Poll: Who was the Falcons' best 6th rounder ever?
This might actually be a close contest.
After deciding that Grady Jarrett was far-and-away the best fifth-round selection the Atlanta Falcons have ever made, it's time we head out to the sixth round, where quite a debate awaits.
Trying to pin down who the best sixth-round Falcons draft pick is will not be an easy task.
Could another LSU defender be Atlanta-bound?
We're getting closer and closer to the Falcons making another first-round pick to bolster their roster, and the team's top beat reporter has made his final guess as to where that goes.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's D. Orlando Ledbetter has sent LSU CB Greedy Williams to the Falcons in his last 2019 mock draft.
Here's his reasoning for the move.
Notable names like Ed Oliver, Greedy Williams, Cody Ford, Jonah Williams and more talk Dirty Birds.
Thought they didn't always get a nice breach of shade coming in on Nissan Stadium, many of the 2019 NFL Draft's expected first-round picks got their chance to field a few questions ahead of Thursday night's big extravaganza.
The Atlanta Falcons sit squarely at Pick 14, though we all know that could change with GM Thomas Dimitroff's track record.
2019 NFL Draft: What names might the Falcons find at Pick 14?
If they stand pat, how might this go?
If you can believe it, the 2019 NFL Draft is just a day away, and we're going to know soon enough who the Atlanta Falcons will pick.
Falcons GM "Trader" Thomas Dimitroff might choose to once again get antsy and trade away his 14th pick up and down the selection spectrum, but there's always the chance he might just stand pat and take what he's got in front of him.
Should he do that, what should Falcons fans expect as possible picks?
Join the crew of The Falcoholic Live, plus a bunch of special guests, for a live show during the first two nights of the 2019 NFL Draft! We'll be discussing the picks as they happen and providing commentary, analysis, and good old-fashioned hot takes.
We capture the good, the bad, and the probable lies: every Falcons draft rumor.
Earlier we warned you that almost everything you will hear before the draft is a lie. It's the time of smoke screens, manipulation, and an occasional truth sneaks out. Even top analysts get bad info from their regularly accurate sources. This list will create a great record of who got it right and who got it wrong in later years.
Fact: The Falcons were the winners in the NFL schedule release videos.
You can pretty much expect the Atlanta Falcons to address the cornerback position fairly early in the 2019 NFL Draft. Here is another corner prospect to keep an eye on.
Every year NFL teams, player agents, and everyone in between are leaking bad information to media.
Every rumor, report, or news tidbit we pass along in the next few days will likely be prefaced with some qualifier along the lines of, "this may be true but also everyone is lying right now." Every season social media gets flooded with inaccurate information, even from typically qualified members of the media.
It's silly season, but we can't totally discount the possibility of the Falcons snagging the Houston DT just yet.
There's been some memorable ones..
The 2019 NFL Draft begins later this week, so I viewed this as a good time to review some of the more memorable draft trades in Atlanta Falcons history. The team has been rumored to be interested in possibly moving up to select a defensive lineman, so let's review some of the more interesting draft trades that they've pulled the trigger on thus far.
Falcons tight end Austin Hooper found his stride in 2018, earning his first Pro Bowl nod and becoming a household name in the process. And looking ahead to the 2019 season, Hooper figures to play a prominent, essential role in offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter's Falcons offense version 2.0.
Here's another good conversation to be had about the Falcons' draft history.
We're continuing on with our draft polls for the best picks in Atlanta Falcons history, and we've reached the fifth round to process through.
The fifth round has been a recent groundswell of talent for the team, with starters like Grady Jarrett, Ricardo Allen and Damontae Kazee all finding stirring success under Dan Quinn.
Greetings, Falcoholics, I'm back with another edition of The Falcoholic's "Fan Spotlight." This segment highlights Atlanta Falcons fans from around the globe and shares how they became a fan of the team and their thoughts on the franchise.
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Welcome to StreetDreamsTexas as we celebrate our 21st year in the classic and muscle car business. Pontiac's GTO is largely credited with being the first muscle car by automotive enthusiasts and writers. Yes, there were Corvettes and Chrysler 300's with powerful engines and lightweight racing specials like the Chevrolet Z11, but these were expensive cars, some with limited availability. So when Pontiac dropped their big 'Bonneville' 389 V8 into the midsize LeMans for 1964, it ushered in a new era of affordable automotive performance. Almost immediately the GTO attained, then held, its legendary status in the pantheon of automotive legends. Our potent 1966 GTO clearly demonstrates the performance and styling that helped create the legend. PHS documentation reveals that this beauty was loaded with factory options including the Tri-Power 389 V8 (WS), 4-speed manual transmission (77W), Safe-T-Track differential (731), Wonder Touch power steering (501), Wonder Touch power brakes (502), rally gauge cluster and tachometer (448), console (472), push button radio (342), rear seat speaker (351), Soft-Ray tinted windshield (532), and front/rear floor mats (631,632). Please note the stunning and correct Turquoise trim (220) in the images. If you haven't heard a Tri-Power Pontiac at full song, you're truly missing out. Street Dreams (830-997-1950) is a full service dealership that can assist with worldwide delivery, insurance, and financing options.
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Posted by Devra First November 8, 2013 03:20 PM
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The cover package for the Nov. 18 international editions of Time magazine is headlined "The Gods of Food." If you happen to be a goddess, good luck to you.
Four of 13 so-called gods of food are women. The package includes a story with the headline "The Dudes of Food," about chefs Alex Atala (D.O.M., Sao Paulo), Rene Redzepi (Noma, Cophenhagen), and David Chang (the Momofuku restaurants, New York and beyond). The three are pictured on the cover, with the subhed: "Meet the people who influence what (and how) you eat." And -- this is the part that really burns -- there is a family tree of chefs that doesn't include a single woman. Out of nearly 60 chefs.
In an interview with Eater, editor Howard Chua-Eoan explains. "We did not want to fill a quota of a woman chef," he says. "We wanted to go with reputation and influence."
But what about Alice Waters? Reputation? Influence? If anyone is responsible for the spread of the farm-to-table movement, for the embrace of local, seasonal, sustainably raised food, it is the founder of Chez Panisse. Indeed, Chua-Eoan says, they considered using her as one of starting points of the culinary family tree. (And one can certainly argue plenty of deserving male chefs were passed over as well.) "But her chart ... the thing about Alice is she retains a lot of loyalty, the people who work in her kitchens stay. There are a couple of big names who came out her kitchen, April [Bloomfield] and Dan Barber, I think, but otherwise the tree was sort of thin. So we had to go with someone else at that point. Alice is, of course, iconic."
In other words, the appearance of the graphic triumphed over its content. It's an unusually frank admission regarding the making of the sausage. So to speak. Anyone who works in editorial or design has been in a situation where one was compromised by the needs of the other. As an editorial person, I'd say it's more important, in putting together a graphic about influential chefs, to include the people who ought to be included. If one branch on the tree is thin, pad it out with another element, like the sections on "influential outliers" -- none of whom, in Time's tree, is a woman. (Or, really, an outlier.) Also, in the unnecessarily confusing key, one finds the categories "offshoots" and "shared techniques and inspirations." There's a lot of wiggle room there.
Oh, there is plenty to quibble about and suggest. Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers's River Cafe in London spawned chefs such as Jamie Oliver and the aforementioned Bloomfield. Elena Arzak of Arzak (3 Michelin stars) worked at El Bulli but doesn't appear on the Adria family tree. (In 2012, she was named "Best Female Chef in the World." That this category exists as separate is galling, too.) LA's Suzanne Goin worked with Passard. One wonders what Chang thinks of the package. One of his right-hand men is a woman, Christina Tosi. And although women are found more frequently in the front of the house at his restaurants, there are a good number of women sous chefs on staff.
But there is some truth here about women at the top of the restaurant industry, and about whom we pay attention to as being influential. The salve on the wound is that it is a historical truth. When a version of this chart is drawn up in 10 years (as it will be; the culinary family tree is a staple of publications food-themed and otherwise), it will look different. The number of women-run restaurants with Michelin stars is increasing. There are more opportunities for leadership and mentorship. Food television (the influence of which Time simply ignores), a medium that's been friendly to women since Julia Child, is launching many woman chefs at a high level of visibility. About this world one thing is certain: Change will come.
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Many of you know that I'm training for my FIRST half marathon. It takes place in my hometown of Mankato in less than a week. Eeek! I couldn't do it without one essential item… my phone. Seriously, what did runners do back in the "old" days?! How did they get past that first mile? Having Spotify to put a kick in my step is a running essential. So, having my phone with me on long runs is a must. I create different playlists according to my mood (punk, rap, alternative) that are upbeat and keep me going at a fast pace. Did you also know that Spotify has a feature where they detect your pace and create a playlist with the correct BPM to match it? How cool is that?
I also use the Audible app to listen to personal development books when I'm out running. It helps me zone out and focus on something other than how much left I have to go. Recently, I had a fellow coach give me a cool piece of advice. When you're an audible subscriber, you have up to a year to return books you don't want for one reason or another – you never listened to it, you don't like it, whatever. I just did that and am now set with some new material.
Like many of you, I use Map My Run app to track my miles when I run. But did you know this? If you forget to track your workout on a running app, you can look at your steps in the Apple Health app. It's the one that comes pre-loaded onto your iPhone and is the white icon with the red heart. It has been great for me to cross-reference when I don't think Map My Run has been 100% accurate either.
Here's another tip I learned the hard way: There are ways to protect your screen beyond the basic stuff you probably already know about. When I was out about a month ago, I stopped to tie my shoe. I had my phone stuffed in my sports bra (dumb, I know) instead of on my arm and this is what happened to it when it fell on the pavement. Oops. That was an expensive mistake. Since I was only about a month away from my contract being up, I decided to "tough it out" and deal with the cracked screen instead of replacing it. The only silver lining with that is my contract being up also coincided with the release of the iPhone 6S. Here it is, in all its glory (pictured below). I've had it less than a week and I am LOVING it. I am being hyper-vigilant about protecting my investment. I got a screen protector right away. I NEVER run with it just stuffed in my bra or the pouch in my running tights anymore; that's too risky. I'm going to get a covering like Gorilla Glass to go on it. Gorilla Glass is much more than a screen protector, it actually protects your phone from drops on all sorts of surfaces. I watched their demo video and they said that the worst surfaces to drop your phone on are asphalt and concrete, exactly what I run on. You can learn more about Gorilla Glass on their website and see if it's a good fit for your phone too.
What are your favorite running-with-your-phone ideas and tips? Share them in the comments section!


