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Проект Extra.Im Сознание существует независимо от головного мозга
Сознание существует независимо от головного мозга
Dying to know the truth: visions of a dying brain, or false memories?
Christopher C French
The nature ofmind-brain relationships and the possibility of life-after-death are some of the most profound issues relating to mankind's place in the universe. Thereport in today's Lancet by Pim van Lommel and colleagues of near-deathexperiences (NDEs) in survivors of a cardiac arrest provides intriguing datathat are relevant to these issues. Theirs is the second prospective study ofthis type, the first being a smaller-scale study done in Southampton by Parniaand colleagues.1 Both groups of researchers think that theirfindings indicate a need for radical revision of current assumptions about therelationship between consciousness and brain function.
The nature of mind-brain relationships and the possibility of life-after-death are some of the most profound issues relating to mankind's place in the universe. The report in today's Lancet by Pim van Lommel and colleagues of near-death experiences (NDEs) in survivors of a cardiac arrest provides intriguing data that are relevant to these issues. Theirs is the second prospective study of this type, the first being a smaller-scale study done in Southampton by Parnia and colleagues.1 Both groups of researchers think that their findings indicate a need for radical revision of current assumptions about the relationship between consciousness and brain function. van Lommel and colleagues ask, "How could a clear consciousness outside one's body be experienced at the moment that the brain no longer functions during a period of clinical death with flat EEG?". But the truth is that nobody knows when the NDEs reported by these patients actually occurred. Was it really during the period of flat EEG or might they have occurred as the patients rapidly entered or gradually recovered from that state?
Elsewhere, Parnia and Fenwick have reviewed NDEs during cardiac arrest and have considered the latter possibility.2 They think that such an explanation is unlikely, mainly because of anecdotal reports of patients accurately recalling events that took place during the actual cardiac arrest, apparently during the out-of-body experience (OBE) phase of the NDE. An OBE can be defined as an experience in which a person seems to perceive the world from a location outside the physical body. One such anecdote was reported to van Lommel and colleagues during the pilot phase of their study by a coronary-care-unit nurse. Unfortunately, they do not report whether any attempt was made to corroborate details with the patient. On many previous occasions such attempts at corroboration have revealed that the evidence was not as impressive as it initially seemed.3 Blackmore4 lists several alternative non-paranormal explanations as to why people may sometimes seem to accurately describe events occurring during their NDEs. These include "information available at the time, prior knowledge, fantasy or dreams, lucky guesses, and information from the remaining senses. Then there is selective memory for correct details, incorporation of details learned between the NDE and giving an account of it, and the tendency to tell a good story".
Having said that, the OBE component of the NDE offers probably the best hope of launching any kind of serious attack on current concepts of the relationship between consciousness and brain function. Parnia and colleagues1 had hidden targets on boards suspended from the ceiling of the wards used in their study, in the hope that if any patient reported an OBE during their cardiac arrest, they would subsequently be able to identify the targets. Unfortunately, none of the four patients who experienced an NDE in the study experienced an OBE as part of the NDE. However, if reports of veridical perception during OBEs were to be forthcoming in future studies, they would represent a very strong challenge to any non-paranormal explanation of the NDE.
van Lommel and colleagues' report raises the possibility of a new potential artefact in such studies. It seems that at least some NDEs may be the result of false memories, of the mind trying to retrospectively "fill in the gap" after a period of cortical inactivity. The investigators report that, at the 2-year follow-up, four of 37 patients contacted to act as controls (ie, people who had not initially reported an NDE) reported that they had had one. Although these patients represent fewer than 1% of the total sample, they represent over 10% of the 37 patients interviewed with a view to acting as controls. If this subsample is at all representative, it implies that around 30 patients from the sample of 282 who initially denied an NDE would, if they had survived for another 2 years, be claiming that they had had one. van Lommel and colleagues suggest that these patients may have been unwilling or unable to describe their NDEs in the first interview, but no attempt seems to have been made to corroborate these possibilities with the patients themselves. It seems likely that at least some patients, on hearing about other survivors' NDEs, would start to imagine what it would have been like if they had had the same experience. Recent psychological studies have shown conclusively that simply imagining that one has had experiences that had in fact never been encountered will lead to the development of false memories for those experiences.5, 6, 7 Interestingly, susceptibility to false memories correlates with tendency to dissociate,8, 9 which in turn correlates with the tendency to report NDEs.
Perhaps the switching of classification of patients represents nothing more than changes in definition of NDE at different stages of the study. This possibility may receive some support from the fact that, at the 2-year follow-up, over a third of the 17 patients who had originally reported superficial NDEs were then deemed to not have had NDEs at all. Another possibility is ordinary forgetting. Such problems must be rectified in future studies because their overall effect would be to blur the distinction between NDE and non-NDE-patients. This overlap would make it much more difficult to identify possible physiological and psychological differences between the groups. Nevertheless, the prospective nature of the studies by van Lommel and colleagues and Parnia and colleagues is to be welcomed as a major advance over previous retrospective approaches.
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The impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing employment and wages in Egypt 1990-2007
Said, Mona and Elshennawy, Abeer (2010): The impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing employment and wages in Egypt 1990-2007. Published in: International Research Journal of Finance and Economics No. 46 (2010): pp. 138-159.
