312 of the 465 Welsh ponies Sections A and B and Part-Breds offered at the Brightwells 59th Fayre Oaks Sale on the Royal Welsh Showground sold for a total of £205,778 averaging £660 which was higher than last year's average of £650 and only slightly down on the 2010 average of £671.
29 ponies were sold to Holland, 17 to France, 5 to Spain, 2 to Germany and one to the U.S.A.
This is the first time ever that an unbroken three-year-old Section A gelding has topped the Sale; this was Cosford Stud's grey Cosford Challenger sired by the Stud's Knodishall Gwillym who is still siring top ponies despite his 22 years. Many of the Cosford ponies from Bengad-bred mares have been leading lights under saddle at major Shows including the 2009 Horse Of The Year Show champion Cosford Chartreuse. Challenger was bought for £7,200 by Mr Barron of Thirsk.
There was good demand for the top Section A mares, Sandy Anderson's seven-year-old Thistledown Islle by Waxwing Victory was stunning and she sold for £4,200 to Mrs Hughes of Dolhelfa, Llangurig. The three top mares on the High Flyer Sale were Ceri Fell's nine-year-old Popsters Jaleesa sold to Mrs Bunting of Goldgener, Essex for £3,500, Ann Overton-Ablitt's ridden five-year-old mare Colne Tinkerbelle sold to Mrs Murphy of Keith, Morayshire for £3,800 and the ridden Carylmai Quest from Caryl Oldfield of Mold sold for £2,000 to Mrs Gatrell of Billericay. Outside the High Flyer Sale, the five-year-old Abergavenny Andrea, daughter of the many-times champion Ceulan Menna from the Morgan family of Crumlin sold for £2,050 to Mrs Tait of Aberdeen. Another five-year-old Sunwillow Orphir sold for £1,600 to Royal Welsh Show commentator Christopher Jones of Rhandirmwyn. Two ridden ponies were the van Praagh family's four-year-old Colne Tiger Lilly sold to Mr Deary of Co Durham for £2,000 and the six-year-old Larapinta Siskin sold by Helen Boulton of Cardigan to Mr Gardiner of East Sussex for £1,500.
Top Section A stallion on the High Flyer Sale was Sandy Anderson's ten-year-old Westonpark Towy who was imported from Australia and has been used successfully for many years at the Thistledown Stud; he fetched £2,600 to go to another Anderson family at Peterhead, Aberdeen. The next top Section A stallion was the six-year-old black well-known show winner from Gwynedd, Bethel Selwyn bred and owned by Eifion Williams and he sold for £1,950 to 9 year old Ben Spoor and Mr A. Reed of Doncaster; one of his black daughters Moelwyn Bonnie sold to Spain. Tony Tilley's bay yearling colt Tiffwyl Magnate, grandson of Royal Welsh champion Tiffwyl Melodi, sold to Brian Taylor of Treforest for £1,200 and Patsy Gibbon's three-year-old colt Tyfel Zorro, bearing a remarkable resemblance to his famous sire Blackhill Picalo, sold for £1,100 to the Lucas family of Capel Hendre, Ammanford.
Leslie Owen of Newborough, Anglesey sold the filly foal Trehwfa Tiara by Penboeth Bandit for £2,000 to Mr Wilson of Turiff and bought the black colt foal Penboeth Blackjack from Francis and Sally Goggin of Merthyr Tydfil for £1,650. Alan and Jan Pearce of St Clears had £1,500 for the chestnut filly foal Glyncoch Siaradus from Gwilym Howatson of Llansannan who won the Royal Welsh youngstock championship this year with Colne Tornado which he had bought on the 2009 Fayre Oaks Sale. WPCS Past-President Elwyn Davies sold a filly foal Eppynt Victoria Pendleton descended from RW champions Eppynt Skyline and Eppynt Victoria to Henrie Leeuwenhaag of Holland for £1,300 and Miss Wilson of Denbigh had £1,000 for her filly foal Boothsdale Hedwig from Mr Hayward of Uxbridge.
Star amongst the Section B's was Robert Hensby's cream colt foal Laithehill Wild Wind sired by Laithehill Oberon who has topped the Royal Welsh sire ratings and progeny groups five times and sired many previous Fayre Oaks Sale toppers; he was bought by Gretchen Aitken of Oregon for £3,400 and will no doubt be much heard of in America in years to come. A yearling colt of similar colour Hilin Invictus from Betws-y-Coed sold for £2,800 to Mrs Clarke of Northwich; Invictus is by the same sire as Hilin Tatoo, this year's Royal Welsh Show male champion. Hilin Stud also sold a chestnut filly foal Hilin Can-yr-Awel sired by their Royal Welsh champion Hilin Carnedd for £1,400 to Miss Prior of Whitby and David Williams of Bala sold a grey filly foal Moelgarnedd Menna sired by Moelgarnedd Hebog who sold for the top price here last year, for £1,300 to Mr Jones of Holyhead. A well-known winner, the eleven-year-old mare Linksbury Solitaire from the Landon family of Kidwelly went to Yorkshire bought by Mr Bean for £3,000. The bay Dutch-bred yearling filly from the Hoeke family, Hoekhorst Jasmin was top Section B on the High Flyer Sale at £3,100 and was bought by Lefebvre Anais of France and the same family also sold the three-year-old colt Hilin Cappiello to former Royal Welsh Lady Ambassador Lucinda Dargavel of Morriston for £1,500.
In addition to the star gelding Cosford Challenger, other geldings which sold well were Mrs Clark's four-year-old ridden chestnut Section B Gwithian Geraint which sold for £3,200 to Serena Parkhouse of Hereford, Miss Hibbert's three-year-old grey gelding Laithehill Pageant which sold for £2,700 to Mrs Hoare of Newbury, the locally-bred three-year-old Section A Llanafanfawr Banter who has a whole string of in-hand winnings to his credit and sold for £1,900 to leading ridden exhibitor Debbie Barr of Lewes and Mr Buckley's four-year-old chestnut Waitwith Windfall, already winner of ridden championships which sold to Mr Bufton of Llanddewi for £1,200. Stewart Franklin of Cullompton, Devon sold the three-year-old Sarum Rio, who has won many championships this year shown by champion young handler Chris Stansfield, for £1,500 to Mr Hoare of Newbury.
The skewbald six-year-old gelding Doylan Honey Gift whose brother Doylan Anouska's Gift was 2nd at last year's Horse of the Year Show, topped the Welsh Part-Breds at £3,000 from Miss Howarth of Appleby. Jane Edwards' palomino yearling colt Sarnau Golden Spiral, champion earlier at Northleach, sold for £2,400 to Erik Koele of Wezep, Holland and the three-year-old bay gelding Heatherton Candyman from Pembrokeshire established breeders Miss Vaughan and Mrs Rees sold for £2,200 to Mrs Hayden of Hailsham. The Rees family of Meidrim sold the three-year-old skewbald filly Small-Land Colour Code, whose full-sister qualified for HOYS this year, to Anne Robinson of Rawdon for £2,000. The Wilson family of Gelligaer whose daughters have won countless ridden prizes sold the outgrown eight-year-old bay mare Helsington Lucky Star for £1,500 to Mrs Sage of Canterbury and Mrs David's three-year-old tobiano filly Thelonghouse First Edition went to France, sold for £1,450 to Sarl le Ronceray.


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News, POWs, Research Thursday 12 October 2017
12 October 1917 – 14 Skipton POWs captured at Passchendaele
The British attack was launched early in the morning accompanied by high winds and heavy rains. The scenario of 9 October 1917 was repeated: heavy losses on both sides coupled with little gain or loss of territory. From the British point of view the gains in territory were at least more than the previous battle three days earlier. The atrocious weather forced the British to postpone their next offensive until conditions improved.
14 German prisoners were captured that day who would later be imprisoned at Skipton. 12 were junior officers, one was a sergeant and the other was a rifleman. Remarkably only one of the prisoners was wounded. It is not clear why so few of the prisoners were wounded. The prisoners came from quite a number of different regiments. Eleven of the prisoners were reported to have been captured at Passchendaele. The British had in fact been some 2500 yards away from the village at the start of the day. Passchendaele itself would not be captured until the very end of the campaign the following month.
THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE, JULY-NOVEMBER 1917 Captured German officers guarded by a Scottish sentry outside a recently taken concrete bunker near Langemarck (Langemark-Poelkapelle), 12 October 1917. Copyright: © IWM (Q 3013).
Rifleman Ernst Stieding was a machine gunner in the 370th Infantry Regiment. He was 19 years old. He came from the town of Gotha in the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Duke, Charles Edward was a grandson of Queen Victoria, was born in Surrey, was educated at Eton and amongst his British titles was that of Duke of Albany. Charles Edward was a cousin of King George V (of Britain), but had been given the rank of general in the German army in 1914.

