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[Ella]
THE CURFEW
Translation by Anna Heath
"What's this?" she asks herself, emerging from a shallow sleep, smelling something besides her own body, the dirty smell of rags, her hair, and thesoot inked on her skin. Hearing a loud grunt that won't subside, she feels a wet bitterness on her leg. What's this smell and sound? She raises her head, pushes it through the bags protecting her from the city rain, and can see them: a dumpy, insignificant dog, with a flat nose and ringed tail, raising his paw in an offhand manner, wetting the cardboard walls of her home, and a housekeeper in a navy uniform and rubber sandals who is throwing her a languid look, holding the dog collar, and singing a tropical rhythm. "Get out!" the policeman at the embassy screams with a strange laugh, watching as she jumps from the bench as if possessed, spitting insults and trying to scare the dog, who steps back, afraid, his ears back, tail between his legs. The housekeeper adds her arrogant shouts to those of the policeman and walks away, leading the pet with her, stopping at every bench and every bush, much to his enjoyment. The lady collects herself under the bags and rags, a cough coming from her chest, shaking with cold and fever, and tries again to find that warm dream that has become so elusive. Behind her eyes, her weak eyes blinking, her passed-out conscience, she manages to see a blurry figure, arriving in the plaza with tired steps…
She cleans the street. With a large palm leaf, in her yellow work overall, she sweeps the road all night, thrashing the tins, bags, and dust that always accumulates. At that hour, few people are out with her in that silence like cold tar, with that risk embodied by darkness. Only policemen, a sleepy security guard, and beggars who make their homes on park benches, in the plaza doorways, or between the wheels of a tank are the ones reaching out to touch the hours of that different world that awakens after curfew. See you, she calls to Elvira, a domestic worker who usually walks her employers' dog very late, take care, and then gets to work: looking over every detail of the little plaza, the lamps turned off, pearled with Coke cans and tinned food, banana and orange peel, apple cores, supermarket bags and empty bottles, the gardens of which have been burned yellow, their rebellious thickets left uncared for. "Where do I start?" she asks, and in reply her feet drag her body towards the corner, opposite the embassy, that old and shadowy colonial house, out of a scary movie. She parks the rubbish bin next to the begging lady, that spectral and half-crazy presence, a mixture of tatters, neglect and abstraction. A lady who would make more night wherever the moon found her. She takes up the dustpan and the palm leaf, starts sweeping, softly, mindfully, obsessively looking for the furthest specks to fling them over, collect them together, and pass them on, until she finds the policeman guarding the embassy, and their eyes eventually meet…
"Good evening!" Fernández leans his head over, hands at his back, making a stiff motion. "Evening, how are you?" replies the street cleaner, pushing a palm leaf with her bin. She crosses in her yellow uniform, picking up litter, and he's once more totally alone. The street is like an open mouth. He has one hand resting on the revolver butt, counting the seconds left until he'll finish that awful shift, he thinks. He searches one of his jacket pockets and, finding a cigarette, lights it, and smokes it enthusiastically. How many stories have they told him at the station? He thinks, "Where does the myth end, and where does the truth begin?" How many tragedies, embroidered by the imagination, have I heard from my colleagues? All of them are collectors of anecdotes, an ambush in the light of day, you don't know what the bullets were like, Fernández, boom boom, this scar was just a scratch, I was saved by a miracle, Fernández, just imagine! I was on patrol at a power plant and three hooded men arrived, covered by the night, to blow up the tower, luckily I saw them, and boom boom boom, three shots at point-blank. "When will it happen to me, when will I have to go?" he asks himself, leaning against the wall, watching the cigarette smoke dance another twirl, alert to every nocturnal cry…
The drive takes him to the city outskirts. The destination has taken Estéban so far away, that he was on the point of turning back, but the idea of money kept him going, and now, a few minutes from the curfew, he speeds away all out from the imposing figure of a hill crowned with a cross, away from houses hanging off the hillside, as if made of cardboard. His wiry left hand, with blackened nails like claws, tightens on the wheel. The other, identical, puts away old notes he's just received from a drunk who snored for the whole journey. The struggling engine thunders on the wide avenue. The lampposts are no more than whistles. The clock, inflexible, carries on turning its hands. "Come on, come on!" he says, but, first with an unravelling, then with an alarming rush, the car begins to break down. Terrified, I don't believe this, damn it, he slows down, and takes a right turn. He's silent, standing on the deserted moorland of the hard shoulder. He gets out quietly, clenching his keys like a useless defence, and opens his hood, whence a white cloud escapes from the overheated engine. There's nothing to do without any water or tools. He lifts his head and looks for a charitable soul who might appear in that loneliness and help him, but it's useless. He's about to give up and lie down on the back seat for the night when two bright flashes rush out of the shadow at full speed. He jumps into its path, waving his arms like a hornet, here, here, shouting loudly, "Stop, stop!" His eyes astonished, his mouth shaking, he watches as, instead of breaking, the ramshackle red Datsun accelerates even more, passes him, and disappears…
Why can't you sleep, Miguelito? Why are you sailing about in your sheets, sweating in spite of the cold, not able to close your eyes and rest? My boy, it's already midnight, the curfew is already projected over the city, sedating it, interrupting its life. He hears his father's snores from the other side of the corridor and feels his nerves get the better of him as he thinks that, without enough sleep, he'll have to wake up very early and go to school. His nerves feed the wakefulness and he yawns and gets out of bed, back to bed, and drinks a bit of water. Nothing helps him fall asleep. He turns on the TV, resigned, and after adjusting his eyes to the brightness of the screen, he entertains himself by zapping channels, counting over identical news stories with images of mutilated people, red flags, buildings in ruins, and desperate people. He turns it off and yawns again, then gets out of bed. From the twelfth floor, the city no longer makes sense, is just an uneven fabric of twinkling lights and distant car horns. At the foot of the building, the empty street confirms the curfew to have started. That's why Miguelito is surprised to see the lights of a speeding red Datsun cross by the house with a shriek…
Will I finish on time? Will I dot the "i" on the paper that's taken up every night in the last week? Estéban rubs his eyes, takes a large sip of coffee, yawns, itches his long university hair, and tries to pick up the thread of the text, but can't. He can only think about grief, about that infinite sadness growing inside him, he thinks, without any apparent reason, that grief overwhelming his days and nights, distracting me wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, that's made me thinner, until I'm useless. Where did it come from? Why did it appear like an infection, if until recently, just a few months ago, when I was still thinking of studying at the college, the present and the future seemed promising? I'm not the same any more: my marks have gone down, he's become taciturn, introverted, and incapable of putting up with other people. He detests the cold and enormous lecture halls, their absent speakers and opaque corridors.
She's slept in any place, withstood the cold and damp, the needle-like sun, the thick fumes and traffic noise, and as we speak she's snuggling against a milk carton and covering herself with a curtain, deep in a cataleptic sleep of alcohol and cocaine paste, but the explosion rouses her. It's so loud that, with her name no longer existent, hardly remembering how to connect words, weather-beaten and destitute, fear reaches out and touches her. Her eyes pulled open, her heart draws in, and paralysis creeps over her as she becomes alert, all senses pinned to the beginning of silence. She smells dust, anfo, and burning bodies. She starts to hear little moans, the pitiful voices of wounded people, shocked cries. Standing up, she walks over, turns a corner, and is into the smoke cloud, thinking, this is new, what's this? The fragmented plaza after the killing: benches thrown up over the floor, wet cobbles, and an enormous cave-like wound that the explosion opened, where there used to be a wall. The car bomb has cut a ball of iron and burnt glass. Next to it lies the charred stump of what must have been a police officer. Coming closer, she passes another body, stuck to a bench, and notices in the haze a third, dressed in yellow rags, hanging over a rubbish bin. Stepping past the policeman, she curls under the fumes, the smell of burnt flesh, and the image of bubbled-up skin and smouldering hair. Looking to every corner of the still-empty street, she searches the trouser and jacket pockets, and finds a coin purse and wallet…
Gerardo felt the detonations up close. He could swear it was only a few blocks from where, up until recently, he'd been sleeping draped in a thick duvet. They wake him up with a start, and he can hear the heavy beat of his heart, thud thud thud, while he hurriedly puts on a shirt and trousers over his pyjama and picks up a camera, cassette player and radio, and rushes out of his apartment, not stopping until he gets to the plaza with a slam on the breaks. He takes out the camera and recorder and gets to work, recording everything, contemplating that chaotic scene through the camera lens that makes everything seem distant, far away. The red and white lights of the ambulances and patrol cars light up a few people who are appearing: two men covered in blood, women in shock, busy drivers and firemen. They're not able to carry more of the wounded while they're looking after those who're safe and to keep the peace too, or to keep away the curious and the journalists who have arrived after him. He manages to make headway through the crowd of victims, the rescue brigades and police officers, treading on crunchy cobblestones and glass, amazed at the destruction around him, my God what am I seeing, even though he's been covering similar news stories for the past three months. He's never felt his world profaned before, his cement bubble, the globe that had kept itself largely on the margin of violence. What's saved me, my children, or my ex-wife, all nearby, from an attack like this? What chance decided that these corpses in bags lined up on the pavement wouldn't be of me and mine? Is there any place I'm safe any more? He focuses the camera lens. So much has collapsed that he doesn't know what to film: the embassy, the broken monument in the plaza centre, the bustle of rescue teams, or the coming and going of ambulances. As he's wondering what to do, a simple image catches his interest: a topless bald man, maybe a little older than him, whose face is knocked out by the fear that he could've lost someone so loved. Very upset, he's holding onto his face, walking, swaying, standing facing a building, and to Gerardo's dismay, making a trumpet with his hands, he shouts as if losing his voice, calling Miguelito, where are you Miguelito…
Translation of "The Curfew" Copyright Raúl Tola By arrangement with the author. Translation copyright 2014 by Anna Heath. All rights reserved.
Raúl Tola (Lima, 1974) Studied law and political science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is one of Peru's most respected print and television journalists; in addition, he is an accomplished fiction writer. He has published collections of short stories and novels like: Noche de cuervos (1999), Heridas Privadas (2002), Toque de queda (2008) and Flores Amarillas (2013).


