These magnificent beasts are facing annihilation from ruthless poachers, but environmentalists hope that military-style operations to move the animals across borders may help save the species.
As the sun drifts down on the rolling hills in the heartland of South Africa, Manie Van Niekerk sits with his fingers clasped in his lap. At 52, he wears his hair cropped, which along with a solid physique gives the impression of a man who cannot be easily shaken. But now he looks mournful. People will be gathering at his farm to take away his 32 rhinoceros the next morning. He doesn't want to part with them. "You fall in love with the rhino," he tells me. "You get a lot of joy looking at them. They are dinosaurs. You can look at them and imagine the world before. People think they're clumsy, but they're actually very graceful. They move like ballerinas."
Van Niekerk makes his living growing maize and potatoes on a 23,000-hectare farm that has been in his family since 1926. But he's always loved game, and in 2009 he acquired another 5000 hectares to collect a covey of African antelopes – sable, kudu and eland. In 2013, he added rhino. It was just for his own pleasure.
By then, the poachers' war on rhinos was in full fury, topping 1000 animal deaths a year for the first time. But they were hunting mostly in Kruger National Park and the areas around South Africa's eastern border with Mozambique. Van Niekerk wasn't concerned for his property, in the Free State province deep in the country's interior. Then anti-poaching responses improved and the price of rhino horn kept soaring, so the poachers began expanding into new territory.
They hit Van Niekerk's place for the first time in January 2017, again the next month, and a third time in April. They would wait for a full moon, a pattern so set that it has become known as a "poachers' moon"; Van Niekerk's sleep patterns in response waxed and waned with the lunar cycle. He'd lie waiting for his phone to ring or feeling haunted by gruesome memories of an 18-year-old female that had been mutilated with an axe. Blood still gushed from where they'd hacked off the horn clear down to her facial plate and torn her open. Her three-month-old calf was burrowed into her side. "It was five or six hours before we could take him to a rehabilitation centre," Van Niekerk recalls. "He just lay next to his mummy, moaning, and didn't move. It was pathetic."
When poachers came again last June, Van Niekerk's security people intercepted them. A firefight broke out, and they wounded two poachers, who left a trail of blood as Van Niekerk's guards gave chase, eventually capturing five of the seven, whom they handed over to police. Van Niekerk had had enough. "I couldn't keep putting my people at risk," he says. "I couldn't go to their families next time and tell them it wasn't the poachers but one of our guys who got shot." He adds: "I am angry, and I know tomorrow when they take the rhinos away I will be even more angry. But I also know I will sleep better when the rhinos are gone."
Africa's rhino populations have shrunk and expanded before, peaking at an estimated 500,000 in the year 1900. There are two species, white and black, with the white divided into northern and southern subspecies. (Three other rhino species exist, found in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Indonesia.) Van Niekerk's rhinos are southern whites. And as the white isn't white, the black isn't black, either. Both are grey. The northern white rhino has been reduced to its last two members, both females; the last male died in March at age 45 at a reserve in Kenya.
Since 2008, poachers have slaughtered almost 7300 African rhinos, an especially tragic number given that its horn can be removed without killing the animal. Unlike an elephant's tusk, which is bone, horn is keratin, the same material as fingernails and hair, and it can grow back if it's cut above the germinal layer where it connects to the facial plate. Nevertheless, Africa's rhino population – which has been brought back from the brink of extinction before – is down to about 21,000 white and 5000 black rhinos. South Africa's game reserves and farms like Van Niekerk's hold 80 per cent of them.
The goal is to repopulate them where they have been decimated, in countries including Rwanda, Zambia and Botswana. In May, Chad airlifted in six rhinos after an absence of 50 years. It doesn't always work out. An internal relocation in Kenya of 11 rhinos from Nairobi and Lake Nakuru national parks to Tsavo East National Park, meant to start a new population in the area, ended tragically in July after nine rhinos drank saltwater and died from dehydration. A tenth was killed by lions.
"The main reason for moving rhinos is strategic," says Richard Emslie, scientific adviser for the International Union for Conservation of Nature. "You have to have more and different baskets to withstand poaching. You manage rhinos like an investment share portfolio: you don't want all your investments in one place."
The risk comes from demand in Asia, where poached horn is pulverised for use in fake medicines or fashioned into ornaments and objects, a part of the illicit trade in endangered animals worth billions. An average white rhino horn weighs about four kilograms. Brittle parts, ground up for potions, sell for $US10 a gram; the dark core used to fashion trinkets gets $US180 a gram – more than the price of gold bullion – according to Phillip Hattingh, who investigated the market in his documentary, The Hanoi Connection. A poaching team receives as much as $US10,000 per horn. Given their limited financial options, that sum is worth risking their lives for, or the lives of anyone who gets in their way.
Occasionally, the tables turn. Last month, at least three suspected rhino poachers who broke into Sibuya Game Reserve in South Africa were eaten by lions.
Rhinos are killed in South Africa at a rate of three a day. "I really never enjoyed putting rhino into boxes and sending them anywhere," says Dave Cooper, whose job as vet of KwaZulu-Natal's provincial parks requires him to perform rhino post-mortems, and who plays a vital role in translocations including this one. "I felt sorry for them. The thing that has changed now is, when I put them into a box, I'm saving them."
More broadly, African conservation faces an unavoidable conflict between the needs of humans and animals. The United Nations forecasts Africa's population of 1.3 billion people may grow to 2.5 billion by 2050. Its governments have their hands full with providing roads and schools, hospitals and food – essentials for which some impassioned wildlife lovers have little sympathy. "Africa doesn't have an animal problem!" one wildlife executive tells me. "It has a people problem. We don't need to cull animals. We need to cull people."
When I repeat the comment to Les Carlisle, an old conservation hand who helps manage the translocation of Van Niekerk's rhinos, he bridles. "Absurd," he says.
"On the whole, conservation has done absolutely nothing for communities around them. It's a paternalistic relationship. We know this: When there's benefit to the community, wildlife crime is minimal." Time is growing short, he says. "If we don't change what we're doing, it'll be game over within 10 years, at least for the rhinos. They'll be gone."
The attempt to move Van Niekerk's rhinos has been organised by Rhinos Without Borders, a partnership formed by Dereck and Beverly Joubert of Great Plains Conservation, and Joss Kent, CEO of South Africa-based travel company &Beyond. Since 2015, Rhinos Without Borders and &Beyond have raised $US6 million to acquire and relocate 100 rhino and then monitor them for three years. This move will bring the total to 77.
It will be the largest to date, in three stages over three weeks, bringing Van Niekerk's 32 rhinos to the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Another eight will be flown from &Beyond's Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. The window of opportunity is narrow.
Any day the scorching heat, followed by torrential rains, will make the road through the swamps impassable and spoil the opportunity. And no one knows whether politics will interfere or if poachers will come again. So when the permits come through in September 2017, the relocation team jumps into action.
The assembly at Van Niekerk's farm includes veterinarians, a doctoral candidate doing research, a helicopter pilot, drivers, and game capturers who by necessity have become expert at managing the paperwork for the permitting and export process. "We've worked it out," Carlisle says. "When the weight of the paper is equal to the weight of the rhino, they'll let us go ahead." After a meeting about logistics, they break out coolers of beer and light up a fire pit to roast a quantity of beef and the local sausage known as boerewors.
I arrive with a pair of security guards to scout the ranch for places that might be vulnerable to attack. The team has hired private security for the South African leg of the trip: they don't trust police, whom they believe to have corrupt elements.
The truck has auxiliary lights, spotlights and light bars on the front and sides. It has a radio, an on-board camera and an arsenal including semi-automatic rifles.
The guards wear flak jackets and sidearms. Trained in conservation, they've had to learn vehicle interception, bush tracking and combat. "We've had to become paramilitary," says Brett, who asks me not to use his surname because of threats from poachers.
We drive the farm's perimeter in the darkness. When we return to the farmhouse we hear that Van Niekerk's security people out in the field had been reaching for their rifles before someone thought to call and let them know that the vehicle coming toward them was us.
Transporting the rhinos by truck from Van Niekerk's farm to northern Botswana takes more than 24 hours.
We arrive at sunrise at the 1000-hectare enclosure where Van Niekerk has penned his rhinos. The day's task is to get 15 of the 32 rhinos into separate metal containers, load the containers onto two flatbed trucks, and hit the road in a convoy including the flatbeds, the security guards' truck and a pair of minivans. "I'm always nervous," says Grant Tracy, a game capturer managing the project's logistics. "I've done it many times, and I'm nervous every time. The older you get, the more you realise how much can go wrong and how it can all spin out of control very quickly."
The capture begins at dawn. An R44, a nimble helicopter, its doors removed, hovers just above the rhinos, and one of the vets uses a compressed-air dart gun to deliver a dose of M99, a sedative thousands of times stronger than morphine. It hits a female rhino's rump with a thwack; a moment later she stands still, stunned and quivering. Her eyes, tiny in her massive head, dart back and forth. Once a blindfold is placed over her eyes, she relaxes. A half-dozen workers tip her onto her side, bringing up a puff of dust. A researcher takes blood samples, to measure and compare stress levels later. It falls to someone else to put on a plastic sleeve the length of his arm and extract a fist-size stool sample. Another notches the rhino's ears – a form of identification.
All the while, workers keep their palms on her flank, her face and the hump at the nape of her neck, to reassure her. I step in to touch her. She's a mass of textures. Her back is rough. The armour on the top side of her trunk is thick, latticed in a pattern of rectangles sweeping down to the underbelly, which is full and soft. Heavy folds fall over her legs, which look jammed in, like pillars holding up a bulbous building.
Van Niekerk takes a hacksaw and removes the bigger horn. It has to come off before the rhino goes into the container, or she might break it and injure herself. The stump feels heavy, and as smooth as petrified rock. They mark a number on the hide to keep track and push her back on her feet. They rope each of her hind legs and leash her head, and push and pull, and make judicious use of a cattle prod as they manoeuvre her towards the metal container.
The rhino is still sedated, and she high-steps even though her four legs aren't quite in sync. At the edge of the gangplank – the last step before the metal container – she swings her head and sloughs off the capturers, who regather, tug, heave and hoe. Just as they get to the lip of the door and can see the end of things, she sidesteps it and starts taking big strides, as if to break into a gallop. Amid a lot of shouting, I take cover behind a pickup truck until the capturers rein her in; this time she disappears into the container. From above someone releases the metal door, which drops like a guillotine. Reaching through an opening in the top of the container, someone removes the blindfold.
Twenty minutes later, as the crew works on the next rhino, we get word that she has busted out. The container's front door was missing a metal pin to secure it. The crew has to start all over again with her. They repeat the process another 14 times. A loader lifts the containers onto the flatbeds, and the other vehicles form a convoy. At 3pm, after nine hours in the field, we start the journey to Botswana. The convoy proceeds north at 80 kilometres an hour. The schedule has us reaching the Botswana border by dusk. We arrive just before 10pm, when it closes for the night.
Our private security force peels away, and Botswana Defence Force personnel take their place. As we set out on the Trans-Kalahari Highway, the change in the security posture is striking. In South Africa, security relies on inconspicuousness and discretion. Here, it's about boldness. When the convoy stops to refuel, soldiers spill out of their vehicles and fan out with their rifles. There are no threats, though, only a handful of men and women in the modern desert oasis of a petrol station convenience store who seem happy for the break in the humdrum.
The temperature has dropped, and everyone reaches for fleece. One of the veterinarians climbs onto the tops of the containers to check on the rhinos, who protest their confinement by banging their bodies loudly against the sides of the containers.
Botswana lost its rhinos to poachers twice before, in the '70s and the '80s, but it has been re-establishing the population since the early 2000s. Its former president, Ian Khama, who stepped down on April 1, committed his military to protecting the species, even stationing anti-poaching units in the bush. He also established Rhino Conservation Botswana to co-ordinate a growing menagerie of conservation and safari companies trying to protect rhinos. His successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has pledged to continue the rhino conservation policies.
The Texas-sized country has just 2.25 million people, mostly on its eastern flank. The rest is a barely populated wilderness stretching across the Kalahari Desert, the Makgadikgadi Pan – a series of salt pans the size of Belgium – and the fertile, paradisal Okavango Delta. Its austere beauty can leave you slack-jawed, and tourism is now its second-biggest industry, after mining. Botswana has tried to build the industry with the approach Carlisle describes: lodge operators pay concession fees directly into a community trust for education, health, farming and other projects.
But rural communities and wildlife still have conflicts. There is a long-running dispute with the nomadic indigenes, the Khoisan, who have interpreted the hunting ban as an attack on their way of life. And the military's aggressiveness has other critics. In an interview with British actor Tom Hardy for the 2013 documentary Poaching Wars, Tshekedi Khama, the ex-president's brother and the country's minister for the environment, wildlife and tourism, acknowledged Botswana had a "shoot to kill" policy and described the extrajudicial execution of suspected wildlife thieves. Poachers, he said, "should start carrying their IDs so that we can notify their next of kin. Yes, God will judge the poachers but it's up to us to arrange the meeting." But its western neighbour, Namibia, claims 30 of its nationals have died as a result, including fishermen accused of "poaching fish".
Back on the road, we can see only as far as the spray of the headlights. By noon – 21 hours after we've left Van Niekerk's farm – we reach Maun, the gateway to the Okavango Delta. We have only about 50 kilometres to go. Loaders transfer the containers to smaller, more nimble trucks. We enter where the delta meets the Kalahari, bordered on two sides by rivers and laced by streams that create little islands where whole civilisations of termites have built mounds that peak like ziggurats. The trucks plunge into pools of water that rise above the wheels, above the headlights, to the base of the cab doors.
We arrive at the release site by nightfall. The rhinos are darted and led out of the containers, tipped onto their sides again to have more blood drawn, their ears notched to conform to the Botswana system, their ankles belted with GPS monitors. There are nearly 100 people present, among them the Jouberts, who envisioned this project, and Rhino Conservation Botswana director Map Ives, who was a prime mover in the first efforts to repopulate rhinos here in the early 2000s. They roll up their sleeves and get to work.
Seven rhino bulls lie still on the ground, like big grey boulders. The four pairs of cow-calves will spend the night in a boma, a little stockade. They are given the antidote to the sedative and their blindfolds are peeled off. Then, one by one, each rhino stirs and stands up. A set of car headlights silhouettes their grey hides. The rhinos sniff heavily, a sound accompanied by the steady mating calls of painted reed frogs.
Then, Van Niekerk's rhinos take their first steps on their own in more than 40 hours. They lumber, heavy-limbed, beyond the beams of headlights towards a forest of darkness, and disappear into it.


