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L'Aquila earthquake victims protest and the lies of Berlusconi Newspaper
Yesterday in Rome we had yet another demonstration of what kind of country we have become.
The Committee 3e32, L'Aquila coordination network, had organized a manifestation in July 7, 2010, to bring to the streets the following demands: We first ask for the suspension of all taxes and charges, the freezing of loans and a series measures to support employment and the economy.
I also read on the site of the promoters that there was great participation, by local and national organizations.
Associations, political parties, committees, companies, municipalities and institutions like the University of L'Aquila and the Archbishopric.
Like most of you know, the procession was stopped by the police.
Consequently we saw another clash between officers and protesters, with three persons wounded.
The news was obviously on the front pages of all media.
As always, every newspaper tends to give a personal version of the facts.
The absolute objectivity does not exist, we all agree.
But there is a limit beyond which that personal becomes personal a lie…
Once upon a time there was the editor of a newspaper.
Let's imagine that he's the director of a biased newspaper.
Anyways, this is bullshit.
All newspapers are biased.
So, let's figure that our protagonist is the director of one of them.
Let us also that the newspaper belongs to the family of Prime Minister.
Add that, like all of the newspapers, it takes money from the State - which means the citizens – to live.
Now, let's imagine that a large group of people, let's say about five thousand, went the streets to protest against the government led by Prime Minister, whose family owns this newspaper, going behind one of the residences of the Premier.
Think that during the event there some avoidable accidents happen and three people are wounded.
Now, dream to be in the place of that newspaper's editor.
He cannot ignore the news, indeed, he should not.
How can he tell it?
In one way, he has no alternative.
First, he must blame the accident to one of the main leaders of the manifestation:
The mayor of Pd uses 5 thousand people from Abruzzo as human shields and sends them to clash with the police. That was an irresponsible attitude that not even the noblest of causes could justify.
Second, he have to show that the demonstrators had already been satisfied:
L'Aquila Taxes: delay of 10 years. Recovery of not paid taxes by L'Aquila citizens for the suspension ordered by the earthquake will be carried out in 120 monthly installments from January 2011. This was announced by the Secretary to the Prime Minister Gianni Letta.
Third, he must divide the demonstrators, emphasizing those who think the opposite way:
Who is left in Abruzzo supports Silvio: "Rebuilding blocked by the City Mayor."
A woman: "Who was in a tent now has a home. These protests are instrumental and misguided." A regional adviser: "Restoration stopped because the mayor Cialente has not yet signed the plans."
It's really true that in Italy there is no freedom of the press…
The News: L'Aquila protestors clash with police.
Labels: berlusconi, earthquake, freedom of press, il giornale, l'aquila, manifestation, police, rome, stories and news


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The next several minutes went by in a blur. One moment Ziva was laying on the hospital bed in the emergency room, the next she was somewhere else in the hospital, in a gown, screaming for dear life every few minutes. If that wasn't scary enough, the expression on everyone's face around her – and John's friend keeping him out of the room – she wasn't sure that the baby would be very healthy. If it survived being born considering the way she had cared for herself the previous months leading up to that moment.
"What is wrong?" Ziva asked, looking around wildly.
"Your li'l one's heart beat is slower than it should be, even for a preemie," Carson explained as he sat down at the foot of her bed and reviewed the tests that the nurses were showing him.
"Well how far along am I?" she asked.
He looked at her and shook his head. "It's hard to say with this technology lass. From what I could see, it's very possible that you are full term, if shy by maybe two or three weeks. An infant could survive, but without proper prenatal care and your profession…"
She nodded understanding that severity of the risks and sighed. "Where is John?"
"He is out in the waiting room with the rest of your team. I want to get you and the baby stabilized first. He would only get in the way," Carson smiled. "Just lay back and relax. We will get you some pain medication. You still have a little bit to go yet, but you are almost there."
Ziva closed her eyes as she tried to digest all the information. She was about to be a mother – maybe. The thought alone was enough to leave her feeling dizzy even as she laid there. All she could really think about then as well, was John being at the mercy of Gibbs and Tony.
~o.O.o~Down the corridor, John paced the small area of the floor that the men were restricted to waiting. He couldn't be more pissed at Carson then for keeping him away. It was his girlfriend, his child that he was working on. John deserved – no, he was meant to be there at her side to help her through everything.
The cold pack that the nurses tried to give him for his face sat on the end table next to where Gibbs sat, warming to the room temperature. He just didn't care about anything but what was happening in the room down the hall.
Tony was glaring at John. Not only was he a stubborn ass for not letting the nurses come near him, he was also the one who was screwing his partner and had knocked her up. He wanted to confront John badly, but there were two reasons … no three, why he didn't. Ziva had made her choice, obviously, Gibbs would kill him and third, John would kill him too.
"So Carson? He's your doctor?" Tony carefully asked.
"Yeah. He took care of me for years and patched me up after we returned from our base being destroyed," John said, kicking a chair across the hall. "I thought he was my friend too… I should be in there," he said, pointing into the general direction of the room where Ziva was.
"You need to get yourself checked out," Tony reasoned. "I know you don't want to in case she needs you, but you look like hell man. You could have broken something."
"As I told Ziva and Carson, I will let myself get checked out after I know she's fine."
Gibbs shook his head as he looked up at the man. "What good are you going to be to her if you aren't? If she or that kid needs your help, you won't be much good to them all busted," he said.
"It's just my face… and my sight is slowly returning, I'm fine for now," John kept pacing and nearly tripped over the chair he had just kicked away. He kicked it again. "I don't want to wait!"
"For now? That chair didn't give you that bruise on your face Sheppard…"
"No, that sadist did. I don't care. I'm not going to… what if…" he took a deep breath as he felt a panic coming on. What if Ziva would die giving birth? He knew he couldn't handle that. But Carson was with her, she'd be fine, but what if? "I need to know she's fine before I let someone have a look at me, Gibbs. I need that," John looked at the other man.
He let out a breath as he looked up at him. "She will make sure you are there when its time. I doubt that your friend would dare to argue with her if he knew what she was capable of."
"Besides, we'd like to have you around longer," Tony said warmly. "If you lose your eyesight for good we lose a valued member of our team."
John spun around and stared at Tony. He was surprised and as far as he could tell, so was Gibbs.
"I think that apart from Abby and McGeek, you and Ziva can show Gibbs that rule twelve can be a good thing as well. I doubt either one of us would have survived what you have endured with Ziva today." Tony got up and put his hands on John's shoulders. "Let yourself get checked out, Sheppard. I don't want Teyla to kill me."
"Fine," John sighed. "If you put it that way…" He looked at him and nodded. "Thanks Tony."
"No problem. Hey…where did McGee go?" he asked, looking around. Tony had been so distracted by his own issues with the situation that he missed his own partner disappearing on him.
"I got us coffee," McGee came walking in. "And called Abby and Ducky. They're calling Teyla and make sure that once Ziva's stable that she can get transferred to Bethesda."
John couldn't help but to laugh. "She thought as much as we were on our way here," he said as he scratched the back of his head. "Thanks," he added as he took his coffee and a hearty sip.
Gibbs took the coffee from John. "Not until you're cleared."
"You're a cruel man!" John complained as he reluctantly went to find a nurse, who in turn found him a doctor.
~o.O.o~"Easy there. Just breathe through it Ziva," Carson said as he had his head tucked under the blanket as he examined her further.
