Laura Tewes (Mayer, Minn.), 1,245 points. Scored 1,000th point against Northwestern (Iowa) College, Dec. 28, 2007.
Angela Carr (Flandreau), 1,156 points. Scored 1,000th point against Augustana College, Jan. 5, 2008.
Jessica VanLoy (Wabasso, Minn.), 1,143 points. Scored 1,000th point against Jamestown College, Feb. 1, 2008.
Maria Gengler (Adrian, Minn.), 1,110 points. Scored 1,000th point against Jamestown College, Jan. 26, 2008. Another senior, Jill Hansen (Worthington, Minn.), scored 800 and would have reached 1,000 if not for injuries. The other senior, transfer Nicole Geraets (Dell Rapids), scored 499 in only two seasons and would have had a chance to score 1,000 had she been at DSU all four years. FOOTBALL Dakota Wesleyan: Brad Pole coached the Dakota Wesleyan football team to a 7-3 record. It was the first winning season ever for the Tigers in the Great Plains Athletic Conference and the school's best team since 1993. DWU went 1-9 in 2005 and 4-6 in 2006 and in 2007. Aberdeen, Sioux Falls: In October, a windstorm packing winds of more than 100 mph damaged football complexes in Sioux Falls and Aberdeen. The scoreboard came down at Howard Wood Field and two light towers at Swisher Field in Aberdeen came crashing down as well. Ipswich, Chester: There were no punts in the State 9AA semifinal football game between host Ipswich and Chester Area on Nov. 8. Reasons for the anomaly included good field position and blustery conditions that would have make punting difficult. "Neither team really wanted to take that chance," said Ipswich coach Brian Hogie. Gayville-Volin: The Gayville-Volin football team won its first Tri-Valley Conference championship since 1970. Brandon Valley, Watertown: Brandon Valley defeated host Watertown 38-21 to win the 2008 Eastern South Dakota Conference football championship over the defending champion Arrows. Brandon Valley quarterback Austin Sumner is the son of 1983 Watertown graduate Joe Sumner, who quarterbacked the Arrows to a share of the ESD title in 1982. Huron: Huron ended the state's fourth longest high school football losing streak at 44 by defeating Pierre 14-6 Sept. 19. Huron's last win on Oct. 11, 2003, was 35-16 over Sturgis, the 57th straight loss for the Scoopers at the time. South Dakota State: The South Dakota State football team had a strange pair of back-to-back games last fall. McNeese State beat the Jackrabbits by stopping SDSU on a two-point conversion run in the third overtime. The Cowboys beat South Dakota State 46-44 on Oct. 4 in the 95th Hobo Day game before 15,521 fans - the fourth-largest crowd in Coughlin-Alumni Stadium history. In Nacogdoches, Texas, on Sept. 27, Kyle Minett scored from a yard out as time expired, lifting South Dakota State to a 50-48 victory over Stephen F. Austin. In the largest comeback in John Stiegelmeier's 12-year tenure as head coach, the Jackrabbits rallied from 28 points down midway through the third quarter for the victory. SDSU trailed 34-6 with 9:09 left in the third quarter before scoring on four consecutive possessions. Playing a key role in the comeback as well for the Jacks was standout senior quarterback Ryan Berry of Watertown. Stiegelmeier is a Selby native and former Northern State assistant. The Jacks are now 55-35-5 in Hobo Day games. Northern State: The University of Minnesota-Crookston football team did not have a penalty in its 35-0 loss to Northern State during the Wolves' Gypsy Day game on Oct. 4. Northern is now 62-24-3 in homecoming games and it was the Wolves' 174th shutout in the 104-year history of its program. Sturgis: Sturgis defeated Rapid City Central 27-19 at O'Harra Stadium in Rapid City on Sept. 6 in the Rushmore Bowl. It was the Scoopers first football win over the Cobblers since 1996. Sioux Falls O'Gorman: The Sioux Falls O'Gorman Knights came into the 2008 football season with a 42-game regular-season winning streak that dated back to 2003. Brandon Valley took care of that Aug. 30 by beating the visiting Knights 24-21 in the season opener. Brandon Valley junior quarterback Austin Sumner ran for two touchdowns and completed 22 of 37 passes for 348 yards. He said "that was the greatest game that I've ever been involved in." Since November 2003, O'Gorman has won 59 games and lost only five. The five losses were to Sioux Falls Washington, Brandon Valley, Brookings, Sioux Falls Roosevelt and Aberdeen Central. The Golden Eagles beat O'Gorman 21-7 in 2003 to advance to the state championship game that was won by Spearfish. Northern State: Each quarterback in the Sept. 28 college football game between Missouri Western and Northern State catch a pass from themselves. NSU's Eric Ellingson was rolling out and tried to throw a pass, but the ball slipped out of his hands and he caught it. Missouri Western's Drew Newhart threw a ball that was tipped high into the air by NSU's Bryar Johnson, but Newhart was able to get under it and catch it. BOWLING Aberdeen: On Oct. 20 at the Village Bowl in Aberdeen, 45-year-old Cliff Kuckelburg rolled his 12th career perfect game bowling left-handed. Normally a right-handed bowler, the Aberdeen man had been bowling left-handed due to an injury. His other 11 300s came right-handed. Mike Allen of Chamberlain is the only other South Dakotan known to have bowled perfect games with either hand. He did it in the same year in 1999. The United States Bowling Congress estimates only about 100 people have ever accomplished the feat. Baltic: On Oct. 14, Baltic bowler Todd Thorpe underwent surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. The procedure left the 48-year-old right-hander's entire left arm immobilized in a sling. Less than three weeks after his surgery and his arm still in a sling, Thorpe rolled his first 300 game at the Sport Bowl in Sioux Falls. Thorpe said he had come close to perfect games so many times that he had lost count. Aberdeen: On March 7, Whitney Joseph of Aberdeen became the first female bowler to roll a 300 game in the history of the Village Bowl in Aberdeen. "There was a lot of shaking, I was very nervous," said Joseph. "The bowling alley pretty much went quiet." Yankton: Pat Smith rolled the highest-ever series recorded in Yankton, an 835 (257, 278, 300). He is 74 years old and missing a finger on his bowling hand. Eureka, Montrose, Delmont, Scotland: In April, the South Dakota Women's Bowling Association recognized the state's four "Queens of the 90s." Ida Opp, 94, of Eureka is one of four South Dakota women who are in their 90s and still compete in the sport. The other three women are Arline Mustar of Montrose, Irene Grosz of Delmont and Zita Diede-Schmidt of Scotland. TRACK & FIELD Sioux Falls Christian: Sioux Falls Christian senior Colin Koth won the 400-meter special event at the 2008 Howard Wood Dakota Relays in 48.33 seconds - a new Dakota Relays record and the seventh-fastest clocking in state history. Koth almost didn't get to run in the chosen eight-person field as he was a second alternate. Scotland: The Scotland boys capped a successful season of high school sports in the spring of 2008 by edging Langford by one-half point for the State B track and field championship. In March, the Highlanders won the State B basketball consolation championship. In the fall of 2007, Scotland won its second straight state football title. Skyler Bloch, Mark Sayler, Trevor Whitt, Seth Jerke and Kyle Stewart were a part of all three teams. BOXING Sioux Falls: After a 20-year absence, pro boxing returned to Sioux Falls. Without landing a single solid punch, heavyweight Jason Nicholson scored an unlikely and anticlimactic upset victory by disqualification over Joey "Minnesota Ice" Abell in the main event at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Abell, a former South Dakota State football player and the 172nd-ranked heavyweight in the world, pounded Nicholson for 2 minutes until the Tulsa, Okla., boxer collapsed and could not continue. Because the injury was the result of an illegal punch, Abell was disqualified and Nicholson was awarded the victory. SOCCER Mount Marty men: The Mount Marty men's soccer team got its first Great Plains Athletic Conference win since 2002 by beating Dordt 1-0 Sept. 23 in Yankton. The streak of 61 matches included one tie. Presentation College women: The Presentation College women's soccer team defeated Bethany Lutheran College 2-1 in double overtime on Sept. 20 in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference play. It was the team's first UMAC win since Sept. 25, 2005, when