Yeast cells can sometimes reverse the protein misfolding and clumping associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's, according to new research which contradicts the idea that once prion proteins have changed into the shape that aggregates, the change is irreversible.
Prions are proteins that change into a shape that triggers their neighbors to change, also. In that new form, the proteins cluster. The aggregates, called amyloids, are associated with diseases including Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's. For yeast, having clumps of amyloid is not fatal. In a new study, researchers exposed amyloid-containing cells of baker's yeast to 104 F (40 C), a temperature that would be a high fever in a human.
When exposed to that environment, the cells activated a stress response that changed the clumping proteins back to the no-clumping shape. The finding suggests artificially inducing stress responses may one day help develop treatments for diseases associated with misfolded prion proteins.
and senior author of the paper in eLife. "When you get Hyde, all the prion protein that gets made after that is folded in that bad way.
"People are trying to develop therapeutics that will artificially induce stress responses. Our work serves as a proof of principal that it's a fruitful path to follow."
To accomplish their jobs inside cells, proteins must fold into specific shapes. Cells have quality-control mechanisms that usually keep proteins from misfolding. However, under some environmental stresses, those mechanisms break down and proteins do misfold, sometimes forming amyloids.
Cells respond to environmental stress by making specific proteins, known as heat-shock proteins, which are known to help prevent protein misfolding.
Serio and her students wanted to know whether particular heat-shock proteins could make amyloids revert to the normal shape. To that end, the team studied yeast cells that seemed unable to clear themselves of the amyloid form of the prion protein Sup35.
The researchers were testing one heat-shock protein at a time in an attempt to figure out which particular proteins were needed to clear the amyloids. However, the results weren't making sense, she said.
So they decided to stress yeast cells by exposing them to a range of elevated temperatures - as much as 104 F (40 C) - and let the cells do what comes naturally.
As a result, the cells made a battery of heat-shock proteins. The researchers found at one specific stage of the cell's reproductive cycle, the yeast could turn aggregates of Sup35 back into the non-clumping form of the protein.
Yeast cells reproduce by budding. The mother cell partitions off a bit of itself into a much smaller daughter cell, which separates and then grows up.
The researchers found in the heat-stressed yeast, just when the daughter was being formed, the mother cell retained most of the heat-shock proteins called chaperones, especially Hsp-104. As a result, the mother had a particularly high concentration of Hsp-104 because little of the protein was shared with the daughter.
The mother cells ended up "curing" themselves of the Sup35 amyloid, although the daughters did not. The degree of curing was correlated with the concentration of Hsp-104 in the cell, and the higher the temperature the more Hsp-104 the cells had.
The Hsp-104 takes the protein in the amyloid and refolds it, Serio said. But she and her colleagues found that just inducing high levels of Hsp-104 in cells by itself does not change the amyloid protein back to the non-clumping form.
"Clearly the heat-shock proteins are collaborating in some way that we don't understand," she said.
Having the amyloid-forming version of the protein is not automatically bad, she said. It may be that shape is good under some environmental conditions, whereas the non-aggregating form is good under others.
Even in humans, amyloid forms of a protein can be helpful, she said. Amyloid proteins are associated with skin pigmentation and with hormone storage.
To clear the amyloid from yeast cells, these experiments triggered cells to make many different heat-shock proteins.
Serio now wants to figure out the minimal system necessary to clear amyloids from a cell. Knowing that may help the development of drug therapies for amyloid-related human diseases, she said.


