In this chapter which is dedicated to MRSA symptoms intention will be to describe impetigo as one of most common MRSA symptoms. This very contagious infection commonly develops blisters or sores on the patient's facial area, neck, hands and diaper area. It is important to say that impetigo is recognized like one of most common skin infection among kids (in most cases are infected youngsters between 2 and 6 years old). Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus group A bacteria are most common strains that cause impetigo infection, mostly at preschool and school-age children. Youngsters may be more likely to develop this type of infection if the skin has already been irritated by other skin problems or traumas, such as poison ivy, eczema or insect bite. Regular hygiene can help to prevent this infection, which mostly develops when there is a sore or rash that has been scratched repetitively (impetigo may develop from poison ivy). Impetigo is generally treated with an antibiotic cream or oral medications.
As we previously said impetigo can appear on any part of body, but most common can be found on the nasal area, mouth, on hands and forearms and diaper area in youngest. We may recognize two tapes of this infection: bullous impetigo ( large blisters) and non-bullous impetigo (crusted type). Second type (non-bullous) is more common than first type. Both types are caused mostly by Staph aureus bacteria but can also be induced by Strep group A germ. Non-bullous impetigo starts as tiny blisters. They eventually burst and leave small wet patches of red skin that may weep fluid. Bit by bit, a tan or yellowfish-brown crust covers the affected region, making it look like it has been coated with brown sugar or honey. Bullous type of impetigo infection is almost always caused by Staph aureus bacteria, which triggers larger fluid-containing blisters that can appear clear, then cloudy. Blisters are more probably to remain whole on the skin without breaking.
Impetigo infection in some cases may itch and children can spread the infection by scratching it and then reaching other body parts. This type of infection is contagious and have ability to spread to anyone who comes into contact with infected skin or other items, such as towels, clothing, and bed linens, that have been touched by infected skin.
In case that is affected only a small part of skin tissue, impetigo can ordinarily be processed with an antibiotic ointment. But if the impetigo has spread to other areas of patient's organic structure, or the antibiotic cream isn't working, medical practitioner may advise an antibiotic pill or liquid. From the moment when antibiotic treatment starts, recovering should be viewable inside a few days. It is fundamental to make sure that your child takes the antibiotics as the doctor has prescribed. If that doesn't happen, there is a possibility of developing a deeper and more serious skin infections. Note: during the impetigo is healing, gently wash the areas of infected area of skin with clean gauze and antiseptic soap every day. Soak any parts of crusted skin in warm soapy water to help remove the layers of crust. To prevent spreading impetigo to other body parts, GP will probably recommend covering infected areas of skin with gauze and tape or a loose plastic bandage. Also, it is important to keep fingernails short and clean.
Impetigo is most commonly caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus group A, but over the time significantly increasingly, impetigo is caused by MRSA; CA-MRSA now accounts for 7-20% of impetigo infections (Cohen PR,Int. J. Dermatol. 2007 Jan;46(1):1-11). Impetigo caused by Streptococcus and CA-MRSA look same.
Definition of impetigo and connection with MRSA infection - Impetigo is defined as a skin infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus group A bacteria. This type of infection typically affects young children (mostly between 2 and 6 years old), most frequently during the hot and humid summer months. This infection has a preference for skin that has already been injured by other skin problems or minor traumas, such as eczema or poison ivy. A potentially more serious germ of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus has emerged in recent years that develops immunity to beta lactam antibiotics - we are talking about Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA . Community associated MRSA (CA- MRSA) will be discussed with impetigo skin infection, but they are clinically distinct entities.
Symptoms of impetigo and MRSA - Impetigo can occur skin anywhere on the organic structure, but mostly appears on facial area of skin. It causes itchy skin with tiny blisters particularly around the mouth and nose. Blisters will eventually burst to reveal areas of red skin that may weep fluid. Step by step, a tan or yellowish-brown crust will cover the affected skin region. Community–associated MRSA usually presents as pimples, boils or abscesses. Sometimes they may be painful and may be misdiagnosed as a insect bite. School personnel will generally only know that a student is infected with MRSA if given the diagnosis by a health care provider as it may be difficult to distinguish from other common skin infections. Incubation and contagious period for impetigo - Incubation - Skin sores develop in 7 to 10 days after bacteria enter to the skin.
Contagion - Until the skin sores are handled with antibiotics for minimum 24 hours or the crusting lesions are no longer present.
How does infection with impetigo occur? - Impetigo (and MRSA) can be passed from individual to individual. When someone in a household has impetigo, the infection can be passed to other house members on clothing, towels, and bed linens that have touched the infected person's skin. Impetigo can also be spread from one area of the skin to another by scratching. On the face, the infection usually spreads along the edges of an affected area, but it may also spread to more distant parts of the body on contaminated fingers.
Prevention tips- Good general hygiene practices, such as a daily bathing with soap and water can help prevent impetigo infection. Areas of skin that have been injured should be kept clean and covered. Covering sores withgauze, loosely to allow airflow, can help prevent spreading the bacteria in group settings. If a family member is infected, all family members should use different towels.
Treatment facts for impetigo and MRSA - Impetigo is usually treated with antibiotics, which may be given by the mouth. In very mild cases, a topical antibiotic may be used. Community-associated MRSA is best treated with good wound care (incision and drainage by health care provider), coverage with a clean, dry bandage, and in some cases antibiotics (to which the organism is susceptible).
Exclusion from school & readmission - Absence from school or kindergarten is necessary measure as soon as impetigo is suspected. If the family is unable to pick up the child promptly, wash affected area with soap and water and cover it with a clean, dry bandage. Exclusion for MRSA is only recommended if the student is unable to cover skin lesion and control body fluids. Readmission is generally advised after 24 hours of appropriate (antibiotic) treatment for impetigo or when lesions are healed, with permission of school principal or other authorized personnel.


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The Tall Stranger
Nicholas Chennault ~ September 9, 2015
The Tall Stranger—Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, Leo Gordon, George Neise, Michael Pate, Ray Teal (1957; Dir: Thomas Carr)
The stranger of the title is played by Joel McCrea, coming toward the end of his career, and he's a bit long in the tooth for the role he plays in this combination wagon train-range war story with a convoluted plot based on a story by Louis L'Amour. But he is still Joel McCrea, and, like Gary Cooper, he can still hold our attention and make us forget about his age.
Ned Bannon (Joel McCrea) is heading home to Bishop Valley in Colorado Territory from the Civil War, when he spots rustlers and one of them ambushes him, shooting him and killing his horse. All he saw of his assailant was a gold-plated rifle, along with fancy spurs. He wakes up in a wagon heading west; a wagon train had found him, and Ellen (Virginia Mayo), a widow with a young son, had found room for him. There is some hostility toward him among members of the wagon train. Bannon was wearing parts of a Union uniform, and most of them are southerners and former Confederates.
Ned Bannon (Joel McCrea) returns home from the war to have it out with his brother (Barry Kelley).
He finds that they are led by a man named Harper (George Neise), and, although they think they are going to California, they are far south of the normal trail, heading for Bishop Valley, from which there is no good trail farther west. Bannon is unlikely to get much of a welcome from the local cattle baron Hardy Bishop (Barry Kelley), his half-brother. During the recent war, Bishop's only son Billy had joined Quantrill's Missouri border raiders, and Bannon had led the Union cavalry that captured him, among others of Quantrill's men. The son had been executed. Bannon has to fight Bishop before Bishop will listen to him at all, but Bannon persuades Bishop to give him three days to talk the wagon train into leaving the valley.
Bishop approaches the wagon train with Stark (Leo Gordon, in a rare good guy role), Bishop's foreman, and Red. Harper goads Red into drawing his gun and shoots him; in the melee that follows, Mrs. Judson is killed, although Bannon sees that she was shot from behind with a hollow-point bullet—the same kind with which he had been ambushed. Ellen is bathing in a stream when she is attacked by Zarata (Michael Ansara), leader of Harper's rustlers; he has a gold-plated rifle and fancy spurs. Bannon fights Zarata and seems to be winning, until Zarata grabs Ellen's son and uses him as a shield, breaking the boy's arm.