the Saints defeated Bethany Lutheran 3-0. Northern State women: Coach Steve Kehm's Northern State women's soccer team posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.55. Only 11 teams in the country were able to accomplish this feat with Central Michigan heading the list with a 3.70 gpa. GOLF Rapid City: Rapid City resident Mike Brummer had three hole-in-ones this past summer. All three hole-in-ones came at The Golf Course at Red Rock in Rapid City. The first one was on June 4, on hole No. 12, a 140-yard par 3. His second of the summer was on July 26, on hole No. 7, a par 4. The third, was again on hole No. 12 on Sept. 17 and was the 10th of his amateur career. After the age of 40, the 1968 Rapid City Central graduate won 14 South Dakota amateur golf state championships. Brummer also has been playing on the National Senior Amateur Tour put on by Golf Week Magazine. In the summer of 1968, Ken Harr, 15, made four holes-in-one in the same year at the renovated Lee Park Municipal Golf Course in Aberdeen. The Aberdeen teen's aces came on holes of 244 yards with a four wood, 225 yards with a four wood, 200 yards with a one iron, and 225 yards with a two iron. Harr's feats were named South Dakota Sports Oddity of the Year by the South Dakota Sports Writers Association. Clark girls: Kim Kaufman of Clark won her third overall State B individual golf title, helping Clark become the first Class B girls' golf team to win five straight state titles. Since 2004, Kaufman and her older sister, Ashley, have won all the individual titles as well. BASEBALL South Dakota State, Presentation College: Craig Parry hit two home runs and drove in nine runs, helping the South Dakota State University baseball team christen its new on-campus Erv Huether Field with a 22-3 seven-inning victory over Presentation College on April 21. Matt Monson had all three RBIs for PC. In 34 years as the SDSU baseball coach starting in 1950, Erv Huether led the Jacks to a record of 352-376-2, six North Central Conference championships and a 1973 berth in the NCAA Division II playoffs. MEDIA Yankton: On June 22, a young buck wandered into downtown Yankton, whose local high school goes by the Yankton Bucks. The deer smashed through a plate-glass door of the Daily Press & Dakotan and briefly roamed through advertising department, business office and newsroom. Naturally, it gravitated toward sports editor James Cimburek, who deals with Bucks all the time. Cimburek said when the unexpected visitor breezed past him, the deer looked ''a little scared.'' Cimburek, a Veblen native who was named sports writer of the year by the South Dakota Coaches Association, said police arrived and helped herd the young buck out the rear door of the newspaper. The animal then ran off. Brookings, Sioux Falls: South Dakota lost two popular sports radio personalities within a couple of months. Webster native and veteran Brookings sports radio personality Scott "Scotty Kwas" Kwasniewski resigned from Brookings Radio (910 AM) in May. In June, Bob Laskowski retired from "Sports Talk with Craig and Bob" on KWSN in Sioux Falls. Laskowski took the job in Sioux Falls in 2006, and he started his broadcast career in 1962 in Rapid City where he became a staple of the Black Hills airwaves. Kwasniewski had been on the air in Brookings for more than 14 years. He was best known as the voice of the South Dakota State women's basketball team and for his two-hour weekday morning sports radio show with co-host Brad DeBeer. WRESTLING Northern State, South Dakota State: On Jan. 18 at Frost Arena in Brookings, Northern State earned an 18-16 win over the Jackrabbits in a dual. NSU had never beaten the SDSU wrestlers. The two school had met 27 times since 1961 before the Wolves win this season. NSU coach Pat Timm was a two-time All-American for SDSU. Redfield: Brock Edgar had been waiting a lifetime to make this leap. The senior wrestler celebrated his 125-pound State B championship and 42-0 season by jumping into the arms of Redfield coach Fran Esser. "As a little kid in Redfield, you dream about becoming a wrestler, winning a state championship and then making that jump into Coach Esser's arms," said Edgar, who beat Garretson freshman Tanner Donelan 8-2 Feb. 23 at the Sioux Falls Arena. "I finally got that chance tonight. And it felt great!" Esser would later be named national high school wrestling coach of the year. Webster: Webster freshman Logan Storley won the 130-pound State B wrestling championship. It is his third state title. Storley has posted an amazing 127-2 record in his career. Storley has a chance to become only the second wrestler nationally to win six state titles in a career. The other wrestler to do it was another South Dakotan. Kirk Wallman of Freeman won six titles from 1984 to 1989 and was 201-0 in his career. Groton: In the 215-pound State B championship, Groton senior Austin Luecke capped a 41-0 season with a 3-1 win over Tri-Valley junior Grady Johnson. Last fall, Tri-Valley nipped Groton 20-14 for the 2007 State 11B football championship. Luecke was named the most valuable player in that game while Johnson was named most valuable lineman. "We always seem to have something big on the line when we meet," said Luecke. "It is nice to get a little payback tonight for that football game. But Grady is a great athlete. He is a big strong kid." Redfield: In the heavyweight State B championship, Redfield junior Randall Waldner defeated Parker senior Cody Schuiling 9-1. Waldner's dad, Roger Waldner, won the 1981 State B heavyweight title for Redfield. Ironically, Waldner wrestled an athlete from Parker, David Poppenga, and pinned Poppenga three minutes into the match. Redfield won the 1981 State B team title, getting championships that year from Gene Hoffart (105 pounds) and Dave Nichols (132 pounds) as well. Bobby Waldner, Randall's uncle and Roger's brother, finished third at 155 pounds that year for Redfield and was an eventual two-time state champion. From 1977 to 1991, Redfield would win six team state titles - five with Esser as coach. "This is all about fulfilling a family dream," Randall Waldner said about his championship. Wagner: Ryan Kocer of Wagner wins Best Male Athlete With A Disability at the 2008 ESPYs. A three-time former state wrestling champion, Kocer lost his leg below the knee in an accident prior to the 2007 school year. He returned to wrestling in early 2008, and earned fourth in the state to help the Red Raiders win its first State B title since 1994. GYMNASTICS Deuel: Deuel's Sam Wiekamp swept the individual events and the all-around title in the State A gymnastics meet. Wiekamp was only a seventh-grader. Watertown girls: In the winter, Watertown gymnast Leslie Brost placed fifth in the State AA All-Around. The six-year regular in gymnastics led the Arrows to a second place finish as a team. The all-time state record holder in the girls' pole vault, Leslie Brost won her third straight State AA pole vault title in the spring. Brost finished second in the triple jump and also ran on the winning 800 and 1,600 relays. In the summer, Brost qualified for the U.S. Team that competed in the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Poland. She placed eighth in the women's pole vault. BASEBALL Rapid City: The Canyon Lake Little League All-Stars of Rapid City become the first South Dakota team to qualify for the Little League World Series at South Williamsport, Pa., in August. The group of 11- to 13-year-olds captured the fancy of their state - even though they lost to Tampa, Fla., Shelton, Conn., and eventual world champion Waipahu, Hawaii, in pool play games nationally televised on ABC and ESPN. VOLLEYBALL Wagner: Led by four hitters who averaged better than two kills a game, the Wagner Red Raiders rolled to a 33-1 record and the State A volleyball title. The team dropped only five games the entire season and put together a string of 64 straight games won during the season. Black Hills State: The Black Hills State volleyball team defeated Dickinson State 3-0 in Spearfish on Sept. 19 to snap the Blue Hawks' 52-match winning streak in the Dakota Athletic Conference regular season that dated back to 2004.


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This week I had the first case in history of raisin Toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was a 56-pound, 5 yr old male neutered lab mix that ate half a canister of raisins sometime between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM on Tuesday.
