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By Andrea Record, edited by Perry Eury
The plains of North America were once home to millions of Wild Buffalo and Bison.
This is a Plains Bison
If you've been calling the American Bison 'Buffalo' all your life, you're not alone! You can blame it on the early American settlers, who misidentified the bison, 'bufello', the name for what is actually a Water Buffalo, supposedly due to the similar appearance of the two animals, though in my estimation that's a stretch. Because of their confusion, the name "Buffalo" stuck in the American mind, and we've been calling Bison 'Buffalo' ever since! In fact these animals are distinct species: American Bison (Bison bison), the Wild (Cape) African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) that roam in Africa, and the Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus). Both Bison and Buffalo are part of a family called Bovidea, which also includes cows and antelopes!
This blog will attempt to set the record straight, and you'll hopefully learn something, as I have on this journey.
Generally, the Water Buffalo has a larger body than the Bison. The Asian Water Buffalo also has bigger horns that might sweep backward, though they can also curl, they're not usually as curly as the African variety, which have a significantly more broad horn structure spanning across their foreheads. The Bison has a larger head which they use to forage for feed during the winter months, swinging it from side-to-side to clear snow and create foraging patches. The Water Buffalo has a smooth coat, while the Bison has a shaggy winter coat which it sheds. And lastly, Bison have a hump at the top of their back, while buffalo are smooth. The shaggy Bison have beards and sometimes even muzzles (or snouts), whereas Water Buffalo do not.
To complicate matters, there are two Bison, the European and the American, but I'm not done.. there are further differences
There are Forest, or Woods Bison and Plains, or Prairie Bison.
"Through extensive long-term natural history studies and scientific investigations, even to the genetic and cellular levels, we now understand that there is one species of bison that is comprised of two subspecies in North America.." Excerpt from Bison Bellows: Plains and Wood Bison - What's the Difference? "Plains bison have massive heads with short noses and have clearly defined shaggy capes that cover the upper portion of their bodies. Woods bison, on the other hand, have large triangular heads and have less defined shoulder capes and head hair, and they have more distinctive and bigger shoulder humps."
And there are two subspecies of Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), the 'Swamp' and 'River' varieties. #asianwaterbuffalo #bubalus
~ The 'Swamp' (Water) Buffalo (B. bubalis kerebau) has backswept horns whose sweep is sometimes more extreme. They may be straight or have a soft curve.
~ The 'River' Buffalo (B. bubalis bubalis) has more distinctly curled horns.
The horns on either variety, which are a subspecies with many breeds can vary wildly, from thin to wide, with color variants ranging from grey to black, they may be smooth or have distinctive ridges, and the tightness of their curl will vary radically. Although the swamp and river types will interbreed to produce a 49-chromosome hybrid, neither can interbreed with cattle.
Wild (Cape) African Water Buffalo belong to a the Caprid family.
These Buffalo have heavier, more intensely curled horns that carry across their foreheads. #wildafricanwaterbuffalo
The Asian Water Buffalo that was domesticated thousands of years ago, and is being bred here in the United States and abroad for it's dairy products, including my favorite, Mozzarella di Bufala AKA "Genuine Italian Mozzarella", as well as for its meat. Read how the mild tempered Asian Water Buffalo is being designed as a "Wonder Cow of the Future".
Frontiersin.org states that "Buffalo have higher longevity than cattle (they can surpass 30 years of age, while maintaining their reproductive capacity until they are 18–25 years old). This docile, intelligent, and curious animal is farmed in several countries worldwide, mainly for its good quality meat (which has better nutritional composition compared to that of cattle) and its high-fat milk." #buffalo #waterbuffalo
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Bison are native to North America. Once found roaming the plains of Canada and the United States, in grasslands, prairies, or plains where they ate grasses and other plants as their main food source. Those same prairies were once quite extensive throughout the United States, due greatly to their access to sunlight and controlled burns, and dependence to a great degree on the Bison grazing back the higher foliage and trampling back the forests. Read this highly informative article by Janet Marinelli - June 20, 2019 (Forgotten Landscapes: Bringing Back the Rich Grasslands of the Southeast).
THE BISON REVIVAL
The bison is making a comeback, but not without controversy. The California Psychics website succinctly wrote, "You cannot tell the story of the bison without telling the story of Native Americans.
Chief Iron Tail with Bison
It's ironic that an animal that symbolizes abundance was almost killed off by the wants and needs of man. Before the days of guns and settlers, there were millions of bison; some estimate well over 20 million. But now there are only thousands left. This makes a bison sighting even more meaningful and rare. The Native Americans of the Great Plains revered, honored, and respected this animal. For many tribes between Canada and the U.S., the bison provided life; food, clothing, and shelter. The Indians' nomadic way of life synchronized with the migrations of bison, deer, and elk. Without the interference of European settlers, Native Americans could have lived life hunting bison almost indefinitely.
Local tribes believed that killing the bison would bring them ill fortune, so they kept their culture alive by passing on stories about how important it was for each member of a tribe to care for animals so that everyone could survive in harmony with nature and each other. Today, many Native American tribes are working to revive traditional practices like hunting buffalo for food or preserving their land through conservation efforts. The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has seen an increase in its wild bison population from 1300 at the turn of the century back up to over 4500 today! It's great news since many conservationists believe there are only about 20 purebred individuals left anywhere else on Earth. From this perspective alone we can see why bringing back these majestic creatures is critically important, especially given how much they mean culturally (as well as historically).
