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By The Associated Press - Associated Press - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Travelers returning to New Zealand will face stricter rules at quarantine hotels as health authorities investigate how up to three people got infected with the coronavirus while isolating at Auckland's Pullman Hotel.
The people were released before testing positive and were potentially contagious, but so far testing has shown no evidence the virus has spread in the community. New Zealand has managed to stamp out community transmission of the virus.
COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said Thursday that as an interim measure, travelers would need to stay in their hotel rooms for the final days of their 14-day mandatory quarantine, and would also face stricter controls around leaving their rooms at other times.
Health authorities believe the three people at the hotel caught the virus from another returning traveler, who had the South African variant.
Meanwhile, Australia has extended its suspension on quarantine-free travel from New Zealand for another three days. Australia is requiring New Zealanders to quarantine for 14 days in hotels upon arrival.
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The Biden administration is projecting as many as 90,000 Americans will die from the coronavirus in the next four weeks. The 27-nation EU is coming under criticism for the slow rollout of its vaccination campaign. AstraZeneca and EU to meet in Brussels to talk over vaccine production delays. U.S. boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages. IOC, Tokyo Olympics to unveil rule book for beating pandemic.
- Follow all of AP's pandemic coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic, https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccine and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak
BEIJING - China saw a slight drop in cases of domestic transmission, although clusters remain stubbornly persistent in the country's frigid northeast.
The World Health Organization experts who have been in quarantine since their arrival in Wuhan two weeks ago are expected soon to conduct field visits as part of a worldwide investigation into the origins of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese industrial center in late 2019.
The National Health Commission said Thursday that 41 new cases of domestic transmission had been reported over the previous 24 hours, down from 55 on Wednesday 69 the day before.
A total of 1,820 people were in treatment for COVID-19 and another 988 being observed in observation after testing positive but displaying no symptoms of the virus. China has reported a total of 4,636 COVID-19 deaths from among 89,326.
Note this version has been corrected with details on the WHO team's quarantine.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia will ban flights from Brazil effective Friday over concerns of a variant of the coronavirus that is circulating in that country.
Colombia President Ivan Duque on Wednesday announced the 30-day measure. No flights will take off from Colombia to Brazil either.
In addition, anyone who arrived from Brazil to Colombia between Jan. 18 and Wednesday will have to quarantine for 14 days.
The Brazil P.1 variant was first identified in four travelers who were tested at an airport outside Tokyo. It contains a set of mutations that may affect its ability to be recognized by antibodies, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The emergence of variants is linked to ongoing surges since infections give viruses the chance to mutate and spread. It's another reason experts stress the importance of mask wearing and social distancing.
Colombia has recorded more than 2 million cases and over 52,100 deaths of COVID-19.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama health officials said Wednesday that the more highly transmissible COVID-19 variant seen in the United Kingdom has been found in the state.
The Alabama Department of Public Health said the variant is thought to be more contagious. It is the first time the variant has been identified in the state, although it has been detected in at least 24 other states, including Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina.
The variant was first detected in the United Kingdom in late 2020.
Health officials said the variant was found in two children and one adult in Alabama. Two cases are in Montgomery County and one is in Jefferson.
This variant is associated with increased person-to-person transmission of COVID-19, but state health officials said it "has not definitively been linked to worse outcomes of the disease."
SANTA FE, N.M. — Health officials in New Mexico said Wednesday that schools may have to make do with aggressive virus testing and limited vaccinations for elderly teachers, if they want to begin reopening soon.
New Mexico Health Secretary Tracie Collins said that schools can find some safety assurances by adding rapid-result tests that look for COVID-19 proteins, called antigens.
"Regarding schools reopening, you know we're going to prioritize teachers getting a vaccine who are 75 and older," Collins told a panel of state legislators Wednesday. "As far as the testing piece, we do have options for rapid antigen testing that we can combine. … We've got some things we can do to reopen these schools with a little more security behind us."
She and Human Services Secretary David Scrase say the vaccine bottleneck is at the federal level in the supply chain, as local hospitals clamor for doses to inject at mass inoculation clinics.
"All schools can still open but if you're in what we're calling a red county, you would be tested much more often than you would in a yellow or green," Scrase said, referring to color codes for infection rates.
New Mexico's governor announced this week that all schools have the option to reopen classroom teaching on Feb. 8. The vast majority of students are confined to online learning currently.
TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister says the President of the European Commission has reassured him any vaccine export controls the EU enacts won't impact shipments of Canada's doses from Europe.
Trudeau says he spoke to EU President Ursula von der Leyen who he says told him transparency measures taken by the EU will not affect Canada's Pfizer and Moderna vaccine deliveries from Europe.
The EU has threatened to impose export controls on vaccines produced within its borders, and warned pharmaceutical companies that have developed coronavirus vaccines with EU aid that it must get its shots on schedule. All of Canada's Pfizer and Moderna vaccines come from Europe.
Canada isn't getting any deliveries of the Pfizer vaccine made in Europe this week, shipments are set to resume next week.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health will receive an approximately 16% increase in coronavirus vaccine per week during the next three weeks, deputy state health commissioner Keith Reed said Tuesday.
The announcement comes on the same day the health department reported a new one-day record of 65 deaths due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
The increase in vaccines is in line with President Joe Biden's announcement that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries of the vaccine to provide enough doses for 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall. Oklahoma expects to receive just more than 103,000 doses per week from the federal government, an increase from just under 85,000 last week, Reed said.
"This allows us to take a look at what's going to happen the next three weeks, it helps us to understand how much vaccine supply we have that we can support bringing on some other pandemic providers," such as local pharmacies, to provide vaccinations, Reed said.
The record increase of 65 deaths is three more than the previous one-day record reported on Jan. 6, according to health department records. The health department also reported 2,686 new virus cases Wednesday for totals of 3,388 deaths and 379,110 cases since the pandemic began.
RALEIGH, N.C. —- Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday extended a trio of executive orders allowing for curbside alcohol sales, a halt to evictions and a requirement for people to remain at home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
North Carolina's modified stay-at-home directive that was set to expire on Friday will now remain in place until Feb. 28, while the eviction moratorium and allowance for the sale of "to-go" or delivery of mixed beverages remains in place through March 31.
The Democratic governor's extensions come as prominent state Republicans expressed their frustrations over a new coronavirus vaccine distribution strategy from Cooper's administration that critics argue has prioritized speed over equity.
During a news conference, Cooper reiterated his desire to distribute the doses received by President Joe Biden's administration quickly and equitably.
"The top priority in our state is getting vaccines to people as quickly and as equitably as possible," Cooper said. "As of today, North Carolina has administered 99.8% of all the first doses that we have received from the federal government."
Top Republican lawmakers on Wednesday signaled more scrutiny of the vaccine rollout.
Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters it makes no sense why state officials couldn't distribute doses to ensure vaccine appointments occur as scheduled. Instead, Berger said, some older residents whose appointments were canceled may have to wait a month longer to obtain a shot.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan and the Washtenaw County Health Department asked students Wednesday to avoid leaving their residences to slow the spread of COVID-19 and a more contagious variant.
There have been 175 COVID-19 cases in the student population since the new semester started on Jan. 19 and 14 of those cases have been a variant, according to a news release from the Washtenaw County Health Department.
The stay-in-place recommendation is effective immediately and will run through Feb. 7. The university and county health department are asking students to limit leaving their residence to going to classes, getting food, work and other necessary in-person activities.
The health department said in the news release that if the case counts continues to rise, stricter measures will have to be applied.
The recommendation came just days after the state health department recommended the university pause all athletics after several individuals linked to athletics tested positive for COVID-19 and the university complied.
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin will become one of only 10 states without statewide mask mandates if the Assembly votes as scheduled Thursday to overturn Gov. Tony Evers' order, but masks will still be required in some of its largest cities thanks to local ordinances.
More than two dozen public health organizations, as well as state and local health officials, have urged the Republican-controlled Legislature to reconsider the scheduled vote. Wearing masks is one of the pillars of recommendations from health experts worldwide to slow the spread of the coronavirus, along with physically distancing and avoiding crowds.
The move comes as Wisconsin lags in distribution of coronavirus vaccines, health officials warn about the spread of contagious new variants and total deaths due to COVID-19 near 6,000.
Republican lawmakers contend that Evers exceeded his authority by issuing multiple health emergencies, and mask orders, rather than coming to the Legislature for approval every 60 days.
TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the President of the European Commission has reassured him any vaccine export controls the EU enacts won't impact shipments of Canada's doses from Europe.
O'FALLON, Mo. - Republican Gov. Mike Parson's spokeswoman said Wednesday that the state plans to divert thousands of unused doses of coronavirus vaccine from CVS and Walgreens pharmacies to other state-enrolled vaccinators in Missouri to help the slower-than-expected vaccination process.
Spokeswoman Kelli Jones said the administration has requested the return of 25,000 doses from CVS and Walgreens, which would then be re-routed to county health departments, medical hospitals and clinics and hundreds of other state-approved vaccinators.
CVS and Walgreens were tasked with providing vaccinations at long-term care facilities under a Trump administration plan unveiled in December. Jones said Missouri's new plan won't affect shots for workers and residents at those facilities that have been ravaged by COVID-19.
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is projecting as many as 90,000 Americans will die from the coronavirus in the next four weeks.
That warning came Wednesday as the administration held its first televised science briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic. In the briefing, experts outlined efforts to improve the delivery and injection of vaccines.
The administration is examining additional ways of speeding vaccine production, a day after President Joe Biden announced the U.S. plans to have delivered enough doses for 300 million Americans by the end of summer.
Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says there's concern about virus variants. But he says vaccines provide a "cushion" of effectiveness, adding the government was working with pharmaceutical companies on potential "booster" shots for the new variants.
The Biden administration is asking citizens to recommit to social distancing measures and mask-wearing, pointing to scientific models that suggest those practices could save 50,000 lives over the coming months.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has indicated that the coronavirus lockdown in England will remain in place until at least March 8.
In a statement to lawmakers, Johnson also confirmed new restrictions for travelers arriving in England from countries deemed to be high-risk. He says the U.K. remains in a "perilous situation" with more than 37,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, nearly double the number during the previous peak in April.
While dashing any hopes that students would return to classrooms after a mid-February school break, Johnson says the March 8 aspiration is based on progress on the vaccination front.
On Tuesday, the U.K. became the fifth country to record more than 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths.
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is preparing to roll out its first vaccines to the country's frontline health care workers.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says a delivery of 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to arrive at Johannesburg's international airport on Monday. There are plans for shots to be given to doctors and nurses starting in mid-February. Mkhize says South Africa intends to vaccinate 67% of its 60 million people in 2021, starting with the most vulnerable health care workers.
South Africa has 1.4 million confirmed cases and 41,797 deaths, representing about 40% of the cases reported by all of Africa's 54 countries.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma has reported a new one-day record of 65 deaths from COVID-19.
The previous one-day record of 62 was reported Jan. 6, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
The department also reported 2,686 new cases Wednesday for totals of 3,388 confirmed deaths and 379,110 cases since the start of the pandemic.
NEW ORLEANS - Coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings are easing a bit in New Orleans, but bars in the city will stay closed through the Mardi Gras season. City officials say a ban on public events will be eased Friday. Indoor gatherings of up to 10 people and outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people will be allowed. Capacity limits on restaurants — and bars that provide restaurant food service — will go from 25% to 50%.
Also, New Orleans education officials said students in kindergarten through eighth grade will begin returning to class on Monday. Most high school students will continue online learning until later in February.
The easing of restrictions comes as local authorities report that the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests has dropped below 5%. Statewide hospitalization numbers also have been falling in recent weeks.


