Research shows that a first impression—the initial feeling or opinion about something or someone—usually takes place within seconds of an encounter. First and ongoing impressions can possibly make or break whether someone revisits a particular place, including a veterinary hospital.
Client expectations have changed over the past couple of decades, according to Mitch Clemmer, DVM, owner of the recently constructed Flowood Pet Hospital in Flowood, Miss. Having owned several practices prior to this one, Dr. Clemmer has seen his fair share of clinic updates.
Pet owners were once satisfied if a clinic didn't smell, he said. Now they choose pet hospitals based on looks.
Sometimes all it takes to enhance that stellar first impression is a quick cosmetic fix, such as changing the interior paint color, fixing drywall or reorganizing the front office and/or waiting area. Some clinics may need a little more work, like installing new floors, updating office equipment, painting the exterior of the building, or freshening the outside curb appeal. A more extensive revamp, such as reconfiguring spaces and adding on, may be the best route for others.
One of the first things Erich Roush, DVM, focused on when he bought Lavitt Animal Hospital of Morton Grove, Ill., in September 2016 was transforming how people viewed the hospital.
The overgrown landscape concealed the building, and the front door, oxidized Plexiglas, was cloudy and unwelcoming. The outside signage also hadn't been updated in a long time.
"Prior to starting the renovation, a referred client from a nearby hospital expressed to me that she felt her veterinarian had 'made a mistake' by sending her to a building that made her want to turn around and go the other way," Dr. Roush said.
It's important that clients have confidence when arriving at a veterinary hospital and have no underlying questions about the facility based on its appearance.
Small fixes and updates are probably the easiest to tackle, especially if there's dedicated staff to do the work.
Quick fixes, however, should not be taken lightly, according to Bulson.
Sometimes it's best to break renovations into stages. Roush started updating his hospital a month after he purchased it, but with winter coming on, he didn't have the ability to spend time on the exterior. Instead, he renovated the reception area, the client bathroom, exam rooms, and the surgery suite.
As the season changed, Roush was able to focus on the outside, including replacing the signage and cutting back the overgrown landscape.
"There is a lot more we plan to do with the façade, but working with a small budget, we have to be patient and do things in stages," Roush said.
As one can imagine, working around any type of construction or remodeling process is awkward and inconvenient. Clemmer recalled having to side-step the remodeling crew when he worked at Banfield Pet Hospital.
For Roush, starting small during the typical slow time of the year was his silver lining. They updated on days when they didn't have as many scheduled appointments.
Some veterinarians may want to hire a contractor for their remodel. References and referrals are always a great way to find one, according to Clemmer. In fact, that's how he found his contractor. A veterinarian friend raved about the contractor company she had worked with.
Golf Rose Animal Hospital has a maintenance staff for regular property maintenance, which helps them keep on top of quick fixes.
"Bankers generally know who have brought projects in on time and on budget," Bulson said, adding that contractors should be familiar with veterinary structures.
With any project, a team approach is imperative in getting tasks completed, according to Bulson. This includes meeting with the banker, the architect, and the builder together to ensure everyone is on the same page. Delegating also is key.
"I would recommend any veterinarian completing a project to have a project manager or owner representative handle the day-to-day tasks when designing and rebuilding so the veterinarian can focus on medicine," he said.
Updates—big or small—require financial planning. Veterinarians can budget and save for renovations and/or turn to financing options.
When it comes to choosing a financial partner, it's important to find a lender that is familiar with veterinary lending and veterinary construction, according to Bulson.
Golf Rose Animal Hospital built the new pet lodging area behind the old kennel. They moved the dogs into the new building and then tore down the old kennel to make way for the office building that would eventually replace the office building to the right.
When it came to pulling permits, Clemmer said it was an easy process—his contractor handled everything.
Still, all the permits and paperwork involved often surprise veterinarians unfamiliar with construction, Bulson said. It helps to meet with local building officials to discuss remodeling plans. He also suggested working with a local attorney or project manager familiar with real estate and development.
In the end, Roush adheres to the old carpenter adage, "measure twice and cut once," as to not shortcut the planning process.
Creating that first great impression can range from quick fixes to more extensive revamps, which means costs will vary as well. Depending on the clinic's budget, veterinarians may need financial assistance.
Understanding the money aspect in these situations is imperative, according to Will Frazier, senior loan officer at Live Oak Bank.
Veterinarians also need to realize that the project may impact both accounts receivable and accounts payable, said Nicholas Spanakis, specialty group manager at PNC Healthcare Business Banking.
Sometimes taking out a loan may not be in the veterinary clinic's best interest.
"In cases when a business is not ready for a loan, the best thing Wells Fargo can do is provide guidance to the owner on how to improve the financial condition of the business to get a 'yes' on a credit application at a later date," Owens said.
Although appearances matter, the practice's core (e.g., client communications, technology, etc.) has to be as polished as or better than the waiting/exam rooms.
Engage a team of healthcare/veterinarian clinic specialists to define in granular terms the full scope of the project and its related costs. Start with the client/patient experience in mind.
Set a firm budget for the scope of work, basing it on what the clinic can really afford.
Ask an objective party to point out the trade-offs and choices (inclusive of quality, comfort and durability of the materials used) that make sense to do now versus those items to be phased in over time.
If the project needs financing, don't compare financing options on price alone.
Due diligence is key, Frazier said.


