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Full Text: President Akufo-Addo's address to nation on COVID-19 fight
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening.
Let me thank you, yet again, for welcoming me into your homes – this being the 20th time since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country, and the first since the election of December 7, where Ghanaians, once again, reposed their confidence in me for another four years.
When I delivered Update No. 19 on November 18, I indicated that the nation, in the course of that week, was recording, on the average, 130 new cases of infections per day, and, thus, urged all Ghanaians not to let their guard down.
It has been some six weeks since that appeal, and, within that period, we have had a vigorous political campaign season, and elected a President and 275 Members of Parliament by over 13 million Ghanaians, across some 38,000 polling stations, in accordance with the effective safety protocols put in place by the Electoral Commission. Despite the genuine fears of many that we would see a surge in cases, we have, on the contrary, witnessed a stable daily rate of infection of between 130 and 100 cases.
Indeed, the total number of active cases has reduced marginally from 1,139, as at Friday, November 6, 2020, to 946 as at Friday, December 18. Our hospitalisation rates continue to be very low, and our treatment centres are virtually empty. As per data from Ghana Health Service, some regions, at the moment, have no recorded active cases, and long may this continue.
So, on behalf of Government, I want to thank our fellow Ghanaians who continue to adhere to the social distancing, hand washing, hand hygiene, and mask-wearing protocols which serve us well.
Our heroic health workers have seen to 52,675 recoveries, for which the country is extremely grateful. Unfortunately, 13 more deaths from COVID-19 and its complications have been recorded, bringing the total number of fatalities to 333 out of the 53,954 confirmed cases. May their souls rest in peace.
The data tell us that we are experiencing, in Ghana, clusters of cases linked, largely, to confined indoor spaces with poor ventilation, workplaces, offices, factories, schools, parties, and arriving passengers at our airport.
Fellow Ghanaians, the recent news of emergency approvals of Covid-19 vaccines, by the Food and Drugs Administration of the United States of America, and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency of the United Kingdom, provide considerable optimism and hope for the world in our battle to defeat the pandemic.
Ghana, I assure you, is not going to be left behind in having access to the vaccines. I am aware of the anxieties relating to the safety and efficacy of newly-developed vaccines. Government will ensure that the Covid-19 vaccines to be deployed in the country are effective and are safe. To this end, I have put together a team of experts, from the relevant institutions and agencies, who are working assiduously towards the procurement and deployment of the vaccines in Ghana. The briefings held by the Ministry of Information will keep the nation updated on this matter.
Until then, and with barely a week to the Christmas festivities, which bring in its wake family reunions, parties and many social and religious gatherings, I urge all of us to err on the side of caution and observe the Covid-19 safety protocols no matter where we find ourselves.
The dynamics of the virus has taught us that, if you must host or attend such events, they are best held safely outdoors or in very well-ventilated halls, rather than in closed, air-conditioned spaces. Even when organised outdoors, there must be adequate spacing for the maintenance of social distancing. Organisers of such events, public or private, should ensure the presence of 'Veronica' buckets, soap and sanitisers, and must insist that patrons use them as frequently as possible.
I entreat all persons with underlying ailments, such as hypertension, diabetes, chronic liver disease, and asthma to pay particular attention to their health during the festive season.
It is important to stress that our borders, by land and sea, will remain closed to human traffic until further notice. Beaches, pubs, cinemas and nightclubs remain closed until further notice. All other institutions that have been cleared to function are to continue to do so in strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols.
So, my fellow Ghanaians, I make this plea to all of you to ensure compliance with the enhanced hygiene and mask wearing protocols that have become part of our daily routines. This will help us in the fight against the virus.
This too shall pass! For the Battle is still the Lord's!!!
May God bless us all and our homeland Ghana, and make her great and strong.
I thank you for your attention, and good night.
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Articles March 7, 2019 April 24, 2019
Those Mysterious Nicaraguan Mustangs
by Dan Hagedorn
This anonymous FAN F-51D is believed to have been one of the "stock" Mustangs acquired from Sweden in 1954-55, although its GN serial is unknown. This is believed to have been the former 44-63675 and Fv26152 and may be the aircraft which became Sierra Sue II on the warbird circuit when Dave Allender bought the aircraft, shown here as a gate guardian at the FAN Officer's Club. (Photo by Guido Buehlemann)
In 1985, Aerofax had the courage to publish a small monograph co-authored with John Dienst, entitled North American F-51 Mustangs in Latin American Air Force Service (ISBN 0-942548-33-7) which was an honest effort to pull together what was felt, at the time, to be the best understanding of these classic aircraft, as they saw service in Latin America.
Looking back on it, the effort was probably premature, and had this aero-enthusiast been more patient, and awaited the wonders of the internet (which could still not be conceived as we know it today, at time of writing) a much more accurate and comprehensive record could probably have been assembled (the original manuscript was actually typed on a standard, non-electric typewriter!). On the other hand, Jay Miller, owner and publisher of Aerofax at the time, is owed a debt of gratitude for publishing what was, as of 1984-85, the first English-language monograph dedicated entirely to a specific aircraft type operated in Latin America. For that, eternal gratitude is owed, because even though the monograph was a soft-bound tome, measuring but 64 pages, it was a financial gamble with a completely unknown potential market.
Inevitably, over the span of the intervening 34 years, additional bits and pieces of the total picture started to emerge although on balance, the bulk of the original findings have held up remarkably well – with one notable exception.
That exception surrounds the operation of F-51 Mustangs by the Somoza-dominated government of Nicaragua. Despite never-ending inquiries of varying degree of persistence, to this day, we are left with a very incomplete understanding of precisely what happened with regard to the Nicaraguan Mustang experience. In part, this can be attributed to a combination of apparent political intrigue, natural catastrophe and an exceptionally poor paper trail. Of these factors, your scribe has been particularly puzzled by the nearly complete absence of normal U.S. intelligence reportage on the subject when, at nearly the same juncture, intelligence reports for sister republics still extant in public repositories can be said to range from good to excellent.
This article is offered to the Latin American Aviation Historical Society membership, and its remarkably well-informed external readership, with the profound hope that we might jointly manage to put some of the questions still pending to rest – although some may never be satisfactorily answered.
