For three days in September 1881, a fire ravaged much of the Thumb area in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The blaze decimated towns throughout four counties and shot so much ash into the air that people in New England observed yellow skies and experienced twilight levels of darkness at noon. The Thumb Fire ultimately burned more than one million acres and took the lives of 282 people.
When the flames died down, residents set to work cleaning and salvaging what remained. As crews examined a rocky surface that vegetation had previously hidden, they encountered an unexpected sight. Carved into the smooth sandstone was a startling array of images: birds, hand prints, abstract swirls and lines and men holding bows.
One of the many pictographs of the Sanilac Petroglyphs.
The carvings were not the work of a recent artist, as up to that point, foliage had obscured the surface upon which they rested. Researchers investigated and determined that the carvings were at least 300 to 1,000 years old, and were the work of an unknown Native American tribe that lived in the area during the Late Woodland Period. The images, located in Sanilac County, became known as the Sanilac Petroglyphs, and are the only known Native American rock carvings in the state of Michigan.
Although researchers could not determine which tribe had carved the images, we do know a little about the petroglyphs' carvers based on the era in which they lived. Native Americans who resided in Michigan during the Late Woodland Period (500 to 1650 AD) were hunters who used bows and arrows. (This means they also followed the old adage, "carve what you know.") Eventually, many of them turned to farming as a means of support, and settled into villages, abandoning their previous nomadic existences as hunters and gatherers.
The images, located in Sanilac County, became known as the Sanilac Petroglyphs, and are the only known Native American rock carvings in the state of Michigan.
Today, the Sanilac Petroglyphs attract thousands of visitors every year and are an excellent resource for tourists interested in the state's native cultures. Yet this popularity comes at a price. The soft sandstone that made an attractive surface for Native American carvers has left the petroglyphs susceptible to erosion and graffiti from modern-day idiots. (I'm calling a spade a spade here.) However, the state has made efforts to protect the site from future damage, so, with luck (as well as respect from the viewing public), the Sanilac Petroglyphs will be around for years to come.
The 1881 Thumb Fire came on the heels of the Great Fire of 1871, which afflicted towns, villages, and cities across the state. Both fires stemmed from a variety of causes, primary among them the devastation that logging had wreaked on the landscape. Once loggers removed all the trees from an area, they left behind stumps, branches, and unused wood that made perfect fodder for fires. When weather conditions became hot and dry (as they did during the summers of 1871 and 1881), fires started easily and quickly spread across the ravaged landscape.
The Thumb Fire was the first official disaster relief project tackled by the American Red Cross, which Clara Barton had founded that same year.


There are a few things one should know and do to obtain the best quote for auto insurance in Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania. Identify a broker who specializes in policies appropriate in terms of your age, gender, make of vehicle or job. It is simpler to approach someone who owns a similar vehicle or job as yours and simply check with them as to who handles their insurance for their car. Beware of those insurance companies who are involved in high profile marketing since most surely they are not the cheapest. Once you have zeroed-in on an insurance company favorable to you, contact them for insurance cover of your car.
It is common for car insurance brokers to normally change insurance company and their car policies now and then. Remember that just because they had given you the best possible auto insurance quotes in Pennsylvania before does not necessarily follow that they are actually in a position to give you a competitive quote every time round, for it is more often likely to be on the higher side. One cautious approach is that you do accept the first quote received and buy out time telling them that you will get back. Insurance companies profit on the ignorance of their customer, a fact that until you have got a few quotes you will not know what an actually good quote is. Never jump and take the first quote you get, no matter how good it might seem on the face of it. It will not be a bad idea to go through the notes connected to each quote. You can also come back and pit one insurance company off against another. It makes no sense to most insurance companies to lie to you when all of them are more than aware of the real cost of car insurance quotes. You will realize very quickly that the agents operating on phone have the ability to negotiate on the price of their quote and most often than not they would immediately lower their prices and bag your order than lose the business to their competitor.
Ask the agents for a higher excess, since higher 'excess' clause more often reduces the premium. In case you are a member of some organization; mention the same to them that might surprise you with additional discount. Calculate how much mileage you are planning to run the vehicle, since this helps in taking a limited mileage policy on your vehicle. It is not a bad idea to tell them that you are planning to keep your car in the garage or off the road mostly. One other bait that works well is to tell them if you are planning to buy a second car or already have one. If you are member of some enthusiast club mentioning it may help, since those people represent a lower risk to the insurance companies. Any of these baits would help reducing the premium. So buying auto insurance in Pennsylvania can be a lot of work after all. But be aware that any lie intentional or unintentional will invalidate your policy and most insurance companies keep a track of their calls to cover themselves in case of litigation that can arise.
Inform the insurance company of all modifications you have made to your vehicle if anyone else would also be driving the car or if you plan to use it for business where there is more exposure to damage or accident. It is better to pay off a marginally higher premium by revealing all information than suppressing any of them in the hope of paying a lower premium. Most companies of car insurance in PA are going through hard times and are always on the lookout for ways and means of reducing their risk of payouts in the event of a total loss. If their investigator turns up facts that you have suppressed especially while covering the details of the accident you could end up not only not getting reasonable payouts but also get into serious trouble with the law.
It is always better to be balanced in your judgment and honest in declaring all facts.