Young widow Ellen (Virginia Mayo) defends herself and her son.
[Spoilers follow.] Bannon takes Ellen and son back to Bishop's ranch, where they are doctored by Bishop's cook Charley (Michael Pate). Now Bannon knows that Harper plans to use the settlers and Zarata to take over the valley, and Harper and Zarata's men attack the ranch. After a protracted siege, Bannon and Bishop use a makeshift smokescreen to allow Bishop's men to escape from the bunkhouse and get weapons, swinging the battle in their favor. Bishop gets Zarata but is himself mortally wounded. Harper is killed. In the end, Bannon, presumably the new owner of the ranch and the valley, offers to let the wagon train stay and build a town. Although Ellen reveals that she has a sordid past in St. Louis with no husband (kind of like Anne Baxter in Three Violent People), she and Bannon appear to have a future together.
This is can be hard to find now, since it's not on DVD, but it is worth watching. The print I saw (on Amazon) was both grainy and inconsistent in color, and it's obviously in need of restoration. This is one of McCrea's better westerns from the late 1950s, like Trooper Hook and Gunsight Ridge (both also from 1957). Notwithstanding McCrea's age, the fight scenes with Barry Kelley and Michael Ansara are well-staged and persuasive. Virginia Mayo is also good here, and there is an excellent supporting cast as well. Leo Gordon and Michael Pate are particularly good.
Hardy Bishop (Barry Kelley) and Ned Bannon (Joel McCrea) are besieged by Harper and his minions.
Director Thomas Carr had started as a child actor in silent movies. He was an extra in John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924) and became a director of B movies at Republic in the 1940s. When he made The Tall Stranger, he was near the end of his movie-directing career before going exclusively into television work. Filmed in color in southern California, at 81 minutes.
Virginia Mayo's best other westerns are Colorado Territory (1949), also with Joel McCrea, and Fort Dobbs (1958) with Clint Walker, but you can also see her in The Proud Ones (1956) with Robert Ryan, Westbound (1959) with Randolph Scott and in the [inaccurate] Jim Bowie biopic The Iron Mistress (1952) with Alan Ladd.
This entry was posted in Westerns Worth Watching and tagged Civil War Aftermath, Joel McCrea, Louis L'Amour, Range Wars, Virginia Mayo, Wagon Train Westerns on September 9, 2015 by Nicholas Chennault.
Four Guns to the Border
Nicholas Chennault ~ August 26, 2015
Four Guns to the Border—Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller, Walter Brennan, John McIntire, Jay Silverheels, George Nader, Nina Foch, Charles Drake, Nestor Paiva (1954; Dir: Richard Carlson)
Based on a story by Louis L'Amour, this unpretentious western also has an excellent cast. The writing and direction aren't quite as good as the cast and story, but it's worth watching, particularly if you like Rory Calhoun. At this stage of his career, Calhoun played the protagonist in lower-budget movies (e.g., Dawn at Socorro, Apache Territory), while he was often the villain in big budget productions (The Spoilers, River of No Return). Here he is something of both, but mostly the protagonist. The cast includes John McIntire and Walter Brennan, both excellent character actors who didn't often appear in the same movie, since they tended to play the same kind of old-coot-ish roles. (But see them together in The Far Country, where they're both pretty good.)
In 1881 the four riders of the title are moving through Apache country, presumably in Arizona or New Mexico, when they come upon Simon Bhumer (pronounced "Boomer," played by Walter Brennan) and his nubile, tomboyish daughter Lolly (Colleen Miller), fresh from finishing school. Both Cully (Rory Calhoun), the leader of the four, and Bronco (George Nader) are visibly taken with her, but Simon thinks none of them are good enough for her. In fact, he's right. The four are headed to pull off a bank robbery, while Simon and Lolly are going back to his ranch in Shadow Valley through territory infested with Apaches.
Simon Bhumer (Walter Brennan) and daughter Lolly (Colleen Miller) head for their ranch; but a heated relationship develops between Lolly and Ray Cully (Rory Calhoun).
All six spend the night at Greasy's general store, while Greasy (Nestor Paiva) reconnoiters in town to verify that the bank currently holds enough money to make robbing it worth while. Cully has a combustible scene or two with Lolly until Simon breaks it up. Gang members Bronco and Yaqui (Jay Silverheels) fight regularly, seemingly out of exuberance. Dutch (John McIntire) has known Simon a long time; they were both quasi-outlaws, until Simon went straight.
The gang's plan for the bank involves Cully creating a diversion while the robbery takes place, and then the gang bolts for the border. Cully and Sheriff Jim Flannery (Charles Drake, previously seen as Shelly Winters' ineffective boy friend Steve in Winchester '73) were once young hellions, both vying for the affections of Maggie (Nina Foch), who chose Jim. Cully picks a fight with Jim, which engages the town's attentions until Maggie breaks it up. Having completed the robbery as planned, the four head for the border with a posse in pursuit. Back at Greasy's store, they find it burned by Apaches, with Greasy dead.
Sheriff Jim Flannery (Charles Drake) and Cully (Rory Calhoun) fight out old grievances.
[Spoilers follow.] Meanwhile, Simon Bhumer's horse goes lame, and he and Lolly are besieged by Apaches. Cully hands the loot to Dutch and takes off to help. Dutch gives it to Bronco and follows, and finally Bronco and Yaqui head for the battle, too. It's a desperate matter, and one by one Dutch, Yaqui and Bronco are all killed and Cully is gravely wounded. Yaqui had used the bag of loot to bash an Indian, and the coins are scattered all over the site. Simon and Lolly take Cully to the Shadow Valley ranch, and when the posse arrives at the battle site to chase off the Apaches, only bodies and the scattered proceeds of the robbery are left.
At the Bhumer ranch, Cully's wound is bad enough so Simon has to go for medical help. Flannery and two deputies arrive and start to shoot it out with Cully. He calls out Flannery, while Lolly tries to talk him out of it. As Cully and Flannery advance to their showndown, finally Cully surrenders—persuaded at last by the love of a good woman.
Cully (Rory Calhoun) rides to the rescue, while Yaqui (Jay Silverheels) and Dutch (John McIntire) look on.
As a general matter, this is above average. Rory Calhoun is good here, and the film has also surprisingly strong female roles. Both Colleen Miller as Lolly and Nina Foch in a limited role as Maggie are good; Calhoun and Miller have good chemistry together. Jay Silverheels has one of his best roles, not to mention a very colorful costume. All in all, this is a good early Calhoun western. The ending, with Cully giving himself up, is not entirely satisfying, but it's how such matters were handled in westerns from the 1940s and 1950s (see Joel McCrea in Four Faces West and Fred MacMurray in The Moonlighter for just two other examples). The good guy could not be allowed to get away with crime even if he was repentant, lest all society fall apart.
Richard Carlson directs Rory Calhoun and Colleen Miller in their climactic scene.
Richard Carlson is known mostly as an actor in supporting roles, but he directs competently here in his second feature. In color, at 83 minutes. This can be hard to find, since it is apparently not available in the U.S. on DVD.
This entry was posted in Westerns Worth Watching and tagged Louis L'Amour, Manhunts, Rory Calhoun on August 26, 2015 by Nicholas Chennault.
Apache Territory
Nicholas Chennault ~ February 9, 2015
Apache Territory—Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Leo Gordon Frank DeKova, Francis De Sales, Thomas Pittman, Carolyn Craig, Myron Healey (1958; Dir: Ray Nazarro)
Based on an early novel by Louis L'Amour (Last Stand at Papago Wells, which would have been a better and less generic title), this is first an Old Scout Takes Charge story. The Old Scout here is Logan Cates (Rory Calhoun), and he is one of those omni-competent frontiersmen of whom L'Amour was so fond, like Hondo Lane (John Wayne, also in a story by L'Amour), Ward Kinsman (Robert Taylor in Ambush), Shalako (Sean Connery in Shalako) or Archie McIntosh (Burt Lancaster in Ulzana's Raid). It is also a Lost Patrol story, like Fort Massacre, from the heyday of cavalry westerns. It has echoes of Strangers on a Stagecoach stories, except that this time it's strangers surrounded by Apaches. If only it had an easterner coming west and learning new ways and a Mysterious Stranger, it might have most of the traditional elements of western stories packed into one relatively short B western.