This paper explores the impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing employment and wages over a period 1993-2006, a period coinciding with significant reduction in trade barriers and rising unemployment. Despite increasing import penetration, the paper shows that employment has increased across all manufacturing industries. Data from Egypt's labor market survey confirm that layoffs as a result of trade liberalization is not among the factors responsible for unemployment. On the other hand, regression analysis shows that the reduction in tariffs and increasing export orientation has been associated with an increase in wages in manufacturing industries though the role of export orientation in influencing poor wages has not been significant. Meanwhile, quantile regressions reveal that the impact of both the reduction in tariffs and increase in export orientation has not been uniform across the different quantiles of the wage distribution. The paper further points out to the possibility that further reduction of trade barriers might lead to high adjustment costs in terms of long spells of unemployment or lower pay on grounds of old age and low educational attainment of Egypt's work force. Adjustment policies in the form of direct job search assistance as country experience illustrates is considered to be the most appropriate form of adjustment assistance.
Trade liberalization; employment; wages; adjustment costs; adjustment assistance
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Power sector reforms are new Lebanese governments' ultimate test
Ali Ahmad, Mounir Mahmalat, Paul Noumba Um, Jamal Saghir
The formation of a new government in Lebanon — after more than a year of political deadlock and amid an economic crisis of dizzying severity — is a positive development. The scale of Lebanon's economic challenges, however, requires a new government capable of breaking with its predecessors' deliberate inaction. It necessitates strong and genuine political leadership, will, and action to tackle the country's many pressing challenges, especially in its dysfunctional energy sector. At the center of Lebanon's economic woes, the energy sector alone has contributed to about 40% of the country's public debt since 1992. Despite such high levels of spending, Lebanon's electricity supply ranks among the worst worldwide, with near complete blackouts plaguing citizens during the summer heat of July and August. Simply put, Lebanon cannot afford to waste another opportunity to reform its electricity sector.
A structural reform of the sector is of immediate priority to achieve economic recovery. Blocked for decades by political paralysis within an elite-level arrangement incapable of delivering reforms, Lebanon's present-day crises offer a window of opportunity to finally deliver change. These crises can produce a new political settlement in which electricity sector reforms must be a major component.
Chief among these reforms is the establishment and operationalization of an electricity regulatory authority (ERA), an independent institution tasked with, among other things, setting tariffs and supervising contracts with the private sector for electricity production and distribution. While Lebanon's lawmakers stipulated the creation of an ERA as early as 2002 (Law 462/2002), it still awaits establishment to this day.
The current context of coalition building as manifested in the creation of a new government, however, risks plunging the creation of an ERA into a "political economy trap." A hastily created ERA, established just to please the international community, could be subjected to Lebanon's elusive elite-level arrangement that will likely undermine its independence and effectiveness as an impartial regulator. The institution would be held hostage to the same mechanisms of rent generation and distribution among elites that have undermined the effectiveness of many other regulatory authorities created over the past decades. That way, an ERA would "trap" citizens in what would be little more than a continuation of the status quo in a more palatable institutional arrangement.
A complex political economy
The Lebanese context provides a complex set of political economy challenges that make the creation of an ERA elusive. Lebanon has a weak and diffused system of governance, making it prone to elite-level influence. Without an ERA, it is the minister of energy and water (and informally her/his political party) that exercises authority over the sector, acting simultaneously as the key policymaker, supervisor of implementation, and regulator (primarily by license issuing and sector planning). Such authorities in a weak system of governance allowed the state-owned utility Electricité du Liban (EDL) to become a vehicle for rent extraction and distribution through its contracting and employment practices.
An independent regulator, then, would introduce governance changes that will lead to a realignment of existing clientelist relationships between political and business elites. While the effects on the distribution of rents are difficult to forecast, these realignments could create an opportunity for change. The present-day crises have caused a struggle over a new political settlement, which needs to adapt to incorporate an ERA.
The role of the ministry, however, would hardly be minimized. When much of the technocratic work of regulation is entrusted to an independent regulatory agency, the ministry would be free to concentrate its resources on its core tasks, which are political in nature. These tasks involve planning public investment in infrastructure, shaping policy regarding public-private partnerships, and restructuring the sector, which will remain with the ministry and benefit from increased attention from its administration. Moreover, while the ERA would be entrusted with tariff determination, the final decision on these tariffs will remain with the cabinet of ministers.
The risk of "regulatory capture"
Lebanon's crises, however, exert significant pressures on elites to allocate the remaining economic rents of the economy and the sector. A newly appointed regulatory institution therefore risks falling prey to the same mechanisms of elite capture that plague many other government institutions. From the banking sector, one of the origins of the current financial crisis, to telecom, where the mismatch between service and tariff is the highest in the world, to the Council of Development and Reconstruction, where politically connected firms receive inflated contracts, regulatory bodies in Lebanon have failed in performing their primary role of protecting the public's interests.
These institutions demonstrate that Lebanon's elites are unlikely to leave the makeup of an ERA up to chance (or technical expertise, for that matter). Such institutions come to life to solve problems of resource allocation. Designed with insufficient oversight, an ERA risks becoming a "political economy trap," by serving as yet another mechanism for rent distribution.
What can be done in the short term?
These risks of elite capture dissuade us away from making progress on energy sector reform entirely contingent on the establishment of an ERA that is not fully independent. An ERA will not, by itself, produce the electricity that is needed to mitigate the adverse effects of power shortages for Lebanon's population and economy. There exist several well-known approaches to improve the sector in the short term, such as by facilitating investments in renewable energies, which politicians have failed to implement to date.
How, then, can reforms in the power sector be implemented? We see two guidelines that can help in doing so.
First, political factions need to formulate a clear vision for the future design of the energy sector. Past attempts to do so have failed as the status quo provided extensive benefits to elites. In light of the current crisis that led to deflated prices and a dearth of investment, a new vision is more likely as established mechanisms of rent extraction have changed. This vision needs to be part of a new and broader political settlement, a grand bargain, in which elites understand how the costs and benefits of an independent ERA will be distributed among themselves and their constituencies. Such a new settlement needs to include the reform of other institutions and sectors, such as banking and telecom, in that elites re-balance the rents these sectors generate.