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Danny Guthrie is available for selection for this weekend's game with Derby County, after returning to training following a frustrating spell on the sidelines.
The midfielder picked up an injury shortly before the Royals' FA Cup Fourth Round win over Cardiff City, but Steve Clarke revealed he has returned to training at Hogwood Park.
"Danny Guthrie has joined back in with the group," said Clarke. "He is in the squad. He was in the squad on Tuesday night; not selected in the final 18 but in the squad, and he's going to be in the squad again this weekend."
The manager also gave an update on the remaining first team squad members in the treatment room.
"Jem won't be ready this week. Jem, Chris Gunter, and Anton Ferdinand are the three that are missing. Jem had a bit of a knock playing for the u21s but is progressing well. We said three weeks for Chris Gunter and it looks like that will still be the case. With Anton, I feel for the lad. He was close to a return a couple of weeks ago then picked up another little niggle. It's a very frustrating time for him. The rest of the squad it up to speed and looking forward to the game."
Derby County have confirmed that George Thorne is set for a return to action, after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee in the Rams' pre-season friendly against Zenit St Petersburg.


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Holland, Mary and Heather Hewett, eds. #MeToo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Assault and Rape Culture. Forthcoming, Bloomsbury Academic Press 2021.
Selected Journal Articles
O'Sullivan, Meg Devlin, Karl Bryant, and Heather Hewett. "Unlearning Introductions: Problematizing Pedagogies of Inclusion, Diversity, and Experience in the Women's and Gender Studies Intro Course." Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice / Études critiques sur le genre, la culture, et la justice sociale, Vol 37, No. 2, 2016, 22-33.
Hewett, Heather. "Mothering Across Borders: Narratives of Immigrant Mothers in the U.S." WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 3, 4, 2009, 121-139.
Hewett, Heather. "At the Crossroads: Disability and Trauma in The Farming of Bones." MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2006, 123-145.
Hewett, Heather. "Coming of Age: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the Voice of the Third Generation." English in Africa, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2005, 73-97.
Selected Book Chapters
Hewett, Heather and Mary Holland. "Introduction: Literary Studies as Literary Activism," #MeToo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Assault and Rape Culture, edited by Mary Holland and Heather Hewett. Forthcoming, Bloomsbury Academic Press 2021.
Hewett, Heather. "Theorizing "Toxic" Masculinity across Cultures and Nations: The Case of Achebe's Things Fall Apart." #MeToo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Assault and Rape Culture, edited by Mary Holland and Heather Hewett. Forthcoming, Bloomsbury Academic Press 2021.
Heather Hewett and Meg Devlin O'Sullivan. "Women." Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies, Vol. II, edited by Catherine Orr and Ann Braithwaite. Forthcoming, Routledge 2021.
Hewett, Heather. "Motherhood Memoirs." The Routledge Companion to Motherhood, edited by Lynn O'Brien Hallstein, Andrea O'Reilly, and Melinda Vandenbeld Giles, Routledge, 2019, pp. 191-201.
Hewett, Heather. "Linking Economic Justice and Women's Human Rights: Feminist Approaches for the Human Rights Classroom." Teaching Human Rights in Literary and Cultural Studies, edited by Alexandra Schultheis Moore and Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg, MLA Press, 2015, 143-156.
Hewett, Heather. "Translating Desire: Exile and Leila Aboulela's Poetics of Embodiment." Expressions of the Body: Representations in African Text and Image, edited by Charlotte Baker, Peter Lang, 2009, 249-278.
Hewett, Heather. "You Are Not Alone: The Personal, The Political, and the 'New' Mommy Lit." Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction, edited by Suzanne Ferriss and Mallory Young, Routledge, 2006, 119-139.
Selected Creative Works and Public Writing
Personal and Opinion Essays
Hewett, Heather. "Dressing Up." Minerva Rising, Issue 16, Spring 2019, pp. 48-52.
Hewett, Heather. "Remembering Alison Piepmeier." Women=Books blog, Women's Review of Books, April 2017.
Hewett, Heather. "A Feminist Practices Yoga." Women=Books blog, Women's Review of Books, Jan. 2016.
Hewett, Heather. "Parenting without a Rope." The Good Mother Myth: Redefining Motherhood to Fit Reality, edited by Avital Norman Nathman, Seal Press, 2014, pp. 41-47.
Hewett, Heather. "The Allergen-Free Cake That Wasn't." The New York Times Motherlode Blog, Oct. 21, 2013.
Hewett, Heather. "The Valley of the Kings." A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley, edited by Laurence Carr and Jan Zlotnik Schmidt, Codhill Press, 2013, pp. 169-170.
Hewett, Heather and Deborah Siegel. "Non, the French are not better moms." CNN.com, May 16, 2012.
Hewett, Heather. "When Valentine's Day is Dangerous for Kids." CNN.com, Feb. 14, 2012.
Hewett, Heather. "Maternal Health, One Year Later." Ms. Magazine Blog, March 2011.
Hewett, Heather. "Who's Your Nanny?" The Washington Post, Aug. 26, 2007, p. B3.
Hewett, Heather. "Dog Days and Dark Nights." Ducts: The Webzine of Personal Stories, Issue 13, Summer 2004.
Book Reviews and Review Essays
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Articles in Allergic Living magazine, Boston Review, Christian Science Monitor, Ms. Magazine Blog, Sports Illustrated for Women, Time Out New York, and elsewhere, 1998-2015.
Creator and Writer, Women Across Borders and Global Mama, Girl w/ Pen!, The Society Pages, https://thesocietypages.org/. Monthly column. Fall 2009-Fall 2013.
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As far as this Stoke City side is concerned, I'm done
it might be Christmas and traditional time of goodwill to all men but fans writer Martin Smith has run out of love for this Stoke team
Exasperated... Sam Vokes shares the emotions of most fans as Stoke go down at Middlesbrough (Image: Getty Images)
It had been a long time coming, but I finally snapped. As the final whistle sounded at Middlesbrough, with the Potters consigned to yet another deeply damaging defeat, my anger and frustration finally got the better of me.
After 50 years of following Stoke City through thick and thin (mostly thin, it has to be said) I felt a previously unbreakable bond snap inside of me. I knew I had no love left to offer this current Stoke side.
I can never turn my back on the club – it just wouldn't be possible for me to do that – but as far as this current side is concerned, I'm done.
I honestly don't care what happens to them from this point forward. I've almost resigned myself to the inevitable doom that is to follow.
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Have I ever seen a worse team than this current Stoke side? Maybe, but in all honesty I'm struggling to think of one.
The 1984/85 side may have been washed out of the top flight on a tsunami of unwanted records, but they were mostly a young and inexpensively assembled collection of lads who couldn't handle what was asked of them.
They did though, under a new manager in Mick Mills, steady themselves after relegation and actually become a decent side to watch.
I'd be fairly confident that the 1985/86 team, with youngsters like Chris Hemming, Neil Adams, Phil Heath, Carl Saunders, Chris Maskery, Steve Parkin, Ian Painter and Graham Shaw, would be too much for this current Stoke side to handle.
I certainly know who I'd be putting my money on if a time machine ever made it possible for the two sides to play each other.
That our current side would struggle against an energetic and committed bunch of youngsters isn't a theory I'm plucking out of thin air - it is pretty much the scenario played out on Teesside on Friday when a Middlesbrough side decimated by injuries and suspensions, with its ranks filled by young and inexperienced replacements, proved itself too much for our side to deal with.
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For the fourth time this season, and the third time away from home, our Stoke side took the lead but ended up losing the game.
And that's not even the worst of it. That was seeing how they crumbled in the face of a spirited fight-back from their opponents and proved themselves incapable of responding to the other side upping their game and going for it.
That this latest capitulation should happen in the same week it was revealed that the current Stoke team is the most expensively-assembled outside the top division in the history of English football only adds to the tragedy of our current predicament. It seems the more we spend on trying to improve ourselves the worse we get.
Much of the unbelievable figure of £195m quoted was wasted on the likes of Giannelli Imbula, Kevin Wimmer, Badou Ndiaye and Saido Berahino, but we also have to look a little closer to the current squad and the money spent on the likes of Joe Allen, Tom Ince, Sam Vokes and even poor Benik Afobe.
Seldom in English football can a club have spent so much money for so little return, and you can only wonder how things have turned out like this?
Two successive managers have saddled the club with ever mounting debts and a squad of players we'd struggle to give away.
And that means the latest incumbent in the Stoke City hot-seat, Michael O'Neill, has a massive job on his hands to keep our club from returning to the third tier.
Our current squad is understandably lacking in confidence and self-belief, but there can be no excuse for everything else it lacks – such as pace, the basic skills you'd expect from any highly-paid professional footballer, a willingness to track back, to remain disciplined or to make sensible decisions at key moments.
The Big C issue that might help explain Stoke City's nosedive towards relegation
Stoke City sent bottom of Championship - and nine out of last 10 teams bottom at Christmas have gone down
We are deficient in almost every single area of the team. In not one area are we performing to an acceptable level.
And to make things worse, we have some players who, on a rare occasion when a result does go our way, shy away from showing any humility and instead have the gall to cup their ears to supporters as though they've proven people wrong. We're a long way from that happening – a very long way indeed.
I have never seen a Stoke side so devoid of leaders and heroes, and there's nobody within our ranks who you can look to, with any realistic degree of hope when the going gets tough. I look at the second goal we conceded against Middlesbrough on Friday night and I see a squad of players who offer us no hope.
I have tried so hard - so very, very hard - to believe in this Stoke team, and even to love them.
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Final Championship table predicted - plus results of remaining Stoke City games
I've rejoiced at any rare results which have gone our way, and even when we've usually followed them up with even more disappointments I've wanted to think better times are just around the corner.
Well I can't bring myself to believe that any longer; not with this current squad. They have literally kicked any hope I had out of me.
I find that not only don't I love them or believe in them anymore, but that I actually dislike them. I'm sure many of them, swamped by self-pity, can't wait to get away from this current nightmare, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who won't be at all sad when they do depart.
Any young Stokie looking to have a name printed on the back of a replica shirt must be struggling to think of any of the current squad they'd want to honour in print.
It's so sad that it has come to this, but I can't deny how I feel anymore.
Lou Macari: Something very different has happened to Stoke City supporters
We are doomed - Case closed say some Stoke City fans after Middlesbrough loss
My heart will always belong to Stoke City and, of course, more than anything, I hope we get out of this current mess and survive this season.
I can't see it though because I don't believe this current squad has the ability to do it. They're just cloaked in failure and as sorry as they doubtless feel for themselves I can assure them I feel even sorrier about the whole situation.
I wish all of my fellow Stoke City supporters a very Merry Christmas and hope for a festive miracle of some sort. But I fear, for us at least, this is not a season to be jolly.


