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The portfolio fan – love of the game or frightened of commitment?
DO YOU love football, or do you love Arsenal? Would you watch another club in order to appreciate the finer points of the game? And do you respect, admire and acknowledge great players, outstanding pieces of play and even tip your hat at a better team beating your own?
I was at the 2011 FA Cup final and I was abused for not being a fan of either of the finalists. In short, I was told to "f-off" out of Wembley. In 1985, I applauded a Mark Hughes goal at Chelsea and was hit around the head by a Stamford Bridge regular. At Queens Park Rangers, I was berated by a home fan because I didn't wildly celebrate a goal by the Superhoops.
There's nought so myopic as the loyal football fan, rabid fanatic who hates the local rivals, stick two fingers up to the away end and always refers to his or her team as "we" and "us". Such supporters are loyal, no question, and they feel they have the right to criticise and question their club. Invariably, they feel they can run the club better than those in the positions of power, believe they can select a better team, and insist that watching 50-plus games a season makes them better judges than the casual fan.
I personally believe such devotion is something for your younger years, when adrenalin pumps freely, when testosterone courses the veins and when alcohol and passion sometimes get the better of you. You delight in schadenfreude, taunt and tease the opposition, refuse to see any good from another team. When does rational behaviour kick in?
Binding yourself to a single club could well be as out-dated as many of the institutions that have been wiped away over the past few decades. You don't need to get married anymore, indeed in some countries, marriage is not a priority. You can have children out of wedlock and you don't have to change your surname if you get married. Single sex marriage is now widely accepted, the taboos are gradually disappearing. The social corsets of Victorian England are, at last, being driven out of our lives. Supporting a football club was supposed to be a lifelong thing, your loyalty was, apparently, more durable than a marriage.
People idolise players when they are young, when the ages are aligned and you can still look up to that skilful centre forward or fist-clenching skipper. When you reach your 30s, the players are younger than you and by your 50s, they are young enough to be your clinical grandchildren. It's hard to idolise a player when he's 21 and his parents are your peers.
It's the game that is the most important element and it is still the thing that urges us to keep going to football. The mere sight of floodlights is enough to quicken your step, raise the heartbeat and send a tingle of anticipation through your loins. But it doesn't need to be a bilateral relationship, you don't need to be tied to one club – after all, modern life has gradually eroded the need to be part of a mass gathering. Ever since the 1960s, we have spent much of our time insisting we are individuals, yet the need to be part of the body football is one of the few congregational activities we still refuse to doubt.
Do we need to join the gang – the 30,000 loyalists who sit with their replica shirts straining at the gut and rayon scarf draped around neck? Why the compulsion to "show your colours" and tell everyone you are an ally of the legion?
Is there not just as much satisfaction in spreading your allegiance to a number of clubs? Fans claim that they care about their club, that they will be there come rain or shine, but the fact is, they are the only constant in the football equation. The days of loyal clubman (aka stalwarts) are over, most football teams, from the very top to non-league, are now composed of hired guns, players who will literally be "here today and gone tomorrow". They want to win, but most will not let a bad result spoil their weekend. The fan will take that result home and let it stew for 24 hours at maximum temperature.
But why? Why let the antics of 22 young men determine if you have a happy or miserable evening? Furthermore, clubs are not vocational groups of footballers who are carrying the banner for your local neighbourhood, they often have more in common with a suburb of Lisbon, Paris or Rio de Janeiro. In effect, the singular bonding of fan and club is a link with the past that will never, ever, be as compelling as it was in the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s. The thing that bound club and fan – 11 men in club colours playing for the honour of the town or city and for the fans, effectively a replacement for war, is no longer relevant. It is corporate brand versus corporate brand, you either invest or you don't.
So, the concept of the portfolio fan – is this a realistic option? In some countries, such as China, fans often support a number of clubs. They haven't been tainted, if that's the right word, by the traditional influences that determine your selection process, and they have been hugely sign-posted by globalisation.
I opted to broaden my football patronage beyond the club I started following in 1967-68, Chelsea, and explore the delights of a number of clubs across various countries. European football and travel have always appealed to me and I felt that merging these interests would make for an exciting and different pastime. I had also tired of the short-sightedness of the tribe, largely due to the behaviour of certain fans at FA Cup finals.
I compiled a list of clubs that appealed to me. I had long had an affection for Ajax and still do, even though two of their fans mugged me outside the Friends Stadium in Stockholm before the 2017 UEFA Cup final. They had to go on the list.
Spain was next. Obviously, it would be too easy to follow one of the big two, but I opted for Atlético Madrid, hardly imaginative, but I liked their new stadium when I visited the club, and I also love red and white stripes.
Saint-Etienne may be in the shadows of PSG these days, but the club came to my attention in the mid-1970s. They were cool successors to Ajax's team of 1972 as far as I was concerned, but they didn't quite have enough in their tank to become European champions. If only the goalposts at Hampden Park had been a different shape.
My interest in Inter Milan dates back to the late 1960s, mainly because of their kit of blue and black that gave them a slightly menacing look. Ferencvaros and Bohemians Prague being on the list are both down to my interest in central European football. The latter's ground, the Dolicek, is one of my favourite venues, really atmospheric.
