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1942-02-28 Milan
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Oliviero Toscani (born 1942 in Milan) is an Italian photographer, best-known worldwide for designing controversial advertising campaigns for Italian brand Benetton, from 1982 to 2000. Toscani took up photography following the steps of his father, Fedele Toscani, who used to be a photoreporter for the newspaper Corriere della Sera. After obtaining his diploma at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich, he started working with different magazines, including Elle, Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.In 1982 he started working as Art Director for the Benetton Group. One of his most famous campaigns included a photo (by Therese Frare) of David Kirby dying of AIDS, lying in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital bed, surrounded by his grieving relatives. Thepicture was controversial due to its similarity to a pietà painting and because some thought the use of this image to sell clothing was exploiting the victim, though the Kirby family stated that they authorized the use and that it helped increase AIDS awareness.Other advertisements included references to racism (notably one with three almost identical human hearts, which were actually pig hearts, with the words 'white', 'black', and 'yellow' as captions), war, religion and even capital punishment.In the early 1990s, Toscani co-founded the magazine Colors (also owned by Benetton) with American graphic designer Tibor Kalman. With the tagline "a magazine about the rest of the world", Colors built on the multiculturalism prevalent at that time and in Benetton's ad campaigns, while remaining editorially independent from group. Toscani left Benetton in 2000.In 2005, he sparked controversy again with his photographs for an advertising campaign for the men's clothing brand 'Ra-Re'. Their portrayals of men participating in homosexual behaviour angered groups such as the Catholic parents' association Movimento Italiano Genitori, who called the pictures 'vulgar'. The campaign came amidst ongoing debate in Italy about gay rights.Oliviero Toscani unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for parliament for the new Rose in the Fist party in the Italian general election held on 9 and 10 April 2006.In September 2007, a new campaign against anorexia was again controversial due to his shocking photography of an emaciated woman (Isabelle Caro).A long-term Tuscany resident, in 2003 he created in collaboration with Regione Toscana a new research facility for modern communication called 'La Sterpaia'.
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HANSON, PETER R., 82 of Coral Springs, Florida died on Friday, April 6, 2018 at his residence. He is survived by his loving wife Linda; cherished children Peter (Sara) Hanson, Philip Hanson, Wayne Hanson and Diana (Daniel) Farrell; grandchildren Kieran, Christian, Marguerite, Andrew, William and Sonia Rose; sister Ruth Meitzler along with numerous friends. The family will have a memorial gathering at the KRAEER FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION CENTER, 1655 University Drive, Coral Springs, Florida on Sunday, April 22, 2018 from 2 to 4 PM., with a service celebrated by his family and friends at 3 PM..


There are few problem In my nokia 6 phone and here I going to share with you. 1.
There are few problem In my nokia 6 phone and here I going to share with you.
1. Total silent mode- If I turn my phone on vibrat mode only then all sound should be silent Including camera shutter sound.
2. Camera shutter sound- It's not turning off even if I turn it off from camera setting.
3. Micro photography- whenever I chose micro option in camera it not shift on micro mode, and auto mode few second to focus on particular object that I want to focus on.
4. Camera brightness- In low brightness whenever I open camera I always need adjust brightness on high level, so it should be adjust automatically on high brightness when turn on camera.
5. Network selection- I facing problem of network shift automatically it's good, but it's leading problem in internet connection, when it change network from 2G to 3G or 4G to 3G or 2G there's problem of in internet connection. It always disconnected and I couldn't access any thing. So there should be network selections like only 2G, only 3G, only 4G and 2G/3G/4G mode. It will solve the problem I'm sure.
This are my top most five problems I facing and the some possible solutions.
Hope you solve my problems in next update.
The network handover between 2G/3G/4G is up to your mobile operator. Please make sure the phone is fully updated, and answer 'Yes' if the phone requests a reboot to apply carrier settings.
If it still fails, then I suggest you consult the mobile operator and ask for a replacement SIM card, especially if the SIM is old, or if it is cut to size?
They should provide a replacement SIM for free in case of any connectivity issues.


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Dr. Drew Pinsky and 'Beautiful Boy' author David Sheff to headline fourth annual 'Recovery Reinvented'
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - 11:15am
BISMARCK, N.D. – Media personality and addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky and New York Times best-selling author David Sheff will be featured speakers at the annual "Recovery Reinvented" event on Oct. 28. Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Burgum will host the fourth annual event, which will be held via livestream broadcast on recoveryreinvented.com.
Pinsky, a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Addiction Medicine, will share his insight around strategies to eliminate the shame and stigma surrounding addiction, the connection between mental health and addiction and the emerging addiction challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. A longtime television personality, Pinsky has made many appearances on national news programs and talk shows and currently is the host of "Dr. Drew Podcast," "Dr. Drew After Dark," "The Adam and Drew Show" and a live streaming show called "#AskDrDrew."
David Sheff is the author of the novel, "Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction," a memoir and major motion picture that chronicles a father's experience supporting his son through addiction, relapse and recovery. Sheff, an advocate on the issues surrounding the U.S. drug crisis, was named to Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People in 2009.
"We are thrilled to have two of the most influential advocates in the space of addiction and recovery sharing their insight at Recovery Reinvented," First Lady Burgum said. "With the rising behavioral health challenges we are seeing during this pandemic, both Dr. Drew and David Sheff will provide much-needed knowledge, inspiration and hope for our expansive online audience."
Joining Pinsky and Sheff at the event will be local providers and clients who will share testimonials on their experiences with telehealth and virtual recovery support services; Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) expert Dr. Stephen Delisi of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation; and executives and employees from Solid Comfort, a Fargo-based manufacturer of hospitality furniture and developers of a recovery-inclusive workplace philosophy known as "Solid Start."
The governor and first lady are inviting the general public, Native American communities, business and community leaders, behavioral health providers, university and college representatives, health care providers and administrators, addiction recovery advocates, faith-based communities, first responders, law enforcement, families and more to participate in the online event, held in partnership with the North Dakota Department of Human Services' Behavioral Health Division.
The daylong event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. will feature state and national addiction and recovery experts who will focus on reinventing recovery by eliminating the stigma of addiction, supporting innovation in virtual recovery support services and telehealth, illuminating the connection between mental health, addiction and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and inspiring employers to create recovery-friendly workplaces. Continuing Education Credits will be available.
Recovery Reinvented is free and open to the public. For more information on the event or to register, visit recoveryreinvented.com/2020/.
An opportunity is available for people to submit videos of themselves sharing their stories of addiction, recovery and how they have eliminated stigma amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Videos may be published on the Recovery Reinvented website, social media, newsletters and at the Recovery Reinvented event. To share your personal story of addiction and recovery amid the pandemic, visit recoveryreinvented.com/events/2020/#getinvolved.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has created tremendous barriers for people in or seeking recovery, including increased isolation, stress and uncertainty," Gov. Burgum said. "Through these challenging times, it is important to lift up both the stories of struggle and the stories of hope. We welcome everyone to share their stories of addiction and recovery so we can continue to lift up the courageous faces and voices of recovery in our state."

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This boat comes with the option of moorage and storage on Lake Washington if you desire to keep it.
The boat has the full compliment of fenders 10" X 24" black with black lines. All docking lines are also black. It has a full compliment of; life jackets, dock power cables, cleaning equipment, travel covers, storage covers, crusing canopies, fire extinguishers etc. Cuddy Cabin sports a port-a-potty. It is off the water now and winterized. I also personally wax, polish and oil the teak every year.
A new custom built cover for Bimini top and custom made travel/dock cover in 2012; redone interior in 2002; full boat cover for storage purposes which is always on the boat when its in the temperature controlled facility; All maintenance records back to the day it was delivered to me, July 1987. The cockpit has a well-designed control panel with151bucket drop away seats for the operator and front passenger. The boat is stored in a temperature controlled facility when not in use (year round); the only time its on the water is when its being used.
This boat is in premium condition and is one you definately want to own. You ask why am I selling this.....fiially, after all these years we've decieded to purchase a cruiser that we can spend extended time on the water. Its been meticulously cared for.