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The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead
by Expert Marvellous | 05 Dec 2016
In a very common and usual field, sometimes a twist needs to be added to the average to create the extraordinary. This is exactly what the play "The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead" captured and portrayed. By doing seven totally different characters, this monologue play caught the interest and utmost attention of every single audience in the Dallas Theatre Center located at Downtown Dallas, Texas. The play was performed by a single actress by the name of Annalee Jeffries, changing costumes and varying personifications to attain the role of five women and two men. This alone makes the play really interesting and worthwhile to watch. I would personally categorize this play as a type of art, for it really challenges the viewers to think beyond what is presented. The form and aesthetics are explicitly shown, but the concept and meaning must be dug from deep within to truly understand the piece.
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Each scene was composed first of a dark silhouette, allowing the actress to change clothes. Then the character reveals itself, and talks in a monologue fashion about the story. The thing stressed here is that each character has his or her own interpretation of the story's plot. Different views and points were then suggested by each, but no concrete idea would be derived from a single scene. That's why the most striking part of the play is probably the final scene when Rhonda, the main character focused by the story, is found jailed and visited by the daughter of the woman she killed about 10 years ago. This scene greatly affected me, and upon all the revelations only would the whole story make sense and be completed.
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The final scenes are very important because they rap up everything that happened. From here, we can come to some conclusions to answers hanging ever since the beginning of the play. For example, now we know that Rhonda killed the lesbian partner of a Doctor Alex Doucette, mistaking her as the mistress. Also, we found out that the teenager portrayed before is directly related to these women and that his losing of his mother made him mentally unstable.
Another thing about the last scene is the courage shown by the fourteen-year old daughter. It would be really hard for someone to actually forgive a woman who killed your mother for no legal reason at all. In defense, the mother was only mistaken for someone else, therefore having done nothing evil and direct to Rhonda. It would then be uncomfortable and awkward just to sit and talk with the woman's murderer. But the daughter pulled everything off, and eventually even forgave Rhonda. This would be one of the highlights of the play, since it brings out two values prevalent in kids. First is having the courage to step up and face whatever is bringing you down, and then the innocent and forgiving soul of children. These serves as a reminder to many on how to deal with matters like this, that sometimes it would be better to follow a child's heart.
Finally, the strength of the final scene lies in its "truth and consequence" part of the story. It was here when Rhonda, and the audience, found out the dark cold truth about many things. Such as that Lynette mislead Rhonda to kill another woman, and ended up marrying Rhonda's husband after she went to jail. Or that the fourteen-year old daughter of the woman that Rhonda killed was blind. Also, the consequences of her actions were seen in the twelve years sentenced to her. Things such as these can be seen as lessons or insights on what actually happened during the story.
Taking the play as a whole, I would say that it was put together quite perfectly. Quite because although it grasps the attention of the audience, there still lingers an air of decay, where the viewers were left wandering what happened, unable to concentrate on the next scene. However, this can be seen by others as a challenge and, as a matter of fact, may increase their likeness towards the play. Aside from these, the parts were coherent enough and easily understandable, thanks to several components of the play that were well made and nicely put together. The costumes are one of the important elements that made the division of the characters possible. They dictate what part is going on and how this character differs from the previous one. The changing of clothes also gave the play ample time to allow the events to sink into the mind. Also, it adds to the depth and texture of the play. The portion of the play when the actress dresses in shadows lifts up a certain feeling of transformation, that excites the audiences on what is about to happen next.
Aside from the costumes, the set design and the lights also did their parts in the play. To reinforce the area being portrayed by the actress, a screen was provided on top, reflecting the current scene on the stage. The use of many different lights also added to the feelings of the play. Warm colors would evoke terror and anger while cool and mellow colors add to the solemnity and peacefulness aspect of the scenes. On the stage also were seven chairs. Each of these chairs was removed as the lights dim after every scene. This is a very symbolical method of showing the end of a scene. Each chair represents a separate character, and removing them would signify the end of the role that they played in the story.
As I leave the theater, two main ideas remained stuck to my head. One is how powerful a monologue can be. Usually plays are performed with many actors and actresses, but this play did very well using only one. By using only one being to portray several roles, the essence of that actor or actress increases by each scene that he or she does. I think it has something to do with the build up of emotions and characters inside that allows him or her to express himself or herself freely and full of energy. Second is the moral lesson of the play which spins around truth and trust. These are very fragile words, and sometimes cannot be found together. It was only in the end when the truth came out that Rhonda realized who she can and can't trust. Overall, my experience was really worthwhile. The play "The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead" made me appreciate more the art of theater, especially the monologues.
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SEC Proposes Rules to Modernize and Simplify Disclosures
by Laura Anthony, Esq. on October 31, 2017 in Regulation S-K, Regulation S-X, SEC, The FAST Act
On October 11, 2017, as part of the ongoing SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative, the SEC published proposed rule amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers, and investment companies. The proposed rule amendments implement a mandate under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act ("FAST Act").
The FAST Act, passed in December 2015, contains two sections requiring the SEC to modernize and simplify the requirements in Regulation S-K. Section 72002 requires the SEC to amend Regulation S-K to "further scale or eliminate requirements… to reduce the burden on emerging growth companies, accelerated filers, smaller reporting companies, and other smaller issuers, while still providing all material information to investors." In addition, the SEC was directed to "eliminate provisions… that are duplicative, overlapping, outdated or unnecessary." In accordance with that requirement, On July 13, 2016, the SEC issued proposed rule change on Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X to amend disclosures that are redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated or superseded. See my blog on the proposed rule change HERE. This proposal is slated for action in this year's SEC regulatory agenda.
Section 72003 required the SEC to conduct a study on Regulation S-K and, in that process, to consult with the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee (the "IAC") and the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (the "ACSEC") and then to issue a report on the study findings, resulting in the report issued on November 23, 2016. Section 72003 specifically required that the report include: (i) the finding made in the required study; (ii) specific and detailed recommendations on modernizing and simplifying the requirements in Regulation S-K in a manner that reduces the costs and burdens on companies while still providing all material information; and (iii) specific and detailed recommendations on ways to improve the readability and navigability of disclosure documents and to reduce repetition and immaterial information. The proposed amendments seek to implement the various findings and recommendations in the November report.
As further discussed in this blog, the proposed amendments would: (i) revise forms to update, streamline and improve disclosures including eliminating risk factor examples in form instructions and revising the description of property requirement to emphasize a materiality threshold; (ii) eliminate certain requirements for undertakings in registration statements; (iii) amend exhibit filing requirements and related confidential treatment requests; (iv) amend Management Discussion and Analysis requirements to allow for more flexibility in discussing historical periods; and (v) incorporate more technology in filings through data tagging of items and hyperlinks.
Proposed Amendments
A. Description of Property (Item 102)
Item 102 requires disclosure of the location and general character of the principal plants, mines, and other materially important physical properties of the company and its subsidiaries.The instructions to Item 102 require the company to disclose information reasonable to inform investors as to the suitability, adequacy, productive capacity and utilization of facilities. The proposed amendment will emphasize materiality and require a company to disclose physical properties only to the extent that such properties are material to the company.
B. Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) (Item 303)
Item 303(a) requires a company to discuss their financial condition, changes in financial condition, and results of operations using year-to-year comparisons. The discussion is required to cover the period of the financial statements in the report (i.e., 2 years for smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies and 3 years for others). Where trend information is relevant, the discussion may include 5 years with a disclosure of selected financial data.
The proposed amendment would allow the company to eliminate the earliest year in its discussion as long as (1) the discussion is not material to an understanding of the current financial condition; and (ii) the company has filed a prior Form 10-K with an MD&A discussion of the omitted year. The proposed amendment will also eliminate the reference to a five-year look-back in the instructions, but rather a company will be able to use any presentation or information that it believes will enhance a reader's understanding. The amendments will flow through to foreign private issuers as well with conforming changes to the instructions for Item 5 of Form 20-F.
C. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons (Item 401)
Item 401 requires disclosure of identifying and background information about a company's directors, executive officers, and significant employees. The proposed amendments will clarify the instructions to Item 401 to clarify that the information is not required to be duplicated in various parts of a Form 10-K and/or proxy statement, but need only appear once and may be incorporated by reference in other parts of the documents.
D. Compliance with Section 16(a) (Item 405)
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires officers, directors, and specified types of security holders to report their beneficial ownership of a company's equity securities using forms prescribed by the SEC, such as an initial Form 3, amendments on Form 4 and annual Form 5. Item 405 requires the company to disclose each person who failed to timely file a Section 16 report during the most recent fiscal year or prior years. Section 16 reporting persons are required to deliver a copy of their reports to the company, though in practice, this is rarely done. The proposed amendments remove this requirement and allow the company to review EDGAR filings for compliance with Section 16(a).
In addition, the proposed amendment would eliminate the need to include the heading at all if there are no delinquencies to report, rather than include the heading with a statement such as "none" and remove the checkbox on the cover page of Form 10-K related to the disclosure. The proposed amendment includes several changes to make the instructions and title of this section conform to the SEC's "plain English" requirements.
E. Corporate Governance (Item 407)
The proposed amendment will update the instructions and information required under Item 407 to remove reference to an obsolete audit standard and rather just refer broadly to applicable PCAOB and SEC requirements. EGC's and smaller reporting companies are both exempted from the Item 407 requirements, and the proposed amendment clarifies the instruction language accordingly.
F. Outside Front Cover Page of the Prospectus (Item 501(b))
The proposed amendments are designed to streamline the front cover page of a prospectus and give a company flexibility in designing the page to tailor to their business and particular offering. The proposed changes include (i) eliminating instructions related to changing or clarifying a name that may be confused with a well-known company; (ii) allowing for a statement that the offering price will be determined by a particular method or formula that is more fully explained in the prospectus with a cross-reference to the page number; (iii) requiring the disclosure of the principal trading market and company symbol, even if such trading market is not a national exchange; and (iv) streamlining the "subject to completion" legend.
G. Risk Factors (Item 503(c))
A company is required to disclose the most significant factors that make an offering speculative or risky. Although the disclosure is intended to be principals-based, many examples are included in the instructions. The proposed amendments would move Item 503(c) to Subpart 100 to clarify that risk factors are also required in a Form 10 and Exchange Act periodic reports and not just offering-related disclosures. The proposed amendment would also eliminate the risk factor examples from the instructions.
H. Plan of Distribution (Item 508)
Item 508 requires disclosure about the plan of distribution for securities in an offering, including information about underwriters. The term "sub-underwriter" is referred to in the rule; however, it is not defined. The proposed rules will define a "sub-underwriter" as "a dealer that is participating as an underwriter in an offering by committing to purchase securities from a principal underwriter for the securities but is not itself in privity of contract with the issuer of the securities."
I. Undertakings (Item 512)
Item 512 provides undertakings that a company must include in Part II of its registration statement, depending on the type of offering. The proposed amendments simplify the undertakings requirements and eliminate provisions that are duplicative because the requirement already exists, or that are obsolete due to changes in the law. For example, Items 512(d), 512(e) and 512(f) are all obsolete and should be eliminated. Item 512(c) related to unsold rights offerings that are then offered to the public, can be eliminated as other provisions of the law would require the company to update the (or complete a new) registration statement regardless.
J. Exhibits (Item 601)
The proposed amendment makes several changes to the exhibit filing requirements to streamline and reduce the volume of documents, many of which may not be material, which are required to be filed. The proposed amendments also make at least one addition to the exhibit requirements and in particular, a company must disclose a subsidiaries LEI number if one has been issued. For information on a LEI, see HERE.