On 17 June 2016, New Art Exchange and the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) at the University of Nottingham unveiled Nottingham's first black history mural, on the wall beside New Art Exchange.
New Art Exchange and the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) at the University of Nottingham have worked in partnership with the local community to create the "Pathways" mural.
Between April and June 2016 , Maxine Davis, Youth Forum Manager, and eight young people (aged 15 to 22) from NG7 Voices Youth Forum/Hyson Green Youth Club worked in collaboration with artists Tim Weeden and Andrew Wright to design the mural.
During the project young people were introduced to local heroes from the black community and their contributions by guest speakers Lisa Robinson from Bright Ideas and Black Lives Matter Nottingham; Panya Banjoko and Ioney Smallhorne from Nottingham Black Archives; Zoe Trodd, Hannah Jeffery and Hannah-Rose Murray from C3R.
Who are the figures in the mural?
Winston Murphy is a war hero who served in the merchant navy between 1940 to1945.
The Black Lives Matter child honours the fact that Nottingham is home to Europe's first official Black Lives Matter group, and adapts a famous artwork by the Black Panther Emory Douglas, who visited Nottingham and worked with the community in 2011.
Where do the patterns and symbols come from?
The young people were encouraged to bring in any images that might inspire their design and were particularly interested in African print designs. One of the young people drew a series of links and chains becoming pathways to the future. They were also introduced to Adinkra symbols from West Africa. Adinkra are visual symbols and objects that have different meanings, such as traditional wisdom, aspects of life or the environment.
The mural project will be featured at the Utopia Fair at Somerset House, London, from the 24th to 26th June 2016, in an exhibit curated by Zoe Trodd, Katie Donington, Hannah Jeffery and Rebecca Nelson.