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The condition of France after the overthrow of Napoleon was miserable beyond anything which the experience of modern Europe presented. Although the defeat of Waterloo visibly closed the war, and left France without the means of further resistance, the armies of the allies continued their advance. Nearly every European nation was represented in this majestic scene of triumph and of vengeance. British, Russians, Austrians, Prussians, Belgians, Italians, Bavarians, Saxons, Hungarians, Hanoverians, Spaniards - all combined to humiliate the unhappy people from whose merciless hand they had all endured injuries so deep. The tide of armed men did not cease to flow into France till there were eleven hundred thousand foreign soldiers within her territory. All these had to be maintained by France. Indemnities amounting to sixty million sterling were exacted by the allies, and untold sums were wrung from the defenceless people by the half-savage hordes of unrestrained soldiery. The remnants of Napoleon's army were disbanded. A foreign army of one hundred and fifty thousand men, commanded by the Duke of Wellington, was for five years to maintain order, and preserve the stability, if not the dignity, of the restored dynasty - France bearing the heavy costs of this occupation. Taxation could not be collected, for the exactions of the foreigners left to the people nothing beyond the barest subsistence. The miseries of the fallen nation were deep, abject, unutterable.
And yet it cannot justly be said that the allies were unreasonable in the severities which they inflicted. The territory of France was suffered to remain undiminished from its extent in 1792. The works of art of which Napoleon had plundered the galleries of conquered states were reclaimed, but nothing to which France had any just title was withdrawn. And huge as were the pecuniary exactions which the allies levied, they bore a small proportion to the sums which Napoleon had wrung from his victims during the years of his ruthless supremacy.
Nothing in France is more wonderful than her power of recovery. Her miseries had been unexampled. In 1815 she was utterly defenceless: her army was extinct; her soil was held by her bitterest enemies; the strength of her population had perished in war; her trade was destroyed; the enormous demands of her conquerors drained the remnants of her substance. Her five per cent, funds were selling at fifty-seven; a forced loan was resorted to in order to meet the most urgent liabilities. In 1816, as if to bestow upon her sorrows the last enhancement of which they were susceptible, the harvest was exceedingly deficient, and prices ranged up to famine level. Government was obliged to sell grain at reduced rates to avert widespread mortality among the poor. Three years later, and the sun was again shining on poor wasted France. Her trade had largely increased; her agriculture had become greatly more productive; the claims of her conquerors had been satisfied, and their forces withdrawn even before the period fixed by treaty. She was again a respectable military power, and was beginning to regain her lost consideration among the nations. France had thrown off her gloom. The wealth of her soil, and the patient, cheerful industry of her people, had already in great measure restored her fallen fortunes.
The Bourbons, returning to France in the train of the conquerors, were forcibly restored to the high place from which the nation had flung them a quarter of a century before. It seemed probable that they would become in consequence a symbol of defeat and humiliation to a large portion of the people. But fickleness, as the French historian (Lamartine) feels bound to acknowledge, is the vice of the nation. France suffers from an instability "more sudden and prodigious" than that which characterizes the movements of public opinion among any other modern race. This quality of mind made the restoration easy, and prepared for the Bourbons a reception which was embarrassing only by its extravagant warmth. Every family had suffered bereavement; every interest had sustained intolerable loss; every political party, - republican, royalist, and liberal, - had seen its cherished beliefs ruthlessly trampled down; every town and village had endured the presence of a triumphant invader, and had groaned beneath the weight of his merciless exactions. And now, by a universal impulse, these sorrows were avenged on Napoleon. A "paroxysm of anger burst from every heart" against the fallen chief, the glories of whose career had so lately been the pride of France. The French people accepted with eagerness the refuge offered to them from the destructive and now abhorred rule of Napoleon. They elected a legislative chamber which was more royalist than the king himself. The first care of this body was to enact laws of a severely repressive character for the protection of the restored government against the wiles of the disaffected. A cry seditious or insulting to the king was punished by prolonged imprisonment. It was a capital offence to display the flag under which Napoleon had led his soldiers to victory. Individual liberty was placed, without limitation, in the power of the police. The king viewed these severities with just disfavour; but the flaming loyalty of the deputies refused to be modified. In the southern provinces the reaction assumed a still darker aspect, and numerous murders of Bonapartists, and of Protestants suspected of sympathies with the fallen cause, stained the skirts of the restoration.
Louis XVIII. was in his sixtieth year when he ascended the throne from which Napoleon had been driven. It was no easy task which the old man undertook. He had to appease the just indignation of Europe, and negotiate peace on terms which would not inflict undue humiliation upon France. He had to lead a people to whom he was unknown, and who had been long used to the intoxication of military glory, back to the love of peaceful industry. He had to hold with firm and impartial hand the balance between fiercely contending and irreconcilable factions. He brought to the difficult work no remarkable capacity; but he brought good sense, firmness, a kind heart, and a disposition to conciliate. He could read with tolerable accuracy the time in which he lived, and adapt himself to its requirements. "He possessed the temperate, flexible, and negotiating genius of restorations." Where men greatly his superiors would have ignominiously failed, Louis achieved a measure of success creditable to his own skill in ruling, and eminently advantageous to France.
But the reign of the first restored Bourbon could not be otherwise than bitter. The nation was humiliated; worse than that, it was poor. The early fervours of the restoration passed away, and a sharp reaction set in among the unstable people. Those who had purchased for nominal prices, or obtained on still easier terms, the estates of emigrants, were suspicious and apprehensive. The disbanded soldiers yearned for the old excitements. The Bonapartist faction, bereaved of honour and emolument, missed no opportunity to promote the general discontent. Republican feeling, held in abeyance by the glories of the empire, regained strength under the prosaic Bourbon rule. The mob of Paris, disapproving highly of certain government measures, waged for days incessant war with the troops. In the provinces there occurred insurrections, which were quenched in bloodshed greatly more copious than their importance seemed to warrant. Secret societies maintained the perilous organization of revolt. The heir to the throne - the Due de Berri - was stabbed to death by a Bonapartist fanatic, who expressed by the felon blow nothing more intelligent than the rancour and hatred which raged throughout the baffled and suffering nation. Under the influence of that same feeling, M. Decazes, the prime minister, was gravely charged in the Chamber of Deputies as an accomplice in the murder of the prince, and was driven from office by the popular belief in his guilt.
After a reign of eight years Louis XVIII. died. Those years had been unquiet, but they had not been unfruitful. Political strife did not stay the course of French industry. The French peasant ploughed and reaped; he spun and weaved; he hoarded his earnings, and soon began to feel himself passing rich. Agriculture became more intelligent; food was abundant; steamers multiplied on the rivers; the coasting trade doubled in a few years. Silk and cotton manufactures were especially prosperous - a gratifying evidence that the people were gaining an increased command of the comforts of life. The foreign trade increased by one-half. The funds, which had been so low as fifty-seven, were now one hundred and four. The revenue exceeded expenditure, owing, not to the imposition of new taxes, but to the increasing productiveness of the old. And France was again a formidable power, with an army of two hundred and fifty thousand men, and a fleet of ninety ships of the line and frigates.
The king died childless, and was succeeded by his younger brother Charles, then a man of sixty-six Charles had spent the best years of his life in exile, but even in the school of adversity he had learned little. He was a man of pleasing and affable manners, quick of apprehension, ready and felicitous in his talk, but superficial and frivolous. He was a matchless rider, and retained to the last a boyish delight in the joys of the hunting-field. A piety sincere but unenlightened enabled the priests to gain control over his conscience, and thus to exercise disastrous influence over his policy.
His reign opened hopefully. There had been a succession of bountiful harvests, and the people were prosperous and contented. The king uttered liberal and loving sentiments; he pledged himself to rule by the charter; on the evening before he entered Paris he signed an edict releasing the press from the censorship which his brother had established. The satisfied people hailed the opening of a happier era than had ever dawned upon France.
One bold and wise measure confirmed the general hope. Till now those families which had been despoiled of their estates by the revolution had not ceased to remonstrate against the wrong which they had endured. The new possessors experienced the discomfort of insecurity. The value of all landed property was injuriously depressed by the uncertainty of the titles under which it was held. It was now resolved to silence for ever, by one great act of tardy justice, the murmurs of the disinherited, and to free the land of France from the evil of a doubtful tenure. A sura equal to forty million sterling was distributed among those whom the nation in its fury had wronged. The measure was warmly opposed in the chambers, but the general opinion of the French people approved a liberality whose justice was indisputable.
But very early in his reign it began to be whispered that the priests exercised an undue ascendency over the mind of the king. Ere long the apprehension with which the people regarded the superstitious piety of their monarch received fatal confirmation. The ministry introduced and carried a law which decreed the penalty of death as the punishment of sacrilege. The offender who profaned the sacred vessels suffered death. He who was guilty of the graver offence of profaning the consecrated wafer endured some measure of torture before he was permitted to die. The church blindly availed herself of the royal weakness to make her odious ascendency conspicuous. The streets of Paris now witnessed sacred processions, in which there walked the royal family, the great officers of state, and the members of the two chambers. Among the rest was to be seen Marshal Soult, walking with reverential mien and bearing a penitential candle in his hand. The people looked on with ill-disguised contempt. In time the rumour ran that the king himself was a Jesuit, sworn to gain for that dreaded society supreme power in France. It was certain that he appointed an avowed Jesuit one of the tutors of the heir to the throne. The confidence of the nation in its sovereign perished, and a sinister meaning was attached to every action which he performed.
The liberated press criticised freely and denounced with vehemence the hated domination of the priests. The king sought to free himself from this annoyance by the re-establishment of a rigid censorship. But the public indignation forced him so to modify the proposed enactment that little of it remained. The popularity of Charles was now entirely gone. At a review the national guard - the citizen army of Paris - hissed him and insulted him by seditious cries. Next day the king in wrath disbanded the national guard, leaving, however, to the indignant warriors their arms, ready to be used against him when occasion called.
Ever the popular mistrust deepened. Growing suspicion and hatred waited upon every step of the unhappy monarch. A ministry, somewhat less bigoted and unwise than himself, wrung from him edicts which limited the number of the Jesuits, and excluded them from taking any part in the education of the people. But soon this ministry fell, and the king chose the Prince de Polignac as the head of the new government.
The prince was an amiable man, but a shallow politician - unreasoning and fanatical in his love of royalty, and animated by a narrow, monk-like piety. His appointment gave hope to the banished Jesuits and all the party of the priests, but it awakened gloomy forebodings everywhere else.
Between the Chamber of Deputies and the new ministry there existed from the first violent hostility. The chamber addressed the king in polite but unsparing denunciation of a government which it was alleged was not in sympathy with the people. The government avenged itself by dissolving the chamber. The angry people elected new representatives more obdurately hostile than before.
The newspaper press of Paris was at that time conducted with remarkable ability, and exercised in consequence a commanding influence upon public sentiment. The liberal papers were vehement in their hostility against the government, and never ceased to fan the flame of popular resentment. The Prince Polignac had persuaded himself that the people were contented, and that the dangerous agitation which now prevailed was due wholly to the malign influence of the newspapers. The king, remembering how, as it had seemed to him, concession ruined his brother and led him to the scaffold, determined that no repetition of similar weakness should endanger the restored throne. He would maintain the royal dignity against the evil persons by whom it was impugned. To do this effectively it was judged needful that the king, ceasing for the moment to govern constitutionally, should for public safety assume a temporary dictatorship. Ordinances were prepared which dissolved the new chamber before it had even met; which modified the electoral law so as to secure the choice of a more courtly representation; and which suspended the liberty of the press. There was profound silence in the royal cabinet as Charles and his ministers put their hands to those awful documents which sealed the ruin of a line of sixty kings. So obvious was the peril, that even the printer to whom the publication of the ordinances was committed hesitated to enter upon the task until he had besought ministers to reconsider their decision. But the Prince Polignac pledged himself that the tranquillity of Paris would be unbroken, and the king consoled himself with the persuasion that the step which he had taken was indispensable.
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Matthew Martin, a Republican consultant whose law firm represents several anti-cannabis clients, filed a lawsuit against former political opponents for disclosing details of his MMJ card, according to a report by Bakersfield.com.
The legal drama is just another one going on in Kern county and Bakersfield city, where commercial cannabis has been the topic of a heated debate over the last few months. Much of these are focused around a document that Martin's attorney, Doug Gousling, tried to protect in court last Tuesday.
However, Martin does agree that cannabis has legitimate uses. He himself uses cannabis, which is still a Schedule 1 substance, based on doctor's recommendations.
Martin is now suing TJ Esposito, former Bakersfield mayoral candidate, and Mark Salvaggio, former Bakersfield City Councilman, for allegedly releasing his "protected health information" for the purpose of influencing political changes supporting cannabis use. According to Martin, he received an email from Esposito on October 22 threatening him to release information about his cannabis use, together with a digital copy of his private medical information. "Esposito made threats and demands on Martin and insinuated that Martin should attempt to influence the clients of his employer and attempt to influence public votes and public policy in favor of Esposito and the proliferation and commercialization of marijuana or the protected health information," the suit claims. Even Martin's father, Wallace Martin, who is also the Ridgecrest City Councilman, has been adamant about banning cannabis in Kern County.
"We're going to fight that vigorously," Godinez adds, also stating that the fact that Martin is a public figure and a lobbyist; and placing him in the center of a cannabis-related debate is a cause for concern.
Esposito was vying for the Bakersfield mayoral position, which is now occupied by Karen Goh, a Western Pacific Research client. Esposito invested a significant amount of time advocating cannabis legalization recently. On the other hand, Salvaggio is notorious for calling out Martin alongside Western Pacific Research owners Mark and Cathy Abernathy in emails which are regularly sent to a large local mailing list.
Salvaggio was contacted last Tuesday, and he says that he only found out about the lawsuit from other people. "It will be resolved in court," Salvaggio said.
The case is focused on an email and document that TBC Media got a hold of on October 23, containing a copy of the October 22 email sent by Esposito to Martin. The subject line states, "found your marijuana license." The date and time that the email was sent almost matches Martin's claim against Esposito and Salvaggio. The timing of the email couldn't be more controversial, given that on October 24 the Kern County Board of Supervisors were supposed to decide on a vote regulating and legalizing commercial cannabis.
Instead of making the document seen by the public before the supervisors, Esposito said in the email that he trusted county authorities to take care of the matter….. but it seemed too good of an opportunity to pass up, wasn't it?
Gosling has declined to comment about Martin's MMJ card. He asked the court to release an order that would prevent Esposito and Salvaggio from releasing his private medical information. Judge David Lampe didn't approve the order since he wasn't provided the medical information. "As I read this I didn't think I could grant the stay. There is information missing," Lampe says. The reason for this was that Gosling didn't want the information to be indicated in public record; but instead offered to reveal it to Lamp behind closed doors in the judge's chambers.
Lampe told Gosling to deliver copies of the documents to him as well as Esposito's lawyers. The case will be back in court by 8:30 am of December 1st.
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Loren Bast is currently the Executive Director of Bainbridge Prepares. Bainbridge Prepares is an educational and service non-profit whose goal is to make the Bainbridge Island community and its Kitsap neighbors more resilient and prepared for disasters, big or small. Loren, his wife Amanda, and their two children moved to Bainbridge Island from Seattle in the summer of 2017, and since then they have become involved in many other school and island non-profit opportunities.
Prior to working with Bainbridge Prepares, Loren led the Business Intelligence team at the Seattle Times. Prior to the Seattle Times, Loren held a variety of business and technical roles at tech and media companies in Seattle, the Bay Area, and Austin, Texas.


Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2012 – On June 21, seven members of The Smile Generation family embarked on a trip to the Mission at Natuvu Creek on the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji's second largest island, to provide free dentistry to those in need.
During their 4-day visit to the Mission, the team of dentists and staff members helped children and adults in need, performing tooth extractions, restorations and cleanings. The team brought critical oral care and preventive dental health education to residents who otherwise have no access to dental services.
"The people in Fiji were so appreciative of all we did. It's a great reminder of how blessed we all are once we leave behind the comforts of our little bubble," said Dr. Dean Lambridis, Thousand Oaks Dental Group.
The group included Dr. Tanisha Jackson from Redlands Dental Group in Redlands, CA; Dr. Dean Lambridis from Thousand Oaks Dental Group in Thousand Oaks, CA; Dr. Keith Johnson from Rose Dental Group in Oxnard, CA; and Connie Austin, RDH, from Sugar Land Modern Dentistry and Orthodontics. Accompanying the dental care team were Professional Development Coach Valerie Kendrick, Professional Development Coach Clarissa Castillo and We Serve Manager Kyle Guerin.
"It was an honor serving with this group. It's heartwarming to see people take time out of their busy schedules to come out and care for people on the other side of the world," said We Serve Manager Kyle Guerin.
Smile Generation is a referral service for best-in-class dentists committed to modern dentistry and patients' happiness. The Smile Generation connects patients with great dentists dedicated to delivering on the Right Fit promise: providing an exceptional patient experience and advanced clinical care. The Smile Generation family is made up of nearly 300 dental offices throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Utah. Smile Generation-approved offices are supported by Pacific Dental Services.