The proposed amendment add exhibits related to Item 202 disclosures (registered capital stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, American Depository Receipts, and other securities) to Exchange Act periodic reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. Such exhibits are currently only required in registration statements, Form 8-K and Schedule 14A.
The proposed amendment also clarifies that schedules and exhibits to exhibits need not be filed unless they are, in and of themselves, material to an investment decision. Although historically the SEC did not object to the omission of schedules and exhibits to exhibits with personally identifiable information, the rules generally require the filing of a confidential treatment request for most omissions. The proposed amendments allow a company to omit schedules and exhibits to exhibits as long as a brief description of the omitted documents is included. In addition, a copy of the omitted items must be provided if requested by the SEC, though a confidential treatment request could also be made at that time. Likewise the proposed amendments will allow a company to redact information that is both (i) not material, and (ii) competitively harmful if disclosed.
K. Incorporation by Reference
Currently rules related to incorporation by reference are spread among a variety of regulations, including Regulation S-K, Regulation C, Regulation 12B and numerous forms. The proposed amendments would revise Item 10(d), Rule 411, and a number of SEC forms to simplify and modernize these rules while still providing all material information. Rule 12b-23 is proposed to be rescinded. The amendments streamline the rules and further allow for incorporation by reference to eliminate duplicative disclosure. The proposed rules will require a hyperlink to information that is incorporated by reference if the information is available on EDGAR.
The proposed rules specifically do not add or change the rules related to cross-references or other incorporation within the financial statements to other disclosure items. There is a concern as to the impact on auditor review requirements if such links or changes are added.
L. Forms
The proposed amendments include several amendments to forms to conform with and implement all the changes in the rules.
M. XBRL
The proposed amendments would require all of the information on the cover pages of Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K, Form 20-F, and Form 40-F to be tagged in Inline XBRL in accordance with the EDGAR Filer Manual.
Further Reading on the FAST Act
I've blogged several times on the FAST Act since its initial passing on December 15, 2015. An initial discussion and summary of the FAST Act can be read HERE. A summary of the SEC guidance on the FAST Act as relates to savings and loan companies can be read HERE.
On January 13, 2016, the SEC issued interim final rules memorializing two provisions of the FAST Act. In particular, the SEC revised the instructions to Forms S-1 and F-1 to allow the omission of historical financial information and to allow smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by reference to update an effective S-1. A summary can be read HERE. On May 3, 2016, the SEC issued final amendments to revise the rules related to the thresholds for registrations, termination of registration, and suspension of reporting under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The amendments mark the final rule making and implementation of all provisions under the JOBS Act, and implement further provisions under the FAST Act. A summary can be read HERE.
On August 25, 2016, the SEC requested public comment on possible changes to the disclosure requirements in Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K. Subpart 400 encompasses disclosures related to management, certain security holders and corporate governance. The request for comment was required by Section 72003 of the FAST Act. For a summary see HERE.
On August 17, 2017, the SEC issued guidance on financial statement requirements for confidential and public registration statement filings by both emerging growth companies (EGC) and non-emerging growth companies. The new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DI's) follow the SEC's decision to permit all companies to submit draft registration statements, on a confidential basis. For a summary see HERE and HERE.
As required by Section 72003 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (the "FAST Act"), on November 23, 2016, the SEC issued a Report on Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K including detailed recommendations for changes. For a summary see HERE.
Further Background on SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative
I have been keeping an ongoing summary of the SEC ongoing Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative. The following is a recap of such initiative and proposed and actual changes.
On March 1, 2017, the SEC passed final rule amendments to Item 601 of Regulation S-K to require hyperlinks to exhibits in filings made with the SEC. The amendments require any company filing registration statements or reports with the SEC to include a hyperlink to all exhibits listed on the exhibit list. In addition, because ASCII cannot support hyperlinks, the amendment also requires that all exhibits be filed in HTML format. The new Rule goes into effect on September 1, 2017, provided however that non-accelerated filers and smaller reporting companies that submit filings in ASCII may delay compliance through September 1, 2018. See my blog HERE on the Item 601 rule changes.
On November 23, 2016, the SEC issued a Report on Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K as required by Section 72003 of the FAST Act. A summary of the report can be read HERE.
On August 25, 2016, the SEC requested public comment on possible changes to the disclosure requirements in Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K. Subpart 400 encompasses disclosures related to management, certain security holders and corporate governance. See my blog on the request for comment HERE.
On July 13, 2016, the SEC issued a proposed rule change on Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X to amend disclosures that are redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated or superseded (S-K and S-X Amendments). See my blog on the proposed rule change HERE. This proposal is slated for action in this year's SEC regulatory agenda.
That proposed rule change and request for comments followed the concept release and request for public comment on sweeping changes to certain business and financial disclosure requirements issued on April 15, 2016. See my two-part blog on the S-K Concept Release HERE and HERE.
As part of the same initiative, on June 27, 2016, the SEC issued proposed amendments to the definition of "Small Reporting Company" (see my blog HERE). The SEC also previously issued a release related to disclosure requirements for entities other than the reporting company itself, including subsidiaries, acquired businesses, issuers of guaranteed securities and affiliates. See my blog HERE. Both of these items are slated for action in this year's SEC regulatory agenda.
As part of the ongoing disclosure effectiveness intiiactive, in September 2015 the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies met and finalized its recommendation to the SEC regarding changes to the disclosure requirements for smaller publicly traded companies. For more information on that topic and for a discussion of the reporting requirements in general, see my blog HERE.
In March 2015 the American Bar Association submitted its second comment letter to the SEC making recommendations for changes to Regulation S-K. For more information on that topic, see my blog HERE.
In early December 2015 the FAST Act was passed into law. The FAST Act requires the SEC to adopt or amend rules to: (i) allow issuers to include a summary page to Form 10-K; and (ii) scale or eliminate duplicative, antiquated or unnecessary requirements for emerging-growth companies, accelerated filers, smaller reporting companies and other smaller issuers in Regulation S-K. The current Regulation S-K and S-X Amendments are part of this initiative. In addition, the SEC is required to conduct a study within one year on all Regulation S-K disclosure requirements to determine how best to amend and modernize the rules to reduce costs and burdens while still providing all material information. See my blog HERE. These items are all included in this year's SEC regulatory agenda.
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Dubai RTA adds over 1,500 new hybrid vehicles to taxi fleet
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In line the 2021-2023 Strategic Plan of the Dubai Taxi Corporation, the Roads and Transport Authority has signed a contract to add 2,219 new vehicles to the Dubai Taxi fleet, including 1,775 hybrid vehicles.
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Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that it has signed a contract for the procurement of 2,219 new vehicles to enhance the fleet of the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC). The new batch includes 1,775 hybrid vehicles – increasing the total number of hybrid vehicles in the fleet to 4,105 vehicles.
His Excellency Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, stressed RTA's commitment to uplifting Dubai's transport services, introducing modern technologies and smart systems to taxis, boosting the performance efficiency of the sector, and bringing happiness to customers.
"RTA is also keen to scale up the taxi and limo fleet to keep pace with the fast development seen by Dubai and support the integration of mass transit networks to make it easier for commuters to reach their final destinations," said His Excellency Al Tayer.
"The procurement of new vehicles is in line with DTC's efforts to uplift the calibre of Dubai taxi services and deliver a unique taxi experience that eases the mobility of residents and tourists. The step contributes to providing diverse service options characterised by comfort and care in stylish vehicles across a wide spectrum of taxi services including limousine, airport taxis and women and family taxis, among others. It also consolidates the efforts to fulfil customer needs through sustained improvement and the delivery of top-notch services via diverse channels, with a special focus on smart platforms," he added.
"Investing in hybrid vehicles is a response to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, to save power consumption in all development projects across the nation. It also fits with the commitment to the masterplan for curbing carbon emissions of taxis by two per cent as stipulated by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and the migration to the Green Economy. The move also contributes to realising RTA's strategic goal (Safety and Environmental Sustainability), and supporting the government's green economy drive," explained Al Tayer.
The Strategic Plan of DTC (2021-2023) encompasses 51 initiatives based on key pillars highlighted by increasing the market share of DTC taxis from the existing 41.5 per cent to 44 per cent by 2023 and increasing the market share of limousine under the e-hail apps from the existing 8.5 per cent to 12 per cent by 2023. It also seeks to increase the journeys of taxis through the same apps from 14 per cent to 16 per cent.
Furthermore, the plan envisages transforming five per cent of the taxi fleet to autonomous vehicles by 2023 and increasing the proportion of eco-friendly vehicles to as much as 56 per cent. As part of the financial sustainability pillar, the plan calls for saving expenses, promoting operational and non-operational revenues and boosting the number of taxis deployed at the Dubai airports to achieve an outstanding operational level.
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Inery Acquires Investment From Metavest at $128m Valuation
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Inery a decentralized data management system, has announced that it has secured an investment from web3-focused blockchain VC firm Metavest in the first week of September at the valuation of $128m
Ineryis a decentralized data management system bringing DB to Web3. It provides low-cost, reduced latency, secure, and tamper-resistant solutions for data management. The data management system aims to ensure users, including gamers and businesses, retain control of their data in the metaverse via owner-controlled data assets.
Based in Singapore, Inery has branch offices in Switzerland, Dubai, and Serbia – a truly multicultural company, relying in full on the strength of its in-house teams. Since its inception, Inery has attracted the attention of the blockchain industry due to its elegant solutions for one of the main issues of Web3 – database decentralization and security.
Inery's use cases can be applied to diverse sectors, including governments, enterprises, aviation, GameFi, healthcare, and metaverse. It provides a potential cross-chain solution for users to interact with their data assets in the entire metaverse domain using its DB solution. The project rolled out its first public testnet on August 10, 2022, preceding its upcoming launch, and is also scheduled for listing at the end of the third quarter of 2022.
Through this funding, Inery aims to expand its use cases—particularly in GameFi, where the company seeks to explore the full potential of the booming gaming industry with verified digital ownership of assets. Additionally, Inery aims to build a space for its users to seamlessly create and share NFTs.
Metavesthas previously invested in and made strategic partnerships with several successful blockchain projects. Their investment portfolio includes Concordium, CasperLabs, Coinlist, Gala Games, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Splinterlands, Star Atlas, Duelist King, Nakamoto Games, Ember Sword, and more.
"Inery is very selective when it comes to new partnerships and collaborations. We aim to become a pillar of Web3, which is why when Metavest showed interest in our project, we were more than happy to partner with a Metaverse and NFT-focused platform. We believe that Inery and Metavest can extensively help each other reach both companies' goals" said Inery CEO and co-founder Dr. Naveen Singh.
Inery will list its token in Q3 of this year (2022). Visit the company's website and follow its official social mediaaccounts to learn more.
About Inery
Inery is a proprietary layer-1 blockchain and decentralized data management solution. The network enables a decentralized, secure, and trusted foundation for database management by leveraging blockchain technology. It integrates blockchain functionalities and distributed database properties to create a paradigm shift in data access, storage, and management.
About Metavest
Metavest Capital is a blockchain VC firm, focused on Metaverse and NFT gaming projects. Their core investments include play-to-earn games, digital tokens, and in-game assets. It offers capital, strategy, and advisory to a variety of exciting new projects within this growing ecosystem.
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If you are adding an assistant to your team for the first time it can take some time to determine the best way to work together. However, having a Virtual Assistant is a little different than an "in house" administrator. You can't pop in to check on things, you can't see when they are working and when they aren't and they often have multiple clients they are working with—not just you! So how in the world does this all work and why have so many people found that hiring a VA is the best thing they have ever done for their career? Below are the things we have found are best to AVOID when working with your Virtual Assistant.
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Michael Liebel Jr. (December 12, 1870 – August 8, 1927) was the Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania, from 1906 to 1911, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, from 1915 to 1917.