RB Leipzig, the representative from the Bundesliga, will surprise some people because they are so unpopular. However, I visited the city and the club and was impressed by what I saw.
Given my Danish roots, I opted for FC København rather than one of the smaller Copenhagen clubs. I always had a soft spot for Randers Freja as a kid, but have yet to visit them.
In Scotland, Heart of Midlothian were my choice, if only to avoid Celtic and Rangers.
Lastly, my English trio. Chelsea, obviously, Hitchin Town from non-league, my local club and Oldham Athletic.
For the past two seasons, I have had a season ticket at Fulham, but it hasn't worked out as planned. In 2018-19, I was ill between November and March and missed quite a few games. In 2019-10, the season ended prematurely. One thing I realised, though, I don't like being tied to a season ticket. Hence, the portfolio.
The portfolio for 2020-21 (or whatever they call next season) is an organic list. In other words, teams can drop off the bottom and new ones can be added. It is completely fluid.
I love football. I would watch any club to be entertained, informed and educated. I respect, admire and acknowledge great players, outstanding passages of play and I will always tip my hat at a better team. I am a portfolio fan and I am playing the field.
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May 9, 2020 hooligans, Lead, portfolio fan, supporters, top slot
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I'm a lifelong supporter of Mansfield Town, my home town club, but have lived down south for well over 20 years.
Since 2015, I've been a season ticket holder at my adopted local club, Boreham Wood. I also still have a soft spot for Enfield Town, since discovering English non-league football in Enfield two decades ago.
Mansfield's local rivals are Chesterfield and Notts County, but I've taken no particular pleasure in seeing their decline in recent years. I put that down to having lived away from the area for so long. I've never had fans of those clubs for neighbours or colleagues, so am sheltered from the need for local bragging rights.
I might also claim a loose affiliation to Borussia Dortmund, which comes from the time I lived in that area as a student long ago.
One thing that struck me about the aborted 2019/20 season is that while Mansfield were having a miserable time, stuck in the lower regions of League Two, I personally was thoroughly enjoying a season spent watching Wood and Enfield Town, who were both doing well.
It did make me question where my real loyalties lie. I suppose the answer is – not with any one particular club.
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Objectives: Stimulate multi-day visitation to the Virginia Beach area year-round by both VA residents and out-of-state vacationers.
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Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award – more amazing work!
Yesterday we announced the recipients of The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award. Commemorating the Late Queen's Platinum Jubilee, it recognised 20 outstanding national charities supporting and empowering young people aged 16 – 25 from across the UK.
Each one of our awardees has an exceptional impact on the lives of young people across the UK and we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight their work further and what receiving this Award means to them.
Set up in 1999, the Ocean Youth Trust Scotland supports young people through sailing voyages lasting 5 – 7 days, helping to develop self-confidence, resilience and self-belief, as well as earning academic and sailing qualifications. The 'Change Tack with CashBack' programme supports those from areas of deprivation who are at risk of reoffending, and their Young Carers project is designed to give young carers a respite from their caring duties, build resilience, and linking other carers in a peer to peer support network.
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"My confidence has increased 100%. Before the voyage I was quite insular, I would overthink things and get anxious. I'm dyslexic and was bullied at school because of that. Teamwork and people getting to know me allowed me to be the person I wanted to be" – Young person.
Lucie Aitkenhead, Chair of Ocean Youth Trust Scotland said "we are absolutely delighted to receive this prestigious award recognising the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. They are the backbone of our organisation, without whom we would not be able to deliver our life changing youth work at sea."
The Social Mobility Foundation, whose 100% of beneficiaries are 16 – 25 years old, deliver 'The Aspiring Professionals Programme'. This amazing scheme partners with over 200 corporate partners such as KPMG, Home Office and Clyde & Co LLP amongst others, supporting students who lack the opportunities, resources and networks to pursue higher education and further opportunities. Via mentoring, work experience placements, skills sessions and more, they offer tailored support across 11 career sectors and help unlock the potential of young people completely free of charge.
StreetGames engage young people living in low-income communities to take part in sport and physical activity. 'Doorstep Sport', their flagship program, provides accessible and affordable opportunities for young people to take part in informal sport within their local community through vibrant, varied, fun and sociable sessions.
They go further to support young people by offering volunteering and leadership roles, based in helping to run sessions, mentoring and gaining administration experience. This not only provides them with useful, transferable skills, but in turn increases the provision of sport in their local communities and offers more opportunities for other young people to get involved.
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"I'd be as comfortable now talking within a boardroom as I would be out on a pitch, and it's because of volunteering that I feel that comfortable … Because of the experiences I got with StreetGames I'm a better person, and I am who I am today" – Jason, former StreetGames Young Advisor
"We are thrilled to have been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award. Creating opportunities for young people from low-income, underserved communities to become volunteers and future community leaders is at the heart of our Doorstep Sport approach, and we are delighted that the impact of this work has been recognised through this prestigious award." – Lucie Vickers, StreetGames Head of Volunteering & Youth Voice