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What is a "job" a gift, a right or an expense?
Caroline May at the Daily Caller had an interesting piece about union efforts to organize the unemployed on Wednesday. It seems the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has created an organization called the Union of Unemployed Activists (UCubed), which claims "it now has more than 100,000 jobless activists in their ranks."
No, I'm not making this up, and I don't think Caroline May is, either. If she is making this up, she's really good at it, and the producers of all future Atlas Shrugged movies should hire her as a screenwriter immediately. She even got a quote from UCubed's executive director, Rick Sloan, who also happens to be the communications director of the IAM: "Our objective is to pull together unemployed Americans in a way that allows them to connect, communicate, and press their political leaders for policies that will get them back to work."
What sort of policies would that be? Right-to-work laws would be a great start. Collective bargaining increases the price of labor. The modern union survives by using government power to establish monopoly environments for the labor it sells. Union leadership is painfully aware of the exodus of jobs to right-to-work states. South Carolina governor Nikki Haley can tell you all about it.
But no, that's not what the IAM has in mind for its puppet organization of "jobless activists." Instead, they would like to see lawmakers seize taxpayer funds, and run Uncle Sam's melted credit cards a few billion more times, to "recreate the Works Progress Administration, WPA 2.0, which in the 1930s put between 6.5 and 8 million people back to work."
Ah, "progressives!" Always bursting with fresh ideas, aren't they? Forward – to 1935!
Meanwhile, unionized teachers in Chicago voted on Tuesday to authorize their first strike in 25 years, unless they get a plump 30 percent raise. They also think they're being asked to work too many hours. If they don't get what they want, the strike will hit sometime in the next school year.
This places them at odds with the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, who used to be chief of staff for the Obama White House. An Emanuel spokeswoman tried to make peace, saying "our teachers deserve a raise, but our kids don't deserve a strike, and taxpayers cannot afford to pay for 30 percent raises."
These two stories illuminate the great question facing Americans, as they wrestle with public and private-sector unions, command economics, demands for more government "stimulus" spending, and a shrunken workforce: What is a "job?" After all, we can't efficiently create something we cannot define.
Does a "job" simply involve performing services, in exchange for a paycheck? That's not a good definition, because it describes any number of activities, including things we certainly don't have in mind when we speak of "job creation."
Suppose your neighbor offers to pay you $1000 per day to spend an hour walking his dog. That's a "job," right? And a pretty sweet deal to boot! But you might feel a bit nervous about basing your life upon such employment. Who can afford to shell out a thousand bucks for an hour of dog-walking? That guy might pay you once or twice, and then run out of cash.
Well, what if you know for a fact that your neighbor is insanely wealthy, and can easily afford your services indefinitely? You might still feel a bit nervous about making this your sole employment. Why? Because your employment would exist entirely at the whim of this eccentric billionaire.
It was silly of him to offer a thousand dollars a day to walk his dog. There is no true demand for such an overpriced service. He can find plenty of cheaper alternatives. He could also find plenty of other people to accept his absurdly inflated offer, if he tires of you for any reason… or no reason at all. Your dog-walking skills don't have an intrinsic value of anything like $1000 per hour.
A "job," therefore, is demand for a commodity, which employees sell. This transaction follows the general laws of supply and demand. It is possible to assess the value of labor, which becomes less attractive when priced above its value.
One of modern liberalism's defining psychoses is its obsession with denying these simple truths. Liberals regard jobs as a gift, which can be showered upon deserving citizens from a bottomless New Deal cornucopia held by wise and benevolent politicians, but that's not true. This "gift" must be purchased, and government does not have limitless funds for doing so. Worse, the funds it does have access to are taken from the private sector, which is far better at determining the true value of labor. Every dollar moved into the public sector is a dollar which allocates labor less efficiently.
Likewise, the private sector doesn't have unlimited resources to pay artificially high prices for labor, due to regulations and mandates. When the cost becomes too great, corners are cut, and expansion plans are canceled.
Some government spending on labor is necessary and proper, of course. The State will always have employees. However, government employment is an expense borne by society, for common benefits that can't really be provided at a profit. Police and military forces are a good example. The moral and practical rationale for government employment is that some things simply need doing, and society must bear the cost.
Any good businessman will tell you that such expenses should be kept to a minimum. As more jobs are brought wholly or partially under the influence of politics, expenses balloon, and efficiency is diminished. Political influence is anti-competitive, by definition, so the benefits of competition are lost when the public sphere grows. The result is what you see around you today: bloated government spending, a weakened private sector, and towering public debt.
What is a "job?" The definition can either be negotiated in a competitive environment, between free buyers and sellers of labor, or it can be decreed. Political muscle is a poor way of determining how many employees are needed, and how much they should be paid, so that muscle should be flexed sparingly. Unfortunately, this lesson will be lost on the horde of "jobless activists" pressuring politicians for a new New Deal, and unionized public employees who don't want to think about the realistic demand for their labor.
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Union Leaders in Chicago to get $500,000 each in pensions: 'Insane' even for Illinois?
A labor leader in Chicago is expected to receive pension payments of nearly $500,000 a year, while another could get about $438,000 a year, according to reports Wednesday.
The Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV, which obtained information about union pension benefits during a joint investigation, said at least eight union officials in Chicago were eligible for what were described as inflated city pensions on top of union pensions for the same period of employment.
The news organizations said this was due to "a charitable interpretation" of Illinois law by officials representing two city pension funds.
"Can you name any place in the world where someone can get two pensions for the same job?" state Rep. Tom Cross, a Republican, told the paper. "Even by our standards here in Illinois, it's beyond belief. It's insane."
Chicago and Illinois are facing financial trouble, in part due to pension shortfalls.
On Tuesday, state Sen. Mark Kirk released a report on Illinois' debt that said it had the worst credit rating of any state and that its debt was rising, NBC Chicago reported.
Kirk said the state was nearly insolvent and said he doubted there would be any help from Washington.
"It's highly unlikely that the federal government would ever bail out a spend-thrift state. Therefore, Illinois needs to fix this on its own," he said.
Amid the city's financial woes, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has reportedly proposed a budget that would see three of Chicago's oldest police stations closed. The budget was due to be unveiled Wednesday.
The Tribune said the official who was expected to get about $438,000 a year would do so from three pensions covering the same work period: a city laborers fund, a union district council fund and a national union fund.
It said an analysis showed that this 59-year-old union official, Liberato "Al" Naimoli, would get a total of about $9 million if he lived to his expected lifespan.
Another official, Charles LoVerde III, a former trustee of the city laborers' pension fund, stood to receive three pensions for the same time period totaling nearly $500,000 a year, the investigation found.
The Tribune said he took leave of absence in 1998 from a job with the city's water management department, which paid $44,000 a year, to work full time for the local.
The paper said the law states that union leaders with city pensions cannot "receive credit in any pension plan established by the local labor organization based on his employment by the organization."
But pension fund officials say a union district council is not a local labor organization, the paper said.
"The Legislature never told us how to administer this thing," the city pension fund directors' attorney, Fredrick Heiss, told the paper. "They could have said 'no second pension at all,' but they didn't say that."
The Tribune said the joint investigation with WGN-TV found that Naimoli, president of Cement Workers Local 76, was receiving a city pension of about $158,000 a year. It said his city pension was based on his union salary.
Naimoli, who retired in 2010 from the $15,000-a-year city job, is also now eligible to receive a pension of about $60,000 a year, the paper said, from the Laborers' Pension Fund for Chicago and Vicinity.
He also will become eligible for payments of about $220,000 a year from a third pension, provided by the national union, LIUNA, on his 60th birthday next year.
The Tribune said he had not worked his $15,000-a-year job with the city for a quarter of a century.
Related: Ex-labor chief's 1-day rehire nets $158,000 city pension
via $500,000 in pensions: 'Insane' even for Illinois? – US news – Life – msnbc.com.
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The southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (Onychomys torridus) is a species of predatory rodent in the family Cricetidae, native to Mexico and the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States. Notable for its resistance to venom, it routinely preys on the highly venomous Arizona bark scorpion.

Description
The southern grasshopper mouse is a robust, small, nocturnal species that typically forms monogamous pairs. They have a short tail, growing to a total length of . The head, back and sides are pinkish- or grayish-brown while the underparts are white, the two colors being distinctly separated. The tail is club-shaped, short and broad, the anterior part being the same color as the body and the tip being white.

Biology
The southern grasshopper mouse feeds almost entirely on arthropods, such as beetles, grasshoppers and scorpions. In addition to arthropods, it is known to prey upon the little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris) and the western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis).

In the arid regions inhabited by the southern grasshopper mouse, the Arizona bark scorpion is plentiful and avoided by most predators because of the very painful sting it can inflict. The grasshopper mouse can feed on this scorpion with impunity even when the scorpion stings it repeatedly in the face. Researchers have found that a neural mechanism is involved that blocks the sending of pain messages to the brain. This mouse can normally feel pain from other sources, but can be temporarily insensitive to these stimuli after a dose of venom from a bark scorpion. This pain modulation is activated soon after the scorpion sting; the mouse does briefly feel pain from the sting, but the scorpion venom binds to the transmembrane channel otNav1.8. Specifically, the venom binds to a glutamic acid residue located within the channel protein, thus preventing neuron action potentials from firing and acting as a type of temporary anesthetic and pain reliever for the mouse. When this glutamic acid was replaced with hydrophilic glutamine residue, the venom did not bind with the protein, and the pain modulation ability was lost.