The present-day overlapping crises as well as the upcoming presidential, parliamentary, and municipal elections in 2022 present an important opportunity to arrive at such a new settlement. Given the depth of the crises and the dysfunctional political and administrative responses to them, a new settlement is pretty much a precondition for economic recovery to set in. Several new political parties are poised to exploit the negative public sentiment towards central elites and to challenge the distribution of political power during the elections, providing hope to gradually change the nature of political exchange.
Second, national and international stakeholders need to facilitate the building of coalitions to ensure the buy-in of both local and national elites. Previous work shows how coalitions that involve all concerned stakeholders, including municipalities, can facilitate solutions at the local level. Coalition building requires a change in thinking about how development initiatives are planned: away from centralized approaches to work primarily with central government institutions, such as ministries, towards projects and initiatives that engage a decentralized set of actors, such as via performance-based grant facilities for local development that require local actors to collaborate. The IMPACT platform is a recent example of such an approach, where a new technological infrastructure to engage local actors led to a realignment of interests and new norms of accountability between local governments and central auditors.
Outlook: An opportunity for Lebanon and beyond
In the past, Lebanon's elites could get away with piecemeal and partial reforms as a bargaining chip for international financial support, which eventually served to perpetuate a regime of clientelism and extractive rent-seeking. The introduction of an ERA must evade this trap and avoid implicitly supporting elites in their unwavering efforts to uphold their extractive regime.
Rebuilding trust between the state and citizens is critical for an inclusive recovery not only in Lebanon, but in the wider Middle East. Citizens, and youth in particular, want to be actively involved in formulating and implementing reforms that are crucial to rebuilding a state that delivers for its people. Electricity sector reform and the establishment of an independent ERA should exemplify how a new social contract can be devised between citizens and states. That way, Lebanon has a unique opportunity to serve as an example and set a standard for the whole region.
Ali Ahmad is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a World Bank consultant.
Mounir Mahmalat is a Senior Researcher at The Policy Initiative.
Paul Noumba Um is the Regional Director of the MENA Infrastructure Department at the World Bank.
Jamal Saghir is a Professor of Practice at the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University.
The views expressed in this piece are their own.
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Dassault Balzac
Dassault started work on vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) at the beginning of the 1960s and elected to modify the original Mirage III-001 prototype for VTOL research. This used the cockpit, wings and vertical tail of the Mirage III married to a similar but new fuselage containing a 4850-lb (2200-kg) thrust Bristol Orpheus turbojet for forward propulsion and eight 2160-lb (980-kg) thrust Rolls-Royce RB.108 turbojets mounted vertically for direct lift. These were installed in four groups of two on each side of the centreline fore and aft of the centre of gravity. These lift engines featured retractable intake grilles and the exhausts were covered by fairing doors during normal forward flight.
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John Doyle on Anne: "Sublimely Reinvigorated"
By Benjamin Lefebvre / 15 March 2017 16 September 2019 / Screen / Anne with an E, John Doyle, The Globe and Mail
The upcoming CBC/Netflix television series Anne with an "E" has received a glowing review in The Globe and Mail by John Doyle, who calls the series "sublimely reinvigorated":
This version, on the evidence of Sunday's two-hour opener, is not reverential, nor is it overcontemporized, but it affords Anne Shirley an agency that is formidable. . . . It imagines rather than remembers or reveres previous versions, no matter how beloved they were. This Anne should be approached and appreciated in the same spirit – it's a sublimely reinvigorated Anne of Green Gables.
Anne and Jane Eyre
By Benjamin Lefebvre / 13 March 2017 10 September 2019 / Screen / Anne with an E, Charlotte Brontë
My PVR machine has revealed the titles of the first two episodes of Anne with an "E": "Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny" and "I Am No Bird, and No Net Ensnares Me." Both are allusions to Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, which had a profound influence on L.M. Montgomery's writing.
This highly anticipated series premieres on CBC Television next Sunday, March 19, and on Netflix on Friday, May 12. Several clips have been posted to the Anne web page at CBC.ca, including a scene, released last week on International Women's Day, depicting the women of the Avonlea sewing circle discussing the term "feminism."
Anne of Dundas Square
By Benjamin Lefebvre / 7 March 2017 9 June 2018 / Screen / Anne with an E
Yesterday after work I came across two ads for the upcoming CBC/Netflix television series Anne with an "E"—the first in Dundas Square and the second at a bus stop in Parkdale.
Anne of Dundas Square, a billboard ad found in Toronto on 6 March 2017.
Bus stop ad seen in Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto, 6 March 2017.
Anne will premiere in March on CBC in Canada and in May on Netflix internationally.
Trailer for Anne on CBC Website
By Benjamin Lefebvre / 1 March 2017 10 September 2019 / Screen / Anne with an E
Earlier today, the CBC website released an official trailer for Anne with an "E", the upcoming series that will premiere in Canada on Sunday, March 19. It has also released a two-minute clip from the first episode. Check it out, along with information about cast and crew, on the Anne web page at CBC.ca!
Premiere Dates for CBC/Netflix's Anne
By Benjamin Lefebvre / 8 February 2017 16 September 2019 / Screen / Anne with an E, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Netflix
The premiere dates for CBC/Netflix's upcoming series Anne with an "E" were announced today on the website The Televixen: the first episode will air Sunday, March 19 on CBC Television and on Friday, May 12 on Netflix! The series, written and created by Moira Walley-Beckett, will consist of a first season of seven episodes.
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By Benjamin Lefebvre / 14 January 2016 26 November 2019 / Screen / Anne of Green Gables, Anne with an E, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Moira Walley-Beckett / 2 Comments
Anne of Green Gables Meets Breaking Bad? Source: Unknown.