The U.S. Department of Interior says, "The American bison is our national mammal and a symbol of the Department of the Interior. Rugged and resilient, bison are surprisingly agile, able to jump fences and run up to 35 miles an hour. Recovering from near extinction, 17 bison herds can be found on public lands across the West. They are a wonder to see in the wild and we're proud to feature them on National Bison Day, Saturday, November 5, 2022
Follow this awesome link for 15 qualities of our American national mammal!
Photo of Bison at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming courtesy of Travis O'Brien.
SPIRITUAL QUALITIES OF BISON & BUFFALO
When if comes to spirit energy, both the American Bison and Buffalo symbolize protection, stability, prosperity, courage, strength, freedom, abundance and are particularly connected to our Mother Earth and Great Spirit.
If you feel an affinity for these marvelous creatures, you might want to look further into what that means, or look for a Spirit Animal that resonates more with you here: Find My Spirit Animal
And look at our Spirit Animal | Medicine Animal Collection while you're at it!
Stay tuned; next week I'll explore the Bison Prairies of the Southeast with my new guest blogger, Perry Eury!


Is NCC certificate necessary to attend SSB interview?
Want to know whether NCC certificate necessary to become an officer in Indian Armed Forces? Read on to know whether NCC certificate is compulsory to attend SSB and weightage given to NCC cadets in SSB interview.
Having NCC certificate is a good thing as it develops personality. During NCC training, NCC cadets will be educated and encouraged to do social service. But many of Indian colleges and schools do not have the NCC programme in their campus. So majority of Indian students are not able to enroll in NCC.
Candidates think that there is special weightage for NCC candidates in SSB interview and few candidates think that NCC certification is necessary for appearing SSB interview. Let us see what the experts say in this regard.
First of all NCC certificate is not compulsory to appear or to apply for SSB interview. So candidates without NCC background can also go for SSB interview. There will be no extra marks for NCC candidates in SSB interview even many argue that there is special status for the cadets from NCC.
Candidates need to know that NCC cadets are generally selected because of their OLQs and not merely because of their NCC certificate.
Though the Service Selection Board does not give extra weightage for NCC cadets, most of the times, NCC cadets outshine other candidates who do not have NCC background. So most of the aspirants think that NCC cadets are preferred. But the truth is SSB board officers treat all candidates without any prejudice. Main reason for an NCC cadet to perform well and get recommended is his experience and character development through NCC training.
During the NCC camps, the cadets will undergo physical and mental exercises and thus they inculcate few OLQs. As NCC cadets personality is little more groomed than that of a normal candidate without any exposure to NCC / NSS, they become the favourite.
Indian Army conducts separate recruitment drive for NCC cadets through NCC special entry. Also Army, Air Force and Navy has 10% vacancies reserved for NCC cadets. Thus, NCC cadets will be beneficial from this policy.
According to the experts, both NCC and Non NCC candidates with same mindset undergoing SSB interview have equal chances of getting recommended by the selection board. So if you are in NCC, do not brag about it and do not become overconfident. And candidates who do not have NCC experience, do not dishearten but appear in the SSB interview with confidence and with full preparation to crack.
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Q: jquery click event for open same elements in different clicks I have 2 blocks that have button #add-note with click event and this button should open block with .add-note class. If I click on any of these buttons it opens me 2 divs but I need that button opens 1 div that appera to these div.
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A: There are a few issues with your code that have been mentioned in the comments, but I will sum then up here.

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*There are elements with the same ID. This would cause selection issues with the jQuery, as well as being something you should never do. An ID name should never be used more than once on a page with no exceptions.

*The .add-note class was being added twice to the last li element. Although this woudn't cause an adverse effects, it isn't very good practice.

*The jQuery was targeting two elements to be toggled, not the element that relates to the clicked button.
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When the click event is triggered you need to select the element that is relevant to the element that was clicked. The IDs have been switched to classes and the old .add-node li now has a class of note.
So inside the click event you can use $(this) to specify the element that has been clicked, then use prev() to select the ul next to the clicked element and then find('.note') to select the element to be toggled.

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with this, you can bind a function to the button class and within the handle address the sibbling of the clicked button. i've done this, using parent->find:
$(".addButton").on("click", function() {
  targetList = $(this).parent(".listWrapper").find("ul"); //find the corresponding ul

  targetList.find(".inputItem").toggle(); // toggle the li with class input item
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see working fiddle, including a 'save' function: https://jsfiddle.net/x0ndL8h1/

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1 in 6 women who have large tissue removal during colposcopy will have a premature birth
One in six women who have a large amount of tissue removed (15+mm) during colposcopy, to treat abnormal cells on the cervix, will go on to have a premature birth. This is double the number compared to those who have only a small amount removed – according to new findings from Queen Mary University of London.
Women who undergo a colposcopy but only have a small amount of tissue removed (less than 10mm depth) are not at increased risk of having a premature birth.
The research, published in the BMJ, looked at women who gave birth following a colposcopy. 768 premature births and 830 full-term births were analysed, with scientists looking at the depth of tissue removed during treatment, before they gave birth.
Previously, it was unclear whether increased tissue removal during colposcopy definitely increased risk of premature birth, and there was also uncertainty on whether there is a safe depth of tissue removal, below which there is no increased risk.
