1 The firms identified on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing practitioners, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
2 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Norbiton is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by national chain estate agents) often falls short of the level of professionalism you would hope for.
3 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to ensure that your conveyancing in Norbiton will be conducted by a conveyancer on your lender's member panel.
4 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have excellent personal links with Norbiton estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
5 Experience means that Norbiton conveyancer have developed excellent connections with Norbiton local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and property developers enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of undertaking your conveyancing in Norbiton.
My partner and I have just bought a property in Norbiton. We have since encountered a number of issues with the property which we believe were missed in the conveyancing searches. Is there anything we can do? What searches should? have been ordered as part of conveyancing in Norbiton?
The query is vague as to the nature of the problems and if they are specific to conveyancing in Norbiton. Conveyancing searches and investigations undertaken during the legal transfer of property are supposed to help avoid problems. As part of the process, the vendor completes a questionnaire known as a Seller's Property Information Form. If the information provided is misleading, then you may have a claim against the seller for any losses that you have suffered. The survey should have identified any problems with the structure of the property. Assuming a detailed survey was carried out and the issues were not identified, you may have a claim against the surveyor. However, if you did not have a full survey, you may be responsible for fixing any defects that have now been noted. We would always encourage buyers to take every possible step to ensure they are completely aware of the condition of a property before purchase regardless of whether they are buying in Norbiton.
My uncle passed away six months ago and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Norbiton. The house had a relatively small loan remaining of approximately £5k. I want to have the title changed into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Bank of Ireland, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
If you plan to re-mortgage then Bank of Ireland will require that you use a conveyancer on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Bank of Ireland mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
Various online forums that I have visited warn that are a common cause of delay in Norbiton house deals. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has noted the findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the top 10 causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are unlikely to feature in any holding up conveyancing in Norbiton.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house are lost. The lawyers who did the conveyancing in Norbiton 4 years ago have long since closed. What are my options?
You no longer need to have the physical official documentation to evidence that you are the registered proprietor of land or premises, given that the Land Registry have everything they need in a digital format.
Can you provide any top tips for leasehold conveyancing in Norbiton with the aim of expediting the sale process?
Much of the delay in leasehold conveyancing in Norbiton can be bypassed if you get in touch lawyers the minute your agents start marketing the property and ask them to put together the leasehold information which will be required by the buyers' solicitors.
A minority of Norbiton leases require Licence to Assign from the landlord. If this applies to your lease, it would be prudent to notify your estate agents to make sure that the purchasers obtain bank and professional references. The bank reference will need to confirm that the buyers are financially capable of paying the yearly service charge and the actual amount of the service charge should be quoted in the bank's letter. You will therefore need to provide your estate agents with the service charge figures so that they can pass this information on to the buyers or their lawyers. If you hold a share in a the Management Company, you should make sure that you have the original share certificate. Arranging a duplicate share certificate can be a time consuming formality and frustrates many a Norbiton conveyancing transaction. Where a reissued share is necessary, do contact the company director and secretary or managing agents (if relevant) for this at the earliest opportunity. Many landlords or managing agents in Norbiton charge for supplying management packs for a leasehold premises. You or your lawyers should discover the actual amount of the charges. The management information sought on or before finding a buyer, thus reducing delays. The average time it takes to obtain the necessary information is three weeks. It is the most common reason for frustration in leasehold conveyancing in Norbiton. In the event that you altered the property did you need the Landlord's permission? Have you, for example laid down wooden flooring? Norbiton leases often stipulate that internal structural changes or installing wooden flooring calls for a licence from the Landlord approving such alterations. Where you fail to have the paperwork in place you should not contact the landlord without checking with your solicitor in advance.
I have tried to negotiate informally with with my landlord for a lease extension without getting anywhere. Can I apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal? Can you recommend a Norbiton conveyancing firm to assist?
if there is a missing landlord or if there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation it is possible to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to make a decision on the sum to be paid.
An example of a Lease Extension decision for a Norbiton flat is Flat D 15 Claremont Gardens in September 2013. TheTribunal determined in accordance with section48 and Schedule13 of the Leasehold Reform,Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 that the premium for the extended lease should be fourteen thousand one hundred and eighty seven pounds (£14,187.00) This case affected 1 flat.
Me and my wife have recently had an offer agreed on a house and had meeting on Friday with the Post Office for the mortgage. They advised us that when it comes to appointing a property lawyer that if they are not on their approved list of conveyancers then we will incur an additional fee of £200. This is because they will then have to select a property lawyer to act on their behalf as well as the one we appoint for ourselves and we will be on the hook for their invoice. I have requested the Post Office to furnish me with a list so I can seek estimates only from their approved lawyers but was told they dont have such a list to hand over. What would be the best way of going about this?
You should ask the Post Office what their panel criteria is for a conveyancer.Then ask the solicitor of your choice whether they meet the criteria and have they acted on loans for the Post Office historically. If the answer to those is yes, then just double check with the Post Office. Another option is to make use of our search facility and we may be able to locate a property lawyer in Norbiton on the approved list for the Post Office.
It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Norbiton but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
Please note that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Norbiton but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.


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Cash vouching is defined as a process of recognizing obligations and then authorizing the disbursement of cash.
It is sometimes defined as a form of evidence gathering activity which the auditors apply in the substantive testing stage.
How Did Maya Angelou Influence Her Society?
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What Is The Least Common Denominator Between 4,7 And 9?
For this problem, the least common multiple (LCM) and the highest common factor (HCF) are one and the same.
This is because there is no integer in the middle which can be divided by any of these numbers, 4, 7 and 9.
How To Solve 4x + 10y = 2, 3x + 5y = 5?
Crossing of a cheque means that the cheque is payable only through a collecting bank. Therefor it is not payable at the counter of any bank.
Crossing of cheque ensures security to the holder because only the collecting banker can credit the proceeds to the account of the payee.
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John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. He made to the office on Janurary 20, 1961.


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Q: Nodejs mixed async functions and promises So I have sails app with some help service to make it easier to create and get complex models.
one of theses are
getMerits: function(profileId, limit){
return async.waterfall([
  function(callback){
    Merit.find({employeeProfile: profileId}).then(function(merits){
      callback(null, merits);
    });
  },
  function(merits, callback){
    async.forEach(merits, function(item, loop_callback){
      MeritIndex.findOne({id: item.index}).then(function(meritIndex){
        merits[merits.indexOf(item)].index = meritIndex;
        loop_callback();
      });
    }, function(err, results){
      callback(null, merits);
  });
  }
], function(err, results){
  return results;
});

}
the trouble is when I try to call this function to get the result(list of merits with their meritindexes inserted.) I cant figure out the correct way to get the results returned from the async waterfall:
async.forEach(profiles, function(item, loop_callback){
      MeritService.getMerits(item.id, 5).exec(function(err, merits){
        console.log(merits)
        profiles[profiles.indexOf(item)].merits = merits;
        loop_callback();
      });
      // MeritService.getMerits(item.id, 5).exec(function(m){
      //   console.log(m)
      //   profiles[profiles.indexOf(item)].merits = m;
      //   loop_callback();
      // });
    }, function(err){
        console.log("PROFILES" + JSON.stringify(profiles))
    });

the print  of merits here results in undefined. Is there any way to treat async waterfall as a promise and use then instead of exec?