We have confirmed and reliable reports from at least three sources that the Government of Nicaragua purchased 26 ex-Flygvapnet (Royal Swedish Air Force) in a deal which had been in the works as early as July 1954, and which included a 500 hour spares package (per aircraft), 12 spare V-1650 engines, zero timed, 100 spare M-2 .50cal. machine guns, 600 extra barrels for same, some two million rounds of .50 caliber ammunition and "…the temporary use of advisory mechanical personnel," all via the agency of Henry Wallenberg of Stockholm for something in the order of $650,000. The identities of these, both their original USAAF serials and their Fv serials, have been confirmed. These aircraft did in fact arrive in Nicaragua, crated, January 16, 1955. According to a US intelligence document dated January 1st, "…President Somoza has stated that he desires to keep only five or ten of the aircraft and that he will sell the remainder." Herein may be found the first of the mysteries surrounding the Nicaraguan F-51Ds:
So far as can be determined, no Nicaraguan F-51D acquired from Sweden was lost to any known accident between acceptance and February 20, 1958. Yet, when Nicaragua sold nearly all of its F-51D fleet which remained circa September 1963, only nine (and possibly 10) were sold to the U.S. buyer. The fate of the remaining 16 (one was definitely traded to Guatemala for an F-47N) are unknown.
We also know that Nicaragua acquired, via a straight commercial sale, two TF-51D two-seaters, paid for in 1957, but actually delivered circa February 20, 1958. Both of these aircraft are accounted for, one being sold to Trans-Florida in July 1959 and the other sold to the U.S. broker who purchased the bulk of the other survivors in September 1963.
Finally, we know that Nicaragua acquired seven ex-USAF F-51Ds in late May 1958, and all of these have been identified.
Thus, not counting the single aircraft that was traded to Guatemala, it is safe to say that, between January 1955 and May 1958, Nicaragua actually purchased a total of 34 Mustangs. One of the very few Air Order of Battle documents to emerge relative to this story, oddly enough, was a British Air Attaché report, dated May 12, 1959 (by which time all acquisitions should have been complete) which reflected a total of 29 F-51s in the Nicaraguan inventory including two dual-control aircraft, with a footnote which stated that less than 50% of the aircraft were in regular use and, additionally, that although all of the aircraft were fitted with bomb racks, "…not all have guns." This British report is difficult to reconcile, in light of known Nicaraguan F-51 accidents – with the caveat that not all of them may have been write-offs (although given that those shown below involved loss of life in each case, it is difficult to see how they could have been resurrected). Known FAN F-51 losses are as follows:
2 July 1957 – Sub.Tte. (P-PA) Guillermo González, GN
28 August 1957 – Sub.Tte. (P-PA) Roy L. Smith, GN
14 May 1958 – Sub.Tte. (P-PA) Carlos Pacheco, GN
4 June 1959 – Capt. (P-PA) Jorge A. Zogaib, GN
(date unknown) – Tte. (P-PA) Udenes Villalobos, GN
Since all of these incidents occurred after the single large batch of 26 ex-Swedish aircraft arrived, and all but two after the arrival of the ex-US TF-51s and F-51s, and since we know with a good degree of confidence which aircraft were sold to MACO Sales Financial Corporation to be returned to the US in September 1963, totaling 21 aircraft, there must be some losses that are not accounted for.
The only other accurate intelligence document to emerge from the FAN F-51 era was that of July 1959, which read as follows: "In July 1959, an uneconomically repairable TF-51 was disposed of on a trade basis for serviceable F-51 parts with a Florida firm [this was almost certainly 44-84658, which went to Trans-Florida]. The parts were valued at $10,000 and the deal included rocket rails. The TF-51 was air-freighted to Florida via PAA. FAN inventory as of 31 August 1959 stood at 14 F-51s bought in Sweden in 1955 in good condition, one TF-51 bought from the USAF in 1957 in good condition and seven F-51Ds bought from the USAF in 1958 in good condition." A footnote to this report stated further that "…one TF-51 and six F-51s were deleted from the inventory during the report period. One of the F-51s crashed during the "emergency" during this period."
This is the former GN-118, one of the seven ex-USAF F-51Ds acquired by the FAN in May 1958, upon return to the US to MACO in September 1963, a scant five years later, as N12065. Traces of its former ANG markings are clearly evident while there is little evidence of Nicaraguan markings, aside from the GN tail number. (Photo via John Dienst.)
What We Don't Know
Around August 14, 1958, one Enruve García, a registered agent of the Dominican Republic, arrived in Managua with a letter of credit for $139,500 plus another $50,000 for ocean freight, expiring on August 18th (but extended to October 18th) to purchase from the FAN six to 12 F-51s, plus spares, for the government of Indonesia. The U.S. State Department was asked, in essence, if it had any objections to such a sale. It is unclear from existing records whether or not this sale was ever consummated.
There also remains the question of the Guardia Nacional serial numbers issued to the FAN F-51 fleet. The lowest number thus far confirmed was GN76, while the highest, one of the ex-USAF F-51Ds acquired in May 1958, was GN122. If these serials were in fact issued consecutively, they would amount to 47 aircraft, rather than the 34 known to have been acquired and, it is assumed, erected and in receipt of FAN markings. There is, consequently, something wrong with the numbers. It is know, for instance, that Nicaragua received 15 North American T-6G Texans commencing in November 1955, and that at least one of these received serial GN111, so this might help balance the ledger. However, in order to arrive at something coherent, it first requires that we examine the GN numbers for P-51s that are known. These include GN76 (there is some evidence that this serial may have been used twice), GN79, GN80, GN83, GN85, GN87, GN90, GN91, GN93, GN94, GN96, GN98 (the first of the ex-USAF TF-51Ds), GN117 to GN122 (the seven ex-USAF F-51Ds acquired in May 1958). GN15 has also been frequently quoted, but is believed to be in error, and possibly mistaken for GN95. There are others which have been reported that are difficult to reconcile, include GN100 and GN126. If GN76 was the lowest ex-Swedish aircraft received and which received a number, then logic would dictate that the highest ex-Swedish number should be not higher than GN101. However, since we know that GN98 was the first of the two ex-USAF TF-51s, and it was not delivered until February 20, 1958, there is clearly either something wrong with the numbers….or the GN re-issued numbers, something that is it rarely known to have done. Of the above serials, the following are actually quoted as being amongst those sold to MACO in September 1963: GN76, GN80, GN85, GN87, GN93, GN94, GN96 (or 98?), GN117, GN118, GN119, GN120, GN121 and GN122.
All of this is aggravated by the fact that very, very few photographs of any of the ex-Swedish FAN F-51Ds have emerged and, as a direct consequence, it has proven very difficult to verify serials. Clearly, a better understanding of these would go far towards resolving these outstanding questions.
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Charlie Hebdo became the centre of a series of recent Islamist attacks in France beginning from the 26th of September, after a young Pakistani man of 18 years stabbed two people, outside the former offices of the French satirical magazine (click here). The attack occurred during the trial of seven of the accomplices of the gunmen killed for the attack at Charlie Hebdo headquarters in 2015, that resulted in 12 deaths.