Action Tutoring's goal is to tackle the attainment gap head-on by helping young people facing disadvantage to reach their full potential. Partnering with schools across England, their tutoring is delivered by 2000 volunteers, ranging in age from 18-80 years.
"I never expected the sense of pride and accomplishment I would be feeling, not just for myself in keeping it together for over a month, but for the pupils experiencing academic progress. This opportunity has allowed me to contribute meaningfully to the education of young people, which has been so rewarding that I can't even begin to express my gratitude." Eve, university student and Action Tutoring volunteer
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YouthAction Northern Ireland work helps to increase volunteering and leadership skills, build resilience, increase creativity, engage communities, and contribute to peace building in young people across Northern Ireland.
Projects such as Get Set For Work, helping young people to develop 'first step' employment related skills, or Radio YNP, a radio station managed and run by young people who develop PR and broadcasting skills as well as podcasts, provides the opportunities for young people to take control of their own lives and thrive.
"This award is very special to us as it recognises the invaluable contribution made by our volunteers whose skills, passion and commitment is vital to the success of our work. Our work has resulted in thousands of people in Northern Ireland being able to affect change in their own lives and in their communities, often overcoming significant barriers and challenges.", Professor Ann Marie Gray, Chair, YouthAction Northern Ireland.
Thank you to the amazing 20 charities that have been awarded The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award. Find out more about the groups and their work here.
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Firewall and a WebRAMP Router.
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Cine Sunday: Mid90s
Mid90s is actor Jonah Hill's first foray as a writer-director, and it's a real pleasure to see that all the things we love about him (his goofy sense of humour, his intelligent wit and his tender vulnerably) are still there, albeit behind the camera.
Young Stevie (The Killing of a Sacred Deer's Sunny Suljic) is a sweet 13-year-old who wants to grow up fast. His mother (Katherine Waterston) is loving and attentive, but tells him more than he needs to know about her personal life. And his big brother (Manchester By The Sea's Lucas Hedges) is a taciturn and violent bully. Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. And one fine day he finds it, at the Motor Avenue skate shop.
Stevie's new friends (played by real-life skateboarders Na-Kel Smith. Olan Prenatt, and Ryder McLaughlin) are older and more experienced in everything that matters, like skateboarding, hip-hop, what clothes to wear, girls, and getting into trouble. Stevie seems so naive but, disarmed by his earnestness and bravado - he'll attempt even the most insane stunts in an effort to be accepted - the Motor Avenue crew eventually welcome him into their fold. Their friendship gives Stevie an unprecedented sense of worth. It also places him in ever-scarier situations.
With a pitch-perfect soundtrack featuring decade-defining cuts from Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged in New York album, the Pharcyde, and Morrissey, as well as an original score courtesy of '90s industrial rock gods Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails, mid90s captures the hijinks and hair-raising risk-taking of pre-digital-age teen life. Stevie's pals can be obnoxious one moment and exceptionally kind (even wise) the next. Less influenced by Larry Clark than by Francois Truffaut, Hill proves to be a uniquely sophisticated chronicler of youthful folly while delivering some of the funniest and most life affirming scenes you'll find on screen this year.
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with music by Carl Nielsen now on Internet, with nodes and selected texts in Danish.
But ALL TEXTS are translated to English and can be seen for free!
of Carl Nielsen's songs PDF - in fact the biggest anthology ever with Danish songs in English (296)!!
Music scores of all Carl Nielsen's works are available for free download. Also find introductions to his works and see what manuscript and printed sources are extant.
I have written this poem Hydra for Project Equinox 1996 on the day of the equinox. PROJECT EQUINOX(tm) is promoting World Peace Through Poetry in the Greatest Poetry Writing Event in History!
A hard day told in a strange language.
help me to forget it sometimes.
than chief Seattle and his tribe.
but to me he still has his head on his shoulders.
but the child will grow.
but in the shop they are French, Spanish or from Belgium.
and the language is still in my ear, this is our America.
that an old friend Erik is dead at 12 o'clock.
the tongue of our mothers, with tears in our eyes.
this is my day, this is my head.
and the residential suburb, itself a forest.
like smoke from fireplaces in the village.
following the tremendous bangs and glorious star domes.
to Noah's Ark with a green branch.
and he did not like it.
made of wood, as my grandfather made them.
and the headskarf bound under her chin.
the cattle and the horse in the field.
a stone fence with flowers.
a thatched roof and a white chimney.
To the right a tree, bad painted but with symbolic values.
Danish Folk Songs in English and Danish in a bilingual edition illustrated by artist Sonia Brandes.
The book includes a total of 33 folk songs, selected and translated by the English poet and teacher David Broadbridge, on the basis of the material in Svend Grundtvig's big ballad collection DGF . The collection provides a rich introduction by the translator to the ballad universe.
A supplement to the 2011 anniversary anthology of Danish haiku poets, Blade i Vinden (Leaves in the Wind).
At a Danish library you can find what they think is outdated books for no money. For this one five Danish 'kroner'!
Carol L. Schroeder: A Bibliography of Danish Literature in English Translation 1950 - 1980. With a Selection of Books about Denmark. Det Danske Selskab 1982. ISBN 87-7429-044-4. You can find a lot of poetry mentioned in this volume.