A: You don't need to use async.waterfall since you already have promises, promises chain already - so adding another library for that logic is redundant. Waterline uses bluebird promises  which come with convenience methods already.
Your getMerits can be written as:
getMerits: function(profileId, limit){
  var merits = Merit.find({employeeProfile: profileId});
  var items = merits.map(function(item) {
    return MeritIndex.findOne({id: item.index }).then(function(meritIndex) {
      item.index = meritIndex;
    });
  });
  return items.return(merits); // wait for items to be done, and return the merits
}

P.S.
If you use Node 4+ let me know since it gets even simpler.

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Medical Needs and Sanquin Research Agenda
Introduction News
"The national science agenda stimulates cooperation, creativity and innovation". And the national scientific agenda "offers players excellent opportunities to come together". These sentences in the introduction to the national scientific agenda are the motivation behind Sanquin presenting you with its own scientific agenda for research into the Dutch national blood supply.
"Together with the donor, we ensure a better life for patients".
Sanquin is a knowledge-driven not-for-profit organisation that supplies life-saving products, focussing on the needs of the care sector. Through scientific research, we look for and find new solutions for medical problems in the field of transfusion medicine, haematology and immunology. We are constantly aware of our responsibility to handle the donors' gift carefully, responsibly and effectively, and to put the patients' safety and welfare first.
Sanquin consists of the following divisions: Blood Bank, Plasma Products, Diagnostic Services, Reagents, Research and Sanquinnovate. The core of Sanquin's is the voluntary and unremunerated donor.
Sanquin's products and services fall within five medical needs, and these medical needs also form the basis of our research programme. The five medical needs are:
• Anemia
• Bleeding and hemostasis
• Cancer
• Immune deficiency and aging
• Vascular diseases and inflammation
The relationship with the national science agenda of each of these medical needs is described below.
Sanquin's Research division consists of nearly 300 investigators and technicians who are involved in fundamental, translational, clinical and applied research. Part of the research is financed from our own resources (as a margin from products and services); part is financed from external sources such as The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW), health funds, charities and the European research programme H2020.
Sanquin collaborates with many research groups in the Netherlands and throughout the world. Senior investigators often have a dual appointment with one of the Dutch universities or university medical centres. Sixteen Sanquin investigators are also attached to these institutions as professors. This gives Sanquin's research division an academic signature where education and continued education at the university level also takes place, besides education and continued education at the intermediate vocational (MBO and higher vocational educational (HBO) levels.
Medical need research agendas
Sanquin's research is clustered around the five medical needs. The scientific agenda of each of these medical needs is described below - together with a listing of relevant papers and research groups involved - and provides an indication of their importance for healthcare, and how Sanquin knowledge, products and services contribute to this.
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Contact Sanquin Research
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Man VS Mountain Brutal AND Beautiful. 20 miles. 1 mountain. Can you conquer Snowdon?
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Man vs Mountain will pit you against mother nature in all her glory. You'll face the weather, natural gradients, and the mental challenge of knowing that you have to run 22 miles over a mountain. You'll begin your journey at sea level from within the UNESCO World Heritage listed Caernarfon Castle before climbing steadily through the beautiful landscapes of Northern Wales. This is a battle against the land, with some Rat-made obstacles thrown in for good measure. Once you've braved the elements and descended from the summit of Snowdon, you'll then face the 'All Out Vertical Kilometre', a guided abseil, and a series of land and water based obstacles designed to test what strength remains. This is not a race for the faint-hearted. You'll do battle with the mountain over a gruelling 22 mile journey to see if you can emerge victorious.
There are 2 pit stops en route. At approximately 8 miles and 16 miles, however, you should plan to be self-sufficient for the duration of this event and use our pit stops as extra or back-up should you underestimate what you need. We will provide pre mixed squash, water, sweet and savoury snacks as a minimum.
There is plenty of public car parking in both Llanberis and Caernarfon, however.
This is where your effort is rewarded as you swap stories, show off the bruises and regale anyone who'll listen with your tales of derring-do!
Due to the scale and nature of Rat Race Events, changes to the course, structure and timings sometimes need to be made right up to the date of the event. To ensure you have the latest information and are fully prepared for the challenge that lies ahead, please check back on the event info link before travelling to the event.
Please see our obstacle course race discount & promotion page for all the latest discounts, promos, promotions, discount codes, and coupon codes for Snowdonia Wales Man Vs Mountain 2019. There also may be one listed at the top of this page.


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Brazil's Congress last week passed legislation that authorizes US$27 billion in investment to improve Brazil's aging and congested ports. The government said it expects the nation's exports to quadruple by 2030; its ports are operating at capacity.
Under the plan, ports will be open to private investment and new construction of privately-owned ports would be permitted. Until now, all ports were operated by the state government.
Contracts will be awarded based on the highest rate of efficiency and lowest price per ton of cargo. Labor unions objected to a section of the bill that would allow port operators to hire non-union workers. Several strikes were staged at Santos and other ports prior to the bill's passage. The most recent strike ended last Thursday (May 16), hours before Congress passed the bill.