He started with vomiting, diarrhea and shaking about 1AM on Wednesday but the owner didn't call my emergency service until 7AM.
Anyway, we contacted the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center and they said to give IV fluids at 1 & 1/2 times maintenance and watch the kidney values for the next 48-72 hours. The dog's BUN (blood urea nitrogen level) was already at 32 (normal less than 27) and Creatinine over 5 (1.9 is the high end of normal).
Both are monitors of kidney function in the bloodstream. We placed an IV catheter and started the fluids. Rechecked the renal values at 5 PM and the BUN was over 40 and creatinine over 7 with no urine production after a liter of fluids.
At the point I felt the dog was in acute Renal failure and sent him on to MedVet for a urinary catheter to monitor urine output overnight as well as overnight care. He started vomiting again overnight at MedVet and his renal values have continued to increase daily. He produced urine when given lasix as a Diuretic. He was on 3 different anti-vomiting medications and they still couldn't control his vomiting.
Today his urine output decreased again, his BUN was over 120, his creatinine was at 10, his phosphorus was very elevated and his blood pressure, which had been staying around 150, skyrocketed to 220. He continued to vomit and the owners elected to Euthanize.
This is a very sad case - great dog, great owners who had no idea raisins could be a toxin. Please alert everyone you know who has a dog of this very serious risk.
Poison control said as few as 7 raisins or grapes could be toxic. Many people I know give their dogs grapes or raisins as treats including our ex-handler's. Any exposure should give rise to immediate concern.
Onions, chocolate, cocoa and macadamia nuts can be fatal, too.
Even if you don't have a dog, you might have friends who do. This is worth passing on to them.
Confirmation from Snopes about the above.
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What and who is it we don't trust?
Shaun Bailey
9th Oct 2008
Discussion of social evils on a theme of 'distrusting and fearful society' which looks at relationships between individuals, the state and community.
Discussion of social evils on a theme of 'distrusting and fearful society' which looks at relationships between individuals, the state and community, and the effects these have on our daily lives that may lead us not to trust
The JRF's recent public consultation revealed a strong sense of unease about some of the changes shaping British society. This Viewpoint continues the discussion about modern 'social evils' on the theme of 'distrusting and fearful society'. Shaun Bailey looks at relationships between individuals, the state and community, and the effects these relationships have on our daily lives that may lead us not to trust.
There is societal and personal mistrust between individuals and their wider community. This mistrust between different communities and races affects how and why we start to move into our own 'bunkers' and exclude those who look and sound different.
Growing mistrust between adults and young people is apparent. The confusion caused by not giving young people clear boundaries has led many young people to be angry. It is good that young people have all these new 'rights', but what's missing from the conversation is their responsibilities.
As with female crime, we seem to take greater offence when a crime is performed by children. Now we don't trust our children on the issue of crime, they don't trust us and are increasingly taking the law into their own hands; therefore we trust them even less.
Many people no longer want to work with children because they feel the law treats all adults as a risk.
There are many conspiracy theories of non-trust, such as gang rivalries. This allows us all not to make any effort with people outside of our friendship group. We all expect people to change to be like us and if they don't we treat them as untrustworthy.
There is also a growing mistrust between us and all strangers. We live in what appears to be a violent world and this has a profound effect on trust.
The learning and teaching of manners is socialisation at the most basic level, because it teaches our children that sometimes you have to give up your wants for somebody else's needs. The older generation recognise this behaviour and, when they don't see it from children, it makes them suspicious.
Because we no longer live in a homogeneous society, individuals no longer know what to expect from other people's behaviour, which has led to a lot of uncertainty and mistrust.
With globalisation, poverty and war, people live with more uncertainty now than ever before and this is, naturally, worrying to them.
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Why are fear and distrust spiralling in twenty-first century Britain?
Discussion of social evils on a theme of 'distrusting and fearful society' which argues that the cause is physical inequality and segregation, combined with a commercially driven media promoting fear.

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Japan Display aims to shut the door on VR's oldest problem.
The problem with using smartphones to power VR headsets is simply that their screens weren't made for displaying virtual reality. Smartphone displays, although often high-resolution, just don't have the refresh rate that VR demands, leading to "screen-door effect," where you can make out the lines between pixels.
But a higher pixel count alone isn't enough; so the new display also has a 90 Hz refresh rate and very fast response times of between 3ms-6ms that will considerably reduce motion blur.
The picture below demonstrates this, with the left shot illustrating the motion blur you can expect from a normal phone screen and the right from JDI's VR screen.
Seeing the difference additional pixels can make, the company has confirmed that it's also working on a screen that will support 800 pixels per inch.
Where exactly JD's new display and its 800 PPI successor will fit into the VR market is unclear. The HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR all have 90Hz (or higher) displays already, so the real development here is in pixel density -- all three have much lower density displays. JD will either need to prove this tech works across a larger screen size (to make it suitable for smartphones), or put a lot of work into persuading headset makers to switch technologies for the next generation of VR headsets.
Either way, it's encouraging to see companies focusing on tackling the early problems of VR.


Ch Benayr Clay Tucker wins Group 1 at Myrtle Beach KC!
Congratulations to owner/handler Lisa Weaver for this amazing win! Tucker adds to his Group placements this year with the ultimate achievement, a group one win. Lisa started with him as a young puppy and has brought him along from the beginning as her first Aussie show dog. Congratulations, Lisa, on your effort in learning the breed ring from the ground up. I am very proud of Lisa' accomplishments and, as always, love to help new people get started in this great breed.
Ch Benayr Rightly So at Walla Walla KC!
New Champion Benayr Rightly So!!!
We are so proud of Sophie for finishing her championship in grand style going Best of Breed and Group 4 at Walla Walla KC, under noted judge Patricia Trotter.
Introducing the bright new star, Benayr Rightly So. She's just embarking on her show career and will be seriously campaigned this spring. She now sports 5 points, with one major. A specials career could be in her future. We are very excited about her prospects!!
FLASH!! Sophie adds her second major at the No. Calif. Terrier Assn. show on April 15th, going WB, BW, BOS at this nice entry.
Congratulations to Lisa Violette for finishing the championship of Maddie in December. Maddie is one of Ch Tanamier's Jonny Be Goods kids and is one of his five new champions in 2009!
Jonny is leading Aussies sire for 2009!
Yeah Jonny!! Our wonderful Norwegian import, Ch Tanamier's Jonny Be Good has 5 new champions in 2009, bringing his total to 15 AKC champions. Our thanks to Anne Marie in Norway for allowing us to import this great little dog.


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Ali Hachani, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the UN and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), addresses a press conference on the Council reform, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. UN Photo/Jenny Rockett
-Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations since March 2003.
- Born in 1946, Mr. HACHANI, after primary and secondary studies, graduated in English Language and Literature from Tunis University (1968). He then followed a course in International Relations at Columbia University (New York) within the framework of a training program for diplomats (1969-70).
- He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tunisia in November 1968. After having served in the Department of International Co-operation, he was appointed (September 1972 to September 1979) Counsellor at the Tunsian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. In this capacity, he took part in a great number of regular and extraordinary sessions of the UN General Assembly as well as Technical Committees and International Conferences.
- On his return to Tunis, he joined for six months the Prime Minister's Office before being appointed Deputy Director for Multilareral Co-operation, then Director of Multilateral Cooperation and Co-operation among Developing Countries, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- From September 1, 1985 to September 30, 1990, he was Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Arab Emirates. He was later appointed Director of Bilateral and Regional Cooperation with Arab, African and Asian Countries in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- From 1992 to 1995, he was Ambassador of Tunisia to Senegal. He was equally Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the Republic of Gambia and the Republic of Cape-Verde, with residence in Dakar.
- Returning to Tunis (September 1995), he was Director for Research, Analysis and Planning, then Director for relations with countries members of the European Union and finally Director-General for Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- From September 1, 1997 to January 5, 2000, he was Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations in New York.