"You try to breathe when you have something shoving its way through your ass," she snapped. "Where is John? He needs to be here. I need him here!" she started to cry as she collapsed back against the bed after the contraction passed.
"Not until I'm certain of your wee one's position, now calm down," Carson said as he yet again grabbed the scanner.
Ziva laid her head down and closed her eyes. "Please don't make me beg…Just get him in here or take me in for surgery to get it out. Just – do something! I can't go through any more," she said shaking her head.
He only smiled as he continued to examine her. Reaching up he felt around over her upper and lower abdomen. "Did you notice any other changes? Because I had read and seen photos of you before Colonel Sheppard went to work with you. Your abdominal areas do seem to be a bit more swollen than you appeared," he commented.
She sighed as she thought about it. "I disregarded that as my neglecting to train. I have not been in the gym since my back begun hurting and been nursing an injury," she admitted. "I can understand more now why that would be."
"Aye lass, your clothing hides your body and these change quite well which is likely why no one else noticed," he said glanced up at the monitor. "Oh! Another contraction is about to come! Nurse? Can you please find Colonel Sheppard and ask him in. It's almost time."
John was sulking when he was back in the waiting area, holding an ice pack against his swollen face and trying to drink the now cold coffee. Gibbs looked on at him with an amused look on his face.
"Do you have any plans on what you two plan to do now?" Tony asked randomly as his head leaned back against the wall where he sat.
"It's not like we had time to discuss things yet, Tony," John answered.
McGee slurped a sip from his coffee and shrugged. "But you must have thought about it some since. I'm curious as to if Gibbs and Vance will let you two to be partners after this," he commented, glancing at their boss quickly and nervously.
"I don't care, to be honest. If not, I'll retire and should we have a healthy baby, become a full time house dad and babysitter to Torren."
"I thought we had taught you something about quitting, Sheppard." Gibbs replied.
John shrugged. "You have a thing against partners on a team, it's only fair if you decide we shouldn't continue with what we are doing. And it's only reasonable for me to either find a different job or retire in order to stay with Ziva."
The older man smiled and shook his head. "I'll admit that this was a big surprise but you two have also continued to separate your private life from your work without any hints to your relationship so far. Being parents will change things, you know. We can keep going on a probationary basis for now and see how things go. You both however, willhave wills and all that other legal stuff done when things start to settle down. If either of you are injured or killed – that baby will need to be cared for."
"I know, Gibbs. A baby is not a pet. Did someone call Teyla already?"
"I think Abby did," McGee answered. "Oh someone's coming this way…" he pointed out as he noticed a woman in pink scrubs shuffling her way down the hall towards them.
"Colonel Sheppard?" the young woman asked, looking around.
"Is she okay?" John asked as he nearly knocked over his coffee when he got up.
The girl smiled and nodded. "Yes, she is comfortable. Doctor Beckett asked for me to come get you. She is almost ready to begin to push. If you wish to come with me now…?"
"Coming!" John followed the nurse. Carson was finally letting him near her again. When he entered the room Ziva was in, he saw she was hooked up on various machines and she had a look on her face that told him that she was about to kill someone. "I'm here," he smiled as he walked to Ziva and planted a kiss on her forehead. "How are you doing?"
"I've been better," she smiled at seeing him. "You okay?"
Carson looked up and grinned. "Colonel. So far everything is actually looking pretty good. However, Ziva, when the next contraction begins, I want you to push hard," he said as a nurse came to her other side to help sit her up into position.
"Good?" John asked his friend. "What do you mean? She never even looked like she could even be-"
"Actually Miss Ziva did gain some and show slightly. It appears as if her body simply concealed the infant quite well," the doctor grinned as he kept an eye on the monitor still.
"Apparently!" John shot a look at Carson. "Everything alright though, Doc?"
"Well as soon as the little one is with us, I'll have to look him or her over to be sure, but right now, other than a bit of a concerning heart rate, things do look like they are going good."
"Good," John then smiled at Ziva who looked like she could use a nap. "You can do this."
She shook her head. "You do this," she replied as she winced when a spasm started up again.
"Alright Ziva, I want you to push through this," Carson interrupted. "Just a couple good hard pushes may be enough and it will be all over soon enough," he reassured her.
Ziva sat up with the help of the nurse and bared down, her hand tightening around John's. She groaned it out as she felt her insides stretch painfully. It felt like an eternity before the first wave was over and she fell back against the bed.
"You are doing good lass," the doctor smiled. "The head is through and the youngin' has a load of hair! On the next contraction you should be able to finish up and we'll have a new life here!"
"You push it out!" she cried. "I just want to sleep…"
"You can sleep soon, honey…" John reassured her. "You're doing great."
Growling she shoved him away. "You do this, I just – I can't," she whimpered. Her reprieve did not last long as the next contraction came quickly which ignited her to cry out and the nurse helped to support her back while she bared down to push the infant out the rest of the way.
"I have the shoulders," Carson announced before the rest of the small body simply slid out, leaving Ziva in an exhausted slump. Quickly he clamped the umbilical before cutting it and transferring the baby to the warmer where a small group of hospital staff were waiting to begin to clean off and check on its health.
John wanted to follow Carson and look at the baby but his glare told him to stay with Ziva. He took a wet wash cloth and softly caressed Ziva's face with it. "I think it's a girl," he smiled at her.
While he left his friend to tend to his love, the doctor went over to help with the baby. Suctioning the nose and mouth of the tiny body, he quickly tried to stimulate the infant into breathing and crying. A nurse looked up at him and murmured, "She has an Apgar of five."
"I see that," he muttered with concern and determination as he continued to rub at the tiny extremities to push the blood through to them. After a minute or so, the baby let out a tiny cough before wiggling around on the table and pulling its arms and legs away from each person who tried to tug on them to check its physical activity.
After a little more suctioning the baby let out a loud cry that soon filled the room, filtering out into the hall whenever the door opened by nurses coming and going. Smiling with a pleased satisfaction, Carson looked back at John and Ziva. "It's a girl! A wee bit tiny, but she looks to be quite healthy!" he said as he finished wiping her off before wrapping a soft blanket around her to bring her over to her parents.
John watched the baby girl as Carson placed her in Ziva's arms. "I can't believe it," he breathed a sigh of relief. "She's beautiful!" He smiled and softly kissed Ziva on the head.
Ziva blinked as she looked at the tiny baby. "I feel like I'm going to break her," she said softly. "All this time…I did not know."
"She's quite the surprise alright," John smiled as he softly touched one of the tiny hands with his finger. "I can't believe we're parents."
"I know," she replied as she stared at her.
"Have either of you ever considered a name through all this?" Carson asked as he watched on proudly.
"Nope, was too busy worrying about Ziva." John answered. The little girl looked like Ziva, with her big eyes and tiny nose and he just couldn't believe that he and Ziva were responsible for her creation.
She looked up at John and smiled. "Actually I did think about it some, on the way here and while waiting for you," she said. "After we got back from Colorado, I looked up more about Elsa, and who she was… and I thought…Well I know how much she meant to you but what if we use her middle name? Mariely?"
John was quiet for a moment and then looked at Ziva. "I think – I think that it's a great idea and that Elsa would have loved that," he answered carefully. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," she nodded and looked back at the baby. "After all, if it were not for her, in some ways, she would not be here, right?"
"Alright," John nodded and kissed her. "Mariely it is." John then heard the muffled sobs of his friend Carson and looked at him. "Really?"