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Mystery Monday: JD Classics' Derek Hood – Without one stroke of luck I would still be a dentist
If it wasn't for a stroke of luck 30 years ago, I'd probably still be in dentistry. But, as it stands, one chance encounter on my driveway in 1986 has taken me all the way from classic car enthusiast to luckiest man alive; the owner of one of the world's leading classic car specialists – JD Classics.
In the mid-'80s I bought a Jaguar 3.8 MkII Saloon to work on at home; detailing it to perfection for a bit of weekend use. Just a few weeks later a man walked past my driveway, noticed the car, and we started talking. Within the hour, he'd bought the car from me!
Shortly afterwards, I bought a Mini Cooper S which I spent weeks tinkering with. Incredibly, the very same thing happened again, and the car was bought by yet another passer-by. By then it was hard to ignore the business potential, so I bought a Lotus Cortina from just around the corner, fixed it up so it was better than new, and then listed it with Exchange and Mart. The day the car was advertised, it was sold.
And from there, JD Classics was born.
Since then it's been three decades of hard work and incredible experiences. For 15 years we rented industrial units in Rettendon, Essex, before moving into our custom-built 100,000 sq/ft facility in Maldon, where we remain to this day. We've got 65 craftsmen and women that can take a restoration project from start-to-finish – all without it ever leaving our facility. We originally specialised in Jaguars but around eight years ago we expanded into other marques, including Ferrari, Aston Martin and Maserati, quickly developing a reputation for world-class results.
We have our own engine shop, body shop, metalwork facility, restoration shop, service department and special developments department. We work to whatever our customers ask for; some want concours-winning restorations, while others prefer mechanically-perfect cars with patina that really tells a story. We can spend anywhere from hundreds of hours to many thousands of hours on a project.
Visitors to our Maldon site often describe it as a car enthusiast's dream, with seven showrooms displaying some of the most incredible models from throughout history, and many examples of our in-house restorations. If I had to pick just one favourite, it would be the Ford GT40 MkIII that was with us for a full restoration – it was the original New York Motor Show car, the original MKIII prototype and one of just seven in existence.
Recently we also opened the first classic car showroom in Mayfair, just off Mount Street, which is undoubtedly my proudest moment in the business so far. People can't help but stop and look at the ever-changing line-up of incredible cars we always have inside.
The other side of JD Classics is our Competition Department; the historic racing experts of the company. We've been doing it for 20 years now, preparing and maintaining race and rally cars for classic car events around the world. If you've been to Goodwood Members' Meeting or Revival, you'll no doubt have seen some of our cars in action – in fact, we won three races at last year's Revival! I'd say that's thanks in no small part to some of the incredible technicians we have at Maldon; our reliability record is something I'm extremely proud of.
In recent years we've also supported many of the world's most highly regarded historic racing events, and now we're proud to be main sponsors of the Mille Miglia, Goodwood Revival and Le Mans Classic.
And throughout everything, I still get a buzz from working on my own cars at the weekend, with my absolute pride and joy being Lister Jaguar Knobbly 'YOB 575', the most original and successful Knobbly in existence. Almost every Sunday I'll be back out on my driveway, just like I was 30 years ago, tinkering and polishing.
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Proposed amendments to NSW privacy laws released for comment
By Ooma Khurana, Harriet Royle & Elizabeth Reed
• 02 June 2021 • 6 min read
In this article we consider the proposed changes and highlight key impacts for public sector agencies.
Last month we highlighted the proposed introduction of a mandatory data breach notification scheme under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988 (NSW) (PPIP Act). The draft Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill 2021 (the PPIP Amendment Bill) has now been released for public consultation, together with an accompanying Factsheet. As expected, the PPIP Amendment Bill proposes key changes for New South Wales public sector agencies including the introduction of a mandatory data breach notification (MDBN) scheme. It also proposes extending the application of NSW privacy laws to state-owned corporations that are not already regulated by the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
What is changing?
The PPIP Amendment Bill proposes the following key changes to the PPIP Act:
The introduction of a MDBN scheme. The scheme will require public sector agencies to notify the NSW Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of data breaches involving their personal or health information which are likely to result in serious harm.
New governance requirements for public sector agencies, including obligations to prepare and publish a data breach policy, keep a register of breach notifications, establish and maintain an internal register of eligible data breaches and update Privacy Management Plans to include references to MDBN scheme obligations.
Enhanced regulatory powers for the NSW Information Commissioner in relation to enforcement of the MDBN scheme.
Extending the application of the PPIP Act to state-owned corporations that are not regulated by the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), being:
Transport Asset Holding Entity of NSW
Forestry Corporation of NSW
Hunter Water
Port Authority of NSW
Sydney Water
Landcom
Water NSW
Affected state-owned corporations may therefore need to implement internal processes to ensure they can comply with the PPIP Act as a whole, in addition to the MDBN scheme.
For the purpose of the MDBN scheme, personal information under the PPIP Act will expressly include 'health information' as defined in s6 of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW). Consequently, the MDBN scheme will extend to breaches involving health information.
Alignment with the Commonwealth notifiable data breach (NDB) scheme
The proposed MDBN scheme has the potential to require notification under both the NSW and the Commonwealth schemes in limited circumstances (for example if the data breach compromises tax file numbers).
The potential for overlap has been noted in the Fact Sheet, which states the MDBN scheme has been designed to adopt key features of the Commonwealth NDB scheme (i.e. in terms of timing and assessment thresholds) to limit the impact of this overlap.
However, in practice, we anticipate there may be occasions where a data breach gives rise to separate obligations to notify each of the affected individual, the NSW Privacy Commissioner, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Australian Taxation Office. This has the potential to impose a significant regulatory burden on public sector agencies.
Alignment with the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs)
As we have previously highlighted , the NSW model will also need to take into account the manner in which notification obligations interact with existing provisions of the PPIP Act, including the IPPs, to ensure that the process of notifying affected individuals is as straightforward as possible. This is particularly important given the timeframes involved.
The PPIP Amendment Bill addresses the interaction of the notification obligations under the MDBN scheme with existing provisions of the PPIP Act, including the IPPs to some degree, by proposing a public sector agency will not be required to comply with an IPP or a privacy code of practice for the purposes of sharing personal information within the agency or with an officer or employee of another public sector agency if this is reasonably necessary for the purposes of either:
confirming the name and contact details of a notifiable individual
confirming whether a notifiable individual is deceased.
The NSW government has invited feedback on the PPIP Amendment Bill by Friday 18 June 2021, with an expectation that the PPIP Amendment Bill will be introduced this year.
The PPIP Amendment Bill allows for a 12-month transition period. NSW government agencies (including state-owned corporations captured by the PPIP Act as a result of the changes) and the IPC will need to use the 12-month transition period to prepare and implement appropriate systems and processes to ensure they can comply with their new obligations.
Summary of the changes to NSW privacy laws
The attached table sets out a high level summary of the proposed MDBN scheme.
Now is the time for public sector agencies in NSW to start considering their data handling practices in anticipation of these changes. In particular, we recommend that NSW Government agencies:
Consider the PPIP Amendment Bill and have their say on the proposed changes.
Review their existing data handling practices to ensure they have the necessary procedures in place to respond to and notify data breaches quickly and effectively, in accordance with the law.
Prepare a data breach response plan, to the extent they do not already have one in place. In our experience, data breach response plans which are actively followed and enforced can prove essential in ensuring the coordinated and effective management of data breaches, including compliance with notification requirements where necessary.
Ensure that agreements with third party service providers who handle personal information include appropriate provisions regarding the management and notification of data breaches, properly allocate responsibility under contract and outline specific steps to be followed in case of a notifiable data breach.
Require further assistance on the NSW mandatory data breach notification scheme?
Contact us to discuss how your agency can start to prepare for the introduction of a mandatory data breach reporting scheme in NSW or if you would like us to support you in making a submission to the exposure draft of the PPIP Amendment Bill before 18 June 2021.
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Harriet Royle
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200 ex-militants endorse Dickson, vow to end kidnapping in Bayelsa
By ElombahNews	 On Nov 6, 2015
Over 200 ex-freedom fighters under the aegis of Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, (PCDI) have pledged to work with the state government and the security agencies to arrest the trend of kidnapping and other forms of crime in Bayelsa State.
The support was sequel to the rising cases of kidnapping and insecurity in the waterways in the State.
The leader of PCDI, Chief Jepthah Kalaiti, who made the pledge during a courtesy call on Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, said their decision to partner with government was premised on the outstanding performance and achievements of the incumbent governor, especially in the area of security and his quest to transform the state by attracting investors from all over the globe.
Kalaiti said they were impressed with the performance of Governor Dickson in close to four years in office and therefore seized the occasion to endorse his re-election bid for another term in office. .
The ex-agitators stressed that by the pace of achievements within the short period and as a good and supportive father and leader of Ijaw Nation, it behooves for them as a group to stand shoulder to shoulder and fight for peace in the State before, during and after the elections.
Kalaiti said they have organized themselves into groups in readiness for operation against kidnappers in the State and against mischief makers during the election, adding that they have lived and worked together as a group and know how to work in synergy.
In his response, Dickson reiterated his commitment to the peace and development of the state, as no meaningful development could take place in the atmosphere of crisis.
He therefore solicited the support of the ex-militant leaders in putting an end to the spate of kidnapping and other vices in some parts of the state.
Dickson said their wealth of experience as freedom fighters and youth with background knowledge of the creeks and hinterlands would be needed to stem the activities of mischief makers in the state and the region.
He said, "I thank you for your continued support that has enabled us to embark on developmental projects without harassment of contractors. The struggle of Ijaw nation is not a criminal act and I want to solicit your support and participation in the security of our State to forestall kidnapping.
"I also want to call on you to work for peace and security as whatever crisis that erupt in Bayelsa will affect not only the entire Niger Delta States but the entire Country as a whole. The continued peaceful co-existence of the Nigerian nation is in the interest of the Ijaw people. But in the present political contention, what is needed is your Permanent Voter Cards; so all you need is to get your PVCs ready."
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Sir Peter William Shelley Yorke Scarlett  (30 March 1905 – 28 December 1987) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Norway and to the Holy See.

