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No charges for Lake Alice Hospital complaints
Police investigating abuse claims by 40 former patients treated in the 1970s at Lake Alice Hospital, near Marton in the Rangitikei, will not be laying any criminal charges against the man at the centre of the allegations, Dr Selwyn Leeks.
Assistant Commissioner Malcolm Burgess said that, despite a lengthy investigation, police had decided there was insufficient evidence on which to mount a prosecution.
Dr Leeks headed the hospital's child and adolescent unit, which closed in the late 1970s, before heading to Australia to continue practising.
He was accused of punishing patients at Lake Alice with electric shocks (ECT) and painful drug injections.
Mr Burgess today said the inquiry included analysing medical records, a search of police and health file systems, and interviewing witnesses and complainants.
Material was also assembled from the Ombudsman's inquiry in 1977 and the Commission of Inquiry from 1977.
The police inquiry was made more difficult by the delay in having these matters investigated, Mr Burgess said.
"These events happened over 30 years ago. Some witnesses have died, others were unable to accurately recall events to the level of detail required, some records and original files that may have assisted the inquiry have been lost or destroyed."
The police inquiry, which was renewed in 2006 following complaints from two additional people, was now at an end and each of the complainants had been advised of the outcome of the inquiry, Mr Burgess said.
In 2001, the Government apologised and paid compensation to a group of former patients of Dr Leeks' unit.
It later extended this to a second group, bringing to $10.7 million the total paid to 183 people.
A special forum heard accounts of ill-treatment suffered by patients between 1940 and 1992.
Its report said 493 people came to the forum, most of them former patients with tales of the neglect and abuse they suffered, either at the hands of other patients or staff members.
The forum was set up after several former patients went public with accounts of their miserable lives in the hospitals.
The forum's report did not identify any of the former patients and did not publish individual accounts of life in any of the hospitals, but it did present the common themes it said had emerged.
* many had been afraid of other patients or staff, and had suffered or witnessed physical or sexual abuse;
* they said staff had been callous, threatening or abusive, and they were often told they would never recover, never get a job or have children;
* most felt they had little choice about the treatment they received, and said they were cajoled or bullied into agreeing to have electric shock treatment; and
* those who were in the hospitals as children or adolescents described their desolate lives. Many said they had not known why they were there.
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Офіційний саундтрек до фільму Код да Вінчі був представлений 9 травня 2006. Музику для фільму написав Ганс Ціммер.

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Для відчуття релігійності Ціммер використав масивний оркестр та великий хор. Не дивлячись на те, що ця робота досить схожа на попередню — Ганнібал, це все ж ще й суміш The Thin Red Line та Batman Begins. Тринадцятий трек Chevaliers de Sangreal є найбільш бомбезним і чітко підкреслює сцену 'discovery' в фільмі.

При написанні музики для фільму Ціммер прибіг до допомоги Abbey Road Studios. Додаткові розділи були записані в AIR Studios у Лондоні.

Режисер Коду да Вінчі, Рон Говард, відмітив, що саундтрек «потужний, свіжий і напрочуд ефективний»; більшість музичних критиків з ним погодилася. Soundtrack.Net  і Scorereviews також високо оцінили саундтрек до фільму. Музика до Коду да Вінчі була номінована на Golden Globe Award 2007, але програла.

Треки
 «Dies Mercurii I Martius» () (6:03)
 «L'Esprit des Gabriel» () (2:48)
 «The Paschal Spiral» () (2:49)
 «Fructus Gravis» () (2:50)
 «Ad Arcana» () (6:07)
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 «Daniel's 9th Cipher» () (9:31)
 «Poisoned Chalice» () (6:19)
 «The Citrine Cross» () (5:22)
 «Rose of Arimathea» () (8:12)
 «Beneath Alrischa» () (4:23)
 «CheValiers de Sangreal» () (4:07)
 «Kyrie for the Magdalene» () (автор: Річард Харві) (3:55)

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Alpha Aviation president Lynda Hogarth speaks about leasing opportunities at Boundary Bay Airport at a recent Delta Chamber of Commerce event.
Delta is encouraging industrial development at Boundary Bay Airport after agreeing to extend the lease at the airport to the end of the century.
At a Delta Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday (Sept. 14) Mayor Lois Jackson lauded the airport as a "great place to build and invest."
This spring, Delta council granted the airport operator, Alpha Aviation, a 49-year extension on its lease of the airport, which is now set to expire Dec. 31, 2099.
"The extension provides businesses with additional security that they will be able to sign long-term leases, which is a vital element to providing a stable foundation for success," Jackson said.
According to an April 12 council report, Boundary Bay Airport operates at a deficit so long-term subtenants for the industrial lands are needed to generate rent and maintain long-term airport operations. The report said some potential subtenants were "uncomfortable" with the previous lease term.
Jackson cited BC Fresh as an example of a "modern facility" located at the airport which "centralizes the transportation of goods" allowing farmers to easily move produce to and from market.
Further, Jackson said construction of the 80th Street overpass will be a "boon" to the development of the airport's industrial land. The BC Rail overpass, expected to be complete by June 2012, will provide "safe, efficient and uninterrupted vehicle access to the airport," she said.
To recognize Alpha's surrender of 8.5 acres of land for overpass construction, Delta is assuming responsibility for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the road and utility areas. Council has already approved $2.9 million to undertake the first phase of its Master Servicing Plan, which will ensure developable industrial lands at the airport are pre-serviced and ready for businesses to move in. Delta will need to recoup those servicing costs from future tenants.
Alpha Aviation president Lynda Hogarth said there has been more interest in airport land since the lease extension.
"We've had a number of people come forward interested in developing out here at the airport," she said. "We are looking at offers right now."
Hogarth reviewed the recent improvements to the airport, including a runway extension, new main terminal building, fuel farm and T-hangars. She said Delta benefits from the airport with 500 jobs, $9 million in economic benefit and $1 million in tax revenue, which will increase once new industrial tenants move in.
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Mellon Bank Center Scores $175M Financing
PHILADELPHIA-The loan on the 1.3-million-square-foot Downtown office tower is a 10-year non-recourse paper with a 5.66% fixed rate.
PHILADELPHIA- A pair of foreign banks has provided $175 million in first mortgage financing for the Mellon Bank Center, a 1.3-million-square-foot Downtown office tower here. Medalist Capital arranged the 10-year non-recourse paper, which carries a 5.66% fixed rate for the first seven years and three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization.
Owner Newton, MA-based HRPT Properties Trust is using the financing to pay off debt under its revolving credit facility. The 54-story Mellon Bank Center, at 1754 Market St., was built in 1990. Major tenants other than Mellon include energy firm Sunoco and chemical company FMC Corp.
The deal, a large one in a tight financial atmosphere, got done largely because of HRPT's reputation as an owner and the credit of the asset's tenants, Richard Williams, a senior vice president at Charlotte-based Medalist, told GlobeSt.com. "The capital markets have improved a fair amount from a year ago, especially for public companies," he said, but pointed out that the market is still volatile and financing deals take a long time to get done.
The building's location in the Philadelphia market also helps, being a high-quality facility in a locale with a diverse workforce. "Relatively speaking, it's been as stable or more so than most metro markets," Williams pointed out.
HRPT owns four other buildings in Downtown Philly: Centre Square, at 1500 Market St.; 1600 Market St.; 1525 Locust St.; and One Franklin Plaza, at 16th and Race streets. HRPT operates 515 office and industrial properties across the country.