- From February 1, 2000 to July 31, 2001, he was Ambassador of Tunisia to Greece.
- From September 2001 until his recent and new nomination as Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, he was Director-General of International Organizations and Conferences in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- He was promoted to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary in 1983 and in 1995 to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary "Hors Classe."
- Mr. Ali HACHANI is married and father of four children.
- He is « Officer de l'Ordre de la République Tunisienne ».
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"The men numbering seven came around 9.30 p.m. with guns and surrounded the building. They fired gunshots sporadically."
byJosiah Oluwole
Some gunmen on Tuesday invaded an home in Itapaji-Ekiti in Ikole local government of Ekiti State, and kidnapped eight persons, the police have said.
The kidnap comes barely a week after four persons were kidnapped at the Ayebode area of the state. On Monday, the police said they rescued the victims.
The gunmen reportedly besieged a house located in the town around 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday, shot sporadically into the air, and made away with eight occupants of the building.
The gunshots that lasted for over one hour terrified the residents of the community.
The owner of the house was preparing for the burial of his mother when the gunmen attacked.
"The men numbering seven came around 9.30 p.m. with guns and surrounded the building. They fired gunshots sporadically," a source who did not want to be named due to security concerns said.
"As the occupants of the house were coming out, they were grabbed and made to lie face down. They were later taken away into the bush. They were 14 initially, but six of them escaped into the bush.
"Early today (Wednesday), one of the family members received a call from the abductors who demanded for (sic) a ransom of N50 million."
Some residents have blamed the absence of a police station in Itapaji, Ayuebode and Irele-Oke Ako areas for the increasing rate of kidnapping in the towns.
The nearest police post to the towns is about 25 kilometre.
Sunday Abutu, the police spokesperson in Ekiti, while confirming the incident, said efforts were underway to rescue the victims.
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Home Housing Developers target first-time homeowners, shift to smaller units
Developers target first-time homeowners, shift to smaller units
Towards taking advantage of the existing gap in the market, property developers are shifting focus to the development of smaller housing units, usually sought after by millennials and first-time homeowners.
Nigerian families have continued to face harsh economic realities due to inflation that rose above 15 per cent in March 2022, spacious and high-end apartments have gone beyond the budgetary limits of the salaried class and upcoming adults in major cities.
Many property developers are also finding it hard to offload units built for high –end of the markets, hence the paradigm shift towards studio apartments and other smaller housing units.
The trend for studio apartments has been gaining momentum in recent years across major cities, particularly Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt, where there is considerable demand, with many developers catering to this niche segment of the market.
The apartments combine a living room, bedroom and dining room into a single large room. Additionally, a kitchenette may either be included within this room or in a small separate room and a small bathroom as well.
The Guardian gathered that the size of such apartments generally range from about 400 square metres to 600 square metres and are occupied by first-time homeowners, singles, young professionals or young small families with price range from N15 million to N25 million, for outright buyers.
Findings revealed that the trending design does not mean that the units are cheap especially, those located in highbrow areas like Lekki, Victoria Island, Ikoyi, and other areas in Lagos mainland.
Confirming the development, the Managing Partner, REFin Homes Limited, Mr. Kazeem Owolabi, explained that the economy has become too harsh for most Nigerians, who can no longer take up large housing units. He said the idea of staying in a big compound is also becoming obsolete.
The trend with the studio apartments now, he said, is that they are well equipped with basic infrastructure like 24-hours power supply/inverter, Internet facility, water and other social amenities.
Whereas, he noted, if there were bigger housing units, it would cost the developer more to put those basic facilities into place. "There are a lot of singles, particularly ladies these days who stay too long before they get married and 'baby mamas' who can afford to take a studio apartments.
"Most middle class people prefer to own their home and those who have a house in the suburbs but work in cities because of the traffic situation prefer studio apartments close to where they work, they will take it up any day and that is why the market is increasing everyday."
For instance, if you build a semi-detached terrace in a 650 square metre space in any location and you can sell it at N45 million or above but on the same 650 square metres, you can have 10-flats or studio apartments; sell it at N15 or N20 million per one. People will be fast at buying at that rate and the investor will make more profit," he said.
The Director, EchoStone Nigeria Limited, Mr. Sammy Adigun, observed that most people want to live in the urban centres, adding that this influence the development of smaller housing units.
"The demand for such units are based on the need of the market and not that they affordable housing. As an investor, you must recover your cost; they are not under affordable housing because people have to pay the premium. Instead of going to stay in a three-bedroom in Gwagwalada, most people will rather stay in a studio apartment in the city for convenience," he said.
A fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Mr. Sam Eboigbe, said the real estate market is just like other markets influenced by the fundamental principles of demand and supply factors.
He said: "Developers are interested in products that will guarantee optimal returns since time value of money is crucial and if the studio apartments, one and two bedroom units are in that bracket then your guess is as good as mine."
Eboigbe, who is Principal Partner, Sam Eboigbe and Company said: " Location of the project is a key factor as certain categories of home buyers have preferences and their decisions have considerable influence on the market. The post COVID-19 era witnessed some refinements in the market space as investors know that the smaller housing units are increasingly the choice of home buyers.
"The larger units of three and four bedroom apartments based on emperical market analysis are usually the last to be sold out. Expatriate clients in the pandemic era have cut down on their foreign stay as working from home lifestyles have dominated the real estate sector and those that come around without the entire family units have no need for larger units anymore. This has huge impart on the choices home buyers make in the market space."
He further said affordability of the housing product is not in doubt as the listings are offered in most cases as off plan or finished products and the units are sold out in considerable record time.
"Prices of the products in the market space have continued to rise due to the escalating cost of building materials, epileptic performance of the naira against the dollar, high interest rate, unexplainable increase in land value. The Developers are offering designs of extreme luxury and comfort in this category to give range of choices to the buyers," Eboigbe said.
The Senior Partner, Akin Abraham & Associates, an estate surveying and valuation firm, Mr. Abraham Akinropo, said studio apartments are gaining traction largely due to growing population of first-time homeowners/buyers, adding that revolution in Financial Technology (Fintech) and accessibility to startup funding by many young Nigerians were also fueling the trend.
Akinropo said: "Unlike before when you find many young adults staying with their parents, most of them are moving out to a concentration and environment, where they can pay attention to their dreams. That is why studio apartments are gaining more recognition because they don't need much, just where to sleep, do their job and move on.
"The labour force of our economy is made up of homeowners, who live in the outskirts, but they need to work within the Central Business Districts (CBDs) and so often, they cannot afford to take additional large three or four-bedroom apartments. They will rather take a studio apartment. By this, they reduce the cost of commitments in the city."
According to him, some developers have also discovered that with the high cost of construction, they cannot afford to build exorbitantly, hence, the need to invest where there is market.
"Developers have to be mindful of market by making products tailored to the needs of the market. It is the needs assessment that determine development. Also, we don't have the land in the city centres anymore. People now tend to go vertical; there is limited space to go horizontal. You find out that what can be done is to go vertical, build a lot of studio apartments and allow market to dictate. The market pricing plays a role because if you look what is generated from multiplicity of studio apartment, pays more than having three-bedroom because of operating expenses," he said.
To him, because of the growing need of such development that they are in vogue now, however, he said flexibility in designs would help to quickly turn around the studio to a larger apartment when market demand for them fades.
He said: "There is going to be a down time for such innovation and it may trend for the next five years maximum before it revolves into another thing. Since it is real estate development, their typical challenges range from regulation to design and others. But a peculiar challenge is management. A lot of times, where you find such apartments, they lack adequate management. Some of them, in less than two years, would have lost their value because of their multiplicity. There will be issues with plumbing, electrical, building fabrics because of wear and tear. Operating expenses may become higher because of the multiplicity of the units.
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Jeffrey Davidson writes for International Accountant on expert evidence
Judicial and public attention is increasingly being directed to the work of experts, not least in relation to the difficult tension between the expert's contractual duty to his client, and his overriding duty to the Court.