Career
Peter Scarlett was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Foreign Office in 1929 and served in Cairo, Baghdad and Lisbon. He acted as Chargé d'Affaires in Riga 1937–38 and was attached to the representative of Latvia at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937. He served in Brussels from 1938 to 1940 when he was captured by enemy forces but, as a diplomat, was returned to the UK where he resumed duties at the Foreign Office until 1944 when he was appointed to the embassy in Paris under Sir Alfred Duff Cooper. In 1946 he moved to Allied Forces Headquarters at Caserta, southern Italy, then was Counsellor at the Foreign Office 1947–50 and Inspector of HM Diplomatic Service Establishments 1950–52.

Scarlett was British Permanent Representative on the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 1952–55; HM Ambassador to Norway 1955–60; and finally Minister to the Holy See 1960–65. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1965 and was Chairman of the Church of England's Cathedrals Advisory Committee 1967–81.

Scarlett was appointed CMG in the New Year Honours of 1949, knighted KCVO in 1955 and KCMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1958.

Personal
Peter Scarlett's wife Elisabeth was daughter of Major Sir John Birchall, MP.

See also
British Ambassadors to the Holy See

References
SCARLETT, Sir Peter (William Shelley Yorke), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, retrieved 18 Feb 2012

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1987 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Norway
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See