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Flamingo Crossing is winning all the awards for best ice cream in Key West. Gelato, actually. Homemade. Rich, creamy, a bunch of original flavors.
Above, a scoop each of Sour Sop and Mango. Also very good, Cuban Coffee, Rum Runner flavored with rum and, of course, key lime.


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TQ 50 70 A suburban area on the outskirts of Swanley
Boundary Kent/London/Bexley - The boundary goes eastwards along Old London Road to Birchwood, which it turns south to follow. It leaves it to the east and crosses London Road slightly to the east of it. Here it meets the Bromley border and the Sevenoaks District border.
Boundary Kent/London/Bromley - The boundary crosses London Road and goes down the eastern slip of a crossing, down a road and its continuation as a path, skirting Heathwood Gardens and going parallel to it, to the bridge over the Swanley Bypass at the junction of Trunks Alley and The Croft.
Post to the south Swanley
On the boundary
Birchwood Corner
Bull Hotel. Large roadhouse. Closed and derelict. It had become the Déjà Vu – 'for a drink, a fight and a slapper'. Amazing big sign outside with a cut-out bull on it – it had been 'The Bull of Birchwood'
Birchwood Road
Birchwood Pub. Did this used to be called the Alma?
Coal post in the hedge at the junction with Ladenhatch Lane
Swanley By pass
Started in 1964 to Mway standards. 1926-27 Ruxley to Wrotham KCC 1926
material has been collected over many years and from many sources
Yes the Birchwood was previously The Alma. It is now shut.
The Bull is being redevoloped as of 18/8/2010
Chrissywissy said...
I lived in the Bull at Birchwood from the age of five years. My family were the licensees and the pub was staffed by my aunts and uncles. I remember the ballroom, the flat roof at the rear, the large cellar with its 4 (?) hoists to the various bars and the massive car park. This was the sixth largest pub in Britain. Its a shame it wasn't restored back to its former glory.
Martin said...
No the Bull was not previously the Alma. The Alma was just across the Birchwood road from the Bull. It stood behind the petrol station for many years.
Map here showing both pubs. http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq263/barney_uk/bull%20alma.jpg
Chrissywissy,my dad did a lot of work in the bull,we moved in opposite in 1964,the only time i went in for a drink was the day i got married in 1988.i will never forget
Alison Tanner said...
Chrissywissy my mother lived at the Bull with her family - Fred Waters was her father and was, I believe the publican, for a while. Like you, it was staffed by aunts and uncles. I have an amazing photo from the 1930's I believe, of the staff and my mothers family.