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/ Why We Fall in Love: The Science of Love
Why We Fall in Love: The Science of Love
Have you ever stopped for a second to think about the science and psychology of falling in love or why you are falling in love with that special someone? Did you ever notice love is sort of a mysterious yet natural emotion in us and it must have to do something with our chemistry to one another? Or, have you ever concluded love could be a beautiful feeling helping species remain alive? If not, it is the time to be mindful because it will definitely help you envision and live a fuller life.
We simply call this mysterious feeling "love" but believe it or not, there is a complexity behind the wheel driving us to cogitate our involvement in this feeling—some sort of devoted and passionate feeling. Science has sought long to detect the basic phenomenon behind amity and has concluded at many stages that love is the most alluring feeling in our life aiding us to thrive. Fidelity compels us to accelerate the process of reproduction. Staying over the rainbow and in love with the world is not a casual nexus.
An article in Psychopharmacology (2012) concluded when compared to behavioral addiction, social attachment is similar—individuals become addicted to other because of the returned reward. There is a chemical chain of reaction triggered in our bodies ultimately instigating the feeling of love to strike our minds. Actually, falling in love is getting into a beautiful trap set up by nature, a natural occurrence we cannot fight. According to a science-based study by Arthur Arun, on average, the mind of a person takes between 90 seconds to 4 minutes to determine whether it is struck by love or not.
Some of the highlighted points of the study are as follows:
• 55% of the role is played by body language; this means a brain detects the activities of body movement and decides whether it has received the signals of love or not
• 38% of the decision to be in love is contributed by the voice—its tone and change in frequency
• 7% is the reaction to a lover's statement or choice of words
The 3 Stages Involved in Falling in Love
A recent study based on the topic "science behind the love" is conducted at Rutgers University located in United States, revealed there are 3 stages involved with falling in love—namely lust, attraction, and attachment. Each stage involves different types of chemical reactions within the body (specifically the brain). Along with that, there are different hormones present in the body helping to excite all these three stages (lust, attraction, and attachment) separately as well as collectively.
Stage 1: Lust
Lust is said to be the initial stage of getting involved with love. The feel of lust is basically backed up or instigated by the sexual hormones within the body.
Oestrogen and Testosterone are the two basic types of hormones present equally in men and women's body that excites the feeling of lust within the brain. Limbic processes in the brain in response to lust have health-promoting and stress-reducing potential. In addition, lust, love, and pleasure ensure the endurance of mankind through mating. The mating process is a discrete interrelated process initiating attraction.
Stage 2: Attraction
Second stage of acquiring love is attraction. This phase is said to be one of the beautiful moments of life. This is the phase when a person actually starts to feel the love. His or her impatience for attracting somebody leads to excitement, and the individual is left with no other option but to only think about that specific person. Scientifically, it has been concluded in the study that there are three more sub-stages of attraction that portray drastic changes over the individual's personality. The three sub-stages of attraction are adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin.
Scientists have elaborated that initial symptoms of attraction toward someone involves:
• Stress response
• Increase in adrenalin and cortisol
• Attitude reaction
It has been specified in the study that any person who falls in love will acquire a slight or drastic change in the above stated three factors. Furthermore, attraction is one of the charming effects of life and slight changes in personality are not only natural but are also positive. For this reason, whenever you bump into your crush, your senses decline, your heart beats like a drum, and your mouth is so dry your tongue feels like sandpaper.
To follow the theoretical research, a physical experiment was also conducted to prove the veracity of physical evidence. The brains of a new couple struck with love were observed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRIs). It was genuinely shocking to discover the minds of both male and female have large spikes of neurotransmitter dopamine, a chemical that stimulates the feeling of pleasure within the body.
After discovering this, scientists described both the male and female minds are equally high as if they had taken cocaine or somewhat similar drug! Dopamine is a natural stimulant providing you with ecstasy. The couple furthermore revealed the following facts about themselves from the time they feel in love until the date they were examined:
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• Surge of energy
• Observed a significant decrease in feeling hungry
• Found to have slept less compared to before falling in love
• Attention has been more focused than ever before
Last but not the least, serotonin has been found as one of the important chemicals involved for exciting the feeling of love. Serotonin basically diverts your mind and bounds you to think about your lover and nothing else. It becomes a path for the mind. Sandra Langeslag and colleagues (2012) report serotonin levels are different in men and women when in love. The men in love had lower levels of serotonin, while the women reveal the opposite. The participants in love reported engrossing in thought about their beloved 65% of their day.
Stage 3: Attachment
When a couple passes through the above two stages of love successfully, the time of bonding with each other becomes powerful. Attachment is a bond helping the couple to take their relationship to advanced levels. It instigates the feeling of bearing children and falling in love with them wholeheartedly.
While investigating the "attachment factor," scientists discovered two sub-stages involved. The two sub-stages are hormones in the body that attract an individual to retaining the feeling of love with his or her partner. The two hormones, namely, oxytocin and vasopressin are discussed below.
Oxytocin, also known as "the cuddle hormone," is one of the most powerful hormones released equally by men and women, especially during orgasm. Oxytocin (OT) formulates the depth of love and forges the attachment the partner. The study was second by another research based on "sexual activities between a couple and the out-comes." The more a couple opts for sex, the more substantial the bond of attachment is. OT plays a key role in affiliation and attachments in humans.
Similarly, oxytocin helps build a strong bond between a mother and an infant during the time of birth. In addition, it is such a sensitive hormone that it automatically signals the breast to release the milk upon the baby's sound or touch. OT mediates specific female behaviors such as lactation and parturition. Social interaction with your loved one requires affective "mind reading," or interpreting faint cues from your partner. Humans infer internal feelings of people from external expressions to predict the other person's behavior. In a double-blind study of 30 healthy volunteers the administered oxytocin caused a substantial boost in the ability of the individuals to interpret cues from the region of the other person's eyes. OT improves the interaction between couples by improving this social connection.
Vasopressin, known as an anti-diuretic, it performs its operation along with the kidney, therefore controlling thirst. This hormone is released in major quantity quickly after sex. Although the brains of women and men are structurally different, they both secrete vasopressin from the pituitary gland. This is a vital role in copulation and partner preference (Hiller, 2004).
Vasopressin is termed as an important hormone to promote long-lasting relationships. A study in Biological Psychology (2012) assessed 37 couples by measuring neuropeptide blood levels. Results reveal vasopressin levels were in relation to the following:
• Interpersonal functioning
• Larger social network
• Greater spousal support
• More attachment security
• Relationship maintenance
• Less negative communication
The Bottom Line on The Science and Psychology of Love
It can be said conclusively that love is one of the most delightful feelings of our lives. It is quite true about the saying "love is blind" because you never know when your brain will encounter love. A significant number of chemical reactions are involved in instigating lust, attraction, attachment, and love between couples. Science has yet discovered the exact bodily reactions behind the complexity of love. However, based upon the above studies it is clearly said that falling in love involves many mechanisms and chemicals within the brain . You simply cannot avoid the sensual reaction of love. The partner doesn't need to be sublime, sexy, or handsome—the feeling is deeper than a physical tactility. Love is a natural muse; you will puzzle over it, dream about it, and be lost in thought.
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World News – GB – Zoë Kravitz Glams Up as Catwoman, Colin Farrell is unrecognizable as a penguin on the set of Batman
Kravitz, 31, was pictured on the set of the upcoming movie looking chic in an all-black ensemble with a black velvet fascinator along with lace-up knee-high boots while on set in Liverpool, England The actress plays Selina Kyle / Catwoman in the movie
His co-star, Farrell, 44, looked unrecognizable as he filmed the same scene as Kravitz in a facial prosthesis in a black leather trench coat and a black suit with a lavender button-down shirt as he performed The Penguin The actor also carried a black umbrella as he and Kravitz shot a scene at St George's Hall in Liverpool
The appearances come a week after Warner Bros. Studios have pushed back the film's scheduled release date from October 1, 2021, to March 4, 2022
The film, which is a new take on the caped crusader with Robert Pattinson as Batman, has already halted production twice: once in March as the coronavirus pandemic blocked all Hollywood productions and again in September when Pattinson would have tested positive for the virus
The film stars Pattinson as Bruce Wayne, aka the Batman, in the character's early years as a detective and vigilante Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, and John Turturro as well
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« This is his debut as Batman and he's very far from perfect, » Reeves said of his story at DC Comics' FanDome event in September.
« One of the interesting things is learning to be Batman It's a criminological experiment He's trying to figure out what he can do to change this place He sees that it's not having any of the effects that he wants to have This is where the murders start to happen and it opens up a whole new world of corruption Without being an origin tale, it ends up touching its origins, "he said
« It's a detective story, a mystery, there is, of course, action, and it's incredibly personal to him. It's kind of a growing legend and [criminals] are afraid of him He is not yet a symbol of hope One of the things he has to face is the way he is perceived What was exciting for me was not to do the origin [story] but to do it meet in the middle and see him make mistakes and grow and fail and be heroic in a way that felt very human and very imperfect to me «
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Cape Coral police to track license plates along SE 47th Terrace
The police department said the readers will help law enforcement track stolen vehicles, Amber Alerts, Silver Alerts and wanted individuals.
Cape Coral police to track license plates along SE 47th Terrace The police department said the readers will help law enforcement track stolen vehicles, Amber Alerts, Silver Alerts and wanted individuals. Check out this story on news-press.com: https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2019/04/02/cape-coral-police-track-license-plates-along-se-47th-terrace/3337137002/
Sarah Jarvis, Fort Myers News-Press Published 4:13 p.m. ET April 2, 2019 | Updated 4:54 p.m. ET April 2, 2019
Police say the license plate readers will help officers track stolen vehicles, Amber and Silver alerts, and wanted individuals. (Photo: Courtesy of Vetted Security Solutions)
License plate readers are coming to Cape Coral's SE 47th Terrace, with the aim of helping law enforcement track stolen vehicles, Amber Alerts, Silver Alerts and wanted individuals.
The devices are cameras that will scan the license plates of any vehicle passing by. Council approved the purchase of eight readers for $101,445 from the St. Petersburg-based company Vetted Security Solutions.
Recurring annual costs for the data subscription service associated with the readers, as well as licensing fees, will be $33,200 starting next year.
"A 'hot list' can be created by another law enforcement agency and a camera owned and operated by the city of Cape Coral can scan the plate and alert them, just as a camera owned and operated by an outside agency can alert the Cape Coral Police Department," reads a police department memo from December.
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City Council briefly discussed the readers before approving their purchase at their regular meeting Monday.
After a council member asked about the cameras at the tolls on the bridges, Cape Coral police Chief David Newlan said that while those cameras capture license plate tags, the police department doesn't have access to that information.
He said over 40 other law enforcement departments in Florida have license plate reader information, which will help officers track suspects between counties.
"The more (readers) we put out, the more information we obtain," Newlan said.
Sgt. Allan Kolak, the police department's public affairs officer, said via email that these will be the city's first permanent license plate readers. The department has one other reader installed in a police vehicle.
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Two thoughts often come to mind when a person hears the term, "vitamin D,": bone health and depression. Although it's common knowledge that vitamin D from direct sun exposure can help lift a person's mood, care should be taken not to assume that it's treatment or cause for depression or any other mental health condition. Mental and physical health conditions can be as individualistic as fingerprints. So it's best not to assume that vitamin D deficiency will automatically cause or be the result of depression or anxiety. Although vitamin D is essential, its specific effects on mental health have yet to be confirmed one way or the other (see ref 1) .
The human body uses vitamin D nutrients to help with calcium absorption. It might also help with the prevention or treatment of type 2 diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and more medical conditions (see ref 4). Direct sunlight helps the body produce vitamin D, and it can be absorbed naturally from foods like fatty fishes, mushrooms, cheeses, liver, and egg yolks. Low amounts of vitamin D can cause bones to ache and muscles to feel weak. If there's too much vitamin D in a person's bloodstream, that person can feel fatigued, disoriented, nauseous, or experience a rapid heartbeat.
Although insufficient vitamin D intake doesn't automatically indicate that a person will suffer from depression, a lack of vitamin D has been found to contribute to symptoms related to depression (see ref 2). In a "PLoS One" study published in September 2015, patients with depression and a vitamin D deficiency experienced more symptoms of depression than those with only insufficient levels of vitamin D. For example, these patients would have been found to be more sad, fatigued, or have more difficulty concentrating than other patients. They may have also lost enjoyment for things that used to give them pleasure. But keep in mind that these individuals had been hospitalized with a diagnosis of a current episode of depression.
A person experiencing anxiety might feel restlessness, nausea, experience an increased body temperature, or find themselves fidgeting. It's understandable for a person experiencing such symptoms to seek relief from an accessible nutrient. Unfortunately, very little research exists explaining any relationship between vitamin D and anxiety. One study published by "PLoS One" in 2011, found no distinctive differences between young adults given a vitamin D supplement versus those who were not (see ref 3). Their moods were not altered by vitamin D.
Since symptoms for too much or too little vitamin D are similar to symptoms experienced by those with depression and/or anxiety, it's understandable why many believe there might be a link between the three. Studies show that vitamin D might help improve moods for people with depression, but there seems to be no relationship at all between vitamin D and individuals experiencing anxiety. If you find that you're experiencing persistent symptoms of depression and/or anxiety or symptoms of low or high vitamin D levels, it's best to contact your physician or mental health counselor for a consult.