We first find Cates in the Arizona desert, aided by a little voice-over narration, as he tries to get to Yuma while avoiding hostile Apaches. He's successful enough until he spies several white horsemen who don't see Apaches about to attack them; he fires a couple of warning shots, and they take off, followed by the Apaches. He cautiously approaches the next water, only to find the whites' bodies, and a live Apache. He kills the Apache and finds one young white survivor with a wound: 19-year-old Lonnie Foreman (Thomas Pittman), who joins him. A bit later Cates comes upon a wagon the Apaches have already left; a quivering young woman, Junie Hatchett (Carolyn Craig), huddles under the sagebrush with the rest of her family slaughtered nearby.
Logan Cates (Rory Calhoun) and Jennifer Fair (Barbara Bates) hash over past regrets.
As the three head for Apache Wells, they encounter two more riders: former Confederate cavalry officer Grant Kimbrough (John Dehner) and his fiancée Jennifer Fair (Barbara Bates), also heading for Yuma. As they all stop for water at Apache Wells, they are surrounded by Apaches under their leader Churupati and are joined in due course by six surviving cavalrymen from a patrol from Yuma, as well as Lugo (Frank DeKova), a Pima scout and prospector. The cavalrymen have their own problems, in addition to having lost fifteen men already. Their sergeant, Sgt. Sheehan (Francis De Sales), is a former desk clerk from St. Louis, and Zimmerman (Leo Gordon), whom he has demoted, is in a state of near constant rebellion.
[Spoilers follow.] The sergeant defers to Cates in matters of strategy and planning. Kimbrough initially does the same, but doesn't trust his fiancée with Cates around and really wants to leave quickly. Zimmerman wants to take over and is a constant source of tension. Kimbrough and Zimmerman don't trust Lugo, but Cates is inclined to, since Apaches hate Pimas. Cates has a history with Jennifer that puts him at odds with Kimbrough. He insists that they wait out the attack, since they have water and the Apaches don't. He and Lugo think a storm is imminent, and they plan to get out under cover of the weather. The cavalrymen get picked off one by one, starting with the sergeant and another. Zimmerman is killed trying to break out, and another (Myron Healey) is driven crazy thinking of his family in Illinois. Finally, as the storm comes up, Cates, Lonnie, Kimbrough and Conley (the last cavalryman) fashion bombs out of gunpowder and canteens and use the storm as cover to deliver them—except for Kimbrough, who tosses his aside and ducks back to cover.
By the end, the survivors ride out. Kimbrough is dead after a fight with Lugo, Cates and Jennifer are back together, and it looks like Lonnie and Junie will ride on to California and make a life together with a little gold given to them by Lugo. The five are the only survivors. We never see Churupati.
Rory Calhoun could be a decent actor with good material and direction (see him in Dawn at Socorro, for example). Here he mostly looks pained while others quarrel with him, as he tries to save people he's not really responsible for. He tended to be the protagonist in B westerns but a bad guy in A westerns (see, for example, The Spoilers and River of No Return). Cates' backstory of his relationship with Jennifer is not terribly convincing. One suspects the direction by journeyman Ray Nazarro wasn't much help. Nazarro directed a lot of B westerns, and this was his last movie. John Dehner (The Fastest Gun Alive, Trooper Hook, Man of the West, The Left-Handed Gun) and Leo Gordon (Hondo, Gun Fury, Ten Wanted Men, 7th Cavalry, McLintock!) were both excellent character actors, and they do well enough here. Gordon tends to be on one note of hostility here, and he can do much more than that if allowed. Barbara Bates is fine; she's required to move from hositility to Cates to despising Kimbrough to rapprochement with Cates, and it works. DeKova works well enough as the Pima Lugo. Pittman and Craig would have done better with better writing for their parts and more nuanced direction. Both Tom Pittman and Carolyn Craig, who played the young couple, died young and violently—Pittman soon after the release of this movie in a car crash and Craig in 1970 by gunshot (suicide). Barbara Bates was also a suicide in 1969.
In all, this is a watchable B western, especially for fans of Rory Calhoun. It's not perfect, and it's marred by pedestrian direction. Among all westerns, it might win the award for Best Performance by a Gila Monster. Shot in color by Irving Lippman, at 77 minutes. Not to be confused with Apache Country, with Gene Autry (1952). Or with the classic Fort Apache, for that matter.
This entry was posted in Westerns Worth Watching and tagged Cavalry Westerns, Louis L'Amour, Native Americans (Indians), Rory Calhoun on February 9, 2015 by Nicholas Chennault.
Louis L'Amour Stories
Nicholas Chennault ~ July 7, 2014
Westerns Based on the Works of Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour, a veteran of World War II, was a prolific author who began his career writing for the pulps under a variety of names. In the 1950s, stories from his westerns (he called them "frontier stories") began to be made into movies. Partly from this, and partly from the fact that he could write an engaging story and turned them out frequently, by the 1970s his works began to show up on best-seller lists. Many of them involved a large Tennessee family whose members moved west one by one–the Sacketts. As he became better known to the general public, his works tended to be made for television. Born in North Dakota in 1908, at the time of his death in 1988 he had written 105 works–89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction, and many of them were still in print. They have continued to be reprinted after his death.
Among the movies made from his novels, the best is the first: Hondo, starring John Wayne as irascible scout Hondo Lane (1953). Four Guns to the Border, The Tall Stranger, and Apache Territory are also pretty good, probably the best until the TNT-L'Amour television movie boom of the 1980s and early 1990s. The list of movies based on L'Amour's works inevitably included some real clunkers, like Taggart (1965). There are some curiosities, like the Euro-Western Shalako (1968), directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring the Scottish Sean Connery and the French Bridget Bardot. Among the more successful adaptations are those made for television by TNT, frequently starring Sam Elliott and/or Tom Selleck: The Quick and the Dead (1987, not to be confused with Sam Raimi's 1995 movie of the same name with Sharon Stone, which has no relation to the L'Amour book), Conagher (1991) and Crossfire Trail (2001). This list does not include movies based on L'Amour's short stories.
Hondo (1953)
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
Stranger on Horseback (1955)
Treasure of Ruby Hills [Rider of the Ruby Hills] (1955)
The Burning Hills (1956)
Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado [Kilkenny] (1956)
Utah Blaine (1957)
The Tall Stranger (1957)
Apache Territory [Last Stand at Papago Wells] (1958)
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
Kid Rodelo (1966)
Shalako (1968)
Catlow (1971)
Cancel My Reservation [The Broken Gun] (1972)
The Man Called Noon (1973)
The Sacketts (MfTV 1979)
The Cherokee Trail (MfTV 1981)
The Shadow Riders (MfTV 1982)
Down the Long Hills (MfTV 1986)
The Quick and the Dead (MfTV 1987)
Conagher (MfTV 1991)
Shaughnessy [The Iron Marshal] (MfTV 1996)
Crossfire Trail (MfTV 2001)
This entry was posted in Lists and tagged Louis L'Amour on July 7, 2014 by Nicholas Chennault.

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Don't disclose oil pipeline agreement contents, solicitor general warns government
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City lawyer Male Mabirizi wrote to the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Energy demanding access to the host government agreement for the pipeline, HGA, Tarrif and Transportation Agreement-TTA and Share Holding Agreement-SHA. File Photo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General Francis Atoke has advised government not to disclose contents of the documents related to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project to third parties because they contain confidential information.
The Solicitor General reveals this in his advice dated August 4th, 2021, to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Robert Kasande (now former), who wrote to him seeking to be guided on what to do after a request for the documents by city lawyer Male Mabirizi.
In April 2021, President Yoweri Museveni on behalf of Uganda signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project-EACOP agreement with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Hassan Suluhu.