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This is probably the single-most impressive album that I have received in all the time that I have had the pleasure of working for Metal Revolution. As far as I know, none of my colleagues (and myself included) speaks nor understands Russian, so when I got a hold of this album, I had absolutely no idea of what I was getting in to.
The band is called 'truth' in Russian (which is apparently pronounced something along the lines of 'Istina'), and the album Познание тьмой (roughly translated it means 'Knowledge of Darkness') is their first, and so far only, release. Musically the band have done exactly what the Russians are known to do best: They have created an incredibly dark, atmospheric and incredibly depressive world, set into an impressively well-performed Atmospheric Depressive Black Metal mold. And while I must admit that I do not understand a word of any of the lyrics, Istina are very talented musicians who manage to let their music speak for them. They have succeeded in creating a veritable wall of sound, where every single instrument, vocals included, blend together in order to create something far beyond the sum of its parts.
Sadly I do not understand their messages of self-development and philosophy as I have been able to research my way to learning that they emphasize greatly: But the heavy, relentless pain and melancholy that the duet of musicians portray through their work speaks for itself. As far as I can tell, it is not a concept album. But, as with all other albums of this nature, I greatly recommend listening to it from start to finish, allowing yourself to fully immerse yourself in the majesty of the relentless wonders found within. To my great regret I have been unable to find any of their tracks on YouTube, so I instead refer to the page found below, where some, if not all, of the album can be streamed. A must for any fans of the Atmospheric Depressive Black Metal genre.
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There are other issues in relation to crime in the Caribbean. An issue of concern in the Caribbean, which of course looks different from a British perspective, is deportation and the continuing stream of people of Caribbean origin being deported back to the Caribbean. I am not saying that we should not do that. Those people are criminals and it is right that, having served their sentence, they should be deported. However, the Government should give some thought to the help and support that they could give law enforcement in the region when those deportees return,
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often highly skilled and motivated from their time with the British criminal classes. Often the local police feel somewhat overwhelmed by such people. I am not suggesting that the Government should spend millions on resettlement, but there are practical measures that could be taken to support societies that sometimes find themselves overwhelmed by the stream of deportees.
Alistair Burt (North-East Bedfordshire) (Con): The hon. Lady has taken a considerable interest in women detainees at Yarl's Wood in my constituency. As she says, some extra assistance and attention paid to the circumstances to which detainees sometimes return might encourage people who would otherwise be fearful of returning to do so. A little infrastructure would go a long way and might assist us with some of the problems in dealing with some of the fears that people have, which then result in their going through the long judicial review process and everything else. If we could think a little more about what happens when people return home, the process might be made easier to the benefit of all of us.
Ms Abbott: I entirely agree. A little infrastructure would go a long way to making it easier to return people and to get countries to accept deportees and would minimise the danger of those people ricocheting back to this country in all sorts of subterranean ways. I am not talking about vast sums of money or huge deployments of staff or persons, I am simply saying that a little infrastructure and support would be to our long-term benefit and to those countries' long-term benefit in enabling them to reintegrate those people, or at the very least to keep an eye on them and to supervise them to ensure that they do not further destabilise what in some cases is a fragile society, and certainly do not just come back through some route or another because there is no system of scrutiny, supervision or support of any kind. What incentive is there for people not to exhaust every appeal process if they know that they will be deported and end up on the pavement with nothing at all for them or their family? I put this to Ministers because I know that what happens to people when they are deported is a matter of concern to Caribbean Governments and other Commonwealth Governments.
I wanted to say a little about climate change issues, which are of particular concern to the Caribbean, which has seen more and worse hurricanes in recent years than before, and which is particularly at risk from rising sea levels. Climate change poses a particular threat to the tourist industry, on which so many of these islands now rely as their traditional cash crops collapse, and whatever support the Government can give the region specifically on climate change issues, from the types of insurance that are available for the private sector to the type of technical expertise on which it can draw, will be important. Being a small island state in the 21st century is a vulnerable existence, not only economically because crops cannot be produced with the economies of scale of other countries, but because of climate change.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: The Association of Professional Engineers is a marvellous organisation based in Trinidad and founded by a good chum of mine, Mr. Bob Yorke, which has some of the world's foremost experts on
buildings for earthquakes and managing tidal waves, all brought about by the concerns about climate change expressed so eloquently today by my hon. Friend. It is doing the best that it can to attract engineers from all over the world to bring their expertise to bear in the Caribbean to help in the future.
Ms Abbott: I thank my hon. Friend for her expertise, which, with that of the person whom she mentioned, is very valuable. The Government can also help in making resources available for countries to take the fullest advantage of such expertise and to train people up—a point made earlier about capacity building. There is a need to build capacity in the region around those skills. Climate change for this region among others is not just an issue for next year or the year after, but for generations to come. Yes, there is expertise, but some of the countries need the resources and structures necessary to take advantage of that, and there is a real need for capacity building right there in the region. We heard earlier about the need for engineers and other technically skilled people in Sierra Leone, but I suspect that even in London there are Sierra Leone-born engineers and technicians. We have to provide a structure in which people from that country who have come here, been trained and got skills have some incentive to go back and contribute as they all want to.
As I said, I am concerned that the Caribbean region appears to have dropped down the agenda; I am also worried that the Government's correct concern about crime and the war on drugs seems to exist at a complete remove from their thinking about trade and economic development. We cannot fight a war against drugs in the Caribbean without paying close attention to what is happening in the economy and employment there and to the transition from traditional cash crops to a modern economy. Any war on drugs that does not take those things into account is doomed to fail. It is important to put that on the agenda.
I want to draw my remarks to a conclusion. As I said at the beginning, one cannot overstate the loyalty and love that the people in the Caribbean have for this country, and I think that that applies across the Commonwealth. The Government have made some important initiatives in respect of the Caribbean region. There is a Caribbean Board, for example, although sadly it appears to have lost its way in recent years; I know that the Minister attended a meeting recently. I would like the opportunity to talk to the Minister at a later date about the Caribbean Board and how it can be given support, because it could play an important role in linking with the Caribbean community in this country and in helping the Caribbean as a region.
As I said at the beginning, there are fewer MPs on both sides of the House with personal links to the Caribbean than there were in the '70s and '80s. As one of the three Members of Parliament with a direct link to the region, I could not let this debate pass without standing up and speaking up for the Caribbean. Once upon a time, the Caribbean was considered one of the jewels of the British empire; I consider it to be a jewel of the Commonwealth to this day.
Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con): It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott), who spoke passionately
about the Caribbean. I have had the privilege of visiting the region on numerous occasions. Most recently, I was in the Cayman Islands, which are, of course, a British overseas territory; I believe that they were also once a colony of Jamaica, or closely linked to it.
The Caribbean is a part of the world with strong links to Britain. Every time I have been there, the people have shown enormous warmth to me as a visiting Member of Parliament and to Britain as a nation. I meet many people in my constituency whose origins are in the Caribbean. Many share so many of the same values: they are loyal to the Queen and the flag and are proud of being British, as the hon. Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington said.
It is important that we do not forget the Caribbean. It is the part of the world in which Britain has the highest concentration of remaining overseas territories—not only the Cayman Islands, but the wonderful island of Montserrat. I am proud to be the chairman of the all-party group on Montserrat, and we must not forget Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are a lot of territories in the Caribbean for which we still have responsibility.
The hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) mentioned Bermuda. I am not sure that those islands would consider themselves as entirely Caribbean.
Ms Abbott indicated assent.
Andrew Rosindell: The hon. Lady and I agree on that. However, we should not forget Bermuda and all the overseas territories of the Crown.
I am delighted to have followed the hon. Lady and to have the opportunity to take part in this important debate. In the House of Commons, we debate so many things to do with international affairs. We spend an enormous amount of time talking about Europe and it is good that we are now spending a bit of time talking about countries with which we have close historical links and ties, and for so many different reasons.
The Commonwealth is born out of what our forebears achieved when they chose to sail around the globe to spread ideas, values, Christian beliefs and the English language, all of which made a huge impact on all the countries that were part of that British empire. I know that it is not politically correct to talk about the British empire, but I think that, of all the empires that have existed throughout history, ours gives us a lot to be proud of. We left good constitutional frameworks in many of those countries. We did a lot of good, as British people, and perhaps left a happier situation than was left by other countries that did not quite succeed in their colonial ambitions in the way that the United Kingdom did.
We have already had a debate about Welsh affairs for St. David's day, and now we are having a debate about the Commonwealth. I hope, Madam Deputy Speaker, that you will take back the idea that on 23 April we should also have a debate about England for St. George's day. This is an important opportunity to debate matters relating to the Commonwealth and the various parts of the United Kingdom, and I hope that we can do it on an annual basis.
The Commonwealth of nations is a proud organisation—enormously important and hugely diverse. I will not repeat much of what has already been said by colleagues on both sides of the House. I think that it is true to say that every one of us here today is strongly committed to the concept of the Commonwealth bringing everyone together—people of all backgrounds, all colours and all religions, from every continent in the world. The Commonwealth is developing. Most of its countries have very close links to Britain, but one or two other countries are now joining that do not have that same link. Mozambique is an example of a country that has chosen to join.
Last year, I was privileged to go to Madagascar as part of an Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation. That country has had some links to Britain, but for most of its colonial past it has been linked to France. The President of Madagascar has made it clear that he wants to move closer to and have much better relations with the United Kingdom and to promote English. The idea of joining the Commonwealth—I must admit that I fuelled that debate while I was there—met with huge support and great interest from everybody. I believe that the President would like that to happen. I hope that the Minister will take on board the appalling mistake that the Government made in closing the British embassy in Madagascar. At a time when that country desperately wants to develop closer relations and links with Britain, our Government shut down the British embassy—yet again, as a Labour Government have done that before. I hope that the Minister will decide to reopen that issue so that we can develop our links with Madagascar.
Systems of democracy, stability and freedom have been created in these countries on the basis of the constitution, Her Majesty the Queen, the monarchy and the Westminster model of democracy, which is slightly adapted and tweaked depending on the country concerned and which we are privileged to have as well. Most of the countries that have had British influence and are part of the Commonwealth—originally places that our forebears went to—have had a far greater chance of retaining, as they still do today, democratic values, stability, a constitution, the rule of law, and good education. There are all kinds of benefits to the people of those countries. As I said, we have a great deal to be proud of in what we have achieved.
Australia, New Zealand and Canada are three countries with which we have particularly close relations, but I also include India. Large numbers of people in this country are of Indian descent. I have many in my constituency; we have them in all our constituencies. What a great country that is, and what a country of the future it is. I am sure that the Minister agrees that it should be a priority in the next few decades that we work closely with India to develop our links in terms of trade and co-operation. Most people from India speak English and have close links to Britain, and we should work with that country as well.
Of course, 14 or 15 nations in the world today retain Her Majesty the Queen as head of state. The Commonwealth is diverse, but the countries that retain Her Majesty as head of state and continue with the British monarchy are the ones that we have the closest links to—a special relationship—and that should continue.
I commend the work in Parliament of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and of its secretariat—Andrew Tuggey and his team, who work in Westminster House. They do a great job and work hard to promote relations between the Parliaments of all the countries of the Commonwealth. I have been privileged to participate in a number of international delegations to Commonwealth countries, and to host Commonwealth parliamentarians in my constituency.
In fact, a group of Commonwealth parliamentarians visited me the Friday before last—I have their programme here. I was delighted to take them around Romford market and thrilled to show them our brand- new hospital and one of the local churches, St. Alban's. We had representatives from Australia—the deputy speaker of the New South Wales Parliament—Jersey, New Zealand, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Montserrat, and an observer from Somaliland. What a great day that was, and how wonderful it was to bring parliamentarians from the Commonwealth to our constituencies. I hope that the next time there is a Commonwealth parliamentary delegation, those of us who have south-east London constituencies will invite them and give them an opportunity to see the work of British MPs on our home turf, as well as the work that we do in Parliament.
I am pleased to be involved in a number of all-party groups that do valuable work. I mentioned Montserrat, and as the Minister will know, I am the secretary of the all-party group on the Falkland Islands, and chairman of the Anglo-Manx all-party group on the Isle of Man. I am involved with the all-party groups on Gibraltar and the Channel Islands. All of those groups do great work in co-operating and fostering closer relations with our friends in those nations and territories. A lot of effort and finance is put into supporting the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association—which is wonderful—the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the American group, but we have special links with Australia and New Zealand. It is time that the all-party group on Australia and New Zealand—the Anzac group, of which I am secretary—was elevated. Perhaps there should be direct funding for work with Australia and New Zealand; it is so important that we strengthen our links with those two countries in particular. We spend a lot of time working with the United States, which is very important.
Andrew Mackinlay: That is funded.
Andrew Rosindell: It is funded, but the work that we do with Australia and New Zealand is not. Perhaps the Anzac group could be elevated, and the Foreign Office might like to consider that.
Hon. Members will remember my Adjournment debate of a year ago about relations with Australia and New Zealand. I passionately believe that among all the debates that we have about Europe and our future with the continent and our relations with the United States, it is a big mistake to forget the importance of countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada, with which we have the most in common. Of course we want to work with all Commonwealth countries on an equal footing, but no one can take away the fact that those
countries have special links with us because of ancestry. It was British people from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland who travelled to those countries and made them their home. Today, generations are descended from those British people, something which can never be taken away. There is a special link there, closer than the ones that we have with many other countries, perhaps.
I want to repeat some of the important things that have been said about the Government's current proposals. Like many hon. Members here today—I refer in particular to my hon. Friend the Member for Mole Valley (Sir Paul Beresford)—who spoke eloquently on this subject, I am deeply concerned about proposals to remove the ancestry route from Commonwealth subjects. I refer to the early-day motion tabled by the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell), which has now been signed by 51 Members. What the Government propose would be a bad mistake, and I hope that they will draw back from changing the rules. I think that that would send out a terrible signal to our dear friends in those countries.
The recent Home Office Green Paper, "The Path to Citizenship: Next Steps in Reforming the Immigration System", suggests the removal of the ancestry route of entry for Commonwealth citizens with ancestral links to the UK who wish to migrate here. It says:
"We need to determine the position of the 'UK ancestry' and 'retired persons of independent means' routes within the new system... We need to decide whether a Commonwealth national's ancestral connections to the UK are sufficient to allow them to come here to work without the need to satisfy a resident labour market test."
Hon. Members will understand when I say that I accept that the Government are only consulting at this stage, but I am fearful that the consultation may well prove to be similar to the current one on post office closures—and we all know that that consultation is a sham. I hope that the Minister will reassure me and others that the consultation is genuine and that if the majority are opposed to this change, the Government will not press ahead with it, but will leave well alone. I hope that we can all have that reassurance from the Minister later. Perhaps I am being uncharitable, but I suspect that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Home Office, if not the Government as a whole, may have predetermined a desired outcome—to remove the ancestry route. Let us hope that the Minister will tell us that that is not true.
I know that the Minister is aware of a number of concerns raised throughout the Commonwealth, particularly in Australia, New Zealand and, indeed, South Africa, about the proposed changes. As I have already said, I am secretary of the Anzac group, so I feel a particular affinity with those Commonwealth citizens who would have their historic right ripped away from them if the proposal were adopted. What a shameful decision that would be, especially when we consider that Australia and New Zealand lost so many of their people—they died for king and country—fighting for us, for the Commonwealth and for freedom in the second world war and the first world war. In that light, we should draw back from any changes, as altering the rules would be an appalling slap in the face. Once again, I hope that the Government will confirm that they will not press ahead with that idea.
Ms Abbott: I am moved by the fervour with which the hon. Gentleman addresses this subject. He will, of course, be aware that thousands of people from the Indian sub-continent also died in the first and second world wars and that many people from the Caribbean also volunteered to fight and die for this country.
Andrew Rosindell: I completely endorse that; we should remember those people as well. We have stood shoulder to shoulder with people in the Caribbean before and many such people still serve in the British forces today, as was mentioned earlier. I, the hon. Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington and all MPs—I know that the hon. Member for Thurrock agrees—are proud of all those Commonwealth citizens, whoever they are and whichever particular part of the Commonwealth they come from, who serve alongside British people and are prepared to sacrifice their lives in order to defend freedom and serve Her Majesty's armed forces.
I have met the Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand, the right hon. Helen Clark, before and I met her again in January when she visited the House of Commons. She has promised to take up the case of thousands of New Zealanders who could lose their right to live and work in the UK if the ancestry visa were abolished. She said:


Jumping Joey, Comebek and Kubby. These are just a few of the products designed by students. Curious about what they are exactly? You can stop by SPOT, the pop-up store on the Spui 23 in central Amsterdam, to find out, beginning on 1 April. SPOT is part of the AUAS minor programme Entrepreneurship.
The Entrepreneurship minor is a module spanning six months, in which students learn how to set up their own company, and how to design and produce products. Students learn about the production process in a hands-on way and are assessed on their entreprenurial activities. They recieve support during the semester via workshops and from their entrepreneurship coach.
Jumping Joey is the brand name of a fanny pack line (wallets worn on the hips). Comebek is a vintage clothing line, while Kubby is a cube game. Other items in the shop include innovative 'sperm friendly' boxer briefs, shampoo 'flakes' (just add water!) and conversation starter cards for a fun evening with friends or family. Products from previous semesters are also available, alongside these new items.
The shop is staffed by student employees and the AUAS entrepreneurship students themselves.
The profits go entirely to the students who developed the products.
The SPOT pop-up store is open in April and May from Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:00 to 18:00.


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Capgemini Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Enabling Businesses in the Life Sciences Industry to Transform and Manage Their Processes with Its End-to-end Digital Transformation and Technology Services
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Capgemini's solutions help life sciences businesses derive meaningful insights from emerging data, streamline clinical and operational processes, and better manage transformative change.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan analyzed global digital transformation services in the life sciences industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Capgemini with the 2021 Global Company of the Year Award for digital transformation services within life sciences. Capgemini has transformed how life sciences companies manage change and streamline clinical and operational processes, in addition to obtaining insights from emerging data. The digitized transformation solutions help life sciences companies optimize important processes, such as clinical trials and supply chains, to promote data-driven workflow deployment.
2021 Global Digital Transformation Services in Life Sciences Company of the Year Award
Capgemini's customized data-driven solutions optimize the value chain, helping life sciences businesses scale up from strategy to implementation. The company's end-to-end solutions allow companies in the life sciences industry to reinforce drug discovery, value chain manufacturing capacities, and preclinical and clinical trials. The company's industry-leading intelligent solutions leverage artificial intelligence (AI), data, and intelligent systems to optimize development processes, enhance efficiencies, and quicken the discovery of therapies and drugs for different health conditions. Capgemini's AI Studio for Drug Discovery is highly scalable, flexible, and based on detailed data science and AI innovation partnerships. This solution enhances quality, improves research and development cycle times, and automates sophisticated processes. Intelligent Clinical Trials improve and transform the planning, modeling, and conducting of clinical trials.
According to Frost & Sullivan industry analyst, Unmesh Lal, "The advanced solution accelerates time-to-market, reduces costs, and improves patient engagement by leveraging AI, analytics, and digital platforms. The data-driven approach helps customers better understand diseases and patients' needs, identify therapies with higher potential, and accelerate time-to-market development."
Capgemini's Intelligent Factory enables companies to strategize, implement, accelerate, and secure their scalable, next-generation smart operations. This intelligent capability ensures the following:
Digital manufacturing—enhanced workers, better yield, improved visibility, and predictive maintenance
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Sustainability and a digital backbone to support initiatives
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Capgemini's unrivaled Compliance 4.0 approach improves processing, monitoring, and understanding of compliance activities to enhance performance and reduce costs. The end-to-end agile approach automates compliance activities and digitalizes quality processes and control towers. The company's transformative solutions multiply acceleration by 5 to 10 times to identify an active drug discovery module, halve the cost and time for clinical trials, and reduce cycle times for manufacturing by up to 20 to 30%.
Pavel Zhebrouski, a Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Research analyst, states that "Capgemini provides its groundbreaking, intelligent industry end-to-end capabilities to address the challenges across the life sciences industry. Capgemini's mission includes supporting clients while becoming a strategic scaling-up partner through its breadth, depth, and wealth of capabilities."
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents a Company of the Year award to the organization that demonstrates excellence in terms of growth strategy and implementation in its field. The award recognizes a high degree of innovation with products and technologies and the resulting leadership of customer value and market penetration.
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.
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Customers have responded well to the launch of our new store at Warringah Mall with sales per square metre up 38 percent compared to FY2014 when the store last traded without centre disruption.
Net finance costs reduced by $3 million to $5.5 million as a result of lower net debt following the Entitlement Offer in September 2015.
Sales in January and February were below expectations with January being the low point. Based on the expectation that those conditions do not return, Myer still anticipates EBITDA growth to exceed sales growth in FY2017 and increased NPAT (pre and post implementation costs) over FY2016.
more than 60 stores across Australia.
* Calculated on weighted average number of shares of 786.8 million (FY2015: 585.7 million) and based on NPAT pre implementation costs.
The Entitlement Offer resulted in the issue of 234,661,660 new shares at $0.94 per share.
Closure of store in Brookside in Queensland.
The FY2015 results include a number of Individually Significant Items totalling $61.7 million (pre tax) which have primarily arisen as a result of the strategic review.
Myer expects NPAT for FY2016 to be in the range of $64 million to $72 million, excluding the impact of implementation costs associated with New Myer.


