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Jules Éric Joseph de Bisschop, dit Éric de Bisschop, né le  à Aire-sur-la-Lys (Pas-de-Calais), mort le  sur l'atoll de Rakahanga dans les Îles Cook, est un navigateur français célèbre dans les années 1930 et 1950 du fait de ses voyages transocéaniques, notamment ceux de la double pirogue Kaimiloa (1937-38) et des radeaux Tahiti-Nui (1956-1958).

Il a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie dans l'océan Pacifique, notamment à Honolulu (1935-37 et 1941-47) et en Polynésie française (1947-1956) et a mené des travaux de recherche sur cet océan ainsi que sur l'histoire et les caractéristiques ethniques de ses populations, surtout celles de Polynésie .

Il est mort dans un naufrage en voulant démontrer que dans l'Antiquité les Polynésiens étaient capables de faire des voyages de circumnavigation sur des radeaux à voile.

Avec Joshua Slocum et Alain Gerbault, Éric de Bisschop fait partie du groupe des premiers navigateurs sur petit voilier de la première moitié du .

Biographie

Famille
Jules Éric Joseph de Bisschop naît le  à Aire-sur-la-Lys (Pas-de-Calais) dans une famille de savonniers de Tourcoing (Nord). Il est le fils d'Émile Louis Joseph Debisschop (né le  à Tourcoing), fabricant de savon à Tourcoing, et d'Anna Fromentin, mariés le  à Tourcoing qui eurent 8 enfants.

Les notices biographiques affirment qu'il a eu pour parrain Philippe Pétain.

Il épouse, le  à Antibes, Simone Paule Jeanne de Couëspel (née le  à Wimille), le couple divorce après la naissance d'une fille née en 1923. Il épouse en deuxièmes noces, le  à Paris , la princesse américano-polynésienne Constance Virginia Papaleaiaina Constable (1905-1980), qui avait eu une fille d'un précédent mariage, Yolanda (née en 1932).

Éric de Bisschop est le grand-père de Franck Goddio, archéologue sous-marin connu pour ses découvertes archéologiques en Égypte dans le port est d'Alexandrie et en baie d'Aboukir ainsi qu'en mer de Chine.

Jeunesse
Éric de Bisschop indique qu'il a passé le cap Horn comme mousse sur le quatre-mâts Dunkerque, sans préciser la date (probablement entre 1905 et 1910) ni la durée de cet engagement ; il aurait ensuite suivi les cours d'une école d'hydrographie, aurait été breveté lieutenant puis capitaine au long cours (donc dans la marine marchande). Mobilisé, il commande au début de 1915 un patrouilleur dans le pas de Calais puis aurait participé à l'opération des Dardanelles. Il suit une formation de pilote d'avion et subit un grave accident aérien au large de Toulon (1917) au cours d'un vol en hydravion où il était simplement observateur Il reste hospitalisé pendant très longtemps (probablement jusqu'à la fin de la guerre).

En 1927, il quitte la France et part pour la Chine, où il semble avoir travaillé dans la marine marchande, en particulier en 1931, lorsqu'il rencontre Joseph Tatibouet, dit Tati, à Hankou.

La période des Fou Po
Au début de Kaimiloa, il retrace de façon un peu plus détaillée sa vie de 1931 à 1935 : c'est la période des Fou Po I et II.

Après sa rencontre avec « Tati », il construit une première jonque, avec laquelle il remonte le Yangzi Jiang de Shanghai à Hankou ; Tati et lui prennent la mer en , avec trois hommes d'équipage, mais, une fois en mer de Chine, le bateau subit un ouragan et est détruit sur la côte de Formose (Taïwan). Ils reconstruisent très rapidement un Fou Po II, plus petit, sur lequel ils naviguent à deux de  à , dans le sud-ouest du Pacifique et dans l'est de l'océan Indien, étudiant les courants marins et corrigeant les coordonnées de certains îlots et récifs ; de  à , ils séjournent sept mois chez les indigènes de la côte sud de Nouvelle-Guinée, dans le Prurari Delta.

En , ils font escale à Jaluit, dans les îles Marshall, contrôlées par le Japon au titre d'un mandat de la SDN. Le gouverneur de Jaluit les accuse d'espionnage ; ils sont mis sous un régime de résidence surveillée et Éric de Bisschop est soumis pendant quinze jours à un interrogatoire quotidien, jusqu'au début août. Les charges sont finalement levées à grand peine, grâce à un officier de marine japonais chargé de la fonction d'interprète ; ils quittent Jaluit sans attendre et prennent la direction des îles Hawaï. Au bout d'un mois, ils découvrent que leurs vivres de réserve sont totalement avariés, à la suite d'une perquisition japonaise effectuée à leur insu. C'est seulement le  qu'ils parviennent, quasi morts de faim, à Kalaupapa, dans l'île de Molokai, où ils sont recueillis dans l'hôpital de la léproserie. Mais, le , une tempête anéantit le Fou Po II et la totalité des travaux réalisés pendant les trois années précédentes.

Le Kaimiloa
Immédiatement après cette épreuve, Éric de Bisschop décide de construire un nouveau bateau, non plus une jonque, mais une double pirogue polynésienne de haute mer, un type de bateau qui n'est plus utilisé depuis plusieurs siècles. Hébergé à Honolulu, il effectue des recherches qui ne donnent pas grand chose.

Il commence tout de même sur ses propres plans la construction du Kaimiloa (terme hawaïen signifiant Au-delà des horizons lointains), dont tout le monde dit qu'il ne flottera pas ; c'est un assemblage de deux coques reliées par une plateforme centrale. Les matériaux utilisés sont simples : bois et bambou, sauf le métal des chaînes et ressorts solidarisant les trois éléments du bateau. Pour les voiles, il reprend le modèle de la voilure chinoise. Le Kaimiloa subit un premier essai en , un second, plus long, en novembre ; c'est au cours de celui-ci qu'est prise la décision de rentrer directement en France par le cap de Bonne Espérance au lieu de poursuivre la navigation dans le Pacifique.

Ils quittent Honolulu le  et arrivent à Cannes le , après des escales à Futuna (14-), Murray Island (23-), Coconut Island (26-), Bali (15-), Surabaya dans l'île de Java (18-), Le Cap (-) et Tanger (-) et de nombreux incidents et avaries en mer (tempêtes, voies d'eau, gréement endommagé, etc.). Les principaux moments difficiles ont été : le passage de la grande barrière de corail puis du détroit de Torres au nord de l'Australie, avec trois zones de récifs à franchir (sans carte) ; l'arrivée au Cap, avec une tempête exceptionnellement forte qui brise un des gouvernails ; la fin du parcours dans l'Atlantique où à trois reprises (Madère, Açores, Lisbonne), du 20 au , ils sont empêchés d'accoster par le mauvais temps, réussissant à grand peine à atteindre Tanger.

Au total, c'est un voyage de plus d'une année ; ils auront passé 250 jours en mer. C'est un véritable exploit dans la mesure où le navire n'est équipé d'aucun des instruments de navigation moderne existant pourtant déjà à l'époque. Nombre d'escales durant cette longue circumnavigation seront utilisées pour réparer le navire des conséquences des tempêtes et divers « coups de tabac ».

Au cours de l'année 1939, les éditions Plon publient Au-delà des horizons lointains, diptyque composé du Kaimiloa d'Éric de Bisschop et des Confessions de Tatibouet de François de Pierrefeu, François de Pierrefeu est un camarade d'Éric de Bisschop pendant la Première Guerre mondiale ; il a par la suite fait partie de l'entourage de l'architecte-urbaniste Le Corbusier, un ami qu'Éric de Bisschop a retrouvé à Tanger.