Details of all the candidates, updated as nominations come in.
The results of both elections will be announced on Saturday 13 December.
The good news for Scottish Labour is that any one of these candidates (and more) could do the job. However, I think we need to hit the ground running so right now it's #kezwecan & #jim4leader for me(!). I will decide for sure after the Edinburgh hustings.
I'm aware of some Tories who might cross if jim Murphy wins. However he is who the nats want. Socialism is only antidote to rampant nationalism.
Jim Murphy's conference call on Saturday (08/11) was/is a great idea, a modern way of connecting with party members, but it turned out to be little more than a virtual fireside chat over tea and buns on a Saturday midday. It didn't work technically, with long gaps/silences but, more important, not enough people were allowed to engage – and the topics chosen were soft to say the least and the answers meandering. It would have been good, for instance, to examine what the front-runner means by "a fully-costed ambitious set of pledges that people can connect to" and that he has promised…More rigour next time, please!


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Its evident that as of now one would not take a 20 minute walk in the streets of Malawi without hearing Atohti Manje`s hit song Che Patuma which seems to be on most people`s playlist at the moment.
But despite the song being frequently played on radios and in most chilling spots, there are a number of people who do not get the actual concept of the track yet they still vibe with it when it drops.
The Malawi Music team caught up with Atohti Manje who in the process of chilling revealed what transpired the song.
According to Atohti, the Che Patuma name used in the song was adapted from his grand Mother.
"Che Patuma is my grandmother`s name yet the song does not talk about anything concerning her. In the song, a man is proposing to a Muslim girl who happens to be Che Patuma,"explained Atohti.
He added that the Che Patuma song and his other song titled Tizipepeseko were recorded in early 2016 but he did not release them by then because he had fears that fellow dancehall artists would diss him saying the songs are not dancehall songs.
"I was afraid some guys would throw some shots on me saying the songs are not pure dancehall songs, so I did not release them but they had to leak to reach to the public without my consent," Atohti said.
Since most artists are quitting the use of CD`s and adapting to live bands when performing on the stage, Atohti Manje whose real name is Eliasi Missi has also recently established his band that helps him during live performances.
"I have established my own band which is called Bazooka Vybz Band and together we are called Manje and Bazooka Vybz. I use the band for live shows.
"Mostly it depends with the audience am booked to perform for, other audiences do not need a live band so I use CD`s," said Atohti Manje.