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National / Crime & Legal
LDP lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto arrested for alleged receipt of bribe from Chinese gambling firm
A ruling party lawmaker who has been a proponent of casino resorts in Japan was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of receiving ¥3.7 million in bribes from a Chinese gambling operator.
The arrest of Tsukasa Akimoto, a 48-year-old member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party who sits in the House of Representatives, has cast a cloud over the government's policy to promote casinos to buoy the economy, with opposition forces set to present a bill to the Diet next year that would ban casino operations.
Akimoto has denied performing any favors for the Chinese company, 500.com Ltd., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In late September 2017, the lawmaker is suspected to have received ¥3 million in cash from the Chinese company in Tokyo.
Later, in mid-February 2018, Akimoto traveled to Hokkaido at the invitation of the Chinese firm, and expenses for the trip — amounting to some ¥700,000 — were allegedly provided by the company, according to Tokyo prosecutors.
Prosecutors have also arrested three people related to the company on suspicion of providing bribes to Akimoto, who resigned from the LDP following his arrest.
An incumbent member of the Diet was last arrested in 2010.
The current case is the latest in a spate of money and gift-giving scandals that have afflicted the Abe administration, costing two Cabinet ministers their jobs earlier this year.
Akimoto, known for his vocal support of the introduction of casino resorts in Japan, has denied any wrongdoing, saying Wednesday that the allegations were "groundless."
Akimoto also said in a Twitter post in the morning, "I have never been involved in wrongdoing at all. I will continue to assert that."
While he was a senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office for about a year through October last year, Akimoto was in charge of overseeing the government's policy on introducing casinos as part of so-called integrated resorts comprising casinos alongside a large hotel and conference facilities. He also served as a senior vice minister for the tourism ministry.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga declined to comment on the allegations against Akimoto in a news conference, citing the ongoing investigation.
Asked about the impact of the arrest on the country's casino policy, he said the government "will steadily push ahead with it so that benefits from building IRs (integrated resorts) will be reaped as soon as possible."
Suga also said that not all contacts between government officials and casino operators are prohibited, as officials may use information obtained through such occasions as a reference in drawing up policies.
The three arrested on suspicion of providing bribes to Akimoto are Zheng Xi, 37, who served as an executive of the company, and Masahiko Konno, 48, and Katsunori Nakazato, 47, who both served as advisers.
Last week, prosecutors searched two of Akimoto's Tokyo offices over his ties to the Chinese casino and sports gambling operator, which is suspected of violating the foreign currency exchange law.
He has been questioned on a voluntary basis by the prosecutors, who also searched the homes of two of his former secretaries earlier this month over their ties to the Chinese company.The company, headquartered in the southern city of Shenzhen, runs online casinos and a sports betting business, among other ventures, and is suspected of bringing in several million yen in cash from overseas without declaring it.
The foreign exchange law bans any person from carrying more than ¥1 million ($9,100) in cash into Japan without informing customs authorities. Violators face a fine of up to ¥500,000 or imprisonment for a maximum of six months.
Japan has recently legalized casinos operated at integrated resorts in the hope of attracting more foreign tourists, thereby invigorating the economy after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The government plans to choose up to three locations for the first resorts, which are expected to start operating in the mid-2020s.
The Chinese company was keen on being involved in a casino resort project promoted by the village of Rusutsu in Hokkaido. The firm reached out to Akimoto immediately after setting up a subsidiary in Tokyo in July 2017, according to sources familiar with the matter.
In August 2017, both Akimoto and a top executive of the company attended a symposium on integrated resorts held in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.
In December that year, Akimoto visited the firm's headquarters in Shenzhen and was taken on a trip to a casino in nearby Macao.
Akimoto was first elected to the House of Councilors in 2004, after serving as a secretary to a lawmaker. In 2012, he successfully ran for a seat in the House of Representatives.
In late November, Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki said the prefecture would not pursue an immediate bid to construct a casino resort due to local concern about the project's environmental impact.
China, LDP, hokkaido, casinos, Tsukasa Akimoto


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Q: how do i pass parameters from dropdown list to stored procedures I cannot pass a parameter from a dropdown list to a stored procedure.
Stored procedure :
CREATE PROCEDURE Select_Newnews
    @NewsId varchar(4)

    As
    select * from CommentsTbl where NewsId=@NewsId
    RETURN

Code behind:
 protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SqlParameter sp1 = new SqlParameter();
        c.com.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewsId", NewsIdDropDownList.SelectedItem.Text);

        CommentGridView.DataSource = c.GetDataset("Select_Newnews");
        CommentGridView.DataBind();

          }

i m getting the error that the Procedure or function 'Select_Newnews' expects parameter '@NewsId', which was not supplied.
Please help me

A: This typically happens if you send null as parameter value. Make sure that the value is not null and it should work as expected. You can for instance try something like this:
object value = NewsIdDropDownList.SelectedItem.Text != null
    ? NewsIdDropDownList.SelectedItem.Text
    : DBNull.Value;
c.com.Parameters.AddWithValue("@NewsId", value);

That will properly send the parameter to the procedure if NewsIdDropDownList.SelectedItem.Text is a null value (by subsituting null with DBNull.Value.


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Everyone brings what they have, everyone goes home fed.
Rob Parsons recalls the story of Stone Soup (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Soup) in the name of an afternoon worship ministry out of Saluda United Methodist Church, which he pastors along with Columbus United Methodist.
Rob and I were classmates at Yale Divinity School, and when I learned he was in the area, I looked him up for the first time in 27 years because I had heard from Lance Smith, former Associate Pastor here at The Congregational Church in Tryon, that the two of them had collaborated on some really creative ministry, both in their churches and in the wider community.
Rob's district superintendent says a pastor should be spending 10-15% of their time in doing things that don't directly benefit their church. An Orlando, FL, native who had ancestral roots in Saluda, Rob has been pastor of the Saluda-Columbus charge since 2008, but he and his family have been living in Saluda since 2000. He's become the Polk County community's pastor, or at least one of them. The number of people he greeted by name before we even ordered coffee was testament to that.
Stone Soup is itinerant, in that it moves around from site to site: sometimes it's taking Communion to a homebound person—not just by the pastor, but by the whole group—and it becomes a celebration of community, not just the administration of a sacrament. Sometimes it's blueberry picking out in the wilds of the Blue Ridge, and a blueberry pancake Love Feast with the pickings. It might be a service of letting go of certain personal things from the past year in preparation for beginning a new year. It's Christmas caroling, contra dancing, even Ultimate Frisbee following reflection on the day's biblical readings!
The overriding sense one gets as Rob describes Stone Soup is "laid back." And this was the topic of much of our conversation about faith, spirituality, and the church the morning we met at Open Road Coffee. We went to seminary together, and we share a sense that church needs to be both more, and less, than the institution and what I call the Religious Industry lends itself to.
MORE than church as usual, in the usual building at the usual time, with the usual form of a worship service, with the accepted ways of bringing people together, often highly scripted, very wordy, and usually busy—very busy.
More creative, even experimental; more hospitable to people who aren't used to church; more daring, more compassionate, more open to other ways of knowing God and one another.
But "more than" often consists in LESS than: less high-stakes, less busy; less bound by traditional (think buildings) yet rooted in the best parts of the tradition (think openness, welcome, scripture, silence, baptism, communion).
He recommends books like Grounded by Diana Butler Bass and Krista Tippet's Becoming Wise, draws, as I do, on our common experience with Letty Russell, the late feminist theologian at Yale, and her vision of a Welcome Table at which all are fed, and of partnership with God and one another.
Stone Soup is only part of Rob's ministry at Columbus and Saluda. In a later post I will tell you about his work with Congregations for Children. But check out the Stone Soup Blog at http://saludastonesoup.blogspot.com/, and the Saluda church Facebook page for an idea of what this is all about.


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Q: HeroKu - Gradle SpringBoot - H14 Error Deployment I recently run into an "H14 Error" While Trying To Deploy Gradle Spring Project into the HeroKu platform.
Error:
code=H14 desc="No web processes running"
In My Project Folder, I have a "Procfile"
web: java -jar build/server/webapp-runner-*.jar build/libs/*.war
web: java -jar target/ClockGUI-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
heroku ps:scale web=1

I have researched many solutions but not worked out.
Please help me. Thank you so much

A: There are at least two issues with your Procfile:

*

*You can't declare two web processes.
What command runs your web server? That's the only one that should be declared this way.
(I'm not sure what ClockGUI-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar is supposed to be, but assuming "GUI" means something like SWT, Swing, or JavaFX, it won't work on Heroku. Where would the interface appear?)

*You've included a Heroku CLI command.
heroku ps:scale web=1 is a command that you might run locally to scale your application's web dynos. It's not something that should be baked into the application source code.
Consider an e-commerce application. At certain times of the year, you might see a spike in traffic. You could use this command to scale up additional web dynos to handle the load. That doesn't (and shouldn't) require redeploying the application.
Remove that line. It doesn't do anything in the Procfile anyway.
Commit the updated Procfile and redeploy. Then, if you don't have any web dynos running, run heroku ps:scale web=1 in a terminal, ideally from your project directory so Heroku can infer which app you want to scale.