Dans une interview à Paris-Soir, Éric de Bisschop déclare qu'après la guerre, pendant dix-huit mois il devint armateur avec un vieux trois-mâts spécialement aménagé pour le transport de bois précieux, avec lequel il fit route pour les petits ports de la côte d'Afrique, cherchant du fret.

Le Kaimiloa-Wakea
Le Kaimiloa-Wakea, un trimaran, est construit en 1939 au chantier Pradet à Bègles (Gironde). Leur projet est de retourner dans le Pacifique par le canal de Panama. Au début de la guerre, Éric de Bisschop obtient de Georges Mandel, ministre des Colonies, un ordre de mission concernant les Îles Marquises. Le bateau part de Bordeaux le , mais est détruit dans un accident à Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (probablement en ) ; ils séjournent longtemps aux Canaries, dans l'attente du règlement judiciaire de l'accident. La Polynésie française ayant par ailleurs opté pour la France Libre, Éric et Constance de Bisschop décident de revenir à Honolulu. Le voyage (via les États-Unis) est effectué aux frais du maréchal Pétain. Ils arrivent à Honolulu début .

Agent consulaire à Honolulu et soutien au maréchal Pétain
Sur le plan politique, il fait alors preuve d'un soutien sans faille au maréchal Pétain et d'une hostilité catégorique à la France libre, de même que son épouse, qui intervient à plusieurs reprises dans la presse de Honolulu et auprès du Secrétaire d'État américain (Sumner Welles).

Nommé agent consulaire à Honolulu par le régime de Vichy en , il voit son accréditation supprimée le , peu après l'attaque japonaise de Pearl Harbour. Il est incarcéré trois jours en  par la Sécurité militaire (Military Intelligence).

Il semble qu'il ait passé les années 1942-1946 sans occupation précise, toujours à Honolulu.

La Polynésie française
En 1947, il quitte les îles Hawaii où il laisse son épouse et s'installe en Polynésie française. Dès le début, il a le projet d'une expédition en radeau vers l'Amérique du Sud, mais celle-ci n'aura lieu que neuf ans plus tard. Il exerce d'abord une activité de marin de commerce dans les îles (collecte du coprah), puis en 1951, obtient un poste temporaire d'agent du cadastre et de cartographe, poste qu'il occupe dans les îles Australes, pendant trois ans à Rurutu, puis à Raivavae pendant deux ans.

Les Tahiti-Nui
Le Tahiti-Nui I
Éric de Bisschop a retracé l'expédition du Tahiti-Nui dans son livre Cap à l'est.

Inspiré par l'aventure du Kon TiKi de Thor Heyerdahl – qui s'est écrasé en 1947 sur un récif corallien de l'atoll de Raroia dans l'archipel des Tuamotu –, c'est un long périple de Papeete (Polynésie française) aux côtes chiliennes sur un radeau de bambou à double gréement de voiles tressées (et non tissées) en pandanus, gouverné grâce à un système de dérives mobiles (guaras). Après la réalisation d'une maquette au 1/10e, la construction du radeau a lieu à Papeete de mai à . Outre les éléments traditionnels, il comporte une cabine étanche (en contreplaqué) qui abrite le matériel photographique et météorologique et l'équipement radio.

Le départ a lieu le  avec quatre équipiers (Francis Cowan, Alain et Michel Brun, et le Chilien Juan Bugaño, dit Juanito). Après une escale à Port Phaéton au sud de l'île de Tahiti le , afin d'ajouter des bambous, l'expédition se dirige vers le sud jusqu'aux Iles Australes, où elle bénéficie d'un dernier ravitaillement par le navire de liaison de l'administration française ().

Ils font ensuite route vers le sud-est, puis vers l'est aux latitudes 30-35° S. La progression est un peu lente du fait que les vents dominants sont d'est, mais Éric de Bisschop ne veut pas descendre à 40-45°, où les vents d'ouest seraient trop violents. Début , ils se trouvent à 350 milles de l'île de Pâques.

En mai, à deux semaines de navigation des îles Juan Fernandez (Chili), le radeau est en assez mauvais état : il perd des bambous et une bonne part est infestée de tarets ; l'équipage sollicite un remorquage et ils sont rejoints par la frégate chilienne Baquedano. Durant les opérations de remorquage, le radeau subit de graves avaries () et est finalement abandonné sans perte humaine (). Les cinq hommes sont amenés au Chili, où ils reçoivent un accueil très chaleureux à Valparaíso puis à Santiago.

Dans les dernières pages de son récit, Éric de Bisschop « rêve de pouvoir refaire ce voyage équipé de tous les instruments modernes d'investigation hydrographiques ». Le navigateur s'interroge sur la possibilité d'expliquer un jour, comment dans l'immensité du Pacifique, les anciennes populations polynésiennes ont réussi à naviguer et à s'implanter de la Nouvelle-Zélande à l'île de Pâques et aux îles Hawaï.

Le Tahiti-Nui II et la mort d'Éric de Bisschop
Le second Tahiti-Nui est construit au Chili dans le port de Constitución, grâce à l'aide des chantiers navals locaux. Il s'agit d'un radeau de cyprès. Il part de Constitución le  avec un équipage modifié (Francis Cowan et Michel Brun, repartis à Tahiti, sont remplacés par Jean Pélissier et Hans Fischer). Après une escale à Callao (Pérou) du  au , ils repartent vers la Polynésie française. Après un échec pour accoster aux îles Marquises, le radeau connaît une perte de flottabilité qui oblige l'équipage à construire un radeau de secours (Tahiti-Nui III). Celui-ci fait naufrage sur les récifs de Rakahanga dans les Îles Cook () et chavire brutalement. Éric de Bisschop, heurté à la tête par le radeau, est la seule victime. Il est inhumé à Rakahanga, puis rapatrié en Polynésie française, où il repose dans le cimetière de Moerai sur l'île de Rurutu.

Commémorations
En 1988, un timbre a été émis par l'OPT pour le  de son expédition et de sa mort ainsi qu'un autre en 2008 pour le .

En , une stèle retraçant sa vie a été placée sur le mur du cimetière de Moerai.

Publications
 Kaimiloa : D'Honolulu à Cannes par l'Australie et Le Cap, à bord d'une double pirogue polynésienne, Éditions Plon, Paris, 1939 (Au-delà des horizons lointains 1). Réédition : Paris, Hachette, 1953. Traduction anglaise : The Voyage of the Kaimiloa, Londres, 1940.
 Cap à l'Est : Première expédition du Tahiti-Nui, Éditions Plon, Paris, 1958. Traduction anglaise : Tahiti-Nui, New-York, 1959 ; traduction russe : Tahiti-Nui.
 Vers Nousantara, ou l'énigme polynésienne, La Table Ronde, Paris, 1963 (Collection L'ordre du jour).

