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Lukanov nacque a Mosca, allora Unione sovietica, in una famiglia di esuli comunisti bulgari. Sua madre aveva origini ebraiche. Abbandonato dalla propria famiglia, suo nonno fu vittima delle purghe di Stalin.

Andrej Lukanov fece ritorno in Bulgaria da bambino, quando il partito comunista prese il potere. Su padre, Karlo Lukanov, (1897-1982), divenne una figura di spicco nel partito e servì come ministro degli esteri della Bulgaria dal 1956 al 1961. Andrej entrò a far parte del partito nel 1963 cominciando la propria carriera con incarichi all'estero. Rappresentò la Bulgaria all'interno delle Nazioni unite e nel Comecon. I suoi incarichi all'estero proseguirono fino a che divenne ministro degli esteri nel 1987. Si dimise da questa posizione nel 1989 e prese parte al rovesciamento del leader Todor Živkov. Lukanov divenne quindi uno dei membri più importanti dell'ala riformista del partito comunista e fu nominato primo ministro dal 3 febbraio al 7 ottobre 1990.

Lukanov fu accusato di appropriazione indebita nel 1992 ed arrestato, ma le accuse decaddero in breve. Lukanov continuò a partecipare alla vita politica del paese all'interno del Partito Socialista Bulgaro fino alla morte. Nel 1995 cominciò a criticare vari membri i quali riteneva che non fossero abbastanza riformisti o che avessero tendenze staliniste.

Lukanov fu assassinato nell'ottobre 1996, all'età di 58 anni, al di fuori dell'edificio dove viveva a Sofia. Gli fu sparato alla testa da un'unica persona che riuscì in seguito a fuggire e non fu mai catturata. Il movente dell'omicidio non è mai stato chiarito. Venne in seguito arrestato un imprenditore bulgaro, Angel Vasilev, con posizioni vicine al governo socialista del tempo, ma dopo un lungo processo gli accusati vennero scagionati.

Fonti
 T. Tašev (1999). Министрите на България 1879-1999 (Ministri della Bulgaria 1879-1999). Sofia: Casa editrice accademica "Marin Drinov".

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Etta Mae Crawford, 79, of Unadilla, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at her home. Etta was born on August 20, 1942 in Franklin, NY, daughter of the late Elmer and Loretta Stone. On May 1, 1959, Etta's life changed when she met the love of her life, George Crawford. They were married later that year on August 22nd, sharing nearly 63 joyous years together. Together they raised their daughters, Tracy and Jo, in Bainbridge before relocating to Unadilla. Etta was a devoted wife and mother, never missing an event for their children. She and George were "Mom and Dad" to all the girls' friends through their childhood and beyond. She loved her family and filled her home with their photos. In addition to collecting teddy bears, Etta was a talented gardener, being blessed with a green thumb. She enjoyed baking and was well known for her cookies and pies, and she loved bluegrass music and prided herself on being a Bluegrass Grandma. Etta will be missed by her beloved husband, George; two daughters and sons-in-law: Tracy Ruff and her husband Dale of Guilford and Jo Foster and her husband William of Otego; grandchildren: Joshua P. Ruff, Kari Ruff-Rivera and her husband Will, and Robin Foster; two great-grandchildren, Arabella Ruff and Brooklynn Ruff-Rivera; her brother, Louis Stone, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her brother, Lloyd; sister, Margaret; and her cherished grandson, Aaron "Frosty" Foster. A celebration of her life will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her memory may be directed to the Wells Bridge Fire Department, 114 County Highway 4, Wells Bridge, NY 13859. Share condolences and memories with the family online at www.landersfh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, Sidney.
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Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small PlanetVolume III is now available for pre-order. Like the earlier volumes, this book includes 20 short stories by 20 writers set in 20 countries. Jeanne D'Haem's story is set in Somalia.
Jeanne D'Haem was a Peace Corps volunteer in Somalia, East Africa. She served as an English and math teacher in Arabsiyo and Hargeisa. She taught adult education classes and sponsored the first Girl Guide troop in Hargeisa. She was a director of special services and a special education teacher in New Jersey and Massachusetts. She has published three prize-winning books and numerous journal articles. The Last Camel, (1997) published by The Red Sea Press, Inc. won the Peace Corps Paul Cowin prize for non-fiction. Desert Dawn with Waris Dirie (2001) has been translated into over twenty languages. It was on the best-seller list in Germany for over a year where it was awarded the Corine prize for non-fiction. Her most recent book, Inclusion: The Dream and the Reality in Special Education won the Editors' Special Award for Peace Corps Writers in 2017. She is an emeritus professor at William Paterson University in New Jersey.
Comment on "The Promise": I joined the Peace Corps to help people and was posted to Northern Somalia, now known as Somaliland. However, most Somalis did not consider me to be at all helpful. When I cried in frustration about this to my friend, Asha, she told me, "Listen and watch, listen and watch. When you finally think that you understand, do not say anything, because you don't. You need to listen and watch some more. You cannot speak until you have learned to listen." She pointed to her mother pounding grain in the courtyard of the house and continued, "Somali women see the world through the veil of their experiences. You cannot communicate with them until you understand where they are coming from." Asha Muktal had lived in London for many years with her father who was a Somali diplomat. She understood better than anyone else the discrepancies between the Somali view of the world and mine. I wrote this story about a neighbor in my village. She came to live next door to me as a very unhappy young wife, making me furious about arranged marriages and the Somali practice of infibulation. However, over the next few months, I watched as she and her husband fell in love. Gradually, even I learned that you must look carefully in order to see the fragile beauty of the desert and the resourceful people who grace the land. If you are not mindful you may not recognize what is there, and you may even upset the delicate system that succeeds in the remorseless desert.


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Beauford Delaney collection
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Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979
Sc MG 59
2.1 linear feet (5 boxes)
[Item], Beauford Delaney collection, Sc MG 59, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
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Beauford Delaney was a painter, specializing in portraits. The Beauford Delaney collection consists of correspondence with colleagues, friends, gallery owners, and family members, as well as printed material documenting Delaney's life in Paris.
Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third child of the Reverend Samuel Delaney and Delia Johnson Delaney. He attended the Knoxville Colored School and later studied art with an elderly Knoxville artist, who encouraged him to get further training. In 1924 Delaney went to Boston where he studied at the Massachusetts Normal School and the South Boston School of Art, and attended evening classes at the Copley Society.
Delaney went to New York in 1929, settling at first in Harlem. He painted society women and professional dancers at Billy Pierce's dancing school on West 46th Street, which gained him a reputation as a portraitist. His first one-man show, which consisted of five pastels and ten charcoal drawings, was at the 135th Street Branch Library of the New York Public Library in 1930. During the same year three of his portraits were included in a group show at the Whitney Studio Galleries, the predecessor of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Delaney also taught part-time at a progressive school in Greenwich Village.
By the late 1940s Beauford Delaney had become a significant figure on the art scene. He illustrated "Unsung Americans Sung" (1944), a book of black musical tributes edited by W.C. Handy; he had a series of one-man shows in New York and Washington, D.C.; and he exhibited in group shows in a number of other cities. In 1945 he showed his first series of portraits of writers Henry Miller and James Baldwin, who would become his lifelong friends. In 1949 he began an association with the Roko Gallery in New York, where he exhibited annually until 1953.
In 1953 Delaney left New York with the intention of settling in Rome, but a visit to Paris turned into a permanent stay. He had two studios in Paris, the first in the suburbs of Clamart and the other in the Rue Vincingetorix. In Paris Delaney exhibited in one-man and group shows at the Gallerie Paul Fachetti (1960), the Centre Culturel Americain (1961 and 1972), the Galerie Lambert (1964), the Musee Galliera (1967) and the Galerie Darthea Speyer (1973), among other places. The latter was a major showing of a selection of his work from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s and the catalog contained tributes by James Jones, James Baldwin, and Georgia O'Keefe. Delaney also exhibited in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. The Paris years saw the creation of several masterpieces including portraits of singer Marian Anderson and writer Jean Genet. During this period he also created a series of interiors and studies in watercolor.
After suffering two nervous breakdowns, Delaney was institutionalized, and died on March 26, 1979 at St. Ann's Hospital in Paris. Delaney's last one-man show in the United States was at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1978, inaugurating that museum's Black Masters Series. Delaney's work is in several private collections and in the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Newark Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The Beauford Delaney collection consists of correspondence with colleagues, friends, gallery owners, and family members, as well a printed material documenting Delaney's life in Paris. Biographical information is provided in statements Delaney authored, articles prepared by others for catalogs, and his obituary. Among the many friends, colleagues and art collectors with whom he maintained an active correspondence is James Baldwin, who wrote an introduction to a catalog for an exhibition of Delaney's art at Paris' Galerie Lambert in 1964. Other correspondents include artists Charles Boggs, Al Hirschfeld, John Franklin Koenig, and Ellis Wilson, authors James Jones and Henry Miller (who was also a water colorist), art historian Richard A. Long, and his friend Lynn Stone. Additional artists, painters, writers, gallery owners and musicians who corresponded with Delaney include Lawrence Calcagno, Cab Calloway, Elaine DeKooning, Palmer C. Hayden, and Darthea Speyer.
The letters discuss the style of painting of the correspondents, travels, purchase and exhibition of works, and personal matters. Numerous gallery announcements for art exhibits of Delaney's and other artists' works in Paris, New York and other cities demonstrate the extent of Delaney's activities in the contemporary art world. The collection also contains a large number of picture postcards, some sent by friends, and gallery announcements. Family letters are from his brother and fellow artist, Joseph Delaney, and discuss his own work and impressions of Paris; his brother Emery (includes letters Delaney wrote to his brother, in addition to those received); and Delaney's niece, Imogene.
Donated by Daniel Richard in 1988.
Compiled by Victor N. Smythe, 1998. Finding aid edited and adapted to digital form by Kay Menick in 2016.
Paintings and art catalogs transferred to Art and Artifact Division. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (creator)
Boggs, Charles (creator)
Calcagno, Lawrence, 1913-1993 (creator)
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (creator)
De Kooning, Elaine (creator)
Delaney, Joseph, 1904-1991 (creator)
Haden, Palmer (creator)
Hirschfeld, Al (creator)
Jones, James, 1921-1977 (creator)
Koenig, John Franklin, 1924-1987 (creator)
Long, Richard A., 1927-2013 (creator)
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 (creator)
Speyer, Dathea (creator)
Stone, Lynn M. (creator)
African American artists -- France -- Paris
African American painters
African American painters -- France -- Paris
Artists -- United States
Expatriate painters
Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris
Painters -- France -- Paris
Painting -- United States
Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
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For Xiang Bing, seen here, professor of accounting and dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing, China, the success of the school rests on one factor: its faculty. And not just a faculty, but a world-class faculty with a strong research and teaching pedigree.
CKGSB has 28 full-time faculty, says Prof Xiang, another vital component of a successful school. Prof Xiang stresses commitment is paramount.
Prof Xiang had experience of setting up a business school — he was one of the seven founding faculty members who established Ceibs in Shanghai and pioneered the EMBA and executive education programs at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. So, from the outset, he had an idea of how he wanted CKGSB to develop. He planned to create something different, a new generation of business school, and feels that he has succeeded.
According to the Financial Times such senior students are used to dealing with complex issues. Consequently, they are demanding. They are aware of the opportunity costs: their studies are taking them away from their companies.