Early life
Liebel was born December 12, 1870, in Erie, Pennsylvania, and is the son of Michael and Clara (née Uhr) Liebel. His father, Michael Liebel Sr. was born June 17, 1843, in Germany and was the son of John and Barbara (née Hammer) Liebel, who also lived in Erie, Pennsylvania. Michael Jr. was one of three sons: Eugene Liebel, who died in 1923, and Frederick W. Liebel, who died in 1896.  His father was 14 years old when he came with his parents to Erie from their native Germany.  He served an apprenticeship at the shoemaking trade, and in 1861 he started his own boot and shoe business, which he continued for five years. He invested in local real estate with his brother Reinhard Liebel, which eventually became very extensive before his death in May 1906.

Michael Jr. was educated in the public and parochial schools of Erie and attended Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, graduating in 1887.

Career
After graduating from college, Liebel was an accountant in the Buffalo office of the Nickel Plate Railroad for five years. He then returned to Erie, where he was employed in the office of Jackson Koehler, at that time conducting one of the leading breweries of this section of the state, for another five years. In 1898, he organized the Cascade Brewing Company, and served as Corporate Secretary and Treasurer until 1890 when it was consolidated with the Erie Brewing Company, which operated until prohibition.

Mayor of Erie
A member of the Democratic party, Liebel served as Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania, from 1906 to 1911. His first term started in September, 1906, when he received the appointment to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Mayor Robert J. Saltsman. In the subsequent election of 1907, he was chosen by the popular vote to fill the remainder of the unexpired term until April 1, 1908.   Liebel served in office as Mayor until 1911.

After leaving office as Mayor, Liebel organized and became President of the Vulcan Rubber Company which manufactured tires, tubes and hard rubber accessories.

United States House of Representatives
Liebel ran and was elected the Democratic representative of the 25th district of Pennsylvania to the Sixty-fourth Congress serving in that office from March 4, 1915, until March 4, 1917. While in office, he served on the Naval Committee.  In 1916, Liebel challenged A. Mitchell Palmer of Stroudsburg to be the National Committeemean of the Pennsylvania State Democratic Party, but was defeated by Palmer.

He was not a candidate for renomination and after retiring from political office in 1917, he resumed his former business activities as president of the Vulcan Rubber Company, as well as President of the Erie Reduction Company, an Erie-based fertilizer manufacturer, with offices in Sandusky, Ohio.

Delegate to the Democratic National Convention
Liebel was a delegate to five Democratic National Conventions. His first, while Mayor of Erie, was the 1908 Democratic National Convention followed by the  1912, and the 1916 Convention as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He continued to attend the Conventions as a delegate after leaving elected office, attending the 1920, and 1924 Conventions.

Personal life and death
  Liebel was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church and belonged to the Elks, Eagles and Moose lodges. He was described as "an enterprising and progressive business man" who was "widely known."  Liebel died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1927, and is interred was at Trinity Cemetery in Erie.

Liebel lived in a home built by his father in 1882 known as the "Michael Liebel House," at 139 West 21st Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. The mansion is an 8,198 sq. ft. Colonial Revival, centered on a large lot and constructed of buff-colored brick. It features a massive porch with Corinthian columns and a bracketed dentiled cornice. Three pedimented dormers adorn the roof which is accented with a cornice matching that of the porch roof. The "Michael Liebel House" is part of the West 21st Street Historic District that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

The home was used as the "Merle E. Wood Funeral Home" until 1992. Currently, the "Village at Luther Square," a domestic care provider,  owns the building and uses is as a domestic care home that houses several elderly Erieites. VALS purportedly invested over $300,000 in refurbishing this building for its current use.

See also
List of mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania
List of representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

References

External links

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Mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania
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Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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Q: Typecasting asp.net webControl to generic type with onClick event I'm trying to find a way in which I can create a collection of various webControl's and then add a "onClick" event handler to these various controls, i've tried creating a reimplementation of "webControl" with a registered "onClick" event but I get a typecast error. Could anyone suggest how I could achieve this.
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 Exception Details: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.RadioButtonList' to type 'Club.WebControlButton'.

new webControl class:
<System.Security.Permissions.PermissionSetAttribute(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> Public Class WebControlButton
Inherits WebControl
Implements IPostBackEventHandler

' Define the Click event.
Public Event Click As EventHandler

' Invoke delegates registered with the Click event.
Protected Overridable Sub OnClick(ByVal e As EventArgs)
    RaiseEvent Click(Me, e)
End Sub

' Define the method of IPostBackEventHandler that raises change events.
Public Sub RaisePostBackEvent(ByVal eventArgument As String) _
Implements IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent

    OnClick(New EventArgs())
End Sub

End Class
 Private Sub AddOnClickStringsToElements()
    Dim divider As Integer = If(onClickElements.Count > 0, onClickElements.Count, 1)
    Dim percentIntervals As Integer = 100 / divider
    For Each element As Tuple(Of String, WebControl, Integer) In onClickElements
        If element.Item3 < 1 Then
            element.Item2.Attributes("onClick") = GetAnimateJavascript(percentIntervals)
        Else
            element.Item2.Attributes("onClick") = GetAnimateJavascript(element.Item3)
        End If
        //throws typecast exception here
        AddHandler CType(element.Item2, WebControlButton).Click, AddressOf UpdatePercent_OnClick
    Next
End Sub

A: It looks like the onClickElements collection contains an actual RadioButtonList control, not a control which derives from your WebControlButton class.
Any control which you are putting into the onClickElements collection must derive from WebControlButton for that casting operation to work e.g.
Public Class MyRadioButtonList
    Inherits WebControlButton

    Protected Overrides Sub OnInit(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        MyBase.OnInit(e)
        '   Create your radio button list here..
    End Sub

End Class

An easier way would be to make an interface, such as IClickable...something a bit like this..sorry I didn't type it in VS so not sure if I got the syntax exact.
Public Interface IClickable
   Public Event OnClick()
End Interface

Public Class MyRadioButtonList
   Inherits RadioButtonList
   Implements IClickable

   Public Event OnClick Implements IClickable.OnClick

   Private Sub RaiseOnClickEvent Handles Me.OnSelectedIndexChanged
      RaiseEvent OnClick()
   End Sub

End Class

And then..
For Each element As Tuple(Of String, WebControl, Integer) In onClickElements
  If TypeOf(element.item2) Is IClickable Then
     AddHandler CType(element.Item2, IClickable).OnClick, AddressOf UpdatePercent_OnClick
  Else
    Throw New Exception("A control of type IClickable was expected")
  End If
Next