Christine Monier lives in Comox but has a house in the west of France. She is married to a French man and has three adopted children of African descent, is fluent in three languages and travels internationally with her work. So you might expect Monier to wear a Chanel suit with a chic scarf twisted elegantly around her neck—it all sounds very cosmopolitan and sophisticated. But when you meet Monier, the lens shifts. She has a down-to-earth warmth and ease of manner that makes her easy to talk to. There is no Chanel suit, though she is wearing a very nice scarf.
Monier moved to the Valley with her family five years ago to take on the role of Executive Director of L'Arche Comox Valley, a not-for-profit that is part of L'Arche International. L'Arche is renowned for the way it builds communities that include adults with, and without, developmental disabilities and Monier is passionate about her role within L'Arche.
"I'm excited about what's happening in our community," says Monier with reference to the I Belong! campaign that L'Arche Comox Valley launched a year ago. The campaign goal is the construction of a facility that would house L'Arche's Outreach Centre and offices, but also five modest apartment units that could house adults with disabilities that can live independently.
Monier glances out the window of her tiny office in L'Arche's current home on England Avenue. A large stained glass piece is propped on the sill and sunlight streams through, painting her desk with color.
Monier smiles at the memory of younger, more impetuous self. "I was really touched by people with developmental disabilities, I really felt welcomed by them but it was pretty hard. I didn't speak French really well and working with people with developmental disabilities maybe wasn't the best place to learn," she admits wryly.
Sunlight continues to move across Monier's orderly desk, giving a transcendental quality to the few personal items—a small watercolor painting, a beach rock lovingly collected, a rough ceramic cross.
"There was another man, Denis, who would throw himself out of his wheelchair and bang his head on a concrete wall. His nose had been broken so many times; he had a boxer's face. And people just fell in love with him. He had a sense of humor, but you didn't see that at first. You have to have a relationship. You see the beauty because of the relationship. It's the spirit of the person that you've uncovered. And then you touch your own limitations.
After a year in France, Monier was not ready to leave, so she made a commitment for another year. "I became the House Leader and that's when Hervé came," she says.
L'Arche was very much a shared passion, but now they had something else to think about—starting a family.
After a great deal of soul searching, the Moniers decided to return to France, to continue working with L'Arche and to pursue adoption.
A final child, an 11-month-old boy named Timothee from Djibouti was adopted two years later.
In retrospect, the decision to move to Canada five years ago has seemed a good choice, especially for their children.
"When I look today at what is happening in France," Monier says, referring in particular to the recent bombing of the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, "I feel that it's a more racist society—such poor integration. I don't think we experienced any racism with our children because mostly people just admired us. They were identified as our children, but on their own…" Monier shakes her head.
The sunlight has finished its track across the desk but the south-facing office is still bright with indirect light. Perhaps not a bad metaphor for Monier herself who has found a way of connecting her heart with her life's work and creating a family that extends well beyond the traditional boundaries of culture, race and ability. The school of the heart can claim another successful graduate.


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Why the fascination with miracles and apparitions?
Fr Robert McTeigue, SJ - published on 01/30/19
Meet the "Miracle Hunter" and the film he's promoting.
"I've seen the Virgin Mary! She's spoken to me! She's given me a message!" How would you respond?
"The crucifix in the sanctuary is bleeding! Come and see!" How would you respond?
"I touched the veil of that nun and I was healed! Let's tell everyone!" How would you respond?
However you might imagine yourself responding, consider this—what if it were your job to investigate such claims? I know someone who has such a job. He's Michael O'Neill, also known as "the miracle hunter."
He's a graduate of Stanford University, a member of the Mariological Society of America, and an author of several books on miracles. He co-hosted the television special Miracle Hunters and has been interviewed widely in both Catholic and secular media. Most recently, he has been promoting the American premiere of the French film The Apparition, which is now available on both DVD and video-on-demand. (Please don't confuse this film with the horror movie with the same title!)
I interviewed him today (the day before the publication of this column) on my daily radio program, The Catholic Current. You can find a link to the broadcast as streaming audio, along with a resources list, HERE. (The audio is also available as a podcast HERE and on most major platforms, including iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher.) I've watched the movie and recommend it—with the observation that three very brief scenes aren't suitable for younger viewers.
I discuss the film in detail with Michael O'Neill, along with his other work. I'll discuss the film briefly here (being careful not to leave spoilers!) before jumping off into a discussion about Catholics and miracles. The Apparition introduces us to Jacques Mayano, a wartime journalist recovering from an injury and the death of a close colleague and friend while covering combat in the Middle East.
Baptized Catholic, he hasn't practiced the Faith since his youth. He's skeptical, world-weary, and in great physical and emotional pain. He's completely surprised when he's asked by a bishop working in the Vatican to lead the canonical investigation of a reported Marian apparition in a small village in France. He can't imagine why he's been chosen—he doesn't believe and he has no theological competence. The bishop assures Jacques that what qualifies him is that he's an honest man, he respects the truth, he's not credulous, and he won't let himself be fooled. He's told that the Church would rather overlook a genuine miracle than authenticate a fraud.
It's fascinating to see Jacques working with the other investigators. They include clergy, religious, psychologists—even an exorcist! He sees himself as out of his depth, uncertain of what he's doing with such a team conducting an investigation into a supposed miracle. Before long, his journalistic instincts kick in. He is diligent, even relentless in pursuit of the truth. He finds the truth (to his satisfaction) and an unexpected miracle. (I won't give away what that is!) His participation in the investigation, he says, opens up to him a world that he didn't know existed, "the world of the soul."
Catholics are not obliged to put faith in miracles, apparitions, etc. If authentic, they are instances of private revelation, and thus subject to the prudential judgment of the individual believer. The Church, with great caution and care, may say that a particular event or apparition is "worthy of belief," but not a matter of doctrine or dogma.
I'd say that miracles/apparitions that are Church-approved are not to be dismissed. What concerns me is the rush by some to embrace a claimed miracle, while seemingly showing little interest in the Gospel and the sacraments.
The 1985 film Cocoon depicts space aliens inviting retirement home residents to accompany them to their planet, where these seniors can live happily ever after. The retirees respond joyfully, emptying out their bank accounts and tossing their cash to strangers. Watching the film as a young man, I wondered, "Why did they respond that way when space aliens offered them eternal life, and not when Jesus' invited them to exchange their goods for 'treasure in Heaven'?" (Matthew 19:21)
Why do some appear eager to rush up a hill to weep at a statue, but don't rush to confession, Mass or Eucharistic Adoration? Why do some people get email subscriptions to various "messages" from presumably Heaven-appointed messengers, but don't have a habit of reading the Scriptures daily? Why are some people eager to touch a place where Our Lady supposedly stood, but don't pick up a Rosary?
There is surely a place in the Church's history for miracles, apparitions, and other extraordinary events. I'd just like to see more people avail themselves of the more "ordinary" channels of grace.
When I write next, I will speak about martyrdom. Until then, let's keep each other in prayer.