In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, a group of local women gathered together to prepare fresh food for their families and neighbours, discovering the power of cooking and eating together to create connections – as well as to restore hope and normality. This was the start of the Hubb Community Kitchen.
Together: Our Community Cookbook is a storybook of this West London community, sharing over 50 delicious dishes – many handed down over generations – from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean to enjoy. These women have collated their favourites and every recipe tells a story of history, culture and family, using just a few ingredients and easy methods so that anyone can try them.
We've handpicked a beef and aubergine casserole and a green rice recipe that will make the perfect sharing selection for your next dinner party.
Place the beef and two crushed garlic cloves in a bowl. Add the curry powder and some salt and pepper and mix by hand until well combined.
Divide the mixture into 12 equal pieces and roll into balls. Set aside.
Cover with foil or a lid and bake for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 20 minutes. Serve with green rice (below), basmati rice or bread to mop up the sauce.
Place the lamb and stock in a large pan and bring to the boil. Skim off the foam on the surface, reduce the heat to medium–low and gently simmer for 1 hour (or 11⁄2 hours if you are using lamb shoulder), until cooked through.
Wash the rice and leave to soak for 30 minutes. Blanch the broad beans in a pan of boiling water for 2–3 minutes, drain and refresh under cold water. Remove the outer skins.
When the lamb is cooked, drain and reserve the stock. Heat half of the oil in a heavy-based pan and fry the garlic until it just starts to colour. Add the cooked lamb and fry for 5–6 minutes until evenly browned, stirring all the time. Add the broad beans and half of the fresh and dried dill and cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate, set aside and keep warm.
In the same pan, heat the remaining oil on a low–medium heat. Drain the rice and add to the pan, stirring until all the grains are coated with oil. Add 500ml of the meat stock, bring to a simmer, cover with a tight-fitting lid, then turn the heat to the lowest setting and cook for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the yoghurt sauce. Mix the grated cucumber and yoghurt in a bowl. Season to taste. Sprinkle with the dried dill and drizzle with the olive oil.