The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), analysed more premature births in women with known depth of treatment than all previous studies combined. This is also the first study to determine similar risk of premature birth among women who had small amounts of tissue removed and those not treated at colposcopy.
Dr Alejandra Castanon, Epidemiologist and Lead Author of the study, Queen Mary University of London, comments: "There has been a lot of concern in recent years that treatment following cervical screening could be substantially increasing women's risk of having a premature birth. This research has finally determined where the risk lies, and where it doesn't. The good news is most women will not be at higher risk of having a premature birth following their treatment.
"The majority of women attending colposcopy will either have just a diagnostic sample taken or will have only a small amount of tissue removed and these women have no additional risk of having a premature birth. Women who have more tissue removed and go on to become pregnant will require close monitoring to ensure the safety of both mother and baby."
Researchers are calling for the Colposcopy Treatment Guidelines, issued by the NHS Cervical screening programme, to be updated following these results. Clinicians should also be made aware that women who undergo tissue removal which is not particularly deep but where a large volume is removed are also at increased risk of a premature birth.

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Are You Ready to 'Disrupt'? Climate Movement Readies Global Mobilization
In less than two weeks, the 'Climate People's March & Mobilization' is set to make its mark on history. A new film explains helps explain where movement came from and where it's going.
Jon Queally, staff writer
A still image from the film, Disruption, which seeks to galvanize the global justice movement at just the right moment. (Credit: watchdisruption.com)
On Sunday night, a new documentary film highlighting the intertwined story of the climate crisis and the growing social movement which has grown in response to it was released online for national screenings that took place in people's home and public meeting spaces.
At just under an hour long, the film—titled 'Disruption'—was produced with a stated goal to "galvanize a new wave of climate action and climate leadership" across the globe and comes just weeks before the 'People's Climate March' being organized for New York City that will take place on Sunday, September 21.
As Jamie Henn, a co-founder of 350.org—which is leading the organizing effort for the march and also produced the film—said to his organization's members in an email:
Here's the most exciting part of this story: it's not finished yet. The next act will be written in the streets on September 21st, when the People's Climate March takes over New York (and cities across the globe).
This is the history we'll tell the next generation -- about the end of fossil fuels, about how the world was in crisis, about how we started to turn it around together.
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ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration said Tuesday it would reverse a controversial $50,000 cut to a Special Olympics program in New York, vowing to restore the funding a day after lawmakers and advocates spoke out against the cut.
For the past two years, the Special Olympics had received a $200,000 grant in the state budget for its Unified Champion Schools program, which was a partnership with high school athletic organizations to promote opportunities for those with developmental disabilities.
But that grant was due to be reduced to $150,000 in this year's $175.5 billion budget, which was approved early Monday by the state Legislature.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle spoke out against the cut, drawing parallels to the criticism over the Trump administration's since-rescinded plan to cut Special Olympics funding at the federal level.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for state Budget Division said it would fully restore the $50,000 cut.
In total, the Special Olympics get more than $1 million in state funding each year, according to the state.
"Governor Cuomo's budget provides full funding for the Special Olympics at more than $1 million, as it has for the past five budgets," spokesman Freeman Klopott said in a statement.
"The governor is now also restoring the $50,000 reduction to in the separate appropriation for the Unified Champion Schools Program using state resources."
Special Olympics New York President and CEO Stacey Hengsterman said the original funding loss was discouraging, but the organization was bolstered by the support of government leaders, athletes and community members.
"We're feeling pretty proud about that," she said.
Cuomo's administration said it will restore the Special Olympics funding by shifting around money within the budget.
The original $50,000 cut was part of a line in the budget that allocated about $8.7 million to a variety of programs within the state Office for People With Developmentally Disabilities, which contracts with the Special Olympics.
Along with the Special Olympics, that pot of money also funded other services and expenses for the developmentally disabled, including programs related to hepatitis B, home care, epilepsy services and voluntary fingerprinting.
Cuomo's administration will shift money within that $8.7 million pot to restore the Special Olympics grant, Klopott said.
State Sen. David Carlucci, who chairs the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, said Cuomo's original budget proposal completely eliminated the Unified Champion Schools program grant.
The $150,000 was restored by the Legislature during final negotiations over the state spending plan.
"As you know, the governor was not kind at all for mental health and disabilities," Carlucci said Tuesday. "There were so many cuts, unfortunately, that this wasn't on the radar."
Carlucci, speaking before Cuomo's office announced it would reverse the cut, credited the attention paid to the state cut to the negative press in the last couple weeks about the Trump administration's planned federal budget cuts to Special Olympics.
President Donald Trump announced that Special Olympics' $17.8 million funding would remain in the 2020 budget plan amid public outcry.
The planned cuts were revealed during a testy congressional hearing with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
On Monday, state Sen. Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, Niagara County, said the nation "just had a highly publicized debate" about the "tremendous merits of the Special Olympics."
"We've seen how much it means to our communities and how much it means to the incredible athletes who compete and the individuals and families who participate," Ortt said in a statement.
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Misguided activists.
For the sake of correctness, I thought I'd better state the actual facts about the recent UK 'deportations'.
There has been so much nonsense written and spoken recently about the deportation of foreign criminals, but who could have imagined that so many ill-informed activists would actually campaign for them to be kept on our streets, rather than being sent back to their own countries, as demanded by Labour's 2007 UK Borders Act. This would have been unimaginable only a few years ago; certainly during Blair's reign.