The 3.5 billion dollar project in issue paved way for the construction of a 1,440 kilometer crude oil pipeline from the Albertine region of Uganda to Tanzania's seaport of Tanga.
But after the agreement, on April 12th 2021, Mabirizi wrote to the former Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development demanding for access to the host government agreement for the pipeline, HGA, Tarrif and Transportation Agreement-TTA and Share Holding Agreement-SHA.
"This is very important when it comes to oil because in many countries, public officers have used oil resources for their personal enrichment to the detriment of citizens despite huge revenues from oil", wrote Mabirizi. "There is information linking Uganda government senior officials involved in the pipeline project to corruption related offences, hence the need to access the agreements to ensure that any criminality or wrong doing is quickly detected and perpetrators dealt with as soon as possible".
Quoting the Access to Information Act, Mabirizi said that the ministry had no option but to grant him access.
On April 13th, 2021, Robert Kasande, the former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development wrote to the Solicitor General seeking his legal guidance, taking into account the commercial nature of the agreements and confidentiality provisions therein.
In response to the Permanent Secretary's letter, the Solicitor General in a letter written on his behalf by Mary Nankabirwa which URN has seen, says that, "all the three contractual agreements contain a confidentiality clause which prohibits disclosure of information of a financial, technical or commercial nature relating to EACOP project to any third party except with consent of the other party or where the disclosure is allowed by law or disclosure is as a result of a court order or required in court proceedings".
"The HGA, TTA and SHA set out in detail crucial and commercially sensitive business information concerning financial, technical and commercial aspects of the EACOP project which information was provided in confidence by the investors to government," reads the letter in part, adding, "The parties agreed to the confidentiality clause in the said documents in order to give legal protection to trade secrets, proprietary information, business data and business intelligence among others enshrined in the said documents."
According to the Solicitor General, in his opinion such information which is proprietary and confidential to investors and the host state, enjoys protection by the law in order to protect the commercial secrets and to guard against undesirable competitive practices.
He adds that the Ugandan government agreed to keep it confidential and therefore disclosing the agreements to the public, it would be breach of a duty of confidence owed to the investors and, "Such disclosure would affect future disclosure of similar information by the investors in relation to the EACOP project for the entire duration of the project estimated for 25 years, to the detriment of the oil and gas sector.
We have also noted that the EACOP project is being financed with HGA, TTA and SHA, providing primary security to lenders. In our view, disclosure of the above contractual documents is likely to undermine the bankability of the EACOP project (as disclosure is likely to disadvantage the investors in the course of commercial negotiations for project finance with the lenders) with detrimental consequences to Uganda and the people of Uganda as whole.
The Solicitor General further indicates that the Constitution and the Access to Information Act while guaranteeing the right to access to information recognized the fact that such right should not prejudice security or interfere with the right to the privacy of any other person.
"Since the above mentioned documents contain information of a confidential nature for both investors and the government as described above, disclosure of the same would not only amount to infringement of the investors' right to privacy which is protected under article 42 of the Constitution and Section 5 of the Act, but may pose threat to the security of the trans boundary pipeline and national security," reads the advice.
Now, the Solicitor General says if Mabirizi is suspecting that any criminal act was committed in relation to the EACOP project, he may report the matter to the offices by law mandated to handle criminal cases.
Mabirizi has since filed an application seeking to compel the government to disclose the documents in question before Mengo Chief Magistrates Court.
But Irene Batebe, the current Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has since opposed Mabirizi's demand, concurring with the Solicitor General's advice.
National courts previously ruled that not everything that government holds in trust for its people must always be disclosed and that disclosure of oil documents is likely to cause the prospecting companies to withdraw which is detrimental to the country's interests.
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Anthony is understudying "Pooh-Bah" in this year's production of The Mikado.
Anthony began performing in G & S as a student of St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point. He encompassed roles such as Lady Saphir (Patience), Marco (Gondoliers) and Sir Joseph Porter (Pinafore).
In 1987 he added another role to the list. He joined the Savoy Arts Co (G & S Opera Sydney) after answering an ad in the Sydney Morning Herald: "desperately seeking a Nanki-Poo." Mikado 2019 marks a fitting return after many years.
Other roles include: Albert Peterson (Bye, Bye Birdie); Joseph (Joseph/Dreamcoat); Musical Director (Godspell); Composer/Lyricist/Musical Director (Possum Magic; DOGS, both for School Groups).
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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
CDA 230
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Infographic: CDA 230's Importance
47 U.S.C. § 230, a Provision of the Communication Decency Act
Tucked inside the Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 is one of the most valuable tools for protecting freedom of expression and innovation on the Internet: Section 230.
This comes somewhat as a surprise, since the original purpose of the legislation was to restrict free speech on the Internet. The Internet community as a whole objected strongly to the Communications Decency Act, and with EFF's help, the anti-free speech provisions were struck down by the Supreme Court. But thankfully, CDA 230 remains and in the years since has far outshone the rest of the law.
Section 230 says that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider" (47 U.S.C. § 230). In other words, online intermediaries that host or republish speech are protected against a range of laws that might otherwise be used to hold them legally responsible for what others say and do. The protected intermediaries include not only regular Internet Service Providers (ISPs), but also a range of "interactive computer service providers," including basically any online service that publishes third-party content. Though there are important exceptions for certain criminal and intellectual property-based claims, CDA 230 creates a broad protection that has allowed innovation and free speech online to flourish.
This legal and policy framework has allowed for YouTube and Vimeo users to upload their own videos, Amazon and Yelp to offer countless user reviews, craigslist to host classified ads, and Facebook and Twitter to offer social networking to hundreds of millions of Internet users. Given the sheer size of user-generated websites (for example, Facebook alone has more than 1 billion users, and YouTube users upload 100 hours of video every minute), it would be infeasible for online intermediaries to prevent objectionable content from cropping up on their site. Rather than face potential liability for their users' actions, most would likely not host any user content at all or would need to protect themselves by being actively engaged in censoring what we say, what we see, and what we do online. In short, CDA 230 is perhaps the most influential law to protect the kind of innovation that has allowed the Internet to thrive since 1996.
Click here for our infographic about the importance of CDA 230.
CDA 230 also offers its legal shield to bloggers who act as intermediaries by hosting comments on their blogs. Under the law, bloggers are not liable for comments left by readers, the work of guest bloggers, tips sent via email, or information received through RSS feeds. This legal protection can still hold even if a blogger is aware of the objectionable content or makes editorial judgments.
The legal protections provided by CDA 230 are unique to U.S. law; European nations, Canada, Japan, and the vast majority of other countries do not have similar statutes on the books. While these countries have high levels of Internet access, most prominent online services are based in the United States. This is in part because CDA 230 makes the U.S. a safe haven for websites that want to provide a platform for controversial or political speech and a legal environment favorable to free expression.
EFF works to ensure strong legal protections for Internet intermediaries and endeavors to fight threats that would weaken such protections for intermediaries and users. We realize that a combination of technology policy and law protecting intermediaries ultimately helps uphold freedom of speech online.
NOTE: This summary of CDA 230 isn't a substitute for, nor does it constitute, legal advice. Only an attorney who knows the details of your particular situation can provide the kind of advice you need if you're being threatened with a lawsuit. The goal of these pages is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues surrounding the interactive computer services covered by CDA 230.
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Don't Put Robots in Charge of the Internet
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what's at stake, and what we need to do to make...
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Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | December 30, 2018
Terrorism Lawsuits Threaten Lawful Speech: 2018 in Review
One of the most important principles underpinning the Internet is that if you say something illegal, you should be held responsible for it—not the owners of the site or service where you said it. That principle has seen many threats this year—not just in federal legislation, but also in...
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Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey, Elliot Harmon | December 29, 2018
Congress Censors the Internet, But EFF Continues to Fight FOSTA: 2018 in Review
EFF fought FOSTA in 2018. We fought the bill in Congress and, when the president signed it into law, immediately set our sights on challenging it in court. The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA, H.R. 1865) was ostensibly passed to fight sex trafficking...