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Cooper, C.K., Sir William Halcrow and Partners (United Kingdom)
Cooper, Cortis, New England Coastal Engineers, Inc. (United States)
Cooper, Cortis K., Petroleum Research and Development, Conoco Inc. (United States)
Cooper, James
Cooper, Nicholas J., Centre for Coastal Management, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
Copalakrishnan, T.C., Ocean Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology (India)
Copeiro, Enrique, Coastal Engineering Dept., Laboratorio de Puertos "Ramon Iribarren" (Spain)
Coppoolse, R.C., CSIR (South Africa)
Corbett, Bobbie, International Coastal Management (Australia)
Corbett, Bobbie
Cordes, H., Strabag Bau AC, ZN Wilhelmshaven (Germany)
Cordova Lopez, Luis Fermin, Centro de Investigaciones Hydraulicàs of the Instituto Superior Politècnico "Jose Antonio Echevarria" La Havana, Cuba
Cornett, A.M., Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew, Canadian Hydraulics Center (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew, National Research Council (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew, National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Marine Dynamics (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew, Canadian Hydraulic Center and University of Ottawa (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew, NRC-CHC
Cornett, Andrew, National Research Council of Canada (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew Malcolm, National Research Council Canada; University of Ottawa (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew M., Coastal Engg. M-32, Institute for Marine Dynamics, National Research Council Canada (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew, National Research Council Canada - Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering (Canada)
Cornett, Andrew
Correa, Mariana, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
Corredor, Antonio, SATO (OHL Group) (Spain)
Corredor, Antonio, SATO (Spain)
Corredor, Antonio, Paseo de la Castellana (Spain)
Corredor Molguero, Antonio, SATO (OHL Group) (Spain)
Corsini, Stefano, ISPRA (Italy)
Cortellazzo, Giampaolo, ICEA Dept., Università di Padova (Italy)
Cortes, Pablo Ignacio, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (Chile)
Corvaro, Sara, DICEA, Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy) (Italy)
Corvaro, Sara
Cossu, Remo
Costa, F. Vasco, Rua Borges Carneiro (Portugal)
Costa, Fernando Vasco, Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Costa, Rui G., Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Portugal)
Cot, Pierre D., Ingenieur en Chef des Ponts et Chaussees (France)
Cotter, D.C., Division of Ocean Engineering, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (United States)
Cottrell, William
Coultas, H. W., University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Couriel, Edward
Courtois, G., Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Service d'Applications des Radioelements, (S.A.R.), Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay (France)
Cousineau, Julien, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Cousineau, Yvan, Division de la production electrique du Quebec (Canada)
Coussirat, M.G., Lab. Ing. Marftima , L.I.M., Univ. Politecnica de Cataluna (Spain)
Coutinho, Thais Nunes, Federal University of Espírito Santo
Coutos, Marie
Couvillion, Brady
Covarsi, Manuel F., Direction General de Costas, Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente (MOPTMA) (Spain)