Drilling into MDF creates dust and I believe it's not the most healthy of things to inhale. Fixing my mirror resulted in only minute quantities of dust but enough to warrant getting my vacuum cleaner out of hibernation. Well, he seemed delighted, if a little shocked! Good ol' trusty Vic with his bug eyes, and gormless open mouth. I bought him from Argos several years ago and he's still going strong. Also notice my slippers. I think they were given to me as a a birthday present a few years ago… Oh the joy. I don't feel old enough to be getting slippers for my birthday. Saying that, I'm beginning to go thin on top. It happens to the best of us, I'm told. Hey-ho.
Having lived in my new flat for over a month without a bathroom mirror, I went into town and got myself one. I had been using a small shaving mirror, which was inadequate to be honest. This particular mirror has little eyes that you have to fix to the MDF backing with self-tapping screws. Tie a piece of string between the two and Bob's your uncle – you have something with which to hang your mirror off a picture hook! I have an uncle Bob. His real name is actually Bob, not Robert. Anyway, I digress… I noticed that these little eyes looked a bit like monkeys – with a liberaral sprinkling of imagination. Or psychosis. You decide.


The Lake George Islands campsites, divided into three groups, Glen Island, Long Island, and Narrow Island, are located on Lake George, America's "Queen" Lake. Camping here is unique; Lake George Islands campsites are accessible by boat only and are spread out over much of the lake. Each of the three camping islands has its own headquarters, to make site registration as convenient as possible. After campers choose the area in which they wish to camp, they continue to a private marina to park and launch. Fishing, hiking, bird watching, boating and sailing are included in the many activities campers enjoy on these wonderful islands.
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Corcovado National Park
Address: Los Patos Sirena Trail, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
This National Park was established in 1975 and is rich in different types of tropical ecosystems like rain forests, mangrove swamps, beaches, cloud forest and coastal marine etc. It is popular for its biodiversity includes harpy eagles, White-lipped Peccaries, Scarlet Macaws, Jaguars etc and Osa peninsula is a popular hiking and camping destination.
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COVID-19: Nigeria Reaching Critical Level Where Hospitals Can No Longer Cope – NCDC
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that Nigeria is approaching a critical level where hospitals can no longer cope with more serious COVID-19 cases.
Nigeria, currently battling the pandemic's second wave, crossed the 100,000-mark for COVID-19 infections late Sunday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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On Monday, the NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said health workers would be forced to make tough decisions, calling for the protection of vulnerable citizens amid the rising cases of the virus.
He stated;
We are reaching a critical level where our hospital capacity will no longer be able to cope with more serious COVID-19 cases and health workers will be forced to make tough decisions. We need to protect our more vulnerable citizens.
We all have to take responsibility. This is not for the NCDC, the PTF or government alone. By organising large gatherings indoors, you're not only putting yourself and guests at risk but also the staff who have limited choice but to serve. By going to clubs, you're putting your parents at risk.
He said the number of coronavirus cases reported in the country had been on the rise in the last four weeks.
He also expressed;
In the last four weeks, we've recorded a spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases. The virus is spreading fast, causing mild symptoms in some and severe illness/death in others.
Most important of all, the 100,000 cases and over 1,000 deaths are not just numbers. These are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, friends whose deaths will be mourned and the pain of their loss deeply felt. The response starts and ends with the people of this country.
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The All-22 All-Star Team: Casey Hayward and the Value of a Nickel
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The All-22 All-Star Team is an attempt to provide some insight on the NFL's 22 most underappreciated players. Some will be All-Pros who haven't fully gotten their due; some will be names few casual fans have ever heard. All will, for one reason or another, have been overlooked.
The concept isn't new. It was first implemented in 1992, when Dom Capers arrived in Pittsburgh as a first-time defensive coordinator for Bill Cowher's new Steelers staff. As any new coach would, Capers spent his early days surveying the talent in place. The latest in Pittsburgh's lineage of defensive stars was Rod Woodson, then a 26-year-old cornerback fresh off his third straight trip to the Pro Bowl. In evaluating Woodson, it struck Capers that maybe there was a way in which his best defensive back could have even more impact on the game. Lined up on a receiver outside the numbers, there was only so much Woodson could do to influence a given game. But moving him inside, to the nickelback in passing situations, could really change the makeup of the game.
"My feeling when I looked at Rod outside was that he was matched up one-on-one, and he'd do his job, but I thought he could be a lot bigger factor in the game putting him inside," Capers says. "He's closer to the ball, he could get his hands on more balls, and you could blitz him. He's going to make a lot of plays." In his second year in Capers's defense, Woodson was named Defensive Player of the Year.
Seventeen years later, Capers had déjà vu. The only difference was the Woodson. When Capers came to Green Bay in 2009, Charles Woodson was the team's best defensive player. For Charles, it took less than two years for him to become the Packers' nickel corner. That season, he was the league's Defensive Player of the Year and the team finished 11-5.
College: Vanderbilt
Position: Cornerback
Years as a pro: Two
Draft position: Round 2, 62nd overall
Contract: Base, $540,451; signing bonus, $211,750 ($752k 2013 cap hit)
Pro Bowls: None
All-Pro: None
Coach's take: "He came in and showed everybody that this wasn't too big for him. He had a poise and a confidence that he could play high-level football. He had the respect of the older players because he didn't make mistakes early." —Joe Whitt, Packers cornerbacks coach
"He seemed to pick things up pretty fast. He's bright. He has good football instincts. Some of these guys have ball skills, but they don't have the instincts. Guys with instincts are normally in the right place; they have opportunities to plays." —Dom Capers, Packers defensive coordinator
Game in 25 words or fewer: A slot cornerback who relies on a combination of patience, intelligence, and instincts to be a factor on nearly every passing down.
Casey Hayward is no Woodson, at least not yet. But in his rookie season, he emerged as the latest dominant slot corner in a Capers-led defense. After spending the early part of the season shifting between playing outside and inside, Hayward took over Woodson's role in the Green Bay defense after the latter went down against St. Louis in Week 7. In Woodson's absence, Hayward put together a season that required no "for a rookie" qualifiers. His six interceptions were fifth in the league, but they reveal very little about the overall impact Hayward had for a depleted Packers defense. At a position where first-year players rarely succeed, Hayward was among the elite. Now, entering his second season, he's looking to redefine the importance of a team's "third" cornerback.
Hayward wasn't always a natural cornerback. At Perry High School, just south of Macon, Georgia, Hayward played quarterback. "I didn't even play a single snap [at cornerback] until my senior year, and then I probably played six games at defensive back," Hayward says, sitting in the Packers locker room, a towel draped over his head. "It wasn't my full-time job. I subbed in and out, depending on the team." He pauses for a moment, chewing on his last thought. "But I still ended up being a first-team all-state defensive back."
It's typical at the high school level for an excellent offensive player (Hayward was Region 4-AAA's offensive player of the year in Georgia) who moonlights on defense to receive accolades over lesser-known defense-only stars. With Hayward, that wasn't quite the case. He had four interceptions that senior season, three returned for touchdowns.
Hayward laughs when asked if he considered playing QB in college. "I could throw, though," he says, a halfhearted self-defense. Coming out of Perry, there weren't many offers from big-time schools, something Hayward has chalked up to his lack of exposure on defense. He eventually chose Vanderbilt, where he saw significant time in his freshman season. By his junior year, he led the SEC in passes defended. At the end of his senior season, Hayward was an All-American in the eyes of many voters. It was all enough for Green Bay to trade up with New England and take him with the 62nd overall pick.
A coach's reluctance to play young cornerbacks is about one mistake. For other positions — say, pass rusher — occasional brilliance can eradicate the occasional misstep. For a defensive back, those missteps instantly turn into points. "These games are 65 plays, but they usually come down to two or three plays," Capers says. "You don't want to feel like you're experimenting. You want to feel confident in a guy if you're going to put him out there that he's not going to be the guy that gives up those two or three plays that decide the game."
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Like the Packers do with all their rookies, Hayward was thrust into the fire on day one. In training camp, everyone competes for the same set of spots. Eventually, younger players get exposed. Capers and his staff quickly saw that Hayward never flinched. "Mistakes become touchdowns," Packers cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt says. "That's what was impressive with this kid. He didn't make mistakes."