"Ah lad, it's wonderful to see how you've come full circle and how your lass wants to honor Elsa… forgive a grown man for crying."
Ziva smiled up at him before looking at John again and moved to let him take her. "Here," she said. "Hold her. Show her to the team," she added as she shifted in the bed uncomfortably. Carson was already back in his stool at the foot of the bed knowing what was going to come next.
"You best listen to her. We just need to handle the afterbirth here and get Ziva cleaned up for everyone to come in," he said.
John looked at Mariely in shock. She was small and light and he now realized why Ziva was afraid she'd break her. "Oh… okay." He made his way out of the room with their baby girl in his arms; he didn't have to go far, before he knew it, he was looking directly at Gibbs who was smiling like a proud grandfather and Tony and McGee grinning like the silly uncles. "It's a girl," John said sheepishly.
"Well let us see!" Tony replied as he looked over McGee's shoulder to see better. "Holy crap she's small!"
"Ziva's ninja body hid her well," John pointed out.
"Congratulations, Sheppard. She's beautiful," Gibbs said. "She's going to be one hell of a heart-breaker when she grows up."
To that Tony grinned. "I believe that. Considering her parents, she's going to have every guy chasing after her," he laughed and simmered down once he caught the look John had in his eye – and after McGee elbowed him in the gut.
"Did you guys decide on a name?" McGee asked.
"Ziva thought that Mariely was appropriate." John said proudly. "I think it suits her."
"Mariely Sheppard?"
"I don't know, we haven't discussed the important details yet, Ziva was kinda busy and now she's too tired to have that kind of conversation."
Gibbs shrugged a shoulder. "It can wait. At least she has a name," he smiled as he made his way over and reached up to play with the tiny fingers. "Abby and Ducky hired a private ambulance to come transfer Ziva and Mariely. She is riding up with them and said they should be here any minute so you might want to prepare yourself for a tornado."
John chuckled. "Is there a way to prepare yourself for the torrent that's Abby? Please, tell me your secret!"
The older man only smiled as he turned his attention back on the baby. "She's going to be out of work for awhile. I'm assuming you're going to talk her into moving in by you at least temporarily? I'm sure Teyla will be able to help her where she would need that sort of thing."
John nodded. "The house is a secure place and big enough for all of us . I'm sure Teyla would be more than happy to help."
"Of course I would John," a voice spoke up from behind them. Abby and Teyla were walking down the hall with the ambulance crew behind them. "Is that the baby?" she asked as she, almost as eagerly as Abby looked.
"John! John! John! Gibbs! Gibbs! Gibbs! The first team baby! Can you believe it! Oh my god! Will I get to babysit? Please say yes! I have so much that I could teach it! What is it? It's a girl, right? Of course it is! They wouldn't wrap a boy up in pink," Abby rattled on as she jumped on her already high platform shoes. "And oh my god what happened to your face?"
"Abby," John chuckled. "Calm down, please." He was surprised that Mariely was still quiet, but apparently she was too tired of the stress Ziva had to endure during the day. "Her name is Mariely and I'm sure that you'll get the chance to babysit her one day."
Teyla had been eying the child in her friend's arms and smiled. "She could also simply be a quiet baby," she pointed out. "But I believe your Doctor Mallard would prefer us to have everyone moved closer to home simply for the comfort and security of your military hospital. Where is Ziva? I will go speak with her quickly and fill her in on the arrangements for you."
"In there," John pointed towards the room. "However, I was kicked out, I think it's safer to wait until Carson says it's okay to go in." When he saw the look on Teyla's face he smiled. "Yes, Carson, the Hammond brought him over after I asked if they could level something to the ground for us."
"If he kicked you out for the reason I believe, then he will certainly let me in," she smiled as she turned to go find her friends and share their plans.
"Can I please hold her? Please?" Abby seemed to have calmed down somewhat as she stretched out her arms. "I promise I won't drop her."
"You'd better not," John said as he gently put Mariely in Abby's arms and then took a seat on one of the chairs. What a day, John thought as he kept his eyes on Abby and his daughter.
After several minutes passed, Carson eventually made his way out of the birthing room with a tired smile on his face. "How is everyone fairing?" he asked as he approached the waiting area after speaking to the ambulance crew. Teyla had remained in the room with Ziva to help clean her up for the transfer, and it was something that he was confident that the nurses were more than capable of assisting as well so he took his leave then. "Have you gotten yourself checked out, Colonel?"
"Yes Carson," John replied.
"How about your eyes?"
John looked at Carson blankly. "What about them?"
"Well… you've been hit on the head several times, maybe you should come by the SGC in a couple of days when you all have settled," the doctor answered quietly.
"I'm not going to fly only to…"
"You don't need to fly."
The doctor sighed and shook his head. "We'll talk about it later and no excuses. They should be almost done getting Ziva ready to be transferred," he filled him in. Looking around, he found the woman that Teyla had described that came with her and smiled. "Lass, did you happen to bring Torren's car seat? I forgot to ask Teyla before I left the room. I'm sure that the hospital has one we can borrow if you didn't…"
"Oh, Ducky is going to love you." Abby squeaked. "Of course we did, well I had to remind Teyla and then get the thing out of John's car but yes, auntie Abby brought the car seat with her."
Carson chuckled. "Well, we are going to need it soon as this little one will be transported with her mother. I do want to keep them in for observation and some tests for a least a night or two to make sure that there is nothing wrong with either of them after all they went through to get here. You too Colonel. I want you to stay the night when we get to Bethesda. No arguing because Landry agreed, it's either there or Colorado."
John made a face. "As long as you don't call Dr. Cale."
Carson smiled innocently. "Why would I do that? Oh right, your eyes! Good idea John, a very good idea! No seriously, Colonel, you look like you haven't slept properly for days."
"He hasn't," Gibbs replied. "Ever since we found that buddy of his."
"Aye… such a sad loss." Carson sighed. Looking up, he saw Teyla poking her head out of the room. "Ah, it looks as if they are ready. I suppose it would be alright for Ziva to hold the young one until we get to the ambulance. I hope that the staff doctor has all the paperwork finished. If you don't mind me taking Mariely for a short time to get her prints done and we can be on our way."
"Here you go," Abby gently handed Mariely over to Carson before pushing passed Teyla and running into the room to give Ziva a big hug.
Ziva groaned as she accepted her friend's affection. She was still quite very sore and the pain medication the nurse gave her had yet to start to take effect. They wouldn't give her anything strong that would stay in her body long because at some point, she would have to try to see if she could produce milk to feed Mariely, if she decided to try breast feeding at all. "Hey Abby," she smiled tiredly as she watched what little things she had when they came in being bagged by Teyla.
"I'm so glad you're still alive and you're the first mommy on the team and oh she's so beautiful and you did great and you had us all worried because we couldn't even find you on your cellphone and that's why – "
Teyla gently tapped Abby's shoulder and smiled. "Breathe, and take it slowly. Your friend is tired."
"Oops, sorry Ziva," Abby said sheepishly.
"It's okay. I know you were worried, but we were sure that when we did not check in after having to drive out so far, that Gibbs would have started looking," she replied. "It is still all very shocking."
"It is! One moment you're not pregnant and then whammo! Baby!" Abby hugged Ziva again. "I'm so glad you're okay!"
She laughed lightly and shook her head. "Evidently, according to Dr. Beckett, I've actually had the signs of being pregnant the entire time just it wasn't as obvious as we would believe or consider…" Ziva trailed off as she noticed the door open and the ambulance technicians come in with their stretcher. Sighing, she knew she would have to move over and she just didn't want to move period.