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Q: How to manipulate column values when using gnuplot from a shell script? I'm using gnuplot from a bash script and I have to divide values from two columns:
plot "results.csv" using 1:($4/$6) notitle with lp
This works fine in gnuplot interactive mode, but when called from a script, the column values get mixed up with bash script arguments...How can I pass the col. values from the script?

A: This depends on how exactly you're invoking gnuplot from your script, as Sean asked in the comments.
Something like $4 will be expanded unless it's in single quotes, so that's one option. Anywhere else, you'll have to escape the $:
# print first argument
echo $1

# print literally $1, a few ways
echo '$1'
echo "\$1"
echo \$1

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Home/News/The common virus could be linked to outbreaks of severe hepatitis in children
The common virus could be linked to outbreaks of severe hepatitis in children
Fry Electronics TeamApril 14, 2022
Doctors are studying whether the spread of adenoviruses – which cause the common cold – may be linked to cases of acute hepatitis in young children, which have occurred in Ireland and the UK.
he HSE said that a very small number of unrelated cases of severe hepatitis have been diagnosed here in children. It follows an alert from health authorities in the UK that has seen more than 70 children unexpectedly affected by the disease.
The European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) has issued guidelines for doctors in Europe, including how children should be screened.
There is no link to the Covid-19 vaccine and none of the reported children in England diagnosed with acute hepatitis have been vaccinated.
One strand of investigation is a possible association with adenovirus infection, although no cause has yet been confirmed. This is a family of common viruses that usually cause a range of mild illnesses, most of which recover without complications.
They can cause a range of symptoms, including colds, vomiting, and diarrhea. Although they do not usually cause hepatitis, it is a known rare complication of the virus.
Parents are advised that the best way to reduce a child's risk of contracting adenovirus is to encourage good hand and respiratory hygiene. Children should wash their hands before eating and after using the toilet. They should cover their nose and mouth and throw tissues in a trash can.
Adenoviruses are a family of widespread viruses that usually cause a range of mild diseases
In Northern Ireland, fewer than five children have been diagnosed with severe hepatitis. dr Gillian Armstrong, interim head of the North's Public Health Agency (PHA), said they were working with colleagues in England, Scotland and Wales to look at a variety of possible factors causing the condition.
The HSE said there was no clear evidence linking the cases. Pediatricians have been alerted as a precaution to watch for possible symptoms such as signs of jaundice, itchy skin, fever, nausea and abdominal pain.
In the UK, a very small number of children have required liver transplants.
Other theories being explored include a delayed response to Covid infection. ECDC said none of the cases had detected common viruses that can cause hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D and E.
Some of the children hospitalized in England had Covid and others the adenovirus. They developed severe acute hepatitis, often associated with jaundice, sometimes preceded by gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/common-virus-might-be-linked-to-outbreak-of-severe-hepatitis-in-children-41551808.html The common virus could be linked to outbreaks of severe hepatitis in children
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Home AROUND THE WORLD US sends more troops amid tension with Iran
US sends more troops amid tension with Iran
The US military will send an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East as tensions build with Iran.
Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the deployment was in response to what he described as "hostile behaviour" by Iranian forces.
The US Navy also shared new images it says link Iran to attacks last week on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
Washington has accused Iran of blowing holes in the vessels with mines. Iran has denied the allegations.
Tensions were further fuelled on Monday when Iran said its stockpile of low-enriched uranium would next week exceed levels set under the 2015 nuclear agreement.
It recently stepped up production in response to the US tightening sanctions. The 2015 deal, from which the US has withdrawn, curbed Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.
The US released new images on Monday it says provide more evidence Iran was behind recent Gulf of Oman attacks.
Meanwhile, on Monday night three rockets hit a military base housing US troops north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. The US said it was "indirect fire" and did not cause injuries.
No group has admitted responsibility for the attack, though it follows warnings by US officials of an increased threat to US interest in Iraq by Iran-backed militias.
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The US troop deployment to the Middle East was announced by Mr Shanahan late on Monday.
In his statement, he said the "United States does not seek conflict with Iran" but the action was taken to "ensure the safety and welfare of our military personnel working throughout the region to protect our national interests".
"The recent Iranian attacks validate the reliable, credible intelligence we have received on hostile behaviour by Iranian forces and their proxy groups that threaten United States personnel and interests across the region."
He said the military would continue to monitor the situation and make adjustments to troop levels accordingly.
No details were given about where exactly the extra US forces would be posted.
Monday's troop increase announcement comes on top of 1,500 extra announced by President Donald Trump last month.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that the US did not want war with Iran, but was nevertheless "considering a full range of options".
He is due to meet the US military commander responsible for the Middle East at Central Command in Florida on Tuesday.
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Home / Products / Agriculture / Seeds / Oregano seeds
The common Oregano is a perennial plant of the Lamiaceae family. The plant forms a tuft of numerous stems that can reach as many as 100 in number and up to 80 cm in height. It is characteristic of the plant that the stems branch widely at the top and form numerous umbellate inflorescences.
SKU OREGANOSEEDS Categories Seeds, Spices & Herbs, Vegetable seeds Tags oregano, oregano seeds, seeds, spices and herbs, vegetable seeds
MallAgro, a specialist online shop, has added the seeds of Oregano to its catalog.
The common Oregano is a perennial plant of the Lamiaceae family. The plant forms a tuft of numerous stems that can reach as many as 100 in number and up to 80 cm in height. It is characteristic of the plant that the stems branch widely at the top and form numerous umbellate inflorescences. Flowering usually begins in June and lasts until the end of August. Spice is highly appreciated, especially because of its high content of vitamins C and A. In addition, it contains many minerals. Carvacrol is a substance known for its bacterial particle suppressant, it is also a part of oregano. The Regan herb is also used as an antioxidant.
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package org.apache.parquet.internal.column.columnindex;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import org.apache.parquet.filter2.predicate.Statistics;
import org.apache.parquet.io.api.Binary;
import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveComparator;
import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType;

import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.booleans.BooleanArrayList;
import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.booleans.BooleanList;

class BooleanColumnIndexBuilder extends ColumnIndexBuilder {
  private static class BooleanColumnIndex extends ColumnIndexBase<Boolean> {
    private boolean[] minValues;
    private boolean[] maxValues;

    private BooleanColumnIndex(PrimitiveType type) {
      super(type);
    }

    @Override
    ByteBuffer getMinValueAsBytes(int pageIndex) {
      return convert(minValues[pageIndex]);
    }

    @Override
    ByteBuffer getMaxValueAsBytes(int pageIndex) {
      return convert(maxValues[pageIndex]);
    }

    @Override
    String getMinValueAsString(int pageIndex) {
      return stringifier.stringify(minValues[pageIndex]);
    }

    @Override
    String getMaxValueAsString(int pageIndex) {
      return stringifier.stringify(maxValues[pageIndex]);
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    <T extends Comparable<T>> Statistics<T> createStats(int arrayIndex) {
      return (Statistics<T>) new Statistics<>(minValues[arrayIndex], maxValues[arrayIndex], comparator);
    }

    @Override
    ValueComparator createValueComparator(Object value) {
      final boolean v = (boolean) value;
      return new ValueComparator() {
        @Override
        int compareValueToMin(int arrayIndex) {
          return comparator.compare(v, minValues[arrayIndex]);
        }

        @Override
        int compareValueToMax(int arrayIndex) {
          return comparator.compare(v, maxValues[arrayIndex]);
        }
      };
    }
  }

  private final BooleanList minValues = new BooleanArrayList();
  private final BooleanList maxValues = new BooleanArrayList();

  private static boolean convert(ByteBuffer buffer) {
    return buffer.get(0) != 0;
  }

  private static ByteBuffer convert(boolean value) {
    return ByteBuffer.allocate(1).put(0, value ? (byte) 1 : 0);
  }

  @Override
  void addMinMaxFromBytes(ByteBuffer min, ByteBuffer max) {
    minValues.add(convert(min));
    maxValues.add(convert(max));
  }

  @Override
  void addMinMax(Object min, Object max) {
    minValues.add((boolean) min);
    maxValues.add((boolean) max);
  }

  @Override
  ColumnIndexBase<Boolean> createColumnIndex(PrimitiveType type) {
    BooleanColumnIndex columnIndex = new BooleanColumnIndex(type);
    columnIndex.minValues = minValues.toBooleanArray();
    columnIndex.maxValues = maxValues.toBooleanArray();
    return columnIndex;
  }

  @Override
  void clearMinMax() {
    minValues.clear();
    maxValues.clear();
  }

  @Override
  int compareMinValues(PrimitiveComparator<Binary> comparator, int index1, int index2) {
    return comparator.compare(minValues.get(index1), minValues.get(index2));
  }

  @Override
  int compareMaxValues(PrimitiveComparator<Binary> comparator, int index1, int index2) {
    return comparator.compare(maxValues.get(index1), maxValues.get(index2));
  }

  @Override
  int sizeOf(Object value) {
    return 1;
  }
}

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Q: CMS Made Simple - Changing Header Based on Variable I have been asked to add some code for a CMS Made Simple site. The site has a landing page as well as the main homepage. I want to change the logo in the header (it is set my the css) for all pages for a visitor's session depending on whether the visitor came to the landing page first or the homepage first.
So if a visitor comes to the landing page and then goes to other pages in the site, those other pages should all use the landing page logo, but if the visitor does not go to that landing page first, then the other site pages should use the default logo.
I am not familiar with CMS Made Simple so I'm not sure how to go about this. I was thinking to set a session variable, or create a cookie, and then based on that value add some code to the templates (the landing page template and default template).
The current code in the header for the landing page is:

{cms_selflink dir="start" text="call and data roaming experts" class="logoAero"}

And the css is:
h1 a.logoAero {
  display: block;
  width: 310px;
  height: 82px;
  background: url(/images/web/logoAero.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;
}

Any guidance on how to achieve this would be much appreciated.