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Why has the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) spent at least $19 million last year and $90 million since 2012 financing the Fight for 15 when nearly all union members earn more than the minimum wage?
In most respects, the Fight for $15 minimum wage campaign has been a failure. Despite loads of union cash, the Fight for 15 has not achieved its policy goal of a $15 minimum wage and failed to organize fast-food restaurants.
If you read the SEIU's press clippings, it supports a $15 minimum wage because it is a way to lift low wage workers out of poverty. But an abundance of research on the effects of minimum wages on low-skill workers shows it reduces employment.
Since raising the minimum wage is not the best option to pull individuals out of poverty, why does SEIU expend so much of its members' dues on funding the Fight for $15? It is out of self-interest.
Minimum wage laws benefit union interests in one of two ways.
First, many state and local wage laws exempt union contracts from the new, higher wage standard. These exemptions make non-union labor more expensive, thus making union labor more competitive and companies less resistant to union organizing campaigns.
Labor organizations have caught considerable blowback from such union carve-outs in the past. In 2016, Los Angeles raised hotel workers' minimum wage to $15.37, but exempted unionized companies from the wage hike. SEIU was a major proponent of the initiative.
While SEIU may have been pleased with the union exemption, not all union members were. Alicia Yale, a union member who worked at the Sheraton Universal hotel, gave her thoughts on the union loophole to The Los Angeles Times:
"Why is it more of a benefit to be in a union? The union isn't really doing anything for us," she said. "It's completely upside-down. They want to pay us less than the minimum wage."
Second, many collective bargaining agreements tie union members' wages to increases in the minimum wage. When the minimum wage rises so do union member wages (see collective bargaining agreement examples here).
In many instances, raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour would make low-skilled workers unemployable. In recent research, the Heritage Foundation finds that enacting a national $15 minimum wage would result in the loss of 7 million jobs.
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Joe Biden's decision to nominate Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary will elevate a person to oversee the nation's workplace who is not…
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Today the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement in a long-running corruption probe of the United Auto Workers (UAW) that will put the…
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Democratic lawmakers will push to have entire sectors of the economy unionized, a practice called "sectoral bargaining," when Congress reconvenes next year. The idea behind…