Females are able to produce several litters in a year, but their reproductive life does not usually last into their second year. The average litter size is 2.6 (range 1 to 5), produced after an average gestation period of 29 days. The young are born naked, with pink translucent skin. One day later the pigment is developing on the dorsal surface and by day ten, hairs  long are present on the back. The eyes open on day 15 and solid food is being consumed by day 19. The females give birth to their first litter when four or five months old.

Ecology
Southern grasshopper mice are unique among other North American rodents in the family Cricetidae in that their diet consists mostly of arthropods. They are usually found in areas with lower population densities. Several studies have demonstrated that the reproductive attributes of this species allows them to be naturally maintained at lower population densities. Females tend to be sexually active only during one breeding season, which is due to their rapid reproductive aging following their first year. Moreover, males' unique pauses in their testicular activity during the breeding season might also contribute to the lower population densities in which they live.

The natural habitat of southern grasshopper mice include hot, arid valleys, and scrub deserts. A male and female along with their offspring occupy a larger home range for burrowing compared to males and females alone. On average, males have a home range of 7.8 acres, while females occupy an area of 5.9 acres. They tend to maintain a specific place of residency for a longer period of time compared to other mammals. The home ranges between southern grasshopper mice are not too far from each other, with an average maximum distance of 118.4± 8.0 meters. However, adults males tend to be very territorial and their efficient spacing is facilitated by vocalizations they make at night.

In a study done by Denise H. Frank and Edward J. Heske, the home range of southern grasshopper mice in the Chihuahuan Desert were observed. The home range of males during the non-breeding season were found to be smaller than those held by  males during the breeding season. In contrast, there was not a significant difference between the home ranges of females during the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Male ranges during the reproductive season were some two to three times larger than those of adult females during the reproductive season.

There are no currently known conservation issues associated with southern grasshopper mice, largely due to its wide distribution and tolerance for disturbances caused by arthropods. However, some disturbances have been observed in their low density populations. Many more population studies will need to be performed in order to gain further insight into the conservation status of this species.

Predatory behavior
Southern grasshopper mice are a predatory, and very aggressive rodent species. In a study done by Richard McCarty and Charles H. Southwick, these grasshopper mice were deprived of food and their predatory behavior against laboratory mice and crickets was observed. After 48 hours of food deprivation, southern grasshopper mice spent more time eating crickets than the laboratory food they were provided. Live crickets were preferred to deceased specimens, which might suggest that prey movement might be a catalyst and cue for predatory attack. There was no gender related difference in how much time the mice spent feeding on crickets.

Highly aggressive behaviors were displayed towards laboratory mice in the same study, such as biting the back and tail of their prey. After two days of being around the laboratory mice, six of the 43 male grasshopper mice and 22 of the 45 females grasshopper mice killed and ate certain parts of the laboratory mice. This difference in predatory behavior between the male and female grasshopper mice was significant. In their study, both McCarty and Southwick concluded that food deprivation and the type of prey affected the intensity and aggressiveness of the predatory attacks observed by southern grasshopper mice.

Brain and body size relation
Relative brain size tends to vary with food preferences. Brain size is usually smallest in folivores, larger in both granivores and insectivores, and largest in generalists. Measurements of cranial volume of museum specimens of southern grasshopper mouse have shown that on average, females were heavier and longer than males, but their cranial volume was about 3% less than that of males. However, this was not a significant difference. This pattern of brain-body relationship can also be seen in northern grasshopper mice. Moreover, the tail length of southern grasshopper mice made up an average of 33.9% of its body length. Their tail length measures an average of 4.58 ± 0.36 cm in females, and 4.50 ± 0.39 cm in males. Average tail length does not vary greatly between the sexes.

On average, female southern grasshopper mice are able to deal with a larger body size without increasing their brain size, when compared to males. There is still not enough evidence to explain the difference in body size and brain between males and females. It is possible that there are different demands on both sexes, which might contribute to this difference. These studies were also only done in the laboratory, and there might be sex-specific stresses in their natural habitat that influence brain growth. However, sexual dimorphism is quite common and has been observed in the central nervous system of other mammals.