It actually didn't take much effort for the crew to move her themselves and despite the pain and discomfort that came from the jostling. She was happier to have had them do that little bit for her as it would have hurt more for her to do it herself.
Several minutes later, she was being wheeled out into the hall where Carson waited to hand Mariely over to her. Smiling, she looked down at the baby in her arms and sighed. She was so transfixed on the smallness of her that she failed to notice everyone else that lingered around.
"Alright you lot, keep moving," Carson said. "That's enough excitement for the day, both the mom and wee one need their rest now, but feel free to follow the ambulance in a car… where's Colonel Sheppard? Please tell me that he didn't wander off!"
"He nodded off," Tony grinned as he started to shake John awake.
"I'm awake, what's wrong?" John quickly sat up and immediately regretted rubbing his face.
"You, your gorgeous lass and your breathtaking daughter are going to get a lift to Bethesda hospital. Move it, Colonel," Carson answered. "There will be plenty of time to sleep once the excitement has gone."
John felt like a zombie when he followed everyone to the hospital exit, but couldn't help but smile when he saw the look on Ziva's face while she held Mariely. He knew he had to talk to Ziva about the important things, such as what were they going to do now, but it had to wait until the day after; he was currently too tired and overwhelmed by everything.
The ambulance had been cramped with John and Carson insisting on riding in the back with Ziva and the technician, while Teyla sat in the front. Abby wasn't too thrilled that she couldn't join them on the way back but calmed down with just a look from Gibbs as they pulled out. Carson made it clear to the rest of the team that they would be more than welcome to visit in the morning, but asked for them to leave the new family to rest for the night.
By the time they finally got settled in, John had been more than pleased that his friends worked on arrangements for them to share a room for their admission. Since Sheppard was only really in for observation with Carson hovering over around, it was certainly unusual to have a male patient on the maternity ward. However, after everything they endured, they just didn't want to be too far from one another.
John loved watching Ziva sleep. She looked beautiful, peaceful and 'glowy'. There was a smile across her lips and at that moment, he fell in love with her all over again. He couldn't sleep, despite his exhaustion, and had taken place in a chair next to her bed, putting his feet up against her bed and enjoyed the view.
"You should be in your own bed Colonel," Carson said softly from the doorway. "If you thought the last several hours were overwhelming, it's only going to continue to be so for a long while. General Landry is still eager to visit you this weekend, or have you forgotten?"
"She's so beautiful, Carson. I don't want to sleep, I just want to sit here for a while."
"Yes, she is a lovely woman and I am relieved to know that you have found her, but please, return to your bed and get the rest you really do need. I don't want to have to sedate you to make sure that you get rest, but I will if I have to," the doctor sighed.
John grumbled as he put his feet on the ground and got up from his chair. He softly planted a kiss on Ziva's forehead and crawled into his own bed. "Happy?"
"Ecstatic," Carson replied as dryly as his friend spoke, but smiled nonetheless. "I will call and update the General on everything and try to get arrangements for everything you will need. I hope you don't mind but I gave Teyla your wallet when you were sleeping so that she and Miss Abby to go buy things for the baby."
"Thought I had lost it when Cobb had us. I must have forgotten to take it with me then." John pulled the covers over him. "It's fine, Carson, thank you."
"Ah, no. Agent Gibbs actually found it in your car after you got to the hospital," he replied. "You don't remember putting it in the center console? Though your badge and weapon from the Navy will have to be replaced – that wasn't around that anyone could see."
"The bastard took our weapons and cellphones, although they didn't work," John said, and then sighed. "He had this huge grudge against all agencies for some reason and I haven't been able to figure it out."
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"Does that mean that you'll hold off on Dr. Cale?"
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Residents of California who take opioids are no doubt familiar with their effects, which include psychomotor and cognitive impairment. This is especially true for those who are treating acute injuries like burns and broken bones whereas those on a chronic, stable prescription can develop a tolerance for the drugs and not be as affected.
The fact remains, though, that many opioid users go out on the road and endanger others. In 1993, 2% of all car crash initiators had opioids in their system. In 2016, it was 7.1%. Not only that, but a recent study is associating opioid use with many fatal two-car crashes. The results were published by JAMA Network Open.
Researchers looked at thousands of fatal two-car collisions recorded in NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System and pinpointed 1,479 drivers who tested positive for opioids. It turns out that nearly twice as many of these opioid users initiated the crash compared to other drivers: 918 versus 549. The opioids most commonly found in drivers were hydrocodone at 32%, morphine at 27%, oxycodone at 19% and methadone 14%.
Failure to stay in one's lane was the driver error most to blame in these and other fatal two-car crashes. Incidentally, opioids cause drowsiness, which can easily lead to drivers drifting out of their lane.
Those who are injured at the hands of an opioid-using driver may have grounds for a personal injury case, but a lot depends on the proof there is of the other side's negligence. Even with sufficient proof, victims may face strong opposition from the insurance companies. For these and other reasons, victims might want legal representation. It all starts with a case evaluation. If retained, the lawyer may handle negotiations, taking the case to court if a settlement isn't achieved.
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December 4, 2020 by Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media
Anchorage Correctional Complex in 2020. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)
Several prisons in Alaska are grappling with large COVID-19 outbreaks, as the number of hospitalized inmates continues to climb.
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The Department of Corrections said without enough free space to house all infected inmates in separate cells, it is trying to group positive-testing inmates together. In a Tuesday press release, the department said it was sorting inmates by symptoms. Six of Goose Creek's 10 housing units, or mods, are under lockdown with active cases.
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Women with unwanted pregnancies will be able to access pills on the bus after an online consultation.
By Catherine Healy Friday 23 Oct 2015, 12:50 PM
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Briana O'Doherty from Tallaght at Connolly Station in October 2014, after pro-choice activists brought abortion pills back from Belfast.
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Updated at 12.50pm
PRO-CHOICE ACTIVISTS are to deliver illegal abortion pills to women across the country over the next two days as part of a campaign to repeal the eighth amendment.
The Socialist Party's Rosa campaign group left Dublin this morning on board a bus carrying the World Health Organisation-approved drugs.
The bus will stop in Galway for a lunchtime rally at the Spanish Arch before heading to Limerick for a demonstration on O'Connell Street.
Organisers will travel on to Cork tomorrow morning, where a protest will be held on Winthrop Street, and return to Dublin for a final rally in the afternoon.
The group says women with unwanted pregnancies will be able to access pills on the bus after completing a Skype consultation with doctors from Dutch pro-choice group Women on Web, which distributes abortion drugs to countries where abortion is illegal or restricted.
"We are bringing this issue to the people most affected by the eighth amendment, ordinary women across the country who face difficulties travelling abroad for a legal abortion," Rosa activist Rita Harrold said.
We want those women to know that there are safe options available.
We're on the bus now taking the fight to #repealthe8th on the road today to #Galway & #limerick #AbortionPillBus pic.twitter.com/UFwqTVaSTm
— Rita Harrold (@RitaHarrold1) October 23, 2015
Source: Rita Ann Harrold/Twitter
She added: "Abortion is going to be a big issue in the next general election.
It's the first since Savita [Halappanavar]'s death and it's an opportunity for women to say, 'You know what? We aren't living in 1950s anymore. We're not going to support politicians that won't let us make decisions about our own lives.'