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You heard me right. This layout I made shows a bit of my funky side. Yes, I have one. I bought a huge bag of eyeballs from the thrift store for a buck and I've been dying to use them on a page. I finally found the opportunity when I printed out a picture of my family sporting their edible facial hair made of royal icing.
On a more normal note, I created this card for week 2 of Memorable Seasons's Throwdown challenge.
Thanks for stopping by nad have a happy Tuesday!
Hello scrappy people! If you've followed my blog for a while, you'll know that I love die cuts. Thanks to my DT term with Cheery Lynn Designs, I have a good collection of several different shaped dies but the flowers are my favorite. Today is Challenge Me Tuesday on Practical Scrappers and we are featuring projects using die cuts, either store-bought or home-made.
How about a sketch to go with it?
Hello! We are having a beautifully sunny day here in Utah. I can't wait for Spring!
I am all about flowers. I made this fun flower using cut out hearts and I'm going to show you how to make them too. They're really fun and easy.
Cut out 8 hearts, 4 smaller than the others, along with a hand cut circle (this doesn't have to be perfect, it won't be seen) and a few hand cut leaves. I used a die for the hearts and sanded down each piece.
Fold each shape in half and then fold each half down out to the side.
Begin to arrange your flower. Glue down the leaves first onto the circle and then arrange the larger 4 hearts next. Adhere the smaller hearts onto the large hearts. For the center I used a mini "sunbeam" punch.
To add a little interest I included some gold micro beads to the center.
And here is my completed card using these cute My Little Shoebox papers.
Shaped cards are very popular right now. I made up this shape that I haven't seen before and I think it worked out well.
I turned a green flower into a shamrock by trimming one of the petals to look like a stem.
Welcome to the Practical Scrappers "Linking with Love" Blog Hop! We believe it is important to always give credit when it is due to another crafter. For this unique hop all of our design team members used the same inspiration piece to create their project. Each of them will make an example of themselves as to how to properly "Link with Love" and credit the inspiration. We'll be running the hop thru Noon EST on Sunday - so you have plenty of time to get through it.
Liz Qualman created this beautiful layout and we have all used it for inspiration. The whole hop will culminate at Liz Qualman's blog where she'll provide us with a new sketch for inspiration.
I chose to use Liz's Qualman's overall look for my inspiration. Of course I altered it to fit my taste and personality.
Instead of using the stitching with flowers, I chose to place flying kites instead. It fit with my title and works great for this "boy" theme. The majority of my papers are from Crate Paper's Toy Box collection and Echo Park's For The Record.
Now head on over to Liz Qualman's blog. She has created a great sketch for us to use. Thanks Liz!


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Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. St. Louis Rams NFL Odds & Betting Preview
Written by Jordan Walters on December 15, 2015
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will look to give their slim playoff hopes a boost when they visit the St. Louis Rams in a Week 15 NFC matchup of two rebuilding teams that feature two of the game's most talented rookies. The Bucs and Rams kick off Week 15 with a Thursday night NFL odds matchup that gets underway live from the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis Rams at 8:25 PM ET.
When: 8:25 PM ET, Thursday, December 17, 2015 Where: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri TV: NFL Network
#Bucs face #Rams for the 4th straight season. READ the full Series History: https://t.co/VrbnMekM7K pic.twitter.com/8W0czGfKjq
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@TBBuccaneers) December 15, 2015
The Week 15 NFL odds on this contest feature both teams as a Pick 'Em after opening with Tampa Bay as a 2-point favorite. Both teams can be had as a -108 pick against the NFL Moneyline while the Over/Under Total sits at the 41 points it opened at. Can Winston, Bucs, Manhandle Gurley and Rams?
Why Bet The Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a Pick 'Em
Tampa Bay (6-7 SU, 7-6 ATS) has won three of their last five games and looks like a great wager this week as they both, face an uninspiring Rams team and try to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. The Buccaneers have one of the game's best young quarterbacks in No. 1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston and a bevy of veteran skill position players like Doug Martin, Vincent Jackson and gifted second-year wide receiver Mike Evans. Tampa Bay also had the edge in coaching in my estimation, as well as scoring (22.2 ppg-16.2 ppg) and run defense (94.1 ypg). Now the Buccaneers say they can't wait to get a shot at redemption after last week's loss against the Lions. "That's exactly how you want to do it. It was disappointment yesterday," coach Lovie Smith said. "There's no other way around it. To answer your question, it was disappointing yesterday. When you are disappointed you want to make it right and get a chance to come back. "We've had some disappointments this year and what I've seen from my football team is we have bounced back. So to be able to play that game a little bit early is a good thing."
Why Bet The St. Louis Rams as a Pick 'Em
St. Louis (5-8 SU, 5-7-1 ATS), looks like a good wager for a few reasons NFL betting buffs. First, the Rams snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Detroit 21-14 on Sunday to cash in as a 3-point home dog. Next, the Rams will be playing at home where they've gone 4-3 SU and ATS this season. The Rams have a legitimate blossoming superstar in rookie running back Todd Gurley (975 rushing yards) and last but not least, will start veteran Case Keenum in place of Nick Foles, who has been pretty much abysmal in his first season with the Rams.
Expert Pick & Final Score Prediction
While a convincing 60 percent of the betting public likes St. Louis to win outright to bring home the bacon in this contest, I am 'going the other way' with my Week 15 pick on this matchup. Tampa Bay has a great chance to reach .500 for the season – and give themselves at least an outside chance of reaching the postseason while St. Louis doesn't have nearly as much of a shot of reaching the postseason playing alongside Arizona and Seattle in the NFC West. Tampa Bay also has a defense that is designed to stop Todd Gurley as the Bucs rank a stellar eighth against the run and again, the more potent offense. Jameis Winston will also be the best quarterback on the field in this contest, so there's that as well. The Buccaneers are 4-0 ATS in their last four games following a straight up loss and an insane 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games following an ATS loss. While the Rams have gone 3-1-1 ATS in their L/5 games against a team with a losing record, St. Louis is also just 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win and 1-4-1 ATS in their last six games overall.While the Bucs have gone 0-4 ATS in their last four meetings against the Rams, the underdog in this series is 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 meetings. I like the Tampa Bay Bucs to win and cash in! My final score prediction: Tampa Bay 21 St. Louis 17


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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;

public class BaseGameProfileTrackerAttributes {
    public static string ATT_TEAMS = "teams";
}

public class BaseGameProfileTrackers {
    private static volatile BaseGameProfileTracker current;
    private static volatile BaseGameProfileTrackers instance;
    private static object syncRoot = new Object();
    public static string DEFAULT_USERNAME = "Player";

    public static BaseGameProfileTracker BaseCurrent {
        get {
            if (current == null) {
                lock (syncRoot) {
                    if (current == null)
                        current = new BaseGameProfileTracker();
                }
            }

            return current;
        }
        set {
            current = value;
        }
    }

    public static BaseGameProfileTrackers BaseInstance {
        get {
            if (instance == null) {
                lock (syncRoot) {
                    if (instance == null)
                        instance = new BaseGameProfileTrackers();
                }
            }

            return instance;
        }
    }

    // TODO: Common profile actions, lookup, count, etc
}

public class BaseGameProfileTracker : DataObject {
    // BE CAREFUL adding properties as they will cause a need for a profile conversion
    // Best way to add items to the profile is the GetAttribute and SetAttribute class as
    // that stores as a generic DataAttribute class.  Booleans, strings, objects, serialized json objects etc
    // all work well and cause no need to convert profile on updates.