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The Baroque Festival (January)
The Baroque Festival was developed as a celebration of the aristocratic grandeur of Valletta, Malta's baroque capital city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Festival takes place in January with top international baroque musicians and ensembles performing in various events and in wonderful baroque and historical venues throughout its two week musical extravaganza in Valletta.
Malta Carnival (February)
Maltese Carnival (Il-Karnival ta' Malta) has been a part of the Maltese culture for nearly five centuries , since the arrival of the Knights of St John in 1535 but some studies even date the first carnival revelry back to the year 1470. Carnival is celebrated over a 5 day period in February with the main events taking place in Valletta but some towns and villages also organise their own smaller version of these festivities. In Gozo the main festivity is in Nadur. Many of the local carnival enthusiasts have inherited the art and skill of carnival float-building through their forefathers and ancestors and would spend up to a whole year in preparation to be able to participate and proudly compete in the carnival parade. Celebrations include fancy dress parties , dance competitions and a parade of hundreds of symbolic floats, with dancers in elaborate costumes partying aboard, presided over by the King Carnival float which is considered to be the best and most beautiful of them all. Both adults and children dress up in all sorts of funny or weird costumes during these celebrations and go out and mingle with the floats.
The Malta Marathon (February / March)
The Malta Marathon is a yearly event taking place in late February / March that attracts about 4,000 athletes from all over the globe taking part in either the full or half run marathon. Both races start from the old city of Mdina and wind through the country roads and towns to reach the Finish Line at the 'Sliema Strand'. A third race category is the Endo Walkathon (21 kms) which is a walk-jog-run-race. Like in every marathon, you will see some athletes adding to the fun of it by wearing some great light-hearted costumes for their run.
The Opera Festival (March)
The Opera Festival held in March every year is hosted at The Manuel Theatre in Valletta and features both local and foreign performers. The Manuel Theatre built in 1731 by the Knights of St John is considered to be the third oldest working theatre in Europe and the oldest theatre still in operation in the Commonwealth of Nations. The operas have been well-known ones such as Falstaff, La Traviata, La Nozze di Figaro and Il Barbiere di Seviglia.
Good Friday Processions (Easter time - March / April)
Good Friday is celebrated in the churches around the island with an afternoon service and afterwards processions are held in various villages with life-size statues. Each statue representing a particular episode in the Passion of Christ is taken out of the parish church by a group of bearers in a procession around the village streets. The procession will be accompanied by the village band and scouts groups as well as Roman soldiers wearing armour , biblical characters and children carrying symbolic items. These Good Friday processions ,which started to be organised as early as the 16th century , are held in various towns and villages across Malta and Gozo.
Fireworks Festival (April / May)
The Malta International Fireworks Festival is an annual event held at the end of April to commemorate Malta's accession into the European Union on 1st May 2004. The spectacular displays over a three day period take place in Valletta's grand harbour and other locations. The expertise of the Maltese in fireworks is put to the test when local aerial pyrotechnic talent competes with international firework companies from all over the world to bring visitors spectacular pyrotechnic performances accompanied by music.
The Maltese Village Feasts (May to October)
The Maltese village feasts are all a big part of the local culture and central village life which has been going on for many generations. There are over 60 festas held in Malta and Gozo between the months of May and September. Each festa is a 4 day celebration held to celebrate and to show the level of devotion of the village people to their respective patron saint and will include band marches , colourful lights , processions , confetti throwing, firework displays , street stalls and street parties. The streets of the village are decorated with statues and banners dedicated to their saint. The ceremonial highlight of any festa is the carrying of the heavy life-size religious statues which is usually accompanied by a roaring crowd cheering them on. The feasts in Malta and Gozo are religious celebrations organised by the local parish. The facade of the parish church of the village is extravagantly decorated and lit up in hundreds of coloured light bulbs which make it look breath taking.
Ghanafest (June)
Ghanafest is Malta's folk music festival which takes places over a few days in June every year. In the recent past , folk has been experiencing a revival the world over thanks to efforts by young musicians. This festival, apart from being part of this revival, is also a celebration of Malta's folk music heritage and the diversity of Mediterranean and world music add to the rich and interesting program of Ghana, Maltese bands and international world music acts. Ghana (folk music) comes in different forms with each having its own characteristic and this festival has helped to create awareness while keeping this old Maltese tradition alive. The festival takes visitors to different locations and into the heart of Malta's oldest villages.
The isle of MTV (June / July)
The Isle of MTV is the largest free open-air music festival in Europe and is organised annually on one day in late June or July. This music festival attracts over 50,000 people and is held at The Granaries in Floriana. World-class International superstars of the music industry that have performed at the Isle of MTV festival include : Madonna , Lady Gaga ,Snoop Dog , the Black Eyed Peas , Enrique Iglesias , David Guetta ,Shaggy , Kelis , and Scissor Sisters. Malta's own very best Maltese bands and singers will also perform. The show is broadcast on the MTV network. There will be other official events connected with the Isle of MTV throughout that whole week.
Malta International Jazz Festival (July)
Malta International Jazz Festival is a three day long festival held in July at the waterfront location of Ta Liesse in Valletta. Various top international and Maltese music legends have played at this event including : Diana Krall ; Mike Stern ; Joe Zawinul ; Cubanismo ; Nathalie Cole ; John Schofield ; Betty Carter ; Herbie Hancock ; Brad Mehldau ; Chick Corea ; and Michel Petrucciani. Visitors can enjoy some local delicacies sold at the many food and drink stalls while enjoying an eclectic mix of jazz styles from the current musical scene.
International Arts Festival (July)
The Malta International Arts Festival held in July every year is a celebration comprising a wide variety of art forms such as theatre, dance, music and arts. This festival gives an opportunity to both well established and also emerging Maltese artists to showcase their work and talent and engage with wider audiences. It also hosts well established foreign acts. The events include virtuoso music performances, visual installations, dance, and international acts. Most of the activities, performances, and exhibitions are focused around Valletta and the festival features both international and local talent.
The Malta International Air Show (September)
The Malta International Air Show is organised annually in September at the Malta International Airport and other locations. The show hosts many aircraft both civil and military that come from all over the world offering some spectacular and impressive aerial displays and also static shows of the huge range of planes and helicopters while on the ground.
Notte Bianca (September / October)
Notte Bianca is held annually in the autumn ( September or October ) and lights up the cityscape of the whole of Valletta from City Gate to Fort St Elmo with a spectacular nocturnal celebration of people, culture and arts. This nightlong arts and culture event will see the capital's streets and cultural venues come alive with theatres , palaces , museums , historical buildings and art galleries staying open almost through the entire night. To complete the full cultural mix there will be visual art exhibitions and also some dance and theatre performances in the state palaces and museums while the open air piazzas and streets will play host to some of the finest local and international musicians and dancers. This event is considered to be the largest cultural event held in Valletta which in 2018 will be the "European Capital of Culture".
Birgufest (October)
Birgufest is a three-day event taking place in Birgu (Vittoriosa) in October with the purpose of highlighting by Candlelight the beautiful architecture and the rich heritage of this old city which is one of the oldest in Malta. The city is decorated for the occasion and the streets are lit up with a gentle glow by thousands of candles. There will be a good number of food stands offering Maltese delicacies and other food. Visitors can also see a Knights of St John and World War II re-enactment. For those that love art and music there will be various musical concerts ranging from classical to modern and various exhibitions making this truly a feast to be enjoyed by all ages.
Malta Classic Mdina Grand Prix (October)
The Malta Classic Mdina Grand Prix comprises three exhilarating events: the Malta Classic Hill Climb, the Malta Classic Concours d'Elegance, and the Malta Classic Grand Prix. Over the four day program held in October each year the event offers all classic car collectors the opportunity to display some of their true automotive gems. They can also participate in timed sprints and demonstration runs beneath the imposing bastions of Mdina. The event brings to Malta some of Europe's finest classic cars to race wheel to wheel. Over 70 pre-1976 classic cars participate in this event with the oldest car being in the region of 90 years old.
The Malta International Choir Festival (November)
Malta International Choir Festival is held in the odd-numbered years every November and runs over four days. The festival has a competitive side, as well as a non-competitive programme and is spread over several beautiful venues ranging from theatres to churches and several other public places in both Malta and Gozo. Normally no less than 35 choirs composed of over 1,000 choristers participate in this event hailing from different countries from all over the world. A big majority of these choirs will also participate in one or more of the competitive categories, that is, sacred or secular. Another important aspect of the festival is the pedagogical part which takes place in the form of workshops or masterclasses.
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The second is what sociologist Frank Riessman called the helper principle – the idea that the act of helping benefits the helper as much (or quite often more) than the person being helped.
This folk wisdom and the principles underlying it have been rigorously tested in a series of scientific studies about the effects of helping activities on long-term recovery outcomes.
And you guessed it, science is confirming what people in recovery have long learned through their collective experience: If you want to achieve recovery from addiction and if you want to enhance your quality of life in recovery, reach out each day to help others achieve those same goals.
Check out the references in Bill's original blog and why not check out his website of his extensive recovery writings.