Cosmetics Plus approached Design Gallery to develop a new concept for their stores moving forward that also aligned with a new phase in expansion for the brand including a full brand re-imaging and an updated logo design. The new Cosmetics Plus retail stores were to move away from the currently clinical and overwhelming retail experience; to instead portray a brand that is affordable, on-trend and style oriented while still catering to the functionalities of the store such as the display of a broad product range. There is also an injection of on-trend design features such as exposed bulb lighting, neon signage features, fun visual merchandise display opportunities with Scandinavian furniture, and a cheeky play on the "Plus" content of the brand name.


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Despite Signs of Hope, Millions Across Africa Remain at Risk of Starvation
VOA's Salem Solomon appeared on "The Correspondents" program hosted by Mil Arcega to discuss the ongoing food security crisis in Africa. Below are some of Arcega's questions and Solomon's answers, along with additional information about this crisis.
FILE – Displaced Somali girls who fled the drought in southern Somalia stand in a queue to receive food handouts at a feeding center in a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia.
What's the latest news about food insecurity in Africa? Where is the situation getting better, and where is it getting worse?
Answer: There has been promising news coming from Somalia and South Sudan. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) — a U.S.-funded body that tracks food insecurity around the world — releases regular reports on affected areas.
One highlight in their most recent update is the effectiveness of early detection of food insecurity and aggressive responses. Airdropping food to restricted places in South Sudan, for example, has helped decrease the death toll that would otherwise have occurred.
However, about 4 million people have been displaced because of conflict in South Sudan, and humanitarian organizations warn that 45,000 people in the two counties in Unity State where famine has been declared, Leer and Mayendit, are still in desperate need of food aid. This is an increase of 25,000 people since just last month.
If assistance doesn't come, these areas could easily slip back into famine.
A similar phenomenon is occurring in Somalia, where rainfall in May was better than the previous month. Still, the overall rainy season was 30 percent to 60 percent below a typical season, and farmers are struggling to keep crops alive.
Overall, 3.2 million people in Somalia are at risk, 350,000 children are malnourished and 70,000 children are severely malnourished. Famine has been averted for now, but FEWS NET forecasts that much of the country will remain at Phase 4, which is defined as a food security emergency, through September.
A general view of one of the biggest camp for people displaced by Islamist Extremist in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Aug. 28, 2016.
In Northeastern Nigeria, it was learned earlier this week that approximately half of the much-needed food aid never reached the victims of Boko Haram who are so badly in need. This occurred because of "diversion," according to a government statement, which is another way of saying it was likely stolen.
As a result, many of the 8.5 million people who need food assistance after fleeing the extremist group will be unable to get food.
Food prices continue to spike, and the country is entering what's known as the lean season, which lasts through September. That typically means food hardship increases because the country is between harvests. The good news is that Boko Haram has been severely degraded, and attacks have decreased compared to the past few years.
It's become common to call these man-made crises. How does conflict exacerbate the food insecurity in these countries? Are terror groups taking advantage of the situation?
Answer: All four of the countries experiencing the most critical food insecurity — Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen — are either at war or under attack by an insurgent group. In this context, both large-scale and subsistence farmers have been forced to flee their land. This harms the countries' food supplies and makes what food is available that much more expensive. For example, a VOA reporter in Somalia determined that the price of a kilo of tomatoes nearly doubled within the span of one week. In the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, staple food items, such as rice, maize, millet and sorghum, are 50 percent more expensive than they were last year.
Both terror groups and, sadly, government forces in some places have used food and access to food as a weapon of war. In northeast Nigeria, Boko Haram insurgents have occupied farmland, burned crops and destroyed irrigation systems. In South Sudan, government forces have prevented food from reaching rebel strongholds to starve the local population into submission.
Meanwhile, in Somalia, the terror group al-Shabab has, in some cases, distributed food aid to people who are living in areas it controls. They have used this assistance as a way of recruiting young people and winning the hearts and minds of the local population. They want to be seen as the protector and use access to food to bolster this image.
FILE – Sacs of sorghum are stored following the delivery of nearly 50,000 tonnes of US food aid bound for areas of Sudan affected by conflict, on May 26, 2015. in Port Sudan.
Is the international community doing enough? What about the U.S.? How will budget cuts to foreign aid affect these efforts in Africa and Yemen?
Answer: The short answer is no, the international community is not doing enough. That's according to the U.N., which said earlier this year that it needs $6.1 billion to avert a hunger crisis in the four affected countries. By the beginning of June, only $2.2 billion had been pledged by international donors.
In the U.S., there has been some good news recently. Nearly $1 billion was added to the 2017 fiscal year omnibus bill in emergency relief for famine. This money will help.
But globally, there is a lot of concern about a perceived shift by the U.S. away from playing a leadership role in international aid.
For example, the Trump administration's proposed 2018 budget calls for cutting USAID funding by 31 percent and consolidating the program within the State Department. Some published reports have suggested that the budget would eliminate FEWS NET, which is the most important tool available worldwide for monitoring and sounding the alarm when food insecurity is about to occur.
In a hearing last week, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa discussed the famine response. Humanitarian groups voiced deep concern over the proposed budget cuts. In particular, Tony P. Hall, executive director emeritus at the Alliance to End Hunger, said he was very worried about the potential cuts.
But Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, a Republican who chairs the committee, said he was confident that these cuts will not happen as proposed. He stressed that Congress writes the budget, not the president.
FILE – Displaced people gather at an artificial water pan near Habaas town of Awdal region, Somaliland, April 9, 2016. Across the Horn of Africa, millions have been hit by the severe El Nino-related drought.
What are the other factors that contribute to food insecurity across the continent? What role do climate change and weather events, such as El Niño and La Niña, play?
Answer: People in each region we're discussing do not live with a safety net. That's in the best of times. If a crop fails or a rainy season doesn't come as expected, they risk starvation.
The effects of climate change have particularly impacted people in the Sahel region of Africa, which stretches from Senegal and Mauritania on the west coast to Ethiopia and Eritrea on the east coast. It has been well documented that the Sahara desert is expanding southward, and bodies of water, such as Lake Chad, are drying up. Countries are witnessing some of the hottest average annual temperatures on record.
On top of this, the El Niño weather pattern event of 2015 and 2016 caused a massive drought in Eastern and Southern Africa. Following that, La Niña, another weather pattern, resulted in worsening drought in some places and flooding in others.
What we're seeing is people who are living on the edge, as many subsistence farmers in Africa are, being pushed over the edge by these climate events.
What has VOA done so far to report about this crisis? How is the Africa Division covering this issue?
Answer: In launching the "Hunger Across Africa" project, we hoped to provide a comprehensive look at one of the most important stories facing the continent right now. Months ago, we knew we would devote a good number of reporting and editing resources to covering this story. But we wanted to make sure our audience got the big picture along with the incremental coverage that we'd provide through our daily reporting.
We have focused on explaining how food insecurity works based on the work of FEWS NET. We also wanted to provide an easy-to-access archive of coverage. So, we categorized stories by type (for example, root causes and solutions) and by country. And we created an infographic that provides "at-a-glance" details from one country to the next.
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (abbreviated to PES 2012 and known officially as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012 in Asia) is a video game which is the eleventh edition in the Pro Evolution Soccer series developed and published by Konami with production assistance from the Blue Sky Team. Lionel Messi, who has been the cover star for the series since PES 2009, was replaced by PES 2008 cover star Cristiano Ronaldo, while Shinji Kagawa replaces Messi as the cover star for the Japanese version. The US and Latin American cover will feature Santos player Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Like previous versions of the game, it will be exclusively licensed by UEFA to contain the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup competitions along with a license from CONMEBOL to feature the Copa Santander Libertadores. Referees' governing UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup matches will wear the official UEFA Champions League uniforms, which is a first for the series.
On July 28, 2011, Konami confirmed that PES 2012 will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows on October 14, 2011 in Europe and October 6, 2011 in Japan. At Gamescom 2011 it was announced that the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 versions will follow on October 28, 2011 and the Wii on November 4, 2011. The publisher has also confirmed that versions for Nintendo 3DS and iOS formats are also in development, with firm dates to follow.
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US cablenet Bravo and Finnish broadcaster Nelonen have picked up a new format based on buying homes.
Buying Blind was originally produced by Red Arrow Studios International's Danish producer Snowman Productions for TV3 in Denmark and has been recommissioned for a second season locally.
The Bravo remake will be produced by US producer Kinetic Content as Buying It Blind, with Chris Coelen, Katie Griffin, Eric Detwiler, Robert Zimmerman and Jennifer Faison Herron serving as executive producers. The Finnish version of Buying Blind will be produced by prodco Moskito Television.
The new orders follow international commissions for the format from Nine Network in Australia, produced by Endemol Shine Australia; RTL in the Netherlands, produced by Wise Monkeys; and M6 in France, produced by Studio89. All of these commissions are currently in production.
Buying Blind follows couples that cannot agree on what kind of house to buy and so hand their budgets and requirements to a specialist team that does it for them.