The world was stunned to silence (October 16th) when a school teacher from Paris, who shared cartoon images of Muhammed during a classroom session on free speech, was murdered by a Muslim fanatic urged to action by the parent of a child at the school. the teacher had his throat slit by the Islamist who had to be shot dead by police after refusing to drop his weapon (click here).
Only two weeks later (29th October) three people had their throats slit by a blood-hungry Islamist whilst at church in Nice. The Islamist attacker frighteningly continued to shout allah-hu-akbar as he was shot but not killed and was then arrested (click here). The Tunisian attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker who had only entered the country days earlier, causing a debate over need for the stiffening of France's asylum process. The outcome of this attack was a the heightened number of threats towards a Tunisian Imam who has supported the banning of Burkhas and who condemned the attack on Charlie Hebdo (click here). Even worse four, 10 year-old children have been questioned by French police because of their open support of the murder of their teacher (click here).
Only a few days later (2nd November) a crazed Gunman shouted allah-hu-akbar as he rampaged through the streets of Vienna and murdered innocent people. Initially it was thought that there were a number of shooters but later police confirmed that the one lone-attacker involved had travelled to six different locations, killing 4 people and injuring 17 others including a Police officer (click here). The event was the first Islamist attack in Austria who had not been targeted in the numerous attacks across europe till then.
After the attack in Vienna, Britain finally raised our own threat level to severe. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the British people should be "alert but not alarmed".
"This is a precautionary measure following the horrific events of the last week in France and last night in Austria and is not based on a specific threat."
She added that significant steps had already been taken to amend powers and strengthen the tools for dealing with developing terrorist threats.
"As I've said before, we face a real and serious threat in the UK from terrorism.
"I would ask the public to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious activity to the police."
British Asian Christian Association, however is concerned that the UK Home Secretary fails to understand just how significant the threat in the UK is. Questions remain on how the UK has ever reduced our threat level to below severe? It is very evident that terrorist attacks across the globe reduced during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, but this was not due to a collaborative spirit between extremists and the rest of the world, but a consequence of the increased visibility of those on the streets when a curfew was in place and a reduced number of people at targeted locations. thefts, burglaries and other crimes also dropped during this period, which would have given police more time to investigate terrorism - which must be an additional factor.
Reports from France of a moderate Imam having an increased number of threats made towards him and 10 young Muslim children, stating that they would kill their teacher if they blasphemed, suggests multiculturalism has reached a new nadir. It is suggestive that many of the Muslims in western nations are as extreme as those in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria to name but a few locations where Islamist strongholds exist. It simply cannot be a curse related to France alone. If any British satirical newspaper was as brave and Charlie Hebdo and trialled similar cartoons, we in this country would also face the explosive grand-scale, hate-fuelled, terrorism that our French counterparts have.
Radicalisation sadly is a reality of modern Islam that threatens the very future of all non-Muslims and the less aware we are of this situation, the more likely the future of Britain is one of schism and polarisation.
BACA has written several reports on the hate-crimes that have targeted the growing number of apostates who quit the Islamic faith. Both of these were ignored by the UK Home office, despite being a canary in the mine illustrating a rise in Islamic radicalisation. Read our reports (here) and (here)
We have reported on a number of incidents in which converts have been targeted for hatred:
ITV News report on Christian man persecuted for 17 years forced to escape to place far from radicalised Bradford (click here)
Ex Muslim forced to flee home in Ilford (click here)
Ex Muslim forced to flee home after being targeted on Facebook rant (click here)
But these attacks are not just on Ex-Muslims
Man beaten till unconscious for wearing a poppy on his car and displaying cross on rearview mirror (click here)
White woman beaten for being non-Muslim in Bately (click here)
Non-Muslim girls are being targeted for grooming by Muslims in Pakistan with over 1000 a year forced into Islamic marriage. Imams are known to preach about a special place in heaven for those who convert women in this way, It may also be a reason why so many successful grooming gangs in the UK have entrapped non-Muslim women, mainly Sikhs and White women generally those who have sime vulnerability, into a life where they are sexually exploited.
There is no need for us to list the number of terrorist attacks in the UK suffice to say that in 2017, 5 terrorists attacks were the second highest ever recorded in the UK (click here). Of course one of these attacks was a far right terrorist attack and this extremism needs to be wiped out too.
More has to be done to protect Britain from radicalisation, but it must be done soon. We have entered a second lockdown in the UK, though it is not as strict as the first lockdown, it may give us a small reprieve. It will definitely reduce the desire to complete any planned terrorists attacks due to the lessened impact and heightened visibility of perpetrators. Measure BACA believe we should enact as a country are listed below:
We must continue with the prevent programme and ensure all types of extremism are tackled not just by reporting, but via active engagement in communities, via council led interfaith and anti-racism events and school-led grassroot programmes.
Britain will have to reconsider its immigration programme, lets not target Muslims but find ways to screen backgrounds of those seeking entry to the country, especially uncovering links to extremist organisations.
Western nations are not the only countries that could provide support to asylum-seekers and Islamic nations should be encouraged to take up a larger proportion of asylum seekers, especially those from a Muslim background wh have similar cultural backgrounds.
we still believe Christian asylum-seekers should be prioritised especially those fleeing Islamic persecution. Not because they are Christian and have similar Judeo-Christian principles as citizens of Britain, but because they have a more significant risk factor and would be re-persecuted in an Islamic nation, Hindu nation or Buddhist nations as has been so often evidenced.
Juliet Chowdhry, said:
"Britain will continue to have increased polarisation amongst its communities unless we find a solution to Islamic radicalisation and racial hatred - each of these two social dilemmas fuels the other.
"Terrorist attacks are being used as a tool to breed racial prejudice in addition to faith-hatred and the result is one not worth contemplating.
"Reducing Britain's terrorist threat level from severe currently, would be a misguided act and would leave our communities vulnerable.
"There are people of good conscience amongst all faiths - we must all do more to build bridges amongst one another to make a more cohesive Britain."
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We nominated dozens of the city's best restaurants, bars and chefs. You picked 10 victors. Here are your Readers' Choice winners for 2014.
Another food-and-drink-filled year has come and gone. In 2014, we saw a wave of amped-up Asian, nouveau steakhouses and an Italian juggernaut. Here are your choices for the top restaurants and bars of the year.
New Yorkers are no strangers to sushi, but this was the year that OMAKASE burned bright in marquee lights. A fresh crop of knife-slingers, repping the chef's-choice style of Japanese dining, grabbed the mike. Their nonconformist antics—brash knuckle tats, midmeal sing-alongs—tore through the vintage monasticism of haute sushi's old school. But no one balanced bona fides and showmanship as deftly as Daisuke Nakazawa, breakout star of the raw-fish school of hard knocks. The Jiro Dreams of Sushi disciple brought New York swagger to traditional nigiri, nailing the details (lightly vinegared rice, heirloom seaweed) while torquing up his own cheeky flourishes. Some of the surprises hit you during the meal, like yuzu pepper paste slapping a still-squirming Maine scallop; others dawn on you later, when you realize that the joke-cracking chef photobombed an Instagram pic of you and your date.