WAKE UP IT'S MONDAY MORNING AND JANUARY JONES IS WEARING SOMETHING BATSHIT HILARIOUS.
Sorry for the yelling, but you needed a jolt in order to prepare yourselves.
Peggy Sue Got Married: The Retirement Community Years.
As you can see, we've opted not to ease you into your week with something pretty, like Liev Schrieber with a puppy or Lupita wearing just about anything. Instead, we've opted to douse you in a bucket of cold water, metaphorically speaking. Are we sorry for that? Maybe. A little. We'll definitely try and make it up to you. But for now, is this not a spectacularly awful getup? Do we not all agree that this may be one of the most outrageous Hide-the-Hots any hottie ever hid?
And are we weird for kind of respecting Jan Jo for being a gal on the lowest difficulty setting who opts instead to goof off and express herself rather than hot it up? Granted, that's probably just a very forgiving way of saying she has terrible taste and style instincts, but still. It's kind of endearing, no?


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2019 EuroBasket Qualifiers
It's jarring to think that the #6, #12. and #13 teams in the world have already been eliminated from the Olympics.
For Women's Soccer, the #4 Team in the World, France, will not be at Tokyo 2020 after losing to the United States. Europe will be represented by England, Sweden, and Netherlands. Traditional threats to the United States such as Germany will not be present.
Coyotes wrote:
It'll actually be the Great Britain women's national football team. It'll be mostly players from England, but likely a few from Scotland & Wales, too. They did the same thing in 2012 when London hosted the Olympics.
Temi Fagbenle and Karlie Samuelson combine for 57 points as Team GB steamrolls a Montenegro team that upset the Czech Republic.
So Leedham out-rebounded Glory Johnson. That's pretty cool.
(13 pts, 7 assists, 4 steals also useful)
Richyyy
It's fair to say that there are worse ways I could've spent the train ride to Lyon than watching most of GB-Montenegro. Love this team. They've been playing some great stuff, and they're one win away from something that seemed like an absolute pipe dream not long ago.
Independent WNBA coverage: http://www.wnbalien.com/
The rest of the games:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2019/07/eurobasket-playoff-games-july-1st-2nd/
It was pretty tough for Belgium and Russia.
Women's Basketball 24.7 - "There is no Offseason"
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Richyyy wrote:
What's been going on with Johannes? Has Hartley been keeping her on the bench? Hard to imagine.
Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned
NYL_WNBA_FAN
This Messymon on Belgium is some player. Can't believe I've never heard of her before.
The poster formerly known as LibWNBAFan.
toad455 wrote:
yeah, wtg! Fagbenle's a stud(ette)
So they said that if Belgium loses they play for a top 6? Top 6 in what? Announcer started to say they qualify for something I thought? Not the Olympics right?
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The calls on both Meesseman (sp) and Hartley were awful.
Meesseman fouls out and France (thanks to huge game by Gruda) wins in OT.
Don't think I've ever seen such bad foul shooting down the stretch of any game.
yeah, Richyyy or Awhom said it was Olympic qualifiers. Top six make it.
Michelle89
These refs never heard about the verticality rule. 2 fouls on Meesseman were BS. She was straight up in her own cilinder and with the last one got an elbow in her face.
But yeah belgium gave this away in the end by horrible ft shooting and a very dumb defensive mistake from Kim mestdagh who left open the shooter in the corner and that resulted in a scramble and offensive rebound and game tying 3pointer from zhartley
"Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were and are the dynamic duo. They're the one-two punch. They're all the clich�s possible to describe people that perfectly complement each other, who make each other better and also bring out the best in the team." �Karen Bryant
Who plays who in the losers bracket?
myrtle wrote:
The comically complicated FIBA system for 2019-2022 is here - http://www.fiba.basketball/womens-calendar-timeline-2019-2022 . Europe get 6 into the qualifying tournaments, along with 2 African, 4 Americas and 4 Asian. Those other regions have pre-qualifying tournaments to decide their teams, but we're using EuroBasket. So the two games in the losers bracket on Saturday morning are essentially playoffs for entry into the Olympic qualifiers.
It's also why I felt like our best chance was today. Beating Hungary in the quarters always seemed more viable than beating Belgium/France in the later game.
Still smiling.
Full recap of day's games here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2019/07/eurobasket-quarterfinals-july-4th/
Joe Foss
One of the Olympic qualifiers is at the half, with Sweden leading Russia by 1. Zahui B has played pretty well, but I think Russia may have too much size inside for the Swedes to handle. ESPN+ has the game.
Ohio Bobcats WBB Fan
Zahui B in foul trouble this game, but it's been close. Low scoring game and not all that fun to watch. Neither team will go far at the Olympics.
Sweden is in! Congrats to Zahui & Co.
As is Belgium! Defeats Hungary 72-56.
Full recap of the day's games:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2019/07/eurobasket-semifinals-july-6th/