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Meadow Brook Theatre Luncheon on the Aisle
Meadow Brook Theatre Guild is proud to present its 33rd annual fundraiser Luncheon on the Aisle
Thursday, April 24, 2014 beginning at 10 a.m. at Meadow Brook Theatre, located on the campus of Oakland University. This fun-filled day includes boutique shopping, raffle, bake sale, gourmet lunch in the theatre and scenes from the Andrews Brothers, which features hit songs made popular by the Andrews Sisters, followed by a chat with the director, Travis Walter and members of the cast.
Tickets are $30. Seniors (62 or older) $27. Groups of eight of more $25 per ticket. For more information contact the Meadow Brook Theatre box office at (248) 377-3300.
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Our Blog: Impact Stories
Ripples from West Africa, a partner update from Ghana
Project: West African Women Providing Safe Water and Sanitation
Topics: Women Leaders, Water, Impact Stories, West Africa, WASH, WEA Women
In 2010, Monica Ayomah was one of the eight local women trainers in the West African Women and Water Trainings in Ghana. We were thrilled to hear from Monica this month and learn how her leadership has unfolded over the years. Today she is a WASH trainer in Ghana, touching the lives of countless more women and spreading critical water and sanitation technologies to many.
Here's a short clip of Monica during the training, reflecting on her role as a woman trainer and how important representation is for women in technology.
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"They were thinking it was only men who can do construction, it was only men who can work on water for women to use."
The West African Women and Water Training, hosted by the Global Women's Water Initiative (GWWI) — an initiative co-founded by WEA, A Single Drop, and Crabgrass — supported women to become entrepreneurial leaders in the WASH sector through workshops on capacity building, business development, and technical training in a range of WASH development projects. The training program also served as a platform from which women trainers could expand their training reach and capacity.
Monica trained the 15 teams on how to set up rainwater harvesting systems. Taking on that kind of leadership role, Monica said, she saw concrete ways her work could have lasting and far-reaching positive impact for other women and their communities.
"It wasn't until I participated in a workshop," she said, "that I realized I was empowered as a woman to empower other women to be leaders." She explained that participating in the trainings connected her with a network of grassroots change-makers. This network helped her see how WASH intervention had the potential to empower more and more women. She saw how she could positively impact communities by providing education around safe water practices.
Monica came away from the 2010 Women and Water Trainings emboldened to carry her knowledge forward and help others gain skills, tools and confidence to realize those goals.
So, Monica started her own civil engineering firm!
Shifting professionally from masonry in private homes, Monica started a civil engineering firm and named it Won-Nyeya, meaning "God has seen" in the Builsa language. The firm works with WaterAid Ghana as a WASH construction partner and has five employees: a project officer, monitoring and evaluation officer, engineer, community development educator and a secretary. In the last few years Won-Nyeya has worked in the Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Volta regions of Ghana to implement Water Sanitation and Hygiene services to underserved communities, schools and clinics.
Monica Ayomah started a civil engineering firm, Won-Nyeya. The firm specializes in WASH construction and always involves the women of the beneficiary communities in order to ensure their lasting efficacy and because women get things done!
Women are mobilizing local materials for the construction of water points. They also take part in the construction process so that in the future, they can also repair the water points should it develop some problems.
Won-Nyeya building an institutional latrine for a community in what Monica described as one of the poorest districts in Ghana.
Sometimes, Won-Nyeya's work involves constructing or improving infrastructure like wells, rain harvesting systems and latrines. The firm may also be called upon to train Sanitation Management Teams or conduct WASH trainings at schools and health clubs.
Monica credits the 2010 Women and Water Training for helping her see ways to build Won-Nyeya as a firm with an effective engagement model that puts women at the center of their own community's progress.
"Before implementing any WASH project we ensure that women are actively involved at the awareness creation and community level planning," Monica explains, describing strategies Won-Nyeya uses that are clear and concrete while staying flexible enough to use effectively in various communities with different needs. In fact, water and sanitation management teams that are formed have at least three women occupying executive positions, training women as pump mechanics so that they are "actively involved in community decision making."
A training of water and sanitation management teams to ensure sustainability of their water resources. Women are in the picture are elected as executives by the community to manage the water points.
And she is just getting started! In the future Monica hopes to develop construction and engineering programs specifically for women and girls in technical and vocational schools, as well as continue to increase access to potable water and sanitation services in underserved communities.
WEA not alone
Project: WISE Women's Clean Cookstoves Project
Topics: Sub-Saharan Africa, Safety, Impact Stories
"As a young child, barefoot women and girls carrying heavy containers of water on their heads, walking long distances under the searing sun were a common sight. The reality of this stayed with me, and I knew I would do something about it someday."
Meet Olanike Olugboji, a WEA founding mother, who participated in our first Women and Water Training in Kenya, and then returned to Nigeria with a clear vision and a strong network. Equipped with technical skills, entrepreneurship training, and seed funding, Olanike launched her own NGO called WISE, which today has trained over 3,000 women in clean energy, safe water technologies, and entrepreneurship. Her work has created refuge for Nigerian women, who risk rape or assault on the long walks to fetch water and firewood, as well as opportunity for women to create a livelihood and secure a future for their children.
After joining WEA as a regional coordinator, Olanike linked with women around the world, and today has a global reach. Olanike is a correspondent with World Pulse, a recipient of numerous international awards, and a participant in several prestigious leadership trainings. WEA is now collaborate with Olanike and her team at WISE to train women in promoting and selling clean cookstoves, linking up with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in Nigeria. (If a woman cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner over a wood fire, she suffers the equivalent of smoking between 3 and 20 packets of cigarettes a day. Over 120,000 Nigerian women die annually from inhalation of firewood smoke.) Olanike's impact on the environment and on women's well-being and livelihood has only just begun.
Together, we can build the leadership of women who will create a future of balance, health, and peace for our world.
Women Climate Warriors
Topics: Impact Stories
"I've got a 25-year-old son named Abe. I've got a 20-year-old daughter named Jessie. I would throw myself in front of a bus if it was coming at them. We all need to throw ourselves in front of this bus called climate change."
— Mindy Lubber, one of Vogue's 13 Climate Warriors
Have you seen the absolutely stunning piece VOGUE published just as COP21 was getting underway? The article—and the profoundly beautiful photographs by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin that accompanied it—feature 13 of the formidable women leading the way on climate action.
Meet all 13 of these fierce women by checking out the full article here.
While we so deeply respect these women climate warriors and all they do, we also recognize that there are many more women living on the frontlines of climate change and taking action to protect their communities. We are humbled and honored to support a number of these women and communities.
[In the News] The First Woman Of Women: How Melinda Gates Became The World's Most Powerful Advocate For Women And Girls
We're loving this look at the life and work of Melinda Gates, co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a champion for the health and rights of women and girls.
Photo: Forbes
Melinda Gates has stepped up to use her voice and platform, as well as make those huge, critical investments. We are so inspired by the message this sends about the importance and global impact of investing in the leadership of women and girls.For the first decade and a half of its existence the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation deployed its remarkable scale toward eradicating polio and malaria, and experimentation in education issues. But over the past few years Melinda Gates has embraced having her name on the letterhead of the largest-ever charitable foundation, along with the influence that comes with that. She has become the most powerful person on the planet whose singular focus is women and girls…
"When you get women in roles of leadership, we make things happen," Gates says. "It takes us using our voice, and it also takes us making investments, huge investments, in women and girls."
It's through women leaders like these, believing in the women leaders on the ground, that we can change the world.
Read the full article on Forbes.
Phionah: From Sex-Worker to Water Champion
Topics: Water, Sub-Saharan Africa, Impact Stories
By Gemma Bulos, Global Women's Water Initiative Director
"I have been a sex worker for so many years, but when I met Godliver (GWWI Head Technology Trainer), I have withdrawn. She trained me on tanks, now I can make bricks, I can make a tank… I think I can almost be a technical engineer!"
— Phionah Mbugua
Every once in a while you come upon someone who is truly the embodiment of transformation and inspiration. For our Global Women's Water Initiative, Phionah Mbugua is that person.
Phionah came to GWWI through Life Bloom Services International. Life Bloom works with commercial sex workers providing them with emotional counseling and services as well as vocational training to consider alternative livelihoods to uplift themselves from their situation. Life Bloom women leaders have been participating in the Global Women's Water Initiative Training Program since 2011, where they have been learning to become water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technicians, educators and entrepreneurs.
Phionah was one of Life Bloom's clients. When her husband left her 14 years ago with 2 kids, she had to raise her children on her own. And with a 7th grade education, she felt her only alternative was to sell her body. She was invited by Life Bloom to learn how to build a rainwater harvesting system and tank from GWWI Technology Trainer Godliver Businge. Phionah was astounded to meet a woman who not only could build things like tanks and toilets, but who was teaching other women these same skills.
Because of Phionah's talent and interest, Life Bloom's Executive Director who has been elected as the Board Chair of her local water board, withdrew from the GWWI training program to let Phionah take her place. Phionah has since been hired by Life Bloom as their first WASH program manager and is currently construction WASH technologies, offering WASH education in schools and in the community. And she's getting getting paid to do this work.
In this video Phionah shares with her GWWI sisters and fellow participants her story of transformation. (Transcript below)
Hello. I think I'm one of the retired sex workers! I have been a sex worker for so many years, but when I met Godliver, I withdrew. She trained me on tanks, now I can make bricks, I can make a tank, I think I can almost be a technical engineer. Yea, with my fellow colleagues the sex workers, we have done the first tank we did it in a primary school and we want to do the other tank in a primary school.
So my fellow sex workers, they are very happy because when you come from building the tank, in the evening, we are so tired, even we can't be able to go to the streets! I appreciate Godliver for the change she has brought to us because we were selling our bodies day and night you see because we don't have anything to do in our life. Like, we don't have courses. Like me, I learned up to class 7.
So right now, I'm learning, I want to do my class 8 next year. I want to get my diploma certificate this year so I'm sure I'll do it, because you have empowered me. Now my children are appreciating me. They are appreciating my job, even my family. Because before I was a drunkard, I couldn't even listen to them. But right now I've changed. Like now my mom yesterday was asking me
"Oh, where are you going?" and I told her,
"I'm going meet other women in Kisumu. I've never been to Kisumu."
And right now, even me , I don't even feel like selling my body. I'm very fit now. I'm 45 years (old). I'm retired and I don't want my young girls who are behind me to follow my steps. Right now I want to follow these steps – of building tanks. Building biosand. And I think for biosand I am qualified because the last three weeks, the mortar followed me so I think I have one certificate.
So I thank you ladies. We are together. I'm from Life Bloom. And I think because I'm interested, that's why my boss withdrawn for me, 'you can go instead of me Phionah.' Because I'm interesting, interested and I'm strong. And I will do it. And right now I'm going for another tank. Thank you so much!
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Denny Zager is part of the legendary recording duo "Zager & Evans" who wrote "In The Year 2525," the #1 song of 1969 and the biggest one-hit wonder of any artist at any time in recording history selling over 20 million records world wide.
In 1972 Denny began teaching his son how to play and decided there had to be a better way to learn guitar then using the old boring notes and scales routines. Denny was never able to grasp those methods because he suffered from dyslexia. (A condition in which the brain reads things out of order) He wanted to create a system that was exciting and focused around playing by ear…the same way pro musicians played.
Denny began creating a system that was unlike anything ever seen before. Instead of tedious hours of reciting notes and scales, Denny's system focused on showing the student how to play a song right away.
Students would say "The music's flowing naturally from my fingers… but I don't know how I'm doing it!" Denny's guitar system tapped into that subconscious part of our brain that scientist's say we gain all our power from but rarely use.
• In 1969 Denny rebuilt the neck on his guitar giving it a low oval shape unlike any guitar on the market at that time.
• In 1970 he replaced the frets using a softer, smaller gauge of fret wire.
• In 1971 he began testing saddles and by 1972 he had created a custom saddle which he matched with a custom designed nut.
• In 1973 he began lowering string heights and realized how much easier his guitar played when his strings were lower on the fret board.
• In 1974 he tested bracing systems and how they affected sound quality. Soon after he created his own bridge design as he realized he could produce more volume matching his bridge to his custom bracing system.
• In 1975 he tested string gauges and how they not only affected sound quality, but also playability.
• In 1977 he experimented with string spacing and how much faster he could move on the fret board when the strings were properly spaced.
Using the Zager teaching method his students were already learning at a rate faster then any other, but when combined with Denny's custom guitars their learning curve skyrocketed.
Today Denny is recognized as one of the premier guitar luthiers in the United States. He's spent over 40 years refining his "Science" to a level that professional musicians and guitar builders consider absolutely astounding.
One company (one of the oldest acoustic guitar makers in the world) recently reviewed a Zager guitar and proclaimed it to be "one of the easiest playing guitars they had ever tested."
Denny plans to work on more guitars with his son Dennis Jr. launching several new models for 2019. Denny also plans on spending more time in the recording studio creating new lessons for his online guitar lesson library.
In the year 2525, if man is still alive.
To tell the truth, tell no lies.
Is in the pill you took today. . .
As the song goes on, machines are doing all of man's work for him by 5555, artificial insemination is common-place by 6565, and a thousand years later God is thinking maybe its time for Judgement Day.
This futuristic ballad sounds as though it were composed by a computer at the Rand Corp, but In the Year 2525 is the product of two country-pickin' guitarists from Lincoln, Neb., Denny Zager and Rick Evans, who a year ago were thinking about the future mostly in terms of the source of their next meal. Only last November, Zager, 25 and Evans, 26, were working as a duo, trying their best to please the regular customers in a Lincoln motel lounge. With a borrowed $500 they recorded 2525, which has a simple and schmaltzy tune and a chugging, nostalgic instrumental backup right out of the early 1950's. They released the record on their own label (Truth), gave a copy to some friendly disk jockeys in Lincoln, then watched it take off as a regional hit (11,000 copies sold).
Buoyed by their success, the boys sent copies to all the major record companies in New York and found a quick buyer in RCA. The company quickly put its considerable promotional weight behind 2525 and accomplished a feat that would have made even the Beatles jealous; last week less than two months after its national release, the single had sold more than a million copies and had zoomed to first place on the Billboard hot 100 chart. At the same time, RCA issued an LP combining 2525 with nine of Rick's other songs (no protest stuff, just reminiscences about love and other "Now subjects"). Everybody connected with the album was confident that it would do just as well as 2525. Especially Rick. "Nearly every song is profound," he said unflinchingly.
"The Beatles would be jealous."