Initially, Hayward worked on the outside. But during training camp, Capers asked that he learn the nickel role as well. "At first I was just going to work outside," Hayward says. "He didn't want to throw a lot of pressure on me right away. [The slot] is a unique position. You have to know a lot." Along with the pedigree the position has in Capers's defense, a major difference between playing inside and outside for the Packers is complexity. "Inside, there's probably a little more on your plate in terms of learning — run fits, blitzing a little more," Capers says. Hayward outlines the same two tasks, almost verbatim, and both he and Whitt mention that Green Bay's defense can't even get aligned without the nickel doing so first. It is literally the fulcrum of the defense.
By Week 8, a rookie was that fulcrum — and he just happened to be replacing a Hall of Famer. All Hayward did was put up some of the best numbers for any cornerback in the league. According to Football Outsiders, Hayward was fourth in the league in passes defensed, first in success percentage, and first in total defeats among cornerbacks. According to Pro Football Focus, quarterbacks had a 31.1 rating when throwing in Hayward's coverage area — the best figure for any cornerback in football.
Hayward's teammates and coaches point to two specific qualities that make him special: intelligence and patience. "He's someone that knows the game," Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson says. "He understands concepts, route running, if one guy runs vertical, [he knows] what the other guy might be doing." That concept can be seen above, in the fourth quarter of the Packers' game against Indianapolis in Week 5. Lined up on Reggie Wayne in the slot, Hayward sees the outside receiver moving in just after the snap. He anticipates Wayne running a wheel route to the outside, and he has it the whole way. It all makes for what might've been the most impressive play of Hayward's season.
"I think the biggest thing with him is his patience," Packers slot receiver Randall Cobb says, echoing Nelson. "It's hard to get releases off the ball on him." That's perfectly displayed in this Week 12 play against Victor Cruz and the Giants. On third down, Cruz comes off the ball only to have Hayward waiting (and waiting … ) for him. Hayward lets Cruz come to him, and the result is a third-down incompletion and another punt.
Hayward has a knack for big plays on third down. His best game came against the Lions in Week 11; he had five passes defensed and an interception. Three came on third down, and with the interception, it made for four possession-ending plays in one game. The one above came on the Lions' first possession, just one play after Hayward batted down a pass intended for Brandon Pettigrew.
There was a time in the NFL, as early as a decade ago, when the conventional thinking for slot corners was that if they improved enough, they'd make their way outside. Playing outside the numbers came with prestige. Some derisively called the nickel the "third" corner.
Capers has defied that thinking for some time, but now NFL offenses are identifying the nickel corner as a key part of any defense. "This varies from defense to defense, but the amount of your sub package that you play nowadays — because we're seeing more three wide receivers on the field — your inside player is going to play as many, if not more plays," Capers says. "You could be in some form of your sub defense two-thirds [of the time]." The number Hayward throws out is 75 percent; Whitt says 80. No matter the math, the point is that the nickel cornerback is as much a "starter" as any other spot in the defensive backfield.
Whitt makes sure to mention that Hayward isn't just a nickel cornerback. Hayward's play last season was enough to ensure him a spot on the Packers' defense in any situation. "If there's three corners out there, will he ever play outside? I don't think so. He's too valuable inside," Whitt says. "But if there are only two corners out there, he still has the skill set to be one of those two." When he returns from a hamstring injury that has bothered him throughout training camp, Hayward will likely spend some time starting on the outside. But no matter how much he excels there, he has earned a rare distinction in Capers's defense, one held by a long line of Woodsons: He's an inside man.
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Winemaking Tasmania produce some of Tassie's finest wines and ciders, which are all carefully sourced and crafted locally. Steering away from traditional methods, there are no set recipes. Instead, each drop is tailor made to represent the provenance of the fruit's source. So, quality and taste is always guaranteed. We'll drink to that!
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Winemaking Tasmania's CEO and Onyapreneur, Jonathon Lord.
Tell us about Winemaking Tasmania and the company's unique vision.
With a vision to be Tasmania's best producer of premium alcoholic beverages, Winemaking Tasmania is a unique and highly specialised producer of Tasmania's finest wine and cider brands in partnership with our client base of vineyard and orchard brand owners. Whilst we may only represent 5% of Tasmania's total finished wine production by volume, we represent almost 25% of the state's wine brands and qualitatively wines made by us on behalf of our various clients, and received 35% of the awards at the 2019 Tasmanian Wine Show – including an amazing 6 Trophies and 47 Gold Medals.
This unique commitment to provenance and quality has led to the continued expansion of the company since 2016 as well as the introduction of accredited quality systems, continuous improvement and environmental management practices across the organisation. Our ethos is fuelled by our unique commitment to the craft, passion and provenance of each and every wine and cider that we produce. We believe that if we can combine the best of nature's fruits grown in Tasmania's pristine natural environment together with our passionate commitment to our craft whilst representing the unique provenance of our island home – that each and every beverage we create will be not only be world class in quality but unique in its individual representation of where it is from.
Tell us about your current range of quality drops. How can we get our hands on them?
Winemaking Tasmania have so many amazing wines and ciders (more than 180+) to choose from, so it is hard to pick a few standouts. On the wine side of things, I'd have to declare a three way split between the spicy 2017 Waterton Hall 20 Year Old Vine Tamar Valley Shiraz (rated 94 points from Huon Hooke, $45.00 www.watertonhall.com.au), the super seductive 2016 Gala Estate Black Label Pinot Noir (rated 95 points from both James Halliday & Huon Hooke, $65 www.galaestate.com.au) and finally the elegant 2017 Bream Creek Chardonnay (Double Gold Medal at the 2018 San Francisco International Wine Competition, $36 www.breamcreekvineyard.com.au).
On the cider front, I can't go past the multi-award winning BLACK DEVIL Premium Apple Cider. It's made from 100% fresh, hand-picked Tasmanian apples, carefully bench blended and hard to beat when it comes to refreshment on a hot day. Black Devil is currently available via their website www.blackdevilcider.com.au, Dan Murphy's online and limited stores or at any screening of American Express's Open Air Cinema Australia.
What inspired you to create the Sparkling Fruit Fusion (a blend of wine and cider)?
Our Blushing Lady Sparkling Fruit Fusion is the singular creation of our amazingly talented Cider Maker, Melissa Fettke. She's one of those creative geniuses that cannot help themselves when it comes to experimenting – be it blending, fermentation, using unique fruits and flavour infusions you name it. Blushing Lady began as just an experiment – a unique blend of hand-picked Tasmanian apples, cherries and Pinot Noir grapes (like, who would have thought of that??) which Melissa blended together and then put a glass in front of me whilst declaring "You've just got to try this Jon!". I did, and instantly fell in love with it! We were inspired by the opportunity it presented; its ability to share such a fusion of unique fruits and flavours that represent the very best of Tasmania. On the consumer side, Blushing Lady taps into the increasing value consumers place on provenance and Tasmania's unique natural attributes whilst offering the opportunity for consumers to seek out new discoveries especially so in the blush or rose' categories.
Walk us through a typical work day for you.
Winemaking Tasmania are a relatively small business, committed to being Tasmania's best producer of premium alcoholic beverages in a state where our industry lacks the scale of our mainland colleagues and a lot of what we do is driven by passion and belief in the journey that we're on. As such, my role is really quite diverse. In any given day I can be involved in client communications, finance, governance, product & packaging development, tastings, vineyard visits, HR matters or even find myself on the end of the production line packing boxes. I truly, passionately love my job and I am one of those fortunate individuals who is lucky enough to be gainfully employed, doing what I would do for free if I did not have a mortgage or other financial commitments.
What's next on the agenda for Winemaking Tasmania?
The vintage 2019 grape harvest has just begun – we took in our first grapes in late February (Pinot Noir & Pinot Meunier from the north east coast to become amazing Tasmanian sparkling wine!) and that will accelerate and pretty much continue all the way through to the middle of May when we harvest the last of our Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon fruit from across the state. Essentially, vintage is that time of the year when every member of our team is singularly focused on the task of receiving, pressing, fermenting and beginning the process of crafting another year's bounty into an array of beautiful finished wines.
When you consider that each and every wine represents at least 1,000 decisions from the time the grapes first arrive at the winery to when it is finally bottled and this year we'll be making roughly 200 different individual finished wines – that's an awful lot of decisions, a whole lot of brain power and an extraordinary amount of tasting, re-tasting and re-tasting again, not to mention the physical labour of getting it all done! Certainly, there is plenty to keep us occupied and in whatever spare moments we can find we'll be continuing to help extend the reach of our Tasmanian wines and ciders into even more export destinations around the globe.