A: For this purpose, you should build an UDT (User Defined Tags).
To do that, go in the admin under Extensions > User Defined Tags.
Create a tag (for instance, "origin") with the following code:
if(isset($params['origin']))
{
  $_SESSION['website_origin'] = $params['origin'];
}

if(isset($_SESSION['website_origin']))
{
  $smarty->assign('website_origin', $_SESSION['website_origin']);
}

In the two "origin" pages, you can use the following code:
{origin origin="foo"}

{origin origin="bar"}

On the other pages, use the code
{origin}

In your template you can now test the existence of the variable website_origin and play with it:
{if isset($website_origin)}
{$website_origin}
{/if}


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Miami is a city of beautiful things: beautiful cars, beautiful beaches, beautiful clothes, beautiful people. So where do you go when you are trying to plan a beautiful summer date in Miami? As the weather heats up, outdoor adventures can leave you feeling sticky. That's why it's best to head indoors to cool off. There are plenty of fun, adventurous, flirty things to do in Miami on hot summer days. Cupid's Cronies took a trip around the Magic City to find the best spots.


Physical Data: mp 337 °C, d 1.325 g cm-3.
Solubility: insol H2O; slightly sol benzene and ether; sol acetone, acetic acid, pyridine, CHCl3, and CH2Cl2.
Form Supplied in: commercially available as an orange powder.
Handling, Storage, and Precautions: low sensitivity to air and water; cancer suspect agent; handle with care.
Ni(salen) catalyzes the chlorination of saturated hydrocarbons, such as adamantane and cyclohexane, and the benzylic position of arenes.2 Reactions are carried out under phase-transfer conditions using aqueous Sodium Hypochlorite adjusted to pH 11 and CH2Cl2 solutions of the alkane (0.4 M) and catalyst (0.01 M). An 8.5:1 preference for chlorination at tertiary compared to secondary positions has been observed. Small amounts of ketone side products arise from hydrolysis of gem-dichloro compounds.
Ni(salen) is among the most active of a series of nickel(II) complexes as a catalyst for DNA oxidation. Form I supercoiled plasmid DNA is readily converted to Form II nicked DNA by single-strand cleavage in the presence of Iodosylbenzene or magnesium monoperoxyphthalate (MMPP).5 Reactions typically involve use of 100 mM Ni(salen) and 1 mM oxidant at pH 6.8-7.0 for 5 min (PhIO) to 2.5 h (MMPP) at 25 °C.
A derivative of Ni(salen) bearing water-solubilizing groups (1) is an excellent reagent for oxidative alkylation of guanine residues in accessible sites of DNA structures.6 In the presence of KHSO5 as oxidant, a hairpin deoxyoligonucleotide showed specific reactivity at the G's located in the hairpin. The alkylation reaction gives rise to site-specific strand scission upon treatment with piperidine. Since the cleavage reaction is presumed to give clean phosphate ends, this method can be used for site-specific cleavage and synthesis of altered oligonucleotides.
Ni(salen) and related Schiff base complexes catalyze the Michael addition of b-keto esters to methyl vinyl ketone.7 For example, use of 1 mol % nickel catalyst in benzene gave excellent yields (84-96 %) of addition products when methyl vinyl ketone was used as the enone with various b-dicarbonyl compounds (eq 2). However, other Michael acceptors such as cyclohexenone gave considerably lower yields. Use of optically active Schiff base ligands gave low enantioselectivity (6% ee).
NiII(salen) undergoes reversible reduction to a nickel(I) species at a carbon cathode in DMF at a potential where 6-halo-1-hexynes are not electroactive. Thus Ni(salen) can be used as an electrocatalyst for the intramolecular cyclization of haloalkynes.8 Reactions are carried out in DMF with 0.1 M tetraethylammonium perchlorate as electrolyte. Controlled potential electrolysis at -1.00 V gave excellent conversions of 6-halo-1-phenyl-1-hexyne to the corresponding benzylidenecyclopentane (eq 3). Halide reduction was a minor competing process (6-17%).
1. Goedken, V. L.; Weiss, M. C. Inorg. Synth. 1980, 20, 115.
2. Querci, C.; Strologo, S.; Ricci, M. TL 1990, 31, 6577.
3. Yoon, H.; Burrows, C. J. JACS 1988, 110, 4087.
4. Yoon, H.; Wagler, T. R.; O'Connor, K. J.; Burrows, C. J. JACS 1990, 112, 4568.
5. Morrow, J. R.; Kolasa, K. A. ICA 1992, 195, 245.
6. Muller, J. G.; Paikoff, S. J.; Rokita, S. E.; Burrows, C. J. J. Inorg. Biochem. 1993, 47, 199.
7. Botteghi, C.; Schionato, A.; Rosini, C.; Salvadori, P. J. Mol. Catal. 1990, 63, 155.
8. Mubarak, M. S.; Peters, D. G. J. Electroanal. Chem. 1992, 332, 127.


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As bad weather looms, and the legislative session is in full swing, MACo wants our members and meeting participants to have easy and timely access to information on Annapolis events. On any day with inclement weather, MACo will post information to the blog site on its policy for that day as early as possible — usually by 7:30 am.
The General Assembly – Bill hearings, briefings, and other public events conducted by the General Assembly are very rarely canceled due to bad weather. The General Assembly's website is a reliable source for any overall closures, and if MACo is aware of anything being delayed or canceled, we will post it on the Conduit Street blog.
MACo Meetings – For the MACo Legislative Committee and other meetings at the MACo offices, MACo staff will consult with Association leadership in determining a closure policy. Recognizing the statewide nature of the organization, we seek to be respectful of those who face substantial travel to attend these meetings — so our consideration will include looking at multiple regions of the state, not just the state of the roadways in and around Annapolis.
Please be aware, though, that cancellation of a Legislative Committee meeting will often lead to bill positions or other strategic considerations being delayed – and may trigger extraordinary procedures to direct MACo's advocacy. Leadership and staff will seek to balance these needs against the travel concerns in making case-by-case decisions on meeting cancellations.
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London's biggest festival of fashion, Pure London, has joined forces with product development, sourcing and production guru Thea Speechley to fast track the show's sourcing and manufacturing section Pure Origin.
"With nearly 20 years' experience working with leading textile manufacturers, trading companies and international textile exhibitions instilling systems and processes within the supply chain, I am delighted that Pure London will be collaborating with Thea. Thea will utilise her wealth of experience, knowledge and valuable global network to fast track Pure London's sourcing and manufacturing section Pure Origin," commented Julie Driscoll, Managing Director of Pure London.
Thea graduated from Central Saint Martin's in Fashion Textiles and completed a Fashion Knitwear Design degree at the Nottingham Trent University. For the past 17 years, Thea has been working in product development/ sourcing and production management roles for leading textile manufactures, trading companies and retail brands.
During this time, Thea focused on instilling systems and processes within the supply chain, sourcing new manufacturing facilities that are sustainable to the business, building new teams that could maintain new growth, and developing new innovative products. She currently lives and works in Australia, Hong Kong and China.
"Pure Origin is a fantastic opportunity to showcase new manufacturing techniques, fabrics and innovations and it's potential for growth is very exciting, I'm looking forward to being part of its dynamic and visionary team," she commented.
Pure London is a collective of buyers, influencers, retail and trend experts, dynamic brands and media curators from over 64 countries. Gathering twice a year in London, it is the UK's definitive fashion tradeshow for premium, fashion-forward, trendsetting brands and designers from around the world. The next edition of Pure London will take place from 22-24 July 2018.
Pure Origin is a new concept launching this year. Held at Olympia London alongside Pure London and Pure Man, it is the heart of the fashion supply chain and the gateway for international manufacturers to break into the UK market, to meet with thousands of visitors from the fashion retail ecosystem and be a part of a market whose growth rate is leading across Europe. Over 70 manufacturers from the UK and around the world will be exhibiting, including from Portugal, Turkey and Mauritius.


