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Jambo 2.0 : A Return to Africa
In this latest build, part of the *80Days* series, sim designer Camila Runo introduces us to the open grasslands of East Africa.
The concept of *80Days* has always fascinated me. Reimagining and re-creating RL locations in SL is a challenge because the sim designer needs to stay true to the atmosphere and feel of the region despite perhaps never having been there to experience it. The last build in the *80Days* series, The Bayou, took us to the American Deep South where we explored swamps crawling with wildlife, tranquil sunlit beaches and alligator farms.
This time, in her latest build, sim designer Camila Runo takes us to Africa – a land of beauty and wilderness. This is not Camila's first venture into creating Africa in SL. Some of you may have visited her hugely popular build – Jambo : A Voyage into Africa – last year. However the primary difference between both builds is the time they represent. Last year's build was a take on Africa in the 1920s whereas Jambo 2.0 is based on East Africa of the present day.
*80Days* – Jambo 2.0
Our journey through this fascinating region begins in a tourist office. One of the rooms in the office also doubles as a school and another as a makeshift hospital. This offers us a glimpse into rural Africa and the rustic nature of facilities available there even today. Jambo 2.0 is a region you are meant to explore and there isn't a defined path you are supposed to take. It is often the side tracks and lanes which lead you to the best spots.
The title of the region – Jambo – comes from Swahili, the primary language of Kenya in which the word is used to welcome someone, almost like a "Hello" in English. To experience the region in the best possible way, Camila recommends you to set your Graphics on "Ultra". If that is not possible because of low frame rates, at least try and increase your draw distance to 256. Much of the land in Jambo 2.0 consists of open plains and grasslands, so short draw distances will not give you a complete overview of the region.
As you step out of the tourist office and start your journey through the open grasslands of East Africa, bathed in the warm glow of a beautiful sunset, you will be greeted by several of Africa's original and true residents – its diverse wildlife. An elephant and some monkeys wander around right outside the tourist compounds while in the distance we see a herd of gazelles and a family of giraffes grazing quietly by the water. It is the small details which add to the authenticity of this region. On one of the trees we can find a honeycomb swarming with bees.
On the eastern side, the region is flanked by hills from which a stream falls down a huge distance into a pool of water below, creating a spectacular waterfall. A tip for you while exploring this region would be to take a peek behind the waterfall by exploring one of the trails. You will be pleasantly surprised by what you stumble upon.
Your journey through Jambo 2.0 will inevitably lead you to a rural village along the water with a huge flock of flamingos next to it. The village is representative of the harsh conditions which prevail even today in most of rural Africa. Camila has placed a grand luxurious villa belonging to a wealthy person right next to the village, thus displaying the divide between the rich and poor which exists in modern day Africa. The villa is furnished with the most modern amenities while the houses in the village lack even the most basic facilities. It is a cruel but accurate picture of economic disparity in developing or under-developed regions on the world.
While wandering through these lands is obviously a lot of fun, another way to explore this region is by water. There are two places where you can get a boat – one is available at the rural village while another is at the pool near the base of the waterfall. Taking a round trip around the region by boat offers some unique perspectives on the wildlife.
Photographers, explorers, groups of friends, couples – everyone is bound to have a great time at this region which offers a glimpse into East Africa – a land many of us would never have been able to visit in RL. Camila and her team have done a spectacular job at giving visitors to Jambo 2.0 an immersive experience complete with visuals and sounds perfectly suited to the location.
This region is particularly great for photographers as it offers rezzing rights once you join the *80 Days * group. Joining the group is free.
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WEBBS technical advisor for Moldova is Shihan Evgeny Radishevsky, 6th Dan, chief-instructor of the Bushin-Kai International. Roman Babii is a direct student (uchideshi) of Shihan E.Radishevsky and often assist him in international seminars and congresses. WEBBS Moldova headquarters is located in the capital – Cishinew. The Moldova Honbu Dojo name is CISHINEW BUSHINKAN DOJO. Other Dojos is located in different Moldova sites.
WEBBS Moldova headquarters is located in the capital – Cishinew. The Moldova Honbu Dojo name is CISHINEW BUSHINKAN DOJO. Other Dojos is located in different Moldova sites. Sensei Babii is a international category judge and known sportsman (many time champion of hand-to-hand figthing Moldova championship, gold champion of international ju-jutsu kata competition). His students was many time Moldova and CIS champions in full-contact ju-jutsu championship.
Roman Babii regularly organizes annually International Seminars in his country and has the seminars and test in different region of Byelorussia. In 2001 he became World Elite Black Belt Society representative for Moldova. It was in the 2nd International Ju-Jutsu Congress in Ukraine. Spain. Roman Babii is major of the police special force. He is direct bodyguard for the President of Moldova. Photo Coming Soon!