Lee, S-H., Blake, R. & Heeger, D. (in press) Hierarchy of cortical responses underlying binocular rivalry. Nature Neuroscience.
"Binocular rivalry is the worst stimulus for the study of neuronal correlates of consciousness because it totally confounds the effects of attention and the effects of consciousness!"
Nature, 379, 549-553. (1996) "Activity changes in early visual cortex reflect monkeys' percepts during binocular rivalry." Leopold, D.A., Logothetis, N.K.
"Our view is that the phenomenon of binocular rivalry is also a form of visual selection, but that this selection occurs between competing visual patterns even in the absence of explicit instructions to attend to one stimulus or the other. ... Decades of research have failed to reliably demonstrate that the perceptual alternations experienced during rivalry are under the direct control of voluntary attention. ... As such, we believe that rivalry accentuates the selective processing that underlies basic perceptual processes including image segmentation, perceptual grouping, and surface completion."


G. Munoz singled to right center, RBI; S. McCollum scored.
K. Ross homered to left center, 2 RBI; K. Puailoa scored.
M. Weishoff to p for C. Chiquete.
D. Lewis singled to shortstop.
K. Calderon singled to pitcher; D. Lewis advanced to third.
K. Calderon out at second c to ss to 2b, caught stealing; D. Lewis scored.
A. Adamos singled through the left side.
A. Machado hit by pitch; A. Adamos advanced to second.
S. McCollum homered to left field, RBI.
I. Laufou singled down the 1b line.
A. Wing reached first on an error by ss.
A. Crawford to 2b for A. La.
K. Ross singled to left field.
T. Harris doubled to left center, RBI; K. Ross scored.
D. Lucero homered to left field, 2 RBI; T. Harris scored.
J. Gomez singled to right field.
K. Calderon singled up the middle.
A. Adamos singled through the right side; K. Calderon advanced to second.
R. Silas pinch hit for S. Iontchevs.
R. Silas reached on a fielder's choice; A. Adamos advanced to second; K. Calderon out at third ss unassisted.
K. Robinson homered to center field, 3 RBI; R. Silas scored; A. Adamos scored.
I. Laufou singled through the left side.
A. Wing singled through the left side.
D. Lewis singled to center field; A. Wing advanced to second.
T. Harris doubled to right center.
D. Lucero singled through the left side, RBI; T. Harris scored.
A. Machado singled up the middle.
R. Rehders to rf for K. Robinson.
J. Krauss singled to shortstop.
A. Wing singled to left field; J. Krauss advanced to second.
D. Lewis reached on a fielder's choice; A. Wing advanced to second; J. Krauss out at third 3b unassisted.
A. Adamos singled up the middle, RBI; D. Lewis advanced to second; A. Wing scored.
B. Estrada pinch ran for A. Adamos.
A. Machado doubled to right center, 2 RBI; B. Estrada scored; D. Lewis scored.
R. Silas singled to left field, RBI; A. Machado scored.
K. Robinson to rf for R. Rehders.
A. Adamos to 1b for B. Estrada.
K. Ross homered to left field, RBI.
T. Harris singled through the left side.
V. Ayala singled to right field; T. Harris advanced to second.
C. Rodriguez pinch hit for J. Gomez.
C. Chiquete to p for M. Weishoff.
C. Rodriguez doubled to center field, 2 RBI; V. Ayala scored; T. Harris scored.
S. McCollum singled through the left side; C. Rodriguez advanced to third.
I. Laufou homered to left field, 3 RBI; S. McCollum scored; C. Rodriguez scored.
M. Montesdeo pinch hit for G. Munoz.
R. Espinosa pinch hit for K. Puailoa.
G. Munoz to 1b for M. Montesdeo.
K. Puailoa to rf for R. Espinosa.
J. Gomez to 2b for C. Rodriguez.
J. Krauss singled up the middle.
D. Lewis singled through the left side; J. Krauss advanced to second.
K. Calderon doubled to right center, 2 RBI; D. Lewis scored; J. Krauss scored.


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Do you want to know a secret? There are several different ways that you can burn extra calories without ever setting foot in the gym! It sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Don't get me wrong, exercise is crucial to making real progress. However, we'll take those little bonuses where we can get them am I right?! I want to share 8 simple ways to burn calories for people that don't want to break a sweat.
"You're telling me that I can burn extra calories by sleeping more? Are you for real?" Why yes, I am! I know it sounds too good to be true. Studies have shown that getting at least 7 hours of sleep per night will help us keep the weight off. Getting too little sleep will lead to a greater appetite during the day. Not getting a good night's sleep also leads to craving more carbohydrates and sugary food.
Deep "REM" sleep, also known as our dream state, is when our body burns the most calories. We want to get as much REM sleep as possible! Don't stay up late, get some shut eye!
There have also been numerous studies that have proven sleeping in a cooler temperature allows us to burn more fat, due to a boost in our metabolism. It is recommended to sleep in a room that is somewhere between 60 and 67 degrees Fahrenheit. You can also try wearing less clothes, sleeping in the buff or using fewer blankets.
Starving yourself will not help you to lose weight. If anything, it will tell you're body that it needs to hold on to it's fat. This is what we DON'T want! Eat several light, well-balanced meals throughout the day. This will keep your metabolism burning and the fat melting. Focus on protein and try to limit the amount of sugary carbs.
By adding fiber into your diet, you will force your body into working harder. It takes more energy for the body to break down high fiber foods. A few examples of fibrous foods are beans, peas, berries, pears and apples (both with skin).
Hot and spicy foods have been said to kick up your metabolism. While adding a little spice to your food does not burn a huge amount of calories, it has been found that it kicks up your temperature, makes you feel fuller longer and decreases your appetite. Add a little bit of cayenne to your morning omelette for a little extra calorie burn.
Making small changes throughout the day can make a huge difference in calorie burn without forcing you to break a sweat. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, move around more and get your arms involved. Stand up at your desk while you work. Use a headset if you spend a large portion of your day on the phone so that you can get some steps in. Park farther out in the parking lot to make yourself walk a little bit more! Just get moving!
Okay so this one came from one of my husband's old coworkers. He said that she used to stand up every hour and do 15-20 body weight squats. By the end of the day, she'd have at least 120 squats in! I think that's an excellent idea! It's not enough to make you break a sweat, but the squats will add up to some substantial calories burned (especially if you do that everyday)! Plus, it'll get your blood flowing which will keep your mind clear and focused.
Last but certainly not least, it's imperative that you drink enough water! Dehydration leads to a decrease in metabolism. An added bonus: Drink ice cold water! A lot like sleeping in a cold room, this will force your body to use more calories to warm it up!
These all sound like something every single one of us can do! By themselves they won't yield a substantial amount of calories burned, but if we can practice all 9 simple ways to burn extra calories, we might just see some extra progress! What do you think of these tips? Do you have any that we left out? Let us know in the comments below!