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The search for the genetic contribution to autoimmune thyroid disease: The never ending story?
Simmonds, Matthew J. and Gough, Stephen C. L. (2011) The search for the genetic contribution to autoimmune thyroid disease: The never ending story? Briefings in Functional Genomics, 10 (2). pp. 77-90. ISSN 2041-2649
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Unlocking the genetic contribution to autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) will hold one of the keys to understanding disease pathogenesis and developing improved treatments. Significant increases in our understanding of the human genome combined with methodological advances in our ability to search for genetic variation have transformed the way in which we screen the genome for susceptibility loci. From early linkage analysis through to candidate gene studies and most recently genome-wide association screening, each methodology has revealed important insights into not just the heritability of AITD but also the best way of identifying disease causing DNA variants. This review will examine each of the different genome screening techniques, highlighting the successes and failures of each methodology and the lessons learnt which have helped inform the next phase of the disease-gene identification process.We will also look to see where we should be focusing our research efforts in the future. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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The Cancer Center of North Florida Regional Healthcare welcomes the announcement by the American Cancer Society (ACS) that it is will serve as the Gainesville community's host site for the next, major research study with a goal of preventing cancer. At a kickoff event held at The Cancer Center, organizers explained why they believe CPS-3 will change the face of cancer for generations to come.
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CPS-3 will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer. CPS-3 follows earlier American Cancer society studies that linked smoking with lung cancer, discovered the link between obesity and cancer and showed the considerable impact of air pollution on heart and lung conditions.
"We are so proud to be able to join in this effort that holds so much promise to make a difference in finding answers to cancer," says Scarlott Mueller, Vice-President and Chief Nursing Officer at North Florida Regional Medical Center. "The American Cancer Society celebrated its 100th birthday this year. We think of helping ACS with this study as our birthday gift to North Central Florida and all of those who live here whose lives have been and will be touched by cancer."
Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed to participate in the massive research project other than non-melanoma skin cancers. The American Cancer Society's CPS-3 will enroll a diverse population of up to 300,000 people across the United States and Puerto Rico, whose health will be followed for decades.
"The Cancer Center and North Florida Regional Healthcare are on the front lines of cancer care in our community, and we're proud to support this important project that brings a renewed sense of hope and empowerment for finding a cure," Mueller says. "We know how powerful collaboration can be, and we urge our neighbors to join us in this worthwhile initiative."
North Central Florida residents will be able to enroll in the study at the hospital on October 22 and The Cancer Center on October 24. To enroll in the study, individuals will be asked to read and sign an informed consent form; complete a comprehensive survey packet that asks for information on lifestyle, behavioral and other factors related to health; have a waist circumference measurement; and provide a small blood sample. Upon completion of this process, the society will send periodic follow-up surveys to update health information and annual newsletters with study updates and results. The in-person enrollment process takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. Periodic follow-up surveys of various lengths are expected to be sent every few years to individuals enrolled in the study.
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As you are floundering to run away from ear-splitting horns in ridiculous traffic jams, you think of a place far away from this chaos; a place like Ooty. Abounding greenery spread across massive Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu and lovely weather all year round make Ooty a splendid and most loved hill station in South India.
Ooty also known as Ootakamund, is indeed a highly recommended holiday destination for family vacationers and honeymooners by the people all around India. Because of its proximity to ever bustling and growing cities and towns, Ooty can give you all the modern amenities topped with amazing views of the nature's beauty. You don't need to wait for holidays to plan a trip to Ooty.
Doddabetta is the highlight of Ooty as it is the highest mountain of Nilgiri where you can sit back, relax and sink in the vivacity of the view. The much-talked-about Nilgiri railways cuts through enormous mountains and offers splendid view. Ooty Lake spread across 65 acres of area on the other hand would want you to settle. Botanical Gardens are well maintained by the Horticulture Department of the Government of Tamilnadu.
The eucalyptus trees strewn in the landscape and the railways cooing on its way beside the lake blends in to create an adorable panorama, especially when you are on your house boat crawling through the water and babbling to make your eardrums hear a new song. Since we are talking about the lakes; Avanlanche Lake and Emerald lakes too have brilliant aura. And for those obsessed raw earth tones; Mukurthi National park is a blessing in disguise. There are some well maintained hotels, spas and resorts offering warm hospitality. The charm of British Raj-era infrastructure still magnifies and makes the eyes sparkle as it did way back then.
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Code For Africa founder among World's Most Influential People in Digital Government
Code For Africa founder and CEO Justin Arenstein has been named as one of just six Africans on the inaugural list of the World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government.
The founder of Code for Africa was named alongside global pioneers such as Taiwan's minister for digital affairs Audrey Tang, Code for America founder Jennifer Pahlka and inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee.
The list, compiled by the global policy platform Apolitical.co, was built from nominations from hundreds of digital government experts from leading organizations, including 14 national digital services, The Alan Turing Institute, the OECD – OCDE, the United Nations, Future Cities Catapult, USAID and the Open Government Partnership.
The list also highlighted the unsung heroes who are quietly and tenaciously updating the machinery of government. The first selection was generated by peer and expert nominations and the final selection was reviewed by independent experts around the world.
According to the Apolitical Website, Individuals named on the list also exerted outsize influence on the transition to digital governments, whether through policymaking, research, advocacy or other means.
"People working in digital government often go unrecognized by the wider public, yet the work they do is vital as both the opportunities and risks of digital technologies increase" says Apolitical CEO Robyn Scott. "It's a been a joy to produce this list recognizing the most influential individuals in the field
Justin Arenstein, the Founder of Code for Africa begun his career as an anti-corruption investigative journalist in South Africa, where he launched the nation's first rural social justice wire-service, African Eye News Service (AENS), before helping pioneer the region's first rural lifestyle magazine publisher (HomeGrown Magazines) and Mpumalanga's first commercial radio station (MPowerFM).
He was also instrumental in establishing three major media non-profit organisations: the continental Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR), the regional Association of Independent Publishers (AIP) in southern Africa, and the Southern African Freelance Association (SAFREA).
Arenstein spent 2009/10 on sabbatical as a Knight Fellow at Stanford University, where he explored data journalism, augmented reality and civic engagement media.
Now back in Africa, Arenstein serves as a director or advisor on various media industry boards and think-tanks. He is also currently a consultant, as a Knight International Journalism Fellow, for the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in Washington DC, where he advises on practical business models for mobile and digital publishing across Africa using geo-locative platforms, ranging from mobile gaming and mobile social networking, to data visualisation, augmented reality and aggregation or curation of content.