    public BaseGameProfileTracker() {
        //Reset();
    }

    public override void Reset() {
        base.Reset();
        //username = ProfileConfigs.defaultPlayerName;
    }

    // ACHIEVEMENTS

    public virtual void SetTrackerValue(string code, object value) {
        DataAttribute att = new DataAttribute();
        att.val = value;
        att.code = code;
        att.name = "";
        att.type = "string";
        att.otype = "tracker";
        SetAttribute(att);
    }

    public virtual string GetTrackerValue(string code) {
        string currentValue = "";
        object objectValue = GetAttribute(code).val;
        if (objectValue != null) {
            currentValue = Convert.ToString(objectValue);
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    public virtual List<DataAttribute> GetList() {
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}

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Q: String Hexadecimal cortada ao fazer insert com PDO Boa tarde pessoal!
Gostaria de uma ajuda de vocês para solucionar um problema que está acontecendo comigo.
Tenho uma string em hexadecimal contendo uma imagens que deve ser adicionada ao banco de dados, quando faço o insert com o PDO sem o bindValue, passando o valor da variável diretamente pra string SQL, funciona perfeitamente:
$sql = "INSERT INTO arquivos (arquivo) Value($this->Arquivo)";

try{
$stmt = $this->db->prepare( $sql );
//outros campos...
$stmt->execute();
}...

no entanto, se eu fizer via bindValue:
$sql = "INSERT INTO arquivos (arquivo) Value(:Arquivo)";
try{
$stmt = $this->db->prepare( $sql );
$stmt->bindValue( ':Arquivo', $this->Arquivo );
$stmt->execute();
}...

o valor é cortado, e a imagem fica corrompida.
Como corrijo isso? é alguma configuração? Gostaria de utilizar tudo via bindValue.

A: O rray está certo.
Para grandes conteúdos (tipo BLOB por exemplo), deve informar o data type: PDO::PARAM_LOB
O código ficaria assim:
$sql = "INSERT INTO arquivos (arquivo) Value(:Arquivo)";
try{
    $stmt = $this->db->prepare( $sql );
    $stmt->bindValue( ':Arquivo', $this->Arquivo, PDO::PARAM_LOB);
    $stmt->execute();
}

Outra versão:
$sql = "INSERT INTO arquivos (arquivo) Value(?)";
try{
    $stmt = $this->db->prepare( $sql );
    $stmt->bindParam(1, $this->Arquivo, PDO::PARAM_LOB);
    $stmt->execute();
}

Caso não funcione, adicione o código abaixo antes do EXECUTE, e cheque se esta propriedade contém realmente a string correta:
echo '<pre>';
var_dump($this->Arquivo);
echo '</pre>';

Sugiro que leia este artigo sobre o assunto: Gravando arquivos em BD usando PDO do PHP

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Q: MongoDB - Shell Scripting - $in usage in $ref How can I use the $in correctly in $ref?
 cursor = db.MyCollection.find({
    "player": {
    "$ref": "Contact",
    "$id": {
        $in: [ObjectId("556d901118bfd4901e2a3833"), ObjectId("556d901118bfd4901e2a3833")]
    }    ^ it executes successfully, but does not find anything
    }
})

Is it even possible to use $in inside a $ref ?


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Well we've made it to Chapter 4.
You'll eventually come to an area with a bunch of orcs trying to regroup. You don't even have to kill them if you don't want to. They will mainly run away through the two doors at the far end of this section.
There are some ammo and grenade crates here. Refill your stockpile here, and then move on through the double doors.
Once again there is more ammo to refill your stock pile with.
There is also a red can next to a baricade. Blow it up for some more grenades and probably a servo skull.
You need to board the Ram train before it takes off. Don't worry. Take your time through this section, and the train will wait for you.
There are a couple of orcs and a couple of squigs you can kill across the way. I like taking the squigs out from a distance, because when they get right up on you they can be a pain.
Grunts, shooters, and the occasional squig will rush you as you move forward. There are not too many of them, and I was able to make my way through this section with only my pistol. That's me. Ammo conservation king.
As I said shooters, grunts, and squigs.
If you look around here, you will see that there is a hidden servo skull.
As you cross this bridge you will be rushed by a bunch of grunts. Take them out and move forward.
When you head down the stairs you will be attacked by a couple of shooters. Take them out quickly.
A train will pull up with some grunts on it. They will be easily dispatched. Keep you eyes open for squigs here. If you take too long finishing the grunts, a squig or two will show up.
Keep moving forward. You will be rushed very often by squigs at this point. There are a couple of shooters up ahead as well.
If you are careful you can use the squigs to take down the shooters.
As you move forward be very careful of squigs. They will be coming from in front of you and up above you. When they are all gone move forward and board the train.
Now that you are on the train open up the door and move forward.
Move forward. You will be attacked by several grunts and a chainsword orc. Use a combo to stun the chainsword orc if he gets too close.
After you finish off that wave of Orcs you will be attacked by a Nob and several grunts. Dump fire into the Nob, and worry about the grunts later.
You might have to combo the Nob, but you might not. I dumped enough bullets into him that he went down right after he got to me.
The next wave of orcs will consit of some grunts and another chainsword orc. Consentrate on the chainsword orc.
You might have to combo him like I did. These guys fall pretty easily.
Next up we have some shooters along with some grunts. There are quite a few shooters here, but you come across them one or two at a time. So they aren't too hard to kill.
Oh I guess there's also another chainsword orc here. You know what to do on these guys by now.
As I said there's quite a few shooters here. I ended up putting them to the sword. Sometimes a bit of melee practice will keep your skills sharp.
Okay, you are now at the end of this section. On top run up and man the plasma cannon. Rip it off and walk backwards towards the wall.
When you are about where I am in this photo, you are in the right place. Take pot shots at the ship you are trying to destroy. Don't worry about trying to take it out too fast. Just take your time aim and fire.
Eventually the ship will come up and drop a couple chainsword orcs and a Nob on the deck in front of you. That's why we chose this position to fight the ship. You don't want those guys dropped on top of you. I found that out the hard way.
When they land on the deck forget about the ship until the orcs are dead. Your plasma cannon will take them down fast, but you can't let those guys run around unchecked. You've got to take them out right away.
When they are gone, go back to working on the ship. If your shields get low at any point, take cover behind the walls and let them regen. This section is really easy once you know what to do. Prior to that though it's pretty tough.
When the ship is dead, you will get a cut scene. The ship will end up taking out the train, and that's that.