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"Whoa, this is real… This is happening… Like…now." I'm sure each of us on CR9 had a moment like that at some point within the last few weeks or so. For some, it might have been getting out the suitcase. For others, it might have been visiting Amazon.com to order the first of many necessities for Europe (including those RFID-blocking wallets—don't worry; we trust you, Dr. P.). For me, it was rubbing the horned frog statue's nose for good luck in packing, travels, safety, packing, intellectual growth, unity, and packing.
Yes, I might have been at least a little near-sighted in my worries, but packing definitely worried me quite a bit (and still does as I'm getting ready to head to the airport in 6 hours).The thought of minimally packing for almost a month seemed like a daunting task. On one hand, I know I need to be as mobile as possible while sprinting across train platforms, and on the other, I also know that I need to pack enough so that I am not washing clothes at every stop when I could be spending time exploring the city. Looking at my bag now, probably 90% ready, I am so relieved to say the least. Maybe the horned frog thing actually works.
Many of us students on the trip have mentioned time and time again that we aren't exactly sure what to expect in terms of specifics for the trip. Every group experiences a new, unique Cultural Routes, so we must discover for ourselves what the ninth CR journey through Europe will look like. However, if one thing is for sure, it is that we are going to be challenged. Not just challenged, but absolutely pushed to our limits in every sense of the phrase—physically, by walking hundreds of miles; mentally, by imbuing our minds with the immensity of three different cultures and lifestyles; emotionally, by observing heavy sites of the past; relationally, by interacting with native citizens and each other for almost a month non-stop. That can be terrifying at first glance, and understandably so, I believe. We are sailing forward into the uncharted waters, knowing that the seas likely won't always be so merciful. However, I would argue that environment provides so much more potential for growth than any other. One of the maxims that I remind myself of often is that "you never know your full potential in anything until you decide to throw yourself beyond any limits you ever imagined held you in." With CR's rigor, I know we will be thrown, thrown far beyond where many of us may be comfortable, but honestly, that's exciting. Who knows how that will change each of us? How it will change me?
One thing that I remember discussing in preparation for the trip was taking moments to learn from each other. I know there is so much to learn merely from living among the people of a different nation and culture, but the more I consider it, the more I realize there is an equally vast quarry of knowledge to be gained from my peers in the cohort. Each of us will react in a different manner upon studying a memorial or site. Each of us will connect with different aspects of a scene. Each of us will get fired up with different atmospheres. With fifteen student perspectives apart from mine, I realize there are fifteen brilliant opportunities to learn, not only about the world around us but also about each other. This trip will teach us so many different things about community—that we are living in from city to city and site to site and that we are living in now, in Europe, and in the future back in Fort Worth next August. The fifteen other students on the trip will soon be some of my closest friends, will soon be my familia.
I know Cultural Routes will be an amazing, unpredictable, unforgettable journey. BUT, I'm never going to pass up an opportunity for a little outside help to make sure that happens, so of course, I rubbed that nose. Maybe we won't get lost too many times, or maybe we won't struggle too much in ordering our food, … or maybe we will, and we'll learn from our mistakes along the way. Who can tell? That's what the adventure of Cultural Routes is all about.


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MON: UNPROVEN CANCER SUPPLEMENT POT-TENTIALLY FRAUDULENT
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has warned Singapore-based Riway Pte Ltd to stop making false claims about its supplement, Purtier Placenta. Riway claims, without evidence, that its health supplement could cure diseases such as cancer, eczema and stroke. HSA also warned Riway to stop misleading customers by using the results of a one-off test on the presence of heavy metals in their product to convince customers that it is safe to consume.
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The Straits Times – Further details about the false claims
Purtier Placenta – Further details about the supplementary drug, Purtier Placenta
MON: CANADA PLANS TO BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that his Liberal Party government will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021. Conservative leader Andrew Scheer dismisses the move as "a government clutching at straws", calling it an attempt to divert attention from the scandals that plague the Trudeau government. The planned ban follows after the New Democratic Party had pledged to ban single-use plastics by 2022.
CBC Canada – Details on the ban
New York Times – Details on the growing movement against plastics
MON: SAY GOODBYE TO 'MADE IN CHINA'
The intensifying US-China trade war has forced some Chinese exporters to illegally relabel their products as "Made in Vietnam" to avoid expensive tariffs upon entering American borders. Additionally, some exporters have illegally rerouted orders to Vietnam, shipping Chinese agricultural products, textile and steel to America through Vietnamese companies. Vietnam pledged to increase penalties on trade-related fraud in response to growing pressure from the US.
Bloomberg – Illegal re-labeling of product origin
Quartz – Comprehensive impact analysis of the trade wars and the rise of trade diversion
TUES: STRICTER PENALTIES ON DATA BREACHES
With computer literacy steadily on the rise, hackers have found new and improved ways to extract precious data from what we now know as the 'Internet of Things'. Besides the infamous Singhealth data breach in September 2018, many small firms such as Option Gift and GrabCar have succumbed to similar threats, leading to massive losses of private data and information. In a bid to improve data security, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has tightened its guidelines to reduce the vulnerability of these small companies.
The Straits Times – Data breach on SAF contractor Option Gift
The Straits Times – Data breach on GrabCar
WED: JAPAN PROTESTS OVER ACQUITTAL OF MEN IN SEX CRIMES
Hundreds of people, including many young women, rallied in nine cities across Japan to protest against a string of recent acquittals of men in sex crimes. As part of the"Flower Demo" movement, they held flowers as symbols of empathy for victims. The movement sparked from cases such as the controversial March 26 decision in an incest case by Nagoya District Court's Okazaki Branch that ignited public outcry and criticism from legal experts.
Kyodo News – Details on the protests
SAT: VIOLENT PROTESTS BREAK OUT IN HONG KONG OVER ANTI-EXTRADITION BILL
The streets of Hong Kong have been flooded with nearly two million unhappy protestors calling for the suspension of the controversial extradition bill and for Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam to step down. The bill, if passed, would allow criminals in Hong Kong to be extradited to China and subjected to Chinese jurisdiction, eroding Hong Kong's independence. After a series of protests marked by violent clashes with the police, the bill has been indefinitely postponed. However, protestors vowed to keep up the pressure until the bill is scrapped.
Hong Kong Legislative Council – Further details about the extradition bill
Reuters – Video about the situation on the ground
South China Morning Post – Brief summary of the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
TL;DR WEEK OF 3 JUNE
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use cast::{GTK_HEADER_BAR};
use ffi;
use glib::translate::{from_glib_none, ToGlibPtr};
use glib::{to_bool, to_gboolean};