It is illegal under Irish law to take and distribute abortion pills.
The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act states that any person found guilty of "intentionally destroy[ing] unborn human life" is liable to a fine or imprisonment for up to 14 years.
In a protest last year, Rosa travelled to Belfast to bring abortion pills back to Dublin, where Coppinger and other activists swallowed the tablets outside Connolly Station.
Organisers said the journey was inspired by the "contraceptive train" of 1971, when members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement travelled to Northern Ireland to buy contraceptives that were then illegal in the Republic.
Campaigners, including Ruth Coppinger TD, arrive back in Dublin last year with abortion pills. Source: PA Archive
The Irish Pro Life Campaign yesterday criticised the group's latest move, calling it "an irresponsible stunt".
"This is just the latest publicity stunt from Deputy Coppinger. But it is an incredibly dangerous and irresponsible one that puts the lives of women at serious risk," spokesperson Ruth Cullen said.
Those lending their support to the abortion pill bus have no credibility talking about women's health in the context of the abortion debate going forward.
It is one thing to constantly misrepresent the eight amendment as Deputy Coppinger does. It's quite another thing to use an abortion pill bus as a means of attracting publicity.
The more outrageous the stunt the better, as long as it helps dismantle the eight amendment, seems to be the thinking. The stories of those who regret their abortions are being drowned out of the debate as well as the rights of the unborn child.
The Life Institute has also hit out at the protest, saying that it showed "abortion extremists" were "playing fast and loose with women's lives".
"It is disturbing to see that abortion campaigners are so careless with safeguarding women's lives," spokesperson Niamh Uí Bhriain said.
Sadly, for many abortion extremists, this is about an ideology and not about actually helping women.
Read: More than a quarter of people say abortion will sway their vote
Read: Enda won't commit to abortion referendum
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Curiosity has been exploring Mars since 2012, and has already traveled further than any other rover in history. Curiosity isn't done providing fascinating insights into the red planet, either. A new analysis of data from the rover indicates that its landing site in Gale Crater was once a lake that would have had the capacity to support a wide variety of life.
NASA has previously released data from Curiosity that supports the idea that liquid water once flowed in Gale Crater (above). It has been drilling into rocks to study the chemical composition as it moves ever higher up Mount Sharp in the center of the crater. It has discovered all the elements essential to life as we know it, including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorous.
The new study is based on a detailed analysis of data from three and a half years of drill samples from Curiosity. This has allowed scientists to understand the chemical environment of a lake that hasn't existed for billions of years. Mount Sharp is an ideal place to conduct this testing, as NASA believes it's the result of rock and sediment being carried there over time by rivers and streams.
Researchers now say that Curiosity's data shows evidence of varying exposure to oxygen in the past. Some sediment samples were near the surface of the lake, and were more oxygenated. Meanwhile, other samples show lower oxygen exposure, indicating they were buried more deeply. Some microorganisms on Earth live in low-oxygen environments, but most need oxygen in the environment (and the chemical reactions that come with it) to survive. So, there's good evidence at this point that Gale Crater would have had everything necessary for life in its past. The varying chemical environments could have provided a home to a many different types of microorganisms.
A drill hole made by Curiosity on Mars.
The review of Curiosity's data also offered more insights into the climate of Mars. It's long been understood that Mars was warmer and wetter in the distant past, but there may have been another cold and dry period before that. The older sediments scanned by the rover showed less evidence of alteration than younger samples. That suggests that they were formed in an environment more like the current Mars than the "wet" version.
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Q: Laravel - How to call model to class Helper then display the result in view In Laravel how to call model to class helper then display the result to view.
i have an error

Non-static method App\Models\UserTypeHasModule::getModuleList()
      should not be called statically

Here's my code of that error
use \App\Models\UserTypeHasModule;

class UserRoleHelper
{
    public static function moduleList()
    {
        $generalSettings = UserTypeHasModule::getModuleList(1);

        return $generalSettings;
    }

A: In your UserTypeHasModule class the getModuleList function is not static and you try to call it statically, instead of making an instance of the class first.
So you can either change your function to:
public static function getModuleList( $id ) { ... }

Or make an instance of the module first and then call the method:
$generalSettings = (new UserTypeHasModule())->getModuleList(1);

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Liam Fox, the International Trade Secretary, will put Britain firmly on the path to withdrawing from the European Union's single market in a dramatic speech this week.
He will make a major speech to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Tuesday, signalling the UK's determination to take its place as an independent member of the international body, able to negotiate its own trade deals outside the EU.
At present, the UK is unable to strike free trade agreements with other countries because it is part of the EU's "customs union", which imposes common tariffs across the bloc.
Britain is represented by the EU in trade negotiations at the WTO, which deals with global trade rules between nations.
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Brisco's 2nd appearance at the National in April 2014 shown by our friend Leslie Jeszewski he placed in his class where the winner went on to be WD we were very proud of him.
Below first picture is of Brisco's second major with WD/BOW under Judge Janet Hitt in ME we were Thrilled he was handled by both Paul Capobianco and Steve Barger his 3rd major in Ct he was shown at Winners by Cookie Jones who was kind enough to help Paul that day. Thanks to all these great handlers and Jill Nickerson who always helps in Grooming .
Brisco is shown here being Honored by Judge Sally Futh in Ct in 2013 with a BISS win from the classes we were Speechless and Thank Paul Capibianco for Handling him to this Win.
Can Ch Bannerstone Rosepoint Envision aka Brisco finished his Championship at the Island Dog Show on October 31st, 2010 under Judge Don Wallace with a Group 3rd. We are extremely grateful for this honor as he was a teenager out of coat but the Judge was able to see his virtues.
Here is pictured at 14 months taking a Reserve Best In Show under Avery Gaudin who took him all the way from the classes to bestow a Group 1St and RBIS an extremely proud and grateful moment for Bannerstone and the last litter sired by our Colm.
Brisco at the Cobequid Dog Club Show as a yearling enjoying the natural footing and taking WD/BOW/BOB that day.
Brisco his show debut October 2009 as Jr Puppy taking WD/BOW and all the way to Best Puppy In Group at Cobequid Dog Show in Truro Nova Scotia.


London Aire Services has inspected well over 10,000 Fireplace and Chimney systems over the last 25 years.
Homeowners, Realtors, Masons, Claims Adjusters and Structural Engineers all value the hard evidence London Aire's detailed inspections can provide.
We save our clients thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars on a routine basis by being a resource for giving unbiased 2nd opinions regarding over- priced or unnecessary chimney repair quotes, and scare tactics used by unscrupulous contractors. Our goal from day one in business has always been to educate and make informed consumers of our clients.
Many of the systems that London Aire has inspected over the years have had 0 defects and have needed no repair of any kind. There are also hundreds of possible problems and repairs that may need to be addressed in the countless varieties and models of solid fuel burning systems that exist within the metro area. No one company does every possible type repair.
The 1st step in a Real Estate transaction or in the repair process of any type Fireplace or Chimney is to have the system objectively and professionally examined so the homeowner is educated as to the options that exist (there are always options) before spending any of your money on a redundant or needless repair.
The inspections of chimneys are an important service offered by London Aire Chimney Services. Chimney inspections come in many forms and you should be aware that not all inspections are alike. At London Aire, we follow the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommended inspection procedures.
NFPA divides the inspection procedure into three categories, or levels. The circumstances which give rise to the inspection determine what level of inspection is to be conducted. A Level I inspection is completed by London Aire Chimney Services during each fireplace and chimney cleaning, or sweeping.