Notes et références

Références

Bibliographie
 Qui était qui en France  siècle, Éditions Jacques Laffitte, Paris, 2005 (Éric de Bisschop : ).
 Jean-Marie Williamson : Voyage au pays de la plaisance, Nantes, Éditions des Deux Rives, 2000 (Éric de Bisschop :  (Kaimiloa), 79 (Kaimiloa Vakea), 173 (Tahiti Nui 2)
 Nadine Lefébure : Visages de grands marins, Éditions du Sud, Paris, 1964 (Éric de Bisschop : pp 399ssq.).
 Étienne Taillemite : Dictionnaire des marins français, Éditions Tallandier, Paris, 2002 (Éric de Bisschop : ).
 François de Pierrefeu, Les Confessions de Tatibouet, Éditions Plon, Paris, 1939 (Au-delà des horizons lointains 2). Ce livre raconte les expéditions des deux Fou Po ; on y trouve quelques indications biographiques sur Joseph Tatibouet.
 Bengt Danielsson, Le Dernier Rendez-vous d'Eric de Bisschop, Éditions Julliard (collection Mappemonde), Paris, 1962.
 Michel Brun, Le destin tragique du Tahiti-nui, Éditions Flammarion (Collection L'aventure vécue), Paris, 1959. Récit (l'auteur était capitaine en second du Tahiti-Nui I) de la dernière aventure réalisée par Éric de Bisschop.
 Jean Pélissier, 5 Hommes sur un radeau, La Pensée moderne, Paris, 1959.
 Jean Pélissier, Les Compagnons du Tahiti-Nui, Marabout (coll. Marabout Junior ), Verviers, 1959.L'auteur est un océanographe français qui a participé à l'expédition Tahiti-Nui II, de Constitucion à Rakahanga.
 Jaime Bustos Mandiola, Les Mascottes du Tahiti-Nui, Éditions G.P., Paris, 1959 (Collection Rouge et Or), avant-propos d'Éric de Bisschop, appendice de Jean Ollivier qui retrace la vie d'Éric de Bisschop. Jaime Bustos Mandiola est un chilien, qui a participé à l'expédition en tant que responsable de l'accueil au Chili. le titre espagnol est Las mascotas de la Tahiti Nui, Editora Austral, Santiago du Chili, 1957 et G.P., Barcelone, 1959.
 Le Chasseur français,  : La croisière du Kaimiloa
 Paris-Match,  () : « Le radeau d'Eric de Bisschop ». Reçu par radio, l'article s'attire le commentaire suivant d'Éric de Bisschop (Cap à l'Est, page 190) : C'est le plus grand tissu d'inexactitudes et d'idioties que j'aie entendues..
 Paris-Match,  () : « L'épopée du Tahiti-Nui » (couverture du numéro et pages 52–61). Le reportage retrace le remorquage puis l'abandon du radeau et est complété par des extraits du journal de bord d'Éric de Bisschop, qui seront repris dans Cap à l'Est.
 Paris-Match,  () : « Eric de Bisschop, le naufrage du Tahiti Nui »

Divers
 Archives du ministère des Affaires étrangères, Fonds Washington (localisation : Centre des archives diplomatiques de Nantes, carton 1226, chemise 96 : Honolulu, 1913-1942). 67 documents concernent Éric de Bisschop. Le versement s'interrompt le . Ces 67 documents ont été publiés sur le site : Eric de Bisschop (page CORPUS)
 Souvenirs sur Éric de Bisschop par Jean Merrien et Alain Bombard, 1958 (enregistrement sonore ; localisation : BnF)