/// GtkHeaderBar — A Box::new(with) a centered child
struct_Widget!(HeaderBar);

impl HeaderBar {
    pub fn new() -> Option<HeaderBar> {
        let tmp_pointer = unsafe { ffi::gtk_header_bar_new() };
        check_pointer!(tmp_pointer, HeaderBar)
    }

    pub fn set_title(&self, title: &str) {
        unsafe {
            ffi::gtk_header_bar_set_title(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer),
                                          title.to_glib_none().0)
        }
    }

    pub fn get_title(&self) -> Option<String> {
        unsafe {
            from_glib_none(ffi::gtk_header_bar_get_title(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer)))
        }
    }

    pub fn set_subtitle(&self, subtitle: &str) {
        unsafe {
            ffi::gtk_header_bar_set_subtitle(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer),
                                             subtitle.to_glib_none().0)
        }
    }

    pub fn get_subtitle(&self) -> Option<String> {
        unsafe {
            from_glib_none(ffi::gtk_header_bar_get_title(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer)))
        }
    }

    pub fn set_custom_title<T: ::WidgetTrait>(&self, title_widget: Option<&T>) {
        unsafe {
            ffi::gtk_header_bar_set_custom_title(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer),
                                                 unwrap_widget!(title_widget))
        }
    }

    pub fn get_custom_title<T: ::WidgetTrait>(&self) -> Option<T> {
        let tmp_pointer = unsafe {
            ffi::gtk_header_bar_get_custom_title(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer))
        };

        if tmp_pointer.is_null() {
            None
        } else {
            Some(::FFIWidget::wrap_widget(tmp_pointer))
        }
    }

    pub fn pack_start<T: ::WidgetTrait>(&self, child: &T) {
        unsafe {
            ffi::gtk_header_bar_pack_start(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer),
                                           child.unwrap_widget())
        }
    }

    pub fn pack_end<T: ::WidgetTrait>(&self, child: &T) {
        unsafe {
            ffi::gtk_header_bar_pack_end(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer),
                                         child.unwrap_widget())
        }
    }

    pub fn is_show_close_button(&self) -> bool {
        unsafe {
            to_bool(ffi::gtk_header_bar_get_show_close_button(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer)))
        }
    }

    pub fn set_show_close_button(&self, setting: bool) {
        unsafe {
            ffi::gtk_header_bar_set_show_close_button(GTK_HEADER_BAR(self.pointer),
                                                      to_gboolean(setting))
        }
    }
}

impl_drop!(HeaderBar);
impl_TraitWidget!(HeaderBar);

impl ::ContainerTrait for HeaderBar {}


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The great Charles Bradley left this planet all too soon – and although we've got this final album of music to enjoy, it's only a partial consolation for Bradley's early departure! The set's maybe a bit like some of the albums of Otis Redding material that were issued after his passing – in that there's some cuts here that were singles, mixed with unissued songs that really show Bradley on top of his game – working strongly with the Menehan Street Band at a level that really has us wanting more! Some of these tunes have a sharply righteous vibe – maybe even more edge than before from Charles – which makes the whole thing not just a completely essential addition to his catalog, but also a way of pointing towards a future that might have been. Titles include "Can't Fight The Feeling", "Luv Jones", "I Feel A Change", "Black Velvet", "Fly Little Girl", "Victim Of Love (electric version)", "Slip Away", and "Heart Of Gold". © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Brownswood (UK), 2019. New Copy
CD...$13.99 14.99
A wonderful overview of the creative scene in Melbourne – a collection that's almost the down-under equivalent of We Out Here – a previous Brownswood sampler of contemporary genius on the London scene! As with that collection, this one brings together the best up-and-coming artists who ... CD
Tru Thoughts (UK), 2019. New Copy (pic cover)
CD...$10.99 11.99 (LP...$21.99)
A masterpiece from Will "Quantic" Holland – an artist who always surprises us with new sounds, but really blows us away with the depth in this set! Quantic started out groovy, then got funky and soulful, then embraced a range of Latin cultures in later work – and throughout ... CD
Carlton Jumel Smith
Timmion, 2019. New Copy
The long-overdue debut of Carlton Jumel Smith – a soul singer with roots at the Harlem address listed in the title, and who's slowly been working his way around the globe in recent years! Those global travels are key to the success of this set – as Smith works very tightly in Finland's ... CD
Budos Band
Daptone, 2019. New Copy
It's hard to believe that the Budos Band have been around long enough to give us five full albums – but along the way, they've also picked up plenty of power to add to their sound! This time around, the guitars seem even sharper than ever – full and fuzzy, and maybe even touched with ... CD
Cochemea
All My Relations
CD...$9.99 13.99
You might know Cochemea Gastelum from his work in The Dap-Kings over the years – but this time around, the saxophonist is very much his own man – blowing a version of his instruments that often seems electrified, ala classic Varitone from the late 60s – used in these really new ... CD
Nick Waterhouse
Innovative Leisure, 2019. New Copy
CD...$9.99 14.99 (LP...$23.99)
A pretty tight little album from Nick Waterhouse – and even though his conga's apparently getting stolen in the cover phot, he's got more than enough of a combo to make up for that loss! The groove here is in a place between vintage soul and garagey rock – maybe garage soul, with Nick's ... CD
Sha La Das
Love In The Wind
Dunham/Daptone, 2018. New Copy
The cover sticker bills this one as sounding like a lost collaboration between the Beach Boys and Delfonics – although for our money, we'd lean a bit more towards the latter – as the Sha La Das have a surprisingly strong approach to harmony soul! Instrumentation and production are much ... CD
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Soul Of A Woman
The fantastic final album from Sharon Jones – a wonderfully deep talent who was taken from us all too soon! The set's maybe the ultimate setting for Sharon's incredible voice – as it features both her longtime core combo, the Dap-Kings – as well as additional backings from the ... CD
Super Vilains
Heavenly Sweetness (France), 2019. New Copy
CD...$16.99 (LP...$29.99)
A fantastic full length set from this hip French collective – an assemblage of musicians who draw equal inspiration from the worlds of jazz, funk, and global-styled grooves – then forge those influences into a really fresh sound of their own! The album's funky, but not in a familiar ... CD
Black Pumas
ATO, 2019. New Copy
Soulful sounds from Black Pumas – a collaboration between singer Eric Burton and the great Adrian Quesada – the latter an instrumentalist and producer that you'll know from a variety of different funky projects over the years! This set might well be Adrian's ticket to the big time ... CD
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Colemine, 2018. New Copy
CD...$10.99
An organ trio, and one with plenty of soul – romping drums, riffing guitar, and some mighty sweet work on the Hammond by Delvon Lamarr! This is the first we've ever heard of the group, but they're rock solid and right on the money – working with a lean, hard style that's completely ... CD
Khruangbin
Con Todo El Mundo
Dead Oceans, 2018. New Copy
A funky combo, but one with a real difference – as they seem to find whole new corners of the globe in which to work their magic – almost an imagined space of cultural criss-crossing, all set to some mighty funky bass and drums! The core element here is the guitar – which echoes ... CD
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ACALAN TV gets partnership for Swahili and Isizulu content generation
ACALAN online TV is gearing up for the next phase of transmission after its official launch few months ago. ACALAN Focal point for Rwanda, Prof. James pledged to work with ACALAN TV for generation of content for the TV in Swahili language.
In a related development, Prof. Langa Khumalo from South Africa also gave a pledge to partner with ACALAN TV for creation of content in Isizulu language. They made the pledge at the just concluded ACALAN workshop with media and communication experts in Kigali. This will serve as a cue for airing of content in different African languages on the TV in no distant time.
The development will help to fulfil the purpose of establishing the TV and indeed ACALAN which among other things is to develop and promote African languages in all domain of life and using the languages as instruments of African integration and development.
MD of CEOAfrica, Prince Cletus Illobanafor who also designed the ACALAN online TV had in the course of the workshop urged participants to join hands and bring their expertise to bear towards the attainment of the objectives of the ACALAN TV.


