-24) so if you are making these for a smaller group you may want to half the recipe.
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1/2 gallon pineapple sherbet
2 liters 7-up
6 oz. frozen pineapple juice
6 oz. frozen limeade
7 1/2 oz (1/2 can) Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut
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Come join the jammers at a Blackberry Jam hosted by Strongbow and Wry.
Are you keen to get back into the sheer joy of playing together live with fellow musicians who love folk music in its many forms, styles and variations?
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