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Migrants Live in Makeshift French Camp As They Seek Asylum in the UK
Thousands of migrants in the French port town of Calais are waiting for their chance to escape EU laws requiring their asylum requests be processed elsewhere.
by Melodie Bouchaud
May 6, 2015, 4:20pm
Image via Mélodie Bouchaud/Vice News
The northern French port town of Calais has received a huge influx of migrants seeking to cross the British channel to apply for asylum in Britain, just as unprecedented numbers of migrants make the dangerous Mediterranean sea crossing to Italy fleeing war, persecution, or poverty.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve traveled to Calais Monday to meet with migrants and migrant advocacy groups, and to urge migrants not to attempt the illegal and highly dangerous border crossings into Britain, and instead to claim asylum in France.
"Too many migrants who could benefit from asylum in France are still hesitating" because they think that they would be better off in England, said Cazeneuve. "We have to make them understand that claiming asylum in France is their best hope."
In the last six months, Cazeneuve has made three visits to the French ferry port, where thousands of migrants lie in wait, hoping to board trucks that are headed to the UK. During Monday's trip, Cazeneuve checked out the living conditions at the "new jungle" slum — a makeshift camp several miles from the city center — where migrants were forced to relocate to after being pushed out of other camps in the spring. Also known as "a roofless Sangatte" — after the infamous Eurotunnel warehouse that operated as a refugee center from 1999 to 2002 — the slum is now the only tolerated migrant camp in Calais.
Related: A Teenage Survivor of the Mediterranean's Worst Migrant Disaster Speaks of His Traumatic Ordeal.
Natacha Bouchart, the city's center-right mayor said that the new camp had "taken a load" off Calais, and allowed authorities to "stamp out insecurity in the city center." But migrant advocacy groups have denounced the poor sanitary conditions at the camp, which lacks access to running water and many other basic amenities.
"We are seeing the start of a scabies epidemic," Doctors of the World employee Martine Devries told Cazeneuve on Monday. "They defecate in the bushes. When our volunteers go on site, people say they are hungry and thirsty."
The minister also stopped in at the Jules Ferry government-run migrant drop-in center, which became fully operational two weeks ago. The center, which is housed in a former children's day center, offers basic services to migrants, including showers and food distribution, and is fitted with electrical outlets to enable migrants to charge their cellphones. According to reports, the center serves 1,300 hot meals a day.
During his speech on Monday, Cazeneuve reiterated the government's commitment to dismantling organized human smuggling networks and prosecuting smugglers. He also announced that French authorities dismantled 30 percent more smuggling networks in 2014 than they did in 2013. On the same day, a prosecutor in the northern French town of Satin-Omer handed down a 16-month prison sentence to a 19 year-old Iraqi smuggler who was found with 19 Syrian refugees hidden inside his truck. Police arrested the man in April after a 90-mile car chase.
Related: Migrants Are Struggling to Survive the Frozen Hell of Refugee Camps in Calais, France.
Cazeneuve also said that 885 migrants had claimed asylum in France in 2014, and that 455 had filed for asylum since the start of 2015. According to AFP, several migrants present at the meeting told the minister they were scared to stay in France, for fear they would be sent back to countries like Romania or Italy — their point of entry into the European Union (EU).
According to the Dublin II Regulation, asylum claims can only be processed by the state through which the migrant entered Europe, and many "Dublinned" migrants living in Calais today are prevented by EU law from filing their claim in France.
Cazeneuve told migrants he was aware of the issue and said it was "urgent to equip the EU with a migration policy and an asylum policy that are capable of meeting the [current immigration] challenges." He announced that he would be meeting his European counterparts in Niger on May 14 to discuss new strategies to tackle the increase in migrants.
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FFG: Unmasking the Masks of Nyarlathotep
J.R. Zambrano October 8, 2017
Nyarlathotep is the opener of the ways. Now the terror of a classic adventure comes to Eldritch Horror.
Masks of Nyarlathotep is a classic Call of Cthulhu adventure. It pits investigators against the myriad cults and machinations of the elder god Nyarlathotep, the sole member of the mythos to still walk the face of the earth. He is the messenger of the gods, the opener of the ways, and in Masks, the center of a plot to bring the elder gods to Earth once more.
It is a masterwork of an adventure, with players starting in New York, following on the trail of the Carlyle expedition, and from thence forth heading to London, Cairo, Kenya, and Shanghai–it is an open-ended race against the cults of the crawling chaos with five different "main scenarios" that are interwoven, though approachable at the players' discretion. Even if you have never played Call of Cthulhu, it's a masterclass in adventure design and worth checking out.
And now, this classic adventure is coming to the latest edition of Call of Cthulhu and also to Eldritch Horrors, both thanks to FFG.
via FFG
In Eldritch Horror, investigators must roam the globe, battling the minions of the elder gods, traveling in search of artifacts and clues while monsters are unleashed upon the world. Masks of Nyarlathotep introduces a campaign mode to the game, meaning that players will need to win multiple games, and the choices made in one game carry over into the next.
Each investigator has their own personal story as well, shaping up as either rewards or consequences, depending on how the players succeed in the game. Victory might bring you once step closer to thwarting the crawling chaos, but defeat might also yield a deadly consequence.
Either way, your actions will shape the story as it unfolds. And it will take all of your cunning, and a little bit of luck to defeat the encroaching darkness.
Masks of Nyarlathotep – $49.95
Eldritch Horror: Masks of Nyarlathotep is an expansion for Eldritch Horror, a cooperative boardgame for one to eight players where intrepid investigators must traverse the globe in an attempt to thwart the cataclysmic rise of an otherworldly Ancient One. Strange cults are gathering strength in remote corners and bustling cities all over the world. Though they seem to worship different gods, the investigators have found a thread that runs throughout all of the cultists' horrific rites.
In Masks of Nyarlathotep, each of these sects pursues the awakening of an aspect of the same horrific creature: Nyarlathotep. This being is known as the Messenger of the Outer Gods, and he is the only Ancient One that still actively walks among humanity. The investigators must work to stop the that cults spring up to serve his many guises, or Nyarlathotep will gain enough strength to open the Ultimate Gate, ushering in an unthinkable doom. Strike down these cults in new Adventures, explore ancient mysteries among new Mystic Ruins, and destroy the monstrous followers of Nyarlathotep. New to this expansion, Personal Stories unique to each character add stakes to the actions undertaken by each investigator, and a Campaign mode adds a fresh challenge and enriches the narrative of the investigators' struggles to stop the many cults worshipping the multitude of faces worn by one dread being in Eldritch Horror: Masks of Nyarlathotep!
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Authority Update 23/9/16
Brief details of recent Government publications, legislation, cases and other developments relevant to those involved in local government work.
Burials and Cremation Employment
Charging and Trading European Union
Children's Services Finance
Combined Authorities Health and Social Care
Communities Housing
Delivery of Services Maladministration
Democratic Services Planning Policy
Economic Development Regulatory Services
Education Welfare and Benefits
Burials and Cremation
Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/883): these regulations, which come into force on 1 October 2016, amend SI 2008/2841 by providing a statutory definition of ashes and by removing the requirement for cremation authorities to keep paper copies of documents relating to cremations for two years where the documents are also kept electronically. (8 September 2016)
Charging and Trading
The Durham Company Ltd (t/a Max Recycle) v HM Revenue and Customs [2016] UKUT 417 (TCC): DC, which provided commercial waste collection services, applied for judicial review regarding the VAT exemption afforded to local authorities carrying out certain trade waste collection and disposal services. DC contended that the local authorities engaging in the activity of trade waste collection services were not doing so "as public authorities" within the meaning of Art.13(1) of the Principal VAT Directive, but that a local authority which had chosen effectively to "go into the business" of providing trade waste collection services, doing so in competition with private sector operators, was not thereby acting in its capacity as a local authority, but rather was engaging in an activity which was equally open to a private sector operator under essentially the same legal conditions.
The court held, dismissing the application, that where a local authority was making supplies of trade waste collection services to business customers in its area and did so in the performance of its duties under s.45(1)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the supplies were "activities in which it is engaged as a public authority" within the meaning of s.41A(1) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and Art.13(1). Section 45(1)(b) EPA 1990 was, or at least was capable of being, a "special legal regime" as laid down by EU case law; whether any particular local authority was acting as a public authority would depend on the facts relevant to that local authority. The tribunal considered at length the legal regime governing the provision of commercial waste collection services by local authorities and the relevant charging powers. (19 September 2016)
DH: Mental health and wellbeing of looked-after children: Government response to the Committee's fourth report of session 2015 to 2016: this paper addresses the Education Committee's recommendations and conclusions in its April 2016 report. The Committee stated that looked-after children should be viewed as a priority for access to mental health assessments and never refused care based on their placement or severity of their condition. This paper sets out the Government's plans to improve mental health services for all children and young people, with £1.4bn invested up to 2002 to drive that improvement. Specifically, this includes £1.4m in 2016/17 followed by £2.8m annually, for the following three years, targeted at improved mental health support for the most vulnerable looked-after children and young people: those who are looked-after in secure children's homes. (13 September 2016)
Re M (Children) [2016] EWCA Civ 937 (CA): this case considered the extent of the court's jurisdiction to make orders in wardship and/or under the inherent jurisdiction for the accommodation of a young person who was 17 years old.
When T was aged 14, she was removed to foster care, with her two siblings, under an interim care order. As under s.31(3) the Children Act l989 there was no jurisdiction to make a care order with respect to a child aged 17, the Council issued wardship proceedings making T a ward of court, shortly before her 17th birthday. The judge concluded that it was in the best interests of all three children to remain in foster care and, as no care order could be made in respect of a child who had reached 17, stated that she would exercise the inherent jurisdiction and order that the Council provide T with the appropriate care, therapeutic intervention and accommodation in a foster placement until she was 18. The court order stated that "T shall remain a ward of court during her minority" and that "T shall remain a ward of court and the Local Authority shall provide with appropriate care and accommodation in her current foster placement in accordance with the care plan". T's mother appealed, contending that the order cut across the express restriction on the use of the inherent jurisdiction established by s.100(2) of the 1989 Act and that the judge could not ignore the statutory restriction that no care order was to be made with respect to a child who had reached the age of 17 years.
The court held, dismissing the appeal, that case law did not support the proposition that the court, exercising its inherent jurisdiction, could authorise a local authority to provide care for a child where the local authority would not otherwise have power to do so under the statutory scheme. The most that the court might do was to support arrangements that were otherwise legitimately in place by making orders which were not excluded from the court's jurisdiction by s.100. The court could not use the principle in para 1.3(b) of the Family Procedure Rules 2010, PD12D, that 'no important step can be taken in the child's life without the court's consent' to achieve by the back door an outcome, an outcome, namely a binding order requiring T to remain in local authority care, which the court was not permitted to bring in through the front door. The sealed court order did not, in contrast to the judge's stated intention, 'order' the local authority to accommodate T and maintain her in the current foster placement; it did no more than provide that 'T shall remain a ward of court during her minority'. It neither required T to be placed in care nor required her to be accommodated and simply provided a framework to facilitate and support the arrangements for T's accommodation which were being provided under the statutory scheme. There was no authority for the submission that the court had jurisdiction to extend wardship into adulthood. (9 September 2016)
West Midlands Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016 (SI 2016/933): this Order, which comes into force on 16 September 2016, provides for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the area of the West Midland Combined Authority, and for the date of the first and subsequent elections to the role of mayor and the term of office. (15 September 2016)
DCMS: £4 million grants to boost volunteering among over 50s: the Office for Civil Society and Nesta have announced three new grant funds totalling £4m to explore how more charities and public services can better tap into the skills and experience of volunteers over 50 for the benefit of all society. The three grant funds are the first to be funded through the second phase of the Centre for Social Action and will be managed by Nesta. (22 September 2016)
Delivery of Services
R (Tilley) v Vale of Glamorgan Council [2016] EWHC 2272 (QB) (Admin Ct): T applied for judicial review of the council's decision to establish five community libraries. T contended that the Council had: irrationally determined that one library would be viable, without determining the number of volunteers available to staff the library; failed to consider the viability assessment; failed to comply with its duties under s.7 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964; failed to comply with its Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) under s.149 of the Equality Act 2010; and failed to have regard to the best interests of the children affected by the decision, as required by s.28 of the Children Act 2004.
The court held, dismissing the application, that the Council's decision was lawful:
• the Council had not acted irrationally in the way it approached the question of whether there would be sufficient volunteers to staff the library;
• with regard to the viability assessment, although ideally, more information could have been provided, in this case the information provided was sufficient to enable the Cabinet to conclude that the revised business cases were viable and to agree to establish the community libraries and to delegate authority to enter into legally binding agreements on the running of the library (with the matter returning to the cabinet if such agreements could not be reached);
• the Council was entitled to assess needs and service provision by reference to the needs of the population of its administrative area as a whole and it was not under a duty to consider whether the residents of each of the catchment areas where a community library was proposed would continue to receive comprehensive and efficient library service. There was no basis for concluding that the service that it would provide would fail to meet the requirements of a comprehensive and efficient library service for its area;
• the Cabinet did have regard to its PSED under the 2010 Act: the members were provided with full and detailed information on the potential impacts on groups with protected characteristics both of establishing each of the five proposed community libraries to replace existing council-run libraries and of closure of a particular library. They were told that they had to analyse the relevant material with the specific statutory considerations in mind. On any fair and reasonable reading of the material, it was clear that the Cabinet did discharge its duty under s.149;
• s.28 of the 2004 Act was not intended to incorporate, or give effect to, Art.3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The obligation under s.28 was to make arrangements to ensure that the relevant body's functions were discharged having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. By contrast, Art.3 of the UN Convention used different language and was concerned with a different concept, namely ensuring that the best interests of the child was a primary consideration in the decision-making of relevant bodies. The two obligations might well often, perhaps frequently, overlap. The arrangements made to promote or safeguard welfare might well lead in particular cases to decisions which result in the best interests of the child being taken into account as a primary consideration. The two obligations were, however, conceptually and linguistically separate.
Democratic Services
Electoral Commission: The 2016 EU Referendum – Report on the 23 June 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union: this report finds that the EU Referendum was well run, with voters having a positive view of the administration of the referendum process. However, the report also acknowledges the scale and complexity of delivering the referendum for electoral administrators and says that legislation for the administration and regulation of future referendums must take on board the lessons from this poll. (13 September 2016)
Electoral Commission: An evaluation of electoral administration at the EU Referendum: this research report evaluates the quality of electoral administration and management using a survey and qualitative interviews with the electoral officials involved in managing it. It concludes that given the high profile nature of the referendum, the Chief Counting Officer, the Electoral Commission and electoral officials across the UK managed the referendum very well. However, there were aspects of the underlying electoral machinery which caused problems that manifested themselves during the referendum period. It concludes that the Electoral Commission could support reforms and promote debate around these issues, given its statutory duty to keep under review the legal framework governing elections in the UK. (13 September 2016)
Electoral Commission: The National Assembly for Wales General Election – Report on the administration of the 5 May 2016 elections to the National Assembly for Wales: this report concludes that elections were well-run, with few problems. Whilst the experience for voters was overwhelmingly positive, the report finds that the combination of these elections with the PCC elections posed significant challenges for Returning Officers, their staff and those involved in campaigning at the elections. (8 September 2016)