As I reported yesterday, news broke this week that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had ordered an eight-episode limited series based on L.M. Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables from producer Moira Walley-Beckett, whose past writing credits include the television series Breaking Bad. The news received rather mixed comments, judging by the comments left on various news sites and even on the Facebook page for L.M. Montgomery Online: for some commentators, Sullivan Entertainment's 1985 miniseries is of such high quality that any attempt to remake it is pointless (for several fans, no one but Megan Follows can ever play Anne), whereas others voiced concern about the decision to hire Walley-Beckett to helm the project, given not only her past writing credits but also the statement that the series would "chart new territory" by depicting "new adventures reflecting timeless issues, including themes of identity, sexism, bullying, prejudice, and trusting one's self."
In the midst of this mixed reaction, several additional articles were released in the last few days, emphasizing why a new take on L.M. Montgomery's 108-year-old novel is not only understandable but absolutely necessary:
Nora Caplan-Bricker's "Why Anne of Green Gables Is a Patron Saint of Female Outsiders," on Slate;
Jocelyn Rish's "Who Should Star in the 'Anne of Green Gables' Remake?"on MTV;
Lorilee Cracker's "7 Reasons Why This Anne of Green Gables Superfan Welcomes the New Miniseries," on her blog Peace, Love, & Raspberry Cordial;
Sarah Seltzer's "What Do Nancy Drew and 'Anne of Green Gables' Have to Offer the Age of Peak TV?" on Flavorwire;
Heather Dockray's "What 'Anne of Green Gables' Could Look Like with a 'Breaking Bad' Writer," on Mashable
As for me, I'm thrilled that a talented writer/producer wants to interpret Montgomery's best-known novel and ever-appealing protagonist for the twenty-first century, just as I am always fascinated by adaptations of Anne of Green Gables and its sequels for stage and screen, from a 1934 Hollywood "talkie" and Kevin Sullivan's work to the recent hit play Anne and Gilbert and Breakthrough Entertainment's upcoming telefilm. Given how meaningful the character Anne Shirley is to so many readers worldwide, surely there is room for a new take on this ever-popular character.
New Anne Television Series Greenlit by CBC
By Benjamin Lefebvre / 13 January 2016 26 November 2019 / Screen / Alison Owen, Anne of Green Gables, Anne with an E, Debra Hayward, Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett / 2 Comments
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced yesterday that it had greenlit a new, eight-episode television series based on Anne of Green Gables. Entitled Anne, the project is expected to go into production this spring for release sometime in 2017. The project will be created and written by Moira Walley-Beckett, who received an Emmy Award for her work as a writer on the television series Breaking Bad and who will serve as executive producer alongside Miranda de Pencier, Alison Owen, and Debra Hayward.
At its heart, ANNE is a coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for acceptance, for her place in the world and for love. The drama series centres on a young orphaned girl who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly spinster and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live, with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination. While the new series will follow a similar storyline to the book that millions of readers around the world know and love, it will also chart new territory. Anne and the rest of the characters in and around Green Gables will experience new adventures reflecting timeless issues, including themes of identity, sexism, bullying, prejudice, and trusting one's self.
This story has been reported widely, in venues including The Hollywood Reporter, The Toronto Star, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Tonight Canada, The Guardian, the National Post, Quill and Quire, and Jezebel. The satiric website The Beaverton has also commented on this development, in a news story entitled "CBC Courts Younger Viewers with Another Reboot of 100 Year Old Novel":
"Kids these days are done with stories where things happen," said CBC consultant and world's oldest child psychologist Obadiah Sugarman. "We'll finally be giving them the stiff Victorian morality that I assume is in vogue. Not to mention, doing a period piece is a great way to make sure white people are adequately represented on television."
"I can't wait for yet more Anne," enthused 22 year-old Alexandra Lewis, who has only been alive for 7 of Anne's over two dozen adaptations. "Honestly there's no better use of public funds than promoting the work of a long-dead, already immensely popular author."
Jokes aside, what few if any of these reports has mentioned is that a new telefilm version of Anne of Green Gables by Toronto company Breakthrough Productions is already in post-production and is expected to air on YTV in the months to come, or that a film version of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical was announced as in development in September 2013. And what none of the sites reporting on this story has noted, as far as I know, is that producer Miranda de Pencier portrayed Josie Pye in three Anne of Green Gables miniseries by Sullivan Entertainment.


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In a letter to Bahria Town's Chief Executive, PEMRA says no satellite television broadcast license has been issued to them. Bahria Town ran advertisements in national dailies on November 8, seeking staff for its channel. In that light, the regulatory authority asked M/s Bahria Town to clarify its position with regard to that advertisement.
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2 Boyce cousins charged after brief Grant Parish chase
Two Boyce cousins led Grant Parish Sheriff's deputies on a short case, throwing a pistol from their vehicle, after a call about someone stealing gasoline, according to a release.
2 Boyce cousins charged after brief Grant Parish chase Two Boyce cousins led Grant Parish Sheriff's deputies on a short case, throwing a pistol from their vehicle, after a call about someone stealing gasoline, according to a release. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2018/06/25/2-boyce-cousins-charged-after-brief-grant-parish-chase/730988002/
Melissa Gregory, Alexandria Town Talk Published 11:30 a.m. CT June 25, 2018 | Updated 5:24 p.m. CT June 26, 2018
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Hardy Dewayne Dunn Jr. (left) and Sean Douglas Dunn(Photo: Courtesy/Grant Parish Sheriff's Office)
Two Boyce cousins led Grant Parish Sheriff's deputies on a short chase, throwing a pistol from their vehicle, after a call about someone stealing gasoline, according to a release.
The report said people were stealing gas from a residence. Cpl. Dan McClung found the two suspects, but the driver refused to stop, according to the sheriff office's release.