What advice would you give to other entrepreneurs in the wine industry?
Simply: vision, passion and commitment. It's so important to have a vision of where you want your business to be in 5 to 10 years' time and that you can clearly communicate that and inspire others to join you on and contribute to that journey. In an industry that is defined by an annual harvest the years can pass by so quickly and without a clear vision there is a real risk of looking back and asking yourself how did we get here? For some people "passion" is a dirty word that has no place in business. Personally, I'd be lost without it and I'm happy to be defined in so many ways by my passion for what I do.
There's a great Simon Sinek quote: "Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion." Pursuing a career in the wine industry is not going to make you the same money as say banking or finance and what's more there is going to be a whole lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears. Quite simply, if you don't genuinely love and feel passionate about the wine industry there are easier ways to make a living. Which brings me to commitment. In the wine industry, as with so many agri-businesses, commitment is that deep seated acknowledgement that everything is not always going to go the way you want it to. That there are times when either mother nature or external factors outside of your control are going to intentionally or otherwise knock your business and you around. That might be financially, physically, emotionally, mentally or all four at the same time. Without genuine commitment, you would just walk away.
Commitment means that you take the tough and the bad with the good and allow yourself to ride the journey – acknowledging those factors that you can influence whilst maintaining an awareness of those factors beyond your control. After 20 years in this industry I'm gradually getting better at maintaining my personal balance on the journey – but if I'd not been committed to the wine industry I would have walked away a long time ago.
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Dear friends. After careful consideration we have decided to set off again and head for Perth, where we will decide on how our flight should continue. Our airplane will be piloted by Paolo Pocobelli. We would like to express our deep gratitude for your expressions of support. These touched us a lot and helped us. We would like to thank warmly the Lions Club of Bangkok Bauluang and in particular Surasak Salachua, as well as the Thai Flying Club, the Chonburi Provincial Police, the Ministry of Tourism and sport, the Chonburi Police Imigration, the Thailand Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee and all the people here in Thailand who have shown us incredible empathy and kindness. The investigation is in progress. Its results will not be known for a year or so. On our Facebook Page are the pictures of our flight to Bang Phra, one of our shortest flight since we set out.


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Phenium: Fostering a Comprehensive Food Safety Culture
Mårten Stenfors, CEO & Co-founder
The aroma, taste, and presentation of any dish stand to no merit if the food in question is not safe. Globally, restaurants lose (or discard) a third of their food due to food safety concerns. A part of this problem can be attributed to the outdated and less effective food safety assurance and adherence methods employed by restaurants. For example, a typical commercial kitchen spends over 2,200 grueling work hours every year to manually log food temperatures. This is in addition to employing large amounts of refrigeration to preserve food.
Amidst all these measures, a small mistake can cost the businesses a fortune. Every second, 19 people contact foodborne illnesses worldwide. Unfortunately, a major portion of these foodborne illnesses originate from restaurants -- no wonder more than 70 percent of chefs attribute food safety concerns as their major workplace stress factor. Besides, non-compliance to food safety mandates can attract fines up to 10,000 dollars per violation along with forced closures that can last for months; not to mention the damage to business reputation.
Turning the tables against these undesirable narratives is California-based Phenium. With its novel food safety as a service business model for restaurants and similar establishments, Phenium aims to reduce foodborne illnesses globally by 50 percent in tenyears. What underpins this strong vision—rendering it feasible as opposed to a farfetched proposition—is the simplicity and prowess of Phenium's digital food safety platform for restaurants and food service provides. says Mårten Stenfors, CEO and co-founder, Phenium.
Phenium's food safety platform brings automated restaurant intelligence, cloud-based food safety monitoring.
and team collaboration tools for restaurant employees to holistically ensure food safety and reduce food wastage. The outcome-based platform augments human-centric workflows with cutting-edge technologies like predictive AI and blockchain, to ultimately allow restaurants to notify and track food safety issues and occurrences. Its user-friendly web- and mobile-based interface is designed to make the most out of gamification to motivate restaurant employees to carry out food safety tasks without fail. The platform has comprehensive tutorials for staff training and provisions for suggesting corrective actions and giving feedback. The real time scoring feature help foster food safety workflow efficiencies. For owners, the platform enables easy self-inspection via an institutional-level dashboard. Those who operate multiple restaurants get a bird's eye view of their entire food portfolio. They can easily gain access to each location's performance and make better decisions on where to focus their resources.
Our food safety solutions are based on an award-winning behavioral method, which turns culinary safety into motivating tasks and preventive management
Phenium's food safety platform can continuously analyze food temperature and quality via smart sensors. It can also monitor fridge and freezer temperatures, which, in turn, helps to optimize refrigeration equipment usage to ultimately reduce energy wastage. This is of a heightened value, as refrigeration emits gases responsible for global warming, which majorly hampers cold chain, leading to even more food safety incidents. In addition, the platform features tamper-proof (blockchain-based) audit-ready data sharing, which reinforces trust between restaurants, insurance companies, and health/compliance authorities. This allows auditors, as well as restaurant owners, to pinpoint the very occurrence of a data point. In effect, Phenium provides a comprehensive picture to clients about their restaurant's operations in real-time and helps them prepare for health inspections and take necessary preventive measures.
Since its humble beginnings in 2016, Phenium has helped restaurants save upwards of 35,000 work hours and food worth 1,170,000 dollars from spoiling. "We've avoided over 2400 food safety incidents," prides Stenfors.Today, Pheniumcaters to several household names in the restaurants and food services landscape, including Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Eldorado Caesars, Garces Group, and Vegenation. The company also provides real-time food safety monitoring services to several large social media and high-tech companies in Silicon Valley.
Stenfors, who holds over 25 years of experience in global food safety performance and handling, plays a huge role in these achievements. In 2014, he was awarded the prestigious Black Pearl Award from the International Association of Food Protection. Backed by Stenfors' expertise and the power of its platform, Phenium is indeed inching closer to its bold and visionary goal of eradicating foodborne illnesses on a global scale. The future looks bright for the company.
Phenium
Phenium is a Food-Safety-as-a-Service solution that uses automation, behavioral science, and technologies to manage food safety
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Introducing Phenium: A New Way to Prevent Foodborne Illness
Foodborne illness is the plague of the restaurant industry. The CDC says that there are 31 different pathogens that cause foodborne illness in the United States. Every year, approximately 48 million Americans get sick, 128,000 require hospitalization, and 3,000 die due to foodborne diseases.
When an outbreak of foodborne illness is linked to a restaurant, that restaurant can suffer significant reputational damage and financial loss. According to CNN, Chipotle's stock plunged 37% and sales dropped 7% after E. coli hospitalized 22 people in 2015 and damaged the chain's "healthy food" image. ABC News says that Chipotle has agreed to pay a $25 million fine to resolve charges related to tainted food that allegedly sickened more than 1,100 people between 2015 and 2018.
The Importance of Temperature Monitoring
To prevent foodborne illnesses, restaurant staff must practice good hygiene and safe food handling. It's also important to monitor the temperature of food. Hot food must be kept hot enough and cold food must be kept cold enough. Otherwise, dangerous pathogens can flourish.
This means that the temperature must be monitored continuously. Restaurants also need to keep temperature logs so they can prove that they're maintaining safe temperatures. This is essential for safety, but when restaurant kitchens get busy, it can also be a drag on resources.
Food Waste Eats Profits
Although restaurants try to maintain safe temperatures, this isn't always possible.
After a power outage, restaurants may have to throw out thousands of dollars in food simply because they cannot guarantee that it is still safe. This is better than gambling with foodborne illnesses, but it is still far from ideal. Restaurants typically operate on thin profit margins, and food waste can push them into the red.
According to the USDA, approximately $161 billion worth of food was wasted at the consumer and retail level in a single year. Anything that can reduce this massive number is a good thing for both the restaurant industry and the environment.
The Phenium Solution
Powered by artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, Phenium is a digital safety platform for foodservice providers. It monitors refrigeration automatically to prevent foodborne illness, decrease labor requirements and reduce product loss.