The binary is not fully digital The thumb can signify 0 or 1 We might need AI to nudge us to Natural Intelligence (NI) We need AI to appreciate NI What if we unleash the computing power of all 20 of our digits Beat the race to AI with NI ?
We are yet to meet some..body who has DECIDED to LIVE though this dialog began on 16 July 1990. Are we not dead men walking ?
Everything else falls in place. The vulnerability is no more. Healing begins here.Chaos gives in to order Live on Infinitely on the path of increasing order and continual renewal…..The new regime in Mexico has come to power promising a Regeneration Plan. Promises have a history of besting forever without delivery. Making history is to prove all of history wrong.
Why | when was I born ?
Is 1 > 99 ?
Orpheus goes under and should not look back until he surfaces.
Tell us you are not a Robot ….
Does that make us human ?
Are we inferior to robots ?
Wonder why we need AI ?
Are we designed for a premature exit without the ADULT ever being born ?
The captcha might suffice to prove we are not robots but will that suffice to prove that we are human ?
So tell us what makes us human ?
It seems the birth of the Adult human is a long way off. Are we designed for a premature exit without the ADULT ever being born ?
If you have run out of questions, I have a few for you, questions that I keep on asking. Raj paused and threw his dart of a question at the group.
Current average life expectancy at birth is 71 years, 68 years for males and 73 years for females.
How do we explain the gap of 29- 39 years between the average and the exceptional?
The average is no reflection of the normal or natural and our constructs of normal or natural are far from the true or natural. This is the brick and mortar with which we build the dungeons to imprison our selves. What we do is break when we say build.
Do centenarians and women live a more natural life?
What is the design for, to live for 110 years, or 200 + years?
I believe it is for 200 + years.
If so what is the magic age when you are fully born – physical, mental, spiritual, social – adult ?
What can make you live for 200 + years ?
What happens to work ?
What happens when you exhaust your bucket list ?


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Cuban sensation Cimafunk brings
Terapia to Tipitina's,
Saturday, 4/6
Cuban music and culture share so much with New Orleans, and over the past several years we have been treated to numerous performances by Cuban artists, many of whom seem as excited to play in the city as local fans are to see them. Saturday night, Cimafunk, a young musician who has captured his country's powerful musical spirit and soul since the release of his debut album, Terapia, will make his first appearance in New Orleans at Tipitina's.
The show comes on the heels of an exhilarating set at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin a couple of weeks ago that had critics and music lovers buzzing. Cimafunk will be appearing with our own brass-heavy Soul Rebels. Keyboardist Jon Cleary and his band featuring drumming legend Herlin Riley will be opening the show.
Cimafunk, who was born Erik Rodriguez, was named the 2018 "Artist of the Year" by Vistar magazine and was anointed a Billboard magazine "Top 10 Latin Artist to Watch" in 2019. He said, "There are so many connections between the musical cultures of Cuba and New Orleans. A night like this has been a dream of mine for a long time. We can't wait to calentar (heat up) New Orleans!"
Cimafunk's stage name is a portmanteau joining "Cimarron," the singular form of "Cimarrones," a word used across the African diaspora to described escaped slaves who formed independent communities during the slavery era, and "funk." Of course, "funk" needs no definition. Cimafunk brings together the rich traditions of Cuba's musical heritage to create a unique style that combines funk and R&B with Afro-Cuban rhythms.
Since I am giving a linguistic lesson here, "terapia" means "therapy" in Spanish and one listen to Cimafunk's debut album suggests that a live performance will provide a much needed antidote to these times. The album is an utterly original creation and features a guest vocal from acclaimed Cuban vocalist Brenda Navarrete on the song, "Alabao."
The show at Tipitina's is part of a larger United States tour that includes visits to local schools and neighborhood programs in partnership with Cuba Educational Travel's U.S. Cultural Exchange Program. While in New Orleans, a workshop is planned with students from the Trombone Shorty Foundation, as well as a variety of local artists and tradition bearers.
Show time is 10 PM. Tickets are available here.


WATCH: Devin Lefebvre, chair of CUPE 3903, said Monday back-to-work legislation by the Doug Ford government will give York University the agreement they want without bargaining in good faith.
Union leaders say the Ontario government's plan to bring in back-to-work legislation to end the York University strike violates charter rights and would further poison labour relations between the two parties.
"Has the new minister of labour or the premier used their authority to encourage this employer to actually go back to the bargaining table? No," CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn said in a news conference at Queen's Park Monday morning.
"Instead they've chosen to make one of their first pieces of legislation an attack on workers and in essence an attack on the quality of education at universities themselves.
A coalition composed of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3903, CUPE Ontario, the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association are urging MPP's to support workers' charter rights by opposing the Ontario government's back-to-work legislation.
Approximately 2,000 teaching assistants, graduate assistants and contract faculty at York University have been off the job since March due to a labour dispute.
"The government can help to end the labour dispute by using its authority to encourage the employer to show up to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith," CUPE 3903 chairperson Devin Lefebvre said.
Union leaders say they are opposed to the practice of precarious employment and want the university to reverse the cut of more than 800 graduate assistant jobs. They also want to establish better support for survivors of sexual assault and stop cuts to graduate funding.
"The government has actually gone straight to back-to-work legislation and has skipped over the part where there's an effort to try and get the parties to the table," Canadian Civil Liberties Association executive director Michael Bryant said.


"I was taking the recycling out to the trash can, and I saw this blue light in the sky, and I thought, that's kinda bright to be a star, I've never seen a blue star be that bright," said Kelly Castruita.
"Watched it for about 10 minutes, just doing weird stuff, it would turn on and off and it would disappear," added Kelly's husband Jeff.
"It pretty much flew, stopped, then started doing some upward motion and downward motion, so I've never seen anything like it," said neighbor Randy Gabriel.
"We'll see the police helicopters once in a while, or an airplane go by, but nothing like this," said Ricardo Pantoja, who has been living in the neighborhood for 23 years.
23ABC's Lindsey Adams took the videos to Senior Deputy Victor Keesey with the Kern County Sheriff's Department, whose office works closely in conjunction with neighboring Meadows Field Airport.
"I'm not aware of any calls that we've received regarding any blue lights, or strange lights in that area. Very seldom, if ever, have I seen anything like it. However, we are in the age of drones now, obviously we have military drones, but we have civilian drones now and drones for purchase, so that is a possibility," said Senior Deputy Victor Keesey.
"It looked way too high up in the sky to be a drone," mentioned witness Kelly Castruita.
"It wasn't a regular airplane or a drone, it was much bigger than what a drone would be, especially at that distance," added neighbor Ricardo Pantoja.