But twenty-first century lunacy is all around us. Bizarre virtue-signallers have now halted the deportation of 25 extremely nasty illegal immigrant criminals, amongst whom were a murderer, two rapists, and seven extremely violent individuals involved in knife and firearms offences. The rest were everyday burglars, thieves, etc. All of them were foreign nationals. Apparently it would be against their 'Human Rights' to send them home. They will now need council funded homes, plenty of spending money, and probably constant police surveillance to apprehend them should they commit more crimes, as in the recent case of Sudesh Amman (even though Sudesh had all of 20 policemen watching him).
When The Labour Party introduced the UK Borders Act in 2007, the act insisted on 'automatic deportation' in the following conditions.
Section 1. (Foreign Criminals)
(a) who is not a British Citizen
(b) who is convicted in the UK of an offence, and
(c) to whom Sections 1 or 2 applies
Section 2. On condition that the person is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/30/contents see page 32.
It must be noted here, that in 2006 Tony Blair deported 29,040 people without a whisper from the do-gooder 'Human Rights' brigade; not even from the fragrant Cheery herself (his lovely lawyer wife) who defended every wealthy ne'er-do-well imaginable! I don't remember any 'campaigners' in 2006, but just like a stick of rock, hypocrisy is written right through these people.
You couldn't make it up, but David Lammy MP, himself, who has been extremely vocal about the deportations, was a minister under both Blair and Brown, and actually voted FOR the 2007 UK Borders Act. If he wants to blame someone for the present few expulsions, he need look no further than at a mirror; not accuse the Tories! What a disgrace he is.
The stupidity of these campaigners amazes me. They should go ask the family of the murdered man, stabbed in the back by Fitzroy Daley, if they wish to see him back on their streets. Or go and consult the young girls raped by Fabian Henry. Or anyone affected by all those who are considered by The Home Office to be 'a danger to the public'. These campaigners make me sick; how could the UK have come to this? How could anyone in their right minds wish to see these people back on the streets, rather than returned to their own countries? If any of them in the future should kill, rape, or continue in any way to be a 'danger to the public', let their supporters then apologise, and take responsibility. 'Guilty by association' comes to mind.
It would only be a complete fool who would blame the present Conservative Government for enacting the previous Socialist Government's UK Borders Act; but, believe it or not, this is what they're actually doing!
The question is a simple one; does it make the UK a safer place to live, with foreign criminals on their streets?
I could go on, but it's all far too depressing. À bientôt.
Adrian Ward 18 February 2020 at 05:51
I suspect that most don't give two hoots for the criminals they just like to give Boris and his government a hard time.
I ignore Lammy, the man is an idiot.
Cro Magnon 18 February 2020 at 06:22
I fear you may be right, which makes them look even more stupid. The first rule of activism should be to know, and understand, the facts. As for Lammy.....
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cumbrian 18 February 2020 at 07:22
Yes Cro, I suspect that your thoughts are shared by a vast majority of British people.
But sadly I think that too often the tail seems to wag the dog?
I just wish that 'activists' of any persuasion would first do a little research into their gripes. I fear that the gullible are simply being used to spread unrest. It's a sorry state of affairs.
Rachel Phillips 18 February 2020 at 10:33
One man about to be deported complained that he felt numb. He was not as numb as the man he beat to death. What is wrong with Lammy? He is letting his constituents down. They don't want criminals giving them a bad name. The black people are there kicking out the criminals too. I don't see black people queuing outside the bus to say they can stay.
Lammy is a strange man. He bleats on and on about 'racism', yet he's worse than anyone. All Black MP's should be working towards more harmony, rather than continuously building-up hatred. And as for him blaming the Tories for a Socialist Act of Parliament.... I'm lost for words.
In fact for deportations of illegals, refugees and asylum seekers we are better off under Labour. The Guardian and the BBC won't report it and as Adrian said above, they don't really care, it's just giving the Tories a hard time and they destroyed the Windrush records so their tracks were covered and they even managed to blame the Tories for that.
Yorkshire Pudding 18 February 2020 at 11:07
If a twenty something "yardy" came over from Jamaica and engaged in criminal activity or violence then of course he should be repatriated. But several of the men sent back to Jamaica had lived in Britain since they were children and have no family or friends on the island. At least one had only committed traffic offences. Jamaica is in the Commonwealth and Britain's relationship with it is a special one. Surely that should count for something. Every "case" deserved legal examination but the British government apparently did their best to by-pass normal legal processes and created an illusion that they were only sending back very bad men who had sneaked into our country illegally. The picture as not as clearcut as you imply.
It is a question of Law. The 2007 UK Borders Act clearly states that people who are NOT British citizens who have committed crimes, and have served prison sentences of more than 12 months are subject to 'automatic deportation'. If at some time the Socialists wish to amend their Law, then they must do so in the normal way; not moan about it being enacted!
I should add that if the activists were serious about deportations, they should lobby Parliament to have the 2007 Act changed (peacefully, of course). Seeing as they are NOT asking for it to be changed, it rather proves what their true aims are.
One who committed a traffic offence was brought up by his grandfather in Jamaica when both his parents left him, one to US and one to Britain. It would appear that neither really wanted him. He came to live with his father when he was 14 but went into Local Authority care. He is now in his early 20s. His father is not going much out of his way to get him back. The deportation took place some time ago and until 6 days ago nothing had been said or any complaint made. I would say that this is a highly political stunt.