"The occupants of the vehicle threw out a pistol during the pursuit," it reads. "Once the vehicle was stopped, more guns were located along with crystal methamphetamine and syringes."
Arrested were Hardy Dewayne Dunn Jr., 39, and Sean Douglas Dunn, 25, both of the 1500 block of Old Boyce Road.
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Sean Dunn was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, criminal trespassing, theft, two counts of obstruction of justice, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal mischief.
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Record attendance for third successive day at The Festival
Today's crowd on St Patrick's Thursday came to 67,821, a new record figure since The Festival became a four-day extravaganza in 2005.
The attendance was up 1,439 on the same day in 2018, which saw 66,382 stream through the gates.
Yesterday's attendance of 59,209 was a new record for the second day of The Festival since the meeting switched to a four-day format in 2005.
Last year's total on Ladies Day came to 58,959.
There was a record crowd on the opening day of The Festival 2019, with 67,934 attending Champion Day.
Last year's attendance on the Tuesday came to 66,632, with the previous record for the day being 67,770 in 2016.
'HEART-WARMING STUFF', SAYS CLAISSE
At the end of the third day of The Festival™ presented by Magners, Cheltenham's Clerk of the Course Simon Claisse reflected on the outstanding day's sport.
He said: "You couldn't write better stories, could you? Three winners for J P McManus - two at the beginning of the day [Defi Du Seuil and Sire Du Berlais] and again in the last [Any Second Now]; Frodon and Bryony Frost; Andrew Gemmell and Emma Lavelle with Paisley Park; Lizzie Kelly on Siruh Du Lac... It just went on and on! A fantastic day's racing - heart-warming stuff, I think.
"The weather didn't disrupt us too much, either - we had a nice, dry afternoon.
"I think the times of the races were a little bit quicker than yesterday so I think that Good to Soft, Soft in places was pretty well spot-on for the ground, and we will leave it as that overnight.
"We are expecting a mainly dry night. There may be the odd shower, but no rain of any significance is forecast.
"And we are predicted a dry, breezy, cloudy day for the big one - Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup day - tomorrow."


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A bad bargain.
A botched bounty.
A binding bite.
Adam knew bounty hunting in another pack's territory had risks, but being at the end of a shotgun for a forced mating was not one he expected. At least it wasn't permanent. Once he paid the promised cut of the bounty the leader of Pine Hollow would dissolve the mating. Adam just needed to keep his hands (and his teeth) away from the enticing omega.
Ricky knew nothing about the outside world, but he knew his days at Pine Hollow were numbered. The barren, widowed omega's best chance for survival was to find a mate at Lone Wolves Ranch. Anyone would do. Anyone but the ornery wolf who bit him. Adam said he didn't want a mate, so why was he acting like a knot-blocker?
The Shifter's Shotgun Mating is the second book in the Lone Wolves Ranch series. It can be read as a stand-alone though secondary character's lives continue from The Cub Club.
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It was too quiet. And too dark.
Adam tried to open his eyes against the pressure of something cool and damp laid across his face. He reached up to brush it away.
A gentle hand wrapped around his wrist. "Please, let me do it."
Not one to trust a strange voice, Adam yanked his hand free. Pulling the cloth from his head, he blinked at the candle-lit faces staring down at him before a wave of nausea struck.
Eight arms replaced the damp rag over his eyes, while a single hand pressed him back against the cushions. "You need to rest and let your body heal if you want to recover quickly."
Rest seemed like the sensible thing to do until the queasiness passed. "Where am I?"
"You're back at Pine Hollow. Do you remember how you got here?"
Adam tried to shake his head, but his equilibrium protested the motion. He felt hands on his forehead. Warm, soothing hands. Omega hands.
"Relax," the voice suggested, and tension drained from Adam's body.
Don't let your guard down, his inner voice warned. Omegas were overly protective, especially to pups and alphas, and would insist he rest. There must be a beta in the room who would see reason. "I just need to shift and I'll be fine."
"You were hit with silver buckshot. You're going to have to heal the human way. Patiently. Please, give your body time to recover."
Gus had silver bullets? That thought alone would have propelled him out of bed, but for the hands gently preventing him from rising.
Adam took a deep breath through his nose. Yes, definitely omega. Or he was pumped up with tranquilizers and parked downwind from a bakery. When the hands pressed lightly on his shoulder, Adam relaxed back on the bed. He no longer felt the need to get up, but he hadn't lost concern for his men. "What about my team?"
"I've only seen you and the obnox—the chatty one."
That would be Tom. "Is he okay?"
"I took some silver out of his calf. Had to give him white sage for the pain. He's sleeping now."
White sage was catnip for shifters. That's why I feel this way. It's a contact high. It would explain his desire to get a good look at the sweet-smelling omega hovering around him. "I'm Adam."
"I'm Ricky."
Adam waited but no one else spoke. "What about the rest of you?"
"I saw a whole medical team hovering over me."
"Keep your eyes closed," the voice instructed as the cloth was lifted off one eye. "Tell me how many fingers you see."
Adam slowly lifted his eyelid. "Are you an octopus shifter? Nobody has that many fingers on one hand."
Ricky covered Adam's eye. "You've got double vision. It's probably from the buckshot that grazed your head. I pulled all the silver out of your skin and cleansed the wounds, but we should flush out your system to speed the recovery. I want you to drink plenty of water."
"How's that going to work if I can't walk to the bathroom?"
Ricky paused. "I'll get you a jar."
"Make it a wide-mouth one," Adam replied.