Welsh Government: Taking Wales forward 2016-2021: sets out the Welsh Government's five year plan to deliver more and better jobs through a stronger, fairer economy, improve and reform public services, and build a united, connected and sustainable Wales. The document outlines the Government's priorities for delivering those improvements. The press release summarises the key commitments. (20 September 2016)
NLGN: The four forces that make cities successful: this paper by Barry Quirk considers how cities can offer the greatest opportunities to produce a blend of economic advantage, diversity and inclusion. It looks at the nature of the forces at play in cities and suggests that these forces need to be enabled but they also need to be tamed as what starts as being a force for urban success can end by distorting city economies and become a source of urban failure. (14 September 2016)
DfE: Schools that work for everyone: seeks views on the Government's proposals to expand radically the number of good school places available to all families, by: providing the right incentives for all schools with a strong track record and valuable expertise to expand their offer to even more pupils; leveraging the expertise of high performing institutions to set up new good places in the state sector as well as turn around existing schools; and delivering a diverse school system that provides all children, whatever their background, with schooling that will help them achieve their potential. It covers four key areas:
• expecting independent schools to support existing state schools, open new state schools or offer funded places to children whose families can't afford to pay fees;
• asking universities to commit to sponsoring or setting up new schools in exchange for the ability to charge higher fees;
• allowing existing selective schools to expand and new selective schools to open, while making sure they support non-selective schools; and
• allowing new faith free schools to select up to 100% of pupils based on their faith, while making sure they include pupils from different backgrounds.
The consultation closes on 12 December 2016. (12 September 2016)
See also: Commons Library: Grammar schools in England briefing paper that provides an outline of the current position relating to grammar schools in England.
HC Women and Equalities Committee: Sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools: this report examines sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools and its impact on children and young people aged up to 18 years old. It finds an alarming inconsistency in how schools deal with sexual harassment and violence, which is mostly targeted at girls, a disregard for existing national and international equality obligations, and a lack of guidance and support for teachers. Despite calls from parents, teachers and young people for action to address sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools, the Committee found that neither Ofsted nor the DfE has a coherent plan to tackle this issue and to monitor the scale of the problem. Its recommendations focus on preventing harassment and violence. (13 September 2016)
LGA: Councils need more powers to tackle illegal schools: the LGA is calling on the Government to give councils the power to enter homes and other premises and see children to check the suitability of education being delivered if necessary, and to compel parents to register home educated children. The LGA also wants to see a clearer definition of a "school" to make it easier for Ofsted or the DfE to classify and close down illegal schools when they are uncovered. (16 September 2016)
LGA: Councils' potential £320 million bill to convert schools to academies: summarises the findings of a survey of LGA members on the potential cost of the Government's proposed plans to convert all schools to academies. The Government has indicated that Multi-Academy Trusts are its preferred model. Based on data from councils, the LGA estimates that this "sponsored" method could leave councils with up to a £320m bill. If schools were to use the "converter" method, in which they operate as a stand-alone organisation, the cost to councils could be £120m. (23 September 2016)
IPPR: Transitions at 14: Analysing the intake of 14–19 education institutions: this report considers the characteristics and pupil intakes of new types of school such as university technical colleges, studio schools and 14–19 free schools, and how they fit into the broader education system. (16 September 2016)
Welsh Government: Statutory duty on Fire and Rescue Authorities in Wales to respond to flood and water rescue incidents: seeks views on a proposal to extend Welsh FRAs' duties so that flooding and water rescue incidents are included. As well as fighting fires and promoting fire safety, FRAs are required by law to respond to road traffic accidents and certain other incidents, such as chemical spills or rescuing people from collapsed buildings; however, there is currently no statutory duty for flooding or other water-related incidents. The consultation closes on 22 December 2016. (15 September 2016)
NAO: Upgrading emergency service communications – The Emergency Services Network: this report scrutinises government plans to upgrade the radio system used by the police, fire and ambulance services. It finds that the proposed system Emergency Services Network (ESN) is inherently high risk and there are significant technical challenges that the programme needs to overcome as no devices currently exist that would work on ESN. The management of the programme's key risks needs to improve if it is to deliver ESN successfully, including the programme's approach to technical assurance and testing, user engagement and more clarity on the contingency arrangements for extending Airwave. The programme's eventual success, however, depends on the emergency services and other users choosing to transition to and make full use of ESN. (15 September 2016)
Welsh Government: The use of agency workers during strike action in Welsh public services: seeks views on proposals relating to the use of temporary agency staff to cover for employees undertaking official industrial action in Welsh public services. This is in light of UK Government proposals to rescind Reg.7 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 which prohibits employment businesses from providing agency workers to cover the duties normally performed by an striking employee. The Welsh Government believes that this use of agency workers would undermine the right to strike by reducing the impact of industrial action, and affect the balance between employer and trade unions, which underlies its Social Partnership approach. The consultation closes on 6 December 2016. (13 September 2016)
HL European Union Committee: Co-ordinated inquiries on Brexit launched by Committee: announces that the Lords' EU Committee and its six sub-committees have launched a co-ordinated series of inquiries into the key issues that will arise in the forthcoming negotiations on Brexit. Short inquiries are being launched on the following Brexit topics: Parliamentary scrutiny; UK-Irish relations; Financial services; Future trade between the UK and the EU; Fisheries; Acquired rights; and Future UK-EU security and policing co-operation. (7 September 2016)
DCLG: Local government finance settlement 2017 to 2018 technical consultation: seeks views on a range of technical issues concerning the 2017 to 2018 local government finance settlement. It includes proposals for distributing central resources in 2017/18, setting out options for expanding the multi-year settlement offer and the proposed approach to distributing funding through the Improved Better Care Fund. It also outlines the Government's proposals that have implications for the local resources collected by councils. These proposals include:
• provisional council tax Referendum principles for 2017/18;
• the Government's approach to adjusting tariff and top ups to ensure as far as possible that local authorities have a predictable level of income regardless of the impact of the 2017 business rates ; revaluation;
• a methodology for calculating the change in the local share and the level of tariff and top ups for local authorities piloting 100% business rates retention;
• a mechanism through which funding could be transferred to a Combined Authority if all councils affected agree to the transfer.
The consultation closes on 28 October 2016. (15 September 2016)
DCLG: Local government pension scheme – Guidance on preparing and maintaining an investment strategy statement: guidance to assist administering authorities in the formulation, publication and maintenance of their investment strategy statement, which is required by reg.7 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2016. (15 September 2016)
NLGN: Securing a resilient future: this report shows how councils are investing for resilience, analysing their new agenda, setting out leading edge examples and making recommendations to help local authorities maximise the opportunities for creative economic and social investment. It shows that local authorities are using their capital investments to generate revenue to prop up hard-pressed public services, with a handful of smaller councils using their income to become independent of national grant funding. However, the report finds that there are clear risks associated with council borrowing, and that high profile failed investments could easily result in central government introducing tough new regulations. (12 September 2016)
Institute for Government: The spending challenge – How to cut spending while maintaining quality: this briefing paper examines the options that the Government has for reducing spending while maintaining the quality of public services. (15 September 2016)
DH: Help for people with learning disabilities to live independently: the DH is inviting local authorities to apply for share of a £25m Housing and Technology Fund to enable the creation of a range of housing and technology options for people with learning disabilities. The closing date for applications is 28 October 2016. (15 September 2016)
The King's Fund: Social care for older people: this report, published jointly with the Nuffield Trust, looks at the current state of social care services for older people in England, through a combination of national data and interviews with local authorities, NHS and private providers, Healthwatch and other groups. It considers the impact of cuts in local authority spending on social care providers and on older people, their families and carers. The picture that emerges is of: social care providers under pressure, struggling to retain staff, maintain quality and stay in business; local authorities making unenviable choices about where to make reductions; a complex set of causes of delays in discharging older people from hospital; and the voluntary sector keeping services going even when funding was curtailed. (15 September 2016)
HC Health Committee: Brexit and health and social care inquiry: the Health Committee is inviting written submissions on the priorities for health and social care in the negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The evidence submitted to the Committee's pre-referendum inquiry into the impact of EU membership on health and social care has demonstrated the wide range of areas in which EU membership affects this policy area. The Committee is now seeking views on what the most important issues are to which attention will need to be paid in the withdrawal negotiations and what outcomes should be sought from them. It also invites views on what risks and opportunities for health and social care arise from the UK's withdrawal from the EU, and how the Government should seek to mitigate the risks, and take advantage of the opportunities. The closing date for submissions is 28 October 2016. (20 September 2016)
Government Actuary's Department: A cohort approach to social care funding: this paper suggests that the problem of social care funding is approached by tailoring the solutions to each generation. It refers to this as a "cohort approach" to social care funding. It argues that considering each generational group separately and developing solutions for the group, will help a robust, practical and workable set of solutions to be developed for the longer term. The paper briefly explores the issues and how such a cohort approach might be developed. (15 September 2016)
Nesta: Spreading change – A guide to enabling the spread of person- and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing: this action-focused guide outlines how behavioural science can help spread the take-up of person- and community-centred approaches to health and wellbeing. It is aimed at people who champion these approaches in health and social care, in other statutory bodies and in community-based organisations. It is supplemented by a second guide Supporting self-management which outlines how the science of behaviour can help people to self-manage their health and wellbeing. (7 September 2016)
DCLG: New funding model for supported accommodation: announces that supported housing, which includes women's refuges, homeless shelters and housing for those leaving care, will continue to be exempt from the Local Housing Allowance cap until 2019. From then on the new funding model will protect the sector from the cap with a top up of additional ring-fenced funding. The amount of top-up funding will be set on the basis of current projections of future need. The Works and Pensions Secretary states that the new ring-fenced pot of money will give local authorities greater flexibility to commission services in line with local needs. The Government will be consulting with the supported accommodation sector over the details of the funding model in the coming months. (15 September 2016)
LGA: Homelessness – Councils call for more homes, not more duties: the LGA states that the proposed new Homelessness Reduction Bill will not work and that what councils really need is to be able to build more homes. The Bill is due to have its 2nd Reading in the House of Commons in October. It would impose on councils a raft of new duties, such as providing emergency interim accommodation for up to 56 days for households not in priority need. (14 September 2016)
Empty Homes: Empty homes in England: this report analyses government data on empty homes, with a view to helping more communities use their housing stock effectively and improve their neighbourhoods. It argues that in areas with particularly high levels of empty homes, action to improve the housing standards for existing residents and to renovate empty properties should be seen as part of a rounded approach to addressing England's housing crisis and delivering true opportunity and greater equality across the country. In addition, more could be done to generate additional housing supply by creating homes from properties that have been empty over the long term. (12 September 2016)
Policy Exchange: A new settlement between government and independent housing associations: this report argues that to meet the Government's aspiration to build a million homes by 2020, housing associations will need to be incentivised to build 100,000 homes a year – double the number they are currently building. It proposes that housing associations, or consortia of housing associations, with a stock of more than 4,000 homes should be eligible to sign Housing Deals that commit them to building specific numbers of new affordable and market homes in areas of demand, within a five year time period. In return, Government would give the housing associations complete discretion over the use of the social housing grant from housing asset sales and allow the housing associations to set their own rents for its social housing tenants, within an overall rental envelope that could rise in line with CPI for some Deals. (19 September 2016)
Maladministration
LGO: Council which ignored planning duties reminded of Ombudsman accountability role: the LGO has reminded local authorities that it has the same powers as the High Court to require evidence, after a council failed to comply with its recommendations following complaints about approval of a planning application. The LGO has said that its role to hold councils to account when they get things wrong is well established and has a statutory basis. Authorities can and do have the chance to comment on decisions before they are finalised, including providing evidence if they wish to challenge the findings, but they should cooperate with the investigation process. (15 September 2016)
If you wish to discuss any of the items noted in this section please contact Virginia Cooper.
NALC: Letter from Housing and Planning Minister to local councils: the Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell MP has written an open to letter to all local councils about the Neighbourhood Planning Bill which has been introduced in Houses of Parliament and welcomed by NALC. The letter outlines the important role that local councils play in communities as well as praising their work on neighbourhood planning. (9 September 2016)
Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/934): these regulations, which come into force on 1 October 2016, amend SI 2012/2031 so as to prescribe a date by which a referendum on a proposal for a neighbourhood development plan or neighbourhood development order (including a community right to build order) must be held. The new Reg.2A prescribes this as the date 56 days from the day after a local planning authority publishes their decision that a referendum must be held. A longer period of 84 days is allowed where a business referendum is also required to be held, where the referendum area comprises any part of the area of two or more relevant councils, or where the relevant council is not the local planning authority. (15 September 2016)
Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/944): these regulations, which come into force on 21 October 2016, amend SI 2013/2140 and SI 2013/2142 so as to extend the designation regime under s.62A TCPA 1990, whereby an applicant making certain types of application for planning permission may make those directly to the Secretary of State, rather than to the local planning authority. They prescribe applications for non-major development as a separate category of applications in respect of which a local authority can be designated, alongside applications for major development. A local authority can be designated for either or both categories. The regulations define major and non-major development, and make provision further to these changes. (23 September 2016)
If you wish to discuss any of the items noted in this section please contact Kathryn Lawrance.
DEFRA: Animal welfare – Reviewing animal establishments licensing in England: A summary of responses: summarises responses to the December 2015 consultation that set out plans to update the licensing system for animal establishments in England, by introducing a single Animal Establishment Licence for animal boarding establishments, pet shops, riding establishments, and dog breeding. The proposals aim to modernise the animal licensing system by reducing the administrative burden on local authorities, as well as simplify the application and inspection process for businesses, and maintain and improve existing animal welfare standards. The Government will now draft regulations regarding the specific proposals, which will take into account the views expressed in the consultation. (15 September 2016)
Welfare and Benefits
DWP: Local authority housing benefit review – Good practice guide: updated best practice guidance to help local authorities further improve the housing benefit review process. (14 September 2016)
Welsh Government: Council tax reductions will continue to protect the most vulnerable: the Welsh Local Government Secretary Mark Drakeford has confirmed that vulnerable and low income households will continue to be supported by Council Tax Reduction schemes until at least the end of 2017-18. (21 September 2016)
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children: Local Authority Care and...
Independent Review of Children's Social Care in England: Publication...