With Phenium, users benefit from:
• Accurate data logging
• Live data streaming, cloud reporting, and automated alerts
• Real-time safety scores
• An automated safety process that can minimize product loss
• No need to track and log temperatures manually, saving valuable labor
This tool is even more important when you realize that you may not have insurance coverage for certain losses related to foodborne illnesses. For example, if you have to close your restaurant due to foodborne illness, you may not have coverage for the resulting business interruption.
Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, and Facebook have signed up for Phenium, and it's easy to see why they're excited about this new technology.
Heffernan clients who sign an annual agreement and go live with Phenium before December 31, 2021, will receive significant savings.
https://www.fbtechreview.com/phenium


National Barn Company Q&A - What is Post-Frame Building Construction?
A post-frame building sometimes referred to as Pole framing or post-frame construction pole building framing, pole building, and or pole barns... is a simplified building technique adapted from the traditional timber-framing technique. Instead of needing studs, steel framing or concrete masonry, post frame building simply uses large poles (or posts) buried into the ground.


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Hire a Medical Writing Institute medical writer or medical editor
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Welcome to the online home of the Medical Writing Institute.
We started out at MJoTA.org and moved partly to DrSusanna.org and to a Facebook page, Medical Writing Institute. Articles, videos, and links continue to be added and updated on MJoTA.org and DrSusanna.org.
On MJoTA.org are the syllabi for the three courses that make up the Certificate of Medical Writing of the Medical Writing Institute: health communications click here, regulatory documents click here, business click here. We additionally award the Certificate of Medical Affairs to members who have demonstrated understanding of regulations and processes in the development and marketing of drugs, devices and biologics click here.
May 10th, 2019. Where to publish
I read a long, thoughtful article in The Guardian about how medical journal publishers are making billions thanks to successful grant applications and academic promotions being tied to publications in prestige journals. Read it by following this link click here.
A lot of changes since my first article was published in 1974, and a lot of constants. The constants are that results and discussion of laboratory findings need to be published, and the career of scientists and academics depend on this. The changes are that publishing has been privatized, and is out of the hands of the scientists producing and analyzing the data, and the readers. Any attempts to take control of publishing is roundly criticized, with a derogatory term widely disseminated about journals attempting to be a rapidly publishing conduit: predatory journals.
Published findings used to be verified both by unpaid reviewers who had enormous power over competitors by voting up or down on a submitted manuscript, and by competing laboratories replicating experimental results. Personally, I prefer to forgo the unpaid reviewers, and let everything be published that is logically presented.
The original idea behind MJoTA was to publish original research using an external reviewer model; that quickly became untenable. MJoTA remains open to publishing original work that is well-written. If you have research and need help assembling it and editing it, our Medical Writing Institute fellows will help you.
July 11th, 2018. Vitamins and health
Extremely unethical: publishing large clinical study results in paywall journals, giving access only to media with large readership where stories are assigned to journalists with little understanding of statistics or health science, or to healthcare professionals who have little understanding of the tenets of ethical writing and its effects on the health of so many.
This time, the journal made the article freely available, but I had trouble finding it. The articles I read online, including from The Times of London, made it sound as if a longitudinal study was made by a large group of health professionals. Not at all. A healthcare professional organized published articles on the benefits of vitamins on stopping you from dropping dead of heart disease and prepared a review of these articles, calling it a meta-analysis.
Headlines today included: "Vitamin pills don't prevent heart attacks, study shows", The Times of London; worse was " Vitamins won't prevent a heart attack or make you live longer: study" from Global News. The articles that I read, and the story was carried widely throughout North America and Europe, was that vitamin supplementation is a ripoff.
You can read the review article yourself, by Joonseok Kim, Jaehyoung Choi, Soo Young Kwon, John W. McEvoy, Michael J. Blaha, Roger S. Blumenthal, Eliseo Guallar, Di Zhao and Erin D. Michos
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2018;11:e004224, originally published July 10, 2018 download here
If anyone would like to work on a Medical Writing Institute article in plain language about the advantages of vitamin, and mineral, supplementation, please contact Dr Dodgson click here
Pages on this site:
How to enroll in the Medical Writing Institute click here
Medical Writing Institute works with you to get you jobs and contracts click here
Hire a Medical Writing Institute medical writer or medical editor click here
Writing a focused resume click here
Writing about diseases click here
How to prepare a talk click here
How to prepare a primary data manuscript for a medical journal click here
How to write an article for a literature review or data review for a medical journal click here
Regulatory authorities click here
How do you know if your student wrote the assignment or paid someone to write it click here
Why Africa? click here
Is this the job you want in the international health industry? click here
Do not abuse medical writers click here
June 5th, 2018. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) gathered in Chicago to discuss what works, and what does not work, in treating those of us afflicted with cancer.
I generally have found that cancer meetings and treatments are all over the place, with those afflicted told to "seek second opinions" or third opinions, which suggests that few have any idea what works and does not work, and if anyone survives they were lucky. This perception is wrong, but because cancer plays by its own rules, and scientists and healthcare professionals have not figured out all the rules, some afflicted live years after a cancer diagnosis, perhaps the third opinion was the right one, and others, like my father (prostate cancer), my German mother-in-law (lung cancer), my neighbors (liver cancer, lung cancer, brain cancer) – I can go on and on – die rapidly.
What we know with absolute certainty is the best treatment for cancer is not getting it. ASCO publishes guidelines, and abstracts from their meeting, cancer scientists are slowly understanding more of the rules which is highly encouraging. https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/collections/asco-collections/43069
February 21, 2018. The Medical Writing Institute is hard at work preparing three short textbooks. We need input from life scientists and health professionals who are working medical writers, or aspiring medical writers, mentorees, past and present, and friends of the Medical Writing Institute.
The textbooks will list as authors anyone who works on these books, please contact Dr Dodgson if you are interested.
We are looking at publishing in late spring at least the first book, as a print book, and possibly the second or third. We are also seeking friends, fellows, members and mentorees of the Medical Writing Institute writing your own short print books for this series.
On February 12, 2018, a call for proposals for a small grant of $5,000 was published. The proposer needs to be a researcher, but does not have to be affiliated to an institution. Preparing this proposal would be a wonderful exercise for anyone associated with the Medical Writing Institute. Please contact me if this is something you would like to work on, if you are, I will work with you on it https://gtn-learning.org/news/2018-02-12/growth-through-nutrition-announces-call-proposals-small-research-grant-program
Rules for writing for humans click here
Medical Writing Institute has added an online quiz to its Survey Monkey account. The main purpose is for MWI Medical Writing and Medical Affairs Certifcates students to guage their progress, but they are open to everyone. I love doing quizzes, I do them all! I hope you enjoy learning how much you know, and finding out gaps that need to be filled, click here.
The Medical Writing Institute has been reaching out to universities in Asia: we are very happy to work with you on lab sciences and clinical manuscripts for PLoS, JAMA, Nature, J Biol Chem, J Appl Phyiol. All journals. Our members and fellows have worked on manuscripts for these journals and more. Our rates are competitive but not stupid; all work will be done by health and science professionals. MWI does not take a cut. Ever.
If all you really need is editing for grammar, we have members and fellows with science and health qualifications who primarily focus on editing, who will do that for you and send you back beautiful manuscripts with a cover letter ready to submit for publication.
The Medical Writing Institute's members include clinical trial experts who have worked on all aspects of clinical trials, including getting the funding, preparing protocols and getting them approved, setting up clinical trials, programming and statistics. We can send experts to help you set up a clinical trial.
MJoTA.org started out as the online home of the Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa, which started publication on January 15, 2007, as a class exercise for medical writing students. It still has that function: we will publish articles by professionals who have a career as a medical writer, or want one.
DrSusanna.org started life as MJoTA Under Attack, when MJoTA was being sued for $20 million in Brooklyn Federal Court by a woman who claims her father, when a small boy, rose from the dead after 3 days. She decided she really did not like me, and because she had a law license, she sued me, claiming I had published emails and articles making up a sexual affair with a New York newspaper publisher, when all she ever liked to do was pray and fast. I had not published anything, I did not know she was up to anything with anyone, nor did I care, but then the publisher provided 500 pages of proof of their relationship, and a simultaneous relationship with another man, oh my. Then a Kenyan living in an apartment in Minnesota, claiming to build university cities in Nigeria and Kenya joined her, suing me in Minnesota, because he really did not like me either.