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Baldwin Appointed to Senate Committees Overseeing LGBT Priorities
The first openly gay U.S. Senator has been appointed to committees dealing with ENDA, anti-bullying measures, and equal benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees.
By Julie Bolcer
December 13 2012 11:20 AM EST
U.S. Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, the first openly gay person elected to the chamber, has been appointed to committees dealing with long-standing LGBT legislation.
The Democratic Steering Committee announced Wednesday that Baldwin will sit on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; the Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Budget Committee. The assignments are subject to approval by the full Democratic caucus and approval of organizing resolution by the full Senate when it convenes next month, according to the announcement.
The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over the Employment Non-discrimination Act and the two measures, the Safe Schools Improvement Act and the Student Non-discrimination Act, which would address bullying in schools. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has jurisdiction over the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, long a priority of Baldwin's, which would extend benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees.
Tico Almeida, the president of Freedom to Work, issued a statement congratulating Baldwin on the appointment. He said he would work with her to move ENDA.
"We congratulate Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin on her selection to the Senate committee that will move ENDA forward. She has been a tremendous champion for workplace fairness, and we are thrilled that she will bring her powerful voice to the upcoming debate about whether all LGBT Americans deserve a fair shot at the American dream," he said. "We are optimistic this committee will debate and mark-up ENDA in 2013, and we will push for Senate leaders to move the bill from committee to the floor of the Senate for a long-overdue vote of that full chamber."
The assignments are subject to approval by the full Democratic caucus and approval of organizing resolution by the full Senate when the new Congress convenes next month, according to the announcement. Assignments have not yet been announced for the House.
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Does Using Talcum Powder Cause Ovarian Cancer?
August 28, 2017 August 28, 2017 Staff	Leave a comment
Does Johnson & Johnson talcum powder cause ovarian cancer?
(Mass Tort Nexus, August 28, 2017) Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in total damages after just 5 trials, alleging its baby powder is causing ovarian cancer, all jury verdicts have been in state courts in Missouri and California, see J&J Talc Trials St. Louis Missouri.
A Los Angeles jury said yes, and last week it ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay $417 million to 63-year-old Eva Echeverria, She blamed her terminal illness on Johnson's Baby Powder, which she used for decades starting at age 11. Her argument was, the company should have warned consumers about the risk, which J&J stated was not necessary and the jury chose to believe Ms. Echeverria and her trial team.
The jury award is the biggest yet against J&J, which has lost 5 of 6 trials involving claims that its baby powder and Shower to Shower powder cause ovarian cancer. The company denies there's a connection between its products and the disease and quickly said it would appeal the Los Angeles verdict. Lawsuits involving thousands more plaintiffs are pending, see Johnson & Johnson Talc MDL 2738 Briefcase.
Medical industry and cancer research experts divide sharply on talc's role. Some are convinced the powder is linked to an increased risk of ovarian cancer, while other including government health experts, say the evidence is lacking.
Amanda Fader, a gynecologic oncologist at Johns Hopkins University who was not involved in the studies states "The scientific body of literature is not compelling at this time to support a strong association between talcum powder and ovarian cancer, let alone to say that any one specific case was associated with powder," and The American Cancer Society says that studies on talcum powder and ovarian cancer "have been mixed, with some studies reporting a slightly increased risk and some reporting no increase.
Yet Fader and others aren't ruling out that a link might someday be established. The Food and Drug Administration, which says it has found no link, is doing additional research on the topic. Although, J&J has spent millions of dollars lobbying and influencing all areas of FDA and related public oversight and commentary to prevent and type of link between cancer and talcum powder products from being abbounced, even while competitor talc products sold at Wal-Mart and Dollar Tree post warning labels declaring a possible link.
Talc, a mineral composed of magnesium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen, is used extensively in cosmetics and personal care products. Women sometimes use talcum powder on their genital areas, sanitary napkins or diaphragms to absorb moisture and odor – contrary to the guidance of most physicians. (Asbestos, linked to lung cancer, was once an impurity in talc, but it has been banned for several decades.) J&J is notorious for using any means possible to influence scientific data and opinion as well as manipulating research reports and public media commentary by industry experts. The recent California trial showed payments made to previously perceived impartial Science Council members, who were declaring publicly that J&J talcum powder does not pose a cancer risk, the Los Angeles jury did not agree with J&J and other pro-talc defense team members, as over $300 million of the total $417 million judgment was for punitive damages, usually awarded for intentional misconduct, see"New Evidence of Johnson & Johnson Bad Conduct Moved LA Jury to Award $417 Million Talc Verdict".
Many pediatricians also discourage the use of such powder on babies because the particles can cause breathing problems, according to Jennifer Lowry, a pediatrician and environmental health expert at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
More than 22,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year, and 14,000 will die. The biggest risk factors, all well established, include a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, mutations in the BRCA genes and age.
The debate over talc began decades ago. In the early 1970s, scientists discovered talc particles in ovarian tumors. In 1982, Harvard researcher Daniel Cramer reported a link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer. His study was followed by several more finding an increased risk of ovarian cancer among regular users of talcum powder. Cramer, who at one point advised J&J to put a warning on its products, has become a frequent expert witness for women suing the company. J&J ignored and suppressed Mr. Cramer's attempts to show them the study data then publicly declared this research as flawed, which J&J still continues to this day.
His studies and the many others that have found a relationship used a case-control approach. A group of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and a group without it were asked to recall their past diet and activities, and the results were then compared.
Critics say these kinds of studies have serious drawbacks, particularly "recall bias." Women may forget what they did or, if diagnosed with cancer, might inadvertently overestimate their use of a suspect substance. People without a serious disease may be less motivated to remember details.
Three other studies – considered cohort studies – did not find any overall link. Unlike the case-control studies, these efforts began with a large group of women who did not have cancer and followed the progress of their health, with participants recording what they were doing in real time. The results of this approach, most scientists say, are stronger because they aren't subject to the vagaries of memory.
One such study included more than 61,000 women followed for 12 years as part of the National Institutes of Health's well-respectedWomen's Health Initiative.
But critics, including Cramer, say these investigations have their own flaws. Because ovarian cancer is so rare, they say, prospective studies don't always end up with enough cancer cases to detect a potential link between talcum powder and the disease.
And evidence can change as new research becomes available. That explains why the NCI, which uses expert "editorial boards" to vet the voluminous information it puts out for doctors and consumers, has amended its language on talc.
In February 2014, one editorial board reviewed an analysis of several case-control studies that found genital-powder use was associated with a "modest increased risk" of ovarian cancer. The board decided to add the article to the NCI website and noted a weak association between talc and ovarian cancer. It also added a link to the website of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a World Health Organization agency that had concluded years ago that talcum powder was "possibly carcinogenic," when used in the genital area.
But a year later, the same board scrutinized the Women's Health Initiative study and took another look at previous studies. That's when it changed the wording on the NCI's site to say the "weight of evidence" did not support a link. The board also removed the IARC information. This all occurred after Johnson & Johnson used lobbying pressure and alleged payments to various affiliated entities to influence the NCI change of formal opinion
The FDA has wrestled with the issue, too. In 2014, it denied a citizens' petition asking the agency to require a warning label on talcum powder; its review of the scientific literature found no link between the product and cancer, officials said.
But because the agency continues to get "adverse event reports" involving talcum powder, it is taking another look at the evidence and launching its own laboratory research. The summary for one study, funded by the FDA's Office of Women's Health, says that "talc's effects on female genital system tissues have not been adequately investigated."
In a statement after the Los Angeles verdict, J&J said that "we deeply sympathize with the women and families impacted by this disease." But, it added, the science "supports the safety of Johnson's Baby Powder."
No matter what side they are on, scientists agree that more research – through lab studies with animals or human tissue – is needed to understand how talcum powder could potentially cause cancer. One hypothesis is that talc applied to the genital area can migrate up the vagina to the ovaries, causing chronic inflammation that eventually results in malignancies. But that is only a hypothesis.
FDA Warns about Lead Poisoning with Best Bentonite Clay
March 24, 2016 Larry Bodine	2 Comments
The FDA is warning consumers not to use "Best Bentonite Clay," a product of Best Bentonite, located in Guthrie, Oklahoma. FDA has determined that the product contains elevated lead levels and may pose a lead poisoning risk. FDA laboratories have found elevated levels of lead in "Best Bentonite Clay." Exposure to lead can cause serious damage to the central nervous system, kidneys, and immune system. In children, chronic exposure to lead, even at low levels, is associated with cognitive impairment, reduced IQ, behavioral difficulties, and other problems.
Sold on Amazon.com
"Best Bentonite Clay" is sold as a fine powder on Amazon.com and on the Best Bentonite website. According to the Best Bentonite website, customers mix the product with water and ingest it or apply it to their skin.
FDA has not confirmed any cases of lead poisoning associated with "Best Bentonite Clay."
Consumers should not purchase or use "Best Bentonite Clay." Anyone who has used this product or given it to a child should consult a health care professional immediately.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
Complete and submit the report Online:www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report
Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178
Read the MedWatch Safety Alert, including a link to the FDA Alert, at: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm492157.htm


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Wellington is the first city in New Zealand to have an Ability Guidebook!
People with autism in Wellington now have a free support to help visit the Wellington Botanic Garden!
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We are always excited when people step out of their comfort zone and make the move to start their own business. Tony and Stephen gave their new company a unique personality and promise when starting Sims White Architects. Sims White are the premier regional institutional architectural firm in Queensland. And you can see why when you look at their environmental credentials, past body of work, the relationship shared with their clients and the awards they have won.