Andrew 18 February 2020 at 12:48
To Australia's credit, and I will rarely give praise to our governments of any colour, a large number of criminals have been deported who don't have citizenship rights. If what you say is true, it is absurd.
It's all a question of law, and how it should be enacted. The Socialists are now trying to cause political trouble because the Tories are enacting a Socialist law. It really doesn't make sense.
Margie from Toronto 18 February 2020 at 13:31
I live in Canada - at the moment the whole country is being held to ransom by a small group of Indigenous activists and the "usual culprits" who show up to support whomever is protesting this week!
In this particular case 80% of tribe in question supports their ELECTED band chiefs who have signed a contract for a pipeline to go through their lands - 80% want the money and the jobs that this contract will bring.
20% support the Hereditary Chiefs - whomever they are - and want it stopped. "Supporters" all across the country have now brought all train traffic to a halt - both passenger and freight - by blocking the tracks in various strategic locations tin order o stop the RCMP from following a court injunction and removing the original group so that the pipeline can commence.
Our CBC - the equivalent of the BBC - of course reports nothing about the 80% but can't give enough time to the 20% and the usual suspects who join in at each of these sorts of things.
In Ontario the Ontario Provincial Police have refused to carry out a legal court injunction to remove them while our wimp of a PM has been too busy sucking up to African dictators and the Syrians so that he can get a seat on the UN for Canada - ask me if I care - to deal with this crisis. There has been no passenger service or freight getting through for 10 days now with no end in sight. It is absolutely ridiculous - and - I strongly suspect that if the hereditary chiefs were offered a bigger cut of the pot that this would all go away.
Why are the rights of the majority always sacrificed for the vocal minority these days?
Usually I'm not against peaceful protest, as long as people who wish to get to work, or hospital, or anywhere else, are not inconvenienced. I know absolutely nothing about Canadian internal politics, but I do know that there are always gangs of people ready to join any demo, for whatever cause. They are a pain in the arse!
Ursula 18 February 2020 at 13:59
Your, today's, post has made me realize that, despite my interest in human machinations, there are clearly issues I have not heard of, never mind have an opinion on. What you describe, and also taking YP's comment into account, sounds complicated.
I speak from some experience. No, I am not a criminal but who knows what the future will bring. As long as I can run all options are open. Steal a loaf of bread, get your hand cut off.
The UK's Home Office gave me a very hard time, twice, in the last ten years. Left me dangling, putting my life on hold, for six months, on both occasions. On one occasion they assigned me a nationality I don't have. Assigned it to me despite my passport in front of them. If I have mentioned this here before, Cro, I do not apologize. I wouldn't say it's "traumatized" me, but it sure shattered my belief in, I don't know … common sense? Compassion? The smooth oil of bureaucracy (Bureau Crazy as I call it)?
Good job I did read Kafka, Orwell and Huxley at an impressionable age.
I know I am slightly veering off the subject now, Cro, and I hope that's ok with you, but you see where you and other British Expats will be safe within your chosen mainland European country the same can NOT be said about a member of an EU state (like myself) in England. I await the bad news with trepidation. Now I know how a sitting duck feels.
Don't think that people such as us won't be receiving a letter before long, telling us to either get some papers, or get out. Frankly I couldn't care less any more. We have a perfectly nice home back in the UK (2 actually), so it will be no hardship to return. I've always said that we could simply close the door to our home here, and it wouldn't affect us in the slightest.
Gwil 18 February 2020 at 17:07
Mr Savini the Italian interior minister in the last coalition govt with the 5 Stars Movement and his party Liga has been charged with kidnapping because he refused to let what many Italians see as the Mediterranean illegal immigrant rescue taxi ship racket deposit 185 'rescued' p inflatable raft passengers in Italian ports and told them to go somewhere else as 'Italy is full'. The world has always been nuts and always will be.
People in Wuhan throwing clothes bed sheets utensils and money out their apartment windows into the streets and courtyards. They are being driven mad. Meanwhile citizen journalists who are reporting these events are being disappeared. Apple will lose money. That's the big story. The people? So what.
I visited the Greek island of Kos, back in about 1980; it was a really beautiful island. I now hear that it is so overrun by illegal jobless immigrants that the locals literally fear for their lives. Since the Blair/Bush wars in the Middle East, the demographic of so many countries has totally changed, and will never return to how they were. The UK is one example. The newcomers who behave, get jobs, and contribute to society will always be welcome, but the serious criminals should always be sent home.
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Relief for businesses as victims of novel Coronavirus countermeasures
On March 27, the U.S. Congress passed large-scale economic stimulus measures totaling $2.14 trillion. Compared to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and other economic stimulus packages that were implemented in the wake of the 2008 Lehman Brothers failure, the most significant characteristic of these new stimulus measures is the strong focus on helping (non-financial) private businesses. Following the Lehman Brothers collapse, assistance for banks formed the core of the relief that was provided.
Lehman Brothers went bankrupt on September 15, 2008, while TARP was launched roughly one month later on October 14 of that same year. The reason that a month's time was spent in the interim was that opposition to using taxpayer money to bail out financial institutions—the entities most responsible for bringing about the economic crisis—had intensified within the halls of Congress. There was strong resistance in Congress to rescuing the banks and other financial institutions that had made excessive loans and investments to gain profits, only to then face the risk of their own bankruptcy when those investments failed.