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Obama Administration Prepared for Adverse King Ruling, Despite Statements to Contrary
By Sean Parnell
The Obama administration is apparently claiming they have no plan in the event the U.S. Supreme Court rules in King v. Burwell that health insurance subsidies are only available through exchanges established by states, not the federal government. Here's a Reuters story published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazett:
U.S. health official says no fix if Obamacare subsidies thrown out
The Obama administration has no way to repair the damage that would result from a Supreme Court decision against Obamacare that would make health care unaffordable for millions of Americans, a top health adviser said Tuesday.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule by the end of June on whether residents in at least 34 U.S. states are eligible for federal tax subsidies to help them buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Oral arguments are scheduled for March 4. Conservative plaintiffs argue that the federal funds cannot pay for insurance in states that did not create their own health insurance exchanges and instead rely on the administration's HealthCare.gov website.
"We know of no administrative actions that could, and therefore we have no plans that would, undo the massive damage to our health care system that would be caused by an adverse decision," Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell wrote in a letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah…
This is nonsense of course. The administration has two very obvious plans, first to exert enormous amounts of political pressure on Congressional Republicans to add the words "or the federal government" right after the words "establshed by the state" in Obamacare, the second to exert enormous amounts of pressure on states that didn't set up exchanges to do so now.
Politically speaking, it's a terrific plan. The only question is, will Republicans in Congress be able to come up with something better, and will state legislators around the country be able to resist the pressure? I feel a lot better about the latter than the former, and if Congressional Republicans think they can simply sit back and have a good laugh over the sheer ineptitude of the people who wrote and passed Obamacare in the first place, I suspect they'll stop laughing when a new Democratic president and Congressional majority takes office in 2017.
Sean Parnell ([email protected]) is a research fellow for health policy at The Heartland Institute.
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When we play catch or practice hitting balls around the vacant lots and parks around here, people stop to watch. Hmm… I've never seen anyone else playing baseball in Thailand, either! I'm not a big baseball fan or anything, but it's great for kids' hand-eye coordination.
I found the equipment for sale at a secondhand Japanese goods store in town. This was a very popular business until very recently – you could buy containers of household stuff from Japan at various Thai shipping ports for around 70,000 baht and up. A lot of people started used Japanese good shops with stuff from a single container. You couldn't see what was in the container before you bought it, so there would be some new stores opening with tons of old clothes, others loaded with baby strollers and rice cookers (the wrong voltage for TH), and many with just worthless crap. The best containers were probably the ones loaded with wooden furniture and bicycles. Many of the products were packed in similar moving company boxes, which led to speculation as to where this stuff was coming from.
You mean the Federation can maintain a fleet of starships and explore the deepest reaches of space, but they can't install a spell checker? Typical bureaucracy.
This is the best series I've seen in a long, long time. It features writers and actors from the Wire, which is evident throughout the first season. For some reason, it made me think of a certain character from 24 as well, and that actor suddenly appeared in one of the later episodes!
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Georgia in HRW World Report
Today Human Rights Watch, an international human rights monitoring organization, published its World Report which includes a chapter on Georgia. The document names as key challenges the lack of accountability for law enforcement abuses, imprisonment of an opposition-minded TV company founder Nika Gvaramia and interference with media work, unfair labor conditions, the harsh environment facing the LGBTQ+ community, women's rights, and recent developments in Georgia's foreign relations.
13/01/2022 – HRW Report Recaps Georgia's Tumultuous 2021
08/06/2022 – Public Defender Urges President to Pardon TV Chief
The HRW highlights the case of the imprisonment of Nika Gvaramia, the director of Mtavari Arkhi TV, a leading critical TV channel, who was jailed over managerial decisions. The organization underscores that the verdict was criticized by Georgian CSOs as unlawful and politically motivated.
02/11/2022 – Tbilisi Appeals Court Upholds Nika Gvaramia's Sentence
The report also mentions an attack on Ema Gogokhia, a reporter for Mtavari Arkhi, and her cameraman in Zugdidi, while they were filming municipal employees removing a drawing of the Ukrainian flag from the façade of a political party's office; an attack on TV Pirveli cameraman Murman Zoidze in Batumi; and an incident in which ruling Georgian Dream party MP Anri Okhanashvili allegedly physically attacked opposition-minded TV Pirveli's founder, Vakhtang Tsereteli on the US Embassy compound.
The report also discusses the dismissal of journalists by the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), which has been accused by its former employees of subjecting them to censorship and editorial interference.
07/05/2022 – Another Former Public TV Journalist Alleges Censorship
25/03/2022 – Georgian Public Broadcaster Accused of Pro-Russian Censorship
Impunity of the Law Enforcement
According to the report, "impunity for abuses by law enforcement persisted" in 2022, citing the Public Defender's Office statistics that it received 70 complaints of ill-treatment by prison staff or police and despite the fact that authorities launched investigations into 61 cases, "none had resulted in criminal prosecution at the time of writing."
The report also discusses the ruling party's controversial decision to abolish the State Inspector's Service, an independent body investigating abuses by law enforcement. According to the HRW, it was a "sudden decision [which] followed the opening of an investigation by the state inspector into possible ill-treatment and violations of data protection laws regarding jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili."
28/02/2022 – Constitutional Court OKs Dissolution of State Inspector's Service
The report lists widely publicized cases of ill-treatment and abuse by police. For example, the case of Nika Mzhavanadze, one of the leaders of the youth protest Shame Movement, who was allegedly abused by police officers after he arrived to collect a fine notice at a police station. The case of a 17-year-old minor with a disability, who was beaten by a police officer in a metro station, is also reported.
The report discusses, among other things, the controversial surveillance bill, which strengthens the authorities' ability to wiretap and use other forms of surveillance against individuals without their knowledge in relation to 77 offenses. The bill was adopted despite the President's veto, overridden by the ruling party.
Unfair Labor Conditions
Regarding the working conditions in the country, the HRW says that "despite recent legislative improvements, fair labor conditions remain a concern in Georgia. Overtime regulations are weak, social protections are minimal, unions lack legal guarantees that would allow them to effectively bargain for systemic changes, and shortage of resources hamper the Labor Inspectorate's effectiveness."
10/01/2023 – Minimum Wage Established for Doctors and Nurses
Regarding the LGBTQ+ and Women's Rights
The HRW says lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Georgia continue to face harassment, discrimination, and violence. In this context, the organization mentions an incident in May 2022 when a group of some 30 men attacked five transgender women in their home in Tbilisi.
Addressing the topic of women's rights, the human rights organization mentions the number of cases of femicide and the attempted murder of women by their families, and separately discusses the case of Khanum Jeiranova, an honor crime victim, underlining that Georgia failed to protect her from gender-based discrimination.
Developments in Foreign Relations
The document mentions that Georgia has the twelve recommendations by the European Union to fulfill to receive the candidacy. The organization cites several international actors, including the US, EU, and UN Human Rights Committee who have commented on and made calls against human rights violations and the trajectory of democracy in Georgia.
The HRW also addresses the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) which issued three arrest warrants against de facto South Ossetian officials for war crimes committed during the 2008 conflict between Georgia and Russia. "In 2023, the ICC prosecutor's office anticipates downsizing the investigation in Georgia and focusing efforts on the execution of the three arrest warrants," the document reads.
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BTS makes debut performance on BBC's 'Live Lounge'
South Korean superband BTS appeared on a BBC radio show on Tuesday to perform two of its biggest hits, as well as a cover of the Billboard-topping hit "I'll be Missing You."
The seven-piece act sang "Dynamite" — the group's first song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard's main singles chart — and its latest single "Permission to Dance," which topped the music chart last week, on BBC Radio 1′s "Live Lounge."
This photo provided by Big Hit Music shows K-pop superstar BTS. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
In addition to the group's own songs, BTS also performed the 1997 hit "I'll be Missing You" by American singers Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and R&B group 112 that was recorded as a tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.
Some rap parts of the English-language song were sang in Korean by BTS members.
When asked by show presenter Adele Roberts as to why the septet chose the song, RM said the group wanted to share the message of how much the members miss their fans, noting how they have not met in person for two years.
"So it's like a message to all the Armys around the world," he said, referring to the group's powerful fan base known as BTS Army.
"We miss everybody. We hope that things get to normal again as soon as possible and everyone sees everyone they love again," RM said.