Outside of ICFJ work, Arenstein advises Google on data-driven journalism and digital newsroom strategies in Africa, and also leads the African Media Initiative (AMI) digital innovation programme.
He is also an Advisory Council Member of the on the World Bank and International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Disclosure to Development (D2D) committee, which works to enhance the effectiveness of data disclosures about natural resources and extractive industries across the world.
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Somerset-based Coltraco Ultrasonics, which manufactures innovative ultrasonic technology for the maritime and naval sectors, has won a contract to supply almost 200 Portascanner Watertight systems to the Indian Navy — to protect its crews by ensuring that the hatches, doors and cable transits on its 155 warships are watertight.
Coltraco (www.coltraco.com) won this contract with support from the Department for International Trade's (DIT) Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP), which provides grants to help businesses gain essential market knowledge and exhibit at trade shows around the world.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said: "Coltraco is a brilliant example of how UK design and manufacture can have a global impact, with 90% of its sales coming from overseas.
Coltraco has provided a similar service to the Royal Navy for over 20 years and has customers in 109 countries, including Singapore, China and the USA.
Its CEO, Carl Hunter, said: "We presented our Portascanner Watertight product to the Indian Navy, which also carried out extensive trials with competitors.
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Collegiate's Head Prefect Adelaide Robinson explained "As a year group, we selected The Link, with a focus on their national program headspace as our Year 12 charity for 2017. They offer a free, youth-focused health service for young people aged 12-25 in Hobart and the program is something that makes a real difference in our local community."
We are overwhelmed by the generosity, commitment and hard work of the students in raising this money for our service. It is a great help to us in continuing to support the health and well being of young people in Hobart.
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Qatar Airways aims to be the world's first airline to use synthetic jet fuel
Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways' CEO
Wed 14 Nov 2007 – Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with aero-engine, airplane, oil and research partners to collaborate on developing a synthetic jet fuel that will enable it to become the world's first commercial airline to fly aircraft powered by natural gas.
The carrier sees the gas-to-liquids (GTL) kerosene fuel as the "technology of the future that will be environmentally friendly, help to significantly reduce carbon emissions and reduce the impact on climate change."
A Letter of Intent was signed at a Dubai Air Show ceremony hosted by Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker.
"There is a huge movement lobbying for the reduction in carbon emissions to make for a cleaner and safer environment," he said. "The aviation industry has been at the centre of this highly topical debate. We, as industry leaders, are committed to this cause and today's move highlights how seriously we take this important issue.
"Together with our partners, we will all work in close collaboration to study the use of synthetic jet fuels, or GTL kerosene, in our drive towards a cleaner and safer world. We look forward to becoming the first airline in the world to power commercial aircraft with natural gas."
As well as Qatar Airways, the consortium comprises Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Qatar Petroleum, Shell, Qatar Science & Technology Park and Woqod (Qatar Fuel Company). Research will focus on the benefits of using GTL kerosene, with particular emphasis on improved air quality, fuel economy and reduced carbon emissions in and around airports and at cruising altitude.
First flight trials are due to take place before the end of 2008 and, if successful, the fuel could enter service by 2010. On a barrel-for-barrel comparison with kerosene, the synthetic fuel would be more expensive but this would be offset by an expected lower fuel consumption.
Training and research will be carried out at state-of-the-art facilities within the Qatar Science and Technology Park. Qatar Petroleum and Shell are currently building a multi-billion dollar, world-class, fully-integrated gas-to-liquids complex, which is aimed at making Qatar the "GTL capital of the world". Qatar has large natural gas reserves.
Keen to stress existing 'green' credentials, Al Baker said his airline already had a department that specifically looked into ways of reducing fuel burn by eliminating unnecessary weight on its aircraft.
Qatar Airways is one of the world's fastest growing airlines, operating a fleet of 58 all-Airbus aircraft that is expected to double by 2015 with the addition of new generation aircraft such as the Airbus A350, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787. It is a launch customer for the A380 'super jumbo' with five aircraft on order, scheduled for delivery from 2010.
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Ah! No make up bag is truly complete without a trusty multitasking product. Something you can pop in your handbag and ticks more than one box therefore saving some much needed space. These bronzed gems are my go to's when I want make up with less fuss, more speed and great quality.
First up, we have the Sleek Face Form palette in Medium. Retailing for £9.99, this handy compact palette has three colours. The darkest one is great for contouring, the centre shade is perfect for highlighting and the final one I like to use as a blush. All three make awesome eyeshadows too. They are highly pigmented and so easy to work with. A true multitasker!
Next, there's the Bourjois 8 in 1 Bronzing Cream. This stepped into my make up wardrobe some time last summer and has been something I've reached for a fair few times since. I use it on its own for light coverage and a bronzed glow, mix it in with foundation if it's a tad too light, and buff it over foundation if I want a more dewy bronzer than my usual powder. All in all a very different product that I've found very useful. I particularly like that it has SPF in there, which is perfect for this time of year when I want to wear a foundation that doesn't have any form of sun protection. This also retails for £9.99.
Now for a multitasker for the eyes. The Dior Twinset Eye Shadow Duo & Blend Pen in Beige Ribbon, retails for £24.99, certainly a very 'premium' price point! One side has a cream shadow stick and the other has powder which is great layered over the top. Anyone here remember an old Benefit product called Gilded? Well the cream stick side is very similar to that just a little less golden and more beige, making a little more subtle. So it makes for a really great highlighter, particularly in the inner corners of the eyes and under the brows. The Twinset is something that I often forget about, but after writing about it, I'm definitely going to be getting mine out again!
And then there's the most expensive of the bunch, something I coveted for such a long time, the NARS Matte Multiple in Vientiane. Coming in at £30.00, the matte multiples are certainly an investment. Personally I love that I can use this and not have to worry about it being 'too much' for my sometimes oily skin. I most often use this as a contouring product, striping it on my face in the usual contouring places and then blending out with a buffing brush. Although, it also makes for a nice bronze blush and can be used as both an eyeshadow and a lip colour (not that I personally tend to use it on the lips). This nifty little thing can take the place of about 3 items in my make up bag, so it definitely earns its name as a multitasker.
Last but not least we have a blogger favourite, the Solar Powder Bronzer from Soap & Glory. This lovely little thing is £11.00 and often makes an appearance in my daily make up routine. Admittedly, it is a teeny bit too fair for me to use as a contour product, but if you have fairer skin than me, that's one use right there! I like to use it for an all over glow; swirl the colours together for a healthy bronzed blush or just use the lighter shade to highlight the high points of my face. If I was in a jam, I'm sure I could also use them as eyeshadows too!
So there you have it for the second instalment from Bronze Week on the blog. In case you did catch yesterday's post, you can read that HERE. See you tomorrow for another dose of all things Bronze!