I was browsing around Flippa and came across some really good domains that are currently in auction. If you're looking to invest then you may wanna check out some of the listings below and get your bids in before it's too late!
The name pretty much explains it all. This auction currently has two days left in it and right now it's at $5,000USD. Would make the perfect name for an actor-related blog or search engine.
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Short domains are always nice. There aren't very many CC.org domains available and this is one of them. Currently there is 20 days left in the domain auction for Z2.org and right now the price is at just $570USD! Also, it's a no reserve auction so it's guaranteed to sell!
There has always been a market for LLL.com domains and this one is available in Flippa auctions. The current bid is $6,000USD and the auction has 8 days left to go. Domain investors that like the LLL.com domains — This one is for you!
This auction ends in 7-Days. Three letter .NET domains are limited, but you can always find them for sale. The nice thing about this particular sale is that the seller is throwing in 40 other domains with it.
Cosmetics is a pretty big term in the United States and there is good competition out there for it. The .INFO extension hurts it but this domain currently has 6 bids and still has thirteen days to go in auction. Current high bid is $1,500USD and the reserve hasn't been met yet. Not a bad domain for someone in the beauty industry but I personally believe the reserve may be a little high.


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text: Calvin is an American film actor, film director, film producer and a professional mixed martial artist. He was born in Augusta, Georgia where he attended and graduated from the Thomas Walter Josey Comprehensive High School where he began to show interest in performing stage acts. His passion for acting inspired him to join the Augusta Mini Theater Community Arts School where he performed in numerous traveling on stage plays. After graduating from high school and serving on active duty in the United States Military, Calvin came back home to pursue a full-time career as a Actor which lead him to appear in several major films as well as working behind the scenes in most of the films as a producer. He's currently working on his latest film project titled " Fatal Rage" which he portrays a revengeful detective that lost his wife and son in a cold blooded murder case that forcefully sends him on the hunt for his wife and son killers.


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Burt's Bees is one of my favourite natural beauty brands and I think they've been smashing it with their Christmas collection this year, I've already done a stocking fillers post HERE featuring them and I reviewed one of their cute Christmas baubles HERE too, but today I have one of their bigger prezzies to share with you all, something that you definitely wouldn't mind finding under tree on Christmas morning that's for sure, and that is their Nature Wrapped Up Gift Set!
The Nature Wrapped Up Gift Set* (£29.99) contains four of Burt's Bees best selling essentials that will keep your skin feeling comforted and looking lovely all throughout the cold, winter months from top to toe. Inside the set you get a Beeswax Lip Balm with Vitamin E & Peppermint, this is one of my favourite lip balms ever! It's 100% natural and gives my lips a huge dose of moisture leaving them smooth and soft whilst also preventing any chapping or flakiness. Theres also a Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream (50g) which is so so nourishing, I go through so much hand cream because I'm so hard on my hands and I have to say this has fast become my favourite and is a handbag essential for me now, it's infused with cocoa butter, Shea butter and sesame oil which really moisturise even the most dry, chapped hands whilst also conditioning and strengthening nails too, I absolutely love this stuff, it's super thick yet creamy too! Then theres the Coconut Foot Cream (120g) which will be any coconut lovers dream because it smells sooo good, this one is great for super tired feet that need a bit of a pick me up, its enriched with coconut oil which helps rejuvenate dry, cracked and hard skin, leaving feet feeling smoother and hydrated. Lastly in this set but in no means least is the Milk & Honey Body Lotion (170g), this lightweight, fast-absorbing lotion delivers long-lasting moisture to the entire body. Nourishing Milk Powder and Honey soften the skin, whilst an effective blend of Coconut and Grape Seed Oils provide essential nutrients so you can experience rejuvenated skin with a smoothed texture, it's also suitable for normal to dry skin. Theres also a cute little free gift within the set too of an Intense Hydration Night Cream which I think is a nice little surprise at the bottom of the tin, you cant knock a freebie can you he he.
Overall I absolutely love this Burt's Bees Nature Wrapped Up Gift Set, it's the perfect 'under the tree' Christmas present that any beauty lover will adore, and I think it would be great for your Mum or Gran who really deserve a pampering treat!
The Burt's Bees Nature Wrapped Up Gift Set is available HERE.
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Donald Pleasence did all of his scenes in only five days of shooting. The total duration of his scenes is just over 18 minutes.
(at around 19 mins) You can clearly see the mountains in the background, when Dr. Loomis is on the phone and sees the Rabbit in Red matchbook. Since this movie takes place in Illinois that would be impossible.
Such an amazing experience seeing this on the big screen!
I do like this movie, but do not love it. Watched it at Regal 17 in Auburn, Wa for some reason the sound was really low and I heard people eating, drinking, and moving.
From a shock-and-suspense point-of-view, Halloween is the rival of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. With only a few arguable exceptions (such as The Exorcist), there isn't another post-1970 release that comes close to it in terms of scaring the living hell out of a viewer... A modern classic of the most horrific kind.