So, here we are. You're reading my blog and wondering 'so what's this girl about?' Well, how times have changed.
I'm still living in Connecticut, but my husband and I have added to our brood and we're now parents to our baby son. We've also put down roots in the U.S. of A and we're now homeowners here. It's a far cry from our London life and there are definitely pluses and minuses to that!
I still see myself as a City Girl and I still love to explore; I don't think those things will ever change, but currently most of my time is spent in the little towns of Connecticut. I don't expect this to be forever; I'm always on the lookout for the next adventure and I'd love my son to have similar passions, but now the needs of a small person prevail.
I'm also a business psychologist and ponderer of the world and these elements often come through in my writing. I love to bake, eat, and drink and I enjoy being out in countryside as much as I love a big city. Mostly, I just like to be busy!
I find it wonderful to look back on who I was at different times in my life so I haven't deleted my previous write up of me.
And for nostalgic purposes… this was me almost two years ago….
I see myself as a bit of all sorts; a writer, blogger, owner of a people development and employee engagement consultancy, wife, quirky dresser and person who loves adventure, wherever that may take me.
I live in Stamford, CT where I recently moved as an expat. I'm originally from the UK, born and bred in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I moved from the Geordie shore to the London ten years ago, and I now call myself an adopted Londoner. I've only recently moved to the States, so I'm not yet an adopted American!
And this, is City Girl Walking. It's a personal blog that I use to share, through words and pictures, the sights, smells and sounds I experience as I explore the world.
Thanks for looking me up and I hope you enjoy reading my musings.


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Il Cantone di Fezensac è una divisione amministrativa dell'Arrondissement di Auch, dell'Arrondissement di Condom e dell'Arrondissement di Mirande.

È stato costituito a seguito della riforma approvata con decreto del 26 febbraio 2014, che ha avuto attuazione dopo le elezioni dipartimentali del 2015.

Composizione
Comprende i 33 comuni di:
 Bascous
 Bazian
 Belmont
 Bezolles
 Caillavet
 Callian
 Castillon-Debats
 Cazaux-d'Anglès
 Courrensan
 Dému
 Gazax-et-Baccarisse
 Justian
 Lannepax
 Lupiac
 Marambat
 Mirannes
 Mourède
 Noulens
 Peyrusse-Grande
 Peyrusse-Vieille
 Préneron
 Ramouzens
 Riguepeu
 Roquebrune
 Roques
 Rozès
 Saint-Arailles
 Saint-Jean-Poutge
 Saint-Paul-de-Baïse
 Saint-Pierre-d'Aubézies
 Séailles
 Tudelle
 Vic-Fezensac

Note

Collegamenti esterni
Statistiche sul sito dell'INSEE

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HomeGasBHP explores LNG, biofuels, collaborates to boost greener shipping
BHP explores LNG, biofuels, collaborates to boost greener shipping
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Global resources company BHP is tapping LNG's and biodiesel's potential as a marine fuel choice to advance sustainable shipping as the maritime industry explores a gamut of fuel options to meet its emissions cuts targets.
After thousands of years to evolve from wind to coal, and a hundred years to evolve from coal to oil, the shipping industry faces the most rapid transition it has to make.
"There is no better time to be able to take action, given the decarbonization challenge, the existential challenge that we have ahead of us," Rashpal Bhatti, vice president maritime and supply chain excellence, BHP said at the 37th Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference, or APPEC 2021, organized by S&P Global Platts from Sept. 27-29.
BHP will target net zero by 2050 for all shipping of its products, subject to the widespread availability of carbon neutral solutions including low/zero emission technology on board suitable ships and low/zero emission marine fuels, Bhatti said.
Both the International Maritime Organization and the European Union have set shipping emission reduction goals.
"We as an industry, as a public-private partnership have to deliver and allow regulation to work side by side with the changes that we make as an industry. And BHP is taking that approach," Bhatti said.
As part of its decarbonization thrust, BHP recently released its Climate Transition Action Plan that outlines the company's updated approach to reducing GHG emissions and managing climate risks across its global value chain.
BHP is supporting the Global Maritime Forum's Call to Action to fully decarbonize all shipping by 2050 and is a founding member of the Maritime Decarbonization Center in Singapore.
The center will support trials of new fuels and technologies. It will also include facilities for corporate labs, research facilities and house research offices and space for maritime tech start-ups.
Sanguine about LNG, biodiesel
"Many people talk to me about transitionary fuels but how do we know that a fuel is transitionary? I don't think we do [know]," Bhatti said.
According to Bhatti, LNG is not a transitionary fuel and will form part of the heterogenous bunker fuel mix that is going to get the maritime industry to 2050.
"That [LNG] is a fuel that is going to be here for a while because it is the only fuel here today that gives us a 30% reduction in carbon, a NOx and Sox reduction that is significant, is economically viable and the infrastructure is available to make happen what has not happened before, which is to deliver abatement at a cost that is equivalent of or less than the traditional fuel," Bhatti said.
"That is is very important because there is far too much of the market today that is still with the mindset that LNG vessels and LNG fuel together-the total cost of ownership of those means a greater cost outcome than the conventional and traditional method of VLSFO," Bhatti said. "That is not the case."
As far as LNG bunkering was concerned, BHP last year said it had awarded its first LNG supply agreement for five LNG-fueled Newcastlemax bulk carriers, to transport iron ore between Western Australia and China from 2022.
Shell was awarded the contract to fuel the vessels, which BHP will charter from Eastern Pacific Shipping for five-year terms, it said then.
"This contract is expected to form up to 10% of forecasted Asian LNG bunker demand in FY2023," BHP Chief Commercial Officer Vandita Pant, said in a statement then.
"Assuming that the results are positive, we will forge ahead with our strategy of either ordering more LNG-fueled vessels or other fuel types at that time that will allow for more abatement at a lower cost," Bhatti said, adding that these vessels will meet existing EEXI and CII requirements, and optimize voyage operations.
Biodiesel is another "here and now fuel" that is very pertinent because it is a "drop-in" fuel, Bhatti said.
In April, BHP said that it, along with, German shipping company Oldendorff Carriers, advanced biofuels pioneer GoodFuels, and with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore conducted the first marine biofuel trial involving an ocean-going vessel bunkered in Singapore on April 4.
As part of the trial, the 2020-built 81,290 Dwt dry bulk carrier Kira Oldendorff was refueled with "drop-in" advanced biofuel blended with conventional fossil fuels.
The technical results of that experiment were excellent in engine usage, maintenance, and the results from the captain and chief engineer were very positive, Bhatti said, noting that an approximate 82% CO2-e well-to-wake reduction was achieved during the trial.
"We're launching an RFI [request for information] in the next 2-3 months for steady-state supply of biodiesel into Singapore," Bhatti said.
First mover advantage, collaboration
"Many of our competitors and other members of the ecosystem have followed suit and ordered LNG vessels and today if you tried to get an LNG vessel slot in one of the shipyards, it is actually very difficult and the pricing has gone up significantly," Bhatti said.
"And that tells you something. It tells you that the first mover advantage has its benefits," Bhatti said.
However, the bold steps required to make this happen need to be very analytical and business proven aspects that go through the organization for a successful transition, Bhatti cautioned.
He also noted that collaboration with various industry stakeholders including traditional and new fuel suppliers, and shipping partners was key to achieve the net zero ambition.
A cross-industry ecosystem was also critical to developing sustainable cost and scale. For a rapid energy transition, "you have to work with the ecosystem and deliver outcomes that haven't been delivered," Bhatti said.
Source: Platts
A. P. Moller – Maersk reports strong results for 2022
2022 was an exceptionally strong year for Maersk. The unprecedented financial results were driven by solid performance across all businesses during the abnormal market...


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Q: В чем разница между listen port и listen ip:port в конфиге nginx Соединил два конфига nginx: в одном был listen 1.2.3.4:443 в другом listen 443. Домены разные, оба работали на двух серверах. Соединил первый с listen 1.2.3.4:443 в начале, с listen 443 в конце конфига. Второй домен перестал работать. Присоединил второй домен include-ом поэтому не сразу заметил отличие с listen 443. Т.е. при добавлении ко второму домену IP (listen 1.2.3.4:443) заработало. Разъясните пожалуйста в чем была разница. Как я понимаю, нарушено было правило обработки и второй конфиг без IP просто не читался nginx-ом. Но где почитать о приоритете обработки, потому как порознь оба конфига работало без проблем.