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Andrew Muston
Andrew Muston - Eur Ing MA MEng CEng FIChemE
Read Chemical Engineering at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, graduating in 1985.
A chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Specialises in mathematics, sciences and engineering, as well as guidance on applying to UK Universities.
Director of Cambridge English CLASS.
Aiden G. - MEng
Read Chemical Engineering at Jesus College, Cambridge University, graduating in 2016.
Specialises in mathematics, sciences and engineering, as well as guidance on applying to Oxbridge.
Since graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in English Literature in 2012, Alex has worked in a variety of roles in the education sector as a teacher, tutor, and educational consultant. He has taught English and Drama at an Eton group public school and has worked as a residential private tutor in the UK and overseas, at locations including Oxford, Cambridge, Moscow, and Shanghai, where he lived for two years.
Alex has dealt with students of all ages from six to eighteen and has extensive experience of working with students with Special Educational Needs and with students for whom English is a second language. He specialises in humanities subjects and is currently working towards an Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama at Northwestern University. He also holds an MA with Distinction in Text and Performance from the University of London and is a qualified TEFL teacher.
Alexandra C. P.
Alexandra is a second-year student reading Biological Natural Sciences at Cambridge University. She teaches GCSE and A-level specialising in Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) and English tuition. She also handles Oxbridge applications and school entrance preparation. During her degree, she has taken a paper in Social and Developmental Psychology and has extensive knowledge of children's cognitive development. She is able to bring this expertise to her teaching to ensure all the material is understood. She is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese at the native speaker level.
Alison W.
Alison provides administrative support to the Managing Director. She also assists in many other areas such as creating teaching materials, managing CLASS's social media pages and the company webpage, and developing business strategies.
She specialises in the Japanese Language and holds a first-class honours degree in Translation, Media and Modern Language Studies with a year abroad in Japan at Meiji University. She was awarded The Japanese Prize for the best performance in the final assessment of any Language and Communication Studies degree that includes Japanese Honours Language and also The Yakult Award for achieving 100% attendance over the course of study. She also achieved N1 level in the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) in 2019 which is the highest level.
Alison is fluent in Japanese, English, Cantonese, and Mandarin Chinese.
Anthony W.
Anthony is a Chartered Institute of Marketing and MBA qualified marketer currently working in international education.
He read Modern and Medieval Languages at Jesus College, University of Cambridge and has spent time studying and working abroad in Spain, Russia and Catalonia. He's passionate about education, supporting young people and social mobility, and has supported numerous initiatives and charities in these areas.
He specialises in Spanish, French, Russian, Catalan, English as a foreign language and guidance on applying to UK universities.
Culture and Conversation Specialist.
Ann and Caroline first met in April 1994 when Ann employed her as her Social Activities and Sports Assistant at Studio, Cambridge.
Caroline speaks French and has twice spent time living in France. The first time for 8 years and recently for 18 months, returning in December 2020.
She has extensive experience in guiding day and weekend trips to cultural and historical attractions in the UK and France.
Chikashi
Chikashi S.
Mathematics and Statistics Specialist.
Oxford Graduate who arrived in the UK from Tokyo in 2012 to do (I)GCSEs and then A-Levels.
Chikashi is well aware of the challenges international students face when accessing the rubric and vocabulary required in examination questions, making him an ideal mentor in Mathematics. He is very clear in explaining the steps needed to be successful in assessments. He is interested in AI and is currently exploring the possibilities of doing a PhD in this area.
Dido O. - BA MPhil
Specialises in English, Primary stage education and preparation applying to UK schools. Tutor at Cambridge English CLASS.
Read Primary Education with English Specialism at Reading University, followed by a Masters in Critical Approaches to Children's Literature at Downing College, Cambridge University, graduating in 2017.
Dido pursued her passions for Children's Literature, Art and Design by subsequently becoming a Marketing Designer in children's publishing. Throughout her studies and working life she has continued teaching in Primary and Secondary school settings, as well as 1-1 tutoring weekly and in intensive blocks. She has been working with CLASS since 2015.
Hannah W.
Read Law at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, graduating in 2018.
A barrister practicing in family law.
Specialises in arts and humanities as well as applications and guidance on applying to UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge.
Heidi C.
Currently reading Japanese Studies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
Heidi is passionate about the Japanese Language and has passed JLPT N3.
Helene P. - MA Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales
Read Law at Robinson College, Cambridge University, graduating in 1983.
A practising solicitor in the City of London (specialising in Financial Services). Specialises in law and in cultural aspects of London, particularly theatre, art, museums and sightseeing.
Jeni graduated in Linguistics from York University, specialising in French and Chinese language. Afterwards she spent a year at the Beijing Language and Culture University and more recently another year at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, improving her Mandarin. She also lived for 11 years in Hong Kong where she learned some Cantonese and was fully immersed in the Chinese community. She therefore understands the cultural difficulties that a student can face where trying to settle in to a new country. As a linguist, Jeni can understand the problems encountered by students when learning a new language and is able to help from a phonological and structural perspective.
John S. -MA MPhil (Cantab)
Read Economics and Management Studies at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, graduating in 2007, and took a graduate degree in 2008 reading Industrial Systems and Management at Darwin College, Cambridge University.
Specialises in Economics, Mathematics, Business, Oxbridge Entrance, entry to Independent Schools. and University applications.
Julie H. - B.Ed (Hons), M.Phil (Cantab)
Academic Skills and Humanities Specialist.
Julie read History and Education at Homerton College, Cambridge and has a Master's degree from King's College Cambridge. At Cambridge she took up rowing and has represented England and Scotland internationally, competed at Henley Royal Regatta and various international events in the USA and Europe. She is a British Rowing qualified. She has taught in both state and independent schools in most age groups, co-educationally and single sex and has extensive experience in SEN: Dyslexia, ASD, ADD, ADHD and various processing and behavioural issues. She has been a Senior Housemistress and was also head of Boarding at Bell Bedgebury International School. She has qualifications in advanced counselling skills and supports CLASS students in History at any level, all core subjects to Common Entrance and RE, English, Economics and Geography to GCSE. She has also taught critical thinking and specialises in essay technique and personal statements for University applications. She undertakes guardianship work for Cambridge Guardian Angels, one of our partners and specialises in pastoral care and supporting children new to the boarding experience. She also works at the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University, in the Education Reform and Innovation team alongside coaching rowing and tutoring.
Read English Literature and Language at Oxford University, graduating in 2016 with a First Class BA.
Completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, with a distinction. Awarded the PFD prize for best dissertation.
Specialises in English Literature, English Language and Philosophy and Ethics. Also provides guidance for personal statements and applying to universities.
Oliver C. - MEng, BA
STEM Specialist.
A recent Cambridge graduate who read Chemical Engineering.
As an international student, Oli fully understands the cultural, language, and academic challenges that you might be facing. He can provide tutoring on STEM subjects, individual support (academic and cultural), and Oxbridge interview preparation, in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Quinn C.
Quinn has had a varied career working with young people, over 30 years, in both teaching and youth work arenas, that has led to over 20 years of leadership experience. A successful teaching career began working in a specialist SEN provision and continued to develop within this field. While in schools he worked with students that have behavioural and emotional needs, providing excellent support to the individual and their families as well as developing robust systems to enhance school provision.
Over the last fifteen years he has led several teams through Ofsted with outstanding success. He has had key roles in senior leadership teams, SDP in safeguarding as well as dealing complex issues to ensuring the best possible outcomes, for all those involved. In 2014 he set up a consultancy to provide support for schools, in particular failing schools. Structures, policies and ethos are a key focus for school leadership as well as training for school staff. Quinn is keen to see all stakeholders work together for the betterment of the young people and their communities.
Zara J. - PhD FIBMS
STEM and English for Academic Purposes Specialist.
Zara has over 20 years' experience teaching EFL and English for Academic Purposes, and over 15 years' scientific research experience. She also has a background in linguistics and natural sciences, a proven record of communicating complex concepts clearly and succinctly, and a highly professional approach incorporating excellent organisational and inter-personal skills.