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Hacker accused of stealing data said he would be a 'millionaire in three years'
Elliott Gunton was convicted of hacking Talk Talk when he was 16. He now faces five further charges including money laundering. Sonya Duncan Copyright: Archant 2017
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A computer hacker told police he "would be a millionaire in three years" despite having no discernible income, a court heard.
Bitcoin and other virtual money. Gunton had more than $380,000 worth of crypto-currency. Picture: Thinkstock.
Elliott Gunton, who was convicted of hacking TalkTalk when he was 16, was having his computer use monitored by police when they discovered he was profiting from selling hacked data, Norwich Crown Court was told.
Gunton, who had amassed a crypto-currency wealth of more than $381,000, claims he made the fortune out of "stocks and shares".
The 19-year-old was being monitored by police as part of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) imposed in June 2016 after indecent images of children were found on his laptop.
Det Con Jamie Hollis, of the public protection unit at Norfolk Police, said Gunton had been visited four times between August 2016 and December 2017 to ensure he was complying with the order.
In June 2017 a 'field search' was conducted of his devices and officers noted Gunton was talking on hacker forums.
"Our unit does not have specialist software for home visits and we have to rely on the honesty of the offender," said DC Hollis. "It would be impossible for us to know if he has deleted any history."
By April 22 last year when police visited Gunton's home at Mounteney Close, the teenager reset his laptop password to allow officers access.
The public protection team took the device to give it a "thorough search" as they had learned Gunton was planning to appeal his SHPO.
Officers found software called CCleaner had been installed. It enabled deletion of computer history and programmes - a breach of the terms of the order.
DC Hollis told the court police had also become suspicious of Gunton's earnings.
"Even though he was telling us he had no income he was happy to carry on working on the internet," DC Hollis said.
"His mother was very concerned all he did was spend time in his room on his computer.
"He said he was involved in stocks and shares and that is where he could make his money. He was adamant he would be a millionaire in three years."
Matthew McNiff, for Gunton, said the conditions of the SHPO made it almost impossible for him to take a job.
"There was a rather large accountancy firm to engage his expertise to assist them with their cyber security, but their needs were such that order simply neutralised that opportunity.
"He said 'my world is the cyber world and that is why people want me'. This order makes it impossible."
MORE: Norwich teen who hacked TalkTalk on trial for stealing people's personal data and selling it to criminals
After Gunton's laptop was seized an investigation was launched. Two weeks later officers moved to arrest the 19-year-old and search his home.
Officer in the case DC Mark Stratford, of the cyber and serious organised crime directorate, said they seized an iPhone and a £10,000 Rolex watch which had been concealed in a safe in the kitchen.
They also found a nano ledger - a device the size of a USB thumb drive used to protect crypto-currency.
It held the "key to the vault" of Gunton's account, DC Stratford said. It is protected by an eight digit pin, or a recovery phrase of 24 random words.
Officers asked Gunton for the codes to the device, but he gave a no comment interview.
But two weeks before the arrest, DC Stratford told the court he had used digital footprints on Gunton's laptop to obtain his public crypto-currency account numbers.
He then searched the blockchain - which stores a record of each Bitcoin transaction - to view his accounts.
There were "significant" deposits of Bitcoin worth more than $100,000 into his account on December 18, 2017, he told the court.
Gunton is charged with five counts including charges under the Computer Misuse Act 1990,
The charges include supplying profile user names and email accounts believing that they were likely to be used to commit or to assist in the commission of an offence.
Gunton is also charged with money laundering charges involving crypto currency.
He is also charged with breaching his sexual harm prevention order. Gunton has denied all charges.


Tulip Joshi was born on 11th September 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra state. In Mumbai she did her schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School and subsequently joined Vivek College wherein she earned her graduation in food science and chemistry. After completion of her education she took part in Femina Miss India in 2000, though she didn't win in the pageant she was able to grab the attention of several advertising agencies. She endorsed numerous reputed brands like Pepsi, Ponds, Siyaram, Tata Sky, BPL, Smirnoff etc.
Her film entry was by chance, she attended the marriage of Aditya Chopra and there she was offered an opportunity for an audition. Subsequently she was selected in the audition for the role of Anjali Sharma in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai in the year 2002 co-starring Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill and Bipasha Basu. She subsequently appeared in numerous commercial hits like Super co-starring Upendra, Nayantara and Sadhu Kokila, Bachchan co-starring Sudeep, Jagapati Babu, Bhavana and Parul Yadav, Jai Ho co-starring Salman Khan, Tabu, Daisy Shah and Danny Denzongpa, among other films.
She is dating Captain Vinod Nair for a long time, some Medias have even reported the rumors of their marriage.
She was born to Kishore Joshi, a Gujarati father and an Armenian mother. Her parents opposed the idea of entering into films and modeling, Tulip Joshi was depressed for almost a year.
She has two sisters named Selphi and Monalisa. Sister Monalisa is married to Bollywood actor Rajat Bedi.
She has a nephew named Vivaan.
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The Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart is a twelve-storey hotel located on the waterfront of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

History
Originally part of a waterfront district called 'Wapping', the site where the Hotel Grand Chancellor is situated was historically a place of factory enterprise, industrial gas production, transport and shipping. Flanked by Macquarie, Davey, Campbell and Evans Street, the site originally consisted of two city blocks divided by Hunter Street, which extended to Macquarie Street; running directly through the location of the present-day hotel.

Early site history
The block encompassing Campbell and Hunter Streets were mostly used for shipping yard equipment and cargo, until becoming part of a service yard for the Hobart Electric Tram Company in 1893. The depot housed the city's trolleybuses from 1935 and from 1955 operated as the original headquarters for Metro Tasmania. The main section of the tram terminus was located directly opposite on Macquarie Street and its original offices, store and entrance arches all remain, with the latter being incorporated into newly built structures. On the corner of Hunter and Macquarie stood seed and fertilizer wholesalers Clement & Marshalls. Several smaller factory buildings operated by the Van Diemen's Land Company and merchants A. G. Webster & Son faced Davey Street.

The northern block, comprising Hunter and Evans Streets, primarily contained the Hobart Gas Company precinct, including its landmark gas holder situated on Davey Street, which at the time did not intersect with the Brooker Highway (formally Lower Park Street). The Hobart Gas Company was founded in 1854 to produce illuminating gas for the city's buildings and streetlights. At the time of its construction, it was the third largest gasworks in the southern hemisphere, after Sydney (1841) and Melbourne (1850).
Some original gasworks buildings that were part of the original complex survive on the opposite side of Evans Street. Facing Hunter Street, the northern block featured sandstone buildings dating back to the 1800s; the Phoenix Hotel (later the Tasma Coffee Palace), Steam Packet Tavern and the Tasmanian Woolen Factory, which greatly expanded its frontage along Macquarie Street in 1921, engulfing several surrounding buildings.
All the buildings were demolished in 1938 for the Nettlefolds General Motors dealership, a large Art Deco commercial building containing a corner tower and neon signage. The site housed a General Motors showroom, bodyworks and service centre specialising in Vauxhall and Bedford trucks.