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I set the startup page to MVC5MPWA.Web and the PMC default project to MVC5MPWA.EntityFramework as instructed on the Aspnetboilerplate documentation.
Probably you have the same problem like this one viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7530&p=17227.


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Kaizer Chiefs recently pulled off a surprise by signing South Africa international Lebogang Manyama.
Premier Soccer League (PSL)'s big three clubs, Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates were all linked with Manyama after he was released by Turkish Super Lig side Konyaspor.
Manyama had complained about shortage of game time at Konyaspor and ultimately, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement a year after he had joined the club from Cape Town City.
Reports indicated that his agent Alfred Phiri, who is a former South Africa international, had advised the player to return home after he became a free agent emerged.
However, Phiri has denied this and disclosed that he "fought" with Manyama to stay in Europe and continue plying his trade there.
"Actually, I tried to talk him out of returning home, but he insisted," Phiri, who spent almost a decade in Turkey, told Mail and Guardian.
Phiri went on to reveal that Manyama rejected an offer from newly promoted Turkish Super Lig outfit BB Erzurumspor.
The Erzurum-based-club then snatched up Siphiwe Tshabalala from PSL giants Kaizer Chiefs after missing out on Manyama.
"They wanted Lebo [Manyama] initially but he turned them down and they went for Shaba," Phiri said.
"I won't talk about Lebo in this case but, generally, players today just want to play, irrespective of where [they are]," the former Gençlerbirliği SK and Samsunspor midfielder continued.
Phiri, who was part of the Bafana Bafana squad that traveled to France for the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, stressed the importance of staying in Europe.
"But for [the older generation], it was important to stay in Europe and keep fighting. It builds your character," Phiri concluded.
Manyama made 10 appearances in all competitions for Konyaspor during his first spell in Europe and he netted two goals in the process.


Insect pests are a major cause of damage to the world's commercially important agricultural crops. Current strategies aimed at reducing crop losses rely primarily on chemical pesticides. Transgenic crops with intrinsic pest resistance offer a potential alternative.
Michigan State University's invention provides an alternative to chemical pesticides by producing plants with an enhanced resistance to insect pests. Arginase and threonine deaminase, which are produced in plant tissues, are enzymes that degrade amino acids essential for insect growth. These enzymes do not affect amino acid concentrations until the enzymes are activated in the insect gut. Overproduction of arginase and/or threonine deaminase in plants provides enhanced resistance to arthropod herbivores by acting as an anti-nutritive defense against phytophagous insects.
· Reduces need for chemical pesticides: The invention will reduce the amount of chemical pesticides needed to control plant herbivores.
· All organisms contain arginase and threonine-deaminase-encoding genes: The genes used in this method are present in all organisms and, therefore, may not be considered a foreign gene in the context of genetically modified plants.
· Alternative or complement to Bt: These genes use an insect-control mechanism different from Bt, which is the current GMO standard for insect control. Therefore, these genes may be useful for control of insects that are resistant to or poorly controlled by Bt. These genes may also be used to improve the level of control provided by Bt genes.
This invention has applications for the agriculture biotechnology industry as an alternative to chemical pesticides.


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Вя́зье () — агрогородок в Осиповичском районе Могилёвской области Республики Беларусь. Административный центр Вязьевского сельсовета.

Этимология
В основе названия лежит термин «вязь», обозначавший топкое, грязное место.