In this Yankee-pinstriped town, it takes a lot for our Red Sox–hating hearts to warm to a Beantown import, especially in place of lionized food towns like Bangkok and Tokyo. But when a grand slam came courtesy of kitchen heavy hitters Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette, even you Bronx Bomber diehards had to take a cap off in respect. At this clubby Meatpacking goliath, the chefs cram big-as-a-ballpark flavor into tiny Spanish packages: Miso butter slicks an uni-oozing panino, while fermented black beans salt crisp, creamy sweetbreads. The seductive tapas warrants the buzzing scene, night owls savoring fat-laced jamón and swigging gin and tonics until the steel-edged room blurs like a discoteca. It's New York's best Boston score since the Great Bambino and, like the Babe, this one knocks it out of the park.
In this throbbing metropolis, where culinary ambitions are as lofty as skyscrapers, one joint is rarely enough for striving restaurateurs. So while gastro-tech demigod Wylie Dufresne (Alder), Brooklyn locavore royalty Andrew Feinberg and Francine Stephens (Marco's), and mash-up golden boy Danny Bowien (Mission Cantina) all turned up the heat with sophomore hits, you crowned Andrew Carmellini's latest tour de force best in show. Not since Balthazar has a brasserie lit up a neighborhood like this, with a front bakery worthy of stand-alone status flaunting Jennifer Yee's stunning pastries, and chef de cuisine Damon Wise putting out lusty French-inflected food that turns a polar-vortex night warm. With this banging brasserie rounding out crown jewels Locanda Verde and the Dutch, Carmellini—once the Café Boulud prince of haute cuisine—cements his status as restaurateur to the people. All hail the king.
New York cocktailers have a way of trying to capture the past: There's the feel-good '70s groove of East Village haunt Golden Cadillac; the midcentury, neon-marquee pull of the Long Island Bar; and the bespoke throwback that is Attaboy. Among these shaker-flipping all-stars, none stirred your spirit quite like the Dead Rabbit, a boozy, Dickensian set piece from brogued bar aces Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry, imported from Belfast. Inside a handsome 186-year-old FiDi townhouse, the cocktail-slinging Celts resurrect Industrial Age quaffs that went all but AWOL in the last century, pouring a liquid history lesson in the form of bishops, possets and fixes. With their skilled execution of a behemoth menu—60 drinks and counting—and stunning retro sips like a Byrrh Wine Daisy (red wine, rhubarb soda, angelica bitters), Muldoon and McGarry don't just silence revival-jaded tipplers—they rouse an old New York we didn't know we were missing. We'll clink a copper mug to that.
Southeast Asian restaurants brandished their credentials in the past 12 months, bringing us Thai pub grub from James Beard Award winner Andy Ricker (Whiskey Soda Lounge Ny), haute Laotian from Iron Chef Marc Forgione (Khe-Yo) and DIY Vietnamese with an Eleven Madison Park pedigree via Jimmy Yu (Bunker). But you stuffed the ballot box for Uncle Boons, where a pair of Per Se vets—wife-and-husband team Ann Redding and Matt Danzer—apply flawless technique to Thailand's gangbuster flavors. Family recipes are the launching pad for more-personal-than-anthological chef fireworks: laab remixed brilliantly with lamb, for example, or punchy sour pineapple curry enriched with seared chicken livers. The culinary tightrope act is as thrilling as a rip-roaring bender in Bangkok, but Uncle Boons knows when to keep it simple, too: A plate of charcoal-kissed baby octopus and a frozen Singha beer slushie might be the best bar meal in the five boroughs.
Restaurant bars have moved well past their second-class status, with barstools no longer begrudgingly accepted as substitutes for a table. Yet lately the goodwill generated by the city's top programs has been centered on the cocktail, leaving the fervor for burgundy-stained wine service to dusty prerecession dining. This year's nominated foursome shifted the focus back to wine (Estela, Charlie Bird) and, in the case of the rare-brew pairings at Luksus, beer. But no in-house drink slate caught your sip-and-swirl fancy quite like Patrick Cappiello's 2,000-bottle vino list at Pearl & Ash. Cappiello (ex–Gilt sommelier) represents the new generation of punk-rock wine service, trading pageantry for personality: He can saber a bottle of bubbly with the best of them, but he'll do it in a raggedy Ramones T-shirt. Balancing old-world standbys and New Age misfits (funky Southwestern bottles alongside that queen bee of wine, bordeaux), the program's offbeat exuberance finds its mate in Richard Kuo's creative small plates, from the togarashi-rubbed octopus that starts a meal to the Fernet-Branca ice-cream sandwiches that finish it. In a newly democratized era in which Obama busts Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns and the Pope updates his Twitter feed more religiously than you do, that's food and drink for the modern age.
"Never order the fish" is but one of the many steakhouse tenets that Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis subvert at this madcap chophouse, whose sheer whimsy made it stand out from a pack of traditionally hedge-fund-baiting meat havens. The gleefully eccentric couple behind M. Wells Dinette run a steakhouse by way of surrealism: Pork chops come stacked flapjack-style with pats of anchovy butter; a buttermilk-dressed wedge gets jacked up with shards of dehydrated ketchup; and that fish wriggles around in a concrete trough until it's slipped into a ridiculously good trout au bleu. Sure, there are the customary steaks, wood-fired to a caveman crust, but even those can be ordered with beef butter, an indulgently rich side that's a meal in and of itself. It's audacious, absurd and downright thrilling—we wouldn't expect, or want, anything less.
From a Caribbean-style kegger (Battery Harris) to a beery temple of fermented cukes (Pickle Shack), this year's craft-brew nominees all earned props for letting their freak flag fly. But none rocked out with its hops out quite like Greenpoint's game-changing Tørst. Under the stewardship of Evil Twin honcho Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø (whose irreverent ales bear names like Soft DK and Even More Jesus), the minimalist brew hall eighty-sixed the standard playbook—no TVs; no neon brewery signage; hell, not even a perfunctory bottle of chardonnay—and built a modernist clubhouse to match its esoteric stash of suds. With a state-of-the-art draft system pumping out obscure farmhouse ales, and New Nordic tasting-menu restaurant Luksus hiding in the back, Tørst threw down the gauntlet and rewrote the rules for a craft-beer bar. Your choice is a resounding reminder: New Yorkers love to get weird.