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USS Dwight D Eisenhower, And 12 Other Warships To Enter Eastern Mediterranean To Conduct Exercises With Greek Air Force
by globaldefencenews · Published July 25, 2020 · Updated July 25, 2020
USS Dwight D Eisenhower, And 12 Other Warships To Enter Eastern Mediterranean To Conduct Exercises With Greek Air Force, learned citing almasdar.
The nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Dwight D Eisenhower, and 12 other warships have arrived in the Mediterranean.
The planes on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower will conduct exercises with the Greek Air Force, according to the news portal Newsbomb.gr.
According to news portal, the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower with a group of escort ships will enter the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal on Saturday.
The aircraft carrier will go to the area south of the Greek island of Crete, where it will hold joint exercises with the Greek Air Force.
Pairs of F-16s, which will take off from Soda Airport in Crete, as well as four F-18s from the Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, will participate in the exercises.
This is the first significant U.S. military exercise since the Mediterranean crisis between Turkey and Greece began.
The Turkish Hydrographic Service in the coastal city of Antalya reported conducting oil and gas exploration studies on Tuesday, indicating that it would continue from 21 July to 2 August, south of the Greek island of Rhodes and southeast of Crete. Ankara has announced that the research vessel Oruc Reis will be stationed in this region.
According to Greek media reports, there are already two groups of about 25 Turkish warships in the area and along the Turkish coast. For this reason, the Greek Armed Forces have been on standby for several days.
According to the portal, the Greek Navy is fully deployed in the Aegean and occupies major sites to monitor any movement of Turkish ships. In turn, the Turkish armed forces use drones to track the positions of the Greek fleet.
Turkey asserts that the Greek islands have no right to the marine escarpment and exclusive economic zones, while Greece defends the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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Some of us Orange drivers just love tires. All those little rubber hairs on new tires and the smell is wonderful. Orange auto owners live in a great time for tires. No matter how you drive between Orange and Buena Park, where you want to go or the look you're after; there is a tire for you.
The same is true about wheels. The hardest part for Orange car owners is choosing from the thousands of wheels available at CA tire shops.
The team at Auto Care Plus may not be able to help with that, but we can help you get some things in mind before you consult with your Orange tire professional. Let's start with function and think about how you drive.
For example, maybe you have a large SUV but you don't drive off-road around Orange, so an off-road tread isn't important. Also, because you are not out bouncing over rocks in the CA backcountry, you don't need a high profile tire to protect your rims. So that means you can probably go with the low-wide look.
There really are a lot of options for any given vehicle. Orange auto owners will find it very helpful to have a discussion like this with their Orange tire pro or the tire experts at Auto Care Plus when they need new tires. You can find the best solutions for your driving needs and to make improvements in ride or handling.
Picking a wheel that is the same size as what you are now running is important and pretty simple. But, it gets trickier if you want to upsize. Just get some help when you go bigger. All that tire and wheel still needs to fit in the available space. You do not want your tires to rub when you turn or hit a bump. Orange motorists also need to make sure their brakes and suspension bits will fit with their wheel of choice. It doesn't matter how great your car looks if it's not drivable.
Another possible problem is an inaccurate speedometer. This happens because the number of rotations can change with the new wheels. Fortunately, speedometers and odometers are all controlled by the engine computer; so it is easy to get it reprogrammed at Auto Care Plus to compensate for the bigger tires.
No matter what you are after: low cost, long life, high performance, traction or stunning good looks, your wheel and tire professional at Auto Care Plus in Orange, CA can help you identify your needs and give you a custom fit. With all the options available, you don't have to compromise. There is a tire out there with your name on it!
Many Orange auto owners have found themselves in the following situation: they go to get their oil changed and their friendly Auto Care Plus service professional recommends a new engine air filter. They say yes, but don't know what an air filter is or what it does.
If this has happened to you, rest assured that you did the right thing by getting a new one. But you should never be too embarrassed to ask your Auto Care Plus tech for more information. It's your money and you have a right to understand what you're paying for.
Air is the focus of this discussion. What is the air like outside in Orange right now? Can you see any smog? Is it full of pollen? How about dust? Anyone in CA with hay fever can tell you that there's plenty in the air that you can't see. Well, the engine air filter's vital job is to clean that air before it goes into your SUV engine, to mix with the fuel and be burned. Without an engine air filter, the inside of your SUV engine would be extremely dirty from all the gunk that was burned in the cylinders.
In fact, for every gallon of gas you burn, your SUV engine needs 12,000 gallons of air. That little filter does a very big job. It's no wonder that the air filter gets dirty and needs to be replaced. Think about a vacuum cleaner. When the bag gets full of dust and dirt, the vacuum doesn't clean as well. It can't move enough air to create good suction. A clogged engine air filter is the same way – the SUV engine can't get enough air to burn the fuel efficiently. That means less power and reduced fuel efficiency.
That's why your automobile manufacturer has recommended that you change your filter at regular intervals. Of course the Orange conditions you drive in will affect how quickly the filter gets dirty. If you drive in CA where it's very dusty or where there's lots of pollen or pollution, you may need to change the filter sooner. The filter is easy to check visually, so your friendly Auto Care Plus tech can quickly make the call. He might recommend immediate replacement, or simply let you know that it is getting close and that you'll need to replace it soon – like at your next oil change.
Because a severely dirty SUV air filter hurts your MPG, many Orange motorists find that a new air filter pays for itself in better MPG before the next oil change. They also make premium air filters that have been proven to increase your horsepower and torque. If more power is important to you, a high performance air filter is some of the cheapest horsepower you can buy.
The better your car breathes, the better it runs – kind of like Orange people. And don't worry – if you have a question or don't understand a recommendation just ask your Auto Care Plus tech.