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Facebook's Sexual Solicitation Policy is a Honeypot for Trolls
Facebook just quietly adopted a policy that could push thousands of innocent people off of the platform. The new "sexual solicitation" rules forbid pornography and other explicit sexual content (which was already functionally banned under a different statute), but they don't stop there: they also ban "implicit sexual...
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Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | October 16, 2018
Lawsuit Seeking to Unmask Contributors to 'Shitty Media Men' List Would Violate Anonymous Speakers' First Amendment Rights
A lawsuit filed in New York federal court last week against the creator of the "Shitty Media Men" list and its anonymous contributors exemplifies how individuals often misuse the court system to unmask anonymous speakers and chill their speech. That's why we're watching this case closely, and we're prepared...
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Polar Adventurer, Mountaineer, Expedition Guide, Author
Home Base: Boulder, CO
Website: ericlarsenexplore.com
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Twitter: @ELexplore
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Sponsors: DeLorme, Granite Gear, ThermaRest, Mountain Safety Research, Enerplex , Allied Feather and Down, Wigwam, ExOfficio, Stanley, UCO, Yaktrax, Zeal Optics
Eric has spent the past 20 years traveling in some of the most remote and extreme environments on the planet. To date, Eric has completed more North and South Pole expeditions than any other American in history. Included in that list are the first ever summer expedition to the North Pole as well as a world record expedition to the South Pole, North Pole and top of Mt. Everest all within a 365-day period. In May of 2014, Eric and team mate Ryan Waters traveled unsupported from northern Ellesmere Island to the Geographic North Pole in 53 days in what realistically will be the last North Pole expedition in history. The journey was featured on Animal Planet in the US and Discovery Channel globally.
In September 2015, Eric and Ryan also completed the first ascent of Jabou Ri a 6,000 meter peak in the remote Rolwaling region of Nepal. His other expeditions include: dog sledding in the Canadian Arctic; training trips to Hudson Bay and countless dog sled races, including the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. He has ridden his bike across the United States; been a backcountry ranger in Alaska; and a whitewater canoe guide in Colorado.
His current no shower record is 72 days.
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On Thin Ice: An Epic Final Quest into the Melting Arctic
by Eric Larsen, with Hudson Lindenberger
In March 2014, Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters set out to traverse nearly 500 miles across the melting Arctic Ocean, unsupported, from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Despite being one of the coldest and most hostile environments on the planet, the Arctic Ocean has seen a steady and significant reduction of sea ice over the past seven years due to climate change. Because of this, Larsen's and Waters' trip—dubbed the "Last North Expedition"—is expected to be the last human-powered trek to the North Pole, ever. Filled with stunning, full-color photos and GPS maps plotting his progress, On Thin Ice is Larsen's first-person account of this historic two-man expedition, offering an intimate and haunting look at the rapidly changing face of the Arctic due to global climate change.
Eric Larsen is one of the most influential climate voices in the world today. His Last North Expedition puts an incredibly powerful and urgent face on climate change in a way that's never been seen before. And as a world-renowned athlete and explorer, Larsen makes this global threat real to us all through his amazing storytelling, impactful images, and effective use of social media.
—Chris Steinkamp, Executive Director, Protect Our Winters
There are explorers and there are those who write about exploration. Eric Larsen is one of the few who do both well. As a polar explorer, Larsen is in a class by himself. But what really sets him apart is his ability to tell stories about his journeys in a way that inspires us to take action; to do something to protect the places he speaks of so eloquently.
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Saying at an altar or in prayer that you are a sinner is not the repentance God speaks of in the Scriptures. Repentance. Effective repentance. That's what I want to share today.
The classical Greek word, "metanoia" (repentance) meant a change of mind about something or someone. It's thinking differently. As Graham Cooke says, "It's thinking a better thought." Once Latin translations were introduced, repentance was the English translation of the Latin word, paenitentia. Acts of penance.
The emphasis on acts of contrition may produce temporary results, but remorse is emotion driven. Without a change in thinking, the hamster wheel effect will result. Cycles of contrition will be the fruit of daily life. That's not what I call effective repentance.
However, just thinking righteous thoughts doesn't guarantee righteous acts. So, how does one discover life changing repentance?
The process of true, authentic repentance contains the idea of actions based on right thinking. Let me share with you what I discovered as an effective "trigger" that right thinking into right living.
The simple phrase: "In this moment, with this temptation, I make a better choice.
Instead of "hand to hand combat" with the temptation. Instead of vowing to not give in, I take the route of making a better choice instead of fighting a defensive battle. I go on the offense.
I actually wrote about this not long ago, but I'm saying it again, here, with a different approach. It's past time that we got off of the defense and on to the offense. It's time to rule in life with positive, righteous actions.
Wha-da-ya-think? Does this help? Let me know.


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Summer Research Internship Completes the Circle of Learning for Neuroscience Student
Working in a laboratory to study the science behind a neurological disorder was a dream internship for Ezana Assefa, an NSU junior who participated in the 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
With a passion for neuroscience and research, Assefa is double-majoring in behavioral neuroscience at the College of Psychology and biology at the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. Combining his studies in these related disciplines, he plans to pursue a career as a neurologist or neurosurgeon.
Designed to give undergraduate students hands-on experience and the chance to participate in ongoing research programs, the SURE program put Assefa in a laboratory full time. There, he studied specific proteins/enzymes that are necessary to prevent symptoms of Kabuki syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by fine motor deficits, intellectual development delays, and physical facial abnormalities.
At the end of the eight-week program, he presented his research in a poster titled "Motor Coordination Deficits and Altered Gene Expression in Kdm6a Knockout Mice."
"I was working in the lab studying the epigenetic regulation of motor-related genes in mice in hopes of applying any findings to the understanding of neuro-developmental disorders in humans," said Assefa, whose studies in behavioral neuroscience sparked an interest in research.
"I was intrigued by the concept of taking an idea and then testing a hypothesis," he said. "It's very mentally stimulating. I would like to continue research in the biological aspects of neuroscience, which is what I love."
Assefa is participating in additional research projects with Jaime Tartar, Ph.D., associate professor, and Jonathan Banks, Ph.D., assistant professor, at the College of Psychology.
"We are examining the effect of acute stress on measures of cognition," Tartar said. "Ezana's role in this project is to examine how variations in a gene called 'COMT' can explain individual differences in cognitive performances after stress."
In addition, Assefa will work as a paid research assistant to Tartar on a grant-funded project in which he'll study genetic and immune changes that occur with sleep loss.
In 2014, Assefa participated in an internship at the University of Vermont where he studied the effects of exercise on stress and anxiety. In April 2015, he presented his work at the third annual Life Sciences South Florida (LSSF) 2015 STEM Undergraduate Research Symposium in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Research internships provide students in neuroscience with real-world learning experience.
"An internship like this allows one to begin to understand how research is conducted to advance our understanding of science," said James Munoz, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography who attended Assefa's poster presentation at the SURE program.
"Learning in the classroom is largely limited to conceptual learning. This internship allowed Ezana to apply these concepts to hypothesis-driven experiments to advance our understanding of science. Everything discussed in science classrooms once started out as hypothesis-driven experiments, but new findings can take years to find their way into textbooks.
"Presentations are important because they teach one how to effectively communicate science. A scientist must be able to effectively communicate to other scientists the rationale of the experiment, how they conducted it, what they observed, and how those results advance our understanding of science. Just as important, a scientist must be able to effectively explain the challenges and importance of their research to non-scientists, as budgets and policies are normally not controlled by scientists."
As Assefa explained, "I feel like I learned so much that I could not have learned on my own or in a classroom. This experience taught me in a very different way that will stick with me. It has given me a better idea of what graduate school might entail, and it has greatly supplemented my classroom learning by helping me understand the process behind the research.
"It's one thing going over a slide and listening to a lecture versus actually doing the work…It completed the circle for me."