In March, Coyote Logistics merged with Access America Transport, a union that added a half-billion in revenue, says CEO Jeff Silver, 51 (at right).
The merger expanded the company by about 450, which, along with the addition of nearly 100 business developers, should help spur outreach to small and midsized companies, says Mr. Silver, who expanded the company early on by focusing on large companies that wanted a nationwide footprint.
"We grew like crazy with them," he says.


Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Sol Fury, Nov 23, 2018.
Didn't the Homestar Runner also go for the gold? One of them's gonna have to give it up.
Bumblebee Go to the Polls!
"Win If You Dare" was a fun little story. Hopefully this will be good too.


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Donald Trump went on a tirade against free trade, and none of his rivals objected.
Trump may have accepted Republican orthodoxy on taxes, but he is still a populist on trade. So it's no surprise that at the debate he underscored his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the need for trade agreements that don't export jobs. But what's more surprising is the unwillingness of his rivals to defend the Republican Party's orthodoxy on trade. In the past, Rand Paul would call out Trump's economic heresy and reiterate a commitment to free trade, but Paul is out of the running. The other candidates might not agree with Trump, but they know his position is popular with certain Republican voters, so it goes unchallenged.


TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (DWDD) – An NPA Terrorist couple surrendered to 26th Infantry "Ever Onward" Battalion after realizing that joining the NPA is not the solution to poverty. The sincerity also of President Duterte to attain long lasting peace motivates the couple to laid down their firearms to contribute for the peaceful resolution of armed conflict and violence particularly in the IP communities where they belong.
The couple identified alias Ruben and his wife alias Judy, residents of So Kalasungay, Brgy San Vicente, Esperanza between the boundaries of Brgy Mahagsay, San Luis all of Agusan del Sur. The couple surrendered with them one AK47 Rifle and one US M1 Carbine Rifle.
Ruben serves as regular member of Guerilla Front Committee (GFC) 89 while Judy serves as Milisyang Bayan that operates in the boundaries of Bukidnon, San Luis and Esperanza of Agusan del Sur.
The couple decided to abandon the NPA organization due to the mesirable experience and by waiting for too long the promises of the underground movement. According to aka Ruben "Nahadlok na kaayu mi sa akung asawa kay daghan na sa amuang mga kaubanan ang nangamatay, gutom na kaayu ug grabi kapait ang amuang gebati, way tarong nga kaon ug tulog ug hangtod karon ang gipasalig nga suporta sa akung pamilya wala pa nakaabot", he said.


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What exactly did Lincoln say?
It was the biggest assignment of Joseph Ignatius Gilbert's journalistic career - and he was in serious danger of blowing it. On Nov. 19, 1863 - 150 years ago today - the 21-year-old Associated Press freelancer was standing before a "rude platform" overlooking the still-ravaged battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa. Towering above him was an almost mythic figure: Abraham Lincoln.
It was the biggest assignment of Joseph Ignatius Gilbert�s journalistic career � and he was in serious danger of blowing it.
On Nov. 19, 1863 � 150 years ago today � the 21-year-old Associated Press freelancer was standing before a �rude platform� overlooking the still-ravaged battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa. Towering above him was an almost mythic figure: Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln had come to dedicate a portion of the battlefield � still strewn with equipment, clothing and horse skeletons � as a national cemetery. Gilbert was dutifully taking down the president�s words in shorthand when something happened.
He became star-struck.
�Fascinated by Lincoln�s intense earnestness and depth of feeling, I unconsciously stopped taking notes,� he would recall decades later, �and looked up at him just as he glanced from his manuscript with a faraway look in his eyes as if appealing from the few thousands before him to the invisible audience of countless millions whom his words were to reach.�
Luckily for Gilbert, Lincoln graciously allowed his text to be copied while the ceremonies concluded. �The press report was made from the copy,� the AP man noted.
Brief as Lincoln�s speech was, many newspaper reports paraphrased or outright butchered it. In his new book, Writing the Gettysburg Address, Martin P. Johnson argues that the fledgling wire service played a key role in ensuring that most Americans experienced the true power and poetry of their president�s words.
�The Gettysburg Address was not necessarily going to be an important text, if the first version published had been such a truncated version,� he says.
But 150 years later, the debate continues over exactly what Lincoln said that day in a speech of about 250 words.
The news medium of the day was a reporter taking notes with a pencil, most likely in shorthand. Once finished, he would race to a telegraph office and hand his dispatch to an operator, who would tap it out in Morse code. The story would travel to a newspaper office, where the series of dots and dashes were deciphered and then set in lead type.
Gilbert was an old hand at covering Lincoln when he joined the throng on Cemetery Hill in the fall of 1863.
�The battlefield, on that sombre autumn day, was enveloped in gloom,� he wrote in a paper delivered at the 1917 convention of the National Shorthand Reporters� Association in Cleveland. � Nature seemed to veil her face in sorrow for the awful tragedy enacted there.�
Lincoln�s address lasted barely two minutes.
There are five known drafts of the speech in Lincoln�s handwriting, each different from the other in some subtle or not-so-subtle way. The last, penned in March 1864, is the version chiseled on the Lincoln Memorial.
In 1894, Lincoln�s personal secretary, John Nicolay, published what he called �the autograph manuscript� of the address. The first page was written in pen on stationery marked �Executive Mansion�; the second is in pencil.
Johnson, an assistant history professor at Miami University in Oxford, concludes that this is the delivery or �battlefield draft� Lincoln pulled from his coat that day. John R. Sellers, curator of Civil War papers at the Library of Congress, which recently put the pages on display, agrees.
But historian Gabor Boritt, author of The Gettysburg Gospel, argues that a version discovered in 1908 among the papers of John M. Hay, Lincoln�s assistant secretary, is the one from which the president read.
Perhaps the most important difference among the address�s various permutations is the presence or absence of the phrase under God.
Those words do not appear in either the Nicolay or Hay draft, but they are present in the three other handwritten copies Lincoln produced for use in fundraising efforts.
They also appear in dispatches sent by Gilbert, leading Johnson, Boritt and others to conclude that Lincoln added them extemporaneously.
Nicolay said Lincoln referred to the AP report when reconstructing and refining the address for the later drafts. But which one?
Due to �telegraphic variations,� Johnson said, there were almost as many versions in circulation �as there were newspapers that printed them.� No definitive wire copy survives in AP files.


Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Three New Yorkers have filed suit against President Donald Trump and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, seeking to halt Presidential Alert notifications.
"Plaintiffs are American citizens who do not wish to receive text messages, or messages of any kind, on any top or subject, from defendant Trump," the lawsuit reads. Trump's "rise to power was faciliated by weaponized disinformation that he broadcast into the public information sphere via Twitter in addition to traditional mass media."
Edward Snowden, a former U.S. defense contractor who leaked information about the National Security Agency's spying methods, warned the public on Twitter about the new alerts.
"The same centralized infrastructure that lets them send something to everyone enables them to read anything from anyone," Snowden said.
"Upstream surveillance represents a new surveillance paradigm, one in which computers constantly scan our communications for information of interest to the government," the article states. "As the legislative debate gets underway, it's critical to frame the technological and legal issues that Congress and the public must consider -- and to examine far more closely the less intrusive alternatives available to the government."
The alert went to millions of Americans but some reported not getting it. Mobile devices in airplane mode or that were turned off wouldn't get notifications. Also phones that WEA compatible didn't get it. And some carriers don't participate.
"A very important reason to test, and why we initiated it to test locally, state-level, and then ultimately testing at the presidential level is to discover the actual results versus what should happen theoretically," said David Simpson, former chief of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.