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Theodore the Branded
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Saints Theophanes and Theodore (right)
The Holy Martyr Theodore the Branded, the older brother of St. Theophanes the Confessor and Hymnographer, was a monk at the Monastery of St. Savas in Jerusalem who, with his brother, was a firm defender of the veneration of images during the iconoclastic period of the ninth century. His feast day is December 27.
The son of Jonah the Presbyter and the brother of Theophanes the Confessor, Theodore was born about the year 775 in Kerak, Moab, present day Jordan. He grew up in Jerusalem as a pious youth and entered the Great Lavra of St. Savas in Jerusalem. There he was tonsured a monk. At the Lavra, he became known for his intelligence and fidelity to the rule on the monastery.
In time Theodore was ordained a priest. When the second period of iconoclasm began with the ascension of emperor Leo V the Armenian in 813 to the imperial throne, Theodore, who was a strong defender of the veneration of images, was sent by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, as his emissary, to the emperor to persuade him not to interfere in ecclesiastical matters. But, Leo had Theodore scourged and sent, with his brother Theophanes, into exile to an island in the Black Sea. They were allowed to return to the Lavra of St. Savas after Leo's assassination in 820.
When the iconoclast emperor Theophilus ascended the imperial throne in 829, the persecutions of the iconodules returned and Theodore and Theophanes were again subjected to torture and banished. Called by the iconoclasts to Constantinople in 831 to discuss reconciliation and accepting iconoclasm, Theodore and his brother refused. They were then turned over to their tormenters who subjected the brothers to a special torture of having, over the period of two days, a 12-line iambic verse cut into their foreheads. They were then tortured again before being exiled to a prison in Apamea in Bithynia.
In prison, Theodore died a martyr about 841, having suffered severe privations while a prisoner.
Saint Theodore
OCA: St. Theophanes the Confessor and Hymnographer, Bishop of Nicea
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Assemble your gloves and gowns: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House is hosting its annual spring gala, The Future Starts Now!, on April 18. The benefit raises funds for the neighborhood nonprofit, which has provided social and legal services to Manhattan residents for over a century. Interior designers incorporated the gala's futuristic theme when decorating over 40 tables.
And now, this year's participating designers: Alexander M. Reid, Aamir Khandwala Interior Design and Studio Greytak, Andrea Stark for Stark Carpet, Barba-Hill Home, B + B Interior Space by Paige Boller, BKSK Architects|Interiors, Byron C. James-Ariza, Catherine Austin, Cathy Kincaid Interiors, Chauncey Boothby Interiors, Connie Plaissay-Plaza Florist, Dean Yoder Interiors, Fete Home, Grace Kaynor Designs, Harry Heissman Inc., Ibo Interiors-Achuziam Maha, Katherine Nedelkoff Design, Lail's Florist, Leta Austin Foster, Mally Skok, Kristen McCory of McCory Interiors, Melanie Roy Design, McMillen Inc., the New York School of Interior Design, Ngala Trading, Perry Sayles Studio, Roric Tobin, Rudy Saunders of Dorothy Draper & Company, Sam Allen Interiors, Shayla Copas, Krista Taylor of Swoop Interior Design, Tamara Stephenson and Susan Young for Root Cellar Design, and The Warehouse 1927.
"Fete Home is honored to design a table for the Spring 2019 Lenox Hill Gala," co-founder Audrey Margarite tells Business of Home. "Our table will highlight items from our New Bohemian collection, launching in May. It's bright, colorful and joyful—after all, isn't that what the future should be?!"
The black tie event will be held at Cipriani on 42nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues in New York; you can reserve a table or purchase tickets here.
Furniture manufacturer Rochdale Spears Co. has rebranded the entire company as Sonder. The business's three divisions are now Sonder Distribution (formerly Resource Decor), which focuses on wholesale; Sonder Living, which focuses on interior designers and includes five retail stores in the U.S. (as well as six across Asia); and Sonder Projects, which is dedicated to custom hospitality solutions.
Industry West spinoff accessories brand Favor officially launched last week, featuring decor, kitchenware, clothing, jewelry and other products. Company co-founder Anne England first added decor to Industry West's assortment in 2017, a move that ultimately led to Favor's creation. As part of the launch, Industry West has opened a fully operational coffee bar in its SoHo showroom that uses Favor plates, mugs and other kitchenware.
Luxury children's furniture brand Aristot launches this May. Among its offerings are bassinets that can transform into tables, chairs or stools, available online.
Universal Furniture has remerchandised its youth furniture business to help retailers connect with younger consumers who are starting families. The company has repositioned its Smartstuff division as Spaces, a collection of apartment-sized furnishings that launched last April, reported Furniture Today.
The Dezeen Awards, which celebrate architecture, interiors and design as well as noteworthy individuals and studios in the industry, is now accepting submissions for entry in 30 categories, including 10 related to interior design. This year's judging panel includes Swiss entrepreneur and product designer Yves Behar, and British designers Kelly Hoppen and Tom Dixon.
Ice Scream by Asthetique, a New York ice cream bar inspired by the Memphis design movement, was one of six winners recognized at the 2019 IIDA Interior Design Competition, taking home the prize for its innovative design and new techniques. Other award winners include Chicago-based firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP's project the Optimo Hat Company, as well as Tin Holiday Home by Dutch firm i29 interior architects and Chris Collaris.
The American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame recognized Ashley Childers of Emporium Home, Jason Phillips of Phillips Collection, Troy Pittenger of Norwalk Furniture, and Shane Pohlman of Nebraska Furniture Mart, among others, as rising stars at its annual Future Leaders Dinner, held on April 5. Each was chosen based on leadership, personal growth, communications skills and their commitment to the industry.


I'm just a ramen addict that can slurp 24-7. I created this blog to promote ramen eating. I hate seeing all the good ramen shops disappear when they don't deserve to. Let's try to keep them all in business. GO RAMEN!
I love ramen and was waiting for a local blog like this! GO ramen!!!!
Impressive blog Keizo-san! It takes a bit to write a food blog, but a ramen blog?! That's dedication :) Do keep us updated with your ramens!
I'm a ramen-novice and love every bite/slup so far. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the best places to eat ramen!
thankz for all the ramen info!!!
Love your site; will visit Foo-Foo Ramen this Saturday because of your recommendation. One question though, are the noodle portions generous?
Hi Yu, so what did you think of Foo-Foo Tei? I hope you liked it!
I stumbled upon your blog while reseaching the new Daikokuya in Hacienda Heights. I'm facinated by your new adventure in Japan. I look forward to your future posts. I hope you some day return to SoCal with your newly aquired ramen wisom to enrich our broth.
Did you eat Soy Ramen and Cha-Siu Ramen at Kabuki Restaurant in Woodland Hills, CA (Anywhere in L.A.)?
Hey Keizo, it's Ben from yesterday at Ivan's.
It was good to meet you and it would be good to go slurp sometime. If you are ever over in the Sangenjaya area let me know and I will take you to some of the good shops around here.
@Anonymous: Sorry I have not.
@benjamin: dude, great meeting you too! i'm down just give me a call!
I was surfing the web for "The Ramen Girl"and i came across your site. Wow! Ur love for Ramen!
Will you so nice to intro where are the good ramen stores in Tokyo?
Anata no blog ga daisuki desu!
Your posts really do evoke a strong pang of nostalgia for Kansai. I will return here for ramen recommendations in preparation for the next time I visit Kansai.
Good luck with everything, Keizo-san!
Keizo; it's been a while since I read your blog. I got to Japan again at the end of March | start of April. Didn't get to Bassanova (because you don't open for lunch on Saturday); I wound up at Ivan Ramen instead. It was good. But I wonder if I put in the wrong condiments. Oh well.
You need to review some of these other replies in your blog. Someone has begun posting Japanese-language spam messages on them.
I don't know when will be my next visit to Japan. But it won't be any later than December 2011.
You may have noticed I'm following you on Twitter. I Tweet about everything there.
I love your blog! Keep up the good work, your pictures make me hungry for ramen every time I see them!
Wait for you in Paris !