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Mum's tribute to daughter, 19, killed in Buckhurst Hill collision
19 Oct 2021 11.42 am Lianna Bagley
Chalize Vitalis-Lovell, 19, died in a two-vehicle collision (credit: Essex Police)
The mum of a pedestrian who died following a two-vehicle collision in Buckhurst Hill has paid tribute to her daughter.
Chalize Vitalis-Lovell, 19, from Buckhurst Hill, was hit by a car and van in Buckhurst Way on Tuesday, 12 October.
Sadly, she died at the scene.
Paying tribute to her, her mum said in a statement: "Chalize was a much loved passionate, strong, kind caring young lady with her whole life ahead of her.
"She was very much a family person and would stand up for what she believes in.
"She was fantastic at her job in child care and was looking forward to becoming a mum herself one day.
"Her family and friends are extremely heartbroken at this time and trying to come to terms with the fact that we will never see her again.
"She was the best daughter a mum could ever wish for".
The driver of the van, from Harlow, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
The 28-year-old has since been released under investigation while we continue our enquiries.
A spokesperson for Essex Police said: "We need anyone who saw what happened or has any CCTV, dash cam or doorbell footage to contact us.
"If you have any information you can submit a report online at https://www.essex.police.uk or use the 'Live Chat' button to speak to an online operator between 7am-11pm.
"Please quote incident 1121 of 12 October.
"You can also call us on 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
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I am writing as a Board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians.
As you're aware, guidelines developed by the Medical Board of California (MBC) governing both the recommending of medical cannabis, and its use, by physicians, has direct bearing on our members. We were pleased you expressed a willingness to seek out research scientists who could provide the MBC with an objective foundation for their deliberations.
At the last meeting of the Marijuana Task Force, I believe you and I discussed potential candidates whose backgrounds could establish their credibility with the MBC. One of them, Dr. Igor Grant, as the director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), has been designated by the legislature to provide such input.
I found several documents and publications from the CMCR and Dr. Grant which examined the question of functional impairment induced by cannabis use. Last month, I emailed copies of these to Ms. Kirchmeyer, and she assured me she would forward them to you and Ms. Lawson. Fortuitously, I met Dr. Grant at the annual "Patients Out of Time" Conference in Berkeley, where we were both presenting. I took the opportunity to apprise him of some of the issues under discussion by the MBC, and he suggested that he would be glad to review his findings with the MBC and/or the Task Force.
I had forgotten that we'd exchanged cards and, instead, called Ms.
Kirchmeyer for an update regarding the Marijuana Task Force. She said the guidelines were being developed, and subsequently would be reviewed by the Task Force. The schedule for the anticipated "interested parties meeting" had to be pushed back until August or September. She also said that the MBC had gotten input on the guidelines from the CMCR, but I wasn't clear whether this was with regards to physicians recommending medicinal cannabis, using medicinal cannabis, or both.
Is the development of policy related to physician use of medicinal cannabis still proceeding?
Do you still plan to have the researcher(s) present their findings to the Task Force, or the full MBC?
Will the meeting(s) be open to the public?
Will there be sufficient time for public commentary before these guidelines are formally approved?
Thank you for your attention to these issues. I look forward to the next meeting of the Task Force.
Thank you for your email regarding the Marijuana Task Force. In response to your questions in the email below, the Board is proceeding with the development of guidelines for physicians for recommending marijuana for a medical purpose. To that end, Board staff met with CMCR to discuss the Board's guidelines that are being drafted to obtain their input.
Board staff is working now to incorporate the suggestions from CMCR and then the guidelines will be submitted to the Marijuana Task Force for their input. Once they have been reviewed by Dr. Krauss and Ms. Lawson, Board staff will schedule the next Marijuana Task Force interested parties meeting. The purpose of this meeting will be to receive input from all stakeholders on the draft guidelines. As stated, that meeting is being planned to be held in August or September. This meeting will provide sufficient time to hear from individuals on this draft.
After that meeting, the guidelines will be finalized. Depending upon the input received, the guidelines may be amended and then final approval will be received from the Marijuana Task Force. Once approved by the Task Force, they will be ready to be presented to the full Board, which is scheduled to take place at the October Board meeting. At the October Board meeting, public comment will again be allowed during the full Board discussion. The Board will then determine whether the guidelines are complete and ready to be released or whether changes still need to be made and what those amendments should be.
At this time, the Board is not developing a policy related to physician use of cannabis. Business and Professions Code sections 820, et. seq. and 2239 allow the Board to take action if a physician is impaired and cannot practice medicine safely. The Board will continue to use these sections of law when investigating a physician who is using cannabis, the same as they would when investigating a case for any other substance abuse/impairment.
As requested by Dr. Krauss at a previous Board meeting, the Board will be having a presentation at a future meeting on the impact of cannabis use on physicians. This presentation will be held at a full Board meeting, which is open to the public. Which future meeting, will be determined by discussions with the Board President and Vice President based upon timing and other necessary presentations and issues for the Board. Any presentation will be posted on the Board's agenda.
Again, I want to thank you for your input on and recommendation of Dr. Grant for such a presentation. I was able to meet him at the meeting we had with CMCR and I believe he definitely has a lot of information that could be provided to the Board. CMCR has done some significant research and they will definitely be a resource for the Board on these issues.
I am hopeful that this email answered all of your questions, however, should you have any follow-up questions, please feel free to email me.