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Marketing Prepares for the "Cookieless Future"
MDR Marketing Team April 30, 2021
You've likely heard some rumblings in the marketing world about the death of the third-party cookie.
Dramatic language aside, some big changes are coming in how browsers handle user site visit information. Those changes will have an impact on how MDR's digital display advertising works. So, we want to give you a heads up about what's happening, what it means for you, and what we're doing to lessen the impact on your campaigns.
Bottom line: We've got this, and we'll tell you how.
Let's Talk Cookies
Cookies are the little pieces of data that a website sends through a user's browser to recognize a device for a future visit. They're primarily used to relay information about a user's profile and previous activity on the site. Cookies come in two types:
First-party cookies are created by the websites to remember details about you and your visit—things like your preferred language or how many items were in your shopping cart. First-party cookies are considered good; they help provide a better user experience. Because they are created when the user takes action on a site, like putting an item in a cart, the user is considered to have explicitly 'opted in."
First-party cookies aren't going away. In fact, they're about to become even more critical for digital display advertising.
Third-party cookies are created by AdTech platforms to enable cross-site tracking, retargeting, and ad-serving. Hubspot explains it this way:
"Third-party cookie data allows you to learn about your web visitor's overall online behaviors, such as websites they frequently visit, purchases, and interests that they've shown on various websites. With this detailed data, you can build robust visitor profiles…then create a retargeting list that can be used to send ads to your past visitors or people with similar web profiles."
Because third-party cookies capture and use online behavior data without the user's explicit consent, they have raised privacy concerns. Governments have taken action.
What's Happening with Third-Party Cookies and Why
Overall, the availability of third-party cookies has been declining for over a decade. This is because ad blockers, first introduced in the mid-2000s, prevent AdTech tags from loading on a web page. And when AdTech tags don't load on a page, third-party cookies can't be created.
More recently, the decline of third-party cookies has been accelerated by privacy laws like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and privacy settings enforced by web browsers. Safari and Firefox block third-party cookies by default.
You've probably noticed the banners on many websites requiring that you agree to your data being collected in first-party cookies. These are the result of companies complying with privacy laws and securing explicit consent.
However, the true death knell was Google's decision to phase out third-party cookies on Chrome browsers, now slated for late 2023*. As Statcounter.com shows, Google Chrome is far and away the most dominant browser, so Google's decision has determined there will be a third-party cookieless future.
Browser Market Share Worldwide — March 2020 – March 2021
How Will This Impact Digital Display Advertising?
Digital display advertising uses third-party cookie data in three ways that will be impacted once they go away:
Audience Identification – When third-party cookies stop working, AdTech platforms that power advertising will not be able to identify audiences as they move across sites. This will limit the scale of audiences available to you.
Ad targeting and media buying – When third-party cookies stop working, targeting strategies that rely on this system will become less effective due to a drop in targetable audiences.
Measurement and reporting – When third-party cookies stop working, it will become more difficult to attribute success to advertising, as it will become impossible to track audiences across sites with cookies.
Obviously, the loss of the third-party cookie will be a big shock to the system for digital display advertising. But ever since it became clear this day was coming, marketing leaders and innovators have been exploring alternatives.
Google has created what it is calling a "privacy sandbox," where it is testing standards that improve privacy and maintain an ad-supported digital ecosystem. Google is taking a Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) approach that enables targeting by identifying groups of individuals that share common interests. Chrome will keep track of a user's browsing habits across the web, place the user in various cohorts based on those habits, and then allow advertisers to target their ads to cohorts rather than individual users. But FLoC comes with some limitations: It's a blunt instrument that categorizes interest very broadly, it only works on the Chrome browser, and it makes attribution more difficult.
MDR and our parent company, Dun and Bradstreet, have identified several paths forward for our clients that offer better prospects for online audience identification, ad targeting, and attribution.
Alternatives to Third-Party Cookies
Here are three high-level options we recommend to help you overcome the impact of third-party cookies going away:
Alternative Channels – In the multichannel world, there are other options to connect with your audience. You can reallocate focus and investment to channels that don't rely on cookies but that can still deliver audiences by interest—for instance, social ads on Facebook or LinkedIn, or Paid Search on Google.
Alternative Identifiers – There are alternative identifiers to third-party cookies that you can start using today. Two options we are testing are identity graphs offered by LiveRamp and TheTradeDesk.
LiveRamp's Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS) using IdentityLink
LiveRamp's Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS) connects consented first-party user data from a publisher's site, such as an email address, with its IdentityLink database of the individual consumer's activity across multiple devices and channels, including offline. LiveRamp's IdentityLink is a "people-based ID" that is anonymous and privacy-conscious.
Let's say a visitor comes to your website and logs in or signs up for a mailing list. Their email address is part of the logged-in profile. As part of the login or sign-up process, the user is made aware that their info will be matched to the IdentityLink database. This database connects an individual's online data with offline data to create what the company describes as a profile, rather than simply trails of online browsing habits. Because users authenticate themselves, they maintain control over the use of their data.
theTradeDesk's Unified 2.0
Similarly, theTradeDesk created Unified ID 2.0., which it describes as "the ad internet's first universal identifier." Like IdentityLink, Unified ID 2.0 uses a consumer's anonymized email address which is gathered when a user logs in to a website or app.
theTradeDesk explains: "At the point of login, the consumer gets to see why the industry wants to create this identifier and understands the value exchange of relevant advertising, in simple terms (unlike today's cookies). They also get to set their preferences on how their data is shared."
These anonymized identifiers can be linked via the email address to offline data, like you have in your CMS system, to build a more complete profile of a customer. This is where the first-party cookie comes back into play.
First-Party Data – Because first-party cookies aren't going away, the information you gather from opted-in site activity will continue to be a valuable source of intelligence on customer interests and preferences. How you collect that information will determine your success.
Of course, you'd like additional data about your site visitors, specifically firmographic, demographic, and other attributes. But asking for all of this information upfront is off-putting to consumers and can depress sign-ups or form completion.
Instead, you should collect the bare minimum information about your users and slowly integrate additional data collection during the use of the site. For example, focus on email registration to begin with, and then collect additional information as they engage more with your content and offers.
We'll Help You Embrace the Future
2021 will be a pivotal year in the transition to the cookieless future, with the 2023 deadline for Chrome* to begin blocking third-party cookies fast approaching.
MDR's industry-leading education database, including millions of email addresses for educators, can be linked to alternative identifiers and your own customer data to power digital display advertising.
While there is no doubt the end of the third-party cookie will be disruptive, you should have confidence that MDR and Dun & Bradstreet are on the job. We're monitoring the progress of innovative remediation approaches and identifying the most effective options to ensure continued results.
Reach out to your MDR consultant to talk about your digital display campaigns. We have ideas on how we can lessen any impact from the end of third-party cookies and what actions you can take this year to ensure you can still identify, target, and connect with education audiences in the future.
*Note: This post was updated on June 28, 2021, to reflect the recent news that Google is delaying it's phase out of third-party cookies until late 2023.
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Sanam, the wife of an elderly man gets pregnant under the influence of media ads, but unlike her husband she considers this a disgrace. Therefore, she plans to hide her pregnancy and her child.
Damascus Time
Younes and Ali - father and son - are both pilots who have the mission of flying a plane from Palmyra to Damascus. They must save the people under the oppression of ISIS this way, but they face obstacles in their way.
Don't Get In My Way
The movie tells the story of a couple who attend the registry office to get married where an unexpected turn of events causes a tangle in their relationship.
'Dracula', as the title suggests, is a horror movie that blends comedy and vampire stories. The film charts the adventures of an Iranian vampire played by director and actor Reza Attaran.
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Deliberately, Romanti
The play follows three women accused of murder.
Dying in September
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Dowry's Sugar Bowl
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Don't Be Tired
When Maryam returns to Iran for the first time since childhood, her adventure-seeking husband Roman whisks her on a road trip, much to her reluctance. Joined by self-appointed tour leader Morteza and his friend Hossein, an unlucky course of events soon forces them to stay at Hossein's aunt's house. ...
When tenuous couple Siyavash and Elnaz join their friends Hamid and Mahsa for a trip to the coast, they are dismayed by the unexpected arrival of Siyavash's former lover Bita and her husband Babak. Convinced that the chance meeting is a deliberate setup by Hamid, Siyavash starts to descend into a wo...