If eye rolls made a sound, Adam was pretty sure he heard one from the omega. While Ricky fetched the water, Adam let his hands move over his body, taking an inventory. He felt gauze bandages across the left side of his scalp, and more on his left shoulder and bicep. His chest was uninjured, no doubt due to the protective vest, but his thigh had taken a few hits, dangerously close to the family jewels. If he had stood a few inches in either direction, he'd either be dead or have missed the ammo entirely.
His hands moved outward, exploring where he laid. He was on a bed big enough for two. The sheets were freshly washed, so he couldn't scent them to be sure he was in the home of the omega tending him.
The strong odor of antiseptic on his skin made it difficult to sniff out Ricky. He needed the omega to be closer. Preferably, very close.
Ricky returned and sat on the edge of the bed. The mattress dipped slightly, pulling the blanket tighter against his body. When their hips pressed against each other, Adam felt the warmth of his nurse through the covers.
A childhood memory came back to him. He remembered his mother sitting on his bed when he was ill. Her hands on his forehead, and the warmth of her body as she hovered over him. Focus, he told himself. You can relax when you get back to Lone Wolves Ranch.
"I put some water in an empty beer bottle. It should make it easier to drink while you're lying down." Ricky pressed the cool glass into Adam's hand, and set another against his hip. "And here's a jar if you need it. Wide mouth."
Omegas weren't known for sarcasm, so Adam couldn't be sure whether Ricky was teasing him. "Thanks. Are you the pack doctor?"
"No. I told Tom I'm a healer, but the truth is I'm a nobody."
"Are you mated?" Adam cringed at his question. Wolves weren't known for being subtle, but that was rude even for a lupine. "Sorry, that was the head injury talking. What I meant to say was do I need to worry about being naked and alone with an unmated omega?"
Ricky stood up and the worn mattress slowly recovered its shape. "No. I was mated."
Was mated? Is he mated now?
Before he could ask, Ricky crossed the room. "I need to leave you for a bit, to tend to Rock."
Adam had completely forgotten about the idiot who caused this mess. "Is he okay?" It would serve him right.
There was a pause. "Rock's dead," was the monotone reply.
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If you would like to have your very own garden but don't have a backyard, the Skokie Park District offers one hundred 20' X 20' garden plots for rental. The garden is located behind Madison School, just east of the Skokie Park Tennis Center, with the entrance off of Main Street, south on Le Claire Ave. Plots are rototilled and available for planting April 1, depending on the weather. No security on site. Water is available on-site. Please bring your own containers or hoses.
Garden Plot Information
Garden Plot Rental Application forms are available at the Oakton Community Center and must be returned to Oakton in person. You will be assigned a plot and notified by mail when plots are ready for planting.
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Plot Assignment: Renters are assigned plot numbers. Renters cannot choose their own plots, but previous renters may request using last year's plot(s). Each plot is staked with the plot number. These stakes are numbered and placed at the corner of each plot along the walkway.
Rental Cost: $40 for residents, $50 for non-residents (each plot). More than one plot may be rented.
When Available: The Parks Department will rototill and stake out the garden as soon as weather permits, but no later than April 1. The renter may rototill their plot again if they wish. When plots are ready, confirmation of your assigned plot number will be sent. The season ends on October 31; all produce must be removed before this day.
Location of Garden: Entrance to the garden is off of Main Street, just west of Gross Point Road or east of Niles Center Road. Garden plots are located just north of Madison School.
Water: Water spigots are located at the middle of the garden plot area. Water can be carried to your plot with your own container.
Questions: Contact Pamela Zeid at (847) 674-1500, 2715 or through email at pzeid@SkokieParks.org.
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Companies throughout the homebuilding industry are supporting HomeAid Los Angeles' October 25 benefit, with Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsorships. First American Title is a Platinum Sponsor.
Gold Sponsors: Borstein Family Foundation, Brookfield Residential, etco HOMES, Fidelity National Title Group, LENNAR, Oakridge Landscape, Inc. Pardee Homes, The Spaunhurst Family, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, The Willis Foundation and The Resmark Companies. Silver Sponsors: Caliber Home Loans, Cox Castle Nicholson, FivePoint, Fuscoe Engineering, Gallion Erosion Control, Harridge, MW Investment Group, Pag Construction, Inc., Shea Homes, Sikand Foundation, Stoney Miller Consultants, Synergy One Lending, Warmington Residential, Watt Communities and Williams Homes.
HomeAid LA hosts "An Evening Under The Stars" from 6 to 9 p.m. at The CenterPointe Club, 6200 Playa Vista Drive in Playa Vista. A silent auction, paella chefs and LA Jazz Ensemble with guest vocalist highlight indoor/outdoor festivities.
Net proceeds benefit HomeAid LA, which serves all of Los Angeles County. Tickets are $200, and a portion is tax deductible. For ticket purchase or sponsorships, please visit www.homeaidla.org.
Home Aid's unique approach aligns homebuilders with local homeless service providers to facilitate projects that range from shelter rehabs to permanent supportive housing. Service providers partnering with HomeAid LA can build or renovate at a project cost savings of 50% or more.
Pfahler noted the newly opened Pico-Union Recuperative Care center in downtown Los Angeles as an important recent achievement. In partnership with the National Health Foundation (NHF) and etco HOMES, HomeAid LA built a new, 62-bed Recuperative Care Center that will house homeless men and women discharged from the hospital.
At the Women's Shelter of Long Beach (WSLB), HomeAid LA added 12 beds for domestic violence victims, thanks to Lennar Homes and the Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation. At no cost to WSLB, HomeAid converted 3 storage rooms to bedrooms, enabling WSLB to serve upwards of 140 more people in need each year.
HomeAid LA assists outreach for the homeless in other ways. Last holiday season, employees of Shea Homes and families, teens and children of the West Valley YMCA created 500 Care Kits for homeless neighbors living on the streets. Volunteers donated and assembled the packages, which were filled with socks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, sunscreen, deodorant, soap, shampoo and other basic care items. They distributed all kits in under one week.