Article connexe
 Thor Heyerdahl

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Naissance en octobre 1891
Naissance à Aire-sur-la-Lys
Décès en août 1958
Décès à 66 ans
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UPMINSTER COURT
Havering (London Borough)
Non Civil Parish
TQ 56365 87962
Gardens laid out at the beginning of the C20, to accompany a country house built 1905-6 to designs by Sir Charles Reilly.
Up until the end of the C19 the site on which Upminster Court was to be built belonged to the Branfill family of the Upminster Hall Estate. The Tithe map of 1841 shows the land divided into two agricultural fields with two small woodland belts on the boundaries and a pair of small cottages alongside the Harold Wood road. Chancellor and Sons, architects and surveyors to the trustees of the Upminster Hall Estate, drew up a survey plan in 1904 which was copied to Sir Charles Reilly, chosen architect of Arthur E Williams, son of Samuel Williams a local shipping and coal merchant, to whom the land was to be let or leased. Sir Charles, himself a resident in the same parish, designed a new house for the Williams family. Building commenced in 1905 and was completed in 1906, and gardens were laid out. By the end of the 1920s the family had ceased to live in the house which was used as offices after 1929 (L Amos pers comm, 2001). Around the same period (1927-9), Arthur Williams sold 22 acres (c 9ha) of land leading down to the Ingrebourne valley to Upminster Golf Club. During the Second World War a refugee centre was set up at Upminster Court; in 1946 Essex County Council purchased the site for use as an education centre. In 1965, when the county boundaries were reorganised, Upminster Court moved into the ownership of the London Borough of Havering who, in 1972, opened a short-stay respite centre and set up the Borough nursery in the gardens. The care centre closed in 1991 and since 1993 the house has been used as a training centre for council staff. The site remains (2001) in single public ownership.
LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING Upminster Court is situated on the western edge of Cranham, c 4km west of the M25 between junctions 28 and 29. The c 3ha site, which has a gentle fall from east to west, is bounded to the east by Hall Lane, to the north and south by private housing, and to the west by a golf course occupying open land in the Ingrebourne River valley. The Court occupies a semi-urban setting but enjoys good views west over the river valley.
ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES The house is approached from Hall Lane, through gates hung on a pair of red-brick gate piers surmounted by ball finials (listed grade II) situated in the centre of the eastern boundary. These lead onto a straight drive which runs for c 600m between lawns edged with pollarded limes, to a gravel forecourt with central grass turning circle. When the house was built in 1906 the centre of the circle was marked with a stone font which has since gone (2001). At the house the drive divides, turning north to the stable block, and south to the southern boundary where it turns east to leave the site in the south-east corner. A second, service drive enters the site c 100m further north off Hall Lane and runs along the northern boundary directly to the stable block. This drive passes beside a small lodge cottage (outside the area here registered) which predates the building of Upminster Court.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING Upminster Court (listed grade II) is a country house built of red brick and stone in the Wren Revival style. It is constructed in two storeys, with attics under a slate roof. The east, entrance front has six bays with a single-storey colonnade between projecting wings, while the garden front to the west has four-three-four bays with giant Ionic pilasters. Beyond the north wing is a kitchen court, enclosed by boot and knife rooms. The house was built by Sir Charles Reilly, an architect of the Liverpool School, between 1904 and 1906, for Arthur Williams.
The stable court (listed grade II) lies c 40m to the north-east of the house and has a three-bay front facing south with a carriage entrance topped by a clock tower. It was also erected by Charles Reilly.
GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS The gardens, which were laid out to accompany Charles Reilly's house, surround the house on all sides. To the east the area between the house and the eastern boundary wall is laid to two lawns, edged by pollarded limes along the drives and scattered with occasional mature specimens. In the southern lawn, beside the eastern boundary, is a rock and water garden laid out after 1945 in a crater created by a wartime bomb and known as the Crater Beds.
To the south, the house leads onto a small garden enclosed by high red-brick walls surmounted by pineapple finials. The garden is entered from the east front forecourt via an elaborate, wrought-iron Apprentice's Gate. The area is currently (2001) laid to lawn with a central lily pond of late C20 construction. Early C20 OS maps show that this compartment originally had a path leading from the house to the southern boundary wall and was laid out as an Italianate parterre.
The west facade gives onto a paved terrace, bounded to the west by a low balustrade on top of a retaining wall and to the north and south by high, curved red-brick walls. Steps at either end of the terrace lead down onto the main north/south gravel terrace walk which runs alongside herbaceous borders and clipped yews planted at the base of the walls. From the terrace walk, steps aligned on the centre of the house lead down to a path dividing two croquet lawns which are edged with dense shrubberies carrying east/west cross walks. These shrubbery walks act as divisions between the central flower gardens and a series of terraced lawns to the north and the vegetable gardens to the south. Beyond the croquet lawns, the path continues west down a further flight of steps to a second north/south cross walk enclosed by shrubs and bamboos. Beyond this lie two smaller garden compartments, that to the north of the main axis laid out as a flower parterre (overgrown, but with the layout shown on the 1920s OS still evident) and that to the south, enclosed by clipped yew hedges, laid out as a simple quartered lawn around a central mature specimen tree.
To the north-west of the house, the garden boundary is defined by a mixed woodland spinney, shown to be extant on the 1841 Tithe map. This looks onto three lawns, terraced to take account of the slope to the west. The top lawn, originally the bowling green, is currently used as a horticultural training area. The middle terrace was a grass tennis lawn, divided from the bowling green by a brick retaining wall which is now (2001) overgrown. Below the tennis lawn, the third lawn was planted as a vineyard in the 1970s; this survived until the 1990s. It is now laid to grass, the western boundary of the garden being defined by a hedge.
KITCHEN GARDEN The kitchen garden area lies to the south of the flower gardens. On the south side of the wall enclosing the south garden is a range of Edwardian glasshouses which now (2001) look onto a car park enclosed by hedges, but originally stood within a walled garden. To the west of this the land was used for vegetable growing but is now overgrown. Early C20 maps suggest that the northern boundary of the vegetable garden was marked by a crinkle-crankle wall but there are no visible remains of this feature. The south-west corner of the gardens was, like the north-west corner, planted as a vineyard in the 1970s which again survived until the 1990s before being removed. The area is currently not in use.
N Pevsner and E Radcliffe, The Buildings of England: Essex (1979), pp 397-9 Victoria History of the County of Essex VII, (1983), p 147 Macmillan Encyclopaedia of Architects III, (1973), p 538 Upminster Court: a brief history, guide leaflet, (Havering BC, nd)
Maps Tithe map for Upminster parish, 1841 (D/CT 373 (5)), (Essex Record Office) Chancellor and Sons, architects, Plan of land proposed to be let to Mr Williams - copy sent to Mr Reilly 8 November 1904 (D/F 8/454), (Essex Record Office)
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Pichu watched with wide eyes as Pikachu and Raichu lifted the large banner onto the wall. The banner was the masterpiece of the gang's only artist, Big Electabuzz. The banner showed Boss Pikachu and Giga Raichu standing on top of a large lightning bolt. The lightning bolt is the gang's symbol. With the past victory, the morale of all the members of the gang was at an all time high. Everyone was pleased. Pikachu was still learning to be a leader and Raichu helped him along the way. Pichu had defeated a peon and was now a member of the gang. Things were going quite well. Pikachu put the banner on a nail in the wall and let go and looked it over as it hung. Raichu did the same. They both got down by pichu and stared at the banner. Electabuzz stood behind them and smiled at his handiwork. Pichu smiled. Several other gang members started to applaud Electabuzz. It was a pretty good day for everyone. Pikachu's parents finally consented to having Pichu in the gang. Pichu was having a fun time and was finally learning a few words. Raichu hadn't lost any respect that the gang had for him. He had proved himself as a powerful fighter and the only one who could defeat him was pikachu.
As the day progressed, many more things got done. Most of it was renovation of the gang's hideout. They were in an old warehouse that the electric company doesn't use anymore. Zapdos was holding up an Electabuzz in the air while he reconnected some old wires that a Rattata had bit into only the day before. Jolteon was on the prowl for the Rattata that cut that wire but was having little luck. A magneton was in the back charging an old generator that they had found. Pikachu and Raichu had their attention on Pichu when Zapdos, having finished with the repair, approached them.
"I'd like to introduce some of my cousins to the gang." Zapdos said.
"Moltres and Articuno." Zapdos said. "They want in."
"Moltres and Articuno aren't electric types." Raichu said.
"This gang is only for electric types. If they want to be part of a gang send them to Rapidash and Wartortle." Pikachu said.
"They want to be here with us." Zapdos said.
"No can do." Pikachu said. "No non-electric types allowed."
"We are allies with the water gang and we have a treaty of friendship with the fire gang. They'll be in good hands." Raichu said.
Zapdos went away quietly. That wasn't the answer he was looking for. Pikachu and Raichu turned their attention to Pichu.
"Go ahead pichu." Pikachu said. "Say it."
pika!" Pichu said with a smile.
Pikachu and Raichu both laughed.
"He's getting there." Raichu said.
Zapdos flew through the air, heading for Indigo Plateau, the home of his cousin Moltres. Zapdos landed softly near the mouth of a cave on top of the plateau and entered. Moltres saw Zapdos and rushed to him.
"Well, what'd they say?" Moltres said.
"You can't be in the electric gang. You're not an electric type." Zapdos said.
"But you can go to the fire gang. They have a treaty of friendship with us." Zapdos said.
"Where is the fire gang?" Moltres said.
Soon, Moltres was flying south to Cinnabar as Zapdos headed to Sea Foam Islands. Articuno had gotten some digletts to build a tunnel to her underground lair. Zapdos stood at the mouth of the cave and walked in. Soon he stood on a small platform looking over and underground river. Articuno was snoozing in her nest. Zapdos lightly nudged her and she woke with a start. The she recognized her cousin.
"Cuz!" She said. "What's the good word?"
"No chance." Zapdos said. "You're not an electric type."
"Geez. I figured that much." Articuno said.
"You can join the water gang. We're allies with them." Zapdos said.
It had been a week since Zapdos had asked them about his cousins joining the gang. It had been a month since the rumble. Pikachu and Raichu were enjoying some sun on the roof of the warehouse. Pichu was in a small wading pool they had set up for him. Zapdos was on air patrol, keeping a sharp eye on the perimeter of their territory. As Zapdos flew, he spotted a Ponyta waiting at the perimeter. He recognized the ponyta as a member of Rapidashs' gang. Zapdos swooped down to speak with the ponyta. Pikachu saw this and went to the edge of the roof to investigate. Raichu did the same. They watched as Zapdos conversed with the ponyta. The ponyta then turned, and left. Zapdos flew up to the warehouse roof.
"I have a message for Pikachu from Rapidash." Zapdos said.
"So spill it already!" Raichu said.
"For Pikachu and only Pikachu." Zapdos said.
Raichu moved to the other side of the roof where Pichu was happily splashing in his kiddie pool.
"Boss Rapidash wants to have a word with you. Now." Zapdos said. "Bring only your transportation. No one else."
"I'll be ready in five." Pikachu said.
Zapdos nodded and went back to his patrols. Pikachu went to Raichu and motioned for a private conversation. Pikachu explained the situation to Raichu.
"It sounds like a private Boss conference. But why only you and Rapidash?" Raichu said.
"That's what I want to know." Pikachu said.
"Don't say anything that might make Rapidash mad. We don't want to lose that treaty." Raichu said. "Always be polite and speak clearly. I can't be there with you so you'll have to make decisions on your own."
Pikachu understood. This was one he had to do without any help. He waved to Zapdos. Zapdos flew to the warehouse and Pikachu jumped onto his back. Pikachu waved to Raichu and Pichu as Zapdos flew off.
Zapdos flew quickly through the air. He knew that Pikachu was going to make an important decision in this meeting with Boss Rapidash. He could only wonder what was going to happen behind those closed doors. Pikachu was having the same thoughts. He hadn't done anything lately to make Rapidash mad at him. The rumble was between Pikachu's gang, Wartortle's gang and the Psychic gang. Pikachu had no idea what was going to happen. He wished that Raichu could be with him to help him out. Pikachu was still young. He had little to no experience in council. Zapdos slowed as he approached the perimeter of Rapidashs' territory. Pikachu looked around and saw that a Moltres was waiting in the air. Moltres led Zapdos down to the Island. Pikachu was led into a small deserted laboratory. Pikachu began to feel nervous as he saw the charred blast marks on the walls of the lab. Zapdos stayed outside with his cousin. A Magmar led Pikachu to a large door. The door slowly opened and Pikachu entered. Once inside he immediately saw Rapidash lying down on a large cushion. There were several other ponyta in the room. Rapidash saw Pikachu and motioned for the ponyta to leave. The other ponyta left the room, leaving only Pikachu and Boss Rapidash. There had never been a female Boss in any of the gangs for a long time. But Rapidash was an exception. She was large for a Rapidash, which made her very attractive to the stallions. She hadn't chosen a mate yet, and that worried most of the Rapidash community. Pikachu never found other species of pokémon, other than his own, very attractive but this one seemed to catch his eye. He saw the beauty in Rapidash that Raichu had spoke of earlier. Raichu had said that Rapidash is the most beautiful horse he had ever seen. Now Pikachu knew that Raichu wasn't lying. Rapidash flicked her head to mover her mane to the other side of her head, revealing her sharp horn.
"Boss Pikachu. Welcome to my home." She said.
"I'm honered." Pikachu said nervously.
"Is there something wrong?" Rapidash asked.
no. Let's get down to business. What was it you wanted to talk about?" Pikachu asked.
"Straight to the point. I like that." Rapidash said. "I wanted to speak to you about your ally, Wartortle."
"What about him?" Pikachu asked.
"I don't like him." Rapidash said.
"So what does that have to do with me?" Pikachu asked.
"I will not keep our treaty if you keep relations with Wartortle." Rapidash asked.
"Why don't you like him?" Pikachu asked.
"Water types are the hated enemy of all fire types." Rapidash said.
"All the more reason you should ally with him. If you should go to war, he would be a valuable ally." Pikachu said.
"I will not ally myself with my enemy!" Rapidash said.
"Then what would you have me do?" Pikachu asked.
"Ally with me and destroy the water gang." Rapidash said.
"I can't do that. The water gang was an extremely big help in our battle with the psychic gang." Pikachu said. "Besides. If we did do battle with the water gang, it would be a slaughter. That is unethical."
"If you will not ally with me then I shall make our treaty null and void." Rapidash said.
"I simply cannot turn on my ally." Pikachu said. "I'm sorry that we cannot meet on the same terms here."
"If you will not be my ally, then you are my enemy." Rapidash said.
Pikachu thought for a moment.
"Then so be it." Pikachu said.
Rapidash was taken aback. She had not expected him to respond that way. But she could not back out on her word.
"If there is no further business." Pikachu said.
"There is. I have enlisted the help of a powerful pokémon that will help me defeat you." Rapidash said.
"Yes I know you have Moltres in your ranks." Pikachu said.
A figure stepped from out of the shadows. Pikachu looked in horror at the figure standing before him.
"Meet Mega Mewtwo." Rapidash said.
"You can't have a psychic in your ranks! It's against the rules!" Pikachu said.
"I can. You see Mewtwo knows metronome. Metronome is an attack that can conjure up ANY attack that ANY pokémon can do. That includes fire. So in a sense, he is a fire type." Rapidash said.
"You can't do this. I won't allow this." Pikachu said as he backed to the door.
"I can do this and you are going to allow it whether you like it or not." Rapidash said.
"You can't force me to do something I don't want to do." Pikachu said.
"Then we have no further business. Remove yourself. You are trespassing." Rapidash said.
Pikachu walked out of the laboratory and met up with Zapdos.
"Let's go home. Quickly." Pikachu said.
"Nothing good." Pikachu said as Zapdos flew towards the power plant.