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The Institute - External Scientific Fellows - 2017 - Professor Erik Franckx
Professor Erik Franckx
Free University of Brussels
Erik Franckx is full-time research professor, President of the Department of International and European Law, and Vice-dean for Internationalization, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (V.U.B.).
He holds moreover teaching assignments at Vesalius College (V.U.B.); Université Libre de Bruxelles; Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent); Institute of European Studies (V.U.B.); Université Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and the University of Akureyri, Iceland.
He is appointed by Belgium as: expert in maritime boundary delimitation to the International Hydrographic Organization (2005 - ); member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2006 - ); arbitrator under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (2014 - ); and member of the national Commission for the Reform of Private and Public Maritime Law (2012 - ).
He has taught about 20 short courses since 1992 in diverse countries and was an invited speaker at about 70 international conferences during the period 2006-2015.
He served as a consultant to governments, international, supra‑national and non-governmental organizations. He served as the only foreign legal counsel on behalf of the Netherlands in the Arctic Sunrise Arbitration against the Russian Federation (2013 - ).
He has published widely, with a special interest in the law of the sea (for a complete list, see http://www.vub.ac.be/IERE/efranen.html). As a former student of Prof. Louis B. Sohn at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA, where he obtained an LL.M., he was privileged to be invited to update the second editions of the two major publications by the hand of this author with respect to the law of the sea, namely Louis B. Sohn, John E. Noyes, Erik Franckx and Kristen Gustafson Juras, Cases and Materials on the Law of the Sea, Leiden, Brill, 2014, 1006 pp. and Kristen Gustafson Juras, John E. Noyes and Erik Franckx, Law of the Sea in a Nutshell, St. Paul, Minnesota, West Publishing Company, 2010, of which is a third edition is being prepared at present.
External Scientific Fellows
Professor José E. Alvarez
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo
Professor Hervé Ascensio
Professor Kevin D. Benish
Professor José Carlos Fernandez Rozas
Professor Serena Forlati
Professor Constance Grewe
Professor Moshe Hirsch
Professor Johan Meeusen
Professor Pasquale Pasquino
Professor Fabrice Picod
Professor Isabelle Pingel
Professor Valérie Rosoux
Professor Linda Silberman
Dr. Guy Fiti Sinclair
Professor Jure Vidmar
Professor Annamaria Viterbo
Professor Matthias Weller


A bird here in the intake is weighed and examined every morning. Stool, appetite and activity are monitored. If the bird falls or does not eat, tube feeding is given. Seriously sick birds are placed in an incubator cage. Stuffy birds can get oxygen immediately. All possibilities that are difficult or impossible to realize at home.
A sick bird is a vulnerable patient! If the bird still eats badly, he will quickly deteriorate. Even if they still eat something, this is often too little.
Here in the intake the birds are weighed every morning and the condition is determined. If necessary, the bird is fed a number of times a day. This is done with a special porridge with many nutrients. The diet is given directly in the crop with a tube or crop probe. In this way, a bird with bad appetite will still get enough energy, which he so badly needs.
For many diseases it is necessary that the bird gets medication every day. This can be given in the mouth or with injections. We can only do injections here. Medication in the mouth can also be done by you as an owner, if the bird allows this.
If the medication can only forcibly be admitted to your bird than the bird could start to disallow you access or maybe even hate you. It is then better to keep the bird here. Your relationship with the bird will then be the least disturbed.
In the bird hospital we have patient accommodation with extra heating.
This is very important for small birds and for very sick or skinny birds. Many birds have a high body temperature of around 40 degrees. In case of illness it will be extra difficult for them to keep the body temperature in order! It is then important that they are warm so that the bird can use all available energy to recover.
Birds with a laying need must also be warm. Often the egg is still spontaneous.
In birds that pull out their own feathers, and for which no cause is found, it is possible to burn the edges of the beak so that they can no longer grab the feathers. This is a perfectly painless procedure similar to cutting your nails.
If this has happened, they must always remain in the intake for a number of days. It may feel uncomfortable in the first few days and the birds may therefore have difficulty eating. If this is the case, we will feed the first days extra with porridge. It is important that the bird does not go home too early, then it may be that he will pick again as soon as the beak has grown. Sometimes it is necessary to repeat the burn several times before the behavior stops.
Often we also investigate with a 'picker' with endoscopy whether the bird has a fungal infection. If necessary, it will then be handled simultaneously.
If your bird is admitted to the bird hospital, it is of course possible to visit him. Ask at the desk when it suits you best.
Basically we put the birds in our own cages. It is important that we can work easily and efficiently. Our cages are sometimes smaller than what the bird is accustomed to at home, but it is important that we can quickly grab a bird, that the stick is removable, and that the feed and water containers are removable. The materials are disinfected with special means. In a large cage, there is a lot of stress every day with multiple catches (sometimes several times). If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to consult us!
When bringing the bird, or when visiting, you may want to bring a nice bite. You know the bird the best and a bad eating bird is of course benefited by some extra love and for example a tasty grape. Such things are useful for us to note on the patient card, so that we know how the character of the bird is and what he likes to eat.
For information about how your bird is doing, you can call the telephone consultation hour on working days between 12:00 and 13:00 and ask for doctor Oranje. We try to help you as well as possible. However, it sometimes happens that it is so busy at this peak hour that we ask if you can be called back or want to call yourself at a different time. We ask for your understanding.
If there are important changes, we will of course also contact you!
Sometimes admission is necessary to better treat your bird.


Congratulations to Fine Print Services Ltd, Witney, Oxfordshire, who are celebrating 25 years in print.
Fine Print in Witney sourced CITO as a new supplier after recommendation from myself, I had previously used CITO Creasing Matrix, so was aware of their products, quality and service.
I contacted CITO to see what they could offer and found they had a really good product range that suited our needs perfectly. They also provide an excellent technical support and service.
CITO stock a comprehensive range of creasing matrix, we are currently using their CITO PROplus and CITO DYNAMIC range which complement our new fully refurbished Heidelberg SB Cylinder. They are also able to supply a variety of other cutting and creasing consumable products like steel tape, jackets and bed plates.
I would like to thank Gemma at CITO for all her help and Support during the last few years and look forward to continuing to work together in the future.


With a whisk or blender stick combine dressing ingredients.
Could you please advise on how long this dressing can be kept refrigerated in an air tight container.
It will keep for 5-7 days in the refrigerator. Enjoy!
I've heard that blue cheese is usually grown in bread and is therefore not gluten free. Where might I find gluten free blue cheese?
Anything that can be substituted for olive oil?
Pretty much any light oil will work.