Join us for our Free Thursday Night Fun Run at The Lost Borough Brewing Company.
As a special Valentine's Day celebration we will have a Heart Chase during the run. Visit local businesses and collect special hearts. The hearts can be used to enter a raffle for great prizes.
Our friends from Hoka One One will be joining us with samples of the Gaviota, Arahi, and Clifton for you to try. Test the shoes and receive a chance to win a free pair.
After the run there will be beer specials and chocolate pairings for you to enjoy.
Bring your Sweetie, or meet a new one.
As always, all speeds are welcome and encouraged to participate.
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This is my first newsletter as Chief Executive Officer, NATS. I look forward to meeting many of you in the near future to listen to your views and to better understand what's important to you. On that note, I'll also be reviewing how I communicate with key customers and stakeholders and will be seeking your feedback on this newsletter in due course.
In the meantime I am delighted to report on our latest news which I hope you will find interesting for operations both within the UK and globally.
TBS on track to save 80,000 minutes of delay at Heathrow
Airlines are hailing the introduction of Time Based Separation – a new way of separating arriving aircraft by time instead of distance – as a major milestone in cutting delays at Heathrow Airport.More…
Record environmental savings reported by NATS
NATS has enabled a reduction of more than 600,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions thanks to more efficient air traffic control procedures, improved use of airspace and innovative technology in the last financial year. This is equivalent to £155 million in fuel savings for airlines. The record-breaking results have been published in NATS' 2014-15 Corporate Responsibility report, which reviews its environmental and community affairs performance.More…
NATS response to the Independent Enquiry Report
The report from the independent enquiry into the technical failure at Swanwick on 12 December 2014 has been published. NATS would like to thank Sir Robert Walmsley and the other members of the enquiry panel for their thorough and comprehensive report. We will complete our study of the report in the coming weeks and will promptly implement the recommendations applicable to us in order to continue providing the otherwise outstanding service that our customers rightly expect.More…
UK air traffic continues to rise
UK air traffic increased by 1.2% in April compared to the same month last year, with no en-route delay attributable to NATS for 99.95% of flights.More…
NATS and Indra announce Ground-Based Augmentation System solution
The joint solution takes a well-developed product and knowledge base and improves on the current capability of existing GBAS solutions, benefitting airports and ANSPs around the globe. It will prove valuable to any capacity-constrained airport, providing a wide range of approach routes supported by a single system. This will make it possible for airlines to reduce flying time, and therefore save on fuel consumption, whilst also reducing noise for residents near the airport through the use of higher approach angles.More…
NATS awarded Singapore contract
NATS has been awarded a contract to work with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). In anticipation of future traffic growth and challenges, CAAS aims to advance its air navigation services capabilities to the next higher level in partnership with a credible air navigation services provider. NATS will be supported by Airbus Prosky, drawing on the air traffic management company's renowned experience in these areas.More…
NATS secures Qinetiq renewal
NATS has been awarded a seven year contract extension to continue its work with QinetiQ, the defence technology company that operates a number of Ministry of Defence test and evaluation air ranges.The contract renewal will see specialist NATS air traffic controllers facilitating live weapons tests at ranges throughout the UK, including the use of state of the art fighter aircraft, armoured vehicles, ships and Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS).More…
I hope you continue to find this useful and I would very much like to hear from you if you would like to discuss these or any other developments.


We are always looking for people with the heart to serve others. We welcome volunteers who are willing to commit their time to help feed the hungry here in Albania.
Download our volunteer application form (.docx), fill it out and return it to FoodBank Albania (info@foodbank.al) as an email attachment.


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"FINALLY, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER" IN SHOPPING CENTERS, SAYS ALBUQUERQUE
Tobi Hughes· 22nd December 2020
Regarding the warning made yesterday to comply with hygiene and safety measures in supermarkets and shopping centers, the President of the Regional Government says he has been informed that "finally, everything is in order".
Miguel Albuquerque hopes that compliance with all safety measures on these surfaces will continue, for the good of all employees and the population in general, expressing himself "very satisfied" with the progress made during this Tuesday.
"The department stores are, at the moment, fulfilling what is their obligation, which is to guarantee security for the entrepreneurs themselves, for the employees of these companies and for consumers", he added, stressing that the inspection will not be relaxed.
Statements made on the visit to the exhibition 'Christmas at Casa da Calçada', at the Frederico de Freitas House-Museum, when, when asked by journalists about the points to watch the fireworks display of the New Year, Albuquerque said that these will be announced from December 28th.
On the occasion, the regional executive chief congratulated the museum's management and workers, who every year surprise with their "commitment and creativity in the presentation of the cribs and Christmas table". "Every year I have a good surprise and this is another one", said the President of the Regional Government, who advised the Madeirans to visit this space, with their families and in restricted groups, having no doubt that everyone "will love it ".
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Trump to Jeff Sessions: End the Mueller investigation "right now"
President Trump called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put a stop to the Mueller investigation in a tweet Wednesday morning.
'This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!"
Between the lines, from Axios' Jonathan Swan: This isn't a directive to Sessions, based on my last conversation with Rudy Giuliani. If Trump wanted to end the Mueller investigation, he could. He knows Congress would rise up against him.
More likely, this is just part of the broader effort to beat up on Mueller, trying to smear him and erode his credibility and use Trump's superpowers over his base to move them against the probe.
Why it matters: Trump has repeatedly pressured Sessions to end the investigation on at least four occasions, Swan reported in May. The NYTimes reported last week that Mueller is scrutinizing the president's tweets as part of a wide-ranging obstruction of justice inquiry.