What made the whole nonsense spectacular was that the daughter of the raised-from-the-dead-boy served me papers at an event for Africans for Bloomberg, in Mayor Bloomberg's campaign headquarters in New York. And hit me on the face with my own camera.
So I was feeling a little sorry for myself, which vanished after I spent 6 glorious weeks home in Australia with my wonderful brothers, who have never, and will never, understand why I chose to live in America. So the URL became DrSusanna.org.
My accuser? She was ordained, awarded a PhD in criminal justice, started a church in her expensive house in Westbury, New York. Ah. The cases were all thrown out because federal, state and local courts in the United States of America are not run like reality shows. For which I am truly grateful.
I have far too much hyperactivity, Asperger's, and scientific training to publish a website only about myself, although I find my relatives endlessly fascinating (some of them made international headlines with their deaths, and with their lives click here), and so I decided to post pages that teach about human rights issues and about African countries. And countries connected to Africa. And Caribbean countries. And New York. And Philadelphia… Six years of posting pages on DrSusanna.org. Lots of videos, audio casts, photographs…
Meanwhile I wanted a site for my publishing company: that is EmeraldPademelonPress.com. And one for issues focused on peace, that is PeaceScientists.org. Five websites are enough for now, let us hope for a long time.
Anyway, back to medical writing. I care passionately about medical writing, health communication, scientific translation, whatever you want to call it. Because good folks make decisions that impact their health, and their lives, depending on what they read, hear, and see.
The mission of the Medical Writing Institute is to train professionals to write accurately and ethically. And if you do not understand the science, do not write it, please partner with someone who does understand it. Nothing is worse than important clinical trials interpreted by an English major who has not understood why, how and what happened in the trial, but has written a beautiful piece of nonsense.
I have found that training in journalism and philosophy are excellent bases for careers in medical writing. But only if you stay curious, find out everything you do not know, learn everything about a disease from the molecule to the deathbed. Medical writing teachers have told me that teaching a humanities major about life sciences and medicine is easier than teaching writing to a scientist or a physician. The main take-home message is that you can make a good living with a job that requires excellent medical writing if you are humble and accept knowledge and training from reputable sources.
And I firmly believe that medical writers hold keys to fixing climate change. Because that is a health issue. Parasites that kill us and other life that sustain us can thrive or die when water stops or floods or swirls around. And war is a health issue. Nothing stops health quicker than being shot or blown up. And education is a health issue.
Pages on other MJoTA sites:
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The Medical Writing Institute trains science and health professionals in medical writing. We help you build your portfolio and give you the skills you need to market yourself for a career in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical writer or other professional. We will also tell you if a career as a medical writer is not for you, and direct you elsewhere.
All training is online when you enroll in the Medical Writing Institute directly. Faculty members are fluent in a number of Asian and European languages and will give onsite training throughout Asia, Europe, South America and the United States of America.
Award of a Medical Writing Institute Certificate requires proof that you understand the science behind disease and injury, drugs, devices, biologics and vaccines; that you understand statistical evidence; how experimental and observational data are published; can prepare grant and business proposals; know and your way around databases, and that you are nimble and accurate with language.
If you can read all the documents, with all the videos, complete all the assignments and pass all the exams in 10 weeks, then you will be awarded your certificate. If you do not pass, you will continue receiving instruction until you do. Applicants to the Medical Writing Institute are only accepted if they have a definite probability of achieving their goals, and really want to.
Medical writing is hard, more a marathon than a sprint.
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Best Dartmoor Walks, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park
Walking the highest ground on Dartmoor Dartmoor's Highest Points Circular Walk. High Willhays is the highest point on Dartmoor. Yes Tor is the second. They are located on the same broad ridge in the north west section of the National Park above Okehampton. If you've walked to the top of Pen...
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National Trust properties in Dartmoor National Park Castle Drogo near Chagford in the north east section of Dartmoor National Park. One of the Westcountry's most popular and important National Trust properties, Castle Drogo was the last castle to be built in England. Situated at the mouth of...
Best Dartmoor Outdoor Activities, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park
Walking This is the most popular activity on Dartmoor. Walk the high moors and visit the National Park's famous tors. We'd also recommend walking Dartmoor's many gorges and valleys. They're magnificent. There are plenty of other types of walks which take you around reservoirs or to prehistoric si...
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National Nature Reserves East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve. England's first National Nature Reserve in the east section of Dartmoor near the National Park gateway town Bovey Tracey and the iconic tor Haytor Rocks. Black-a-Tor Copse National Nature Reserve. Once featured on the BBC's '...
Best Dartmoor Picnic Spots, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park
Popular picnic spots with public toilet in the area Spitchwick (Deeper Marsh/Spitchwick Common). Picnic on the bank of the River Dart. Bellever Forest. Picnic on the banks of the East Dart River by the main car park. Fingle Bridge. Picnic on the bank of the River Teign across the river from...
Best Dartmoor Wild Swimming, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park
Most popular Spitchwick (Deeper Marsh/Spitchwick Common). The River Dart curls around a picnic area. The most popular wild swimming spot on Dartmoor. There's parking and public toilets by New Bridge. Paddling and picnics Bellever Forest The East Dart River skirts Bellever Forest....
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Pubs and inns The one Michelin-starred Treby Arms. The Three Crowns Inn in Chagford. The Globe Inn in Chagford. Fingle Bridge Inn at the beauty spot Fingle Bridge in the Teign Gorge. The Cleave Pub in Lustleigh. The Old Inn in Widecombe-in-the-Moor. The Warren Hou...
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Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centres Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) champion local products. Shop at Princetown National Park Visitor Centre in the heart of Princetown. Try also Postbridge National Park Visitor Centre near the iconic Postbridge Clapper Bridge in Postbridge and Haytor V...
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Views from tors North. Belstone Tors and Tors End and Higher Tor to Dartmoor's high north moor. East. Rippon Tor to Haytor Rocks. Blackingstone Rock across the hills of north east Dartmoor to the high north moor. South. Sharp Tor (South Dartmoor). West. Great Links Tor dow...
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Dartmoor is a great base from which to explore Devon and Cornwall. The A30/A38 provide great access to the region's most popular destinations. Best day trips from Dartmoor include: Exeter Visit Exeter Cathedral, Exeter Museum (Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery) and...
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The highest tors on Dartmoor High Willhays and Yes Tor. These are in the north west section of Dartmoor National Park above Okehampton. At 621 metres above sea level, High Willhays is the highest tor on Dartmoor and the highest point in southern England. Both High Willhays and Yes Tor are lo...
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(Pictured the Ring of Bells Inn in North Bovey) Award-winning pubs on Dartmoor The Rugglestone Inn near Widecombe in the Moor was voted one of the best UK country pubs in the BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards 2018. The Rugglestone Inn is in the east section of Dartmoor. Also try The Treby Arm...
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Stone Circles Scorhill Stone Circle. Very popular stone circle on the moor above Chagford. Head for Batworthy Corner and walk across. White Moor Stone Circle. Remote stone circle on the high north moor. The setting is stunning but it takes effort to visit. Nine Maidens Stone Circle. Impress...


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How to Become a Liberal Without Attending Harvard Divinity School
Some pastors start off liberal. I had a friend at Duke who was really into religion. In fact, he was so into religion that, unlike the rest of the guys in our freshmen dorm who came to Duke to become doctors or lawyers or engineers, he came in order to become a liberal minister. I don't remember which denomination he was headed into. I just remember being confused as to why anyone would go to an expensive school in order to pursue a low-paying career, the social standing of which was plummeting, just to talk about a book you thought wasn't true and a God you didn't think was there.
These comments are not for those pastors.
Other pastors, having started as evangelicals, become liberal. It's not that they begin to deny the Formula of Chalcedon or the Nicene Creed. It's not that they reject the bodily resurrection of Christ or the virgin birth. It's simply that, over the course of their ministry, sound doctrine increasingly takes a back seat to effective practice and the demands of a growing budget. Hard truths are replaced by happy thoughts, tips for a successful life, and programs designed to attract crowds whose content is devoted to making those crowds feel loved and accepted.
A lot of these pastors are evangelists at heart. They want to reach people with the good news of the gospel. Yet in their relentless search for a better method of communication, they don't always notice that they've trimmed the message in order to better communicate to the people.
Some of these comments apply to those pastors, but they're not really who I have in mind either.