In recent times, experts have hit the news for opining that men cannot have sex while asleep, and for denying accusations of ignorance, bias and incompetence. The period closed with the first conviction and jailing of an expert witness for "very serious perversion of the course of justice" in connection with the motor trade and the calculation of losses following car accidents.
As for judicial comment, a scathing critique for an expert how not to behave was handed down in the 2015 case of Van Oord Ltd & Another v Allseas UK Ltd, where the Court set out a 12-point list of failings by the expert in the case. This appraisal included: taking the case at face value; valuing the claim based only on his own side's assertions; not checking that the information he was relying on was wrong; ignoring actual cost data and passing off others' work as his own.
The result was that the expert had to accept in open court that his own report was misleading. Furthermore, he admitted that what he presented as his own opinions was nothing more than what others had told him to say. A salutary tale for all of us.
In light of this, and other recent cases where attention has focused on the expert evidence, what are experts and their instructing solicitors to take away and learn?
The first key issue remains, as it always has been, that of independence. We all know that the expert is to be, and to be seen to be, impartial and independent. The expert signs a declaration to this effect, and the solicitor instructs him on this basis.
The solicitor knows that the value of the expert to his client's case lies in the Court accepting that his evidence is objective and impartial, and unaffected by the demands of the case or of the party instructing him. Why would the solicitor try to compromise the expert's position, or the expert shoot himself in the foot by being partisan?
The 2017 case of Exp v Charles Simon Baker was an instructive point in case. This was a case of clinical negligence where the medical expert failed to disclose his professional and personal relationship with the defendant on behalf of whom he was instructed. The connection only came out when he referred to the Defendant in oral evidence by his first name.
The Court which heard the appeal stated, "the adversarial system depends heavily on the independence of expert witnesses and on the primacy of his duty to the Court over any other loyalty or obligation".
Experts and instructing solicitors do well to be reminded of this from time to time, but hopefully not in a written judgment.
Suitable expertise
Another important aspect of the relationship between solicitors and their experts is one of adequate expertise. While an expert should not accept instructions in a field in which he is not an expert, equally a solicitor must ensure that he identifies accurately the expertise he needs. Once this has been identified, only then should a solicitor find an appropriate expert in this field.
This was the message in the 2014 case of Pool v General Medical Council. The medical expert in this case was found not to possess sufficient expertise in the particular field in which the Court needed assistance.
The Court said: "The expert witness requires more than clinical experience and knowledge. He also requires the ability to produce an adequate report and to give oral evidence in an authoritative and convincing manner".
The Court added that the onus lay both on those instructing to understand what expertise they need, and on those asked to state clearly what they can be expert about, and what not.
Fees and Fee Arrangements
Let's not forget to mention the sometimes difficult subject of fee arrangements. Every solicitor knows (or should know) that an expert cannot be instructed on a fee basis where the amount of his fees can be affected by the outcome of the case. Therefore, with virtually no exceptions, the expert cannot accept instructions on a conditional, contingent or damages basis.
Should the expert be instructed on such a basis, both he and the instructing solicitor will be at fault, and the damage to their client's case of this being known can be substantial. This is not only because of the effect on the expert's independence. It is also because an expert giving evidence on a contingency fee can materially influence the outcome of the litigation.
In the 2016 case of Dr Adler v the Medical Practitioners Tribunal, it was established that Dr Adler had breached this aspect of the expert's code, to the extent that he was found to have written two reports for the same claimant in different cases where he contradicted himself from one to the other.
View from the bench
So how does the bench regard experts? In general, if they behave themselves, judges will be welcoming and courteous to experts, recognising that their technical expertise can be of great value to the course of justice. However, there is a number of aspects to expert evidence which judges find annoying, if not unhelpful.
The first of these relates to the management of expert evidence. Solicitors often feel that the expert is their key weapon – someone with special knowledge who can win the case for them. Often, this view is so strongly held that the solicitor may overlooked problems with their factual evidence. This approach leads solicitors at times to rely too heavily on the expert evidence and to push for the use of expert evidence where it is not needed.
Judges are now taking a much stronger line in allowing the use of expert evidence in their cases. Judges more often than not are resistant to allowing expert evidence, drawing a little narrower the meaning of the term "necessary" to the proceedings. Bear in mind that CPR part 35, which deals with experts, opens with the message "Expert evidence shall be restricted to that which is reasonably required to resolve the proceedings".
The word "restricted" seems more and more often to be the word the Court concentrates on. Overall, solicitors can expect judges to be taking a more critical look at the need for experts and will be looking at solicitors to demonstrate the need for expert evidence and show that they have properly identified the issues where expert evidence will be needed. In this context the Court will allow such evidence only where it is persuaded there is need. It should also be borne in mind that no party may call an expert or put in evidence an expert's report without the Court's permission (CPR Part 35.4 (1)).
What annoys judges more than anything else is when experts, either of their own volition or under pressure from instructing solicitors, take on any advisory or advocacy role, or usurp the function of the Court. The former arises usually when the expert forgets his impartiality, or is being lent on by instructing solicitors to say more than he should; the latter arises when the expert and his instructing solicitors have forgotten the limitations that apply to the role of the expert.
There has been a number of recent cases where these issues have received judicial attention, if not criticism. In the 2016 Scottish case of Kennedy v Cordia, two criticisms were levied at the expert: "one was that he was inadmissibly giving his opinion on matters of law; the other, that an expert's opinion of what he would have done in the circumstances did not assist the Court, and was therefore inadmissible". In the 2016 case of Darby Properties v Lloyds Bank, expert evidence was found by the Court to have amounted to a tutorial on derivative products and the expert evidence was not to be admitted as expert evidence but only as factual evidence.
Whether or not the adversarial system will benefit from this narrowing definition being applied to expert evidence and the greater distinction between opinion evidence and expert evidence of fact – where one is controlled far more strictly than the other – remains to be seen. Solicitors nonetheless need to be aware that this is the direction courts are taking and that the courts are more actively deterring parties from seeking to enhance the value of what is only factual evidence by calling it expert evidence.
Reasonable expectations of instructing Solicitors
Instructing solicitors, particularly where they may not have fully grasped the technical intricacies of their client's case, like to rely heavily on their experts, often with excessive expectations as to the degree to which their expert can properly influence the case. My own experience is often the opposite that, even where expert evidence is necessary and helpful, it is seldom on this that the case turns.
This was forcefully brought out in the very recent 2018 case of Lehman Bros v National Power. In its judgment, the Court said: "Each party called expert evidence…I am grateful for the contribution made by each. It gave useful context. In the event I found the assistance they could give to the resolution of the material issues in this particular case was very limited. With little exception, the issues in this case were, in the event, for the Court directly rather than for the Court to choose between the opinions of two experts. There was very little common ground between them and this showed the room for difference of opinion."
All these points should give food for thought to the instructing solicitor to use expert evidence carefully and in a fashion that is to the point.