This fiasco must be costing BT a packet to have both suppliers and some migrated and others not. It also means the support teams need to be prepared.
BT haven't helped the situation by their ridiculous insistance on linking account management to email with BTID. Trying to keep passwords in step betweeen the 3 (4 if you count BTWIFI) systems when 2 suppliers are involved must be a nightmare.
Hi Andy, sorry for the delay been away! Thanks for the assistance. One.com said they have been in touch with BT as it seems a big problem for them... but BT aren't doing anything about it apparently.
I'll attempt to contact openwave... fingers crossed!
It needs some high level clout from One.com to a high level in BT to try and unblock the drains.
There are a number of threads on this or similar topics.
BT really need to get their act together and cooperate with other email providers.
One BT call centre even blamed "too many people downloading Windows 10" !!
Any luck in resolving this ?
Does anyone have an email address for Openwave to they have responded?


About Whitefish Review Magazine: ART….LITERATURE…PHOTOGRAPHY….The Whitefish Review is a literary journal based that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, photography, and interviews, with a slant toward mountain culture. It is a nationally-acclaimed journal features both well-known and emerging authors and artists in a beautiful 160-page soft bound journal. The editors select a diverse mix of narratives woven across essays, interviews, fiction, poetry, paintings, and photography highlighted by a 12-page color spread.


REGINA, Dec. 4, 2018 /CNW/ - Input Capital Corp. ("Input" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: INP) (US: INPCF) is announcing that it will reschedule its release of its FY2018 year end results due to a widespread power outage in Saskatchewan caused by three major power generating stations going offline today, causing power failures across much of Saskatchewan. A power outage for almost the entire business day today has impeded the work of Company officials and auditors to complete necessary steps in the reporting process.
Doug Emsley, President & CEO said, "We thank SaskPower workers for their tireless efforts to bring the power back online right across the province, and we look forward to Saskatchewan returning to normal operations in the near future. We will notify investors regarding a new release date once it is scheduled."


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Visit to Villa del Balbianello
19th October 2018 Posted by Deborah
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With the perfect weather, the arrival by boat which goes back and forth every 15-20 minutes for visitors to the Villa, set the mood for this day. Romantic Lake Como, fascinating collections in a villa left intact by the previous owner to the FAI, and lovingly maintained by them, followed by lunch outside further along the lake, all the ingredients for a great day out.
It's October, like Keats, we "think that warm days will never cease ". We drove to Italy and descended to the western shore of Lake Como, it's waters bathed in sunlight. At Lenno we boarded a motorboat for the short ride south towards Punta di l'avedo a peninsula jutting out into the Lake. To approach this massive rocky promontory from below in a boat was impressive. The Villa del Balbianello, red roofed and sunwashed, rising up the hillside in a patchwork of green, the building outlines clearly defined against the backdrop of a blue sky and the darker blue of the water below and mountain peaks beyond was the stuff of dreams. One can easily get lost in the romance of it all, we momentarily shared an emotion in common with previous generations of people who also were enraptured when they first caste eyes upon the location and began to dream.
Like stepping into a 19th century landscape painting, we disembarked excited with anticipation. To arrive at the entrance to the Villa you climb a winding path through beautiful mediterranean flora under tall canopied plane trees to a viewing point surrounded on two sides by stone sculpted balastrades supporting ornate urns filled with blooming geraniums. Turning from the views of the lake, the visitor is faced with the facade of a church with two towers. This is the only remaining part of the original building on the promontory,which was later converted into the Villa's kitchens. For life began for the Villa, as a Convent for Frairs. In 1781 a well travelled retired Cardinal, Durini of a Lombardian aristocratic family, bought the land and began to build. He is remembered for he laid out the gardens and had designed the most striking Loggia. It stands at the highest point in the gardens above the Villa. It is breath taking, because it has a central columned portico which allows an individual to view both the warm sheltered southern side of the garden, across the lake to the Island of Comacina. While, almost simultaneously allowing them to take in the panorama to the north across the Tremezzina Bay towards the picturesque town of Bellagio and the Alps from where the cooler winds blow. The walls are latticed with living fig vines trimmed artistically down the years. Pristine ivy is pruned into garlands and topiary of bushes, hedges and trees, an oak and camphor tree giving shade, are shaped like huge umbrellas. Our guide took us from the Loggia with it's map room and music room once joined to the Villa by a secret passage, to explore the interior of the Villa itself. Balbianello remained the Summer residence of interesting political aristocratic Italian families in 1800s only after WWI was an American Butler Ames, finally able to buy it. He had fallen in love with it in 1904 although neglected, it still held this romantic fascination. Our guided tour was intimate being no more than 10 persons being shown around at any one time. This is because the FAI (Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano) The Italian National Trust has lovingly restored and maintains the Villa/Museum and gardens with a deep respect due to the wishes of the last owner Guido Monzino. In his bequest to FAI, he left a fund for this purpose. He died in 1988 at the age of 60 of hereditary heart disease he was a chain smoker. He is buried in the garden. His wealth came from a family owned Italian supermarket chain called Standa, but his personal accomplishments were many as he had been a World Explorer. He bought Balbianello in 1974 and had it modernised and refurbished to retire there. Now it is home to his eclectic Art Collection, which is sumptuous, mainly rare sculptures from ancient world civilisations. The attic is devoted to the travel memorabila of his 21 expeditions. Inuit sculptures and artifacts from his journey to the North Pole in 1971 and his climbing Mount Everest in 1973. The rooms on 7 floors, are richly furnished with oldfashioned styles to fit the ornaments on display. He istalled modern comforts such as a lift. Paintings on glass hang in most rooms, part of a unique collection. Opulence, yet the real luxury beckoned, drew you to every window, the beautiful vistas . So with our senses o'er-brimmed, we retraced our steps for a lunch al fresco at the restaurant Belle Isole in Griante across the lake from Bellagio. Romantic Lake Como.
Jennifer Pappert-Hall