Hotel construction
In 1985, the Metro Tasmania transport depot and Nettlefolds building were demolished for the construction of a new Sheraton hotel. Part of the Sheraton masterplan saw Hunter Street being cut off from Macquarie Street and Davey Street connect with the newly created Brooker Highway to create a large city block. During construction, the hotel design was altered in response to government criticism, seeing the developers forced to remove thousands of pink bricks that were supposed to be a sandstone colour in order to blend with surrounding heritage buildings. The hotel opened in 1987 as the Sheraton Hobart Hotel and was taken over by the Grand Hotels International group in 1993.

Facilities
The hotel has an indoor heated pool, a gym and a sauna on site for guest usage.

Federation Concert Hall
The Federation Concert Hall provides an international standard venue for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) as well as extensive conference and convention facilities for the Grand Chancellor.

In 1998, the Grand Chancellor underwent a sizeable expansion on the eastern side of the hotel for the creation of a new entertainment complex encompassing a world-class concert hall, ballroom and conference room facilities. Instigated by the desire of the TSO to relocate from the ageing facilities at the ABC Odeon Theatre to a modern auditorium, the Federal Government contributed $1m funding from the Federation Fund, an especially established construction incentive to celebrate the centenary of the Federation of Australia. The building's namesakes of Federation Concert Hall and Federation Ballroom are due to the venue beneficing from the scheme.

Designed by architects Forward Brianese & Partners, its brass cladding and cylinder appearance was inspired by the historic gas holder tank, built by the Hobart Gas Company in 1854. Built at a cost of $13m, the adjoining venue was opened in 2000, consisting of an 1,100 seat capacity concert hall and a 1,000 seat capacity ballroom. Digital production-mixing equipment was installed in the venue in 2002.

The Federation Concert Hall is currently Hobart's third largest venue, after the Tasman Room at Wrest Point and the Derwent Entertainment Centre.

In popular culture
Dressed as a Parisian airport hotel, the foyer area was utilised as a location for the 2011 film The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe.

Tenants
The Grand Chancellor is home to the Restaurant Tasman, the Atrium Bar, Hobart Art Gallery and Zenica Hairdressing.

See also
 List of tallest buildings in Hobart
 Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston

References

Further reading

Hotels in Hobart
Grand Hotels International
Hotels established in 1987
Hotel buildings completed in 1987
Landmarks in Hobart
Macquarie Street, Hobart