A: listen 443 - nginx слушает 443-ый порт на всех интерфейсах
listen 1.2.3.4:443 - nginx слушает 443 порт на интерфейсе с IP 1.2.3.4.
Про то, как вы "соединили" конфигурации - не очень понятно. Если можно, приведите сокращённый пример.
Прочитать про приоритеты можно тут или тут

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Natural Garden
How to Make your Vegetable Garden Bee Friendly
How to protect plants from frost damage in spring
Soil pH: How to Test it without a Test Kit
Indoor Garden Ideas: Growing Microgreens on a Windowsill
Windowsill Salad Garden: Growing Spring Onions
Reblooming Amaryllis: Two Ways to Grow Amaryllis Bulbs Indoors
Growing Lily-of-the-valley in Winter
Growing Hyacinths in Winter
Patio Garden
How to Grow Winter Salad Leaves on the Patio
Growing Persian Cyclamens
Growing and Eating Pansies
Garden History
The Golden Apples of Hesperides
A Mythological Garden in Odyssey
Nero: An Early Fan of the 'Natural' Style?
King Solomon's Garden
Review of The Lost Orchard by Raymond Blanc
Plants: Our Friends & Enemies
Sweet Violet (Viola Odorata) and Parma Violet: How to Grow Forgotten Treasures
Growing Winter Aconite – a Golden Treasure in your Garden
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Nero, the ruler of Rome from 54 to 68AD, did not create the Roman garden style, but his reign marks a high point in its development. There is no doubt that the son of promiscuous Agrippina was a tyrant and a murderer, rightly condemned by almost every historian, but there is one quality that it is difficult to deny to him – he really was an artist. Rome of his time consisted of dark and narrow streets, densely packed with tall buildings, erected without any plan, each to its owner's taste. This ugly, 'formless', according to the historian Tacitus (Annals, XV, 38), look of the 'capital of the world' offended the emperor, who settled on a radical measure. Contemporary sources report, that in 64AD he ordered to start a fire in Rome. The fire, causing countless casualties and openly spread by individuals who claimed they had 'orders', raged for about two weeks. It burned to the ground two thirds of the 'eternal city'. According to Tacitus (Annals, XV, 39), Nero was staying in Antium (Anzio) when it started, and did not return to the city until the flames reached the imperial palace. He therefore could not have seen the beginning of the fire, yet a characteristic rumour was persistently circulated that when he saw the flames, he went to the stage of his private theatre and, playing a harp, sang verses about the destruction of Troy.
Roman coin, British Museum
Whatever the exact course of events, Nero achieved what he wanted. The massive ruin was cleared, the rubbish dumped in the Ostian Marshes, and building started again, but in a different, measured style. The streets were widened, the height of buildings restricted, and open spaces and colonnades were created. The main building material was stone, resistant to fire. Water was conducted everywhere, and special officials were appointed to oversee that it was available in sufficient quantities for public use.
Dove and a jewellery box mosaic, Pompeii, Naples Museum, by Tyler Bell
Simultaneously Nero embarked on another project, possibly the primary reason for the fire. Since the emperor's palace and the surrounding area were destroyed, he started building its replacement that became known as the Domus Aurea ('Golden House') due to its lavish decoration. It was built on a grand scale and, according to historian Suetonius, all parts of it were overlaid with gold and adorned with gems and mother-of‑pearl (Suetonius, Lives, Nero, 31). The dining rooms had ceilings of ivory whose panels could turn and shower down masses of rose petals. They were also fitted with pipes through which guests were sprinkled with perfumes. The main banquet hall had a circular dome that 'constantly revolved day and night, like the heavens'. The palace had baths supplied with sea water and sulphur water. Suetonius reports that when it was finished, Nero said no words of approval apart from 'that he was at last beginning to be housed like a human being' (Lives, Nero, 31). With all its extravagance, the Domus Aurea was a treasury of artistic innovation that continued to influence the European art profoundly for many centuries.
Mosaic floor with slaves serving at a banquet, Dougga, 2nd century AD by Dennis Jarvis
Both Tacitus and Suetonius also relate that a special landscape was created for the Domus Aurea, again on a grand scale. The building work was overseen by skilful architects, Sever and Celer, who 'wanted to subdue nature to art' and were relentlessly spending colossal sums of money (Annals, XV, 42). According to their daring plan, the palace was surrounded by tilled fields, vineyards, pastures and woods, with great numbers of wild and domestic animals, as well as an artificial lake. Tacitus points out that this included special 'places of solitude', surrounded with forest on one side, and offering an open view of a large space and a perspective on the other ('in modum solitudinem hinc silvae, inde aperta spatia et prospectus'). All this was constructed in places that previously did not have anything of this kind.
Sever and Celer even attempted the truly impossible: they offered Nero to connect the lake Avernus with the mouths of Tiber by cutting through a mountain chain a passage a hundred and sixty miles in length, and wide enough for two ships to pass each other. Nero, 'with his passion for the incredible' (Tacitus, Annals, XV, 42), agreed, and the work of digging the stony ground and breaking passes through solid rock commenced. It involved thousands of prisoners and slaves brought from every part of the empire. Unsurprisingly, the result was a complete disaster: after incalculable expense and a huge amount of effort, the useless plan was abandoned. The results of the 'mad extravagance' can still be seen today.
In spite of all this, the example of the Domus Aurea captivated the imagination of Roman aristocracy and the fashion quickly spread. Everywhere for the sake of creating views the landscape was altered – lakes were drained, mounds were erected or cut down to the ground, and open fields were planted with forest. Poet Statius (65-95AD) tells about these efforts in a poem Silvae where he describes a villa in Sorrento that belonged to his friend, Pollius Felix:
There was a hill where now is a plain, a wilderness
Where you now shelter; where you see tall trees now
There was once no dry land: the owner has tamed all… («Silvae», II, 2 from Poetry in Translation).
Roman Villa in the Bay of Verige, Brijuni Islands, Croatia, 1st century BC – 1st century AD by Carole Raddato
What Nero created in the Domus Aurea, was done in every wealthy Roman house, of course, on a much smaller scale. The main feature of the gardens of this time was an artificially created landscape, that framed a villa. In the style of this period the view was supremely important. Though not lacking in grandeur and noble simplicity, rus in urbe ('countryside in the city', Suetonius, Lives, Nero, 31) was a triumph of art, not of nature. Nature was treated rather like a slave to be tamed, and bent to frame the villa that was at the centre of the picture.
Image credits: featured image – the Domus Aurea by William Warby
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The 2011 Dominion Tankard, southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship was held February 7–13 at the Peach King Centre in Grimsby, Ontario.  The winning team of Glenn Howard will represent Ontario at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier in London, Ontario.

Teams

Standings

Round robin

All times EST

Draw 1
February 7, 2:00pm

Draw 2
February 7, 7:30pm

Draw 3
February 8, 2:00pm

Draw 4
February 8, 7:00pm

Draw 5
February 9, 9:00am

Draw 6
February 9, 2:00pm

Draw 7
February 9, 7:00pm

Draw 8
February 10, 2:00pm

Draw 9
February 10, 7:00pm

Draw 10
February 11, 2:00pm

Draw 11
February 11, 7:00pm

Playoffs

1 vs. 2
February 12, 2:00 PM ET

3 vs. 4
February 12, 7:00 PM ET

Semifinal
February 13, 9:30 AM ET

Final
February 13, 2:00 PM ET

Qualification

Zone 1
December 11–12, Brockville Country Club

Kevin Baker (Cornwall)
Charles Wert (Cornwall)
Ian MacAulay (Ottawa)
Matt Paul (Ottawa)
Gary Rowe (Ottawa)
Jeff McCrady (Ottawa)
Shane Latimer (Ottawa)
Ron Hrycak (Ottawa)

Zone 2
December 11–12, Brockville Country Club
Steve Lodge (Brockville)
Greg Richardson (Rideau)
Bryan Cochrane (Rideau)
Howard Rajala (Rideau)
Bill Blad (Rideau)
Blair Dawes (Rideau)
Frank O'Driscoll (Rideau)

Zone 3
December 10–12, Renfrew Curling Club
Dennis Elgie (City View)
Josh Adams (Granite)
Steve Allen (Renfrew)
Damien Villard (Renfrew)
Chris Gardner (Renfrew)

Zone 4
December 10–12, Trenton Curling Club
Scott Davey (Cataraqui)
Jim Marshall (Land O'Lakes)
Greg Balsdon (Loonie)
Rob Dickson (Napanee)
Paul Dickson (Napanee)
Joe Tuer (Quinte)
Dennis Murray (Quinte)
Paul Wood (Royal Kingston)
Bryce Rowe (Land O'Lakes)
David Collyer (Royal Kingston)

Zone 5
December 10–12, Bancroft Curling Club
Nick Avlontis (Lakefield)
Mike Moloney (Lakefield)
Jim O'Marra (Peterborough)
Jason Hogan (Peterborough)
Jon St. Denis (Peterborough)
Bill Harrison (Woodville)
Mike McLean (Peterborough)

Zone 6
December 11–13, Tam Heather Tennis & Curling Club, Scarborough
Mark Kean (Annandale)
Nathan Martin (Oshawa)
Ian Gibson (Oshawa Golf)
Wayne Warren (Tam Heather)
Tim Morrison (Unionville)
Scott McPherson (Unionville)
Bruce Jefferson (Uxbridge)
Gary Grant (Uxbridge)
Rob Lobel (Whitby)
Jason March (Whitby)
John Bell (Unionville)

Zone 7
December 11–12, Bayview Golf & Country Club, Thornhill
John Epping (Donalda)
Aidan Ritchie (East York)
Michael Shepherd (East York)
Dennis Moretto (Richmond Hill)
Peter Matthews (Richmond Hill)
Dave Coutanche (Richmond Hill)
Mike Anderson (Thornhill)
Duane Lindner (York)
Jordan Keon (Richmond Hill)
Gregg Truscott (Scarboro)

Zone 8
December 11–15, Weston Golf & Country Club
Jonathan Braden (High Park)
Roy Arndt (High Park)
Mike Harris (Oakville)
Guy Racette (Royal Canadian)
Ian Fleming (Royal Canadian)
Josh Johnston (Royal Canadian)
Wayne Middaugh (St. George's)
Bill Duck (St. George's)

Zone 9
December 10–12, Alliston Curling Club
Willy MacPherson (Alliston)
Peter Corner (Brampton)
Andrew McGaugh (Brampton)
Rayad Husain (Chinguacousy)
Rob Lipsett (Markdale)
Steve Oldford (Milton)
Dayna Deruelle (Brampton)

Zone 10
December 11–12, Stoud Curling Club
Ken Leach (Barrie)
Cory Heggestad (Barrie)
Travis Dafoe (Bradford)
Dale Matchett (Bradford)
Darcy Weeks (Parry Sound)
Andrew Thompson (Stroud)
Don Campbell (Orillia)