iCliniq › Ask a doctor online › Answers › Medical gastroenterology › Halitosis › How can bad breath be stopped and prevented?
Q. How can bad breath be stopped and prevented?
I am facing a problem with bad smell from mouth. I have faced this problem six to eight months before after my accident and I took heavy-dose antibiotics. I have shown to a dentist and I have cleared all my tooth problems. After that also, I am facing this bad smell. I am taking Omeprazole and Gelusil continuously.
Presently, I am facing the same problem for the last one and a half months. My bottom portion of the tongue has an acidity taste when food not taken on time. Presently, I have taken 10 tablets of Omeprazole and Sucrafil syrup. Kindly advice me if there is any cure available.
You seem to be suffering from halitosis and this requires a proper dental evaluation. If that is cleared then you might be having a gastroesophageal reflux disease.
You need to be started on a combination of Rabeprazole and Domperidone once daily. Do Listerine gargles thrice daily.
I would also recommend you to avoid eating onion, garlic, and non-vegetarian foods.
I have gargled with mouthwash. Most of the time, I am walking also. I am doing proper brushing also. I already have consulted a dentist and have filled my tooth. Even now I am facing stomach problem and the swallow coming to my mouth has an acidity taste.
I suggest you start the medicine that I have mentioned. I am very hopeful that you would get relieved.


OK if we are even going to accept that this negative social proofing has an effect on the magnetic middle then how do we counter this apparent anomaly? … It turns out that the answer is simpler than I imagined, Just focus on the prevalence of the positive rather than on the social undesirability of the behaviour you are hoping to discourage. So in this example they simply changed the signs from the negative example signs to messages which highlighted that only a small % of the people stole the wood from the park! result: The wood theft dropped dramatically!!
Given the last two posts I am really surprised and shocked that a simple sign in a park or a letter through the door can influence their behaviour to do something socially negative or even in the Park example 'illegal' !! I am equally just as dismayed that this can be simply fixed with the way the messages are written!
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Gargantuan fish tips scales at 877 lbs.
April 16, 2018 | By Special to the County Compass
ATLANTIC OCEAN — The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new state record for bluefin tuna.
Retired Army General Scott Chambers of Townsend, Delaware, reeled in the massive catch on March 17 after a two and a half hour tug-of-war in waters off Oregon Inlet. The tuna measured 113 inches curved fork length (tracing the contour of the body from the tip of the nose to the fork in the tail) and had a girth of 79 inches.
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Mariel De Leon Speaks Out Against SC TRO On Contraceptives
'Let's take our bodies back.'
by F. Valencia | May 19, 2017
PHOTO: Instagram/mariaangelicadl
"With the news that pills are already disappearing from drugstore shelves, advocates for women's health and the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law (RA 10354) or RH Law are putting the pressure on the Supreme Court (SC) to lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) that is restricting the procurement and distribution of female contraceptives in the country," reports GMA News Online.
Binibining Pilipinas International 2017 Mariel De Leon has added her voice to the protest against the TRO. On Wednesday, May 17, she posted a series of tweets about the issue.
TRO on contraceptives. Birth control pills are slowly going away. What will you do when they're all gone? Let's take our bodies back.
— Mariel de Leon (@mariaangelicadl) May 17, 2017
What about women with PCOS, acne, severe dysmenorrhea, irregular period, etc.?
What about our freedom of choice when it comes to family planning? What about women's health?
You're not "pro life" if you deprive women of something that's good for our health and our future.
It may be recalled that in 2015, the Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines filed a complaint with the SC which alleged that certain contraceptive implants allowed under the RH Law have "abortifacient side effects."
Thus, the SC issued the TRO that prevents the government from procuring, selling, distributing, dispensing, administering, advertising, and promoting implants. The SC ruling also stopped the Food and Drug Administration from granting pending applications for reproductive products, including contraceptives.
Despite the clamor of RH advocates, the TRO is still being enforced by the SC. Meanwhile, the licenses issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for contraceptives have been expiring one after the other.
As such, Commission on Population (PopCom) executive director Juan Perez III had warned, "Only four of the 48 contraceptive products currently available would remain in the market before the end of 2018."
Help gather 1 million signatures!
Sign this petition making an appeal to the Supreme Court to lift its TRO. Once you have signed, pass on to at least 10 of your friends when you sign so you can help spread the word.
Use the hashtag #DontTakeAwayMyBirthControl when you post this petition or any articles related to the Supreme Court TRO.
Send a letter to the Supreme Court and tell them how this TRO is affecting your life. Email them at pio@sc.judiciary.gov.ph.
supreme court,
Mariel de Leon,