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Six Must-Attend Events: Oct. 25-31
The state's top events and offerings, from a séance aboard the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa to an exhibition of paños, handkerchief art by Hispanic prisoners.
Michael Hoinski
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/six-must-attend-events-oct-25-31/
David Canright
Horror Show
In 2008, the New York label Norton Records issued the album Halloween, a collection of live songs recorded between 1979 and 1981 by the Texas psych-rocker Roky Erickson and the Explosives, then his band. The tracks were taken from performances in Texas and California, including the popular "Starry Eyes" at the Continental Club in Austin, where Erickson will return for a Halloween show next Thursday. There is no more fitting day to see Erickson play. How can you not be a little scared by songs like "Stand for the Fire Demon" and "Creature With the Atom Brain"—byproducts, no doubt, of the shock treatment that Erickson endured at mental hospitals and of the alien who, he said, later temporarily inhabited his body? Since touring for True Love Cast Out All Evil, his 2010 Grammy-nominated album produced by Will Sheff of Okkervil River, Erickson hasn't played often, and this is the last show in Texas this year.
The Continental Club, October 31, 8 p.m., rokyerickson.net
The Tall Ship Elissa, a 99-foot-tall, three-masted sailing ship named for a character in Virgil's epic poem "The Aeneid," has sailed the world since 1877 and has been subjected to all sorts of rough situations, including a mutiny. The ship is undoubtedly fertile ground for lost souls. Twenty true believers will have the opportunity to make contact with them at "Séance Aboard the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa," hosted by Sandra Logan, a Houston medium and psychic. The séance will take place in the belly of the ship. "It should be appropriately scary at night with the water whipping on the sides of the boat, and it rocking back and forth, and it is dark, only lit by candlelight," Logan said in an email.
Logan considers herself a results-oriented medium. Last year, she conducted a séance at the Michael B. Menard House, the former home of one of Galveston's founders, and General Sam Houston appeared, she said. "He was sitting on a bed with his boots on," Logan said. "I felt he was very tall, and he had military men sitting in chairs around the bed, and wars were being planned."
Texas Seaport Museum, October 26, 7:30 p.m., galvestonhistory.org
In 1988, the Texas gardener John Fairey started making expeditions to Mexico, where he collected plants and seeds and brought them back to Peckerwood Garden, his 39-acre wonderland in Hempstead, comprising about three thousand plants. What many don't know is that Fairey, a painter who studied with Barnett Newman and Robert Motherwell, was also amassing an impressive collection of Mexican folk art. To raise funds for Peckerwood, named for the Georgia plantation in the book and movie Auntie Mame, the garden's foundation is hosting a Tequila Tasting and Folk Art Sale.
There will be pieces for auction from Houston collectors, as well as from Fairey, whose donations include a three-foot-tall clay sculpture of the Last Supper. "Christ is sitting at a table, and all of the disciples are up in the trees," Fairey said. "And he's dishing out watermelon to them." But the real auction score will be a future tour of Fairey's private collection.
Peckerwood Garden, October 26, 3 p.m., peckerwoodgarden.org
The American writer Bret Easton Ellis is perhaps best known for his novel American Psycho, about a well-appointed, stone-cold killer. The Belgian painter Luc Tuymans is probably best known for "Gas Chamber," his response to his visit to the site of the Nazi camp at Dachau. In their respective bodies of work, Ellis and Tuymans, two lightning rods in their field, like to explore life's dark corners, a topic they will discuss together Tuesday at the Menil, where Tuyman has an exhibition, "Nice."
The ticketed seats are sold out for this talk, focusing on the challenges for artists whose work deals with individuals and society at the beginning of the twenty-first century, but the Menil will broadcast the conversation on the campus's north lawn.
The Menil Collection, October 29, 6 p.m., menil.org
Hanky-Panky
Paños are handkerchiefs that Hispanic prisoners decorate with ink and colored pencils and send to family members on the outside or use as bargaining chips with fellow inmates, and Thursday is the last day to see one of the largest collections assembled, in the exhibition "Paño Art: Handkerchief Drawings From Texas Prisons."
Texas Folklife, October 25-31, 11 a.m., texasfolklife.org
Papa Nez Dispenser
Be among the first to hear what Rolling Stone calls "the greatest music never heard," when Michael Nesmith, who grew up in Dallas, returns for his solo show, "An Evening With Michael Nesmith," and plays material that predates the Monkees.
Kessler Theater, October 30, 8 p.m., thekessler.org
Tags: Travel, The Drop Everything List
By Michael Hoinski
Held for Ransom
Fairy Tale Gone Wild
Collection: Summer Travel 2019
Sea Rim State Park's Fragile Magic
By Courtney Bond
Summer Itinerary: A Weekend in Dallas
By Jean Scheidnes
Too Many Visitors Miss Out on Houston's Diversity
By John Nova Lomax
The Restoration of Mineral Wells' Historic Baker Hotel Is (Finally) About to Begin
Summer Itinerary: A Weekend in San Antonio
By Cat Cardenas
Where to Stay Next: Five Upcoming Hotels
Where to Stay Now: The Honorable Mentions


The PRI extended its string of election wins with victories in Coahuila and Tabasco. In Coahuila, the PRI won an estimated 31 of the 38 mayoralities, including the former PAN strongholds of Torreón and Ramos Arzipe. The PRI share of the vote was 60%, the PAN 25% and the PRD 2% (PREP Coahuila, Reforma 10/19).
Surreal México is where Clara Brugada wins the PRD primary election to be the candidate for Iztapalapa borough president. Her opponent, Silvia Oliva, files a complaint with the party bodies, arguing that there was fraud. The party authorities procrastinate. Finally, Oliva goes to the Federal Electoral Tribunal. This body nullifies the vote in several voting places where there was fraud. Oliva wins. She is the new candidate. But the ballots have already been printed. Under the logo of the PRD, Brugada appears. The Tropical Messiah [AMLO] makes his entrance. He is annoyed because his political ally has been thrown out. He organizes a meeting with his supporters. He calls on them not to vote for the Brugada who appears on the ballot, because that is in fact a vote for Oliva. He invites them to vote for a fellow named Juanito, puppet number one, who is the candidate of another party, the PT. AMLO announces that if he wins, Juanito will immediately resign from his post, and that as the cacique of the Left, he will call on another of his puppets, Marcelo Ebrard, the Mayor of Mexico City, to nominate Brugada to replace Juanito as Iztapalapa president. This would be ratified by the DF Legislative Assembly, AMLO's third puppet. Juanito swears to do what the boss ordered. Conclusion: if Brugada wins, it's Oliva who wins. If Juanito wins, Juanito loses and Brugada wins. Pure surrealism.


The private sector is composed of workers, managers and executives trying to collectively meet the bottom line within their respective industries. Though these are essential activities for keeping an entire department cohesive, most employees find these a waste of time and money. This is because majority of staff probably already feel closely knit anyway in just the office setting alone.
Many of these activities incorporate lectures or skills enhancement exercises. You first have to allow your employees to be instrumental in choosing the corporate retreat locations Nashville and deciding on the scheduling, theme and individualized tasks. Hold it like an open discussion and ensure that everyone gets to voice out their questions and concerns.
While executive level managers perform their duties regarding external matters such as those pertaining to investors and new clients. Your job as immediate supervisor is to dig into any personal matters or worries that might be bothering your team. The grievances must be addressed as soon as possible so that nobody will feel isolated while inside the organization.
Prepare some enjoyable and exciting team building exercises. These are vital since you would be spending a significant amount to book these outings. Try new drills instead of conventional and common activities. Using predictable exertions will not stimulate any audience interest. You could opt for a scavenger hunt that spans an entire city. Group them into pairs or groups of three and delegate them their particular districts.
You may even require them to take photos when they reached the desired location. Reward them with company freebies such as movie tickets or consumer level gadgets. These incentives go a long way in encouraging the staff to do their best on the job. While weekends and off hours are what they most look forward to, creating another positive association through these excursions fosters more enthusiasm.
Actively engage them by letting them tour the state and seek out competitor enterprises. Make them have brief interviews with shop owners and make inquiries of business practices. Review the surveys later on and add complimentary insights on how those relate to your company. By doing this, your staff would know the specific actionable plans they should implements in boosting productivity.
Avoid rigidly constructed schedules. Once the flow of events is too stringent, then chances are your audiences would get bored. Sometimes, they may resort to taking naps while a lecturer speaks, checking their smart phones and tabs or seemingly listen but actually go off to day dream land. This makes it imperative to carefully select your venue where it has the complete facilities to ensure enjoyment and not just an additional chore performed on a weekend.
Shoulder all expenses for meals. Perhaps you could let them donate for transport. But drawing from your department funds to ease up on spending greatly enhances the sense of recreation. Knowing that their company spends just to take care of these essential needs positively affects the way they view these engagements.
Make sure to find an exceptional facilitator. This helps you relax and be freed up from the task of supervising men. Consult with your colleagues and fellow managers. Look for mentors who understand your trade and are familiar with internal machinations unique to your enterprise. These facilitators are most suited for helping your group venture inwards and discover untapped potentialities.
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