Incidentally, the government's current restrictions on overseas travel and requests for people to voluntarily self-isolate—which are intended to stem the spread of the novel Coronavirus—are jeopardizing the operation of companies and the job status of workers who are utterly blameless here. The fact that the Democratic and Republican parties had no objections to providing relief to these companies and individuals arguably made it possible for these stimulus measures to be passed more swiftly this time around.
Extremely substantial assistance for private businesses
Of the total $2.14 trillion in this massive stimulus package, $250 billion is allocated for unemployment benefits, while another $301 billion is earmarked for cash benefits for individuals. Even more notable here is the $349 billion that will be used for loans to small and medium-sized businesses (those with fewer than 500 employees). These are forgivable loans that do not need to be repaid if they are used by the companies to keep their employees on the job and keep their wages steady. They are effectively a form of subsidy for SMEs, akin to Japan's employment adjustment subsidies.
An additional $425 billion is to be used to fund a government guarantee to back a business assistance scheme run by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), which has a set maximum scale of around $4 trillion. This $4 trillion is roughly equivalent to one-quarter of the total borrowings of non-finance companies.
Under this scheme, the FRB will be financing special purpose vehicles, which in turn will purchase CP, corporate bonds, and municipal bonds, and will also make MMF loans. Lending to businesses will also be part of this.
Although the FRB bought CP back during the 2008 Lehman Brothers failure as well, it did not purchase corporate bonds or municipal bonds. This occasion also marks the first instance where the FRB will be lending directly to businesses.
CP and corporate bond purchases are also being carried out by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan, for instance. Moreover, the BOJ has also been purchasing ETFs (shares). That said, this lending is limited to financial institutions. Central banks, after all, serve as banks to other banks.
From this perspective, it is rather extraordinary for the FRB to lend directly to businesses, albeit through special purposes vehicles. That is how substantial these stimulus measures are in the support they provide for private businesses.
Within this potential $4-trillion-dollar business assistance scheme, the government will be contributing up to $425 billion to special purpose vehicles. This means that even if some portion of the FRB's $4 trillion financing ends up being unrecoverable, as long as that amount is no more than slightly over 10%, the FRB itself would not incur a loss.
Risks faced by low-rated corporate bonds, securitized products, non-bank financial institutions
While the FRB has launched this program with a heavy focus on supporting private businesses, it seems likely that the operation of the financial markets and of financial institutions will be the next problem to rear its ugly head.
The CP and corporate bonds being purchased by the FRB under this scheme are limited to those with high credit ratings. However, the commodities facing a more serious problem, including already plunging prices, are high-yield bonds as well as corporate bonds and securitized products with even lower credit worthiness and ratings. In order to preserve the functions of these high-risk markets, the FRB will likely be forced to expand the range of its purchases to include corporate bonds with lower credit worthiness and poorer ratings, or even CLOs (collateralized loan obligations) and other such securitized products.
Furthermore, there is a chance that the hedge funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, asset management companies, and other such entities possessing large volumes of these high-risk securities will experience operational concerns going forward.
Although the crisis during the Lehman Brothers failure centered on banks, the core of this crisis appears to be financial institutions other than banks—so-called "non-banks" or "shadow banks" (see this column's "Financial Crises Always Come in Different Forms", March 27, 2020). The FRB may well have no choice but to rescue such non-bank institutions going forward.
FRB's financial crisis avoidance plan haunted by ghost of Lehman Brothers failure
In that event, the FRB might need to expand its current business assistance scheme even further, and the federal government might have to increase the amount of its guarantee as well. However, as soon as the focus of the relief is switched from private businesses to financial institutions, Congress will likely grow wary of increasing the amount of government spending. This is because the criticisms of how banks were bailed out with taxpayer funds during the last financial crisis remain deeply rooted among the American people.
In particular, it might not be so easy for Congress to pass additional measures which would be unpalatable to citizens in the leadup to November's presidential election. What's more, if the election were to produce a Democratic administration in the White House, Congress would surely become even more leery of rescuing financial institutions.
As we have seen, the current economic stimulus measures call for extremely concerted support for private businesses, in the form of both direct government aid and lending and the FRB's business assistance scheme. Nevertheless, if financial institutions should require assistance going forward, the discourse will likely again turn sour, with Congressional deliberations falling into confusion and disorder.
The use of public funds to rescue the banks after the Lehman Brothers collapse subsequently became a core theme of the anti-inequality movement in the U.S. The "ghost of the past" from that era could well end up seriously impeding the FRB's efforts going forward to stave off another financial crisis.
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The Johnson Royals defeated the Johnson Suns in a thriller on Tuesday night.
When Johnson's sister school comes to town, excitement comes with them. This was evident yet again on Tuesday. From the tip, the game was played fast and loose. Both teams came out of the gates firing on all cylinders with very high energy. The first half was tightly contested and neither team led by more than 10 points throughout. The Royals took off with the early lead entering the half ahead by 5 at 49-44.
The second half saw a Suns comeback and plenty of action. Both teams played physical and there were a total of 54 fouls were called throughout the game: 36 against the Suns and 18 against the Royals. Because of all of these fouls, the Royals scored 44 pts. from the free throw line in 52 attempts. When the Suns took a 6 point lead with just under 3 minutes, the Royals stepped up to the challenge. Taylor Gilpin (SR/Bloomington, IN) hit a free throw with 1.5 seconds left on the clock to tie the game and force overtime. Once overtime began, the Royals took charge. They got off to an early lead and never looked back, winning the game with a final score of 120-109.