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When Kelsie Davies of Tim Davies Landscaping was commissioned to design this stunning outdoor room, the owners sought to create dual entertainment areas — one for family use and the other for adult enjoyment. Another important part of the brief given to Kelsie was for the space to respond to the large scale of the house, with elements to both soften and complement the building.
With the two-storey house being rather generous in its proportions, the landscape needed to reflect the same grand scale to create a unification of the indoor and outdoor spaces. The outdoor living space was therefore designed to be an extension of the internal dining area, a "spill out" space for sophisticated, yet casual at-home entertaining.
The layout of the area was geared towards maximising space and making a bold yet elegant statement, which is best reflected in the custom-built timber screen that artistically shields the space from the neighbours overlooking the property, allowing for an intimate space for entertaining. The choice of timber also provides a nice warmth and contrast to the largely stone material selection in the area, with the curve design creating interest and a point of difference.
Kelsie also designed a separate, more casual family outdoor area at the rear that follows the same floor level as the entertaining area but with a lighter tile to differentiate the spaces. Following on from the main living areas, the garden and lawn areas step down in level from the entertaining spaces and have been designed simply with bold elements to the key areas. A timber bench seat creates a destination point in the garden to draw people out into the landscape.
One of the many stand-out features of the design includes the exposed aggregate concrete and large format granite pavers used on the patio that provide an excellent contrast against the soft green hues provided by the gorgeous plantation. The striking, over-sized flanking pots that are situated on both sides of the timber screen that house the star jasmine plantings are also a stunning inclusion of the space. The plantings add some soft scape elements to the concrete and pavers. Plantings of Gleditsia "shademaster", Lagerstroemia Indica, Dianella and Liriope and Trachelsospermum jasminoides were used to name but a few.
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Fried Rice Flour Cake with Egg, or in Vietnamese, Bánh Bột Chiên Trứng is a great omelette-type dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer or a main dish anytime of day. I order this dish every time we eat at Thien Long Restaurant (one of my favorite Vietnamese Restaurants) in San Jose. The crisp exterior of the rice cake dipped in a tangy soy sauce is ridiculously addicting and delicious. I wonder how a dish that looks so simple to prepare hits the spot so gooood.
When I was walking down the refrigerated aisle at Lion Market to look for some tofu, I saw prepackaged rice cakes on sale for ~$3.50 for a big block. Since I already had scallions and eggs at home, I just bought it so Jane and I can make breakfast on Saturday morning. This recipe is super duper easy to make and a dish I will certainly make again in the future.
Note: I think the restaurant uses Red wine vinegar. I didn't have that, so I just used Rice Wine Vinegar instead. I think regular distilled vinegar would work too.
In a small bowl, whisk soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, salt, sugar, and Sriracha until ingredients meld together.
Cut flour rice cakes into 1-inch thick squares.
Wash and finely dice scallions and set aside.
Crack 3 eggs and put it in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste and beat the eggs.
Place wok or frying pan on the stovetop and turn the heat on Medium.
When heat is hot, add oil and fry flour rice cakes until both sides are brown and crisp.
Sprinkle diced scallions all over flour rice cakes.
Pour egg over flour rice cakes and scallions and let the egg set then flip and cook the other side. I like to try to keep the egg hold the flour rice cakes together, but it might break up when you flip it.
Plate, sprinkle fried shallots and any extra diced scallions on top and serve with dipping sauce.