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Last night out in France as 20m face Covid-19 curfew
Published at 01:14 pm October 16th, 2020
File photo: A waiter, wearing a protective face mask, waits for customers on the terrace of a restaurant at the Place de la Bastille, in Paris on October 13, 2020 AFP
Nationwide, wedding celebrations and other parties in public venues as well as student parties have been outlawed
Millions of French people were looking forward to a last night of freedom on Friday before a Covid-19 curfew in Paris and other large cities comes into force for a least a month, prompted by an alarming surge in new cases.
The curfew aims to keep some 20 million people home from 9 pm to 6 am – 30% of the French population.
It was ordered by President Emmanuel Macron this week as the number of new infections and deaths raised the spectre of hospital overloads like those seen in March and April.
Health authorities reported Thursday a record 30,621 new cases in the previous 24 hours as well as 88 deaths and over 200 new Covid-19 admissions to intensive care units.
'Never seen anything like it'
While the curfew has broad public support -- a Harris Interactive poll after Macron's announcement found 70% approval -- officials in several cities worried about the heavy social and economic costs of a measure set to last four weeks, or possibly six if the health situation fails to improve.
The new nighttime restrictions come into force at midnight on Friday 2200 GMT in the capital and eight other major regional cities.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pressing the government to ease the rules for theatres, cinemas and other cultural venues so that patrons can return home later.
Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot backed the idea, but Finance Minister Brune Le Maire poured cold water on any special treatment for live shows.
"The force of a rule lies in its simplicity," Le Maire said. "If we start allowing multiple exceptions," he told French TV, "we're not going to make it."
Prime Minister Jean Castex added Friday: "The rules must apply to everyone."
Restaurant owners have complained bitterly about a measure they say makes little sense given the strict social distancing rules they have already applied.
"I've never seen anything like this in the 50 years I've been here," said Stain Roman, manager of La Mere Buonavista restaurant in Marseille, another city facing the curfew.
'Loss of daily pleasures'
She would now close down entirely at night, as have hundreds of other restaurants across France. "What else can we do? Our employees have to be home by 9 pm," she said.
Marseille's mayor Michele Rubirola -- herself a doctor -- said the measure resulted from the government's insufficent efforts to bolster hospital systems over the last few months.
She said residents were paying the price "through the loss of their daily pleasures, their freedom, or through economic hardship."
Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed Thursday that the curfew requires nearly all businesses to shut their doors on time, except for essential services, with "everybody home from 9 to 6."
People will need a signed attestation or an electronic version downloaded to a phone for activities allowed during the curfew, such as walking their dog, or risk a fine of $160 just like during the two-month lockdown earlier this year.
Repeat offenders could face fines of up to $4,400.
No travel restrictions
The curfew measure, which comes just ahead of a two-week school holiday, contains no travel restrictions, raising the prospect that huge numbers of families will flee cities for the country.
That prompted officials in Le Touquet, a popular resort town on the English Channel, to impose its own curfew, with bars and restaurants ordered to close at 11:30 pm.
Nationwide, wedding celebrations and other parties in public venues as well as student parties have been outlawed, and people are being urged to limit gatherings in private homes to six people.
"We have to act. We need to put a brake on the spread of the virus," Macron said Wednesday, when he also put the entire country back under a health state of emergency starting Saturday.
The move notably requires all restaurants to ask clients for contact details so that authorities can find them if a coronavirus infection is reported.
By the end of the month, airports will also be able to carry out rapid-result Covid-19 antigen tests for passengers, transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari told CNews television.
Covid: Zero fatalities reported in five divisions


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George Frederick Holmes Papers
Identifier: Mss. 65 H73
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The papers of the Holmes family. Chiefly letters, 1842-1887, received by George Frederick Holmes, educator, concerning the College of William and Mary, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Virginia. Correspondents include William Campbell Preston, Andrew Steele Fulton, Robert Saunders and Charles Minnigerode. The collection also includes papers of the Floyd and Preston families; an album kept by Eliza Lavalette Floyd Holmes consisting of plant leaves, newspapers and memorials to her son and a drawing by Thomas C. Milington of the grave-site of John Floyd Holmes; and papers, concerning the estate of George Frederick Holmes.
Majority of material found in 1842-1887
Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
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Biographical Information:
George Frederick Holmes was born August 2, 1820 at Straebrock, Demerara, British Guiana, the son of Mary Anne Pemberton Holmes and Joseph Henry Herndon Holmes. He married Eliza Lavalette Floyd, sister of John Buchanan Floyd. He was appointed professor of ancient languages at Richmond College in 1845 and in 1847, he was appointed professor of history and political economy at the College of William and Mary. In 1848, he was chosen the first president of the University of Mississippi. He was recalled to Virginia due to the illness of a family member, suffered an accident, and never returned to Oxford, Mississippi. Holmes was called to the University of Virginia and spent the rest of his life there until his death November 4, 1897.
Acquisition Information:
Purchased from Miss Constance Moore (1/26/1942) and a gift of J. D. Carneal (Sept. 1952)
Processing Information:
Processed by Tim Silver in 1980.
College of William and Mary--History--19th century
Holmes, John Floyd
University of Mississippi--History--19th century
University of Virginia--History--19th century
Related Name
Millington, Thomas Charles, fl. 1836-1850 (Person)
Minnigerode, Charles, 1814-1894 (Person)
Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868 (Person)
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
Guide to the George Frederick Holmes Papers
Finding Aid Authors: Tim Silver.
The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository
George Frederick Holmes Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. https://scrcguides.libraries.wm.edu/repositories/2/resources/2490 Accessed July 19, 2019.


Turkey's competition authority said on Monday it had launched an investigation into whether internet search engine Google broke competition law with algorithms it uses for searches and to target advertisements.
The probe follows a complaint that Alphabet's Googleunit had "abused its dominant position and made the efforts of other companies difficult", the authority said.
The investigation will include companies Google Reklamcilik ve Pazarlama, Google International LLC, Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited and Alphabet, it said.
Calls by Reuters to Google Reklamcilik ve Pazarlama, Alphabet's local unit, were not answered on Monday.
In September, the authority fined Google some TRY 93 million ($17.38 million) for violating competition law with its mobile software sales.


SX-460B sewing machine special for large size of books is developed and improved according to users' requirement. The machine adopts the features of wide sewing range, stable operation, convenient operation, low noise, and safety design etc. Thin needle and dense needle sets design make the sewing job much more perfect. Automatic belt output and chain clamp function are adopted for books delivery to ensure sewing quality and stability. Frequency conversion speed control, electromagnetic clutch driving and electromagnetic brake for main machine are adopted. Also, sensor protection is equipped on the control button panel.


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Top Things To Do This Weekend: May 30–June 1
Where to go, who to see, and what to do
By Michael Hardy 5/28/2014 at 8:00am
Free Press Summer Fest
Image: Todd Spoth
Jack White, Lauryn Hill, and the Wu-Tang Clan headline the sixth annual iteration of what has grown into a monster of a festival, with around 100,000 people expected to flock to the (possibly extremely muddy) shores of Buffalo Bayou to see 120 bands on six stages, plus a "Chill Zone." In one of the weekend's can't-miss concerts, an all-star lineup of Houston rappers—Bun B, Slim Thug, Devin the Dude, Z-Ro, Paul Wall, and Mike Jones—will perform together on a single stage. Other Houston acts include The Tontons, Los Skarnales, and New York City Queens.
May 31 & June 1 11–8. Eleanor Tinsley Park, 500 Allen Pkwy. fpsf.com
Dominique de Menil in a Charles James gown with [and seated on] a sofa of his design, 1951 The Menil Archives, the Menil Collection, Houston Courtesy of Charles B. H. James and Louise D. B. James
Image: F. Wilbur Seiders
A Thin Wall of Air: Charles James
English couturier Charles James (1906–1978) got his start as a milliner before going on to design dresses for Millicent Rogers, Gloria Swanson, and countless other celebrities. In the '40s, James met John and Dominique de Menil, who became some of his best patrons, commissioning couture for Dominique and hiring him to do the interior design for their Philip Johnson home in River Oaks. This exhibition includes examples of James's sculptural dresses alongside furniture he created for the Menil house.