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Access to affordable, quality childcare is essential for parents to able to work and it helps children get a good start in their life.
Yet after all the progress on childcare when Labour were last in government, working parents are now finding it harder to get the childcare they need.
Under this Tory government since 2010, the cost of childcare is rising faster than people's wages. 1,000 Sure Start children's centres across the country have closed and many more have reduced the services they provide.
And this is hitting hard-working parents in Southwark.
The Government's scheme of 30 hours free childcare a week for 3 and 4 year olds is not working. Because The Government has failed to ensure that funding keeps up with the rising costs of providing childcare for nurseries to actually deliver the extra hours of free care the Government has promised parents.
Providers are being asked to deliver more, whilst facing a real term funding cut between now and 2020. The current funding level was set almost 4 years and doesn't take into account significant operating cost increases in that time, such as business rate rises, rent, increases to the National Minimum Wage and pensions.
This has left parents and child carers subsidising the Government's new offer. Which is simply not sustainable.
If this funding crisis continues, more childcare centres will close. More parents will be unable to afford a childcare place meaning they will be unable to work and earn for their family. This hits single parents and those on low incomes disproportionately hard.
I am backing the parent-led Early Years Alliance's Fair Future Funding campaign and will continue to do all I can in Parliament to demand the Government properly funds universal childcare. All parents with children in primary school must have the certainty that childcare is available from 8am to 6pm.
Universal childcare is the missing part of our welfare state - a product of an old reality decades ago, where women did not get to go out to work, but stayed home to look after children. We need a universal free childcare system to reflect the reality of parents' lives today and to liberate parents from the expense and worry of juggling home and work.
Wed 29 May
Universal childcare is the missing part of the welfare state - Southwark News Column
Access to affordable, quality childcare is essential for parents to able to work and it helps children get a good start in their life. Yet after all the progress...
Attacks on MPs are not just criminality against individuals; even more importantly than that, it is a fundamental attack on our democracy.
How does the hon. Gentleman think we should address this issue? Obviously, there are actions the Government need to take, and we know they are concerned, but in a way the issue is wider than that. It is an issue for all the parties and for the House as a whole, not just for the Government. What does he think about the mechanisms for taking action? One of the things I have considered—I do not know whether he thinks this is a good idea or whether he has an alternative proposal—is that we should have a Speaker's conference on this issue. That would need the Government's support. It would bring together the CPS, the police, the political parties.
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that might be a way to go beyond discussion and take action?
Read the full debate in Parliament here.
Tackling Intimidation in Public Life - Speaking in Westminster Hall Debate
Attacks on MPs are not just criminality against individuals; even more importantly than that, it is a fundamental attack on our democracy. How does the hon. Gentleman think we should...
Thu 16 May
Monthly report - April / May 2019
Older people suffer disproportionately from loneliness and social isolation. Many over-75s have a disability or mobility issues and may not be easily able to leave their homes, and Age UK has found that 400,000 elderly people regularly go a week without meeting up with people or speaking on the phone to family and friends.
The free TV licence Labour introduced in 1999 is one of the few universal benefits available to older people and is particularly important given that for millions who live on their own this is their connection to the outside world, and over a third of older people say their television is their main source of company.
Currently everyone aged 75 or over is entitled to a free licence and the Conservatives promised voters in the 2017 election that they would protect this right until at least 2022.
But now they are trying to go back on their promise. From next year, millions of people aged over-75 could lose their right to a free TV licence and if they don't pay, end up in court despite the Conservative manifesto promising this wouldn't happen.
There are 4,140 people aged 75 or over in Camberwell and Peckham who would lose out. And for many loneliness is worse when they don't have their family nearby as the next generation move out of Southwark because homes are too expensive here and they can't get a council home.
It is so dismaying that pensioner poverty, which was halved when Labour were last in government between 1997 and 2010, is now on the rise again. Under the Tories 300,000 more older people are living in poverty than in 2010. This is unacceptable in a wealthy country such as the UK.
Age UK has warned that if the Government goes ahead with these cuts, thousands of older people could be forced to go without TV or cut back on essentials such as heating or eating and a further 50,000 pensioners will be living in poverty.
It would be wrong for the Government to take free TV away from vulnerable and lonely older people.
I am working with MPs from across the House including the Labour front bench, Liberal Democrats, SNP and the DUP, to demand the Government urgently reconsider and maintain funding for free TV licences for over-75s.
Opposing government cuts to free TV licences for over 75s
Older people suffer disproportionately from loneliness and social isolation. Many over-75s have a disability or mobility issues and may not be easily able to leave their homes, and Age UK...
We're all hearing about the catastrophic effects of global warming and doing what we can to recycle, use reusable bags and coffee cups and worrying about supermarkets using so much plastic packaging.
Last month, Southwark became one of the first councils to declare a Climate Change Emergency and commit to combating greenhouse gas emissions and rising global temperatures. The council has already worked to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 37% since 2010. And aims to achieve carbon neutrality in the borough by 2030, which means to remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as we put in to it.
But while we step up our own efforts locally, what is really urgent now is that the Government must take decisive action.
Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old Swedish activist who is leading the charge on climate change around the world, visited Parliament and challenged all of us as MPs last week: "I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is."
And she's right. Climate change is not a theoretical future. It is already here - wildfires, droughts and floods are hitting people around the world – and disproportionately hurting poorer communities in Africa, Asia and Far East.
The science is clear, we must act now to have any hope of reversing global warming. This cannot wait. It is for today's governments.
This message has hit home to the thousands of school students and Extinction Rebellion protesters who, inspired by Greta, have demonstrated in recent weeks. Their message is that the Government must do much more to reduce the carbon dioxide we are releasing into the atmosphere.
In response to people reducing food waste in their homes, to the leadership Greta Thunberg has shown and to the thousands of people protesting and writing to their MPs, the Government should set clear, measurable targets to move away from harmful energy sources like burning coal and gas. And use tax breaks to make clean energy more affordable for people to use, like onshore wind farms, solar panels and electric cars.
Labour are taking this forward in Parliament this week by bringing forward a motion to make our Parliament the first in the world to formally recognise the climate emergency. I am backing this.
We are demanding the Government urgently implements new targets on renewable and low carbon energy and transport, properly funds environmental protection, reverses species decline and puts forward proposals to move towards a zero waste economy, including phasing out single-use plastics and investing in making homes more energy efficient through double glazing and draught proofing.
We need to work together across the House of Commons to try and trigger a wave of action here and from other governments around the world to halt global warming, reduce pollution, make our cities healthier and better places to live, protect our green spaces and deliver climate justice in the UK and around the world.
And switching to a carbon neutral green economy and using more solar and wind energy will create thousands of new jobs.
Unless we step up the action now, people in the future will look back on our generation and say "you knew what was happening, but you did nothing to prevent it". As well as each of us, and the council changing the way we do things. It is time for the Government to wake up and act with the urgency that the science demands.
Demanding the Government declare a Climate Emergency