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May 9, 2022 In NEWS By hamid2002ae
Visa-free regime implies obtaining a visa at the border or at land checkpoints (checkpoints, airports, etc.). There is automatically no need to contact the embassy, provide a lot of documents and wait for the long-awaited exit permit. .
However, many European countries are not part of the EU. Many of them have a visa-free regime with the Russian Federation. In these countries, Russians will not have to register an entry permit in advance in 2020. Know more about Mojkovac.
List of countries without visas to enter Europe:
Abkhazia (90 days);
Bosnia and Herzegovina (30);
Macedonia (30);
Moldova (90);
Transnistria (180);
Republic of Belarus (90);
Serbia (30);
Turkey (60);
Ukraine (90);
Montenegro (30).
All these countries are not part of the European Union. Although Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia are considered potential candidates for membership. Today, active negotiations on their accession to the EU are underway. But until those countries become members of the European Union, Russians are free to enter those republics.
Visa-free countries for Russians on the world map
Visa for entry into the territory of Ukraine
The rules for crossing the border have been simplified for Russians. They put the stamp of the crossing in the foreign passport at the customs crossings. A prerequisite for crossing the border is filling out a migration card.
Previously, Russians had the right to enter Ukraine only with internal passports. But since 2015, the situation has changed due to military operations on the territory of Ukraine. From 2015, Russians can cross the Ukrainian border only if they have a foreign passport.
Conditions for entry into Ukraine for Russians in 2014 became stricter against the background of the armed conflict in Donbas and the annexation of Crimea. Now entry is not possible from the Crimea, as well as from the Lugansk and Donetsk republics. Those Russians who violate this rule are subsequently not allowed to enter Ukraine.
Entry into Moldova
The Russian Federation and Moldova have signed an agreement on a visa-free regime. Therefore, the citizens of the Russian Federation in 2020 should not issue a preliminary entry permit. Crossing the border is done only with a foreign passport. The allowed period of stay on the territory of Moldova without a permit for Russians is 3 months.
If the border crossing is carried out with a minor child, the parents must submit to the border services not only the child's foreign passport, but also the original of his / her birth certificate.
Checkpoint Berestovitsa, Belarus
When crossing the border by land, ie by personal vehicle, the owner of the car is obliged to submit to the customs officers a driver's license, registration certificate, personal documents and compulsory car insurance.
Citizens of the Russian Federation can stay in the country without a visa for no more than 90 days. But if a citizen of the Russian Federation intends to stay in Belarus for more than a month, he is obliged to register at the place of residence. Otherwise, the Russian will be fined when he leaves the country.
Entry into Abkhazia
To travel to Abkhazia in 2020, Russians will need a foreign or general passport. A prerequisite for this is life insurance for a Russian in the amount of more than 30 thousand rubles. The insurance covers the accommodation of tourists in the territory of Abkhazia in the amount of 1000 rubles per day.
That is, the amount of insurance should be equal to the estimated period of stay in Abkhazia. Children under the age of 6 are exempt from insurance. Persons working in the territory of Abkhazia for more than 6 months are also exempt from insurance.
Persons who have subsequently visited Abkhazia cannot obtain a visa to travel to Georgia.
Entry into Serbia
Entry into the country is done on a foreign passport. The main thing is that the period of validity should be at least a month after the end of the intended trip. You will need to provide $ 50 per day per person when crossing the border. Also, to enter Serbia, you will need to take out insurance with coverage of at least 20 thousand euros.
Since September 2015, the rules for obtaining a Schengen visa for Russians have changed. In order to buy it, all citizens over the age of 12 must go through the procedure of taking a fingerprint. Unfortunately, not all Russian regions have visa centers that issue such biometric documents. To do so, many will have to travel to neighboring regions, which, of course, can be financially difficult and inconvenient.
But it happens that a person has the opportunity and desire to go abroad quite unexpectedly. It may or may not be time to apply for a visa. In that case, he can always go to those places where no permits will be required. There are enough such countries. There are about a hundred of them and they are on all sides of the globe.
The most popular destinations without a visa
Traditionally, the countries of the former Soviet Union remain centers of attraction for Russians. They are nearby, many relatives or friends live there.
It is not yet possible to give an exact list of countries to which it will be possible to travel without a visa, as laws are constantly changing everywhere, as is the political situation in the world. But I must say that this list can be divided into two parts. One includes countries to which you can travel with an internal passport, the other part – countries that need a foreign passport to visit.
With internal passport
Every citizen of Russia with a passport can freely enter the territory of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan , as well as two republics not recognized by the world community – Abkhazia and South Ossetia . By the way, the last two have been really in demand among Russian tourists lately. There is much to see in the republics, the locals are always kind and happy when they come to visit.
Other countries of the former USSR (except the Baltic countries and Turkmenistan, which require a visa) are ready to accept Russians with a valid foreign passport, which will remain valid for at least 90 days. This applies to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, where the conditions for entry of Russian citizens have also recently become stricter and a foreign passport is required.
All visa-free countries for Russians can also be divided into separate categories. There are countries and dependent areas where our compatriots can rest freely for three months, in others the agreed periods of stay of tourists are more modest.
If this is an ordinary tourist trip, then 14 or 15 days are quite enough to get acquainted with the main sights and culture of the chosen country. Today (and, temporarily, for 2016), the following countries and state entities provide such conditions:
Many people would dream of spending a whole month traveling through a distant land. True, it is unlikely that towards the end of that period there would be those among them who would not begin to long for their homeland.
In special cases, tourists plan to spend more time traveling, for example, up to 45 or 60 days. Some countries give the Russians such an opportunity:
There are many countries that allow Russians to stay on their territory for 90 days without a visa. And it's not just the former Soviet republics.
In some countries, residents of Russia may stay longer. For example, in the Republic of Fiji, Russians can legally stay without a visa for up to 120 days, and in Armenia – up to 180 days.
The tourist reception system in China is also interesting. If Russians are allowed to stay in Hong Kong without a visa for 14 days, in Macau – 30, then on the island of Hainan – 21, and in Shanghai, Beijing, Harbin and Guangzhou – only 72 hours, and this privilege applies only to travelers who are there in transit. The fact is that in China, every province, and sometimes even a city, has its own set of laws and its own rules for accepting tourists, and in most Chinese territories, Russians will still have to submit visa documents.
In addition, there are about fifty other countries where visas for Russians are issued upon arrival. By the way, this list also includes countries that are formally considered visa-free. For example, a visa is not required for Syria, but many passengers are not allowed to go beyond the airport, so insiders advise in advance to issue permits at the embassy.
Of course, it is too early to think about it, but in the highest echelons of power, they are seriously considering abolishing short-term visas for Russians who want to visit France. This was recently reported by Jean-Maurice Ripert, who is the French ambassador to the Russian Federation. According to him, in his homeland they are interested in increasing the tourist flow between the countries, but so far other members of the Schengen zone are preventing that.
It is possible that by 2016, many countries will revise the system of entry of citizens of the Russian Federation into their territory.
Before you go to any country, find out in more detail how the visa-free program is implemented there. After all, some of them have special rules, compliance with which is mandatory for all tourists, especially those who come under the simplified scheme.
Sometimes tourists may be required to show return tickets, confirm a hotel reservation, and also prove their ability to pay. Such conditions can be applied to the vast majority of territories that allow people to come on holiday without special permits.
But there are more subtle features.
In Tunisia, visas are not only needed for organized tourists who come by direct flight from Russia. And that in South Korea – only to those who landed on Jeju Island, and that is in the case when the guest can prove that he has visited Korea at least 10 times or at least four times in the last two years.
And our tourists may also face such a problem that airport employees simply will not know that there are some special conditions for Russians, it is more about small exotic countries, and then you will have to urgently inquire and prove your right to the territory without special permits.
And of course, don't forget about travel insurance. With a doctor's shelf abroad, you will feel much more confident, and in that case you will save significantly.
Every year, visa requirements change, some countries become more open, while others become more difficult to enter. Let's look at where a Russian citizen can come in 2016 without applying for a visa at all or by applying for it in a simple way (right at the border or online).
In fact, there are many such countries, so a Russian passport is not so bad for a traveler – there are only a huge number of possibilities to go somewhere without a visa!
You can visit South America, Africa and some European countries, even go to distant exotic islands. The only continent you can't reach without a visa is Australia:
let's see, which countries citizens of the Russian Federation in 2015 you can enter without a visa, and where it is easy to get by issuing an electronic visa or visa at the border.
Albania (May 25-September 25, 2016)
Belarus (up to 90 days, passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation or international passport)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (up to 30 days)
Macedonia (up to 90 days, visa is not required until March 15, 2016, in addition to the passport you also need the required amount of money for accommodation)
Moldova (up to 90 days)
Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (PMR)
Serbia (up to 30 days)
Turkey (up to 60 days)
Ukraine (up to 90 days, international passport)
Montenegro (up to 30 days)