While the Level II inspection is an extremely thorough inspection and requires access to many areas of the building, it does not require removal of permanent parts of the building, such as siding, chase covers or wall coverings.
You should be aware that even the most thorough inspection will not reveal all problems. Some areas of a chimney simply are not assessable due to construction of the house. Be sure to discuss any specific concerns with your sweep. The recommended inspection technique will often be based on your comments and concerns. This works similar to a visit to your doctor. Your doctor probably doesn't do an EKG and take a full set of X-rays during every visit. However, if you tell the doctor you have chest pains he will perform the tests related to that problem.


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Customer case: Yves Rocher
At Yves Rocher in Helsingborg, Sweden, they're sending up to 15.000 packages a day. To pick straight into the delivery boxes has efficiency the flow and with the new trolleys with electric engines they have been able to increase the capacity. The result is very satisfied personnel who picks more efficiency and at the same time more ergonomic.
Yves Rocher is the number one cosmetic brand in France. In Sweden, Yves Rocher is a traditional e-commerce business with the central warehouse in Helsingborg. This is were they pick and send goods to customers throughout the Nordic region.
Many years of cooperation
Helge Nyberg AB delivered the first trolley to Yves Rocher in the 80's and over the years several trolleys has been delivered and tested in the production.
Mats Brafors, the distribution manager, says that they previously picked in boxes and then lifted the goods to a packing table and after that packed into the delivery boxes.
To eliminate unnecessary elements and become more flexible, they determined that they wanted to develop the trolley and be able to pick as many orders as possible at a round.
With the new trolleys, they place 42 orders and they've got rid of the intermediate station. Yves Rocher picks directly into the delivery boxes and the sizes of the boxes varies. The system sorts the orders so that the box size fills a trolley, and leaves as little empty space as possible.
When the trolley is full, the boxes are lifted over to a conveyor, where they automatically get address labels, will be weighed, sealed and sorted.
A special bar keeps the carton flaps in place.
" – The cooperation with Helge Nyberg AB works very well. They understand exactly what we need."
Mats Brafors, distribution manager Yves Rocher
When the number of orders on a trolley increased, it also became heavier to pull with a full load. The stress for the body gets easier with the choice of motorised trolleys. With a touch on one of the handles, the trolley is driven forward or backwards.
When the personnel tried the new trolleys, they wanted to pull the trolley behind them at the same speed as when they push it in front of themselves. Since it's possible to program the speed of the trolleys, this wasn't any problems. Now the trolleys is as fast in both directions, which is very appreciated by the personnel.
The ergonomics of the picking has improved and it's experienced as very positive for the company.
No unnecessary steps
– The cooperation with Helge Nyberg AB works very well. They understand exactly what we need, says Mats Brafors.
With the new trolleys they're packing about two trolleys per hour per person. That means approximately 1.050 picks or 100 boxes an hour. Thanks to the continuously work with compressing the picking and the thought of planning the route with no unnecessary steps, the picking frequency is high.
The average packages sent in a day is 8.000 and the peaks may be up to 15.000 a day.
At Yves Rocher they use pick-by-voice, wich has reduced the errors.


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Members of Cornwall Ancient Tree Forum (CATF) are working to register Penryn Campus' Lime Tree avenue for preservation and protection as the trees (Tilia cordata) are aesthetically, historically, and environmentally of great importance.
Tim Kellett and Marion Bryant from CATF and Environmental science student Kira Jefferies recently took measurements of lime tree girth for the Ancient Tree Forum records. Tim, Marion and Kira are also looking for hollowing of trunk and cavities; fungi; lichens in on and around the trees; damage and dead wood in the tree crown; epiphytes such as ferns; climbing plants such as ivy; clematis, honeysuckle and any other plants living on the tree.
Falmouth Exeter Plus (FX Plus) delivers shared services for Falmouth University and the University of Exeter in Cornwall to ensure a top quality experience for students, staff and all users of Falmouth and Penryn campuses.
Our vision is to provide 'Exceptional environments that enable talented and creative minds to thrive'.
Food recycling success
A trial project to recycle food waste in Penryn student residences has been so successful it's being rolled out across our campuses.
The scheme began in May (2022), when the FX Plus Facilities team teamed up with Cornwall Waste Solutions to encourage students to separate food waste in some of the some Glasney Village blocks, at Penryn Campus.
It was later expanded to more student residences, including Packsaddle, and now new food waste bins have been installed just outside AMATA Cafe, in the bin compound near the AIR building and at Falmouth Campus. Even more locations will be added soon.
This has already led to a big increase in food waste being sent to an anaerobic digestion plant, where it can be turned into electricity, fuel and fertiliser. In September/October 2021, 1.5 tonnes of food waste was to anaerobic digestion facilities – this was from the kitchens of the main campus catering outlets at Falmouth and Penryn. This year, in the same period and with the addition of the new food waste bins, 2.5 tonnes has been sent.
Casey Thomas, Head of Facilities Management, said: "Thanks to the innovation of the Facilities team, this project is already making a significant contribution to supporting Falmouth and Exeter universities in their aims to make our campuses more sustainable."
If you have any questions or suggestions, please email recycling@fxplus.ac.uk for more information.
For tips about how to reduce your own food waste, see https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
Hattrick of apprenticeship awards
FX Plus Deputy Security Manager Lois Craze has become the first ever triple winner at the Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards 2022.
Lois completed her hattrick by winning the Management category, the Achiever of the Year, which was decided by public vote and the top, Cornwall Apprentice of the Year titles.
The awards, organised by Truro and Penwith College, celebrate exceptional achievement and highlight the positive impact apprenticeships are having on future skills as they equip learners and workplaces with the tools to succeed, move with future economic developments and boost businesses.
Lois began her apprenticeship in Leadership and Management (ILM Level 3) started in March 2020, two weeks before the first COVID-19 lockdown. Whilst working to support our campus community throughout the pandemic restrictions, she achieved a Distinction in October 2022.
Holly Day and Neil Caddy from Pirate FM presented the awards at a gala awards dinner on Friday 18 November, where Lois was described as, 'invaluable and an absolute inspiration to her team,' Lois not only recruited an effective team during a departmental restructure but implemented policies and procedures that have improved services. Lois works with the Police to benefit the safety of students at the university and launched the SafeZone app on campus which has vastly improved response times to emergency and first aid calls.
Lois said: "I am completely overwhelmed to have won so many awards and to be the first ever triple award winner. My apprenticeship was the hardest thing I have done, mainly due to the lock down and not being able to take part in face to face dicussions and lessons.
"My apprenticeship was a mix of practical observations, knowledge assignments, exams and finally a two-hour interview from an End Point Assessor to get my final grade. With the amazing support of my managers and head of department at FX Plus and my college learning advisor I was able to achieve a distinction which I am super proud of."
Paula Sanderson, FX Plus Managing Director, said: "This is an amazing achievement. Lois has shown what can be achieved with support and the will to succeed and is a great example to inspire us all at FX Plus."
For more detail about Lois' success and other award winners, please see the Truro and Penwith College news piece.
New foodbank collection on campus
We've teamed up with Penryn and Falmouth Foodbank to offer a food and toiletries collection point in the Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus, which will be available from Monday, 28th November.
The Foodbank is a community organisation that works to support local people who find themselves unable to feed themselves or their family.