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Steven Bergwijn declares "I want to leave Spurs now" in public message to Antonio Conte
June 6, 2022 James ForgeySports
When Steven Bergwijn popped up with a 95th minute equaliser and a 97th minute winner against Leicester in January, it looked as though it may kickstart his Tottenham career.
Antonio Conte spoke to the Dutchman shortly after to confirm his involvement for the rest of the season, and Spurs denied him a move to Ajax that month. Yet just one start came in his side's remaining 19 fixtures of the Premier League campaign and now Bergwijn, simply, has had enough.
After scoring the opening goal of the Netherlands' 4-1 thumping of Belgium in their UEFA Nations League group opener on Friday, Bergwijn this weekend publicly expressed his desire to leave north London. Bergwijn said: "I just need to go play. I want to leave Spurs now, that's for sure."
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Speaking to Dutch outlet AD after the victory, Bergwijn added: "Is it important that my new club plays in the Champions League? That's not my top priority. It would be nice, but what's important is that I'm going to play.'
"I wasn't allowed to leave Spurs in the winter and then I didn't have any problems. But for the last few months, I was hardly looked after there. I want to go and play somewhere weekly. It would be nice if there was clarity soon. My situation now has to be different."
International football has kept Bergwijn's season alive and he has scored as many goals for the Netherlands (4) as he did for Tottenham all season. His most recent displays are ensuring he keeps himself in the shop window for any potential suitors.
Steven Bergwijn has gone public with his desire to leave Tottenham this summer
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Did Steven Bergwijn deserve more of a chance under Antonio Conte at Spurs last season? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
But there is no doubt that he will have a problem in finding himself a new club because, Tottenham being Tottenham, they won't let him go on the cheap.
Ajax are understood to be leading the race for his signature, but how willing are they to meet Spurs' demands for a player who, having arrived just two years ago from PSV, signed a five-year-deal after completing a move for a fee in the region of £26million.
Bergwijn made the perfect start by scoring on his debut in a 2-0 victory over Manchester City. Yet just seven goals in his next 82 appearances followed, as he struggled to hold down a starting spot under Jose Mourinho and then Conte.
But, only 24, the Dutchman still has plenty of years ahead of him and will look to make the most of them elsewhere. More immediately, he wants to assure himself of a place in the Oranje squad for the World Cup later this year.
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JLL Arranges Sale of Watertown Mall Near Boston for $130 Million
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Watertown Mall spans 260,867 square feet and is 98 percent occupied.
Watertown, Mass. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $130 million sale of Watertown Mall, a 260,867-square-foot power center in Watertown, a first-ring suburb just west of Boston. The property is 98 percent occupied by 10 tenants, including Target, Best Buy and the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
Situated on 17.8 acres at 550 Arsenal St., Watertown Mall is adjacent to the 1 million-square-foot Arsenal Yards, the mixed-use redevelopment of a former armory. Watertown Mall Associates LP sold the property to Alexandria Real Estate Equities, according to local news outlet Wicked Local.
The Watertown market has emerged as a popular life sciences and innovation district, according to JLL. It is located less than three miles from Cambridge and seven miles from downtown Boston.
Watertown Mall welcomes more than 2.7 million annual customer visits and is home to the No. 1 most-visited Target store in Massachusetts, according to JLL.
"With top-performing retail tenants in place, a premier location and demographics, and the potential to successfully support a variety of different uses, Watertown Mall represents an extraordinary opportunity to own one of the last large parcels in the red-hot Watertown submarket," says JLL's Chris Angelone.
Angelone, along with colleagues Coleman Benedict, Nat Heald, Matthew Sherry and Zach Nitsche, represented the seller in the transaction.
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JLL Arranges $44.3 Million Sale of Grocery-Anchored Center in Suburban Boston January 27, 2022
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Workers at NORPAC Foods prepare onions for processing. A judge has ruled that a union's objection must be addressed before the sale of the cooperative's Oregon facilities can go through.
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Tiegs prevails over Simplot in auction for NORPAC facility
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press
Mateusz Perkowski
PORTLAND — Farm entrepreneur Frank Tiegs has prevailed over the J.R. Simplot Co. in an auction to buy the bankrupt NORPAC cooperative's processing plant in Quincy, Wash., for up to $107 million.
The transaction is significant for farmers and workers in Oregon's Willamette Valley because it's considered necessary for Tiegs to also take over the operations of Oregon processing facilities in Brooks and Salem.
Lineage Logistics, a Michigan-based cold storage company, has made a $49 million offer to buy the bankrupt NORPAC cooperative's Oregon processing facilities in Brooks, Salem and Stayton.
NORPAC Foods has received a letter of intent to purchase the properties from Lineage Logistics, which would likely lease the Brooks and Salem plants to Tiegs' Oregon Potato Co., said Albert Kennedy, the cooperative's attorney, during a Dec. 10 bankruptcy court hearing in Portland.
He did not discuss what Lineage Logistics planned to do with the Stayton facility.
Tiegs, owner of the Oregon Potato Co., had previously bid on NORPAC's Oregon facilities and its processing plant in Quincy, Wash., but later backed out, citing environmental and regulatory concerns.
Last month, Tiegs again made a deal to acquire only the Quincy plant, which set off a bidding war with Simplot for that facility.
After an auction on Dec. 10 and 11, NORPAC determined that Oregon Potato Co.'s offer was superior, with the company agreeing to pay $21.5 million for the Quincy plant, plus $64 million to $72 million for the inventory's value depending on the closing date, as well as an extra payment of $13.6 million.
Simplot offered the same amount of money for the facility and inventory but offered $15 million as an extra payment. However, the transaction would have taken longer to close, during which time NORPAC would have continued losing money, so Oregon Potato Co.'s $13.6 million payment was considered an equal or superior offer.
Kennedy, NORPAC's attorney, told the judge that the cooperative also considered the Oregon Potato Co.'s offer superior because the sale and lease of the Oregon facilities was contingent on OPC acquiring the Quincy plant.
For the farmers and workers in the Willamette Valley, keeping food processors in the area is a key consideration, he said. Meanwhile, Simplot was not prepared to commit to leasing the Oregon facilities.
It also appears that Tiegs faces the threat of legal action for allegedly breaching the original agreement and defaming NORPAC by making negative comments about the company to the Capital Press in October.
A committee representing unsecured creditors — those who don't have collateral for loans made to NORPAC — had asked a judge not to release Tiegs and his Oregon Potato Co. from legal liability under the deal to buy the Quincy facility.
The value of such a release from liability must be scrutinized by the bankruptcy court to ensure the purchase price is fair and equitable, according to the committee.
Under a legal precedent, it's also possible for the creditors committee to pursue litigation to recover money on the debtors' behalf, the document said.
Under Tiegs' most recent bid for the Quincy plant, he would not be released from legal liability for defamation or contract breach.
CoBank, an agricultural lender and NORPAC's largest creditor, said in a court document that it's willing to extend until Jan. 3 a forbearance agreement under which it won't seek to foreclose on NORPAC's assets.
The bank wants to extend the agreement so that NORPAC can continue using its cash while negotiations over the sale of its assets are pending, the document said.
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PM Narendra Modi's Speech at 69th UN General Assembly (Full Transcript)
Events & Presentations / By Pangambam S / September 29, 2014 1:05 am November 30, 2019 7:32 am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in Hindi as he addressed the 69th UN General Assembly Session in New York on September 28, 2014, during his 5-day visit to the US. Here is the full transcript of the Indian Prime Minister's speech at the United Nations General Assembly:
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Narendra Modi – Prime Minister, India
Mr President and distinguished delegates…
Let me first congratulate you on your election as the President of the 69th session of United Nations General Assembly.
It is a truly great honor to address you for the first time as the Prime Minister of India. I stand here conscious of the hopes and expectations of the people of India.
I am also mindful of the expectations of the world from 1.25 billion people. India is a country that constitutes one-sixth of humanity; a nation experiencing economic and social transformation on a scale rarely seen in history.
Every nation's world view is shaped by its civilization and philosophical tradition. India's ancient wisdom sees the world as one family. It is this timeless current of thought that gives India an unwavering belief in multilateralism.
Today, as I stand here, I am equally aware of the hopes that are pinned on this Great Assembly. I am struck by the sacred belief that brought us together. An extraordinary vision and a clear recognition of our shared destiny brought us together to build this institution for advancing peace and security, the rights of every human being and economic development for all. From 51 nations then, today 193 sovereign flaÿs flv at thiÿ hope.
We have achieved much in the past six decades in our mission in ending wars, preventing conflict, maintaining peace, feeding the hungry, striving to save our planet and creating opportunities for children. 69 UN peacekeeping missions since 1948 have made the blue helmet the color of peace.
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Today, there is a surge of democracy across the world; including in South Asia; in Afghanistan, we are at a historic moment of democratic transition and affirmation of unity. Afghans are showing that their desire for a peaceful and democratic future will prevail over violence. Nepal has moved from violence to peace and democracy; Bhutan's young democracy is flourishing. Democracy is trying to find a voice in West Asia and North Africa; Tunisia's success makes us believe that it is possible.
There is a new stirring for stability, progress and progress in Africa. There is unprecedented spread of prosperity in Asia and beyond, rising on the strength of peace and stability. Latin America, a continent of enormous potential, is coming together in shared pursuit of stability and prosperity, which could make it an important anchor of the world. India desires a peaceful and stable environment for its development. A nation's destiny is linked to its neighborhood. That is why my Government has placed the highest priority on advancing friendship and cooperation with her neighbors.
This includes Pakistan. I am prepared to engage in a serious bilateral dialogue with Pakistan in a peaceful atmosphere, without the shadow of terrorism, to promote our friendship and cooperation. However, Pakistan must also take its responsibility seriously to create an appropriate environment. Raising issues in this forum is not the way to make progress towards resolving issues between our two countries.
Instead, today, we should be thinking about the victims of floods in Jammu and Kashmir. In India, we have organized massive flood relief operations and have also offered assistance for Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
India is part of the developing world, but we are prepared to share our modest resources with those countries that need this assistance as much as we do.
This is a time of great flux and change. The world is witnessing tensions and turmoil on a scale rarely seen in recent history. There are no major wars, but tensions and conflicts abound; and, there is absence of real peace and uncertainty about the future.
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An integrating Asia Pacific region is still concerned about maritime security that is fundamental to its future. Europe faces risk of new division. In West Asia, extremism and fault lines are growing. Our own region continues to face the destabilizing threat of terrorism. Africa faces the twin threat of rising terrorism and a health crisis. Terrorism is taking new shape and new name. No country, big or small, in the north or the south, east or west, is free from its threat.
Are we really making concerted international efforts to fight these forces, or are we still hobbled by our politics, our divisions, our discrimination between countries.
We welcome efforts to combat terrorism's resurgence in West Asia, which is affecting countries near and far. The effort should involve the support of al! countries in the region. Today, even as seas, space and cyber space have become new instruments of prosperity, they could also become a new theatre of conflicts.
Today, more than ever, the need for an international compact, which is the foundation of the United Nations, is stronger than before. While we speak of an interdependent world, have we become more united as nations? Today, we still operate in various Gs with different numbers. India, too, is involved in several. But, how much are we able to work together as G1 or G-All? On the one side, we say that our destinies are inter-linked, on the other hand we still think in terms of zero sum game. If the other benefits, I stand to lose.