May 31–Sept 7. Free. Menil Collection, 1533 Sul Ross St. 713-525-9400. menil.org
Andrew Veenstra (Albert) with Christopher Mai, Derek Stratton, Rob Laqui (Joey)
Image: Brinkhoff/Mögenburg
Based on a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo about a boy in Edwardian England whose beloved horse is sold to the cavalry and sent to France to serve in WWI, War Horse debuted in London in 2007, went on to wildly successful runs on the West End and Broadway, and was adapted into a film by Steven Spielberg. Famously, the play features life-size horse puppets created by the South African Handspring Puppet Company.
Thru June 1. $41.90–101.90. Sarofim Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St. 800-952-6560. houston.broadway.com
AIA Sandcastle Competition
Hosted by the American Institute of Architects's Houston chapter, this beloved family event dates back to 1986. This year's battle features dozens of teams vying for the coveted Golden Bucket Award. Other prizes include Best Traditional, Most Complex, and Best Architectural. And while you're on the beach, do your part for the environment by helping the City of Galveston attempt to break the Guiness World Record for most aluminum cans collected in an eight-hour period.
May 31 9–4:30. Free. East Beach, 1923 Boddeker Dr., Galveston. aiahouston.org
Candice Breitz: The Woods
The South African artist Candice Breitz traveled to Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Lagos to film the three video installations that compose this exhibition, which look at the role of child performers in Hollywood, Bollywood, and Nollywood (the neologism for Nigeria's booming film industry).
Public opening and reception on June 1, 11–1. (Exhibition opens June 3.) Free. Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, 120 Fine Arts Building. 713-743-9521. blafferartmuseum.org
Free Press Summer Fest, Menil Collection, Blaffer Art Museum, Aia Houston, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
The Mikado Goes Topsy Turvy
rub the lamp
Have We Reached Peak Aladdin? This Genie Says 'No'
My shot
Spamilton Is the Hamilton Spoof You've Been Waiting For
For Me, Aladdin Has Always Been Complicated. I'm Finally OK With That.
06/28/2019 By Ivanka Perez


Soji™ Silk Effects combine shimmering, sheer pearl silk fabric in sophisticated earthy colors with traditional Asian lantern shapes. Designed for outdoor use, cordless Soji™ Silk Effects collect light all day and turn on at dusk to cast beautiful iridescent silhouettes by night without the hassle of electrical cords.
Soji™ lanterns are equipped with dual white high powered LED lights, solar panel, AAA rechargeable battery and stainless steel hardware.
Make every evening in your garden festive with the elegant shimmering glow of Soji™ solar lanterns in Silk Effects.


I have been working at Montebello Filters for over 35 years and have never seen it allowed to use the Montebello Lake for anything other than what its purpose is – an overflow catchment for the smaller waste lake up on the property of the filters. I have seen it requested to be used for paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking (I'm not even allowed to kayak on it!), fishing, ice skating, model boat racing, etc. The answer has always been "NO".
But next week – there will be an inflatable elephant floating on the lake! Yes, you heard me – an inflatable Lighted elephant! History will be made next weekend.
But seriously – I think it looks pretty cool and I can't wait to see it!
See lightcity.org for a list of other events around Baltimore.


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EQT Announces Plan to Separate Midstream Business
February 21, 2018 4:41 AM Business Wire
Tax-free separation creates two premier and independently focused Appalachian-based energy companies
PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate its upstream and midstream businesses, creating a standalone publicly traded corporation (NewCo) that will focus on midstream operations. The separation is intended to qualify as tax-free to EQT shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter 2018. Under the separation plan, EQT shareholders will retain their shares of EQT stock and receive a pro-rata share of the new independent midstream company. Both companies will remain headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.
"The decision to build our midstream business in parallel with upstream growth has created one of the strongest midstream companies in the Appalachian Basin," said James Rohr, EQT's lead independent director. "We have taken many steps to highlight the value of our midstream assets through a series of transactions including, the initial public offering of EQM, midstream asset dropdowns to EQM, and the initial public offering of EQGP. This transaction represents a new chapter for our business as we unlock the value created during the past 10 years."
Steve Schlotterbeck, EQT's president and chief executive officer, said, "When we announced the Rice Energy acquisition, we committed to addressing the sum-of-the-parts discount in our shares. The Rice transaction accelerated the maturation of both our businesses, provided scale that significantly enhanced the standalone prospects of both companies, and positioned us to further enhance value through separation. We are now the largest natural gas producer in the U.S. – with a strong and strategic midstream system in the best natural gas basin in the country. We will complete the separation with urgency, consistent with our commitment to shareholders."
Benefits of Separation
EQT believes that creating an independent midstream public company offers a number of benefits to the standalone businesses, including:
Pure-play companies providing a clear investment thesis
Visibility to attract a long-term investor base suited to each business
Capital structures aligned with cash flow risk/reward profiles
Dedicated management and boards focused on distinct strategic visions
Simpler and easier to understand financial reporting
More efficient allocation of capital
Enhanced potential for customer base expansion and organic growth
Investment grade ratings expected for both companies
More attractive equity currency and access to capital
Midstream plan of action prior to separation
EQT plans to pursue the following:
A drop-down of the retained midstream assets in an accretive transaction to EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM)
A merger of EQM and Rice Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: RMP) in an accretive transaction
A sale of the RMP Incentive Distribution Rights (IDRs) to EQT GP Holdings, LP (NYSE: EQGP)
Under EQT's plan, EQGP will retain the EQM IDRs, and EQGP and EQM will remain separate publicly traded entities after separation. EQT does not intend to modify its existing gathering and transmission contracts with EQM in connection with the separation. Additional details concerning the midstream transactions will be provided in the near future. Completion of the midstream related transactions will not be a condition to completion of the separation.
Competitive Strengths of EQT and NewCo
EQT:
Largest natural gas producer in the United States
Industry leading cost structure
680,000 core Marcellus acres & 65,000 core Ohio Utica acres
Inventory depth for sustained 10%-15% production growth
Averaging 13,600 foot laterals in southwestern PA in 2018
$2.3 – $2.8 billion of free cash flow over 2019 – 2023 (10% – 15% annual production growth)
Expect to be cash flow breakeven in 2019, with a focus on returning cash in 2020+
NewCo:
Natural gas gathering is third largest in the United States
Premier asset footprint in the Appalachian Basin
Stable and predictable cash flow profile
16-year weighted average contract life
60% of revenue generated from long-term firm reservation charges
85% of revenue from investment grade counterparties
$4.8 billion 5-year projected organic growth capital
246,000 acreage dedication in core Marcellus and 166,000 in core Ohio Utica
Mountain Valley Pipeline extends pipeline network into the southeast markets
Upon completion of the separation, Steve Schlotterbeck will remain CEO of EQT and Jerry Ashcroft, senior vice president and president, midstream for EQT; and senior vice president and chief operating officer of EQM, will lead NewCo as chief executive officer.
The proposed spin-off is subject to customary conditions, including receipt of a favorable opinion of legal counsel and/or a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the tax treatment of the transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the effectiveness of a Form 10 registration statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the shares of NewCo, and final approval and declaration of the spin-off dividend by the EQT Board of Directors.
Financial and Legal Advisors
In reaching its separation decision, the Board of Directors was advised by Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
EQT will hold its 2018 annual meeting of shareholders on June 21, 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA. Accordingly, the window in which eligible EQT shareholders may nominate directors and/or propose other business in accordance with EQT's bylaws will extend from February 21, 2018 until March 23, 2018. Any nominations or proposals must be made in compliance with EQT's bylaws and applicable law.
Webcast Information
EQT will host a conference call with security analysts at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time today. A brief Q&A session for security analysts will immediately follow the transaction discussion. Slides accompanying the prepared remarks are available on our website at ir.eqt.com. The conference call will be broadcast live via the EQT investor information page at ir.eqt.com, with a replay available for seven days following the call.