Perhaps you have a suitable new unwanted item, or when you are shopping, you can pick up an item needed by a local person in crisis.
Here are the items that are currently needed along with non-perishable foods:
Urgently needed:
Nappies – size 5 and 6
Baby food (jars) and baby snacks
Generally needed:
Deodorant for men
Washing tabs (non-bio)
Dried dog food
Biscuits
Shaving foam
Coffee
Tinned fruit
Rice pudding
Tinned corned beef
Tinned ham
Crisps
Thank you for your support.
Thousands raised for Pack for Life
Students and staff have helped to raise £9,675 and to divert 5.5 tonnes of 'waste' from landfill via the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Pack for Good campaign this year.
This means that the equivalent of 32,462 kg of CO2 emissions were prevented.
The FX Plus Halls team has been supporting the Pack for Good campaign since 2015 and organises all collections. Since then, almost £60,000 has been raised for the cause so that. as well as the carbon saving, thousands have been raised for life-saving research.
Pack for Good encourages students who are moving out of their accommodation to donate unwanted items including books, household goods and clothes. University, FX Plus and Students' Union staff are also invited to donate using collection points at Falmouth and Penryn campuses.
According to the most recent (2022) BHF report, 691 bags were collected from FX Plus-run and private student accommodation (and staff). And since 2015, 34 tonnes of unwanted items have been diverted from landfill.
Our Halls team supports Pack for Good every year and organises collection points around student accommodation areas, on and off campus, including a main point at Glasney Lodge Reception.
The Halls team also collects unwanted items for local food banks, with trolleys in Glasney Lodge.
All BHF standard shops have recycling services for textiles, books and most homewares. In 2021/22 and, in that year, 14,000 tonnes of 'pre-loved' clothes were sold. Through re-use and recycling, the BHF saved more than 57,000 tonnes going to waste, avoiding 130,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
According to the BHF:
• In the UK more than half of us will get a heart or circulatory condition in our lifetime.
• Since the BHF was established the annual number of deaths from heart and circulatory diseases in the UK has fallen by around a half.
E-bikes for hire
New, pay as you ride, electric bikes are now available at Penryn Campus.
As a special, introductory offer, the first 900 students to sign up on the Beryl Bikes app using their university (Falmouth University or the University of Exeter) email address can have up to 30 minutes riding for free.
The Beryl Bikes have been installed as part of a county-wide cycle share scheme funded by Cornwall Council. 50 bikes at 21 stations across Falmouth and Penryn are now available with the scheme being expanded to Newquay, Penzance, St Austell and Truro over the coming months.
The Penryn Campus electric bikes are outside The Exchange, opposite Heart Reception, and along the Old Drive. Those two stations can accommodate 10 bikes as part of the wider scheme.
Their easy availability for campus users supports the sustainability aims of Falmouth University, the University of Exeter and FX Plus and will make it easier for staff and students who want to ride tackle Cornwall's hills.
Users can pay for use of the bikes by the minute, with a pre purchased bundle or with a 24-hour day pass. For details of other bike locations (including several near Falmouth Campus), how the scheme works, downloading the app and more, please see the Beryl Bikes website.
Dream Team Graffiti Clean
Members of our FX Plus Facilities team have been taking their cleaning skills off campus to help a local community initiative.
The children's park in Mabe had been covered in graffiti so four of the facilities team stepped up to help other volunteers from Mabe in the clean-up operation.
Facilities Operations manager, Lynn Storey, explained: "I noticed a post on the Mabe Youth and Community Page on social media, which stated that the children's park had been graffitied badly. I mentioned it to Rick Taylor to see if he had any ideas of how to remove it as we have all sorts of magic potions and equipment that can do wonderful things.
"Rick, Rob Eddy, Richard Barron and Paul Leyes all went across armed like the ghostbusters and completely blitzed it along with other members of the community. Due to the type of material the climbing equipment is made from, the team were a bit worried about how much they would be able to remove however it turns out they removed the lot!
"It's so important that we can help our local community as much as possible and the whole team believe in this sentiment too. Richard lives in Mabe (as do many others with the Facilities Team) so I know this would have meant a lot for him and his family too."
The team has since received a message from the chair of Mabe Youth and Community Project: "Lynn….can I just say a massive thanks to Rick and his team – a real A team – who came over today and have managed to remove virtually all traces of the graffiti to the delight of not just me but several adults and their children who were using the park today. They had all the right gear and gave me a useful idea or two for the future. Once again, on behalf of the children of Mabe and MCYP…many thanks."
Green Flag Winner 2022
The gardens and grounds at Penryn Campus have been recognised by the international Green Flag Award Scheme as among the very best in the world, for the sixth year in a row.
The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity sKeep Britain Tidy under licence from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of green spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.
Penryn Campus is shared by Falmouth University and the University of Exeter Cornwall and the historic grounds are open to the public.
Oliver Lane, FX Plus Director of Residences and Facilities, said: "We are delighted to have retained this award for a sixth year. It highlights the hard work of our teams and volunteers – both students and staff. Particular thanks should go to Toby Nenning, Grounds and Gardens manager, and Casey Thomas, Head of Facilities Management, and to their teams.
"Both Falmouth University and the University of Exeter are dedicated to sustainability under their Climate Emergency declarations and a key part of this involves supporting green spaces and the biodiversity on our beautiful campus."
Keep Britain Tidy's Accreditation Manager Paul Todd said: "I would like to congratulate everyone involved in making Penryn Campus worthy of a Green Flag Award. It is testament to all the hard work of staff who do so much to ensure that it maintains the high standards demanded by the Award."
Penryn Campus blends historic sub-tropical planting with newly created landscapes. and are a haven for a diverse range of plant and animal species. The gardens are open to everyone include a walled garden; herbaceous beds; sub-tropical planting; fruit producing orchard; Italian garden and terraces; an 18th Century lime avenue; parkland; a drive with Pinetum native woodlands and historic rare rhododendrons which were cultivated on the site in the Victorian era.
A six-person Grounds Team manages about 150 acres there as well as the smaller, equally beautiful Falmouth Campus.
Foodbank donation thanks to students
Our Falmouth Exeter Plus Halls team has delivered a massive 423kg of food to Penryn and Falmouth Foodbank, part of the Trussell Trust network.
The food (mostly dried and tinned goods) is collected as students move out of their accommodation for the summer, or for good, alongside household items which are donated to the British Heart Foundation (Pack for Good campaign).
The Halls team delivered the 16, 60-litre plastic boxes full of unopened tins, packets and jars to the foodbank today (Monday 20 June) and received a written thank you from the Foodbank team.
John Lees, Halls Manager. Said: "We encourage our students to bring all their spare, unopened food to Glasney Lodge as they leave Halls. We have been doing this for a few years now because it cuts waste and helps the wider community."
Solar panel project
We are significantly increasing the amount of photovoltaic (PV) panels on roofs at Penryn Campus this summer.
This is part of continuing work to support the declarations of climate emergency, by Falmouth University and the University of Exeter.
Sarah Roby, FX Plus Director of Estates and project sponsor, said: "This is one of several pieces of work, large and small, that we are carrying out to support the ambitions of our partner universities to achieve net zero carbon emissions and making our campuses more sustainable. This will save energy and money for future investments and improvements."
Starting in July, more than 1700 new panels will be fitted on the roofs of Daphne Du Maurier (DduM), Peter Lanyon and the Sports Centre. These will add to existing panels already installed on DduM, Stella Turk and AIR; with the existing Sports Centre panels also being upgraded and expanded.