It is truly one of the most exciting experiences that you will have in your life, to take a Pilgrimage in the land of Israel. After reading the Holy Scriptures for so many years, to be able to see it all with your own eyes will be a life changing experience.
We will spend the Passover week in the southern hills of Jerusalem in a special place that overlooks both the cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Yah willing we will visit Bethlehem during our stay and see the very place where Yahshua our Saviour was born.
We will also go on a field trip during Passover that will teach you everything you need to know about the original agricultural calendar that ancient Israel used. We will be taught by one of Israel's top experts on the calendar, and will even be taught how to calculate the time of the vernal equinox if you are on your own.
You will be taught about the barley harvest in Israel, so you can see for yourself what is Aviv barley, and know what is the biblical definition of the New Year. In this process you will be taught what the ancient wave sheaf ceremony really was and you will participate in actually making a wave sheaf for the feast of firstfruits.
Then, after Passover, the first day of the tour we will walk in the footsteps of our father Abraham as he came from Mesopotamia in modern day Turkey/Syria border as he would have entered Israel from the north, and we will visit Tel Dan, the furthest part of the Israelite empire and one of the three sources of the Jordan River, and also we will visit Caesarea Philippi where Yahshua revealed Himself to His disciples, as well as visiting Tel Beit Maachah where Joab went to find the rebel who rebelled against King David after Absalom's death. We will also visit Tel Hatzor, which is the largest ancient remain in Israel even though only 5% has been excavated. This was also where Joshua burned down the city when Jabin the king of Hatzor fought against him.
The next day we will visit Nazareth where Yahshua grew up and they have the original village of Nazareth recreated as it was in the 1st century with even people dressed as first century characters. Then, we will go to the new place of excavation where they believed that Yahshua actually lived with His family when He was young. We will then go back to Galilee to Capernaum, the city Yahshua lived during His ministry, and also visit Magdala where Mary Magdalene lived, and visit the Mount of Beatitudes, and finish the day with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, the very water Yahshua walked on.
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UN looks to evacuate staff as fighting intensifies in Yemen
UN looks to evacuate staff as fighting intensifies in Yemen | Tamil Guardian
The United Nations is trying to evacuate at least 140 aid workers from Yemen amid intensifying fighting that has seen the road to the airport cut off, reports Reuters.
Speaking to Reuters, a UN official said,
"There is a plane on stand-by in Djibouti for 140 international staff. Fighting is moving towards the airport and the situation is very tense. We can't even evacuate staff."
The United Nations staff have been confined to their living quarters in Yemen's capital Sanaa since the fighting intensified on Thursday.
The UN humanitarian spokesman in New York, Russell Geekoe said the UN could not yet safely move their staff, and exact numbers were unclear due to the fluidity of the situation.
"We're very concerned by the clashes in Sanna city, which have reportedly resulted in civilian deaths and have negative implications for the humanitarian responses. At present the fighting is restricting movement within the city, including on the airport road. The airport remains closed with Sanaa residents holed up in their homes," he said.
The spokeswoman of the International Committee of the Red Cross, speaking form Geneva, also outlined plans to reduce staff numbers in Yemen, stating,
"In light of the current chaotic situation, the ICR is looking to downsize staff presence in Yemen to a core team."
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//  UIApplication+Public.m
//  DLPublicDemo
//
//  Created by DeLan on 16/7/13.
//  Copyright © 2016年 DeLan. All rights reserved.
//

#import "UIApplication+Public.h"
#import "DLPublicMacro.h"
#import <objc/runtime.h>

// Dummy class for category
@interface UIApplication_Public : NSObject @end
@implementation UIApplication_Public @end

/// A class for record network indicator info.
@interface _DLUIApplicationNetworkIndicatorInfo : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSUInteger count;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSTimer *timer;
@end

@implementation _DLUIApplicationNetworkIndicatorInfo
@end

@implementation UIApplication (Public)

- (NSString *)documentsPath {
    return [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject];
}

- (NSString *)appBundleName {
    return [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleName"];
}

- (NSString *)appBundleID {
    return [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleIdentifier"];
}

- (NSString *)appVersion {
    return [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleShortVersionString"];
}

- (NSString *)appBuildVersion {
    return [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleVersion"];
}

- (_DLUIApplicationNetworkIndicatorInfo *)networkActivityInfo {
    return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(setNetworkActivityInfo:));
}

- (void)setNetworkActivityInfo:(_DLUIApplicationNetworkIndicatorInfo *)networkIndicator {
    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"networkActivityInfo"];
    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, _cmd, networkIndicator, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"networkActivityInfo"];
}

- (void)_delaySetActivity:(NSTimer *)timer {
    NSNumber *visible = timer.userInfo;
    if (self.networkActivityIndicatorVisible != visible.boolValue) {
        [self setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible:visible.boolValue];
    }
    [timer invalidate];
}

- (void)_changeNetworkActivityCount:(NSInteger)delta {
    @synchronized(self){
        dl_dispatch_async_on_main_queue(^{
            _DLUIApplicationNetworkIndicatorInfo *info = [self networkActivityInfo];
            if (!info) {
                info = [_DLUIApplicationNetworkIndicatorInfo new];
                [self setNetworkActivityInfo:info];
            }
            NSInteger count = info.count;
            count += delta;
            info.count = count;
            [info.timer invalidate];
            info.timer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:1/30.0 target:self selector:@selector(_delaySetActivity:) userInfo:@(info.count > 0) repeats:NO];
            [[NSRunLoop mainRunLoop] addTimer:info.timer forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
        });
    }
}

- (void)incrementNetworkActivityCount {
    [self _changeNetworkActivityCount:1];
}

- (void)decrementNetworkActivityCount {
    [self _changeNetworkActivityCount:-1];
}

+ (BOOL)isAppExtension {
    static BOOL isAppExtension = NO;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        Class cls = NSClassFromString(@"UIApplication");
        if(!cls || ![cls respondsToSelector:@selector(sharedApplication)]) isAppExtension = YES;
        if ([[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath] hasSuffix:@".appex"]) isAppExtension = YES;
    });
    return isAppExtension;
}

+ (nullable UIApplication *)sharedExtensionApplication {
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang dianostic ignored "-Wundeclared-selector"
    return [self isAppExtension] ? nil : [UIApplication performSelector:@selector(sharedApplication)]; /*MetaClass instance*/
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
}

+ (void)openURLScheme:(NSString *)URL {
    NSURL *localURL = [NSURL URLWithString:URL];
    if ([[self sharedApplication] canOpenURL:localURL]) {
        [[self sharedApplication] openURL:localURL];
    }
}

+ (void)updateWithAppleID:(NSString *)appleID
                 complete:(void (^)(NSString *newVersion, NSError *error))completeBlock {
    if (appleID.length == 0) return;
    NSString *itunesURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=%@", appleID];
    NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:itunesURL];

    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
    NSURLSessionDataTask *task = [[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData *_Nullable data, NSURLResponse *_Nullable response, NSError *_Nullable error) {

        if (data == nil && error) {
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
               if (completeBlock) completeBlock(nil, error);
            });
            return;
        }

        NSDictionary *resultDict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:nil];
        if (resultDict && [resultDict[@"results"] isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
            NSArray *resultArray = (NSArray *)resultDict[@"results"];
            if (resultArray.count > 0) {
                NSDictionary *result = resultArray[0];
                NSString *remoteVersion = result[@"version"];
                NSString *localVersion = [[self sharedExtensionApplication] appVersion];
                if ([remoteVersion compare:localVersion options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending) {
//                    NSString *appUrl = result[@"trackViewUrl"];
                    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                        if (completeBlock) completeBlock(remoteVersion, nil);
                    });
                }
                else {
                    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                        if (completeBlock) completeBlock(nil, nil);
                    });
                }
            }
        }
    }];