Cyprus (up to 90 days, a request for a special pro-visa can be submitted online, it is necessary to fill in the form on the website of the embassy)
2. Asia
Abkhazia (up to 90 days, passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation or international passport)
Azerbaijan (up to 90 days)
Armenia (up to 180 days per year, up to 30 days without registration)
Bangladesh (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
Bahrain (up to 14 days, visa issued at the border if there are return tickets, hotel reservations and the required amount)
East Timor (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Vietnam (up to 15 days without a visa, free visa up to 90 days can be obtained at the airport with a letter of confirmation)
Hong Kong (up to 14 days)
Georgia (up to 360 days, but entry into the country with stamps on crossing the borders of Russia and Abkhazia or South Ossetia is prohibited)
Israel (up to 90 days)
India (up to 30 days, visa issued at the airport if visa permit is issued online)
Indonesia (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Jordan (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Iran (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Kazakhstan (up to 90 days, passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation or international passport)
Cambodia (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border or online)
Qatar (up to 14 days, visa is issued at the border, permission from the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required to enter)
Kyrgyzstan (up to 90 days, international passport)
China (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border, or visa-free entry with a tourist group or during a business trip)
Kuwait (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border, invitation from Kuwaiti tour operator required)
Laos (up to 15 days)
Lebanon (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Macau (up to 30 days)
Malaysia (up to 30 days)
Maldives (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border, return ticket required)
Mongolia (up to 30 days)
Myanmar (visa can be issued up to 28 days in advance online )
Nepal (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
Syria (up to 15 days, visa issued at the border only for men, women must apply for a visa in advance)
Tajikistan (3 days without registration, passport)
Thailand (up to 30 days)
Turkmenistan (up to 10 days, visa issued at Ashgabat airport)
Uzbekistan (up to 90 days)
Philippines (up to 30 days)
Sri Lanka (up to 30 days, you must apply for a visa in advance online)
South Korea (up to 60 days)
3. South, Central and North America
Antigua and Barbuda (up to 30 days)
Argentina (up to 90 days)
Bahamas (up to 90 days)
Barbados (up to 28 days, visa issued at the border)
Belize (up to 30 days, visa issued at the land border)
Bolivia (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border, return tickets required, certificate of vaccination against yellow fever)
Brazil (up to 90 days)
British Virgin Islands (arrival visa for cruise entry)
Venezuela (up to 90 days)
Haiti (up to 90 days)
Guyana (up to 90 days)
Guatemala (up to 90 days)
Honduras (up to 90 days)
Grenada (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
Dominica (up to 21 days, return ticket, hotel reservation, proof of solvency required)
Dominican Republic (up to 30 days, visa on arrival)
Colombia (up to 90 days)
Costa Rica (up to 30 days)
Cuba (up to 30 days, return tickets required, solvency proof)
Mexico (up to 180 days, it is necessary to apply for an electronic entry permit via the Internet)
Montserrat (1 year, visa issued online)
Nicaragua (up to 90 days)
Panama (up to 180 days, return ticket and proof of solvency required)
Paraguay (up to 90 days)
Peru (up to 183 days, return ticket required)
El Salvador (up to 90 days)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up to 30 days, return ticket required)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (up to 90 days)
Saint Lucia (up to 42 days)
Suriname (up to 60 days, visa issued at the border with a visa permit from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname)
Turks and Caicos Islands (up to 30 days, visa on arrival)
Trinidad and Tobago (up to 90 days)
Uruguay (up to 90 days)
Falkland Islands (up to 7 days, visa on arrival for cruise passengers)
Chile (up to 90 days)
Ecuador (up to 90 days)
Jamaica (up to 90 days, return ticket required)
Botswana (up to 90 days, return ticket required)
Burundi (up to 1 week, visa issued at the border)
Gabon (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border or online)
Gambia (up to 56 days)
Ghana (up to 90 days, visa issued at border with visa permit from Ghana Immigration Department, yellow fever vaccination certificate required)
Guinea-Bissau (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
Djibouti (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Egypt (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Zambia (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Zimbabwe (up to 30 days)
Cape Verde (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Kenya (up to 90 days, visa issued online)
Chambers (up to 45 days, visa issued at the border)
Ivory Coast (visa on arrival with electronic authorization)
Mauritius (up to 60 days)
Madagascar (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
Morocco (up to 90 days)
Namibia (up to 90 days)
Saint Helena (up to 90 days)
Rwanda (up to 90 days)
Sao Tome and Principe (up to 30 days, visa is issued at the border, it is necessary to register an electronic permit in advance on the website of the Migration Service )
Swaziland (up to 30 days)
Seychelles (up to 30 days)
Senegal (up to 90 days)
Somalia (up to 30 days)
Sierra Leone (up to 30 days, visa can be obtained online on the websites of accredited travel agencies)
Tanzania (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
Togo (up to 7 days, visa issued at the border)
Tunisia (up to 90 days)
Uganda (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
Central African Republic (up to 7 days, visa issued at the border)
Eritrea (up to 30 days, visa is issued at the border at Asmara Airport with a pre-arranged invitation)
Ethiopia (up to 180 days, visa issued at the border at Bole Airport, Addis Ababa)
5. Australia and Oceania
Vanuatu (up to 30 days)
Guam (up to 45 days)
Marshall Islands (up to 90 days, visa on arrival)
Micronesia (up to 30 days)
Nauru (up to 14 days)
Niue (up to 30 days)
Cook Islands (up to 31 days)
Palau (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Pitcairn (up to 14 days, for cruise passengers)
Samoa (up to 30 days, visa issued at the border)
Northern Mariana Islands (up to 45 days)
Tonga (up to 31 days, visa issued at the border)
Tuvalu (up to 30 days)
Fiji (up to 90 days, visa issued at the border)
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Natural gas is at a 10-year low, and it's hard to believe it can go much lower. Its competitors should benefit if natural gas increases in price. As the price rises, demand will increase for the alternatives. And, as the price of electricity rises, the margins should rise on the production of electricity from coal and solar. Slate blog on that idea.
Some stocks are MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR) and the ETF Guggenheim Solar (TAN). Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb has a position in WFR. I'm also interested in Waterfurnace, a geothermal play which trades in Canada as WFI.TO and on the Pink Sheets as WFIFF.PK. However, solar stocks have been so pounded lately, that I suspect they represent a better deal at this point.
Coal-burning utilities suffer when natural gas and electricity prices drop, and likewise would benefit if they rise. GenOn Energy, Inc. (GEN) is cheap, near a 52-week low, has been profitable (barely) despite the difficult pricing environment, and has some efficient coal-burning plants.
Wilbur Ross, an expert in turnarounds and special situations has taken a large position in EXCO Resources Inc. (XCO), a natural gas producer.
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The Mãori Hongi Greeting of New Zealand
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All New Zealand
Larry Rivera
Larry Rivera is a Sydney-based writer, journalist, and editor who has covered the city and its surroundings since 1997.
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The hongi is the Mãori welcome expressed by the rubbing or touching of noses, something akin to the Western custom of kissing someone by way of greeting; however, the hongi is a gesture that carries far more significance.
The hongi is a New Zealand tradition that stems from an age-old Mãori legend that depicted how women were created. According to legend, woman's shape was molded from the earth by the gods, yet it had no life until the God Tãne breathed into the molded figure's nostrils and embraced the gorgeous figure. After breathing into her nostrils the female sneezed and came to life. The female figure was then given the name Hineahuone, roughly translated to "earth-made woman."
The tradition resonating behind the hongi dates back to the Mãori origins of the country and is a quintessential aspect of New Zealand's culture. If you're visiting New Zealand and are approached to participate in this sacred and noble gesture, you should always accept on account of the inherent meaning that comes with it.
Becoming a "Tangata Whenua" as a Visitor
Should the hongi be performed with you as a visitor, this signifies that you are no longer a mere visitor, you are a tangata whenua, which essentially means that you are to be unified with those performing the hongi with you.
The meaning of hongi roughly translates to the "sharing of breath," which is a fairly significant gesture. Once a visitor, also referred to as a manuhiri, enacts the hongi with a local, a sense of responsibility is also imparted to that individual about their place in the delicate ecosystem of the island.
To display your newfound sense of responsibility, you as a newly appointed tangata whenua may be required to partake in some tasks illustrating your loyalty and appreciation for the land itself.
In older times, this would have included such tasks as bearing arms in order to defend your people and tending to crops, but now a newly appointed tangata whenua is still required to share in personal responsibilities like leaving no trace on the island and respecting its natural beauty.
Performing the Hongi Correctly
The hongi, or the "sharing of breath," is a sacred and revered act that is typically displayed in a very distinctive manner: A physical exchange where two people press their noses against one another's.
By having friends greet each other within such an intimate space, the hongi represents an action that is more powerful than a mere handshake. By greeting one another at such a close distance, the participants both exchange breath, sharing in the very essence of living with one another.
If you're lucky enough to partake in the sacred act of sharing the breath, remember that the hongi one that actively resonates with Mãori locals and results in you having an experience that is far elevated from that which a mere tourist or visitor may have. By partaking in the hongi, not only are Mãori people officially welcoming you but also you are taking on a great responsibility.
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Q: Change database record's value at a specific date and time I have a Jobs table with a datetime column 'Expiration' and a string column 'Status'. When the record is created, I set the expiration value to next week date and when that day arrives, I want to change the status value.
I'm using SQLite in a Rails application.