An important contribution to the preservation of Palestinian memory, Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre confronts Israel's efforts to consign it to oblivion through the dimensions of textual narrative and art. Palestinian artist Samia Halaby describes her work in this book as "documentary drawing"; she has produced a work of immense importance which highlights the psychological repercussions experienced by Palestinians through her sketches and drawings depicting innocent victims of Israel's murderous brutality.
Progressing though a compelling foreword by Raja Shehadeh, an impeccable historical analysis by Salman Abu Sitta and the core of the book itself — which is a skilful weaving of testimonies, narratives, historical documents and compelling art — one notes a strong depiction of the divide between Palestinian memory and the network of oblivion imposed upon the people who have consistently struggled against disappearance. Halaby exhibits a profound consciousness of such contrasts, portrayed through her decision to eliminate or limit the presence of Israeli police officers in her artistic depictions. Given that the Israeli colonial narrative has functioned by eliminating Palestinians from the wider picture, focusing upon the colonial entity in any form would diminish the importance of Palestinian remembrance. In most drawings and paintings within the book, the aggressors are indicated through the presence of their rifles aimed at the Palestinian victims of their violence.
Another chilling — and very telling — quote by one of the Israeli killers involved in the massacre exhibits the absence of remorse: "We were like the Germans. They stopped trucks, took the Jews out and shot them. Same with us. No difference." Except that those being shot, of course, were Palestinian Arabs, and the killers on this occasion were Jews.
The nine waves of killing depicted by Halaby stand as a narrative on their own. Nevertheless, the artist explains her meticulous approach to creating such images by gathering several testimonies of the same wave of killing to ensure compatibility between historical memory and art. Each wave is represented by large finished drawings in several mediums. The book also includes Halaby's sketches, which provide further visual understanding of how the artist employed her understanding and loyalty towards the Palestinian villagers of Kafr Qasem, as well as a nuanced journey towards the final artistic representations, which evoke many emotions in those who see them.
Perhaps the most striking element throughout the book, imparted so skilfully through Halaby's art, is the speed at which the massacre unfolded and how that same urgency mellowed into an apprehensive waiting in which a few survivors sought to return to the scene only a few hours later. The macabre, relentless murder asserted its dominance again, as the Israeli soldiers engaged in another round of killing with the intent of eliminating any possible survivors.
In Halaby's art, the fluctuation of emotions is by no means temporary. Rather, the varying degrees of surprise, terror, resignation, the will to survive and the tenacity towards preserving the memory all contribute towards building the metaphor and embodiment of resilience.
One notable and striking aspect of Halaby's renditions is the near-absence of colour. Most drawings and paintings are in shades of black and grey. Halaby's use of blue is so sparse that it provides a resonating contrast, accentuating detail in sketches and inviting additional scrutiny. The few instances in which colour is used — such as "The Return of Abu Fareed" who escaped the seventh wave of killing and returned later only to be murdered; as well as "Death of the Shepherd Boy Fathi", murdered by Israeli soldiers in the third wave of killing — inscribe a poignant reflection of the humanity embodied by Palestinians in the face of imminent death.
The artist has managed to create an incredible collection, one that sears itself on the memory permanently. Art, in this exceptional case, has added to the importance of Palestinian collective memory through both talent and awareness. The reason such value has been imparted in this book is the artist's deep understanding of remembrance, which allows her to present a direct confrontation against Israel's penchant for oblivion.


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  { url: '/project/2141232634002056' }
],

I want to save this array into redis and pop each element one by one.
firstly i try
// save the array
const value = JSON.stringify(array);
this.redisClient
.multi()
.rPush(command:temp, value)
.exec();
// retrieve the array
return await this.redisClient
.multi()
.lPop(command:temp)
.exec();
it doesn't work since I pushed the whole array as as one element.
Then I tried to push each element of the array with redis lPush.
const multi = redisClient.multi();
_.map(messages,function(item){
  const value = JSON.stringify(item);
  multi.rPush(`command:temp`, value)
});

multi.exec();