text: Red Diamond is a coffee and tea company that has been around for over 100 years. The food service company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, was founded in 1906 and is one of the three oldest coffee and tea companies in the United States continuously owned by the same family. What began as a family operation named "Donovan Provision Company" quickly evolved into a premier maker and provider of quality coffees and teas. So as to ensure the family's unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation, in 1908 William Donovan named his coffee blend after the highest gem in existence: Red Diamond. Setting the standard for generations to follow, the name is a tenet to always strive for perfection - one that employees meet daily in everything they do. Red Diamond currently manufactures a full line of beverages including coffee, tea, cappuccino, cold brewed coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee and tea. Simply put, Red Diamond provides products and services that meet the ever-evolving demands of its customers.


Special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury, which approves indictments related to his Russian Federation investigation, was extended by a federal judge Friday just before it was set to expire, according to Politico. The chief judge of the D.C. Circuit, Beryl Howell, granted his request, CNN's Katelyn Polantz reports. Several of Mueller's indictments came from this particular grand jury, including those against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, as well as numerous Russian individuals and companies accused of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election.
Why it matters: Media outlets have speculated throughout the investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russian Federation that the special counsel may soon be wrapping up his probe. One Russian company charged by Mueller, Concord Management and Catering, has pleaded not guilty, while the rest of the Russians have not appeared in United States courts.
"Extending a federal grand jury's term is not unusual". Stone has not been charged with a crime, though has publicly stated he believes he will be indicted.
Having conceded 31 goals , Arsenal have the 9th worst defensive record in the league, despite sitting in fifth place. However, if reports are correct, Unai Emery is unsatisfied with Leno's form and is already after a new 'Keeper.
While Klem declined to say how much longer the jurors may sit, federal rules of criminal procedure allow for a six-month extension upon a court finding that it's in the public interest.