A: You will need to create a scheduled task or cron job to run once a day to check for jobs which expire on that given day, and if any jobs are found then update their status.
expired_jobs = Job.where('expiration < ?', DateTime.now).where.not(:status => 'Expired')
expired_jobs.update_all(:status => 'Expired') if expired_jobs.present?

You may like the whenever gem.


In Jaipur, 454 positive cases have been detected and there have been 11 deaths, while in Jodhpur there were 52 positive cases with 11 deaths and in Pali 13 positive cases with three deaths.
Swine flu has reached an alarming proportion in the state with a total of 636 positive cases being reported (with 41 deaths) from January 1 to 28.
The death rate in the state has been 6.4%, while in Jaipur it is 2.42%, Jodhpur is 21.15% and Pali is 23.07%. In Jaipur, 454 positive cases have been detected and there have been 11 deaths, while in Jodhpur there were 52 positive cases with 11 deaths and in Pali 13 positive cases with three deaths.
"Central teams have been sent to Jodhpur and Pali to find the reasons of the high death rate, while Jodhpur chief medical and health officer has been asked for the factual report," additional director (rural health) Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur said.
Dr Mathur said that a special audit of every swine flu death is being carried out. He said that a thorough investigation of the deaths taken place between January 1 and 11 is being done. A total of 16 deaths took place during this period and investigation revealed that the deceased were in age group of 51-64 years and were vulnerable.
According to health department, from January 1 to 28, a total of 5,673 samples were taken of which 636 were found positive. In January 2014, there was one case and one death, while in 2015 there were 173 swine flu positive cases and 43 deaths, in 2016 there were 86 positive cases and 19 deaths and in 2017 there was one case and one death.
He said emphasis is being given on increasing awareness. Pamphlets are being distributed in swine flu affected areas. Screening is being done at night shelters, hostels, schools, and paying guest facilities across the state.


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Q: SQL how can i get only those users from the database that have the term_Date >=60 I have a database in SQL that has lot of columns.I want to select only those users that have the term_Date (column)>=60
The format of term_Date is yyyy-MM-dd
The main goal is to delete later the users the date of which in term_Date was 2months before( so 60 days approximately). For example, one of the users would be one that has the term_Date 2022-08-01
Note:there is no any column with the Today Date in this DB.
If this can help
User_TERMINATION
term_date(nvarchar(max),null)
ident(PK,nchar(30),Not null)
voluntary(nchar(5),null)
first_name(nvarchar(max),null)

A: SELECT * FROM table_name
    WHERE term_Date>=now()-interval 2 month

You can refer this link too
https://www.plus2net.com/sql_tutorial/date-lastweek.php