Jeffrey Davidson, Managing Director
This article was published in International Accountant
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Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - October 23rd, 1988
Coach: Ray Perkins
Coach: Jerry Burns
Start Time: 1:00pm
Stadium: Tampa Stadium
Minnesota Vikings 7 21 7 14 49
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 0 3 7 20
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Buccaneers Donald Igwebuike 18 yard field goal 0 3
Vikings Steve Jordan 4 yard pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) 7 3
Buccaneers Bruce Hill 8 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) 7 10
Vikings Rick Fenney 1 yard rush (Chuck Nelson kick) 14 10
Vikings Anthony Carter 26 yard pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) 21 10
Vikings Steve Jordan 4 yard pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) 28 10
Buccaneers Donald Igwebuike 32 yard field goal 28 13
Vikings Brad Edwards 37 yard interception return (Chuck Nelson kick) 35 13
Vikings Allen Rice 4 yard rush (Chuck Nelson kick) 42 13
Buccaneers Lars Tate 1 yard rush (Donald Igwebuike kick) 42 20
Vikings D.J. Dozier 2 yard rush (Chuck Nelson kick) 49 20
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving Table
MIN 22 30 335 3 0 4 30 49 143.1 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Gannon
MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 0
Rick Fenney
MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 37 1 12 2 26 0 17
D.J. Dozier
MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 34 1 8 0 0 0 0
Allen Rice
MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 1 9 0 0 0 0
Darrin Nelson
Alfred Anderson
MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 123 1 39
MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 79 2 38
Hassan Jones
Mike Mularkey
Vinny Testaverde
TAM 19 45 223 1 6 1 8 41 25.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
William Howard
TAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 0 9 0 0 0 0
Don Smith
TAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 4 0 0 0 0
Lars Tate
Bruce Hill
TAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 84 1 41
Mark Carrier
Frank Pillow
Gene Taylor
Kerry Goode
TAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
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I try not to talk about personal stuff on social media, so let's just say 2016 was not a great year for us and leave it at that. By the time it got to December, my husband and I decided we needed a holiday! Holiday destinations in December are pretty limited, but then we had the great idea to combine a visit to Disneyland Paris, where we'd taken the kids when they were (much!) younger, with a trip to the city of Paris.
My daughter and me - halfway up the Eiffel Tower!
We held a family conference about the 'must see' places to visit. We all voted for the Eiffel Tower. I wanted to go to the Louvre. I was not so bothered about the inside, I just wanted to see the glass pyramid that always features in all the movies. Or as my husband put it, 'You want to visit the Louvre because you once saw it in a Tom Hanks film?' My other vote was for Shakespeare and Company, a very famous bookshop close to Notre-Dame. Fortunately, because it was close to Notre-Dame, and my daughter also cast her vote for it, it was added to the list. My daughter also had a hankering to visit the Catacombs - basically one giant, underground ossuary, but none of us quite fancied being so close to real, er, 'live' bones, so we compromised by visiting Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel in 1889 as part of the Exposition Universelle, to celebrate 100 years of the Revolution. You can buy tickets in advance, online, or just queue up on the day, which is what we did. It was the middle of December and we only waited in line for about 20 minutes. There is also a very good app for smart phones, which acts like a guidebook with lots of facts. We bought tickets for the 1st and 2nd floor, which was cheaper than going right to the top and quite high enough for us! And we took the glass elevator rather than the stairs - there is one in each pillar. Even though it was a misty day, there were great views of Paris. Definitely recommended!
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I'd first visited Paris on a school trip, so one of the places I wanted to see again was Notre-Dame. We didn't go inside, just admired it from the outside - it's pretty impressive, as you can see! It's a gothic cathedral dating back to the 12th century, and was one of the first buildings to use flying buttresses (arched exterior supports) after cracks appeared in the walls.
Shakespeare and Company is a quirky bookshop I'd first come across on Pinterest. It's an English language bookstore on the banks of the River Seine, just around the corner from Notre-Dame. Built in the early 1600s, the building was originally a monastery but opened as a bookstore in 1951 by an American, George Whitman. In 1964, the name was changed to Shakespeare and Company on the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth, and also in honour of another bookseller George admired, Sylvia Beach, who had opened the first Shakespeare and Company in 1919.
I could have spent all day in that bookshop! There are several little rooms, all leading off each other, overflowing bookshelves from floor to ceiling, exposed brickwork and wooden beams, and signs saying things like 'You can find Agatha Christie under the stairs'. But you'll have to take my word for that because, understandably, they don't allow photos of the interior and my memory's not great! I bought my son a copy of The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu and my daughter a copy of In Search of Lost Time (vol 6) by Marcel Proust, because she's mad on him (more of that later!). Each book was stamped with the bookshop logo and came with a bookmark. What did I buy for me? I managed to restrain myself and settled for one of their tote bags (although I don't think George would have been impressed!).
We had lunch and then headed to Pere Lachaise Cemetery, where my daughter was keen to visit Marcel Proust's grave. The cemetery is absolutely huge, like a mini village, complete with little cobbled streets lined with trees. It is essential to have a map, which can be bought at one of the gates or surrounding kiosks. Unfortunately, when we arrived there were none available, probably because it was the middle of December! We got around this by using a smartphone to photograph one of the large maps by the entrance, along with a key to all the 'famous' graves. If you do this, make sure your photograph is not blurred before you set off or you will get lost!
The cemetery is named after Pere Francois de la Chaise (1624-1709) (the confessor to King Louis XIV), who lived in a house on the site. The property was bought by the city in 1804 and the grounds turned into a cemetery. Napoleon, who had been declared Emperor three days previously, declared that 'Every citizen has the right to be buried regardless of race or religion'. Unfortunately, because the cemetery was situated so far from the city and had not been blessed by the church, it attracted few funerals. To encourage the purchase of burial plots, the administrators arranged for the remains of Jean de La Fontaine and Moliere to be re-interred here; suddenly everyone wanted to be buried alongside the rich and famous. Today there are over 1 million bodies buried, as well as very moving memorials to the victims of the Holocaust and both world wars.
But the cemetery is mostly famous for being 'home' to celebrities, including Honore de Balzac, Sarah Bernhardt, Georges Bizet, Frederic Chopin, Colette, Isadora Duncan, Marcel Marceau, Yves Montand, Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf, Camille Pissarro, Marcel Proust, Simone Signoret, Gertrude Stein and Oscar Wilde. It is sweet to see the fresh flowers and little notes that their fans have left at some of the graves. Not so sweet to see how some of the graves have been scrawled over with lipstick and felt tip pen. Oscar Wilde's grave has now been encased in glass - so his 'fans' write on that instead. Jim Morrison's grave has been so vandalised over the years, apparently it now has its own guard.
Most of the tombs are built like mini-mausoleums, with a door at the front, although the bodies (usually more than one) are buried beneath the ground. The idea is the mourner would go inside to pray and leave flowers on one of the shelves inside. The cemetery is definitely worth a visit, not just to see the famous graves. But if you do go, allow a good couple of hours and make sure you have a map!
How do you feel about New Year's resolutions? Do you ever make any? Do you stick to them?
When I was a teenager, I would make three resolutions every year without fail. And every year they would be pretty much the same: (1) Lose weight, (2) Save money, (3) Write a book. Every year I failed to keep them but at least it saved having to think up three more. And if that sounds familiar, I gave the same trait to Marina in Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - my first novel, published fifteen years ago this month.
I think it's about time my resolutions had an update! So, what is it that I'd really like to change if I could?
As you may have noticed, I'm not the world's most organised person - and then last year my phone died, taking all my contacts and my calendar with it! Disaster! But I've learnt from this! I have a new phone - and I've now got back ups! All my contacts have been updated in a proper address book, everyone's birthday is listed in a birthday book and I have a back-up diary. So, fingers crossed!
I'm a professional writer, that's what I do all day, right? Yes - along with critiques, reviews, blog posts, guest blog posts and social media for both myself and other authors, somehow the actual book writing is getting very squeezed. JK Rowling talks about how important it is to 'guard' precious writing time, and she is right. What can I do to fix it?
My friend, Trisha Ashley, belongs to a writers' group called The 500 Club with Elizabeth Gill and Leah Fleming. Every day they agree to email each other once they've written 500 words. Isn't that a great idea? It's certainly easier to achieve than 1000 words, and the words soon mount up. I'm going to give it a go - and record my progress in my back-up diary!
It is easy when you're self-employed to forget to have any 'me' time. A couple of years back I was working from 7.00 am to 9.00 pm, seven days a week, and all I achieved was to make myself ill. Besides, if I don't meet new people, visit new places and have new experiences, how will I find anything new to write about?
So there you have it. Those are my resolutions for this year, how about you?