There's a reason that Carbone tag team Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone aced your end-of-year evaluations, triumphing over the likes of Best New Sushi winner Nakazawa and class oddball Mattos: These dudes studied, rummaging through library dish archives and researching white-tableclothed warhorses with all-nighter zeal. Brandishing their dig-deep efforts and collective kitchen chops, the pair does more than transcend kitsch. They've cooked up an Italian joint worthy of modern-day Gotham, one where Vito Schnabel–curated art happily cohabitates with the Drifters' golden oldies, and the chefs can push the genre to new heights while still paying tribute to marinara-soaked memories. Carbone and Torrisi show that you don't have to go out with the old to be in with the new.
Macaroni mavericks Rich Torrisi, Mario Carbone and Jeff Zalaznick (Torrisi Italian Specialties, Parm) erected a brash-yet-polished study in Italian-American excess this year. And while much ink has been spilled over the bigness of this high-toned supper club—the wingspan of the menus, the sticker shock of that formidable $54 veal parm—the details are what make this pitch-perfect homage blare as loudly as its Sinatra soundtrack. It's the minutes the Zac Posen–tuxedoed waiters take to toss the sublime Caesar salad tableside, the Calabrian-chili gusto of the lobster Fra Diavolo and the parade of gratis "extras" (nubs of salty Parmesan, house-made limoncello) that leave you fuller than Sunday-night dinner with the famiglia. This is red-checkered dining in the fifth dimension—your move, nonna.


Seequent has been named as a finalist in the 2014 Champion Canterbury Business Awards in the Global Operator category.
Seequent (formerly ARANZ Geo) has built a global reputation in the mining industry, in particular as the developers of 3D geological modelling software Leapfrog® which is sold to over 50 countries.
Catherine Schache, Commercial Director of Seequent says, "We've been through a period of extremely high growth, as we continue to open up markets around the world. This is a fantastic acknowledgement for the team who have been working hard to develop innovative products with global appeal. We're committed to Christchurch and we're really pleased to be contributing to the region's international reputation."
Schache says the team has had cause to celebrate their achievements this week. Earlier in the week, the company announced that Wellington-based Pencarrow Private Equity had taken an equity stake securing a mixture of existing shares and new shares through a significant investment. CEO Shaun Maloney also received a Prime Minister's Business Scholarship to study at Harvard Business School and London Business School at a function at the Beehive this week.
Schache says, "We're really gearing up to further accelerate global expansion and product plans to build on our past strong growth. We'll also be looking at strategic acquisition opportunities."
Seequent's R&D and head office is based in Christchurch and sales and support offices are located in Australia, Chile, Brazil, Denmark and Canada, with distributors in South Africa, Colombia and Mexico.
44 businesses were announced as finalists last night, for the Champion Canterbury Business Awards at a special function hosted by leading global accounting firm PwC. 130 entries from a wide variety of industry sectors were received for this year's awards, which recognise and celebrate excellence, passion and success in Canterbury businesses.
"The standard of business acumen clearly illustrated by the finalists in this year's Awards is outstanding," said Peter Townsend, Chief Executive of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce, and Chairman of Champion Canterbury Ltd.
"We're sensing a great deal of optimism in the business community as a whole, and you can see this coming through in the entries. Each of our finalists has a good story to tell and we can learn good lessons from them as adopters of best business practice."
Final judging takes place during August and early September with the winners announced at the official Awards Ceremony and dinner on Wednesday 17 September.


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A Twin Was Born Inside of a Twin in an Extremely Rare Birth—Here's How That's Possible
The viral video that shows it all.
By Samantha Lauriello
Just when we thought we had heard every strange birth story out there, we found out about a baby born in Colombia that gives strange a whole new meaning. A mother gave birth to a little girl who had the fetus of her twin growing inside of her. Yep, the baby was more or less pregnant with her own twin. Mind. Blown.
At 35 weeks pregnant, Monica Vega's obstetrician told her that her baby appeared to have a liver cyst, according to the Daily Mail. She was then referred to high-risk pregnancy specialist Miguel Parra-Saavedra, MD, who used advanced ultrasound technology to take a closer look. As you may have guessed, he quickly saw it wasn't a cyst. The fluid-filled space actually contained a tiny infant connected to an umbilical cord that attached to the larger twin's intestine.
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Doctors wanted to wait and see if it would be possible for Vega to carry her baby to term (which would be five more weeks) to avoid risks that come with premature birth. But after two weeks, the underdeveloped twin (who had arms and legs but no heart or brain) had grown between 20% and 30%. If it continued to grow, it could have crushed the healthy baby's organs, doctors believed.
On February 22, when Vega was 37 weeks pregnant, doctors delivered her baby, who she named Itzamara, by cesarean section. The next day, they removed the fetal twin by laparoscopic (or minimally invasive) surgery. The fetal twin, who was about 2 inches long, died when the umbilical cord was cut.
RELATED: A Newborn Crawled Out of the Womb in This Viral Video of a "Gentle C-Section"
This rare phenomenon is called a fetus-in-fetu birth and was first described in a British medical journal in 1808. One report estimated that it occurs in about one in every 500,000 births. Though it's extremely rare, there have been other cases in recent years. It typically happens when twin embryos don't fully divide, and the larger one absorbs the smaller one.
This case was even more unusual because doctors were able to identify the fetus-in-fetu before the baby was born. Typically, it's discovered at birth.
Luckily, baby Itzamara is now perfectly healthy. In fact, Dr. Parra-Saavedra told The New York Times, "She has a little scar on her abdomen, but she is a normal baby now except that the whole world is talking about her."
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Law enforcement: Crime in Nevada County remains consistent
News | February 28, 2018
Matthew Pera and Alan Riquelmy
Grass Valley Police Department Sgt. Brian Blakemore shows off a stolen handgun and the .38 caliber ammo it was loaded with. The handgun was retrieved from a transient in the parking lot of a downtown Grass Valley hotel.
Elias Funez/efunez@theunion.com |
We hear it on a daily basis in Nevada County: crime is on the rise, the streets and parks are unsafe, this town isn't what it once was.
Last year, a website, "Roadsnacks.net," called Grass Valley one of the top five most dangerous cities in California, based on crime reporting statistics. On social media, the link to that report was posted numerous times. Many local residents were concerned.
In July, The Union talked with local law enforcement officials in Grass Valley, Nevada City and Nevada County to get their perspectives on the situation. What we found was, statistically speaking, the number of reported crimes hasn't changed much over the past five years.
By the numbers, crime has been relatively stagnant.
"Is Nevada County a safe county? I think it's one of the safest places to live. Compare us to Los Angeles. Compare us to Sacramento."— Sheriff Keith Royal
Now that 2017 has come and gone, we've revisited those numbers to see if much has changed.