Wiff Waff is Coming Home!
On Thursday 11th May we will be hosting a charity table tennis tournament in aid of the London Legal Support Trust, ahead of the London Legal Walk on Monday 22nd May.
Last year our team joined 10,000 legal professionals for the 10km legal walk, raising money and awareness for free legal advice agencies in London. The charity reached a total of almost £750,000 in campaign, which was a great success all round.
This year we want to help the LLST to raise even more money, which is why we are holding a charity ping pong tournament at our offices in Victoria.
And even if you can't join us for the event, we are gratefully accepting donations via our online giving page. Please click here to contribute whatever you can. Thank you.


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Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort é uma comuna francesa na região administrativa da Normandia, no departamento Orne. Estende-se por uma área de 23,1 km².

Comunas de Orne

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He may have been linked with Crystal Palace this summer, but Toulouse goalkeeper Alban Lafont has now completed a move to Italy.
The 19-year-old Frenchman arrived in Florence today (Monday) to undergo a medical ahead of an €8.5m transfer to Fiorentina.
And Toulouse have now confirmed that Lafont, who has previously been linked with Arsenal and Palace, has now completed the move to join the Florence-based Serie A side.
Lafont has been the subject of much speculation over his future in the current transfer window, having been quoted in France as saying that he was ready to move on after playing more than 100 times for the Ligue 1 side in all competitions over the past three seasons.
Palace were among the clubs said to be interested in signing Lafont, along with Dutch side PSV Eindhoven.
But now, it has been confirmed that he is joining Fiorentina, just a week after confirmation of Issa Diop's transfer from Toulouse to join West Ham.
The Eagles are due to face Toulouse in a pre-season friendly at Selhurst Park on Saturday, August 4.


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Q: AWS EBS extra volume gets attached to EC2 instances launched when creating ECS Cluster When I create an ECS cluster with EC2 instances, they get created with the 22gb ebs storage attached as block device(that I have defined as the storage) and the root device is attached with another 30gb storage automatically (created from a public snapshot snap-069c037282d89ccd8).
Is this the correct behavior for ECS container instances? Does it always attach the other 30gb as well for every instances?

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Is this the correct behavior for ECS container instances? Does it always attach the other 30gb as well for every instances?

This is correct and you can change it, see the ECS docs for details.

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Algarve is one of the best wedding destination in Europe. At the south of Portugal you have an amazing good and sunny weather with some of the best beaches adn cliffs where get married. With Faro airport and all destination from Europe and world wide, you can plan your wedding in Algarve really easy. You have here a lot of talented wedding planners and all the vendors to tie the knot.
For elopements and small and intimate weddings, I can help to put in contact with wedding planners in Algarve that make easy to come here and get the best wedding experience.
I photograph beautiful elopements and honeymoons in Algarve in beautiful rocks and cliffs. This wedding near the Chapel of Senhora da Rocha, was to get all the magic of a couple in so particular location. Algarve is an amazing place to get married and them knowed this. Here you can dream with a fantastic venues, hotels and quintas or a picnic on the beach wedding with your family and friends, something cosy and cool at the same time.
In this session, we were in Portimao beach and in Alvor, an incredible and sunny backdrop perfect for the couple's vision of a place with boats, rocks, sea and love.
This Algarve after wedding session in Alvor and Portimao, was featured on Belle and Chic Stylish mediterranean weddings blog. Thank you!!!
E + L - We have been recommended you by our wedding planner and a friend. We have looked at your work and looks great! We are going over to the Algarve in 3 weeks and have a couple of venues provisionally held until we get a chance to visit them properly so we are unsure of the venue. However the date s definite, are you free? And what would be your rate generally?
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Тюркан Акйол (; 12 жовтня 1928 — 7 вересня 2017) — турецька політична діячка, лікар і науковець. Вона стала першою турецькою жінкою-міністром уряду, і першою жінкою-ректором університету в Туреччині.

Ранні роки

Тюркан Акйол народилася 12 жовтня 1928 року в Стамбулі. Вона отримала початкову освіту в різних містах Туреччини, оскільки її батько був штабним офіцером. У 1947 році закінчила школу для дівчаток Еренкей в Стамбулі.

Кар'єра вченого і політика
Акйол здобула медичну освіту в університеті Анкари, закінчила його в 1953 році. Вона стала лікарем-пульмонологом і продовжила академічну кар'єру в своїй альма-матер. У 1965 році стала доцентом, а в 1970 році — професором. Між 1959 і 1965 роками Акйол проводила наукові дослідження в Сполучених Штатах, Франції та Нідерландах.

25 березня 1971 року вона була призначена міністром охорони здоров'я та соціального забезпечення в кабінеті Ніхата Ерімена, ставши таким чином першою жінкою-міністром уряду Туреччини. 13 грудня того ж року вона пішла у відставку зі свого поста в уряді і повернулася до університету.

У 1980 році Акйол була обрана ректором університету Анкари, ставши першою жінкою-ректором Туреччині. Вона пропрацювала на цій посаді до 1982 року, після чого звільнилася через розбіжності з Радою вищої освіти. Айкол викладала в університеті до 1983 року, коли Ердал Іненю запропонував їй стати співзасновником соціал-демократичної партії (SODEP). Акйол стала заступником голови партії.

Тюркан Акйол увійшла в парламент як депутат від провінції Ізмір після загальних виборів 1987 року. Вона повернулася до викладацької діяльності після закінчення терміну роботи в парламенті в 1991 році. У 1992 році вона була призначена міністром у справах жінок і сім'ї в коаліційному уряді з Сулеймана Деміреля. У 1993 році вона була знову призначена міністром в кабінеті Тансу Чиллер, першої турецької жінки прем'єр-міністра.

Пам'ять
Її ім'я носить лікарня в місті Бурса.