It can help enhance macrophages, T cells and induce interferon in the body, effectively inhibit the DNA replication of hepatitis b virus, promote positive conversion of HBsAg and HBeAg carriers, and help liver cells to regenerate.
It has been developed by American liver experts, biological experts and botany experts for more than 8 years. In particular, it is not effective for patients with liver B, C (B, C) who have ever taken Chinese and western medicine.
American wild ginseng (highly concentrated essence), Swiss stamen (highly oncentrated essence, pollen polysaccharide), plant detoxification, etc.


No specification exists for Entry Level Librarian. This is a title used for testing purposes only.
Applications filed for examinations should be filed under the title of Entry Level Librarian- 0813 and not under the individual titles of Librarian Trainee or Librarian I.
Specifications, which include minimum qualifications, are available for each of the above titles.


Charles H. MacNider Art Museum offers artistic experiences for birthdays or other celebrations. Select from one of the three options listed below for a fun and creative event. Basic fees include an art educator, project materials and use of the museum kitchen facilities during regular business hours. All crafters under the age of 5 must be accompanied by a caregiver. NOTE: Crafters should wear clothing appropriate for doing art projects.
Call DeAnn Straw at 641-421-3666 to set up your party!
Download the Art Bugs Birthday Party (ages 2-4) form here!
Perfect for celebrating with classmates! Up to 12 crafters. Charge of $4 for each additional crafter, max 20. Due to space constraints a maximum of 40 people may attend this event (adults and children).
Receive an Art Bugs Birthday Party* in Studio A, PLUS celebrate your event for up to four hours in the spacious Salsbury Room! Tables and chairs can be provided at your request. This beautiful room is equipped with A/V equipment and a stage. Please inquire as to the availability of the Imagination Playground.
Artastic – For the Picasso in your family, this party will explore basic art mediums such as painting in unconventional ways. Possible projects may include bubble art and squirt gun painting!
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles – From space to sea, this party is sure to be on the move! Celebrate your birthday creating things that fly, roll, float, zoom, and cruise. Possible projects may include racecars and jet packs.
Fairytale – Enjoy your party Happily Ever After! You will be taken to a land of kings & queens, dragons, & castles! Transform yourself into a prince or princess by making a special crown & making royal attire. Other possible projects include a wand & a dragon.


Graduation is less than 2 months away for most and it's time to get prepping for celebrating! Today we are rounding up some great products from my favorite handmade community. Etsy!
Sit back with your favorite coffee and your Graduation Party to do list and check out some of my favorite finds!
Clicking both the header or the photograph will take you to the shops of the Etsy shop of these talented designers!
Julie is the designer behind Penelopes Party Pantry and her work is absolutely amazing and at $1 a printed invitation including envelope you absolutely cannot go wrong!
Yulia has a stunning shop full of beautiful designs. I love how simple and clean her designs are. Very classic! Her designs are printable and you can do it all from the comfort of your home.
Oto Studio offers a wide variety of invitations and announcements. Often times it's harder to find a design to suit men and as a Boy Mom it's so nice to see designs to suit our needs as well.
I love these two designs from Shades of Grace. I love the simple front and beautiful large photograph on the back.
Support handmade and small businesses by showing these amazing artisans some love! Thanks so much for stopping in!


Adidas X Soccer Cleats - The X16+ PURECHAOS cleat features an innovative design built to harness speed and cause chaos on the pitch. A DYNAMIC TECHFIT COMPRESSION upper keeps break-in time to a minimum by molding perfectly to the foot. The NON STOP GRIP (NSG) finish and TECHFIT lacing system provide a glove-like fit, while the PURECUT SOCK SYSTEM, designed to hide the laces, offers an improved aerodynamic effect. The updated SPRINTFRAME outsole delivers traction and stability for high-speed movements. Adidas X is worn by top players like Luis Suarez, Gareth Bale, Diego Costa and Thomas Müller.


NOTE: Northwest Rail Electric does not rebuild passenger cars on its own. However, we have relationships with a number of passenger car shops, and we also have familiarity with the industry. Therefore, we have at times become involved in the rebuilding of passenger cars in a consulting position.
While it is not common for us to do so, there have been times when Northwest Rail Electric has been asked to evaluate passenger cars for particular services or conversions.
DWLX 800717 is a rebuilt baggage car, with significant involvement of Northwest Rail Electric. It has a new floor and Amtrak compatible electrical system. It is only one of a number of examples of Northwest Rail Electric getting involved in passenger car rebuilding.
Because we have worked with so many different passenger car rebuilders and repair shops, we have a general idea of what cars are available, what condition they are in, and what types of passenger cars would be suitable for a particular type of service.
Exact projects have varied considerably, and have included everything from finding small parts for historic passenger car preservation to finding a qualified inspector for inspection of wreck damaged commuter coaches.
Due to the wide variety of projects, and their nature as only a very small part of our entire company, it is best to contact us directly and describe your project to us so that we may consider what we are able to do for you.


Mandalas, to me, are a creative blending of art and math. I'm drawn to both - I was an engineering major for two years before I decided to pursue my education in art.
I choose my mandalas to be of the sun because we are made of star dust. Round, geometric centers signify the organized chaos that is the physical heart of the sun. The curved, organic simplicity of the rays is just because I like the idea. The occasional variation of leaf filled centers was a slow and easy progression, grown from drives along the Blue Ridge Parkway. And, well…. moon mandalas seem like a natural extension of sun mandalas.
The thread common to all my paintings is mathematics. I use compass, protractor and ruler to draw all my designs. Suns have 24 divisions, a reference to our Earthly 24 hour day established by the Egyptians and Greeks. Moons have 28 divisions, a complete lunar cycle; it's fun to experiment with the fortnight and one-week subsets in the configuration of the central disk. I also continue to explore sacred geometry. Ages and stages.
I commenced this series of mandala paintings in 2017, and soon was using more vibrant color. I began applying the watercolor paint quite heavily, and the affect/effect cycle began in earnest. As one result I discontinued traditional watercolor framing. I varnish the paintings and mount them on panels; they need neither frame, nor mat, nor glass. The addition of varnish makes the painting a mixed media piece, because the paint absorbs the varnish. Varnishing watercolors does have deep artistic roots. Artists have been doing it since the Italian Renaissance, or earlier. The Sistine Chapel's ceiling is varnished watercolor, painted in wet plaster.
All materials are professional grade and archival. The varnishes include UV protection.
I'm lucky to have my studio in my home, where I can paint at all hours. And I do.


Basshunter has scored the UK Number One single tonight (January 13).
His track 'Now You're Gone', has knocked 'X Factor' winner Leon Jackson off the top spot.
Basshunter singer and producer Jonas Erik made a name for himself with naked pictures of him appearing over the internet.
Other new entries on the chart include British Sea Power's 'Waving Flags' at Number 31 and The Wombats at Number 37 with 'Moving To New York'.
Meanwhile on the albums front, Amy MacDonald has knocked Radiohead off the top spot with 'This Is The Life'.


How To Maintain Good Posture For A Better Lifestyle.
Chiropractic care is recommended to all groups of people starting with infants with colic and expectant mothers and also every human being. Many sensible people who are well informed are able to take care of their health which could be through keeping fit with exercising, maintaining good diets and good eating habits, avoiding stress and visiting the doctor regularly for checkups and treatments. Internetis a good and reliable source of information especially when there is delay in a physical doctors presence. Pregnant women should be handled by skilled doctors so that they can be guided on how to handle themselves and their kids once born.
Good diet with all nutrients should be always taken to ensure that the body and also the bones are strong and are not prone to diseases. Body relaxation brings about sound judgment and good functioning of body parts. Sitting postures especially in many office and work places are poor and therefore leaving the workers prone to getting spine injuries due to much strains.