    [task resume];
}

@end


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Gemini Observatory discovers ultra-faint dwarf galaxy
By Ellen Watson
An ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered on the outer fringes of the Andromeda galaxy by an amateur astronomer.
An unusually ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered on the outer fringes of the Andromeda galaxy due to an amateur astronomer examining archival data processed by NSF's NOIRLab's Community Science and Data Centre. After an analysis by professional astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, a programme of NSF's NOIRLab, revealed that the dwarf galaxy -Pegasus V – contains few heavier elements and is likely to be a fossil of the first galaxies.
Pegasus V: Analysing an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy
The galaxy, called Pegasus V, was first detected as part of a systematic search for Andromeda dwarfs coordinated by David Martinez-Delgado from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain, when amateur astronomer, Giuseppe Donatiello, discovered an interesting 'smudge' in data in a DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys image.
The image was taken with the U.S. Department of Energy's Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-metre Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). The data was then processed through the Community Pipeline which is operated by NOIRLab's Community Science and Data Center (CSDC).
Closer observations – performed by astronomers using the larger, 8.1-metre Gemini North telescope with the GMOS instrument – revealed faint stars in Pegasus V, confirming that it is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy on the outskirts of the Andromeda galaxy. Gemini North, located on Maunakea in Hawai'i is half of the International Gemini Observatory.
Gemini observatory observations
The observations utilising Gemini North revealed that the galaxy appears to be extremely deficient in heavier elements compared to similar dwarf galaxies, meaning that it is very old and likely to be a fossil of the first galaxies in the Universe.
"We have found an extremely faint galaxy whose stars formed very early in the history of the Universe," commented Michelle Collins, an Astronomer at the University of Surrey and lead author of the paper. "This discovery marks the first time a galaxy this faint has been found around the Andromeda galaxy using an astronomical survey that wasn't specifically designed for the task."
What galactic relics can tell us about the galaxy
The importance of discovering an ultra-faint fossil galaxy is that galactic relics contain clues about the formation of the earliest stars. While astronomers expect the Universe to be teeming with faint galaxies, like Pegasus V, they have not yet discovered nearly as many as their theories predict. If there are truly fewer faint galaxies than predicted this would imply a serious problem with astronomers' understanding of cosmology and dark matter.
Discovering examples of these faint galaxies is therefore an important endeavour, but also a difficult one. Part of the challenge is that these faint galaxies are extremely tricky to spot, appearing as just a few sparse stars hidden in vast images of the sky.
"The trouble with these extremely faint galaxies is that they have very few of the bright stars which we typically use to identify them and measure their distances," explained Emily Charles, a PhD student at the University of Surrey. "Gemini's 8.1-metre mirror allowed us to find faint, old stars which enabled us both to measure the distance to Pegasus V and to determine that its stellar population is extremely old."
When compared with the other faint galaxies around Andromeda, Pegasus V seems uniquely old and metal-poor, indicating that its star formation ceased a long time ago.
"We hope that further study of Pegasus V's chemical properties will provide clues into the earliest periods of star formation in the Universe," explained Collins. "This little fossil galaxy from the early Universe may help us understand how galaxies form, and whether our understanding of dark matter is correct."
The capabilities of the Gemini North observatory
"The public-access Gemini North telescope provides an array of capabilities for community astronomers," said Martin Still, Gemini Program Officer at the National Science Foundation. "In this case, Gemini supported this international team to confirm the presence of the dwarf galaxy, associate it physically with the Andromeda galaxy, and determine the metal-deficient nature of its evolved stellar population."
Upcoming astronomical facilities are set to shed more light on faint galaxies. Pegasus V dates back to the reionisation stage of the Universe's evolution, and other objects dating back to this time will soon be observed with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers also hope to discover other faint galaxies in the future using Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a programme of NSF's NOIRLab. Rubin Observatory will conduct an unprecedented, decade-long survey of the optical sky called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).
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KUCHING: Staff of the Ministry of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development (Manred) are told to shoulder the great responsibility of serving the rakyat effectively and with integrity.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development, reminded staff of Manred as well as those from the departments and agencies under the ministry that they were hired for a purpose � to serve the state and its people.
Uggah said the ministry had identified its plans and direction and ways to manage its resources to achieve its goal which they now need to put to work, and implement these plans effectively and timely.
Ladies and gentlemen, fellow colleagues, you are all here today because you are all the 'implementers' of these plans.
The rakyat rely on you to deliver and translate these plans on the ground, and to use these resources (extraordinary budget) effectively and efficiently and most importantly with integrity, he said in his keynote address at Agriculture 2019 programme here yesterday.
About 415 staff of Manred as well as departments and agencies under the ministry were present.
Uggah reminded that before everyone sets out to serve, they need to revaluate and recognise their goals and purpose in life, and to find purpose, one needs to have goals.
We are all very fortunate to be here today, under a strong mandate given to us and trust and support given to us by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government led by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, who has entrusted us with a large budget to serve the rakyat better, he said.
Uggah cautioned that all staff of Manred and those serving in departments and agencies under the ministry need to avoid the temptation to enrich oneself and avoid any personal interest and practise the 'honour to serve' motto, and to serve with integrity, accountability and most importantly to feel proud to be serving the people of Sarawak.
He noted that it is their duty to take up this responsibility to ensure that the people of Sarawak will prosper.
The state government has allocated RM450.2 million under Budget 2019 for agriculture, an increase of RM227 million or 101 per cent increase from the amount allocated in 2018.
Uggah said the extraordinary budget for 2019 is funded through a five per cent petroleum sales tax which the state government introduced this month.
He said out of the RM450.2 million allocated for agriculture, RM286.9 million will be channelled through the ministry while the rest are allocated to other ministries and statutory bodies.
He noted that the fund channelled to the ministry will be used to finance the various agriculture transformation initiatives, including Agriculture Venture Capital, AgroPark, Project Rakyat and Socio-Economic Transformation KRA 2 projects.
The fund will also be used for implementing the regular 11th Malaysia Plan programmes and projects.
Funds that are channelled direct to other agencies include that for NCR land survey and for Digital Agriculture.
An additional RM100 million is also available this year upon request for the Agriculture Facilitation Programme (AFP), he said.


Rangers attempt to provide natural prey for lions starved by last year's drought.
"It is expected that the restocking will restore the balance of animals within the park and reduce the lion and hyena attacks on livestock."
Rangers in helicopters began rounding up galloping zebras on Wednesday, and moving them into a large V-shaped enclosure made of tarpaulin.
The animals were loaded onto trucks from an enclosed pen, with each vehicle carrying some two dozen zebras.
The operation, costing $1.3m, will run to February 28, officials said.
Kenya's last massive animal transfer was in 2005, targeting 400 elephants from an over-crowded coastal reserve to a vast inland park, but that had to be halted due to drought that threatened their survival in their new home.