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Republic of Letters
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Adrian Thorstensen: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) | Chris Venti: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Nick Venti: Drums | Martin Niwinski: Bass guitar
Genre: Alternative, Rock
RIYL: The Constantines, Idlewild, Pearl Jam, Jets to Brazil, Radiohead, Jawbreaker, the Police, Talking Heads, U2, Damien Rice, the Editors, Snow Patrol, Coldplay
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Synoposis
Inception: San Diego, 2004
Influences: The Smiths, Idlewild, Editors, the Open, the Who, Pearl Jam, Jets to Brazil, Radiohead, Bjork, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the Shins, the Pixies, the Doors, Portishead, Jawbreaker, U2, Joe Jackson, the Jam, the Police, Talking Heads, Death Cab, Nada Surf, Face to Face, Nirvana, Snow Patrol, the Constantines, Jimmy Eat World, the Editors, Bruce Springsteen
"Our music sounds like four guys creating something that is greater than the sum of its parts," according to Republic of Letters singer/guitarist Chris Venti. "The songs can be characterized as a combination of melodically driven Brit pop, ambient rock, and post indie rock…imagine if Death Cab for Cutie, the Editors, and Nada Surf got together for a beer."
The atmospheric art-rockers were founded in 2004 by Venti and his drummer/brother Nick. Bassist Martin Niwinski joined the band in 2005, with guitarist Adrian Thorstensen added to the lineup in early 2006.
In March 2007, Republic of Letters released a six-song EP, Spirit or a Ghost, recorded at Big Fish Recording Studios with producer Ben Moore (Switchfoot, Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes, etc.). Around the same time, they embarked on a mini tour to play the Texas RockFest at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin.
Nominated Best Alternative Band at the San Diego Music Awards in 2008 and 2009, and Best Alternative Album in 2010, they've opened for acts such as Hot Water Music and Unwritten Law. Their 2010 album The Painted Hour was promoted with a related video for the song "Stories," shot at the Ruby Room.
"It was a monumental effort and the best time we've had recording to date," says drummer Nick Venti of the album. "We really wanted to push our sound on this one. We stripped away a lot of the guitar effects and focused on the songwriting and tons of other intricacies and details that we never had studio time to focus on in the past."
The 11-song album, recorded with Brian Karscig (Louis XIV, Nervous Wreckords) at Blue Roof Studios (owned by Sean Cornell of Transfer), is the result of a year and a half of songwriting that produced over 30 songs.
"We spent the entire month of July [2009] tracking," says Venti. "Twelve-hour days, six days a week, hammering out this recording."
In 2011, they released a new album called Stories on the new Mass and Measure label started by drummer Nick Venti and a partner. It was supported by an Autumn college tour, which Venti says was sponsored by a non-profit organization.
Demo 2005
Spirit or a Ghost EP
Painted Hour EP
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Tuesday, Jan 16, 2018, 11:38
Digi to launch Hungarian mobile services in June, after delay
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Telecommunication service provider Digi has set a new date for launching its mobile telephony services, from June 15. Digi has already delayed the starting date on several occasions, business daily Világgazdaság reported.
Digi Kft. has notified the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) that it will launch its national mobile telephony services on June 15, having previously planned to start on March 21.
Digi did not provide an explanation for the delay. According to Világgazdaság, one reason may be that the company did not reach an agreement with the other mobile operators about the roaming services necessary for national coverage. Digi may yet further extend the deadline for starting operations, it added.
The NMHH told Világgazdaság that Digi has been paying the fees for its mobile service frequency on time. The authority did not specify the amount.
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Some quick facts about "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced"
362 calories per 100g of "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" amount to 18% of a daily intake of 2000 calories, but your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Carbohydrates are the body's preferred energy source. However, "preferred energy source" doesn't necessarily mean you need to make your diet consist primarily of carbohydrates, or that all carbohydrates are created equal. In today's society, carbs are ubiquitous, especially in pre-packaged foods. In particular, "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" contains 4.72g of carbs per 100g. While planning your diet it's important to understand the difference between refined carbohydrates which are energy dense and have a low nutrient composition, and the more nutritious whole grain or complex carbohydrates.
In addition, when using labels, it's important to look under the "carbohydrates" section and read how many grams of carbohydrates (4 calories from carbohydrate = 1 gram) are comprised of sugars. However, when reading labels be mindful that some of the sugar content may come from added sugars and not from natural sources such as fruit. Added sugars are the kind of sugar you want to avoid - this means that sucrose has been artificially added to enhance flavor. The sugar that each food contains can be analyzed on monosaccharides and disaccharides. The monosaccharides that "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" contains are Added sugar may significantly increase the calorie content of food with little nutritional value, to achieve or maintain a healthy weight try not to consume foods with refined or added sugars on a regular basis. Eating fruits also supplies the body with fiber and antioxidants - something adding table sugar doesn't accomplish. Vegetables have some carbohydrate, but they tend to have many micronutrients, antioxidants, and lots of fiber that can improve your well-being.
Protein is essential for all bodily functions as it provides the body with amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks for all body tissues including muscle and organ tissue. Consuming protein with each meal can also leave you feeling fuller for a longer period of time. In particular, the protein contained in "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" is 84.63g.
Some important proteins that "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" contains are tryptophan 1.43g, lysine 5.94g, methionine 3.01g, phenylalanine 5.16g, tyrosine 3.43g, arginine 4.92g, alanine 5.16g, glycine 3.06g and proline 3.25g (values are calculated per 100g). Whether you're eating protein to drop fat, gain muscle, or both, it's important to seek out lean protein, or protein that has very little fat. Some fat is important (see the next section), but the type of fat matters greatly, so not all high-fat proteins are equally healthy. Some examples of lean protein include skinless chicken, tuna fish, tilapia, extra-lean ground beef, egg whites, low-fat or fat free Greek yogurt and cottage cheese, and tofu.
Vitamins are essential to good health and wellbeing. Vitamins play a key role in virtually all physiological processes occurring within the body. For example, "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" contains 0μg of vitamin D which can aid in calcium absorption and 0mg of vitamin C which can aid in iron absorption and plays a role in collagen formation.	A healthy balanced diet with plenty of wholegrains, vegetables and fruits will ensure you are receiving an adequate amount of vitamins to help your body perform at its best. Vitamins are micronutrients which are important for our bones, skin and organs. Plus, they play a significant role in resistance to infections and diseases.
Furthermore, we can categorize vitamins into water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins. Water-soluble vitamins as the name suggests dissolve in water, because of this they cannot be stored in the body and need to be consumed regularly. The B group vitamins are an example of water-soluble vitamins. The B group vitamins are B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 and B12. "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" contains thiamin (B1) 0mg, riboflavin (B2) 3.71mg, niacin (B3) 0.773mg, pantothenic acid (B5) 0.67mg, B6 0.037mg and B12 0.19μg. These vitamins are responsible for releasing and producing energy, building proteins and cells.
In particular, "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" contains 0μg of vitamin A (retinol activity equivalents) which is responsible not only for vision, but also cellular growth and development and immune function. There are two major dietary sources of vitamin A, the plant sources beta-carotene and other carotenes can be found in dark green vegetables and orange and red fruits. Retinol is the vitamin A found in animal foods such as liver, eggs, dairy and fatty fish. Those parts of Vitamin A in "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" are Retinol 0μg, Alpha Carotene 0μg, Beta Carotene 0μg, Beta Cryptoxanthin 0μg, Lycopene 0μg and Lutein+Zeazanthin 20μg.
Also Vitamins such as D and E are responsible for several functions of our body and help vitamin A with their action. For example, Vitamin D aids in for bone formation and Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant and is critical for nerve and muscle function. In "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" there is Vitamin D 0μg and Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0mg.
Fats are essential for normal body functioning and well-being. Omega-3 fatty acids and DHA support brain development and can support weight loss. In terms of fats, omega-3s are especially important, and some studies suggest that they can help to alleviate depression. First of all, you can gain calories from a variety of nutrients which are important for our metabolism. In particular, the calories (362Kcal) that are contained in "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" are separated in calories from fat (4.32Kcal), from carbohydrate (18.88Kcal) and from protein (338.52Kcal). It also contains fatty acids which can be categorized in fats (total) 0.48g, saturated fats 0.147g, polyunsaturated fats 0.07g, monounsaturated fats 0.173g and omega3 fatty acids 0g. Omega-3s can be found in salmon and other fatty fish, and they're also found in eggs.
"Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" belongs to the "Dairy and Egg Products" category. Its major pros are that it's high in selenium, it's high in riboflavin and it's low in cholesterol. On the other hand, its major con is that it's high in sodium. In addition, it contains no sugar, it's high in proteins, it's high in gamma phenylalanin, it's high in cystine, it's high in methionine, it's high in lysine, it's high in leucine, it's high in threonine, it's high in tryptophan, it's high in serine, it's high in glutamic acid, it's high in aspartic acid, it's high in alanine, it's high in histidine, it's high in arginine, it's high in valine, it's high in tyrosine and it's high in isoleucine.
For example a 30 year old male about 176 lb and 5 feet & 10 inches according to "Centers for Disease Control & Prevention", can burn the 362 calories received by consuming "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" by running (7 mph) for 24 minutes or walking (3 mph) for 62 minutes or swimming (moderate) for 45 minutes or cycling (13 mph) for 31 minutes or playing basketball (on 1/2 court) for 33 minutes.
On the other hand, a 30 year old female about 150 lb and 5 feet & 6 inches according to "Centers for Disease Control & Prevention", can burn the 362 calories received by consuming "Egg, White, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced" by running (6 mph) for 32 minutes or walking (3 mph) for 73 minutes or swimming (moderate) for 52 minutes or cycling (13 mph) for 37 minutes or dancing (modern) for 54 minutes.