Babak Borzooyeh's adaptation of the classic Pulitzer Prize winning drama is bittersweet and provoking at the same time. It centers around two couples who have been friends for a long time but unseen circumstances seem to change things for all of them. Can anything stay the same after all? Synopsis...
Drought and Lies
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Dying 21 Times in 30
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UN rewards six youths championing innovative enviroment protection ideas
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Environmental degradation has emerged as a major challenge of the 21st century, threatening communities and increasing poverty. Societies across the globe have continued to suffer from a persistently unfavourable environmental degradation leading to historical climate change disasters especially among vulnearble communties, experts say.
In a fragile global context, innovative ideas are needed more than ever to protect and conserve the environment and fight against the effects of climate change says Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UN Environment.
It is against this backdrop that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), organised a competition to select the best promising innovative environment projects by young people across the globe. Six projects were finally selected and the winners presented at the ongoing UN Environment general assembly December 5, 2017.
The six winners dubbed « Young Champions of the Earth » according to UNEP officials are talented individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 with promising ideas to protect or restore the environment.
A press release from UNEP notes that the Young Champions were selected by way of an online public vote and the deliberation of a global jury. The six winners selected from over 600 applicants are, Kaya Dorey from Canada, Eritai Kabetwei- Kiribati, Adam Dixon – UK, Liliana Pazmillo - Ecuador, Omer Badokhon - Yemen and Mariama from Burkina – Faso.
Each of the six winners will receive USD 15,000 in seed funding, mentoring, training to help them realize their environmental ambitions.
In a discussion at the award event, the 2017 Young Champions of the Earth shared their innovative ideas geared at creating positive environmental impact.
Panelist at the event highlighted the role of global youth in sustainable development and, more specifically, the ways and means to empower youth in decision making processes and harness their creativity to effect change and fight against growing poverty and youth unemployment..
Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment and Ellie Goulding, UN Environment's newest Goodwill Ambassador, joined the conversation with emphasis on what it means to be an environmentalist in 2017.
According to UNEP, the selection was very competitive with shortlisted applicants subjected to an online public vote before being considered by a global Jury comprising VICE Media Founder, Suroosh Alvi; She Leads Africa Co-founder, Yasmin Belo-Osagie; UN Environment Head, Erik Solheim; Covestro CEO, Patrick Thomas; and UN Youth Envoy, Jayathma Wickramanayake.
Apart from receiving seed-funding, the winners will also get intensive training, tailored mentorship and global publicity to help them bring their big ideas to life.
Among the winning projects is that of Mariama from Burkina Faso who wants to address the energy deficit in Africa and the devastating degradation of cropland caused by chemical fertilizers. Her project, "JACIGREEN", offers an innovative eco-solution to the problem of water hyacinth, which, she says without controlled management, can be devastating for the environment.
Water hyacinth she says is an invasive alien species that grows very rapidly in the waterways of the Niger River. Although not inherently harmful, initially purifying the waterway in which it grows, water hyacinth becomes a problem once it reaches a certain maturity by suffocating aquatic life. JACIGREEN says she will introduce a plant-based purification mechanism to help manage fresh water sustainably and improve access to drinking water. It will simultaneously implement a system to produce organic fertilizer (via anaerobic composting) and electricity (from biogas recovered from the water hyacinth transformation process).
Another winner Adam Dixon will use horticultural innovation to tackle food insecurity and habitat loss.
What began as an appreciation of gardening from joining his mother while she pottered in the backyard became a fascination with plant growth and a drive for innovation. Dixon's Phytoponics technology enables food crops to grow in water encased in a 100 percent recyclable polymer film, improving irrigation efficiency and reducing the amount of land use needed for horticulture.
In just one year, Dixon has built his company up to the value of $2.6 million and is supplying Europe's second largest producer of salad. Dixon's cost-effective, rapidly deployable product is now being piloted by the World Food Programme in refugee camps to support the supply of fresh produce to thousands of people in what are often uncultivable, barren locations.
Canadian fashion designer Kaya Dorey's unique apparel business not only delivers on sustainability but also an urban street style for a generation wanting to end wasteful consumerism of 'fast fashon'. Her 'conscious apparel company', NOVEL SUPPLY Co., produces garments free from toxic dyes and synthetics, and seeks to source hemp and organic cotton as well as environmentally friendly inks. The business is based on the 'closed-loop' philosophy of production, which strives for sustainability by improving economic and environmental goals simultaneously.
Ecuadorian biologist Liliana Jaramillo PazmiñI for her part is bringing back flora and fauna and reducing air pollution and vulnerability to natural disasters by encouraging more use of native plants in the green rooftops of our urbanized planet.
Beginning in her native city of Quito, Ecuador's capital, a towering city with high rates of air pollution that causes inflammatory disease, Liliana has focused her research on identifying and cataloguing which native plant species are better adapted to urban environments and resilient to climate change. As more of the world's population inhabits dense urban environments, Liliana hopes her research into which plants can best save and serve the environment will be replicated across other urban settings.
She says she dreams of a future where the urban sprawl sees cities bursting with green life across their concrete structures.
Yemeni engineer Omer Badokhon is working on biogas plants which aims to improve thousands of rural livelihoods in his war-stricken homeland. Omer, who holds a degree from Hadhramout University, researched the production and purification of biogas from landfills to generate electricity as part of his studies. He quickly realized that such devices could be put to good use at a domestic level in his country, and set out to do this himself.
The devices, which will be constructed locally under Omer's guidance, enable the rapid decomposition of domestic organic waste, thereby maximizing the amount of biogas produced. He is working with a non-governmental organization affiliated with the Green Projects Centre to build prototypes and pilot the biogas plants.
Kiribati citizen, Eritai Kateibwi for his work on a hydroponics system that will improve human health and resilience to climate change on the low-lying island. He saw the problems caused by Kiribati's reliance on imported, often unhealthy, food due to the challenges of growing fresh produce: diabetes, unhealthy children and a garbage problem from dealing with the packaging.
He realized that locally grown, nutritious food would reduce these problems, as well as provide entrepreneurial opportunities to the local communities. Eritai's system, which relies on Kiribati's abundant sunshine but uses only 10 per cent of the water of traditional crops, has already been used to produce lettuce, Chinese cabbage and tomatoes within 30 days.
He plans to use the seed financing from the award to build 200 units. Families will receive training and purchase these through micro-financing, the proceeds of which Eritai will use to build and make available more units.
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dc.identifier.citation Rubicz, Rohina; Melvin, Kristin L.; Crawford, Michael H. (2002). "Genetic Evidence for the Phylogenetic Relationship between Na-Dene and Yeniseian Speakers." Human Biology, 74(6):743-760. http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol74/iss6/1
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dc.description.abstract Abstract Ruhlen's hypothesis, based on linguistic evidence, for a common phylogenetic origin of Na-Dene and Yeniseian speakers is tested using genetic data. Gene frequency data for the Kets, the only surviving Yeniseian speakers, were collected during a field study in 1993. Data for several Na-Dene groups, as well as other New World and Siberian populations, were compiled from the literature. These data were analyzed using R-matrix, principal components analysis, and Mantel tests. In a comparison of 10 New World and Siberian populations using eight alleles, 55.8% of the variation was accounted for by the first principal component, and 22.1% of the variation was subsumed by the second principal component. Contrary to Ruhlen's interpretation of the linguistic data, analysis of the genetic data shows that the Na-Dene cluster with other Native American populations, while the Kets genetically resemble the surrounding Siberian groups. This conclusion is further supported by correlations that are higher when the Kets are considered unrelated to Na-Dene speakers, and an insignificant partial correlation between genes and language when geography is held constant, indicating that spatial patterning accounts for most of the variation present in these populations.
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Every family has recipes that play on repeat in their house. This is one of those in our house, frequently requested by the picky teenager. I was at a loss for what to call it. It's not really a sauce, or a ragu. I had a fancier name for this recipe, but my family started calling it by this irreverent name, and it stuck. So it's not Beef & Beet Sauce Over Roasted Spaghetti Squash. It's Cow in a Nest. Sigh…. Nevertheless, it's filling and full of nutrients. The leftovers make a great AIP breakfast, too. Happy cooking!
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Peel, chop, mince and/or grate all the vegetables as directed, except for the squash. That comes next.
In a large saucepan, place ground beef, salt, pepper (if using) and basil. Brown the beef over medium high heat.
Add onion, garlic, sweet potato and beets. Sauté until the vegetables are soft, about 5-7 minutes.
Stir in apples and vinegar. Heat through.
Serve over a "nest" of roasted spaghetti squash.