The Grass Valley Police Department reported one homicide in 2017 — up from zero in the five years prior.
Police Chief Alex Gammelgard said the event was tied to a possible drug transaction.
"Historically, between zero and one homicides in the city is pretty consistent," he said. "Statistically, this isn't alarming. But any homicide investigation is, of course, taken seriously."
No rapes were reported in 2017. Incidences of arson have decreased over the past five years.
There were eight reported robberies, which was fairly consistent in the five years prior. The number of burglaries and larceny were relatively stagnant, too.
Motor vehicle theft increased in 2017. Between 2012 and 2016, there were anywhere from 18 to 29 reported incidents. In 2016, there were 44.
The number of assaults was not yet calculated for 2017, according to Gammelgard.
"There are little ebbs and flows in different areas," Gammelgard said. "But overall, I think we're pretty flat."
Nevada County crime stats
Graphic created by Content Editor Samantha Sullivan
The police chief said he often hears rumors about rampant crime in Grass Valley.
"If you follow a lot of the local social media, you'll see it's a conversation on a daily basis. … I think people are a lot more aware of things now, which can be a good thing," he said. "A lot of folks talk about it. I acknowledge that, in fact, it feels different in our community. But unless it's related to a lack of crimes being reported, the numbers don't reflect that."
Gammelgard said the public perception of safety in Grass Valley has worsened in recent years.
Last summer, dozens showed up to City Council meetings and urged Grass Valley officials to address what they called rampant crime.
In recent months, some have thanked the council members for stepping up to help the issue. Others have stuck by their concerns, often pointing to transient populations causing problems and committing crimes.
"One of the big concerns in our community is the visual impact of homelessness, and that's a big driver of people's perception of safety," he said. "Driving around, you see people you didn't see before. That's a conversation our community needs to continue to have: how we address it."
The police department, he said, has been cracking down on illegal camping to reduce the associated fire risk and working together with other community stakeholders to help solve the issue of homelessness.
In Nevada City, the numbers of many crimes have decreased.
There wasn't a homicide reported during the five-year window The Union received statistics for.
One rape was reported in 2017 and 2016 each, down from three in 2013 and 2014 and two in 2015.
The Police Department received 19 reports of aggravated assault in 2013 and 33 in 2014. In 2017, there were six.
Burglaries have decreased from 36 in 2014 to 22 in 2017. The number of larceny reports has fluctuated slightly over the past five years, with no significant increase or decrease.
No arson reports were made last year.
Vehicle thefts went up in 2017. Between 2013 and 2016, there were 13 to 15 reports per year. In 2017, there were 29.
According to Lt. Chad Ellis with the Nevada City Police Department, social media can exacerbate people's negative perceptions about the rates of crime in their areas.
"If somebody has something stolen from their car, they'll post about it on Facebook, and now people are aware of these crimes," he said. "From a law enforcement standpoint, we've always known these things were happening. But now the public is hearing about it more often. The perception is that they must be hearing about it because it's happening so much more, but the numbers don't show that. And police departments' case loads don't show that."
In Nevada City, he said, crime has been stagnant in recent years.
"When you're looking at crime across the board, it remains fairly consistent throughout the years, with the exception of a couple more or a couple less," Ellis said.
Vehicle thefts have been a problem in all Nevada County jurisdictions, he said, including Nevada City.
"Across the board, I think all agencies have had a spike in vehicle theft this year," he said. "They are getting more and more common. That is the most significant increase we've seen."
The majority of vehicle thefts occur when car owners leave their vehicles unlocked with the keys inside, he said.
"Just locking your car could prevent theft of the vehicle. … Don't give people who want to take advantage of others and their property the opportunity to do that," he said.
The ebb and flow of crime statistics haven't changed Sheriff Keith Royal's view of Nevada County.
Examining five years of stats last July, Royal called this area a safe community. The numbers for 2017 provide the same picture for him.
"We have one of the lowest crime rates in the state," Royal said.
The crime statistics for the unincorporated county fluctuate each year. For example, the county had three homicides in 2014, zero in 2015 and six in 2016. Three occurred in 2017.
Royal called any decrease in homicides a positive development. However, he added that homicides typically are committed by someone the victim knows and done in the heat of passion. That makes it a difficult crime to control.
"That number fluctuates every year," he said. "I think what you have to think about is the big picture."
Crime tends to focus on more urban areas, because of the concentration of people. Additionally, rural areas like unincorporated Nevada County require transportation. That's one reason Royal said the number of property crimes tends to stay lower in the county.
Last summer a handful of local Facebook pages showed people accusing the area's homeless population of committing crimes. The sheriff last year said he couldn't attribute specific crimes to the homeless.
There were 398 larceny reports in 2016. Reports show 308 occurred last year.
"Is Nevada County a safe county?" Royal asked. "I think it's one of the safest places to live. Compare us to Los Angeles. Compare us to Sacramento."
To contact Staff Writers Matthew Pera and Alan Riquelmy, email mpera@theunion.com and ariquelmy@theunion.com or call 530-477-4231 and 530-477-4239.
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One affliction that people active on their feet may suffer from is plantar fasciitis. Bone spurs on the heel (aka heel spurs and calcaneal spurs) seem like they must be a smoking gun a simple and obvious cause of plantar fasciitis. They are common about 10-20% of the population 12 has an extra bit of bone growing on the front of the heel. They often get the blame for plantar fasciitis because it seems so obvious that having a bony outcropping on your heel would indeed cause heel pain, for much the same reason that you wouldn't want a rock in your shoe. Even more damning: they are indeed found more in people with plantar fasciitis than without.
However , plantar fasciitis pain can occur in the heel, the arch, the ball of the foot or metatarsal, the underside of the toes, or all of the above. The pain may be greatest in the morning, or it may be relatively constant throughout the day. It may decrease upon walking, or it may get much worse with weight bearing activity. This variation in the symptoms can sometimes result in late or missed diagnosis.
All who have an irregular walking can purchase movement controlled footwear. Using this kind of shoes can assist in solving the unusual gait. The best walking shoes for plantar fasciitis are those which have very good cushioning in the center of the sole. Footwear for plantar fasciitis also needs to supply support for the heel, the ball of the feet and arch.
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Plantar fasciitis is usually a medical problem related to the inflammation of the plantar fascia. Plantar fascia is a thicker band of connective cells that grips the bone fragments which are situated at the end of your feet. An excessive utilization of plantar fascia might give rise to an inflammation and lead to back heel ache. The ache is most likely being suffered whenever you take the initial few steps in the morning hours.