About Jerry Ashcroft
Jeremiah "Jerry" Ashcroft was appointed senior vice president, EQT Corporation; and president, midstream; and also senior vice president and chief operating officer for the general partner of EQM in August 2017. He was also elected as a member of the board of directors of the general partner of EQM.
Ashcroft has more than 15 years of experience in the oil, gas, and pipeline industries – and before joining EQT, he was chief executive officer of Gulf Oil L.P. Ashcroft has a distinguished military career with the United States Marine Corps and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy. Ashcroft has also held various roles of increasing responsibility at JP Energy Partners, Buckeye Partners, L.P., and Colonial Pipeline Company, L.P.
About EQT Corporation:
EQT Corporation is an integrated energy company with emphasis on Appalachian area natural gas production, gathering, and transmission. With nearly 130 years of experience and a long-standing history of good corporate citizenship, EQT is the largest producer of natural gas in the United States. As a leader in the use of advanced horizontal drilling technology, EQT is committed to minimizing the impact of drilling-related activities and reducing its overall environmental footprint. Through safe and responsible operations, EQT is helping to meet our nation's growing demand for clean-burning energy, while continuing to provide a rewarding workplace and enrich the communities where its employees live and work. EQT owns the general partner interest and a 90% limited partner interest in EQT GP Holdings, LP, which owns the general partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights, and a portion of the limited partner interest in EQT Midstream Partners, LP. EQT also owns the general partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights, and a 28% limited partner interest in Rice Midstream Partners LP.
Visit EQT Corporation at www.EQT.com; and to learn more about EQT's sustainability efforts, please visit https://csr.eqt.com.
About EQT Midstream Partners:
EQT Midstream Partners, LP is a growth-oriented limited partnership formed by EQT Corporation to own, operate, acquire, and develop midstream assets in the Appalachian Basin. The Partnership provides midstream services to EQT Corporation and third-party companies through its strategically located transmission, storage, and gathering systems that service the Marcellus and Utica regions. The Partnership owns approximately 950 miles of FERC-regulated interstate pipelines; and also owns approximately 1,800 miles of high-and low-pressure gathering lines.
Visit EQT Midstream Partners, LP at www.eqtmidstreampartners.com.
About EQT GP Holdings:
EQT GP Holdings, LP is a limited partnership that owns the general partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights, and a portion of the limited partner interests in EQT Midstream Partners, LP. EQT Corporation owns the general partner interest and a 90% limited partner interest in EQT GP Holdings, LP.
Visit EQT GP Holdings, LP at www.eqtmidstreampartners.com.
About Rice Midstream Partners:
Rice Midstream Partners LP is a fee-based, growth-oriented limited partnership formed to own, operate, develop and acquire midstream assets in the Appalachian basin. RMP provides midstream services to EQT Corporation and third-party companies through its natural gas gathering, compression, and water assets in the rapidly developing dry gas cores of the Marcellus and Utica Shales.
Visit Rice Midstream Partners LP at www.ricemidstream.com.
Advisories & Contact
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
As used in this news release, free cash flow is defined as EQT's net cash provided by operating activities plus changes in other assets and liabilities less capital expenditures pro forma for the announced separation and other midstream transactions. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP supplemental financial measure that management and external users of EQT's consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, lenders and rating agencies, use to assess EQT's liquidity on a consolidated pro forma basis for the announced separation and transactions.
EQT believes that consolidated pro forma free cash flow provides useful information to investors in assessing the impact of the separation and other transactions on EQT's ability to generate cash flow in excess of capital requirements and return cash to shareholders. Free cash flow should not be considered an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or any other measure of liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP.
Cautionary Statements
Disclosures in this news release contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts are forward-looking. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward- looking statements contained in this news release specifically include the expectations of plans, strategies, objectives and growth and anticipated financial and operational performance of the Company and its subsidiaries, including whether the separation of the midstream business and the other transactions involving the midstream business are completed, as expected or at all, and the timing of any such separation and/or transactions; whether the conditions to the separation and the other transactions involving the midstream business can be satisfied; whether the operational, financial and strategic benefits of the separation and the other transactions involving the midstream business can be achieved; whether the costs and expenses of the separation and the other transactions involving the midstream business can be controlled within expectations; guidance regarding the Company's strategy to develop its Marcellus, Ohio Utica, Upper Devonian and other reserves; drilling plans and programs (including the number, type, average lateral length and location of wells to be drilled or turned-in-line, the number and type of drilling rigs, the number of frac crews and the number of multi-pad wells); projected production sales volume and growth rates (including liquids sales volume and growth rates); projected unit costs, general and administrative expenses, expense reductions, average differential and net marketing services revenue; projected adjusted operating cash flow attributable to EQT and projected adjusted operating cash flow attributable to EQT Production; projected capital expenditures, capital budget, and sources of funds for capital expenditures; return on capital; and projected cash flows, including the ability to fund the 2018 drilling program through cash from operations, and projected cash flows resulting from the Company's partnership interests in EQGP and RMP. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company's control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the Company's business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as updated by any subsequent Form 10-Qs.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and the Company does not intend to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Information in this news release regarding EQGP and its subsidiaries, including EQM, and RMP and its subsidiaries, is derived from publicly available information published by the partnerships.
Important Additional Information
This communication relates to, among other things, a potential proposal that may be made regarding a business combination transaction involving EQM and RMP. In connection with the potential transaction with RMP and subject to future events, EQM may file a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC which will include a document that serves as a prospectus of EQM and a proxy statement of RMP (the "proxy statement/prospectus"), and each party will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Investors and security holders are urged to carefully read the entire registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed with the SEC if and when they become available, because they will contain important information. Subject to future events, a definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to RMP's unitholders, in which case investors and security holders will be able to obtain the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus free of charge from the SEC's website or from EQM or RMP as described in the paragraphs below.
The documents filed by EQM with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at EQM's website at www.eqtmidstreampartners.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from EQM by requesting them by mail at EQT Midstream Partners, LP, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Attention Investor Relations, or by telephone at (412) 553-5700.
The documents filed by RMP with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at RMP's website at www.ricemidstream.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from RMP by requesting them by mail at Rice Midstream Partners LP, 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Attention Investor Relations, or by telephone at (412) 553-5700.
Participants in the Solicitation
EQM, RMP and certain of their directors, executive officers and employees may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from RMP unitholders in connection with the potential transaction. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of the unitholders of RMP in connection with the potential transaction, including a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus if and when it is filed with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of EQM is set forth in EQM's 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as previously filed with the SEC on February 15, 2018. Information about the directors and executive officers of RMP and their ownership of RMP common units is set forth in RMP's 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as previously filed with the SEC on February 15, 2018. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the paragraphs above.
EQT analyst inquiries:
Patrick Kane, 412-553-7833
Chief Investor Relations Officer
pkane@eqt.com
EQM/EQGP/RMP analyst inquiries:
Nate Tetlow, 412-553-5834
Investor Relations Director
ntetlow@eqt.com
Natalie Cox, 412-395-3941
Corporate Director, Communications
ncox@eqt.com
Appalachian EQT Marcellus Rice Energy Utica


This hammered single circle necklace is a simply beautiful addition to any outfit, either dressed up or worn casually.
Hand hammered sterling silver formed into an open circle and hanging between a sterling silver chain.
The necklace measures about 18" in length, but variations can be made - just ask.


The surface unit switch part of a range helps to monitor the amount of heat that gets distributed to the surface burner. A broken or damaged surface unit switch may cause a burner to under-heat, over-heat, or not heat at all. Having the largest selection of online parts; 1st Source Servall will have the OEM surface unit switch replacement parts for your range model.
Simmer Select Switch: controls the simmer function of the burner.
This infinite surface burner switch has a white body shaft of 8 9/16 inches. It measures 6 inches in total and is commonly used on Frigidaire/Electrolux Ranges.
This switch controls the burner and helps assure the element heats.
This 8" infinite control switch regulates the heat of the surface burner and is 8 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches.
Surface Burner Switch - 6"
This infinite control Surface Burner Switch is designed for 6 inch burner units.
Valve Switch used on some GE range and oven models.