The pastors I want to talk to are pastors like me. I don't mean to be a liberal like my undergraduate friend. And I'm not a rock star evangelist who's built a mega-church by walking the fine edge between relevance and faithfulness, always in danger of falling off that edge into a soft liberalism that loves Jesus, but mainly for what he can do for me, rather than for who he is.
No, I'm a pastor who loves Jesus because he's God Incarnate and who loves the gospel because it's true, regardless of how my life turns out. But I'm also a pastor at risk of becoming a liberal, because I don't just love God. I also love the sheep. And I love myself. And it's those two loves, wrongly focused, that tempt me down a gospel-denying path.
LOVING THE SHEEP MORE THAN THE GOOD SHEPHERD
A good and faithful pastor must love the sheep. That's the model Jesus set for us (John 10). But in fact, the New Testament never tells us as pastors to "love the sheep." Instead we're told to feed the sheep (John 21:15-17), to guard the sheep (Acts 20:28), and to set an example for the sheep (1 Pet 5:3).
But let's face it: the sheep don't always like the meals we've prepared for them; they sometimes chafe under the safeguards we put in place for them; they're not always impressed with the example we set for them. And it's at this point that our own wrongly ordered love for the sheep can lead us astray.
On the one hand, we can be so afraid of losing the love and affection of our sheep that we hold back from saying hard but true things that need to be said. This isn't typically the young pastor's failing, I think, so much as the well-established pastor's temptation. After years of ministry, a crisis occurs which requires you to rebuke good friends, or remove long-serving co-laborers from office, if you want to remain faithful to the gospel. Or a passage comes up that, if preached faithfully, might painfully offend a beloved family in the congregation. Or a long-time personal supporter is nominated to a church office, though, unbeknownst to all in the congregation but you, he's biblically disqualified. If the pastor's mindset has confused friendship with faithfulness, if he's come to value the love of the sheep more than the approval of the Good Shepherd, then he will have rationalized and accommodated and explained his way into compromise with sin and worldliness before he knows it. He will have taken the first step down the path to a liberalism that trims God's Word in favor of the love and esteem of others.
Recently I sat around a table with a group of leaders from another local church. We were talking about their slide not into liberalism but into ineffectiveness. As we talked about the Bible's critique of their situation, I asked how they got to this point. One wise elder spoke up and said, "Too often in the past, in the conflict between relationships and faithfulness to God's Word, relationships have won out." If we pastors are going to resist the pull to trim God's message for the sake of our congregation's approval, then we must have a mindset that values God's approval above all others.
On the other hand, we can be so impressed with our sheep that we change our message to fit their lives, rather than trusting our message to change their lives. This, I think, is more typical of some younger pastors. We haven't lived long enough to really know that the world always promises more than it delivers. So we're taken in by the glitter and the glam, and think that this time, in this particular case, the world won't disappoint. Older pastors know better. They've not only read 1 Corinthians 7:31, they've lived it.
For most of my adult life, I have been a pastor among the highly educated, the materially successful, and the politically powerful. It's not that I sought these people out as more strategic than others. It's simply where God's providence placed me. In these contexts, it is easy to be star-struck, dazzled by the success of my sheep, impressed by their careers and attainments, and not a little envious. And when big, successful, impressive sheep come to your office and share their thoughts on what Christianity is all about, how it relates to their own career path, and the priority of their work in the kingdom of God, it's easy to believe them.
But what happens when the impressive sheep tell you that their work is more important than evangelism, or faithful church membership? What happens when they tell you that working hard at their career is their witness? What happens when they tell you that their equally impressive non-Christian friends need a less embarrassing formulation of the gospel? If we're more impressed by the sheep than we are by the Good Shepherd, the answer is simple: we will accommodate these sheep to the point that being a Christian never, ever, ever interferes with their impressive lives. The world and its demands for an impressive life will determine the shape of the sheep's discipleship, and our teaching will simply come along to accessorize their worldliness with a few Christian add-ons. If we would call people to follow Christ, and not this world, then above all else we must be impressed by the way of the cross, and by the Good Shepherd who laid down his life there.
LOVING MYSELF MORE THAN MY LORD
It's not just, or even mainly, my wrongly ordered love of the sheep that pulls me toward liberalism. Even more powerful is my love of self. More than once in the New Testament, our powerful self-love is used as a measure for how we should love others. So we're to love our neighbor as our self (Mat. 19:19) and we're to love our wives as our own bodies (Eph 5:28). But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about a pride that not only is fully committed to my own glory but that's devoted to getting you to recognize my superior glory as well. Self-love is never content with its own love. It wants everyone else's adoration as well.
How does prideful self-love pull me toward liberalism? I'm pulled toward liberalism when I become more concerned that you think my sermons are brilliant than that they are faithful or useful. It does it when I use my gifts of creativity, or rhetoric, or administration, or analysis to build my own reputation as a super-pastor, rather than put them to the service of the kingdom of God. It does it when I'm content to build a ministry based on my personality, rather than on the power of the gospel. It does it when I become selfish with my pulpit, or when I refuse to hire staff or recognize lay leaders whose strengths might highlight my weaknesses.
But my prideful self-love isn't just about me and how I appear to others. It shows itself in how I respond to challenges as well. It's pride that tempts me to think that the answer to any ministry problem is a better methodology, a clearer communication strategy, a more effective program. It's pride that causes me to shortchange prayer for planning. It's pride that causes me to lose patience with subordinates and to be offended at the mistakes of others. At the root of my pride is the conviction that the power to solve every challenge lies within me, if I can just bring enough creativity and intelligence and preparation to bear.
But of course, what this means is that I will never attempt anything in ministry that I can't figure out in advance. It's not that I won't be a risk taker. It's that none of my risks will be steps of faith. Rather, every risk I take will be calculated and leveraged based on my personality, my skill set, my experience. And what that means is that the ministry I build, be it small or great, will be a monument to no one's glory but my own. If we as pastors want to resist the temptation to build a ministry to our own glory, then we must be captivated by the glory of the Lord.
A LIBERAL BY ANY OTHER NAME…SMELLS THE SAME
If you want to be a true theological liberal, then you really should go to Harvard Divinity School, or at least read the books they recommend. But the fact is, there's more than one way to become a liberal. The liberal theology of Harvard Divinity traded the knowledge of God for the knowledge of man. God's revelation in Jesus Christ ceased to be the measure of truth, and in its place was substituted a lesser measure, one of our own devising. Yet the kind of liberal pastors that I'm talking to here, the kind that I'm in constant danger of becoming, are no different. We may not have read Bultmann; we may be offended at JEPD. But to the extent that we have made the estimation of man the measure of our ministry, to the extent that we have allowed the sheep to determine the shape of our preaching or our own pride to set the boundaries of our labor, we have become liberals. May God protect us from such a mindset, and instead give us the mind of Christ, who laid down his life for the sheep, but not to their judgment. Instead, like the Good Shepherd, let us entrust ourselves "to Him who judges justly," and from him "receive the crown of glory that will never fade away" (1 Pet. 2:23, 5:4).
Michael Lawrence is the senior pastor of Hinson Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon. You can find him on Twitter at @pdxtml.
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K-9 Removed From Handler After Video Surfaces Showing Officer Punching Animal
After a video surfaced showing a Vacaville Police Department officer punching his K-9 in the neck, the department has removed the dog from the officer's home.
Vacaville police also launched an investigation into the officer's actions.
Video of the incident was originally posted to Facebook, and showed the officer holding the K-9 down with his legs, then reaching back and hitting the dog in the face, SFGate reports.
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Witness Robert Palomino recorded the incident on his phone.
Witness Robert Palomino later said the officer punched the dog multiple times before the incident shown in the Facebook video.
"I heard a dog crying, when I looked, the officer was punching the dog over and over and got shocked about it," Palomino wrote. "… I'm sure he saw me, he stopped beating the dog when he saw me and went behind those trailers in the video."
According to Fox KTVU, the San Francisco SPCA categorized the incident as "animal abuse."
An officer with the Vacaville Police Department is shown striking his K-9.
"The San Francisco SPCA, being a leader in dog behavior and training, would like the public to know that physically threatening or harming an animal is never acceptable, regardless of the animal's behavior," reads the organization's statement on the video.
Jeannine Berger, a veterinary behaviorist and the San Francisco SPCA's vice president of rescue and welfare, said aggressive training methods are unnecessary and problematic.