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Mira Kruszewski Awarded by Polish Government
Wesley celebrates Mira for earning a prestigious award for her published works on Polish emigration to America.
Just last month, Wesley Lea Hill staff member Miroslawa "Mira" Kruszewski was awarded the Knight's Cross, an honor from the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding achievements in the field of education, science, sports, arts and more, or for furthering good relations between countries.
In Mira's case, the Polish and American governments honored her for her book, "Poles in America", published in 2015. This award was bestowed to her at Seattle Center by the General Consul of Los Angeles, Jaroslaw J. Lasinski, who made the trip to Seattle to honor Mira personally.
Mira published works as a writer, journalist, theater reviewer and literary columnist. She's published five poetry books. Her interest has always been about the history of Polish emigration, with particular focus given to ordinary, everyday people and their struggle with adversity in America.
Mira tracked the historical beginnings of Polish settlements in the United States and collected thirty-five years worth of archival records, which ultimately resulted in her 500-page book "Poles in America". The book became a bestseller in the immigration press and earned "2015 Book of the Year" recognition. It was acclaimed as one of the most significant publications on Polish immigration in over a hundred years.
Mira's recent award is a crowning achievement of her endeavors to document Polish emigration in America. Congratulations Mira!
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GOLD forecast and XAU/USD analysis on September 19, 2017
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Gold quotes are traded at the level of at 1311.47. Gold moves below the level of the moving average with a period of 55, indicating a bearish trend for Gold. At the moment Gold quotes are testing the lower boundary of the bands of the Bollinger Bands indicator. An insignificant correction is expected near the level of 1318.50, where we can expect an attempt to continue the fall and further development of the downward trend in gold with a target near the level of 1298.50.
The conservative sales area is located near the upper boundary of the Bollinger Bands indicator bars at 1333.20. Canceling the option of continuing the fall of the Gold will be a breakdown of the upper border of the Bollinger Bands indicator strip, as well as a moving average with a period of 55 and the closing of the pair quotes above the area of 1340.50, indicating a change in the trend in favor of the bullish on Gold. In the event of a breakdown of the lower boundary of the bands of the Bollinger Bands indicator, it is expected to accelerate the fall.
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Whatever Happened To The Great American Bubble Factory, the new Drivin' N' Cryin' album, is due out at the end of the month. From the MC5 and Stooges-inspired "Detroit City" to the sentimental ode to homesickness, "I See Georgia," (complete with a Deacon Lunchbox reference, cool…) it's the best set of songs Kinney and company have come up with in years, and to hear Kinney talk about being inspired by Bobby Bare Jr and the Drive-By Truckers (bands who were undoubtedly inspired by Dn'C) serves to illustrate the musical melting pot effect that's always informed his best work.
Hear from Kinney and Tim Nielsen in this video, where they sit in the studio giving some background on the songs over some audio snippets in the background.


The Stefan Wul fanpage on Facebook is posting lots of pictures of the first two graphic novels in the line (mine, and Olivier Vatine's "Niourk") at the printer, as well as cool pictures and videos of Olivier painting and sculpting.
I'm really loving this stuff! But then I'm such a geek for this kind of thing.
This work really does look very strong, Mike - here's to it's success.


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SubTopic SOA
SOA, big vendors respond to shifts in business needs
IT shops are being asked to generate revenue, not just reduce costs. They're finding that SOA is the way to do this and big vendors are responding accordingly.
Michael Mimoso
Does acceptance define legitimacy?
Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOA) are apparently going to find out soon.
In the past month, IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., SAP AG and Microsoft Corp., have announced products, acquisitions or partnerships that confirm big vendors are making unprecedented commitments to Web services and SOA.
Customers need to grow revenue. It's not just a focus around reducing costs. With the assets they have, they're being asked to pull value from all the investments they've made in the last 30 years.
Paul Brunet
Program director for SOA and Web services
IBM Corp.
They're doing so in response to a shift in the way C-level executives are looking at IT shops. More and more are requiring tighter alignment of IT with business, and that translates into an efficient use of resources, rather than strictly cutting costs.
"Customers need to grow revenue. It's not just a focus around reducing costs," said IBM's Paul Brunet, program director for SOA and Web services. "With the assets they have, they're being asked to pull value from all the investments they've made in the last 30 years. Services and re-use are a way of doing that."
IBM has probably been the most aggressive of the major vendors toward SOA, announcing in April a spate of services and software to help customers get started with an implementation. Last week, it added to that initiative with the opening of four SOA Design Centers. The facilities, staffed by IBM engineers and service professionals, will work with customers on software features (security, management, enterprise service buses, for example) and best practices they need to pull off a successful SOA implementation. Those best practices and software features will then be built back into an IBM product, Brunet said.
"SOA is a realignment of how technology applies to business," Brunet said. "Companies are coming to the realization that this is becoming real."
Gartner Inc. is telling its clients that service-oriented business applications (SOBAs) will cause a shift among software vendors, and that applications will be delivered as services that can be composed and decomposed. Vendors failing to do so will go away, said research director Charles Abrams during last month's Application Integration and Web Services Summit in Los Angeles.
SOBAs will enable companies to compose applications according to business needs, and eventually will link business apps like ERP, CRM and supply chain management in real time.
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"They will enable real-time uses of structured information to enable enterprises to be competitive," Abrams said. "SOBAs are the key technology for business-process fusion."
Leading vendors like IBM, SAP, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc. and Microsoft among others have expressed a SOBA road map, Abrams said. Joanne Correia, lead analyst of Gartner's software industry research, went further and said that quintet would be the last five major vendors standing by 2007.
"By 2007, Web services will be baked into existing applications and 41% of enterprise software will be Web-services enabled," Correia predicted.
SAP has also taken the SOA plunge announcing at its Sapphire user conference an extension of its partnership with Microsoft to integrate more of its NetWeaver platform with .NET, as well as plans for an Enterprise Services Architecture that will be enabled by NetWeaver.
SAP and Microsoft are not alone. HP recently acquired management firm Talking Blocks and will integrate it into its OpenView systems management platform. BEA has also made noise about the connection between its WebLogic platform and SOA to help enterprises move to the design concept.
SOA, meanwhile, is not a new concept, but it is gaining attention today because of the standards available, in particular the ratification of WS-Security by OASIS in April.
"There is not a large fear of standards any more," said IBM's Brunet, "The next challenge we're hearing from customers is about skills and knowledge. They are coming to the realization that this is real and do they have the skills in house to do this."
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Volumizers today can leave hair dry and straw-like. Kenra Voluminous Touch Root Mousse 8 is a high volume, ultra-lightweight root mousse with a targeted applicator for ultimate lift at the root and a touchable finish. Murumuru butter hydrates every strand it touches and helps to provide voluptuous bounce with luxurious shine without weighing down styles.
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For high volume styles, apply all over. Blow-dry hair away from scalp.
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Aqua/Water/Eau, Hydrofluorocarbon 152a, Isobutane, Polyimide-1, Peg-12 Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Polysorbate 20, Oleth-20, Triethanolamine, Fragrance (Parfum), Carbomer, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Tecopherol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium Edta, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Citral.


Youtube user MrSolidSnake745 makes pretty awesome floppy disc music. Here's Daft Punk's Derezzed, which I think is his newest.
Imperial March on three floppy drives, and Party Rock Anthem on five floppy drives.


Serves as a central data collection repository and substance abuse training liaison for the region.
Facilitates school participation in the Texas School Survey which targets 4th – 12th graders to gauge drug and alcohol use statewide.
Facilitates and maximizes the regional resources in data collection to develop a Regional Needs Assessment focusing on HHSC's top three priority areas: Alcohol (underage drinking), marijuana and prescription drugs.
Identifies community and county data resources to maximize regional resources in data collection on alcohol (underage drinking), marijuana and prescription drugs.
Identifies community, county and regional training needs and resources.
Serves as the substance abuse prevention training liaison and coordinates substance abuse prevention among local, county and state agencies as well as other behavioral health and prevention-focused community organizations.
The PRC Region 6 recently conducted a needs assessment to provide the state and community of Region 6 with comprehensive information about adolescent drug and alcohol use, in terms of local and statewide consumption.
Click here to download the full 2018 Regional Needs Assessment report or visit the PRC website for more details.
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Wharton.


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Scratch je dinamični vizualni programski jezik na kojem se može napraviti animacija (npr. igra, video). Na stranici Scratcha se od ožujka 2006. do veljače 2008. prijavilo oko 68.600 ljudi i učitalo se oko 73.300 animacija. Programski jezik je preveden na 12 jezika (češki, njemački, španjolski, francuski, talijanski, ...).

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