however this seems got stuck in the process, how to get it around

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SUMMARY: Facebook is not among the top-five most popular apps in the 12-17 age group (although it owns Instagram, which is). But the social media platform still has two billion monthly average users.
Facebook's popularity grows despite lack of interest from younger users
Satisfying Audiences Blog | 06 September 2017
By Kevin Curnock
Brunswick News
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
The digital battle for your attention continues.
If you have looked up from your phone lately, you've probably noticed you are the only one looking up.
Younger users are more interested in Snap, Instagram, and other social platforms over Facebook.
The winning mobile platforms — already massive — are drawing even larger audiences. The big players are getting bigger, offering more choices and functionality, and young audiences are choosing their favourites.
According to Facebook's latest quarterly report, the company earns 87% of its advertising revenue from mobile ad sales, up from 84% in Q2 2016. This is an amazing achievement. Facebook has taken full advantage of the mobile revolution and turned it into the sought-after social platform for marketers.
Why is this platform attracting such a large number of advertisers? It's simple: Everyone is on it.
There were 1.32 billion daily active users (DAUs) in June 2017. This is a 17% increase over June 2016.
Not only does the audience keep on growing, it is positively enormous. By the end of June, Facebook boasted of two billion monthly average users (MAUs).
This size and growth puts Facebook among the largest tech companies in the world. It sits behind only four other companies in terms of market capitalisation: Apple, Alphabet (aka Google), Microsoft, and Amazon. Facebook has achieved this over just 13 years.
Even so, its popularity is waning among young people. This from eMarketer on Facebook: "... the social network's monthly user base among the marketer-coveted 12 to 17 age group will fall 3.4% vs. 2016 … the second consecutive year of expected usage declines."
In 2016, this same group fell 1.2% from the prior year. For teens, Facebook doesn't fly.
Snapchat is considerably smaller than Facebook. Whereas Facebook had more than 1.3 billion DAUs, Snapchat sat at 173 million DAUs in Q2 2017. (This is not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison: Facebook provides DAUs as an average for the latest calendar month and Snapchat for the latest quarter.) For Snapchat, that's up 21% over the same quarter in 2016.
In terms of audience, these numbers put Snapchat at around one-eighth of the size of Facebook.
But all is not lost for the young tech company that calls itself a camera company. It is immensely popular among young people. And if you want to build a growing business, you'll want to focus on tomorrow's consumers.
Snapchat is doing just that. The platform is the most popular app among teens and Millennials.
After Snapchat, Amazon is the second most popular app among these young groups.
And what rounds out the top five? Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Of course, Facebook the company owns the Instagram app (which now looks like a bargain purchase at US$1 billion just five years ago). So even though Snapchat is winning the app popularity contest, Facebook the company is still raking it in.
The battle to win the eyes, likes, and shares of the of the young audiences is intensifying. Expect to see more from these big players as the peak shopping season approaches.
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Kevin Curnock is general manager at Brunswick News, based in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He can be reached at curnock.kevin@brunswicknews.com.
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Birthplace, bloodline and beyond: A look at how citizenship is granted around the world
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A baby reaches for an American flag held by her mother during naturalization ceremony at a federal building in New York, January 14, 2011. (EPA Photo)
U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to abolish birthright laws that automatically give children born in the country the status of U.S. citizens regardless of the nationality of their parents.
Only around 30 other countries allow similar "jus soli", or "right of the soil", citizenship; most at least require one or both parents to also be citizens.
Here is a global snapshot:
Citizenship by birth
Besides the United States, birthright citizenship is common in the Americas including in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Ecuador and Mexico.
It usually does not apply, however, for children born to foreign diplomats or military personnel.
An exception is Colombia where citizenship is granted if the parents are citizens or can prove they were residents at the time of birth.
Outside the Americas, Pakistan is one of the rare countries to grant "jus soli" citizenship.
It established this right in 1951 for any person born there after that date, apart from children of foreign diplomats and "of enemy alien born", which is taken to mean India.
Citizenship by descent
For much of the rest of the world a child takes the citizenship of their parents in terms of "jus sanguinis", or the "right of blood".
Often this requires one or both parents to be citizens of the country concerned, unless they are determined to be stateless, as in the case of some refugees.
In Britain, for example, a child is granted citizenship if at least one parent is British or is officially "settled" and holds permanent residence.
All about the father
In the Middle East and North Africa "jus sanguinis" is often only accorded via the father.
Egypt, for example, automatically gives citizenship to children born on its soil with an Egyptian father but those with an Egyptian mother must apply for this right.
An exception is Algeria, which grants citizenship through both the father and the mother.
In Asia, Afghanistan also follows the bloodline through the father only.
A mixture
Some countries accord citizenship through both birthplace and bloodline, such as Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Spain.
A child born in Spain, for example, automatically becomes Spanish if at least one parent is also born there; if neither are Spanish citizens, the child would still have the right to citizenship after one year's residency.
Germany introduced a similar conditional birthright citizenship in 2000.
Toughening the rules
Some countries have massively tightened their citizenship requirements in recent years to drop a simple "jus soli" birthright, such as Britain in 1983 and Australia in 1986.
India from 1987 required at least one parent to have citizenship and further restricted the law in 2004 to require both parents to be Indian.
In 2004 Ireland voted to remove the automatic right to citizenship by birth for children of foreign nationals by requiring the parents to have lived there for three out of four previous years.
Israel does not grant automatic birthright citizenship unless at least one parents is a citizen but it does have a "Law of Return" allowance for people married to a Jew or with a Jewish relative up to a grandparent.
Most countries also allow people to acquire citizenship as adults, for example through marriage or residency and often with other requirements, such as fluency in the national language or special contributions.
Vietnam, for example, demands that aspiring citizens change their names, meaning Brazilian footballer Fabio Santos is now Phan Van Santos.
Cambodia granted citizenship to Angelina Jolie in 2005 for her charity and conservation work.
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Wow, We come to the final week of Mega BM, for this week, the theme is "Blogger Choice",We can post whatever we want, i think this is a tough one, i couldn't come to any conclusion easily. After lot of thinking, i chose to post on some basic recipe that will help to our day to day cooking.
Wash the rice 3-4 time under running water or till the water runs clear and soak it for 45 mins.
Drain the water and spread it on thin cotton cloth/ any neat kitchen towel & place the cloth in shade for 30 mins. After 30 mins, all the water is absorbed by the cloth and the rice will be slightly wet. Now put the rice in the blender and grind into fine powder, do it in batch to avoid overloading. Transfer the ground content in the sieve and sieve it till there is no more flour comes out from the sieve. In the sieve, use the small hole one. Add the leftover from the sieve in the blender and grind it again into fine powder. Repeat the process of grinding & sieving till there is no leftover. It you're immediately making puttu, no need to dry roast it,use as it is. Heat a kadai & add the flour and roast it well on medium flame After about 5 to 7 mins, the flour should be like dry sand or if you take the flour in between your thumb & fore finger and you can able to draw a line (kolam podum patham).That's correct stage. Immediately switch off the flame and transfer into large plate or paper. Spread it well &allow to cool completely. Then store and use whenever needed. There might be some lumps in the flour after roasting, no need to worry about it, it will break easily when you press it with hand itself.
Such a fantastic post...btw one thing that makes me laugh at my own silliness thinking about how my mom explained to me on this process was that drawing lines..she said in telugu about drawing a rangoli and I was struggling so hard to translate that thought to english..finally it struck me that I can say, you draw a line..lol..thanks for making me remember that..very useful post!
Omg..what patience man...making your own flour seems interesting...but frankly I am a lazy person...don't think I can ever put in that much labour, appreciate your efforts.
Looking forward to your other homemade basic ingredients. This is a nice series.
Very useful post Sandhiya. I rarely make rice flour at home, this is going to be very helpful when I actually make it.
An amazing post, I make this flour but not at home in the flour mill. I roast the rice then powder it. Must try this method.
I can never think of making rice flour at home.Such a wonderful post.Hats off to your efforts.
I do my rice flour at home and am sure this post will be definitely helpful for many.
Very useful post. I rarely make it at home.
I usually buy it though my mother always makes it at home. This is an useful post for novices.
Can u pls send me the pic of red rice u udes here??
Can u pls send me pic of red rice u used here!
Currently, i don't have red rice in stock, will share the pic once i get some. In the meantime, you can check out the step wise pic(first one) where i shared the pic of red rice.