It is another day for me in Manhattan for my Solaris 10 class. My left foot hurt a lot this morning from having worked it to hard last night in the gym so I decided that I should not push it again this morning and took the morning off from exercising. My feet are getting a pretty good workout this week.
I got out of class at four thirty and headed on home. When I left the class up on the West Side Highway in Manhattan it was bright and warm. The sun was out and as clear as could be although it was somewhat windy. Minutes after I got home the sky got surprisingly dark and before Dominica got home we were in a torrential downpour. It was really strange weather indeed.
We went over to Food for Life to grab some dinner. Then we came home and did some cleaning. Dominica did most of the cleaning and I got back to work installing the HP DL360 G2 server that I had started working on last night. I am trying to get this machine ready to ship to Scranton before the weekend hits as I will not likely have a single moment to work on it all weekend.
Dominica played some DDR SuperNova on the PlayStation 2 this evening for her workout. I had a lot of work to do so I did not have the luxury of playing along with her even though we have two dance pads now so that we can do that from time to time.
The Tocco clan is expected to arrive in Newark tomorrow night between ten and eleven o'clock at night. Saturday we will be going to Manhattan to do the usual stuff. We will definitely be hitting the American Girls Store, of course. And, I believe, we will be going to the American Museum of Natural History because the girls have recently seen Night at the Museum although I think that this is more likely to make them unhappy with the experience rather than excited about it because it will be nothing like they are expected.
My left foot still really hurt this evening so I was not able to go to the gym like I had hoped. So much for a super productive weight loss week. 🙁 At least I managed to lose some instead of gain so far.
Weight Lost So Far: 23lbs.


When IT systems fail, leaving a practice struggling to serve patients effectively, customer satisfaction is negatively impacted, employee productivity, and thus profitability, is adversely affected, and a higher risk of errors, data loss, or information breach exists. Anticipating a system failure and architecting an environment that minimizes the impact to the medical practice is strategic and a good business practice.
Practices with several locations in the same geographic area are uniquely able to mitigate IT system and facilities downtime. By designing their business processes and IT systems to be agile, these practices can react to failures and reallocate resources quickly, continuing to care for patients even if an entire site is taken offline. This article will explore the best ways to continue serving patients even when faced by system failure.
By designing their business processes and IT systems to be agile, these practices can react to failures and reallocate resources quickly, continuing to care for patients even if an entire site is taken offline.
For each P1 system, fault tolerance is required. For P2 systems, a cost/benefit analysis should be performed to determine if the cost of service interruption is outweighed by the cost of of protection. In performing the analysis, remember to consider customer loss and employee productivity. Generally, fault tolerance is not needed for P3 systems.
With a list of critical systems in hand, the next step is to develop plans to protect each one. This is a task that requires close collaboration between the practice management team, the IT team, and the facilities team. For each IT system analyzed as part of this process, a plan must be developed to ensure that the system is always (1) available, (2) functional, and (3) accessible.
For an IT system to be available, its underlying hardware and software must be fault tolerant. This means removing single points of failure in each system layer, from power and cooling to processing and storage. Several approaches can achieve this result.
1. The most straightforward method involves outsourcing the entire application to a cloud service provider. In this case, the vendor is responsible for delivering a fault-tolerant environment, and will provide a service level agreement describing its availability guarantee.
2. Another approach involves outsourcing a portion of the environment, usually the expensive-to-build "hosted computing" layer, and maintaining private control and management of the application itself. This approach can yield cost savings and flexibility benefits compared to the cloud service model, but requires a more skilled IT team to execute successfully.
3. The third approach involves building the necessary fault-tolerant systems in-house and maintaining them privately. This approach is generally not cost effective for any but the largest private practices.
Each approach will, if implemented properly, provide the same result: failures within customer facilities, telecommunication carrier networks, electric utilities, or IT hardware systems will not affect availability of the core application.
IT system functionality describes the ability of the system to fulfill its users' needs. Although a system may be available from a technical sense, if it is not behaving as intended, it will not satisfy business needs. Vendor support agreements with guaranteed response times are an effective way to ensure system functionality. In addition, the IT team must be trained and ready to quickly engage multiple vendor resources when complex problems arise. Also, a seamless support framework must exist within the practice to connect users with the correct support teams when issues arise. A centralized help desk that coordinates multiple support resources is essential.
Accessibility defines whether authorized users can access a particular resource. Even if an IT system has 100% availability from an application perspective, if its users cannot reach the system due to a telecommunications failure at an individual practice location, the business need will not be served. Preventing accessibility issues is usually handled in two ways.
First, connectivity technologies should be chosen with reliability in mind. Fiber-based data circuits, for example, are generally more reliable than coaxial cable-based data circuits; enterprise-grade connections with a service level agreement provide higher uptime than consumer-grade connections.
Second, multiple circuit technologies can be combined to provide fault tolerance using a feature set known as SD-WAN. This provides a seamless failover experience if one circuit suffers an outage. It's important to note, however, that although two different service providers may be available at a particular location, they may both share physical network assets, and may therefore be vulnerable to common failure modes.
Identifying and protecting mission-critical systems is an essential step toward developing fault tolerance in a private medical practice, but the business continuity journey doesn't end there. Business processes must also be developed and maintained in order to adapt to other failures.
Although careful planning and system building can ensure that Priority 1 systems remain available, functional, and accessible, special business processes must be developed, documented, and tested on a regular basis to adapt to Priority 2 and Priority 3 failures. Using the list of system priorities developed earlier, identify systems that are not protected from failure through fault tolerance at the system level, and develop a continuity plan that copes with unavailability of the individual system. For example, power failure at an individual practice location requires a plan detailing how to temporarily relocate employees to another location, communicate the change to patients with scheduled appointments, report the power outage to building management, and so forth.
While developing these business continuity processes, be sure to utilize multiple physical locations to your advantage. For example, a group of spare workstations at a well-placed practice location could serve as a disaster recovery site for the patient scheduling center or billing group.
Finally, as business processes are developed, they must be effectively documented and communicated to relevant employees on a continuing basis. Continuity plans are only effective if they're regularly updated to reflect changes in business practices and personnel.
Regardless of the rigor applied during the planning process, new considerations will always arise when a failure occurs in practice. Testing and simulation exercises allow us to account for this reality. Failure testing, of course, can be disruptive, so careful planning is again required to expose process flaws while minimizing operational disruption.
Failure testing of fault tolerant P1 systems can be performed by the IT operations team during maintenance windows. Drills for failures that involve employee response and contingency plan activation can be scheduled during known low-patient-volume periods. Simulated failure procedures should be designed with a rapid rollback plan in place, so that normal operations can be resumed if a flaw in the documented recovery plan is exposed. Finally, testing activities should be repeated on a regular basis and the results documented for future reference.
Patrick Shoemaker is a Partner at PEAKE Technology Partners, a healthcare focused IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) based in the Baltimore/Washington region. Patrick holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Bucknell University and is the chief architect of the PEAKE healthcare private cloud environment.
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All registered BAQ participants are welcome to attend.


PBM 101, Introduction to Pharmacy Benefit Management, is designed for those with little to no familiarity with management of the drug benefit.
This course covers 5 key areas important to setting a foundation in the management of drug benefits.
✓ Why is pharmacy benefit management needed?
✓ What is a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)?
✓ What services to PBMs provide?
✓ What is the PBM revenue model?
✓ How are PBMs evaluated on the services they provide?


Museum of Giggles is one mom's vision for her little girl who wields a pencil to create a world of happy. Then barely 3 years old, Neorah has since scribbled, sketched and colored stacks and stacks of drawings while twirling her pencil, humming a tune and simply having fun doing it. It always brought out a smile which became the inspiration for the Museum of Giggles.
We'd love for you to connect with us on social media. You'll #findawaytosmileeveryday.


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Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story (DVD)
Produced by Dianne Fukami and Debra Nakatomi.
The child of immigrants, Norman Y. Mineta's uniquely American story charts a path from the shame he experienced as a Japanese American inside a U.S. concentration camp during World War II to his ascent to political prominence that has shaped every level of government. One of the most influential Asian Americans in U.S. history, his distinguished career includes 20 years in the U.S. Congress and serving in the Cabinets of two Presidents from different political parties — Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He is celebrated as a bipartisan visionary who promoted political civility, yet was a bold change maker with a deft political hand whose legacy includes a lifelong commitment to social justice. Running time: 59 min.
Collections: DVDs, Father's Day, JANM Store Catalog 2019-2020
Type: video audio