Chris Piper, Head of Estates Operations, is managing the project for FX Plus and Cornwall-based ZLC Energy will be carrying out this work, with project management support provided by Devon-based KingWelsh Consultants.
Once complete, the newly installed solar panels will have a total capacity of 775 kW with an estimated 700,000 kWh per year generated; carbon savings of 149 tonnes CO2 per year and energy cost savings of about £150,000 per year (based on current energy costs).
The panels will be placed to the roofs with weights to keep them in place. This system means they are easy to reposition and they will not disturb any turf roofing underneath.
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My dad died last Saturday. He was ill for the last couple years, with a steady decline in the last six months. It was horrible for me to watch and even more horrible for me to contemplate explaining this to my sons.
Saturday came and he was on in-home hospice care. We brought the boys over and spent the day there. I do not regret this because the boys got to spend the day with our family and we all surrounded my dad with love the day he died. He even opened his eyes and smiled when Declan came in and said Hi Poppy when we arrived in the morning.
My boys are very intuitive and they knew Poppy was sick because he was laying in my parents bed, and not talking to them. They were timid at first being in the room, and then as the day progressed and they were outside running around with their cousin and we were all acting as normal as we could…they started running in and out of the room to check on Poppy.
Jackson left a purple flower on his bed.
Later in the evening they left and Jackson said "Good-bye Poppy" loudly.
About an hour later my dad died. I think he waited for them to leave.
Then we had to figure out how to tell our sons. Poppy was a constant fixture for them for three years, and toddlers have a concrete vision of our world.
Sidetrack: My cousin sent me what I refer to as "Death books" about three weeks before my dad passed. They are children's books specific to speaking about death. I hadn't looked at them yet because I wasn't ready to and my wife and I joked about the "Death books" as they came prior to us coming to terms with the fact that he was dying. I pulled them out of the box and held one up and said, "Look babe, they got their first death books!" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
I finally visited the death books and talked to my sister and sister-in-law about how they talked to my niece. They used the heaven version and that she has guardian angels. The books did give me some good language to use and I agreed with the tactic of being concrete, not saying "he went to sleep and won't wake up" because that seems like a set-up for a phobia of sleep.
We are not religious. But the heaven/sky/angel version of death is a positive one. I'm down with that. My wife came into my room the morning after Poppy died and told me she tried telling Declan about Poppy when he asked to go see him.
Declan came trotting in after her and said, "Poppy in the sky Mama?" So for lack of a better explanation I said "Yes". He's in heaven which is I suppose in the sky. He accepted that and we moved on for the day.
Later in the evening though he and Jackson brought up Poppy, and Declan again asked about the sky. I told them that "Poppy's body stopped working. He was very sick and sometimes when some one is older and sick their body stops working. So we would not be able to actually see Poppy or talk with him, but that he is watching over us all from Heaven." I did use the term "died" at one point, I think later in the week.
They seemed to accept this. And since Saturday they've asked about it, and we've sat and talked, and I've cried and my wife has cried in front of them both, and we say, "We miss Poppy, and it makes us sad, and it's okay if you are sad too." And they generally give us hugs and move on.
Gramma came over last night, and they told her Poppy was in the sky, and she agreed. Her being here alone I think cemented it for them that we wouldn't see Poppy again.
Grief is heavy. So heavy it feels like a weighted blanket on top of me all the time. But to grieve and have small children is awful. They rip off the band-aid every time it starts to stick a little. They don't mean to, but they randomly bring up Poppy and they catch me off guard and it's like a knife to the heart every time.
I'm glad that they understand and I feel like we have a parenting win with this whole explaining death thing to two toddlers. But as a daughter who lost her Dad, it's incredibly painful. Because when they ask about Poppy I'm supposed to be a strong Mama, when really I just want to be a daughter crippled with grief. But I can't be.
This is the stuff no one tells you about parenting. My heart goes out to any parent who has lost a loved one who has small children because to keep showing up as a parent in these dark days is the one of the hardest things I've ever done.
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I am sorry for your loss. My condolences.
I am sorry for your loss. My grandkids were on the road to see my mother and did not make it before she transitioned. My daughter told them on the drive to AZ from CA. The older two cried and tried to keep it to themselves. The 3 year old was lost and confused at all the tears. It is such a difficult thing to explain. I feel your grief.
One of the hardest times in my life was breaking the news to my son that his wonderful Nannie had passed away without completely falling apart myself.


The Museum is located in two buildings: the Kunstkamera edifice and attached to it Museum Wing built in 1887.
The Kunstkamera building was erected in the Baroque style of Peter's era. This was the first museum building in Russia and, it seems, one of the oldest in the world purposely constructed for a museum. A tower with an armillary sphere, a model of the planetary system, crowned the building.
According to the legend, it was Peter I who had chosen the site for the construction. He noticed an uncommon pine tree, the peculiar part of which is still exhibited in the museum. The initial layout of the building was, most likely, composed by architect Andreas Schlüter; further on, it was developed on the basis of his drawings by G.J. Mattarnovi with personal input of Peter I. Later on, architects N. Harbel and G. Chiavery were directing construction works. The Kunstkamera and the Library opened doors for the public on November 25th, 1728. Architect M. Zemtsov had completed the full complex of works in the Kunstkamera's building only by 1734. After the fire in the Kunstkamera in 1747, decorative refurnishing of several Kunstkamera rooms was accomplished. Thus, in 1757, painter G. Gianni created a molded ornament on the ceiling of the second-floor hall in the Eastern wing (the Library Hall; now, the Baroque Hall where the exhibition "The first Scientific Collections of the Kunstkamera" are located). In the 1770s, sculptor M. Pavlov created two haut reliefs: "Celebrating Europe" and the "Triumph of Russia." The wooden tower destroyed by the 1747 fire was restored only 200 years later; at the same time, it was also crowned with the famed armillary sphere (R.I. Kaplan-Ingel's design).


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Bad loans crisis: RBI Dy Governor SS Mundra suggests changes in ways to fix NPAs crisis
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Mumbai | Published: April 21, 2017 6:09:25 AM
SS Mundra suggested a host of changes in the current resolution measures including lowering of the minimum sustainable debt from 50% under the Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor SS Mundra on Thursday said at meetings with the finance ministry, he suggested a host of changes in the current resolution measures including lowering of the minimum sustainable debt from 50% under the Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A). According to Mundra, who was speaking to a business news channel, while an institutional view has not emerged, his perception is that if the sustainable debt – the debt that will be regularly serviced after S4A recast – is less than half of the total debt, then banks should decide on the course of action.
"I would believe that if the cash flow projections are not unrealistic and companies have passed the test, it is for the lenders to go ahead with the prescription," Mundra said. He said banks argue that sustainability should be assessed on the basis of a much distant future rather than an immediate future. "If you say that it is a much distant future and the viability would emerge some two years from now, it means that cash flow would also strengthen over time and repayments should also be recalibrated to the cash flow," Mundra said.
He said the RBI and the finance ministry are discussing whether there is a need to modify those schemes or even introduce other schemes; whether the mechanism of CDR has to be modified and regarding the functioning of joint lenders' forum. "To my mind, today we should look at CDR more as a monitoring platform. You need not really try to go and try to tweak the CDR mechanism, because if you take out 80% of the original CDR mechanism and say I am retaining 20% and putting new 80% components when you already have the other products already available," he said.