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The French ambassador to Ghana Frederic Clavier has revealed that a delegation of 50 investors from France is expected in the country in April.
The ambassador in an exclusive interview with Joy News said the business delegation would invest in a number of areas with agriculture being the prime interest.
Frederic Clavier said the project is aimed at empowering civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations to play a watchdog role by impressing on duty bearers to work within the remit of the principles of rule of law.
The three phase project according to the ambassador, would support a total of eight Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Society Groups with best business plans to be executed in eight districts across the country.
The ambassador also hinted that the investors would among other things explore the agro business and manufacturing sectors of the economy.


A standout amongst the most went by spots in London is the London Eye. It is really a Ferris wheel, the greatest of its kind in Europe and was the greatest wheel on the planet when it opened in 1999. Right now known with the authority name The Merlin Entertainments London Eye, it is additionally called the Millenium Wheel since it was opened toward the begin of the twentieth century. The Eye stands 135 feet over the waters of the stream Thames. From the eye, you can see other mainstream vacation destinations, for example, the Westminster Bridge, Hungerford Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. It is viewed as a standout amongst the most noteworthy structures on the planet that puts the British signal in history by and by.
The Ferris wheel was big to the point that it took weeks for it to be brought up in its upward position. The Eye resembles an enormous bike wheel from a separation and weighs around 1800 tons. There are 32 traveler containers measuring very nearly ten tons and are appended to the boundary of the wheel.
The egg-molded containers are cooled and are sufficiently huge to suit 25 persons who can wander around the container, albeit there are additionally seats gave. The width is wide to the point that it takes around thirty minutes to finish one upheaval. The wheel does not typically stop to take in new travelers yet once in a while it does to suit elderly and debilitated persons to securely set out and land.
London Eye was outlined by engineers David Marks and Julia Barfield, Nic Bailey, Malcolm Cook, Steven Chilton, Mark Sparrowhawk, and Frank Anatole. It was authoritatively opened by then British Prime Minister Tony Blair on December 31, 1999 yet because of specialized issues it was not made open until March of 2000. It was initially possessed by the British Airways, the Tussauds Group and the draftsmen Marks and Barnfield family and was purchased by Merlin Entertainments in 2007.
The London eye transformed its name to its present authority name The Merlin Entertainments London Eye in 2009.


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Taiwan Govt Websites Attacked During Pelosi Visit
Major Taiwanese government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks believed to be linked to China and Russia during US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island, Taipei said Thursday.
The websites of the presidential office, foreign ministry and the main government English portal came under attack Tuesday night when Pelosi arrived for a landmark visit that enraged Beijing.
China, which claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory to be seized one day, kicked off its largest ever military drills around the island on Thursday in response.
Taiwan's defence ministry also said its website was offline for an hour around midnight Wednesday because of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
A DDoS is a simple disruption attack that overloads a website with requests for information. It does not involve hacking.
According to Taiwan's foreign ministry, the attacks on its website and the government's English portal were linked to Chinese and Russian IP addresses that tried to access the websites up to 8.5 million times per minute.
"As cyber attacks from foreign hostile forces could still occur at any time, the foreign ministry will continue to remain vigilant," spokeswoman Joanne Ou told reporters Thursday.
The presidential office said it would up its monitoring in the face of "hybrid information warfare by external forces".
Taipei has accused Beijing of ramping up cyber attacks since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, who views the island as a sovereign nation and not a part of China.
Officials have said Taiwanese government agencies face around five million cyber attacks and probes a day.
In 2020, Taiwanese authorities said Chinese hackers infiltrated at least 10 Taiwan government agencies and gained access to around 6,000 email accounts in an attempt to steal data.
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Have you ever curious about what makes tap-and-go services like Google Wallet and Apple Pay work. You must keep seeing NFC mentioned a lot when talking these paying services. So what exactly what NFC is and what it is good for? Now I will reveal the lowdown on NFC.
Part 1: What is NFC?
Part 3: What NFC Can Be Used for?
Part 4: What Smartphones have NFC?
The full name of NFC is "Near Field Communication." It is a type of communication that enables wireless data transmitting from one hardware device to another physical object, provided that the devices are in short range of each other.
Briefly, NFC is "communication" between "near" devices.
There are many similarities between Bluetooth and NFC. Bluetooth is something that allows wireless devices to communicate. The same can be said for NFC or Near Field Communication. However, there are some significant differences between the two.
NFC is faster than Bluetooth.
NFC can be used to make payments.
NFC can work with passive RFID tags called NFC tags.
NFC requires less power or even no power to work as compared to Bluetooth.
NFC technology is growing in use each day through NFC-enabled devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and even consoles. Here are some specific examples of where is NFC being used.
Google built NFC file sharing into Android 4.0 with a feature called 'Android Beam'. With it, you can share contacts, YouTube videos, webpages, app links, directions in maps and more with your friends.
With NFC, you are smartphone becomes an ATM machine and credit device all in one. Instead of counting cash or swiping a card, you'll just wave your phone at a payment kiosk to complete a transaction and receive an email receipt instead of paper one.
NFC works with most contactless smart cards and readers (for more information on contactless smart cards, check here: http://www.cardzgroup.com/ContactLessSmartCard.html), which means that it could easily be adopted to public transit payment systems in cities that already use a smart card swipe.
NFC devices are now widely used for Point of Sale, Mobile payments, boarding passes, coupons and tickets. Also, NFC devices can be enabled with an ID Card, Keycards, Rental car keys, and hotel keys. These allow for quicker VIP check ins and other advantages for users.
You can use NFC tags to wake you up in the morning, turn on your phone's hotspot or share your Wi-FI with friends, etc.
Android: Most of the newest Android devices already come with NFC functionality. You can check the long list from NFC World.
iOS: Apple introduced Apple Pay for NFC-enabled mobile payments for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s Plus. The latest iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are also NFC-enabled.
So this is what the basis of NFC and what it can be used for. NFC is now still in its early stages of adoption. With its use and adoption increased, we're likely to know more amazing features of it.