Your plantar fascia is cells that is located on the bottom of your foot from your toes to your back heel. It helps support your foot and arch during weight-bearing activities. High-impact exercises such as running, over-training, and shoes with insufficient arch support can lead to inflammation of your plantar fascia, leading to plantar fasciitis. Walking, especially when you first get up in the morning can cause severe back heel and foot pain. Chronic plantar fasciitis can also cause a bone spur, which is a bony projection that develops off of your back heel. A bone spur may further increase heel pain during activities like walking.
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Plantar fasciitis treatment. Treatment usually includes reducing painful symptoms, stretching the tight fascia and lower leg muscle tissue, correcting any causes and a progressive return to full fitness. Often a combination of techniques is best in treating this injury. Reducing pain and inflammation is the 1st priority.
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It's hard to believe that it's been nearly six months now since the release of The Riders of Thunder Realm. A lot has happened in that time, the least of which includes the book receiving some very generous reviews. The biggest thing – for my wife and me at least – was the birth of our son, Max.
Max is our first child, and we had all these ideas of how he would arrive in the world. He defied almost all of them, with an emergency c-section leading to a week spent in the NICU. I'm happy and relieved to say that he's in the best of health now, but there were times where that was much less certain, and they were the scariest of my life.
In the midst of Max's dramatic arrival, I was also writing and editing the second book in the Paladero series. Meeting deadlines proved to be a challenge between hospital visits, meeting with doctors and eventually making it home with a newborn to look after, but somehow those tricky waters were navigated and the manuscript was delivered.
And even more exciting than that – the cover reveal! This happened at the Centre for Youth Literature's 2017 YA Showcase, as presented by my fantastic publisher Marisa Pintado. Not being very good at ze tweets, I tried to play it off like I was unaware of what was going on, with the intention of turning around and being all 'Whoop! There it is!' when the image finally dropped.
Mostly, though, I think I came off a bit bewildered, reinforcing to myself that I need to develop a new tweeting style that less resembles a certain spray-tanned autocrat's; declarative statement, end on excited exclamation mark!
I still have the original pitch document for the Paladero series saved on my computer, where the plot for this book was originally allocated as belonging to the third entry in the series. The story demanded that it be moved forward, and I began writing it at the start of 2016, a year that would turn out to be horrible in so many ways and the absolute best in one very particular instance.
The thing that strikes me most is how a book that has so much to do with fathers and sons would be getting finalised, entirely by coincidence, just as I was becoming a father to a son.
Accordingly, I've dedicated it to Max. Hopefully he'll get the chance to read it one day, and maybe even enjoy it. If he's not too embarrassed by how mushy his dad is about him.
Happy holidays, everyone. Merry Christmas, if you celebrate it. And may the new year find you trying new things, making new friends, discovering new places, reading life-changing books, and dreaming the biggest and best dreams.
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Space Telescope Ushers in a New Age of Astronomy
December 28, 2021 | The University of Queensland, Australia
A "game changing" new telescope was blasted into space to embark on a lonely 1.5-million-kilometre orbit around the Sun to provide a clearer view of the ever-expanding universe. NASA has successfully launched the James Webb space telescope into orbit, giving scientists the opportunity to peer back further into the universe's history than ever before. The telescope launched on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou, French Guiana site in South America, on the 25th of December.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest telescope ever to be launched into space and will be used by University of Queensland researchers to observe asteroids and newborn planets, as well as black holes in distant galaxies.
UQ astrophysicist Dr Benjamin Pope said he's excited by the capabilities of the JWST, widely considered as the successor to the famed Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which launched in 1990.
"The JWST will go dramatically beyond what any telescope has been able to do – it will see some of the first stars in the universe, billions of light years away," Dr Pope said.
"By looking at exoplanets as they transit, it will measure their atmospheric composition and detect water and other molecules that could indicate planets capable of sustaining life.
"It changes the game on how we observe planets, stars, asteroids, and the universe around us."
After more than a decade of delays, the telescope will be launched in the coming days on a European Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana, bringing astronomers closer to distant galaxies than ever before.
"One of the main benefits of a space telescope such as the JWST is that it overcomes one of the biggest problems facing astronomers – the atmosphere blocking their view of the wider universe," Dr Pope said.
"Such a powerful space telescope will put us on the doorstep of some incredible discoveries."
Dr Pope will be involved in several observation projects, including the kernel phase project, observing distant and hard-to-see stars and planets, and on an aperture masking project to study planets at the moment they form around stars, and on methods to observe asteroids and dwarf planets with greater clarity than ever before.
"One project will use the JWST to study how brown dwarfs form, and since I've worked on a similar project for my Honours thesis using data from the HST, my role will be using the very same algorithm to analyse data from the JWST regarding these brown dwarfs," Dr Pope said.
"Another project will observe the most important asteroids – the only problem is they're too bright to observe, and images are washed out.
"To deal with this, we've developed methods to make it easier to observe these 'too-bright' stars, that involves a high dynamic range image processing mode - like you'd use on your phone camera to bring out dark shadows and bright highlights."
UQ Associate Professor Holger Baumgardt will use the JWST for a series of observation projects aimed at identifying and studying black holes in distant galaxies.
"Specifically, we'll be searching for supermassive black holes in the centres of nearby galaxies," Dr Baumgardt said.
"Our aim is to understand the relationship between the mass of both black holes and the galaxies that host them and learn how these supermassive black holes formed."
Equipped with the far-reaching capabilities of the JWST, Dr Pope said the future of astronomy looks bright, with answers to some of astronomy's most important questions within reach.
"JWST will give us a clearer picture of the origins of our own Solar System, and our best ever glimpses of the other weird and wonderful systems of planets in the Galaxy."
(Original post has been updated to reflect the successful launch.)
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What It Takes to Be a Milaero Supplier, Part 2
03/24/2020 | Anaya Vardya, American Standard Circuits
The decision to pursue military and aerospace (milaero) certification impacts every facet of the organization, and not every shop is prepared to make this transformation. In Part 2, Anaya Vardya focuses on what it takes to be a milaero supplier in the areas of engineering and CAM.
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11/12/2019 | Barry Matties, I-Connect007
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NASA Commits to Future Artemis Missions With More SLS Rocket Stages
10/17/2019 | NASA
NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stages to support as many as 10 Artemis missions, including the mission that will carry the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024.
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Art Metal Workshop smoothly utilizes the patio of glass railings to give an audible space that metastasizes from the house to your back yard thus concocting a perfect area for a morning coffee or a barbecue with your family.
Among the choices available at Art Metal Workshop include the tempered glass patio railings which are as durable and sturdy as they come since it is scientifically processed and hardened before being distributed to help assure its finest quality. Moreover, Art Metal Workshop only makes use of thick glasses thus making it humanly impossible to break.