Let's be straight ever since the original Predator film with Arnold Schwarzenegger the rest of the films have been garbage. When news broke back in July that Robert Rodriguez was shaping up a sequel I can't deny I got intrigued, but have remained very hesitant about the project. After watching this footage, I got say, I'm impressed. It looks like director Nimrod Antal has the perfect look going in both the location and cast.
Since Adrien Brody was cast back in October, I have not been very excited he would be our champion. It's not that I don't like Brody, just never believed I would see him as a hero versus the cunning Predators. Once again, after watching this footage, I'm pretty confident Brody is gonna do fine. And furthermore, I'm fairly surprised how great he looks in the role.
As far as the rest of the cast, they all look good too. I have to say however, that Topher Grace doesn't do anything for me in the footage. He looks to be the weak link in the group. Again all this stems from a under 2 minute video clip. So who knows how great the final product will look, but at least the 2 minutes released looks dynamite.
Take a look at the rest of the images in the "Predators" gallery.
Stay tuned for more "Predators" updates. Our first trailer is set to release March 18th and the movie hits theaters July 9th.


Generation Y or "Gen Y" for short – is the term most commonly used to refer to the cohort of individuals born in the 80s and 90s, who are already in the workforce. The Fifth generation, Gen Z or The Linksters will be coming into the workforce very soon. For Leaders who have four generations of employees sitting in a meeting or working on a project, it can seem like each generation has its own worldviews, priorities, career models, motives and values. The Leader need to enhance their understanding of generational characteristics and the impact of their own management practices on each of these groups. They need to leverage on the strengths of each generation. Taking full advantage of the multi-generational workforce will enable employers to effectively attract and retain employees, build teams, deal with change, and increase employee engagement (Bawany, 2013)2.
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Today's the big day! The Reveille, Vol. II is now available on iTunes!
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As a gift to you guys, we're streaming the entire record today only! We'd love to let you guys in on this new music. Please consider helping us by spreading the word to your friends, family, and social media about the album too (tag @asworship)!
The Reveille is a project that is geared towards helping focus you during times of study, prayer, & reflection. The songs are inspired and written from time in the Word, and we pray that they will help you as you spend time with God.
Please consider helping us by spreading the word to your friends, family, and social media about the album too!
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Finally, if you're an artist, we'd love for you to join in on the fun contests we have going! Dozens of people have already signed up to REMIX, RECORD, FILM, or PHOTOGRAPH one of the songs from the album!
Visit austinstoneworship.com for more info on the album and the contests!
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