Taylor Gilpin led the team to the victory with 48 points! 28 of these 48 came from the free throw line. That is a career high for Gilpin and moves him into 2nd on the all-time scoring list for Johnson University; behind only John Parkey. Gilpin also had 3 assists and 2 steals. Other notables are Coby Jones(SO/Hampton, TN), who had 25 points and 12 rebounds in his 39 minutes and Estiven Estacio (JR/Cali, Columbia) who had 13 rebounds and 3 blocks.


Mammalian zygomatic arch shape is remarkably variable, ranging from nearly cylindrical to blade‐like in cross section. Based on geometry, the arch can be hypothesized to be a sub‐structural beam whose ability to resist deformation is related to cross sectional shape. We expect zygomatic arches with different cross sectional shapes to vary in the degree to which they resist local bending and torsion due to the contraction of the masseter muscle. A stiffer arch may lead to an increase in the relative proportion of applied muscle load being transmitted through the arch to other cranial regions, resulting in elevated cranial stress (and thus, strain). Here, we examine the mechanics of the zygomatic arch using a series of finite element modeling experiments in which the cross section of the arch of Pan troglodytes has been modified to conform to idealized shapes (cylindrical, elliptical, blade‐like). We find that the shape of the zygomatic arch has local effects on stain that do not conform to beam theory. One exception is that possessing a blade‐like arch leads to elevated strains at the postorbital zygomatic junction and just below the orbits. Furthermore, although modeling the arch as solid cortical bone did not have the effect of elevating strains in other parts of the face, as had been expected, it does have a small effect on stress associated with masseter contraction. These results are counterintuitive. Even though the arch has simple beam‐like geometry, we fail to find a simple mechanical explanation for the diversity of arch shape. Anat Rec, 299:1734–1752, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


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The Expansion of DHL in Saudi Arabia
The Expansion of DHL in Saudi Arabia - Essay Example
The international environment is one that offers significant challenges to any business, especially with the prevalence of multinational corporations that now operate around the world. Across the world, the economic environment is constantly shifting, meaning that multinational companies derive significant benefit from increasing their representation and services within individual companies. …
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Download file to see previous pages This helps to secure their place in the international market if the economy in some countries significantly decreases. In addition, the increase in role within individual countries helps to ensure the global awareness of the brand. This report considers the strategy initiated by the DHL Express division of Deutsche Post DHL (henceforth DHL) to increase its investment in the Saudi Arabia network, increasing the access to DHL services for its customers, as well as customer service and delivery fleets. As part of this strategy, DHL planned to invest in the opening of 15 new service points.
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DHL is a worldwide logistics company that works with individuals, small businesses and large businesses in order to provide effective logistics solutions for whatever their clients require. The company has a number of different divisions which focus on different sections of their business. These divisions include DHL Express (Deutsche Post DHL, 2011a), which is involved in the worldwide shipping of mail and packages within a limited time frame, DHL Forwarding and Freight, which is involved in the global transportation of merchandise and goods to their destinations, this division focuses on the shipping of large items or large amounts of items, particularly for businesses (Deutsche Post DHL, 2011c). . The other divisions that the company commands are DHL Supply Chain, which provides warehouse storage facilities as well as managed transport and finally DHL Mail, which is responsible for a wide range of services including global mail, the retail outlets for the company, press services and marketing . Multinational organisations are confronted with the decision to either focus on regional or on global expansion. Generally speaking, if a company expands at a regional level it loses some of its ground at the global level, and vice versa. Globalization has been shown to be a strong strategy for companies, allowing them to increase their competitiveness . DHL has players in both fields, with a strong international presence as well as strong roles in a number of different regions. The expansion within Saudi Arabia is being developed as part of a wider strategy for expansion into the Middle East, with the idea that Saudi Arabia could serve as a foothold and a strategic location. Data Country Trends DHL has operated within Saudi Arabia since 1976. In 2008, DHL Express initiated a strategy to significantly increase their network within the Saudi Arabian region. In order to do this a total of $26.6 million USD was invested into the network. This strategy served two purposes; the first was for the expansion within Saudi Arabia, to provide better service and products. The second purpose was to take advantage of the influential role that Saudi Arabia has on the economic development in the Middle East and create strong customer relations and brand recognition for future development . Population Trends Stakeholders in International Business Stakeholders in DHL include customers, employees, investors as well as a number of partner organizations. Other stakeholders include those who are involved in making policy, various environmental and social groups, as well as the general public. In the expansion into Saudi Arabia, the company must balance the needs of the different stakeholders. In order to do this, DHL works actively with different stakeholder groups to ensure that there are no problems. For example, they engage environmental groups to discuss the impact in which the company will have in their expansion and the way in which environmental impact can be reduced . ...Download file to see next pagesRead More
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By Erica Sanchez and Joanna Prisco
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These Toxins May Be Wiping Out Killer Whale Populations Worldwide
Despite being banned, the long-term effects of the pollutants are still being felt.
Why Global Citizens Should Care:
The UN's Global Goals include several targets for the environment, including tackling climate change, and creating cities and communities that are sustainable. But there's still much to be corrected from harmful practices of the past, such as the use of PCBs. You can join us by taking action here to support the Global Goals for the environment.
Toxins that were banned years ago are still threatening ocean mammals, say scientists.
Polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, may be slowly wiping out killer whale populations worldwide, reported Science.
Read More: Major Companies Pledge Climate Change Action at New York Summit
"It's sobering to be made aware of the potential long-term effects of chemicals that were introduced into the environment over 80 years ago," says Steven Bursian, an environmental toxicologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing, in an interview with the magazine. "It's a wake-up call that similar predictions could be made about several other species."
PCBs were first discovered in coal tar in the late 1800s and subsequently used in a variety of functions from hydraulic fluids to lubricating oils, paint and concrete stabilizers, and nonflammable insulation in electrical transformers, before scientists ultimately linked them to cancer immune system, reproductive, and endocrine related health problems in both people and animals, noted the report.
The US banned their production in 1978, followed by a worldwide ban in 2004. But the pollutants don't break down easily, say scientists.
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"The PCB story is not over," Jean-Pierre Desforges, an ecotoxicologist at Aarhus University in Denmark and author of the study told Science.
Having teamed up with modelers Ailsa Hall and Bernie McConnell from the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom to estimate the toll of the PCBs, the group built on lab studies in which Desforges showed that PCBs extracted from whale blubber affect killer whale immune function.
Concurrent studies on mice estimated the PCB levels that raise susceptibility to disease and impair fertility, as well.
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American musical prodigy Kodi Lee delights crowd at B.C. autism fundraiser
By Elizabeth McSheffrey & Catherine Urquhart Global News
Posted November 25, 2022 9:12 pm
Updated November 25, 2022 9:40 pm
2:13 America's Got Talent winner Kodi Lee in Vancouver to promote autism information
If you are a fan of America's Got Talent, you may remember Kodi Lee. He wowed the judges and voters with his musical talent. The legally blind pianist has Addison's disease and was diagnosed with autism. He was here to perform at Pacific Autism Launch luncheon. Catherine Urquhart has the story. – Nov 25, 2022
An American musical prodigy stunned and delighted a Vancouver audience at the Pacific Autism Family Network's holiday luncheon fundraiser on Friday.
Kodi Lee, 26, is blind and has autism, and according to his website, is one of about 25 people in the world who possess his "extraordinary abilities."
He has perfect pitch and an audio-photographic memory, meaning he can recall music after hearing it once.
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Lee won Season 14 of America's Got Talent in 2019 and has helped raise more than $1 million to support individuals on the autism spectrum and their families.
"I never knew he would get this far and it's a blessing he did, because he opened so many doors for all of our kids to have a lot more opportunities," said his mother, Tina Lee.
"I think the message is to keep going, no matter how hard it is, to keep finding their talents and give them the tools."
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Lee performed a number of songs — including an original and favourites like John Lennon's Imagine — before 800 people at the Westin Bayshore hotel, delighting everyone in the room.
He said it was "so good" to be in Vancouver, adding he was happy to be supporting families with kids on the autism spectrum and that it feels "amazing" to be an inspiration to so many.
"Heck yeah, I make people happy," he said. "Dude, I'm a superstar."
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Jackie Vuilleumier, whose son has autism, said Lee's performance was "mind-blowing."
"I'm overwhelmed because I know of the work that goes in behind the scenes with Kodi … It was the best way to end a wonderful luncheon," she told Global News.
"With events like this, I hope people can see what autism is because it is a spectrum. We have really high-functioning people and we have really low-functioning people, and I want a village behind my son."
Sergio Cocchia, founder of the Pacific Autism Family Network, said it was difficult to book such a big star for the luncheon, but the network got support from Lee's family and the Vancouver International Airport.
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The Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps is pleased to announce their 2017 Drum Major Team.
The Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce their 2016 Drum Majors: Myles Giller, Diane Husemen, Sarah Jones and Daniel Belcher.
The Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce their 2015 Drum Majors: Aaron Bradford, Myles Giller, and Adora Choquette.


1/20/03 7 p.m. at Reynolds Coliseum, RALEIGH, N.C.
Points in the paint-CU 10,ST 14. Points off turnovers-CU 14,ST 19.
2nd chance points-CU 9,ST 8. Fast break points-CU 4,ST 6.
Bench points-CU 19,ST 13. Score tied-7 times. Lead changes-9 times.
At Reynolds Coliseum, RALEIGH, N.C.
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By Scott Jenkins | July 1, 2019
Lignin — a component making up 25–35% of woody biomass — is underutilized as a byproduct of biofuels production and paper-making processes. Because of its abundance, low-cost and sustainability, lignin is being investigated as a raw material for making higher-value chemicals. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; www.ornl.gov) have developed a stretchy material from waste lignin that exhibits self-healing behavior and could be used in adhesives and other industrial applications.
Scientists led by Amit Naskar extracted an oligomer from lignin with acetonitrile using an extraction method that concentrates the regions of lignin that contain carboxylic acid functional groups. The material is a uniform lignin oligomer with a high degree of carboxylic acid functionalization and a high glass-transition temperature (Tg). Then the team reacted the lignin oligomer with polyethylene glycol (PEG), forming an elastomeric material with a network of both covalent bonds and hydrogen bonds.
"This network contains both stiff phases, from the lignin, and soft phases, from the PEG," explains Naskar. The resulting material is highly elastic, with the ability to stretch by over 2,000%, as well as very tough, Naskar says. In addition, the plentiful hydrogen bonds give the material the ability to self-heal if cut.
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