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I'm not a bath person but if I had to have one it'd be this beauty from Catchpole & Rye. The brass accents bring this traditional style bang up to date and the simplicity of the rest of the room ensures it is the centre of attention.
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The thing about supply and demand is, the more demand and less supply, the higher the prices for that product. Of course, this is not rocket science and a theory known by all. And the Scotts Valley real estate market of course is seeing the result of such a high demand that is coming from not only Silicon Valley, but buyers living in the Santa Cruz area past the fishhook who are tired of the extra 45 minutes that can sometimes be added to their daily commute just to get to Santa Cruz, Soquel and Aptos.
Interestingly enough, on many of my open houses this past month, I have seen a surge of more home buyers who live in Santa Cruz, Soquel and Aptos who are wanting to move to the Scotts Valley area because of the added commute that the fishhook and highway 1 is adding to the stress of their daily lives. Throughout the years I see home buyers from that area wanting to move here, but not as much as I have seen lately.
Buyers coming from Silicon Valley is no secret, we have all been seeing that for some time now. But what is nice to see is the amount of home buyers who are from the Scotts Valley area who are looking to either downsize or upsize and realize the value that this area offers in terms of lifestyle, making them wanting to stay here. On one particular property that I had for sale, 4 out of the 5 offers that we received were from Scotts Valley locals.
But the big issue is the lack of inventory as this first quarter as we saw only 30 homes come up for sale in the 95066 zip code. Compared to 50 last year in the same quarter, that is a 40% decline in homes coming up for sale. Although I think that a major part of this was due to the rain storms that we had which put off putting a lot of homes on the market in the first two months of the year. In fact, in April, with still over a week left in the month, there are already 15 homes that have come up for sale which represents half of what the entire first quarter did in terms of new homes coming on the market. I actually have 4 homes coming up for sale myself within the next day to 10 days starting at $825,000 to $1,800,000 so I know first hand that more is to come.
Click here for "coming soon" properties.
But don't get too caught up in thinking that 15 new homes on the market so far in April is a lot because last year there were 16 new homes on the market in the same time frame so we are off by one.
If I was a home buyer, I am ready because more homes are coming. Not a lot more homes, but homes are coming, with the big attraction being the Lennar Homes that are being built in the old Polo Ranch Barn area where they will build executive type homes of over 3,500sf with about 9,000-10,000sf lots in the $1.5 million range. Expected time for viewing some of these homes is probably late summer. I will keep everyone posted on this as I know more.
As mentioned above, there were 30 homes that came on the market in the first quarter with 26 already either in pending status, or sold and closed.
The hottest time to sell a home was March as sellers got a whopping 102% of asking price on average. February was second at 101.3% and January was 99.1% which if you remember, January was a wet month, as was February, so getting 99.1% in difficult showing times is not an easy feat. The overall average in the 1st quarter was 100% of asking price which was 1.4% higher then the same time last year when it came in at 98.6%.
The average sales price was $840,805 which buys you a 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 bath home with about 1,600-1,900sf on a 7,000sf lot on average. Of course, this is an average and in some cases you will buy less or you will buy more in this price point.
As hot as the first quarter was, especially March, I expect to see an even hotter April and May when all the numbers come out for this month and next month. This month has seen some unbelievable offers on many homes and I expect that to continue at least through May, with a slight cooling in June as families take vacations and time off during the summer.
Right now there are 32 homes for sale in the 95066 zip code with 12 still being available. This translates to 62.5% of homes already in pending status, which is almost 2 out of 3 already in contract.
The average days on market for active listings is 51 days, but there are two homes that are 255 and 166 days on market respectively that are an aberration and if you deleted those two homes from the stats, you would have an average of 19 days on the market.
Homes that are pending right now have an average days on market of 14 days.
The average list price for homes that are still in Active status is $1,189,457. The average list price for homes that are pending is $938,385, which is not surprising at all as that seems to be the hottest price point right now, and usually is.
As always, Happy Selling and Happy Buying!
Robert Aldana is a 30+ year licensed real estate veteran with Keller Williams Realty, and also a long-term resident and homeowner here in town. He is the founder of MyScottsValley.com and the popular local news and events page at Facebook.com/MyScottsValley.
Robert was recently awarded the Santa Cruz Sentinel Readers Choice Award as the Best REALTOR® in Scotts Valley for 2016. Click here to read more.


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Lincoln High 9th Grader wins junior high division of the San Joaquin County Spelling Bee Championship
by Stocktonia Staff Reports December 9th, 2022 December 9th, 2022
Ishaan Ajay (right), a ninth grader at Lincoln High School in Stockton, won the Junior High School Division of the San Joaquin County Spelling Bee Championship. (Courtesy photo)
The final word was "clientele," and Ishaan Ajay spelled it flawlessly to secure another spelling title.
Ajay, a ninth-grade student at Lincoln High School, won the junior high division (seventh to ninth grade) at the 25th Annual San Joaquin County Spelling Bee Championship at the county's office of education earlier this week. Second place went to Pranvi Rikkamalle, a seventh grader at Jefferson School in Tracy. Both students will move on to participate in the California State Spelling Bee Championship, scheduled on May 13, 2023, at the SJCOE headquarters.
This is Ajay's second junior high division championship, having won in 2021. He was also elementary eivision champion in sixth grade and runner-up in fifth grade. Rikkamalle was the 2021- 2022 elementary champion.
In the county's elementary school division competition Aditya Kumaravel, a sixth grader from Jefferson School, was named champion. The winning word was "carafe." She and runner-up Adrian Guevara, a sixth grader at St. Anthony's Catholic School in Manteca, will also compete in the state spelling bee on May 13.
Tracy educator named SJ County Teacher of the Year
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