We're all hearing about the catastrophic effects of global warming and doing what we can to recycle, use reusable bags and coffee cups and worrying about supermarkets using so much...
Rape prosecutions are already woefully low, let's not make it even harder for women to come forward
Earlier this week, news emerged that rape victims will have to hand their phones over to the police - or else risk prosecutions not going ahead. Harriet Harman explains why these controversial consent forms must be stopped now.
There's a long-standing problem in ensuring men don't get away with rape. It's a very difficult thing to stand in a witness box and face what the defence will throw at you as a victim in court. What the defence try and do is to turn the tables to make you feel like you're on trial rather than the rapist. For years, in fact for decades, it has always been the case that it's difficult to encourage women to report rape - let alone to be prepared to take it all the way to court.
That's the background. There is a very low percentage of rape reporting and an even lower percentage of women feeling able to support the case in court. There is also a long-standing rule that it's up to the prosecution to prove their case – somebody is innocent until proven guilty and this is what happens across all cases. The prosecution shouldn't sit on evidence which would actually help the defence show that a crime hadn't been committed. The disclosure rule used to involve the odd letter or statement from a witness about something they saw. Now, people leave their whole lives on the line – their relationships with family and friends, their work, all their pictures, all their hopes and fears; it's all written down online. There have been a couple of cases where the defence have, late in the day, come across text messages which have shown that the man wasn't guilty. It's this that's led to an overreaction from the prosecution and the police, who are now saying that unless you hand over every one of your devices with passwords and allow them to go back five years and look over every single picture, text and whatsapp message, then they won't go ahead with the prosecution.
"We already have a big problem with rape prosecutions and this could potentially make it even worse"
This is something that makes it much harder to support a prosecution because it involves not only an invasion of the victim's privacy and every aspect of her private life being scrutinised, but also those of her friends and family because of what they've said to her over message or through pictures that they've shared. All this will now be in the hands of the police and will be vulnerable to being used in court.
The way to solve this problem is to enable the woman, if she feels that the police are going too widely and on a fishing expedition for information, to be able to challenge it and have the decision to mine her phone scrutinised by an independent person to ensure that it's not an unwarranted invasion of privacy. A woman contacted me on the morning that this was discussed in the House of Commons to say that she'd been seriously sexual assaulted by someone who was a complete stranger, so there was no question of a relationship that they needed to discover between him and her. They were just asking for information, so they could find anything that might discredit her. She felt that she was being put on trial.
"It goes back to the idea that a woman who has had sex is immoral and a fallen woman"
The defence think that the way to get off a rape or sexual assault charge is to prejudice the jury by saying that she's the sort of woman who had sex with a lot of people and therefore she wouldn't have said no to him. Or that she's the sort of person who, because she's had sex with lots of different people, has no integrity. It's about blackening the woman's character and a way of getting him off. Shamefully, that still goes on in our courts today. Just because a woman has had sex with A and B, it doesn't mean she wasn't raped by Mr C. It goes back to the idea that a woman who has had sex is immoral and a fallen woman, therefore not someone whose word should be trusted against a man who's standing in the dock. We don't subscribe to that attitude that a woman can't be believed because she's morally doubtful on the basis that she's had sex.
This is a very serious problem. We already have a big problem with rape prosecutions and this could potentially make it even worse, but we have a solution that would protect the victim without subjecting the defendant to the possibility of wrongful conviction. It's important to remember that rape is often a repeat offence. If a man gets away with doing it to one woman, he's likely to do it again. We need to get this form withdrawn and a process in place so that a woman can challenge it. We can't let this be yet another obstacle in securing justice for rape victims.
Tue 30 April
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Wed 24 April
Monthly report - March / April 2019
Important news that Peckham Rye station to get a lift. Locally many have campaigned for years for safety & accessibility for wheelchairs, buggies, elderly, & people with restricted mobility. We need the work done soon.
Fri 05 April
Peckham Rye Station: improving accessibility
Important news that Peckham Rye station to get a lift. Locally many have campaigned for years for safety & accessibility for wheelchairs, buggies, elderly, & people with restricted mobility....
This week we mark World Autism Awareness Week. It is thanks to vital campaigns like this led by the National Autistic Society and Cheryl Gillan MP as Chair of the APPG on Autism, that there is now a growing understanding of what the NAS describes as a lifelong developmental condition.
It is only recently there has been recognition that people on the autistic spectrum have difficulties with communication and social interaction. While we've come a long way with public awareness, there's much to do to ensure that the support that there is there for people with autism and their families fully meets their needs.
We estimate 1,377 people in Camberwell and Peckham are autistic. Taking account of their families, this means autism is part of 5,508 people's daily life.
The government cutting Southwark Council's budget by almost half since 2010 means that they've had to cut the services they provide.
Parents I met at Cherry Garden and Tuke Special Schools in Peckham this month told me how they struggle as the cuts hit them.
It takes longer for their children to get the diagnosis they need. Which means a delay in getting the necessary support - without which they and their family suffer. One mother told me that the hours of help she gets for her 12 year old child had been cut from 24 to 16. Another mother told me she couldn't apply for a primary school until her son's care plan was in place, but this had been delayed so she feared he would miss out on a school place altogether or start the year without the right support. And Tuke School can no longer afford to run their invaluable after-school and summer holiday clubs that parents used to rely on.
I'm full of admiration of how these parents stoically battle for their child with autism and their other children, often struggling through complex systems without support.
Parents have got to be fully included in the key decisions about where their child goes to school and the care and support they get.
For some families care at home proves impossible. As chair of Parliament's Human Rights Committee I'm leading an inquiry into the Assessment and Treatment Units where some autistic young people are detained. We've heard from parents whose children have been sent to units which far from helping them have made them worse. We've heard when parents raise concerns they are treated as a nuisance by services. But parents are the people with lifelong commitment to that child so we need to make sure that they can help shape the services that support their family. We're also shortly hearing from MPs who've spoken passionately of their own experience, including Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP and Jonathan Reynolds MP, who have autistic sons.
There is invaluable expertise in our schools, health and council services but we must never forget that parents are the experts and services must be properly funded.
Thu 04 April
Mark World Autism Awareness Week by properly funding support for autistic people and their families #WAAW
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News Corp. and NBC Universal name joint venture
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News Corp. and NBC Universal have revealed the name of their new online video venture — the so-called YouTube killer, which Google had already dubbed Clown Co., will officially be called "Hulu".
A statement on the site's holding page reads:
Why Hulu? Objectively, Hulu is short, easy to spell, easy to pronounce, and rhymes with itself. Subjectively, Hulu strikes us as an inherently fun name, one that captures the spirit of the service we're building. Our hope is that Hulu will embody our (admittedly ambitious) never-ending mission, which is to help you find and enjoy the world's premier content when, where and how you want it.
The announcement ends a five-month search for a name for the joint venture which is aimed squarely at competing with Google-owned YouTube — through licensing agreements with News Corp. and NBC Universal properties.
"Hulu" will launch as a private beta in October 2007, however, interested users are able to sign-up for invitation from today.
CBS: "We like our relationship with iTunes"
Hulu set to debut; critics see NBC, News Corp. venture as "failure"
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