Zone 11
December 11–12, Wiarton Curling Club
Al Hutchinson (Blue Water)
Alan Kemp (Collingwood)
Murray Dougherty (Meaford)
Joey Rettinger (Tara)

Zone 12
December 11–12, Ayr Curling Club
Darcy Perrin (Ayr)
Andrew Fairfull (Guelph)
Robert Rumfeldt (Guelph)
Jared Collie (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite)
Daryl Shane (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite)
Peter Mellor (Kitchener-Waterloo Granite)
Andrew Flemming (Westmount)
Jamie DeHart (Westmount)

Zone 13
December 10–12, Hamilton Victoria Club
Steve Goodger (Dundas Granite)
Ian Robertson (Dundas Valley)
Todd Brandwood (Glendale)
Bill Mackay (Grimsby)
Jason Stahl (Hamilton Victoria)
Simon Ouellet (St. Catharines)
Matt Wilkinson (St. Catharines Golf)
Shane McCready (St. Catharines Golf)
Jason Murray (Burlington)
Steve Henderson (Dundas Granite)
Garth Mitchell (Grimsby)
Curtis Muir (St. Catharines Golf)
Mike Rowe (Burlington)
Geoff Scott (Burlington Golf)

Zone 14
December 10–12, Vanastra Curling Club
Jake Higgs (Harriston)
Mike Schumacher (Teeswater)
Scott McGregor (Wingham)

Zone 15
December 10–12, Tillsonburg & District Curling Club
Jake Walker (Aylmer)
Terry Corbin (Brant)
Travis Fanset (Tillsonburg)
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Woodstock)
Nick Rizzo (Brantford)

Zone 16
December 10–12, Ilderton Curling Club
Perry Smyth (Chatham Granite)
Mark Bice (Sarnia)
Evan Lilly (Highland)
Bob Armstrong (Ilderton)
Bob Stafford (Chatham Granite)
Dale Kelly (Sarnia)

Regions
All on January 8–9 weekend

Region 1 (Zones 1-4)
Cornwall Curling Centre, Cornwall

Region 2 (Zones 5-8)
Uxbdirge and District Curling Club, Uxbridge

Region 3 (Zones 9-12)
Bradford and District Curling Club, Bradford

Region 4 (Zones 13-16)
Teeswater Curling Club, Teeswater

Challenge Rounds
Both are January 21–24

East
Oshawa Curling Club

The B winner must beat the A winner twice in order to advance to the Tankard.

West
Shelburne Curling Club

The B winner must beat the A winner twice in order to advance to the Tankard.

References

Dominion Tankard, 2011
Grimsby, Ontario
Ontario Tankard


Opposition lying about the adverse effect of GST: C P Radhakrishnan.
PM Modi has ensured zero corruption in check posts and this was possible only due to GST. The appeals of the industries are being addressed one after the other. The communist Party is bent upon confusing people with lies, he told reporters.


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Come and join us online to chat! Our virtual events use Zoom, which supports call-in and video options. Hosted by Rebecca Blair. All are welcome.
To RSVP, contact us at: sage@fhpdx.org or (503) 224-2640
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We understand that both your Council and Auckland Council recently voted unanimously to join the Inter Council Working Party considering this collaborative plan change which would include a robust analysis of Section 32. We offer congratulations on these moves and stress the importance of having local rules preventing the use of land for GEOs given the risks of this novel science to human health, the environment and ecology of your region, your economy and tourism industry.
Prohibition of land being used for GE/GM organisms is the only precautionary way to ensure avoidance of the damage to Northland's biosecurity, unique biodiversity, economy, primary producers and public health.
We understand that you recently had a GE Workshop with the Convenor of the ICWP on GEOs/GMOs, Dr Kerry Grundy, in which he provided up-to-date information about what local authorities can do to protect their constituents and the environment from GE/GM organisms, in addition to national minimal environmental standards under the HSNO Act.
We attach our 25 May 2011 Press Release, 'Doctors and Scientists call for a rethink of regulation on genetically engineered food' and you have been emailed our 23 May 2011 Open Letter to Government which complements our submission to your Long Term Council Community Plan. A response from the Minister for the Environment to our Open Letter restates the current flawed processes for regulation and does not address the specific points raised.


I've been busy today! I have another challenge card for you! This one is for Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #91 which is from Taylor VanBruggen's blog Taylored Expessions. It's an amazing site - so many wonderful ideas!
I thought I'd take the opportunity to use some more of the new Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalogue products so my fantastic customers can see what's available.
I don't use Bold Brights all that often, (not because I don't like the colours because I do!), it's more that I'm usually drawn to deeper colours. Having said that, I love these colours! I used Pink Flamingo Designer Series Paper from the 09/10 Idea Book and Catalogue. Aren't they vibrant?
Here's a close up of the stamp I used from For Everything. I used a blender pen to fill the letters in with Summer Sun ink.
As always, I'd love to know what you think, so leave me a message!
*claps and cheers loudly, and throws in a wolf whistle* Beautiful!! This is such a gorgeous, classic card.


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r"""A simple multi-layer perceptron (MLP) agent.

This agent learns a mapping from states to Q-values using simple SARSA updates.
The approximant to Q is a multi-layer perceptron, where the number of layers
and hidden units is configurable with `gin_bindings`.

For example, to run this agent with 3 layers of 64 units, pass the following
flags to the main runtime binary:
  ```
  --gin_bindings="MLPNetwork.num_layers=3" \
  --gin_bindings="MLPNetwork.hidden_units=64"
  ```
"""

import functools
import time
from typing import Any, Sequence, Union

from absl import logging
from balloon_learning_environment.agents import agent
from balloon_learning_environment.agents import networks
from flax import optim
import gin
import jax
import jax.numpy as jnp
import numpy as np

@gin.configurable
def create_optimizer(learning_rate: float = 0.001):
  """Create an SGD optimizer for training."""
  return optim.GradientDescent(learning_rate=learning_rate)

@functools.partial(jax.jit, static_argnums=0)
def select_action(network_def: Any,
                  network_params: np.ndarray,
                  state: Any) -> int:
  """Select an action greedily from network."""
  return jnp.argmax(network_def.apply(network_params, state))

@functools.partial(jax.jit, static_argnums=(0, 7))
def train(network_def: Any,
          optimizer: Any,
          state: Any,
          action: int,
          reward: float,
          next_state: Any,
          next_action: int,
          gamma: float):
  """Run a single SARSA-update."""
  def loss_fn(params):
    q_val = network_def.apply(params, state)[action]
    next_action_val = network_def.apply(params, next_state)[next_action]
    target = reward + gamma * next_action_val
    return (q_val - target)**2
  grad_fn = jax.value_and_grad(loss_fn)
  loss, grad = grad_fn(optimizer.target)
  optimizer = optimizer.apply_gradient(grad)
  return loss, optimizer

@gin.configurable
class MLPAgent(agent.Agent):
  """An agent using a simple MLP network."""

  def __init__(self, num_actions: int, observation_shape: Sequence[int],
               gamma: float = 0.9,
               seed: Union[int, None] = None):
    super().__init__(num_actions, observation_shape)
    self._gamma = gamma
    seed = int(time.time() * 1e6) if seed is None else seed
    rng = jax.random.PRNGKey(seed)
    self.network_def = networks.MLPNetwork(num_actions=(self._num_actions))
    example_state = jnp.zeros(observation_shape)
    network_params = self.network_def.init(rng, example_state)
    optimizer_def = create_optimizer()
    self.optimizer = optimizer_def.create(network_params)

    self._mode = agent.AgentMode('train')

  @property
  def network(self):
    return self.optimizer.target

  def begin_episode(self, observation: np.ndarray) -> int:
    action = select_action(self.network_def,
                           self.network,
                           observation)
    self.last_state = observation
    self.last_action = action
    return action

  def step(self, reward: float, observation: np.ndarray) -> int:
    action = select_action(self.network_def,
                           self.network,
                           observation)

    if self._mode == agent.AgentMode.TRAIN:
      loss, self.optimizer = train(self.network_def,
                                   self.optimizer,
                                   self.last_state,
                                   self.last_action,
                                   reward,
                                   observation,
                                   action,
                                   self._gamma)
      logging.info('Loss: %f', loss)