"It's a misguided belief that dogs need to be dominated to be trained. The idea that a person must assume the 'alpha' position pervades our society and has significantly damaged the welfare of our canine companions and put many handlers at risk for serious injuries," Berger said.
"Being aggressive toward your dog will often cause your dog to become more fearful, anxious and potentially aggressive," Berger continued. "This popular belief is causing serious harm to pets and working dogs alike. It hurts our relationship with our dogs and causes more problems than it solves."
The dog has been removed from its handler and placed with a third party.
The department, which declined to identify the officer or dog involved, removed the dog from the handler and placed it in the care of a third party. A veterinarian who examined the dog later found no lasting signs of injury.
"We understand how disturbing the video appears to many who view it and the range of emotions it creates. What the video doesn't show is the moments prior, when the canine became aggressive towards his handler," read a statement from the police department. "We want to assure the public this incident is being evaluated in its entirety and will be investigated appropriately."
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Published: Monday, June 19th, 2017 at 7:49pm
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SANTA FE — It appears that a second Colorado man has lost his life looking for Forrest Fenn's treasure in New Mexico near the Rio Grande, spurring New Mexico's State Police Chief Pete Kassetas to call the treasure hunt "stupid" and implore Fenn to finally call it off.
"I think it's stupid," Kassetas told the Journal on Monday. "If there is indeed a treasure out there, he should pull it. He has the moral obligation at this point to stop this insanity. He's putting lives at risk."
Fenn, a Santa Fe author and antiquities collector/dealer, published a poem in an autobiographical book in 2010 said to include clues on where to find the treasure. Interest in the treasure exploded when Fenn appeared on NBC's "The Today Show" in 2013. The poem includes reference to "warm waters," a creek and "water high."
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State Police Lt. Elizabeth Armijo said 52-year-old Paris Wallace of Grand Junction, Colo., last had contact with his family June 13 and was reported missing the next day. Wallace's wife told officers that he went to New Mexico to look for Fenn's treasure — a chest with over $1 million worth of gold coins, jewels and artifacts that Fenn says he hid somewhere in the Rocky Mountains north of Santa Fe.
Paris Wallace, from his Facebook page.
Wallace's car was found Thursday around 2:30 p.m. near the Taos Junction Bridge on N.M. 570 near Pilar, Armijo said. Sunday, State Police recovered a body in the Rio Grande about seven miles downstream. Authorities were still trying to positively identify the body Monday. But Armijo said "all evidence thus far indicates the deceased is Paris Wallace."
Randy Bilyeu
In January 2016, another Colorado man, 54-year-old Randy Bilyeu of Broomfield, disappeared while searching for the treasure along the Rio Grande west of Santa Fe. His raft was found soon after, but the body wasn't recovered until about six months later, in the river just north of Cochiti Lake.
State search and rescue crews, made up of about 1,000 volunteers, were involved in the searches in both cases. Kassetas voiced frustration Monday with having to take volunteers away from their day jobs to look for people who've gone on a treasure hunt that he said Fenn should put an end to. "Every time this happens, we send people out into the wilderness, taking valuable time and effort to find these individuals," the chief said. "Those resources are better used elsewhere." Kassetas said he plans on contacting Fenn personally to ask him to call off the hunt.
Fenn on Monday declined to answer emailed questions from the Journal about whether he should call off the treasure hunt, how many people should die or be injured before he calls it off or whether he plans on releasing more clues on the treasure's whereabouts. "I don't care to answer your questions, sir," Fenn wrote.
Last year, he told the Journal, "As with deer hunters and fishermen, there is an inherent risk that comes with hiking the canyons and mountain trails. The treasure is not hidden in a dangerous spot, and I have said that no one should search in a place where an 80-year-old man could not hide it."
Fenn did tell Westword, a Denver weekly, on Monday that his "heart is heavy" with the news of Wallace's death. "I pray for his family, his friends and his congregation," he said. He added, "Yes, there is always some risk in whatever you do, but millions of people successfully hike in the mountains each year."
Sacha Johnston, a Fenn treasure enthusiast from Albuquerque who helped coordinate a volunteer search for Bilyeu last year, said Monday that Fenn should "absolutely not" call off the hunt. "People die driving to work everyday," she said. "Should people stop driving? I think it's a matter of care and proper planning. You should never go anywhere hiking alone. My deepest condolences to (Wallace's) family. I hope they're able to find peace."
Linda Bilyeu, Randy Bilyeu's ex-wife, has said that she believes the treasure is a hoax and reiterated Monday that the hunt should end. "I'll be critical until this madness ends," Bilyeu said. "Another family is left behind to grieve. This treasure hunt will forever haunt my daughters and grandchildren."
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Michael Lohan has had happier times. First he found himself the target of an online scolding from his actress daughter Lindsay Lohan over comments he made to the media about her girlfriend Samantha Ronson, and then only days later came the unfortunate death of his father.
But instead of the loss of a loved one bringing father and daughter Lohan closer together, Lindsay's absence from her grandfather's wake and funeral has many whispering that the divide between the two is getting deeper every day.
"To date, I have not said anything about Lindsay not being at my dad's wake or funeral. But I will say this: Lindsay is my daughter. I love her… I forgive her (as I hope she and Dina's family forgive me). And nothing will ever stop me from doing so.
"She is a big girl, and can and will make her own decisions… For all of us, it is between us and God.
"As for Dina and my other children, I will say that they have been extremely supportive and we have brought things to new and better levels than ever. It is a shame that sometimes it takes tragedy to see the light, but we have, and God does work in mysterious ways."


Darrell Issa votes down a resolution that called on the Justice Department to give Congress records about any "criminal or counterintelligence" investigations into relationships between Trump and Russia.
Rep. Darrell Issa on Tuesday voted against a resolution that sought to shed some light on any ties President Donald Trump may have with the Kremlin, just days after he broke with the White House and called for an independent investigation into whether Russia interfered with the presidential election.
The resolution called on the Justice Department to give Congress records about any "criminal or counterintelligence" investigations into relationships between Trump — and his administration and business interests — and Russia.
Issa said that the resolution, introduced by Democrats, would have created a political rather than impartial review.
On "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night, Issa called for a "special prosecutor" to investigate possible Russian interference in the presidential election. Earlier this week and on Tuesday, Issa slightly clarified that remark saying that he wanted an "independent review" of the matter.
A Democratic campaign organization that has targeted Issa's seat for the 2018 midterm election criticized his vote and said it prevents the public from knowing Trump's involvement with Russia.
Instead of the resolution, Issa said it's more appropriate for the committee to send Attorney General Jeff Sessions a letter that asks him to voluntarily agree to keep Congress informed about the results of Trump's foreign interests before taking more forceful action.
He told other committee members that he was known for his tenacity when he led the House Oversight Committee for getting answers to questions, and he will be just as forceful if the Justice Department does not keep Congress informed.
He said he also supports investigations by other congressional committees on the relationship between Trump and Russia. He added that he still believes an independent investigator with no political conflicts should conduct a separate inquiry on any Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Issa said the resolution the committee considered was tainted by politics.
"Instead of making progress towards a truly impartial investigation, the resolution considered today would have moved the congressional review process in the opposite direction," he said.
But the resolution's sponsor, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, said that his measure would cut through roadblocks from Republicans who have tried to prevent a review of Trump's ties to Russia.
"That is why I introduced my resolution, which directs the Department of Justice to provide the House of Representatives with any and all information it posses related to any conflicts of interests, any ethical violations, and any improper ties to Russia by President Trump or his associates," Nadler said.
Sessions, who had been a part of Trump's campaign, has a conflict of interest that prevents him from impartially investigating foreign ties, Nadler said, noting the White House has dismissed questions by insisting there's nothing to investigate.
The measure, a rarely considered "resolution of inquiry" failed 18 to 16 along party lines.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said Issa's vote will keep the public in the dark.
"The American people deserve to know if President Trump is enriching himself and his boosters in Moscow instead of protecting our national security and growing our economy," DCCC spokesman Patrick Burgwinkle said in a statement.
On Tuesday, Issa appeared to clarify his statement from the talk show. In the committee hearing, he said there is "no such thing as a special prosecutor," suggesting that he referenced a now defunct office in the Justice Department on the show.