Примітки

Джерела

Турецькі жінки-політики
Міністри Туреччини
Ректори
Акйол


Texting while driving: Will Iowa lawmakers ban drivers from using cellphones?
Law enforcement officers say the current law around cellphone use and driving is not enforceable.
Brian Gardner sees it all the time. The Linn County sheriff will be out on the road and glance over at bright screens and downward glances and scrolling. It tells him the driver next to him is on a cellphone.
Iowa lawmakers may be ready to agree. They are considering legislation that would ban cellphone use while driving, except in emergencies or in hands-free applications.
Just a few years ago, Gardner had been encouraged that Iowa lawmakers were listening to concerns from law enforcement officers about the dangerous mix of texting and driving. Texting and driving had already been illegal then, but it was considered a secondary offense. It was a technical detail that meant officers had difficulty stopping drivers who were suspected of distracted driving because another reason was required to pull over a vehicle.
In 2017, lawmakers changed the law to make texting while driving a primary offense. But as the prevalence of cellphone use continues to climb in Iowa and around the country, so does the realization for law enforcement officers like Gardner that Iowa roads may not be any safer.
During the first 12 months of the new texting-while-driving law, Iowa State Patrol issued two-thirds of the more than 1,700 citations handed out to motorists for "use of electronic communication device while driving." Few of Iowa's nearly 400 law enforcement agencies issued citations for the offense, according to a Des Moines Register review in August 2018.
The review also showed ways in which drivers were able to have their citations dismissed because of gray areas in the law over law enforcement officers proving someone broke the law in using their cellphone.
Gardner feels confident there's a growing problem on the roads and potential loopholes in the law.
Iowa lawmakers may be listening this year. There is proposed legislation that would ban drivers from using their cellphones except in limited situations like emergencies. It would allow the use of hands-free mode to make phone calls.
Lawmakers have previously considered banning drivers from using cellphones, but it's never had the political capital. Things seem to be turning this year, in part because lawmakers see the apparent problem with their own eyes.
Sixteen states ban use of handheld cellphones while driving, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
If the measure under consideration at the Iowa Capitol becomes law, Iowa would join them.
Under current law, Iowa drivers are banned from using from using handheld electronic communication devices like cellphones to write, send or view electronic messages while driving. The bill Iowa lawmakers are mulling would expand the ban to include any electronic communication device, and defines that to include telephones, personal digital assistants and portable or mobile computers. It does not include devices that are physically or electronically integrated into a vehicle, including a navigation system.
The bill, if it becomes law, would also make it a moving violation to drive while using a cellphone, a change that could lead to a suspension of a driver's license. The proposal would also increase fines and penalties, including if a violation of the law causes injury or death.
Sen. Mark Lofgren, R-Muscatine, who is sponsoring the bill, said he recently experienced what he believes was a distracted driver while he was out on a run around the Capitol.
"I don't know what this person was doing, but they were right on me because they weren't paying attention to what the heck they were doing," he said. "People are distracted."
Sen. Tim Kapucian, a Keystone Republican who chairs the Senate Transportation Committee, signed off on the bill during a preliminary vote in a subcommittee meeting Thursday. He's not sure when he'll be able to bring up the bill for a full committee vote because he wants to see how his caucus in the GOP-controlled Senate feels about it.
Kapucian believes some of his colleagues are concerned that such a ban would encroach on people's freedoms.
"I know when I'm on the road going to and from, I see at least once or twice, every trip, somebody texting and driving and it's against the law," he said. "But they're still doing it ... hands-free would make it simpler and I believe that it's a major issue out on our roads. I don't know how much more I can say that over and over and over again. It's time to get rid of it."
C.J. Ryan, the Muscatine County sheriff, pleaded with lawmakers to act.


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Zoster Laryngitis with Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsy Progressed as Ascending Involvement
J Neurocrit Care. 2018;11(1):43-46
J Neurocrit CareJournal ArchiveJ Neurocrit Care. 2018;11(1)
Publication date (electronic) : 2018 June 29
doi : https://doi.org/10.18700/jnc.180054
Woosub Hwang, MD1, Da-Eun Jeong, MD,2
1Department of Neurology, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea
2Department of Neurology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Corresponding Author: Da-Eun Jeong, MD Department of Neurology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, 170 Hyeonchung-ro Nam-gu, Daegu 42415, Korea Tel: +82-53-620-3684 Fax: +82-53-627-1688 E-mail: doctorjung86@gmail.com
Received 2018 May 21; Revised 2018 May 24; Accepted 2018 June 4.
Herpes zoster of the head and neck commonly presents with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. However, vesicular eruptions may occur on the pharyngeal or laryngeal area with multiple lower cranial-nerve (CN) palsy.
We report on the case of a 54-year-old man with herpes zoster of the pharynx and larynx with multiple CN palsy and persistent hiccups. He initially developed progressive dysphagia, hoarseness, and persistent hiccups (CN IX and X). After admission, Dizziness, hearing impairment, and peripheral facial palsy (CN VII and VIII) were complicated. The results of a polymerase chain reaction test of saliva and vesicular fluid from the ear and throat were strongly positive for varicella zoster virus. The progression of CN palsy was in an ascending sequence.
We suggest that the sequence of CN palsy may be either ascending or descending, depending on the initial site of involvement.
Keywords: Herpes zoster; Cranial nerve diseases; Laryngitis; Hiccup
Herpes zoster of the head and neck commonly presents with Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) [1-3]. However, vesicular eruptions may occur on the pharyngeal or laryngeal area with multiple lower cranial-nerve (CN) palsy [1-10], meningoencephalitis, and vasculopathy. We herein report a case of RHS with vesicles in the pharynx and larynx, complicated by multiple lower CN palsy and persistent hiccups in an immunocompetent patient.
A 50-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of progressive dysphagia, hoarseness, fever, and persistent hiccups. He also complained of facial pain on the right side. He had been healthy until three days prior to admission. He had a history of chickenpox in his childhood and recently had had severe emotional distress.
Upon presentation, blood pressure was 130/80 mmHg and body temperature was 39.2°C. Physical examination revealed multiple small vesicles over the cheek, ear, oral cavity, and pharynx on the right side. There was paralysis of the soft palate and reduced gag reflex on the right side. However, he had no meningeal irritating signs, facial palsy, hearing loss, tongue deviation, or weakness of the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles. The result of a Tzanck test of the vesicles was positive. Initial brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no abnormality. He was diagnosed with herpes zoster with CN IX and X palsy. We started intravenous acyclovir (30 mg/kg/day) and dexamethasone (20 mg/day) for herpes zoster, and oral valproic acid and topiramate for intractable hiccups.
On the next day, his hoarseness became worse. Because he could not swallow food or fluid due to severe dysphasia, we started tube feeding. Laryngeal fibroscopy disclosed multiple vesicles and ulcers on the larynx, pharynx, epiglottis, and vocal cord palsy at the right side (Fig. 1). Laboratory tests showed a white blood cell count of 8,460/mm3 with 70.7% neutrophils, 13.7% lymphocytes, and 8.4% monocytes. C-reactive protein was significantly increased, with a concentration of 4.6 mg/dL (range, <0.06 mg/dL), and an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 31 mm/h (range, <20 mm/h). Other routine laboratory investigations were within normal ranges. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), immunoglobulin (Ig) G, and Ig M antibody were positive, 28.30 and 7.32, indicating reactivation of VZV. A serum polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for VZV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was weakly positive. However, the results of a PCR test of saliva and vesicular fluid from the ear and throat were strongly positive (Fig. 2). The patient was immunocompetent on laboratory investigations: hematological screening for Human immunodeficiency virus and lymphocyte subpopulations count, serum immunoglobulins, and complement C3 and C4.
Flexible laryngoscopy (A) showing multiple vesicles and ulcers with erythematous base on the right epiglottis and larynx, as well as right-side vocal cord palsy. (B) showing multiple small vesicles on the right pharynx and impaired right-side pharyngeal wall contraction and slight uvular deviation to the left-side.
Detection of VZV DNA from saliva and vesicular fluid by RT-PCR test. M, molecular weight marker (100 bp DNA ladder); Lane 1, MRC-5 cell lysate (negative control); Lane 2, VZV-infected Medical Research Council cell strain 5 cell lysate (positive control); Lane 3-5, saliva, vesicular fluid from the ear and throat, respectively. Probes directed to target VZV DNA were of the 202-bp product. VZV, Varicella-zoster virus; DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.
Three days after admission, the patient developed dizziness, hearing impairment, and peripheral facial palsy on the right side. Hoarseness and dysphagia were aggravated. Neurological examination showed spontaneous left-beating nystagmus with delayed vestibulo-ocular reflex upon rightward head rotation. A caloric test disclosed a vestibulopathy and an audiogram revealed a mild sensory neural hearing loss in the right ear. On the fourth day, a follow-up MRI scan with enhanced contrast revealed an enlarged right facial nerve in the area adjacent to the right ear (Fig. 3). Fifth days after admission, dysphagia and hoarseness gradually improved. On the seventh day, facial palsy, dizziness, and hiccups were beginning to improve. After a total of a 14-day course of acyclovir and corticosteroid treatment, he was discharged in a much-improved state. After 15 months, he had mild facial palsy and hoarseness, but no hearing loss, dizziness, dysphagia, or hiccups.
Axial T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showing slight enlargement of the right facial nerve (long arrow) and enlargement and swelling of the right ear and adjacent area (short arrow).
Reactivation of the VZV is facilitated by diminution of specific cellular immunity to VZV, as happens during the ageing process or in immunosuppressive conditions, following emotional stress or recent viral infection [1,6]. The virus reactivates in the ganglionic neurons along the entire neuraxis and causes herpes zoster [6]. However, our patient proved immunocompetent based on laboratory investigations and had no history of immunosuppressive therapy or malignancy, only emotional stress. In the head and neck area, herpes zoster may occur in uncommon patterns, such as vesicular eruptions on the pharyngeal and laryngeal area with lower CN palsy, intractable hiccups, or facial pain without skin eruption [1-11]. We present a case of herpes zoster with vesicular eruptions on the pharyngeal and laryngeal area as well as the face, further complicated by intractable hiccups and multiple lower CN palsy, including CN VII, VIII, IX, and X.
Case reports of multiple lower CN involvement due to RHS have rarely been described; zoster laryngitis with cranial polyneuropathy [1-4,6-10], and herpes zoster with CN VII, VIII, and X palsy in an immunocompetent patient [5]. However, there has been no case report of pharyngeal and laryngeal zoster, similar to our patient, complicated by multiple CN palsy and persistent hiccups in the literature. Only a case of multiple CN palsy and persistent hiccups without vesicular eruption was reported [11].
The pathogenic mechanism of multiple CN palsy in herpes zoster has not been clearly elucidated. There have been reports about communication of lower CNs [12-14]. Recently it was reported that there are various communications among CN branches around the acoustic meatus and the auricle before reaching the central nervous system; CN X had communications with the CN VII and IX [15]. We suggest that through these anatomical communications, VZV can spread to neighboring CNs and cause multiple CN palsy. In our case, he developed dysphagia, hoarseness, and persistent hiccups (CN IX and X) initially, then hearing impairment and facial palsy (CN VII and VIII) after admission.
CN involvement was distinctive as a progressive and ascending sequence, starting from CN IX and X, then spreading to CN VII and VIII. In the previous case reports, the sequence of CNs was variable, ascending [1,2,11], descending [4,10], or not exactly described [3,5]. So we suggest that the sequence of CN palsy depends on the initial site of CN involvement. Then the VZV spreads to adjacent CNs through anatomical communications, either ascending or descending. Patient with herpes zoster with hoarseness and bulbar palsy may develop RHS and vice versa. For this reason, physicians should pay attention to the possibility of the progression of CN palsy for patients with bulbar palsy or facial palsy.
Because cases of laryngeal and pharyngeal herpes zoster with multiple CN palsy and persistent hiccups are uncommon, it is important to rule out other causes of multiple CN palsy. CN involvement in herpes zoster may progress to adjacent CNs through anatomical communications among CNs. We suggest that the sequence may be either ascending or descending, depending on the initial site of involvement. For this reason, physicians should pay attention to possibility of the progression of CN palsy.
The authors have no funding, financial relationships, or conflicts of interest to disclose.
The authors thank Se-Jin Lee for reviewing the manuscript.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took his 48th career win at the 2018 Formula One Grand Prix season opener, at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia.
When the race lights went out down under, pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton got off to a great start slightly ahead of the Ferrari's of, Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. Vettel was third behind Mercedes driver Hamilton, while teammate Raikkonen remained in second.
Haas driver Romain Grosjean was forced to retire his car after leaving the pits with a loose wheel nut. This triggered a virtual safety car (VSC), which allowed Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel to pit. Fans were on the edge of their seats as Vettel emerged from the pit onto the track ahead of race leader, Lewis Hamilton.
Once Vettel took the lead, Hamilton was at a disadvantage due to turbulent air created from Vettel's car, making it difficult for the four-time world champion to follow.
Hamilton made several attempts to apply pressure on Vettel, and even with the addition of a third DRS zone, it was not working. Combined with the fact that Hamilton was in dirty air, overtaking was no longer an option. Hamilton had no choice but to give up, and save his engine.
"The Safety Car helped of course, but apart from that, I think we did everything we could do as a team. So when something happened, we were ready to react. We did our job before the race, evaluating different scenarios, and then in the race we had the pace as well. Lewis was under pressure, he was fast, but not as much as he needed. As for me, I need a little bit more of confidence with the car, which is not where we want it to be yet. There is a lot of work to do, but it is great to have both cars on the podium today," said Vettel after taking his third Australian Grand Prix victory.
Teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who made a hard push to challenge Hamilton at the start of the race, had a hard fight for third with Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo's eyes trained, on his gearbox. Australian Ricciardo had a strong drive at his home race after recovering from eighth, and receiving a three-spot grid penalty.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso made an impressive fifth place finish after working his way up the field, and fending off Max Verstappen, the second Red Bull. Verstappen finished sixth after struggling with his car throughout the weekend, and going into a spin during the opening laps of the race.
Renault's Nico Hulkenberg finished seventh ahead of Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas, who finished eighth, starting in 15th after receiving a penalty for a gearbox change.
Stoffel Vandoorne brought the second McLaren home in ninth, earning points for his team, and the second Renault driven by Carlos Sainz, finished tenth.
Sahara Force India got off to a rough start after both of their drivers failed to score points. Sergio Perez ended the day in 11th and Esteban Ocon in 12th. Rookie driver Charles Leclerc, making his Fornula 1 debut, was able to make the most of his day by finishing 13th, which made him Sauber's only driver to finish after teammate, Marcus Ericsson, was forced to retire.
Williams Lance Stroll finished 14th but lost his teammate after a stray plastic bag blocked the break cooling duct, on Sergey Sirotkin's car causing it to overheat. The incident forced Sirotkin to retire very early in his, debut race.
Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley was the final car across the finish line at the Australian Grand Prix, coming in 15th. Hartley's teammate Pierre Gasly, was forced to retire after the team discovered an issue with his power unit. Toro Rosso preformed exceptionally well in preseason testing. As they start the season running the Honda Power unit, expectation is high.
The American team, Haas, ended the day with a double retirement after Kevin Magnussen, like teammate Romain Grosjean, was forced to retire following the discovery of a lose wheel, shortly after pitting. This ended what could have been the team's best results as they enter their third year in the Formula One racing. But both drivers remain optimistic of what they saw from their performance. "It's a very tough one to swallow for the whole team. To have both cars not finishing – having been in such good positions and with so much anticipation – it's just heartbreaking to finish like that. We'll get on top again. We'll fight back," said Magnussen.
"We'll come back stronger as we always do. It's a lot of points lost today, but if we can repeat that performance over and over, we're going to forget this very quickly," said Grosjean.
Round two of the 2018 Formula One season continues in Bahrain April 6-8.