    self.last_state = observation
    self.last_action = action
    return action

  def end_episode(self, reward: float, terminal: bool) -> None:
    pass

  def set_mode(self, mode: Union[agent.AgentMode, str]) -> None:
    self._mode = agent.AgentMode(mode)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Scots hero Ian Hamilton
So sorry to hear of the death of Scots hero Ian Hamilton – who was an early fighter for Scotland's freedom. On Christmas Eve he and other students took the Stone of Destiny from Westminster abbey, that was used for centuries for Scots kings, and was stolen by Edward I in 1296. It's an incredible story of bravery and fighting for our freedoms.
He's an inspiration. Worth watching the film "Stone of Destiny" and visiting Arbroath abbey, where Hamilton recites the Declaration of Arbroath,
" for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
Submitted in Latin, the Declaration was little known until the late 17th century, and is unmentioned by any of Scotland's major 16th-century historians. In the 1680s, the Latin text was printed for the first time and translated into English in the wake of the Glorious Revolution, after which time it was sometimes described as a declaration of independence
The Declaration of Arbroath
is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII
. It constituted King Robert I response to his excommunication for disobeying the pope's demand in 1317 for a truce in the First War of Scottish Independence. The letter asserted the antiquity of the independence of the Kingdom of Scotland. denouncing English attempts to subjugate it.
Generally believed to have been written in Arbroath abbey by Bernard of Kilwinning (or of Linton), then chancellor of Scotland and Abbot and sealed by fifty-one magnates and nobles, the letter is the sole survivor of three created at the time. The others were a letter from the King of Scots, Robert I and a letter from four Scottish bishops which all made similar points. The Declaration was intended to assert Scotland's status as an Independent, sovereign state and defend Scotland's right to use military action when unjustly attacked.
Submitted in Latin, the Declaration was little known until the late 17th century, and is unmentioned by any of Scotland's major 16th-century historians. In the 1680s, the Latin text was printed for the first time and translated into English in the wake of the Glorious Revolution after which time it was sometimes described as a declaration of independence, the Declaration was little known until the late 17th century, and is unmentioned by any of Scotland's major 16th-century historians. In the 1680s, the Latin text was printed for the first time and translated into English in the wake of the Glorious Revolution, after which time it was sometimes described as a Declaration of Independence.
**Ian Hamilton KC (1925 – 2022) was a Scottish lawyer and nationalist, best known for his part in the return of the Stone fo Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Arbroath Abbey in 1950. Hamilton was born in Paisley Scotland, on 13 September 1925, the son of a tailor. He attended the John Neilson Institution in Paisley before going on to the University of Glasgow to study law, after having served in the British army. National activism It was at University where Hamilton became politically active. A participant in debates at the Glasgow university, he was a member of the Glasgow University Nationalist Association and Scottish Covenant Association. He was also the campaign manager for the successful bid to have John MacCormick elected rector fo the university.
***Stone of Destiny[
On Christmas Eve 1950, Hamilton, along with three other student Scottish nationalists including Kay Matheson removed the Stone of Destiny from its place under the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey. London. Originally used for the coronation of Scottish monarchs, the Stone had been removed to England by Edward I in 1296 to bolster his claim to the throne of Scotland. After the Acts of Union 1707 between Scotland and England, it was used for the coronation of British monarchs.
As such, Hamilton's action in returning the Stone to Scotland was applauded as a symbolic triumph for Scottish nationalism. The Stone was turned over to the Church of Scotland, which passed it to the authorities in April 1951. Hamilton and his accomplices were charged, but never prosecuted. The Stone was eventually returned
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**BOOKS worth reading on Scottish independence
Scotland Cultural Past; Our Independent Future by Paul Henderson Scott. A former diplomat, Rector of Dundee university.
https://www.waterstones.com/ebook/scotland/paul-henderson-scott/9781909912687
Follows the broad questions around Scottish Independence - with informed, easy to read articulate essays.
The English invented the legend of Brutus and made up false accounts of the Union. Most Scots were opposed to it- including Walter Scott. Scott was no unionist, he argues contrary to what some writers put out and cites his essays Malachi and others which have been largely ignored.
"The process continued with radical argument, political campaigning, the discovery of oil, nuclear subs on the Clyde, the Iraq War and above all by the example of the outstanding success of the other small European nations which have recovered Independence."
*Arguing for Independence; Evidence, Risk and the Wicked Issues by Stephen Maxwell. Paul Henderson Scott states this book as the most comprehensive on Scottish Independence and that Maxwell writes of his life long work. He is a master of the issues - the democratic, economic, social, international, cultural and environmental arguments.
Whaur Extremes Meet: Scotland's Twentieth Century by Catriona Macdonald
Unstated: Scottish Writers for Independence.
Arts of Independence by Alexander Moffat and Alan Riach. Explore cultural arguments for Scottish independence. How the arts fire the imagination.
The Stone of Destiny by Ian Hamilton - made into a film in 2008.
Hamilton writes, ' On the morning of 11 April 1951, I left Glasgow with Bill Craig. At Stirling Bridge we thumbed a lift from a car driven by Councillor Gray, which contained the Stone of Destiny, now carefully repaired. at midday we carried it down the grass-floored nave of the abbey and left it at the high later. It was a crucifixion.
When we turned away and stood for a minute at the gate, and looked down the long nave flanked by the blood-red sandstone of the wall s to the alter where the Stone lay under the blue and white of a Satire. I heard the voice of Scotland speak as clearly as it spoke in 1320.
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Stone of Destiny and Arbroath
By pure chance on our drive up to visit our son in Dundee I picked up a small book on our Scottish hero William Wallace. I had been reading of Wallace in a Robert Burn's biography. Burns was inspired by reading of Wallace and he wished to write a song for him - and so Burns wrote his now famous song 'Scots Wa Hae wi Wallace bled.'
It can be a strange thing how one journey steps us on to another. So there I was on the road to Arbroath abbey, which we found to be a large imposing red sandstone building steeped in Scottish history and built by William I of Scotland in 1178. Here men spoke of their cherished freedom back in 1320, and here Glasgow students in 1950 returned the Stone of Destiny, on which Scottish kings had been crowned for 450 years at Scone Abbey near Perth. (they bravely stole the stone from Westmister Abbey at Christmas time!) .. This was the place that the Arbroath Declaration of Independence was signed by lords, commons and the clergy of Scotland in 1320. In it they had affirmed our right to be free to live our own lives in our own way. There is a clip of Ian Hamilton who led the students at the Arbroath visitors centre, speaking of his quest to awaken Scotland from its long slumber, his voice chokes as he speaks..
...for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.
So I bought Hamilton's book and enjoyed reading it. In it he writes, ' On the morning of 11 April 1951, I left Glasgow with Bill Craig. At Stirling Bridge we thumbed a lift from a car driven by Councillor Gray, which contained the Stone of Destiny, now carefully repaired. At midday we carried it down the grass-floored nave of the abbey and left it at the high later. It was a crucifixion.
When we turned away and stood for a minute at the gate, and looked down the long nave flanked by the blood-red sandstone of the walls to the alter where the Stone lay under the blue and white of a Satire. I heard the voice of Scotland speak as clearly as it spoke in 1320.
I continue on my journey learning Scots history and considering it is so interesting it is quite a shame that it practically died out in schools back after the war. Then we had to aspire to being second rate English here and learn English history - The Tudors, Wordsworth and Shakespeare etc. at school.
I was fortunate that I had a Mr MacDonald from the Hebrides who was a tall man who often wore a blue kilt, for my headmaster at primary school, and so we were lucky we learnt a Burns poem every year and sang Burns songs with our school choir. I have such fond and vivid memoirs of this. It is wonderful to note that today things have changed and Scottish school children do now learn about their own country's past.
A Short history. During Alexander II's reign things were stable in Scotland. He was married to the daughter of the English king and his daughter married the King of Norway
Sadly his two sons died and his daughter died giving birth to a daughter (who later died). Storm clouds were brewing and Alexander had no heir. Disaster was predicted and when he suddenly died the Scottish Wars of Independence began.
When Edward Longshanks, the Hammer of the Scots, paraded north, he stole the Stone of Destiny from Perth and put it under a new Coronation throne in Westminster. Scottish kings had been crowned on the stone for 450 years. After Robert the Bruce and the Battle of Bannockburn, Edward II agreed to return the stone to Scotland in 1328.
Hamilton writes - "The symbol of her liberty had come back to Scotland, and we felt that some sort of rude ceremony was needed to mark the return of the Lia Fail to the custody of its own people.
We stopped and drew the coat back and exposed the Stone to the air of Scotland for the first time in 600 years. from the provision basket we produced the gill of whisky, and poured a libation over the stone's roughness. thus, quietly, with little fuss, with no army, with no burning of houses or killing people, and for the expenditure of less than £1000, we brought Scotland back the Stone of Destiny."
The Stone was returned to Edinburgh 'on loan' oddly (?) in 1997 with the setting up of the Scottish Parliament. Was this the real stone? Does it all matter? Yes the stone is a symbol of Scotland's long and unique history and identity.
A movie about Hamilton and The Stone of Destiny was released in 2008 with Charlie Cox playing Hamilton.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Destiny-Ian-R-Hamilton/
Ian Hamilton writes in his Stone of Destiny, ' History is on the side of the small nations. Look about you and you will see the truth.'
'When on 25 march 1707 James Ogilvie, Earl of Seafield, Chancellor of Scotland, signed the Act of Union, ending Scotland's ancient independence, and merging the two parliaments of Scotland and England into the United Kingdom Parliament, he threw down the quill with these words: 'Now there's the end of an auld sang.'
It may be, it just may be, that on Christmas Day 1950 four young people wrote a new verse to that old song. Whatever we did, the song is still being sung.'
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Gold dropped for a third day as the dollar stabilized after a slump sparked by the Federal Reserve paring its interest-rate outlook for 2016.
Bullion for immediate delivery declined as much as 0.4 percent to $1,250.99 an ounce and was at $1,252.52 at 11:55 a.m. in Singapore, according to Bloomberg generic pricing. The yellow metal fell a combined 0.6 percent on Thursday and Friday.
Gold has risen 18 percent this year, buoyed by speculation that the Fed wouldn't actually boost rates by the four times that policy makers signaled at the end of 2015. Last week, projections from the central bank implied just two quarter-point increases this year, sparking a sell-off in the U.S. currency. Gold was trading lower on Monday following a recovery in the dollar, according to David Lennox, an analyst at Fat Prophets in Sydney.
Investors aren't deterred by the slide in prices. Holdings in exchange-traded funds backed by gold rose 21.4 metric tons to 1,763.1 tons on Friday, the highest level since March 2014, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That's the biggest increase in almost a month.
Spot silver rose 0.2 percent, palladium slipped 0.1 percent and platinum lost 0.4 percent.