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Seemo: after 20 years no arrest for the murder of Dada Vujasinovic
Veran Matić: fighting impunity 23/01/2015
Serbia, media and power 13/02/2019
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Dada Vujasinovic
Serbian journalist Radislava Dada Vujasinovic, freelancer and contributor to the Belgrade magazine Duga, was murdered 20 years ago, on 8 April 1994. Till today no one was arrested
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She was found dead in her apartment in Belgrade. The police ruled it in 1994 a suicide, but most evidence disputes this. From January 2009 this case is regarded as murder case.
When Dada Vujasinović's family, after the end of the Milosevic-regime in 2000, insisted on carrying out a new investigation, the police first stated that it lost evidence. Then, an expert had determined that the police hadn't done their job properly.
Dada Vujasinovic covered as reporter the early stages of conflicts and war n former Yugoslavia, as also criminal activity in Serbia. In the first years of the war in former Yugoslavia, she visited frequently front lines, but also the city of Sarajevo while it was under siege.
SEEMO urges the Serbian authorities to bring to justice the killers of Dada Vujasinovic.
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Add an accent to your design with this 3 x 9 Wool Glass Tile with a polished or high gloss finish.
Decorative accents can be used to enhance kitchens, bathrooms, and other areas of your home. A stunning glass backsplash adds unique detail to any design. The wide range of shapes and colors found in our glass presents a great way to express creativity.


The number one reason to test is because we are worried about the future. How do we know if things are really wrong? When you test weekly or monthly, you know what normal looks like, and that means you can know immediately when values are off and can spring into action.
This location in Gatineau is upstream from a suspected pollution source. They test here to provide a baseline for values near the pollution. Before, it's usually normal. At the source, levels spike into the thousands!
Water bodies are all different!
Each has its own chemistry, composition, and wildlife. And, these are affected by seasons, environmental processes and other external factors. So, it is important for you to get a feel for what is normal for your body of water. For example, natural levels of conductivity and pH can be different based on the bedrock: the Rideau River has a limestone bottom, and so its pH is usually around 8, and conductivity between 300 and 500, while the Ottawa River has a pH closer to 7 and conductivity from 60 to 100 in unpolluted areas. I know that getting a level of 500 might be okay in the Rideau River, but would suggest something awry in the Ottawa.
If you're not checking regularly, how will you know things have changed? Sustained, consistent monitoring is the best way to know.
If you've been documenting regularly, (through photos, observations and water chemistry testing) when something has changed, it will cause alarm right away. Many of these are visual: shoreline alterations, colours and even smells are great ways to notice changes, but if you're not sure what normal is (with proof!), it's hard to tell the authorities.
Many water issues are invisible, but water chemistry can fill in a few blanks, and help you determine when professional lab testing might be appropriate. Lab testing is expensive and time consuming, and isn't feasible for every body of water all the time. Our test kits and other citizen monitoring kits give general indicators for water quality and let you know when you should maybe dig a bit deeper or contact a local conservation authority or stewardship group to investigate further. We don't replace lab testing for things like e.coli, nitrates or phosphates. But, funding for lab tests needs to be used strategically, since budgets for testing are tight and Canada has a lot of water!
Temperature is interconnected with other indicators, and holds a large influence on water chemistry. Temperature also exacerbates problems: it can encourage increased bacteria and plant growth and reduce the amount of oxygen in the water.
A spike in conductivity over your 'normal' readings could indicate the presence of inorganic dissolved solids like those found in pollutants. If you test near sewer overflows, or polluted streams, you often get high values. When conductivity levels are too high, it can disrupt the normal functions of an ecosystem and may mean fish have trouble reproducing.
Changes in pH, hardness and alkalinity can all indicate a change in chemistry that may have resulted from a spill, sewage or increased algal blooms. For example, algae causes increases in pH because they are consuming all the carbon dioxide in the water. A spike in pH might indicate a growing problem: there's an optimal level for your waterbody, and raising that could affect everything living in the water.
Dissolved oxygen is also a great way to determine if something has gone wrong, but there's lots of natural fluxation so the best way to determine what's normal is to test often. It's constantly affected by aeration (deeper water holds less oxygen), pressure (lower altitudes hold more oxygen than higher ones… think visiting the mountain top), conductivity (higher conductivity or salinity means lower dissolved oxygen) and temperature (colder water holds more oxygen than warm water). A drop in DO (dissolved oxygen's nickname) in one spot versus another means that you may have a problem. If your DO levels are below 3, fish can't breath. When algae dies off, it can also lead to a drop in dissolved oxygen, which could then lead to massive fish deaths.
Your observations and photos! These are so important to give context and remember exactly how things were. Our memories are unreliable things, so always record your details immediately, and take a photo (we provide you with a waterproof phone case so you can do that right there and then).
On our data platform, we have little question marks next to every test, where we try and give you information on how to test, why you're testing for it and what's a 'normal' value.
Every test has information so you can learn more!
If you're interested in getting one of our testkits, you can borrow one, or purchase your own.
Those who test regularly are experts at noticing: they see and appreciate what's different. The first step in understanding our waters is to notice it, touch it, smell it, and that leads to a deepened sense of responsibility.
Eden and Kirsten, who participated in our Ocean Explorer program last summer, continue to monitor every time they are near the water, especially in Nova Scotia. They love any excuse to go to the water now!
While most Canadians say they care about water, many do not participate in its stewardship. Modern society is busy, complicated and confusing, and researching what water chemistry means is often frustrating without a science background. By educating people on the basics of water chemistry and water issues, we're giving them a chance to start understanding what's going on, so that they feel they can do something about it.
When something is difficult to understand, you often feel disconnected. But when our participants have tried out some tests, understood the basics, they connect to the waterbodies and the issues affecting the water. I personally find testing the water fulfilling and it has deepened my love for my lake.
Recently I watched SharkWater, an amazing documentary about the dismal picture for sharks. In it, protected sharks in an eco park off the coast of Costa Rica were being poached for their fins to be exported to Asia for shark-fin soup. Even though the evidence was alarming, and it was illegal, the mob had control over the courts and no one could stop them. But, when the Costa Ricans found out, they began protesting and things weren't so easy for the poachers anymore. While their struggle is ongoing, it is leading to further protection with more support from people around the world than ever before.
Even though solving our water issues can be daunting, the people have more power to change things than they think: every day they are making sure that companies, individuals and our governments are held accountable for their actions, and pushing for higher standards. Public outrage is a great motivator and can be used for good! When we work together, when the community cares about an area, it gets protected. But, it requires sustained effort by lots of people.
Get out there and get stewarding! Groups can register here. On our platform, they can then organize their volunteers. If you're interested in monitoring your body of water, you can sign up for free. You can also look into getting your own testkit. Have more questions? Please contact us.


Join us for family friendly creative sessions at the Leach Pottery, where your child can enjoy hands-on clay making activities during the school holidays.
Ages 6 – 12, £8 per child per workshop including tuition, materials and firing. Parents get messy for free!
One hour sessions at 10.30am and 2pm run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during school holidays.
Children will make one item following the theme of the day (see below) for example, a tropical fish, animal sculpture or decorating a tile. After this there is a process of drying, firing and glazing which takes between 4-6 weeks. We offer postage for those who cannot collect their piece/s.
1 Piece £4.50. 2 Pieces £6.50.
3 Pieces £9.00. 4 Pieces £15.00.
Only 12 places on each workshop, so booking and pre-payment is required to secure your place.