If you've been following my blog for a while, you will know that I do not like [read: do well] in the kitchen, so I'm always looking for ways to stay motivated and try new things so I agreed to take part in the #NaturesFarmsChallenge.
What is the Natures Farms Challenge?
A challenge to cook or bake a South African dish with a twist, using Nature's Farms products, since it's a proudly South African brand. They have pastas, cookies, maize meal and flour so there is great variety and available conveniently at Pick n Pay Stores.
I've chosen to make braai pap. Show me a kasi-girl who doesn't love a braai? What I love most is that braais bring the whole family together.
You can follow Nature's Farms (GWK) on Twitter or Facebook and visit the GWK website for more information.
If you try this or have tried similar, I would love to hear about it. I'm always keen to try new things and improve my skills.
That looks so yummy! I made their pap on Sunday night with wors and it was so delish! Loved how smooth it cooked.
Yummy hey? Glad we've both discovered it!
Yes, this is a lovely twist to the norm isn't it? Thank you mommy and please do let me know how it goes.
Aah, thanks Aya. Hope your kiddies love it just as mine.


1. XP's icon for wireless network has an 'X' in it - no connection.
> 1. XP's icon for wireless network has an 'X' in it - no connection.
the card there too if you like.
no IP address... but on my other computer i am getting it from DHCP.
> no IP address... but on my other computer i am getting it from DHCP.
You disable Wireless Zero Configuration by stopping the service.
connection. I had to upgrade the firmware to get it to work on WinXP.
configure correctly and pop up a WEP key page.
Orinoco would take 20-30 seconds to get an IP adress.
> config. in XP services.
Wizard, you may want to stop using it too as it's nothing but trouble.
install and config of the card with XP's Device Manager.
wireless card icon if you can and get a fresh start.
Guess what... i got it working on 2 out of 3 PC's.
I fixed it by getting a NetGear WGR614v4.
IP address, but no gateway!!! Of course internet is unavailable.
easy page to load, but it chokes on Yahoo, which is larger.
> IP address, but no gateway!!! Of course internet is unavailable.
> easy page to load, but it chokes on Yahoo, which is larger.
pinpoint. You may want to try a replacement card and see what happens.
I got it working. I just did IPCONFIG /renew.
got a new usb wireless device from netgear. Bizarre.


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A plain Chiffon fabric is converted into a beautiful stole by doing Liquid Embroidery using Fevicryl Liquid Embroidery Outliners, then adding multi colour lace and tassel's.
Can be worn on kurta's, suits and tops.
Trace the required pattern on the chiffon fabric(two borders along both length side and flowers on the whole width area) then using Liquid Embroidery Outliners outline the pattern. Let it dry completely sew or stitch the muti-coloured lace and finally add the tassels to each corner.
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The Haskell Wikipedia Article is an ad hoc collection of edits with no overriding structure or theme. The Haskell community should be able to contribute a better article to represent this project.
Here's a draft structure based on the "History of Haskell" paper.
This page was last modified on 4 August 2009, at 16:21.