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Love Island fans celebrate as Jake and Liberty breakup ends in tears
Published: 20/Aug/2021 11:43 Updated: 25/Aug/2021 10:12
by Hannah Van-de-Peer
Instagram: libertypoolex
Love Island twitter
After weeks of despair, fans finally rejoiced as Liberty broke up with Jake during the August 19 episode of Love Island. The 21-year-old was greeted with an outpouring of love on Twitter, with supporters saying they "appreciate" her.
The pair got together on day one, though Jake initially had his doubts. He confessed to former Islander Hugo Hammond early on that he "wasn't sure if the attraction was 100% there." His comments were later shown to Liberty during Love Island Movie Night.
Liberty quickly became one of the best-liked contestants in the villa. Fans tipped her to win, despite the fact that Jake ended up in the bottom three on August 8.
A viral TikTok posted August 13 revealed "uncomfortable" behavior from Jake. The contestant kept Liberty away from the rest of the group, despite her wanting to join them. Fans claimed he was "controlling" and "a red flag."
Jake first coupled up with Liberty on day one.
What was the final straw for Liberty?
After seven turbulent weeks, Liberty decided to call it quits with Jake. In an emotional conversation with Faye, the fan-favorite admitted she "can't pretend (she's) happy" when she's "not."
Read More: Griffin Johnson blasts Noah Beck over Dixie D'Amelio relationship
While confessing her feelings to Jake, the Islander stated she "didn't feel like (he was) into her." She expressed that if her partner truly did "love" her, he'd see past her "messiness."
Jake insisted he'd "never change for anyone," and "if we're not right for each other then that's it." The former couple agreed to "go their separate ways" before Liberty returned her gifted bracelet.
Fans celebrated the break-up on Twitter
Viewers stood by Liberty after the teary split. One Twitter user claimed that "she's actually very secure." Another said that she must be "mentally exhausted" after "loving someone who doesn't love (her) back."
Liberty is mentally exhausted. No relationship should be like that, loving someone who doesn't love you back #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/srsu2gukDK
— Lazypops50 (@niamh99015568) August 19, 2021
Jake faced backlash for coupling up with Liberty in the first place. "Jake is doing more talking with the boys than he did in fighting for his relationship," one user said. "Jake has never actually reassured Liberty," said another.
Jake has never actually reassured Liberty #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/M7KDbD5i7a
— Holli 🍉 (@Holliaietan) August 19, 2021
Liberty also claimed a few celebrity supporters after the break-up. Radio presenter Greg James stated, "I love Liberty. She should win on her own." Former Love Island winner Amber Gill said, "thank God Liberty realized."
Speaking of 'the ick'…I get it with all the dates and challenges on this show (apart from Millie playing the piano which was comedy genius). That said, I am completely obsessed with this series and I love Liberty. She should win on her own. Jake can go suck his own toes
— Greg James (@gregjames) August 19, 2021
Insiders are also Tweeting spoilers after the cliffhanger ending. Click at your own risk!
With the final just days away, will Liberty leave with her head held high? Check out the highlights on the official Love Island YouTube channel!


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Haryana, India, April 16 – Police carry out inspection after a CNG car exploded near a fire-cracker factory at Kadipur Industrials area in Gurugram, Haryana.Two persons were killed and three others were injured early on Monday after a car exploded at a fire cracker factory in Kadipur village.The incident occurred around 1 a.m. when a car fitted with a CNG cylinder blasted Photo courtesy of PTI Photo
Vancouver, Canada, April 16 – Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, poses for a photograph with Gurmukh Singh, center, after marching in the Vaisakhi parade, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Photo courtesy of PTI Photo
Seoul, South Korea, April 16 – Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Fold is displayed inside of a glass enclosure during MWC Barcelona, the world's largest mobile show, on Feb. 25, 2019. The South Korean tech giant showcased its first foldable device during an Unpacked event in February but didn't reveal the phone's weight and thickness. The Galaxy Fold features a 7.3-inch display, which folds into a compact device with a separate 4.6-inch cover display. Photo courtesy of Yonhap
Beijing, China, April 16 – One of the world's rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just three known survivors of the species. The female turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) died in Suzhou zoo in southern China. Experts had tried to artificially inseminate the creature, which was over 90 years old, for a fifth time shortly before she died.The species has suffered from hunting, overfishing and the destruction of its habitat. One male, estimated to be more than 100 years old, is left in the Chinese zoo while two other turtles live in the wild in Vietnam. The elusive nature of the turtle means it has been difficult to identify the gender of the pair. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia


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Designers restyle scrubs for charity
Christopher Straub, a "Project Runway" season 6 contestant, hosted the second annual fashion show.
Marisa Wojcik
Left to right Med and dental students Nellie Pooler, Rachel Anderson and Kayla Anderson wear scrubs by design students Ellie Hottinger, Mai See Her and Mai Yang (respectively) on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. The "Scrubbed into Fashion" show was a fundraiser for the Smile Network.
Meghan O'Connor
Apparel designers from the University of Minnesota's College of Design were selected to create three looks using medical scrubs that were modeled Saturday night at TCF Bank Stadium.
The show was part of the second annual "Scrubbed into Fashion" challenge — a "Project Runway"-inspired event produced by the Medical School Student Council and the Fashion and Business student group.
All proceeds from the show go toward the Smile Network, a Minnesota-based nonprofit foundation providing reconstructive surgeries for children and young adults in developing countries.
Over the course of two months, the chosen eight designers had to create a ready-to-wear look, couture look and traditional medical attire look all inspired by African culture, since the next destination for the Smile Network is in Africa. The designers were given scrubs and an additional $75 for other supplies.
Students from the University's dental and medical schools modeled the African-inspired garments. As an added challenge, this year's designers had to incorporate a male model in their runway collections. Most of the designers saw this as their biggest challenge.
"My male model has such a broad stature, it was so different from what I'm used to," said Maisee Her, who won this year's contest.
Her line was inspired by the people of Maasai, an ethnic group located in Kenya and northern Tanzania.
She focused on the fullness of their skirts and draped clothing while mimicking natural elements. The African horned cucumber melon served as the inspiration for the skirt in the couture look, Her said.
"I had a vision in mind before applying, but once I started to work with the fabrics, I found some things were impossible," she said.
When Her was announced the winner, her mother bolted up to the stage with tears streaming down her face to congratulate her daughter.
"That moment was surreal," Her said.
The amount of money made Saturday tripled last year's earnings, pulling in around $15,000. This money will go toward funding 30 surgeries for a mission, which leaves April 26 for Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
The Smile Network has performed more than 2,000 surgeries. Surgeries take no longer than 45 minutes and cost $500, said Kim Valentini, founder of the Smile Network.
"These designers did an amazing job; I was blown away," Valentini said. "I had to go backstage to actually touch the garments … I couldn't believe they were scrubs."
Christopher Straub, a contestant from season 6 of "Project Runway," and Todd Walker from Fox Channel 9 news hosted the show.
"I'm from Minnesota, and it is such a joy to see talent in my home state at this caliber," Straub said.
The event originated in 2010 through a conversation at a conference-room table with medical student Phillip Radke and Valentini.
"I wanted to create an opportunity for young talent to flourish," Radke said. "And to see my crazy, zany dream become a reality."


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Home Rugby World Rugby Urged To Consider Change As Concussion Continues To Rise
World Rugby Urged To Consider Change As Concussion Continues To Rise
The PA Team March 26, 2018
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 01: Waisake Naholo of the All Blacks is taken off for concussion testing during the International Test match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the British & Irish Lions at Westpac Stadium on July 1, 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
English rugby chiefs on Monday announced an action plan alongside a report showing a rising number of injuries during matches, with concussion making up nearly a quarter of the total.
The Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project, covering the 2016-17 season, said the incidence of match concussions rose for the seventh consecutive season.
And it suggested a World Rugby directive to increase sanctions on tackles and take a zero-tolerance approach to contact with the head made "no difference" to the incidence of all injuries and concussion.
"We would like World Rugby to give consideration to thinking about reducing the legal height for the tackle," said Rugby Football Union (RFU) medical services director Simon Kemp.
"There's very little margin for error with the permitted height of the tackle at the line of the shoulders. It's for World Rugby to consider and we know they're doing that at the moment."
In the 2016-17 Premiership season there were 3.8 injuries per match (1.9 per team) on average. The average severity of match injuries — the time taken to return to play — was 32 days.
The report showed 47 per cent of all match injuries are associated with the tackle, with an almost equal split between tackler and the ball carrier.
And it said the incidence of training injuries also rose.
Nigel Melville, the RFU's director of professional rugby, said the legal height for a tackle had become a "grey area" that was interpreted differently by referees.
"We want to work with the players, the professional clubs and World Rugby to build a much better body of knowledge about this, so we make better, more informed decisions," he said.
An eight-point Professional Game Action Plan on Player Injuries, developed by the RFU, Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Players' Association, was announced alongside the publication of the injury project.
As well as addressing the tackle height, the plan vowed to undertake or continue research in player load, training injury risk and the impact of artificial grass pitches.
Premiership Rugby's Phil Winstanley said injuries were not just a problem for English rugby.
"This is also a world game issue and we look forward to engaging with World Rugby to identify solutions which benefit all," he said.
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