Did you know you can make your own lotto cards using dish soap? Check out the DIY Lottery Scratch Cards tutorial to make your own scratch off cards. This is an especially great idea for small business owners who are looking for creative coupon ideas. Simply design, print, and apply the dish soap and paint mixture over the coupon code. You can also use these DIY scratch cards for love coupons. Put them all in a little book to always be surprising your loved one.
This is a great idea. It's easy, fun and sure to help my business. I make and sell both crochet items and hand made jewelry on line. I think these would be great to stick inside a purchase when I ship them out. I can put different discounts on next purchases on them.


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Les Haplorrhiniens (Haplorrhini) (du grec ancien , « simple », et , « nez »), forment un sous-ordre de Primates. Par opposition aux Strepsirrhiniens (du grec ancien streptos, tressé, et rhinos, nez), les Haplorrhiniens ont perdu le rhinarium (ou « truffe ») au profit d'un nez. Les Haplorrhiniens incluent les Tarsiiformes (ou tarsiers) et les Simiiformes (ou singes).

Classification

Caractéristiques
Le rhinarium (ou « truffe ») des Strepsirrhiniens est remplacé par un nez, dont les vibrisses (moustaches sensitives) ont disparu.

Le placenta est hémochorial (les capillaires utérins pénètrent à l'intérieur du tissu placentaire).

Liste des familles actuelles

Selon NCBI :
 infra-ordre Tarsiiformes
 famille Tarsiidae
 infra-ordre Simiiformes
 micro-ordre Platyrrhini
 famille Atelidae
 famille Pitheciidae
 famille Aotidae
 famille Cebidae
 famille Callitrichidae
 micro-ordre Catarrhini
 super-famille Cercopithecoidea
 famille Cercopithecidae
 super-famille Hominoidea
 famille Hylobatidae
 famille Hominidae

Liste des familles éteintes

 dans l'infra-ordre des Tarsiiformes :
 famille Omomyidae

 dans le possible infra-ordre des Eosimiiformes :
 famille Eosimiidae
 famille Afrotarsiidae

Pour l'ensemble des familles éteintes de l'infra-ordre des Simiiformes, voir le dit article.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Liens externes

Références taxonomiques

Primates
Taxon décrit en 1918


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Opinion: Where does Portugal figure in all this?
– By Len Port
Posted on 15 May 2015.
By Len Port, Contributor(*)
A weekend is a long time in politics. It certainly was last weekend, especially for the future of the European Union.
Immediately before the election in Britain, it was no more than a possibility that the UK would hold a referendum on its membership of the EU. After the votes had been counted, possibility had shot up to certainty.
Amid the VE Day celebrations, the Sunday Times came out with the bizarre front-page headline: "Cameron launches blitz on Europe."
The British prime minister has pledged to hold an 'in/out' referendum before the end of 2017. The result of the referendum will depend heavily on what Cameron can do between now and then to make the EU less "big, bossy and bureaucratic."
His supposed arch-enemy in the EU, Jean-Claude Junckers, president of the European Commission, lightened things up by tweeting: "Congratulations, @David_Cameron for a resounding victory. I am ready to work with you to strike a fair deal for the UK."
Still, by Monday the leader of Britain's new Conservative government was reportedly drawing up plans to bring the referendum forward by a year to 2016 in order to avoid clashing with the French and German elections in 2017.
Meanwhile, last Friday the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, said he was confident his country's struggle to repay its debts would "soon have a happy ending."
Wishful thinking.
On Monday Greece managed to repay a paltry €750 million in IMF loans just hours before they were due, but officials in Brussels wearily reiterated that major issues remain unresolved, distrust still abounds, and time is running out to prevent the Greek debt crisis exploding.
Where does Portugal figure in all this? Well, as the IMF so politely put it last Friday, "Portugal's medium-term interests are still clouded by legacy problems."
The prospects of both a Greekexit and a Britexit from the EU are increasing all the time but a Portugalexit is not on the cards, not yet anyway.
As one of the EU's most vulnerable member states after Greece, Portugal is keeping its head down and trying to play by the rules. And yet Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho made an unusually bold statement on Europe at a conference in Italy on Friday. He proposed the creation of a European Monetary Fund to take over any future Eurozone bailout responsibilities from the Washington-based IMF, and thus provide a purely European solution to such problems.EMF,
Neither of the main parties in Portugal has welcomed the IMF's latest urgings for more austerity in the shape of further cuts to government spending. With a general election coming this September or October, how the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Socialist Party (PS) intend to handle the Troika and resolve the economic crisis will be uppermost in the minds of Portuguese voters.
Passos Coelho's ruling center-right coalition has steadfastly kept to its bailout pledges, and while the main opposition Socialists are against austerity they are not proposing a cop out on repayment commitments.
The Socialists have interpreted this year's Greek far-left political transformation as "a sign of change in the orientation of Europe of how austerity policies have reached a limit and of the necessity of new policies."
Both the main political parties want this country to remain a member of the European Union, but the union may be on its way to taking on a very different complexion.
If a weekend is a long time in politics, imagine if you can what might happen to the EU over the next year or so.
Recent Posts by Len Port
Europe: Danger and tension looming over VE Day – Portugal
Update: Detective Amaral to appeal McCanns's libel action – By Len Port
25th April: Has time come for another big change? – By Len Port
Günter Grass found in Algarve a lasting peaceful retreat – By Len Port
(*) Len Port is a journalist and author. Born in Northern Ireland, his first written pieces were published while he was working in the Natural History Museum, London. Since then he has worked as a news reporter, mainly in Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, South Africa and Portugal. In addition to reporting hard news for some of the world's leading news organizations, he has produced countless feature articles on all sorts of subjects for a range of publications. Now living in southern Portugal, his books include travel guides and children's stories. His ebooks – People in a Place Apart and The Fátima Phenomenon – Divine Grace, Delusion or Pious Fraud? are available from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. His blog posts can be viewed at algarvenewswatch.blogspot.com
Opinion: 25th April 1974 - Then and Now - Portugal
Book: 'Political Representation in Times of Bailout' - Editor's Note
Opinion: The pen is still mightier than the AK47 – By Len Port
Travel - Portugal voted best European county to visit - USA TODAY
Portugal: Momentous bailout exit accomplished in May - By Len Port