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Brazil and Argentina to Start Working on Creation of Latam Common Currency
Brazil and Argentina are looking to begin work on the issuance of a common currency. Sergio Massa, minister of the economy of Argentina, also stated that the two countries will be inviting other nations in the area to join this economic integration project in the future.
Brazil and Argentina to Spearhead Common Currency Issuance Project
Ministries of Brazil and Argentina will be discussing the first steps to issue a common bilateral currency. According to statements given by the minister of the economy of Argentina, Sergio Massa, representatives of both countries will be discussing this subject at the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires on Jan. 24.
Massa told Financial Times that the discussion would revolve around initial considerations for the issuance of the coin that would be called "sur," Spanish for south. Massa stated:
There will be … a decision to start studying the parameters needed for a common currency, which includes everything from fiscal issues to the size of the economy and the role of central banks.
Massa warned this kind of project would take time to come to fruition, mentioning the Euro as an example, which was in the making for 35 years before being finally adopted in the European Union. He explained:
I don't want to create any false expectations … it's the first step on a long road which Latam must travel.
An Invitation for Latam
While the currency would be first studied and designed to be a bilateral endeavor, the project could be extended to include more nations in Latam in the long run. "It is Argentina and Brazil inviting the rest of the region," Massa explained.
The project of a common currency for Latam has been gaining some steam during the last year. President of Brazil Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva had referred to this development before as part of his presidential campaign. At a party rally in May, Lula Da Silva declared his intention of participating in the creation of this common currency project, adding that the objective would be to decrease the dependence of Latam countries on the U.S. dollar.
In November, Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, gave his support to the idea, stating that it would be "extraordinary." He also called for the inclusion of cryptocurrencies as part of the monetary system of the 21st century.
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The Story of You
By Matthew Mitchell
How to get started on finding your family's past
You have a family.
That shouldn't be much of a surprise, but, really, you do. But what you might not think about often is that it goes beyond your mother, your father and your siblings. It even goes beyond your grandparents. And it keeps on going well past your grandparents' grandparents.
And if you do think about that now and again, if you do wonder how people back along your family tree lived and died, and if you want to dig deeper into your family's history, you're in luck.
Toronto is bursting with places you can go to so you can find answers about your family's story.
But before you rush off to a historical collection, there's one source you should always go to first. The best people to talk to when researching your family is, well… your family.
"At least once a week, I hear 'Oh, I wish I'd asked my grandmother [about the family] before she died," said Gwen Armstrong, assistant director of the Toronto Family History Centre. "So we always tell people to get as much as they can, especially when they're young…. Most of us come to a point where we really want to do this, but it's when we're older, and the people we need to ask are gone."
Most people who come into the centre as their first step find they don't know much about even their recent ancestors, Armstrong said.
Talking with older family members means you're not just talking to someone who knows the names of the generation before them-it means you're talking to someone who has actual memory of people and events, said Gwyneth Pearce, a volunteer with the Toronto branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.
Once you've spoken to your relatives, make sure you try to write down and verify everything they have said. Memory only works so well, and you don't want to work from the wrong information.
And don't try to skip too far back. "Work back from what you know," as Pearce put it. If you know your ancestor John Smith's date of death, don't suddenly try to find information about people you think might be his grandparents. Try to find a marriage or a birth certificate for Smith-either of which would then show his parents' names.
Jumping back to far causes a lot of lost time and backpedalling when it turns out you were too hasty and linked people who weren't related, Pearce said.
Verification-that's when it's time to go out and find an archive of information. The Toronto Public Library has two major family history collections-the genealogy collection at the downtown reference library, which focuses on materials from the UK, and the Canadiana collection at the North York Central branch, which focuses mostly on Ontario.
The Archives of Ontario have, logically enough, the records thus far made public that the government of Ontario have collected over time.
The Toronto Family History Centre, Armstrong's collection, is part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but doesn't specialize in religious records. The Mormon Church keeps extensive family history records, especially relating to the British Isles. The Toronto centre has recently looked into the possibility of expanding its records. Anyone can use the collection-the Family History Centre just asks that you make an appointment.
Courses on how to research genealogy are available through the National Institute for Genealogical Studies, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto, and through the Ontario Genealogical Society.
Finding documents may sound like it involves a lot of reading microfiche or poring through yellowed records in musty church basements-which it definitely can. But many records-even many of the Archives of Ontario's records-can be found online. Access to many subscription databases, the kind you have to pay for, can be had for free through the library or the Family History Centre.
But, the problem is, official records aren't enough.
Finding histories of the period and place your ancestors lived is incredibly important, according to Charmaine Lindsay, the head of the Public Library's Canadiana collection.
"You feel more of a connection with those people if you understand how they lived and how they died."
Pearce, from the Genealogical Society, agreed.
"It's about finding what sort of influences would cause your relatives to do various things-to move to a different country or city, to change their employment, to give their children up to an orphanage," she said. "There are all sorts of factors that go way beyond the names and dates that people associate with genealogy."
Not that uncovering the hardscrabble details of your ancestors' lives is necessarily going to come easily. Brick walls are hit during the research process. In Ontario, public records for the living are not available, so finding other branches of the family can be tricky. But there are ways around it.
Going beyond the normal birth and death records is a good step. Lindsay found information about the drowning of a relative in the UK by searching through old Scottish newspapers. Searching for local relatives by going through online archives of the Toronto Star or the Globe and Mail-the archives of both are free through the Public Library-can be helpful. Pearce suggested that, if any of your direct ancestors are proving to be a mystery, researching their close relatives-their brothers and sisters-might be a way around the roadblock.
"There can be that discouraging feeling, but, for me, it's never been so discouraging that I've wanted to give up," Pearce said. She said that there is always some scrap of information you will stumble across that will point the right way. Pearce posted something online that was never replied to until years later, when someone e-mailed her to suggest that they might be related. It opened up a whole new area for her to research.
"There's always somewhere else to look," Pearce said. "And there's always these brilliant moments that just make it all worthwhile."
By: Matthew Mitchell
Posted: Nov 15 2008 6:28 pm
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Total Population 1911 to 1961: Population grew from 7,365 in 1911 to 26,934 in 1961.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1911 to 1961: In 1911, only 8.27 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1961 15.48 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1911 to 1973: The highest rate recorded was 163.64 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1911, and the lowest was 6.59 in 1963.
FARNHAM Preferred English F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 689.
BOURNE LG_Ward Parish-level Unit 1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
HALE AND BADSHOT LG_Ward Parish-level Unit 1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
WRECCLESHAM LG_Ward Parish-level Unit 1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Farnham UD through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District, A Vision of Britain through Time.


Seating capacity: 1 screen, main level 1,242 and two upper levels 653; total 1,895.
Address: 207 Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Horae Place is the current occupant at the site.
Ruby Theatre operated during the period May 16, 1964 - March 27, 1994. Information contained in one of the sources below talks about it having eight washrooms with huge make-up mirrors in ladies rooms. I don't know if this is common for theatres this size - six prices starting with front stall 70 cents, middle stall $1.20, back stall $1.70, special 優等 $2.00, super 超等 $2.40, and premium 特等 $3.00. For perspective, 70 cents was enough to buy you a bowl of wonton noodle soup at a dai pai dong in 1964.


Aug. 7, 2013 — Long Wong's at The Firehouse 1639 E. Apache Blvd., Tempe is quickly becoming known for their residencies featuring a different band every month in a Tuesday residency, which this month is Fairy Bones.
Aug. 6 was the first Tuesday for Phoenix based rock/pop act Fairy Bones, but you can still catch them three more times before the end of the Month, along with stellar local lineups.
On Aug. 6 they played with Japhey's Descent, Tides, Snake Island, and The Bittersweet Way. Throughout the rest of the month they'll be playing with A Life of Science, The Woodworks, Guilt Society and many other great Phoenix locals.
Fairy Bones alone is worth the trip to Tempe, add in all these other great acts and Long Wong's has a must see show every Tuesday in August.
Word is getting around that Phoenix is quite a friendly place for amateur and open mic acts, and now it seems that Monday has become the unofficial open mic night for the downtown area. Zoan Bar 4301 N. Seventh Ave. hosts an LGBTQ open mic beginning at 6:30 p.m. hosted by local burlesque personality Robin Hart. "There are all sorts of performers. The Phoenix slam team was there last week. I have seen music accompanying 'guess what balloon animal I am making,' comedy, poetry, lesbians with guitars, coming out stories, burlesque. It can be a really rowdy open mic," said Joy Young of the Phoenix slam team and a regular of Zoan's open mic. Also on Aug. 12 Lawn Gnome Publishing 905 N. Fifth St. hosts its open mic every Monday starting at 8 p.m. There is also Fair Trade Cafe 1020 N. First Ave's open mic also at 8 p.m.