Solution chiropractic offer great services, friendly staff and also they give excellent advice on what to do to reduce pain and avoid later complications. Solution chiropractic offer comprehensive health care that fits someone's work schedule and they have skilled, neat and knowledgeable staffs who are very welcoming. Always visit a specialist in case of severe muscle pain as it may be dangerous to ignore and ensure you maintain good sitting posture.
Never ignore a doctor's advice or caution he might be trying to protect you from major body problems. Exercise helps you burn down excessive calories and ensure your body can resist mere infections. Chronic diseases come about due to body being inactive and with no power to fight infectious germs that affect you. Solution chiropractic uses the latest technological machines that are able to establish a problem at a glance.
It is always good to see a physician on regular basis so that you can be given professional advice on what to do to avoid getting unnecessary back pain. It is good to understand what position the body feels more comfortable and less stained so that you can try to maintain that posture. Corrective chiropractic care corrects or slowly locates dislocated spine into its normal position and it should be done by a skilled personnel to avoid further complications. Always go for checkups so that in case of a problem, the best medical services can be offered to you. Visit a skilled person to give you a massage that will help you relocate your relocated joints and for muscle relaxation. More people do not follow a doctor's prescription soon after feeling better which is not good because the signs might come back.


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Tag: Counterterrorism
The era of the lone wolf
January 4, 2017 December 28, 2019 Posted in Conflict, Europe, Networking DrinksTagged Counterterrorism, Lone Wolf, SecurityLeave a comment
By Linda Schlegel. Linda is an student of MA Terrorism Studies at King's College London.
A man stands next to assailants' car in Garland, Texas, USA, used in a lone wolf attack carried out by two gunmen in 2015
In Munich a gunman shot nine people, in Würzburg a man attacked train passengers with a knife and an axe, in Ansbach a suicide bomber detonated his bomb at a music festival and in Nice a man purposefully ran over pedestrians in a truck. Each of these attacks took place in the last year and were executed by individuals not belonging to a terrorist organization.
It is therefore not surprising that lone wolf terrorism is seen as an increasing problem. Terrorist acts planned and perpetrated by individual actors are not a new phenomenon, but have recently come to the forefront of public awareness again with what is apparently a significant increase in attacks of this kind. It has been suggested by some that lone actors form part of a deliberate strategy by Islamic terrorist organisations and by implication that that law enforcement and civil society alike should prepare for more of these types of attacks.
There are three questions to be answered in order to judge whether this concern is justified: a) What is lone wolf terrorism and how effective is it? b) Is this type of terrorism a deliberate strategy facilitated by violent armed groups? c) Is lone actor terrorism the future of attacks in the West?
There are many definitions of what constitutes a "lone wolf", which vary to encompass small cells as well as individuals. For the purpose of this article Spaaij's definition will be used, which describes the lone wolf as somebody who "operates individually, does not belong to an organized terrorist group or network and whose modi operandi are conceived and directed by the individual without any direct outside command or hierarchy". In other words, lone wolves are not part of a defined organization and do not take direct external orders.
This does not mean that lone actors need to be completely detached from features of group-based terrorism; for instance, lone actors often justify their actions through a particular ideology also espoused by organizations such as Salafi jihadism or right-wing extremism. Furthermore, lone actors are not literally alone; like most of us, these individuals are embedded in network structures of family, friends or acquaintances. The defining characteristic of a lone wolf is the perpetration of an attack by himself/herself without following an external order. An example of this is Anders Breivik, who was not formally a member of any violent political group and who executed every single step, from the planning, to the bomb making and the shooting, by himself and without support from the outside.
The 2016 RUSI report on lone actor terrorism showed that these types of attacks are generally not extremely effective with 1.22 fatalities per attack and 76% of attacks not causing any loss of life. In terms of effectiveness, Anders Breivik as well as the perpetrator in Nice, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, are outliers in the data set producing a lot more fatalities than other lone actors. In general, attacks perpetrated by actors that can be classified as lone wolves are less common than other types of attacks. However, as shown before, recent years have seen a considerable increase in individual attackers, which leads to the question whether attacks of this nature are part of a change in strategy by leading terrorist organizations.
It is true that the so-called Islamic State endorse self-starter terrorists through its propaganda. The more general schism between different violent jihadist organizations about whether to target the 'near enemy' (i.e. regimes in the Middle East) or the 'far enemy' (Western democracies), seems to play a role in this. Whereas ISIS is very much focused on the establishment of a caliphate, in contrast to Al-Qaeda, it also underlines a determination to attack the far enemy.
For this purpose, it is far easier to recruit people already living in these Western countries and who could not be easily reached by a logistical support structure. Espousing lone wolf terrorism is a rational choice for IS. For instance, its 'manual' on how to use trucks for an attack apparently inspired the attacks in Nice and Berlin. There is also an increasing number of attacks being claimed by the Islamic State, which may or may not have been carried out with specific reference to its ideology. It is a strategic choice to accept responsibility for all kinds of violent acts and to exacerbate the fear that the organization can strike anywhere at any time. It may therefore appear that IS-inspired lone actor attacks are on the increase, although does not necessarily mean that this is the case.
A call to arms for individuals and willingness to claim responsibility for a variety of attacks may be part of a new strategy, but by itself it is not enough to explain the recent rise in individual actors engaging in terrorism. It is difficult for an organization to encourage lone actors without actively recruiting them and thereby making them part of the network rather than a lone wolf. A more general societal shift may help to explain why IS seems to succeed in this difficult undertaking.
As early as 2001, writer Marc Prensky observed that digital technology was beginning to fundamentally change the way that "digital natives" interacted; a digital native being somebody from the generation which has grown up using this technology. In his opinion digital natives process information in a very different way than previous generations did and are digitally 'networked' in all aspects of their lives. The group-level social factors used to explain terrorism, such as peer pressure, group-identity, a feeling of belonging and a radicalization through interaction were thought to require physical contact.
However, if Prensky is correct, the new generation of violent actors may not need this face-to-face interaction to radicalize and base its identity on the group. Because they are networked already, it is easier for them to construct a virtual community with the same effects on behavior as previous offline communities. Even though they may fulfill the criteria laid out in the definition of lone wolves, they themselves would refer to being a member of a group rather than a lone actor.
It may therefore be necessary in the future to alter out definition and understanding of what constitutes a lone actor. In the case of Salafi jihadism, it may not be necessary to have a recruiter in a mosque, but online propaganda could inspire enough identification with the ummah, the global community of Muslims, to take up arms. To be sure, there is significant debate about whether radicalization can take place purely online and more research on this issue is necessary, but it is a possibility that IS utilizes the characteristics of digital natives to inspire more self-starter terrorists far away from the caliphate.
Does this mean that lone wolf actors are the future of terrorism? The assessment is difficult. Based on previously acquired knowledge on lone wolves, these actors are more likely to have mental health problems and generally do not fit into group structures. These characteristics are generally only found in a small number of people, meaning that these actors alone cannot constitute the future of terrorism. However, the likelihood that exclusion and frustration may lead certain individuals to be inspired by lone wolf attacks should not be underestimated. Grievances are a powerful motivational source, especially if coupled with propaganda glorifying self-starter terrorism.
In addition to this, increasing travel restrictions and monitoring by state authorities may lead those who would have preferred to travel to Syria to join IS or another terrorist organization, to seek a different way of engagement, possibly with a lone actor attack. One of the key questions for terrorism research- why only some individuals employ violent means in response to grievances- remains unanswered for lone wolves and especially for the new generation of digitally-networked lone actors.
However, it is also worth noting that it is possible to engage in prevention and detection measures for lone wolves. John Horgan and his colleagues found that lone wolves tend to 'leak' their plans to family, friends or on the internet, which makes detection possible. In addition, many communities have taken on the task to prevent radicalization in youth; a measure that is also able to help potential lone wolves if the community makes an effort to include these individuals. Lone wolf terrorism is unlikely to take precedent over group-based attacks, but it is very possible that the increase of attacks in 2016 was part of a general trend towards an increase of this phenomenon.