Not to be outdone is the idiosyncratic pattern of a plexiglass railing patio from Art Metal Workshop which is being crafted out of an acrylic plastic to make it extremely resistant to harshest weather conditions.
On the other hand, a glass patio railing which uses wood as a primary material can look as distinct as possible most especially since the materials being applied is not mainly used in common railings, indicating that it has a potential to build up an inventive style of patio while the metal-made patio railing utilizes frame and hardware objects to ensure the safety and sophistication of the glass railing patio.
Relish the feeling of being fancy and safe by calling Art Metal Workshop at 416-848-4588 for glass patio railing systems.
Before you plan to install railings on your patio, it's important to think about all the details of the installation process, the maintenance and functionality of the materials, etc. If you want something innovative and light for your home, consider glass patio railing systems. They are relatively easy to install, the glass used is usually tempered, and this option doesn't need much maintenance.
Tempered glass is strong and durable, as it's processed and strengthened before being sold.Even if it breaks under a tremendous amount of pressure, it will not harm you due to its granule-line structure. The panels of such a glass are usually pretty thick, so there's no way it will break if you just lean on it. We at Art Metal Workshop recommend you to discuss the thickness of glass with the company you order the panels at.
There's also an option to use special plexiglass for your glass patio railing. Such a material is created from acrylic plastic, which makes it highly resistant to extreme temperatures. This option is becoming more and more popular lately, so if you find the fact of using regular glass as your safety border, consider plexiglass.
A wooden frame for glass railings will look really unique, as these materials are used less often in common railing. Yet, you can use it to your advantage and create an innovative design for your patio with processed strong wood and tempered glass.
The most commonly used frame and hardware material for making glass patio railing safe is metal. You can choose aluminum, steel, wrought iron of their alloys to create a beautiful design for your framed railing. The metal parts are used in all types of glass railing, as it supports the construction and connects the panels.
Glass railings give you lots of advantages: they don't need much care, their safety is on a high level, and they don't block the view. You can use railings manufactured from tempered glass or acrylic plexiglass, frameless or framed in metal or wood. If the installation is handled properly, this type of railings will become the best part of your patio. You will get both beautiful design and durability guaranteed by Art Metal Workshop and our lifetime warranty.


This study examines the relationship between the use of guest speaker panels, student learning, and retention in undergraduate courses at a regional Midwestern university. The study included a sample of 95 undergraduates who participated in the fall of 2013 and spring of 2014, with one experimental and two control groups. The guest speaker panels included former victims of domestic violence, criminal justice professionals who work with domestic violence court cases, and professionals from social service fields who work with domestic violence court cases. The research concludes that guest speaker panels are effective in imparting knowledge and altering perceptions.
Tsataros, Dan (2016) "Teaching Domestic Violence through Guest Speaker Panels," Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences: Vol. 19 : Iss. 1 , Article 14.


1 After the death of Joshua,+ the Israelites* inquired of Jehovah:+ "Who of us will go up first to fight against the Caʹnaan·ites?" 2 Jehovah replied: "Judah will go up.+ Look! I am giving* the land into his hand." 3 Then Judah said to his brother Simʹe·on: "Come up with me into my assigned territory*+ to fight against the Caʹnaan·ites. Then I will go with you into your assigned territory." So Simʹe·on went with him.
4 When Judah went up, Jehovah gave the Caʹnaan·ites and the Perʹiz·zites into their hands,+ and they defeated 10,000 men in Beʹzek. 5 They found A·doʹni-beʹzek in Beʹzek, and there they fought against him and defeated the Caʹnaan·ites+ and the Perʹiz·zites.+ 6 When A·doʹni-beʹzek fled, they chased him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. 7 Then A·doʹni-beʹzek said: "There are 70 kings whose thumbs and big toes were cut off and who are picking up food under my table. Just as I have done, so God has repaid me." After that they brought him to Jerusalem,+ and he died there.
11 They marched from there against the inhabitants of Deʹbir.+ (The name of Deʹbir was previously Kirʹi·ath-seʹpher.)+ 12 Then Caʹleb+ said: "To the man who strikes Kirʹi·ath-seʹpher and captures it, I will give my daughter Achʹsah as a wife."+ 13 And Othʹni·el+ the son of Keʹnaz,+ Caʹleb's younger brother, captured it. So he gave him his daughter Achʹsah as a wife. 14 While she was going home, she urged him to ask her father for a field. Then she dismounted from her donkey.* Caʹleb asked her: "What do you want?" 15 She said to him: "Please grant me a blessing, for you have given me a piece of land in the south;* give me also Gulʹloth-maʹim."* So Caʹleb gave her Upper Gulʹloth and Lower Gulʹloth.
22 Meantime, the house of Joseph+ went up against Bethʹel, and Jehovah was with them.+ 23 The house of Joseph was spying on Bethʹel (incidentally, the name of the city was previously Luz),+ 24 and the spies saw a man going out of the city. So they said to him: "Show us, please, the way into the city, and we will treat you kindly."* 25 So the man showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.+ 26 The man went to the land of the Hitʹtites and built a city and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
31 Ashʹer did not drive out the inhabitants of Acʹco and the inhabitants of Siʹdon,+ Ahʹlab, Achʹzib,+ Helʹbah, Aʹphik,+ and Reʹhob.+ 32 So the Ashʹer·ites continued to dwell among the Caʹnaan·ites inhabiting the land, because they did not drive them out.
33 Naphʹta·li did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-sheʹmesh and the inhabitants of Beth-aʹnath,+ but they continued to dwell among the Caʹnaan·ites inhabiting the land.+ The inhabitants of Beth-sheʹmesh and Beth-aʹnath became forced laborers for them.
34 The Amʹor·ites confined the Danʹites to the mountainous region, for they would not let them come down into the plain.*+ 35 So the Amʹor·ites persisted in dwelling in Mount Heʹres, Aiʹja·lon,+ and Sha·alʹbim.+ But when the power* of the house of Joseph increased,* they were forced into hard labor. 36 The territory of the Amʹor·ites was from the ascent of A·krabʹbim,+ from Seʹla upward.


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We know that a certain amount of chronic anxiety is a normal part of life, and it runs through all of us to some degree. Sometimes, this anxiety (conscious or unconscious) reaches a critical stage and can produce physical and emotional symptoms that cause relationship problems, performance issues, depression and anxiety.
At MEDIAN Center, we believe these symptoms are the mind-body's signal to us to pay attention.
They are an invitation to examine those things that keep us stuck, interrupting old patterns with the goal of becoming more present and getting more out of life.
Every person's journey is unique. MEDIAN's compassionate and experienced therapists help people discover the particular meaning of their symptoms or inertia.
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