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Parents face murder charges year after twins go missing
Posted 5:45 pm, April 23, 2019, by CNN Wire Service
The parents of missing twins are now facing murder charges in connection with their missing 20-month-old children, the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office said Monday.
STOCKTON, Calif. — The parents of missing twins are now facing murder charges in connection with their missing 20-month-old children, the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office said Monday.
The DA's office filed a motion in order to charge Aaron Weddles and Princess Canez-Walker with the homicide charges, on top of the eight counts of child abuse they already face.
Twins Sentina and Ren Weddles, along with their family, were reported missing on Jan. 4, 2018. The toddlers' family and siblings were found five days later in a white SUV on Trinity Parkway in Stockton, but the twins were missing.
"Neither of the children's' bodies have been found," the DA's Office said. "Every crime requires proof of corpus delicti ('body of the crime') — that proof can be proved through circumstantial evidence."
The children's mother, Canez-Walker, had been declared incompetent to stand trial last year, but the judge overturned that ruling in February.
Anyone with information about the twins' death is urged to call the Stockton Police Department or the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office, officials said.
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Parliament to further discuss animal welfare new bill in September
Proposed amendments to the island's new bill on Animal Welfare and Protection will be discussed further in September before going before the plenum, Philenews said on Thursday.
The House Environment Committee, which has the bill under debate, called on those involved to submit in writing their final views on any possible changes in August.
This is because the resumption of the debate will take place in the presence of only the state bodies of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Volunteer Commissioner and Legal Services so that the process speeds up.
Especially after efforts to have the amended bill passed before the summer recess were torpedoed.
On Wednesday, representatives of non-governmental organisations and other animal activists attended the House Committee's meeting on the issue and presented their views.
The new bill introduces important provisions like higher penalties for animal abuse, from €1,700 to €10,000 in the case of a first conviction, and from €3,400 to €20,000 in the case of a second or subsequent one.
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Welcoming New Faces to TEAM Submarine's COLUMBIA Program Office
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Amentum is always proud to welcome new team members and has recently added two new experts to TEAM Submarine's COLUMBIA Submarine Program Office.
Dr. Kaitlynn Castelle, Ph.D., PMP, CSM has joined Amentum as a Life Cycle/Product Support Strategist; she will be supporting the development of PMS397L's vision for the future COLUMBIA integrated logistics environment and aligning stakeholders to execute the vision. Dr. Castelle's background in Agile development will shape a team prototype project for model-based life cycle support at the Trident Refit Facilities, in alignment with the evolution of digital transformation logistics engineering tools to address sustainment planning gaps and life cycle research for future maintenance activities.
Dr. Castelle's dissertation research demonstrated the value in measuring individual perceived productivity at work and offered that making efforts to improve it can lead to a workforce more connected to their sense of purpose and commitment to their organization and mission. Her other research interests include Agile development, prototyping, complex system governance, enterprise architecture, performance metrics, and organizational change.
Dr. Castelle previously supported the COLUMBIA Submarine Class Program by providing data science and analytics subject matter expertise with Patrona Corporation. She is also an adjunct professor and researcher at Old Dominion University where she has taught Systems Engineering Management, Project Management, Agile Project Management, Engineering Ethics & Philosophy, and Decision-Making Techniques including Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and Monte Carlo simulation.
Dr. Lucas Marino, D.Eng., PMP, CMRP has joined Amentum as an Integrated Logistics Support Manager and Product Support Strategist. He will integrate the planning, development, and delivery of all sustainment products in COLUMBIA's transition from design, to construction, and ultimately, service to the nation. His extensive background as both a practitioner and educator in systems engineering and project management will benefit multiple lines of effort including a prototype Integrated Logistics Environment, model-based product support initiatives, sustainment resource modeling, and program planning.
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Teacher Couple Convicted of Sex Assault Sentenced to Prison
Posted 12:13 pm, January 14, 2020, by Elizabeth Worthington, Updated at 04:37PM, January 14, 2020
SCRANTON, Pa. -- Married former teachers were sentenced Tuesday for each having a sexual relationship with the same teenager.
Nick and Ruth Baggetta, both former teachers, were convicted in June of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
Nick Baggetta was sentenced to four and a half to nine years in prison plus probation.
Ruth Baggetta was sentenced to two and a half to six years plus probation.
Ruth Baggetta was on home confinement so she could be with her baby girl, but she was taken into custody while her baby watched.
Ruth and Nick Baggetta were found guilty in June of 2019 of all the charges against them, including institutional sexual assault. The charges stemmed from a nearly two-year sexual relationship the Baggettas had with a 16-year-old girl. At the time, Nick was a teacher at Fell Charter School near Carbondale, Ruth was a band director at Lakeland High School.
The victim is now 19, and she was in the courtroom. The judge said she will be scarred for the rest of her life.
Husband & Wife Teachers Convicted of Child Sex Crimes
"I believe it sends a clear message to anybody that's entrusted with the welfare of children that if they breach that trust, they're going to be held accountable," said Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell.
The Baggettas maintained their innocence during the sentencing and said they were trying to help the girl who had confided in them about problems she was having at home.
Ruth told the judge, "We never should have allowed her into our lives. We thought we were helping, but all we were doing was opening ourselves up to this situation."
Nick said, "If I ever said anything or did anything to make her upset, I only meant the best."
The parents of both Nick and Ruth addressed the judge, begging him to allow the pair to raise their daughter as a family. The parents painted a picture of a caring and compassionate couple who went above and beyond to help their students.
Married Teachers Accused of Sexual Abuse of Student
The prosecution, however, said Nick and Ruth abused their positions of power to hurt a vulnerable teen and violated the public's trust.
Judge Michael Barresse said to the Baggettas, "You've taken a young woman who had mental health and emotional issues, and you were able to target her, groom her, and abuse her."
"I can certainly sympathize with their daughter, who is a victim, but it's a result of their action that caused all of this harm," said Powell. "The real true victim will live with this the rest of her life. She's strong, but there's not a day that goes by that she doesn't recall the events that occurred to her."
Both are now in custody.
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Today is 1/15/2020, and Donald J. TRUMP is still the President of the USA….
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Glad these scum got prison time. It's too bad it wasn't longer. I pity that poor baby who is cursed with these two for parents. I'm surprised the baby wasn't taken away from these predators.
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Q: Print (1) Array of Checked Values to the Console when Submit button is clicked I've created a function that stores checked values into the Arr array. I'm trying to log all the checked values into an array and print it to the console when the "View Results" button is clicked. It's working, however it prints the array multiple times, rather than just once. Consequently, when I display this result into HTML text it repeats several times on the screen. Is there any way of printing the result once when the button is clicked?

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Paestum & the Cilento Coast Private Tour Back
Tour Code : TUR-01373
Type : Private
Duration : N/A
Meeting Place : Hotel - Rail Station - Cruise Ship
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South of the Amalfi Coast, in the area known as Cilento, some of the most impressive Greek ruins are located at Paestum, now a Unesco World Heritage site, Paestum was once a major city with important political and economic importance in Magna Grecia (Greater Greece) as the Greeks spread over the southern Mediterranean.
The site contains three of some of the most impressively preserved Doric temples outside of Agrigento in Sicily, that date from about 600 to 450 BC and an amphitheatre, one of the largest of its kinds in southern Italy. The site is also home to an impressive archeological museum and contains many ancient artifacts that date back to the mid-century BC. Today the remains of the city are found in the modern frazione of Paestum, which is part of the comune of Capaccio in the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. The modern settlement, directly to the south of the archaeological site, is a popular seaside resort, with long sandy beaches.
Our private tours of Cilento and Paestum explore one of the greatest Greek temple sites outside of Greece with an experienced local English driver-guide who will show you some of the areas most spectacular coastal landscapes and introduce you to some of the local cuisine.
Tour Highlights and What's Included
Excellent Photo Opportunities
Fun for the Entire Family!
Gelato stop
Local English speaking Driver Guide
Gratuities of any type
Transportation While On Island of Capri
Sites and Locations Visited on this Tour
Please contact us today by either phone or email for assistance with this booking.
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Absolute Italy: Mostly Private Tour of Italy including the of Amalfi Coast - Capri - Pompeii - Rome - Tuscany - Florence and Venice
Sicily: Private Full Day Tour of Erice - Castellammare del Golfo and Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve
Capri Full Day Private Tour by Boat to Discover the Island
Private Tour of Pompeii & Vesuvius
Sailing Adventure Around Ischia, Capri and Positano from Ischia Island
Cooking Course on the Amalfi Coast in Positano
Private Tour of Capri by Boat from Sorrento (with hotel pick-up)
Private Tour of the Royal Palace of Caserta
Villa Mare Meraviglioso Amalfi Coast
Villa Venancio
Amalfi Coast Villa Chiara
Villa Tomeu
Private Tour of the Amalfi Coast (with hotel pick up)
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