Географическое положение
Расположено на берегу Осиповичского водохранилища в 7 км на север от Осиповичей и в 7 км от ж/д станции Осиповичи, в 140 км от Могилёва, рядом с автодорогой Осиповичи — Свислочь .

В регулярной планировке квартального типа преобладают деревянные дома. При въезде в Вязье со стороны деревни Теплуха находится общественный центр, на восток от которого и ведётся современная застройка.

История
Вязье, известное с XVI века как селение в Великом княжестве Литовском, в 1560 году числилось как казённая собственность в Свислочской волости с 20 дворами. В Российской империи оказалось после второго раздела Речи Посполитой в 1793 году. В 1847 году под названием Вяжна деревня упоминается как собственность помещика в составе имения Лядцы Бобруйского уезда с 275 жителями и 43 дворами. По переписи 1897 года Вязье числилось уже в Погорельской волости Игуменского уезда с 341 жителем. Также в деревне, согласно переписи, имелись корчма, две мельницы, хлебный магазин, питейный дом, паромная переправа, церковно-приходская школа. В 1907 году упоминалось уже с 53 дворами и 408 жителями. Тогда же рядом были засвидетельствованы одноимённое имение (52 жителя) и водяная мельница (1 двор и 17 жителей). В 1917 году числятся уже 77 дворов с 469 жителями, а в имении — 60 жителей. С февраля по ноябрь 1918 года Вязье было оккупировано германскими войсками, с августа 1919 по июль 1920 года — польскими. По данным на 1925 год, в местной школе обучался 81 ученик. В 1930 году здесь был создан колхоз «Авангард».

Во время Великой Отечественной войны Вязье было оккупировано немецко-фашистскими войсками с конца июня 1941 года по 28 июня 1944 года; 27 жителей из 75 воевавших на фронте погибли. В самой деревне действовала подпольная антифашистская группа.

Центром Вязьевского сельсовета Осиповичского района Могилёвской области Вязье является с 21 января 1966 года. Также в Вязье было переселено несколько населённых пунктов: первым в 1940 году стал хутор Ленёвка, в 1967 году — уже деревня Каменка.

В данный момент в Вязье имеются Осиповичская ГЭС, гидрометеопост, рыбхоз «Свислочь», лесничество, средняя школа и детский сад-ясли, ФАП, библиотека, столовая, 2 магазина, отделение связи, отделение сберегательного банка, АТС, комплексный приёмный пункт бытового обслуживания населения, Дом животновода, Дом культуры с краеведческим музеем, детский ортопедический санаторий «Вязье» и база отдыха «Берёзка» спортивного товарищества «Буревестник».

Детство белорусского поэта Максима Богдановича было связано, среди прочего, и с этой деревней, так как именно здесь проживала его тётя С. А. Секержицкая, к которой он приезжал весной и летом 1895 года вместе со своей матерью Марией и братьями Вадимом и Лёвой. На доме тёти (в 1986 году — здание спортивной базы) была в 1984 году установлена мемориальная доска.

Население
 1926 год — 490 человек, 95 дворов
 1959 год — 460 человек
 1970 год — 566 человек
 1986 год — 683 человека, 266 хозяйств
 2002 год — 695 человек, 262 хозяйства
 2007 год — 686 человек, 271 хозяйство

Культура

 Дом культуры с краеведческим музеем

Достопримечательность

 Мемориальный комплекс в честь земляков, погибших в годы Великой Отечественной войны

См. также
 Вязьевский сельсовет
 Осиповичский район

Комментарии

Примечания

Агрогородки Осиповичского района

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Heineken N.V. () is a Dutch multinational brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. , Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, regional, local and speciality beers and ciders and employs approximately 85,000 people.

With an annual beer production of 24.14 billion litres in 2019, and global revenues of 23.894 billion euro in 2019, Heineken N.V. is the number one brewer in Europe and one of the largest brewers by volume in the world. Heineken's Dutch breweries are located in Zoeterwoude, 's-Hertogenbosch and Wijlre. The original brewery in Amsterdam, closed in 1988, is preserved as a museum called Heineken Experience.

Since the merger between the two largest brewing empires in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, in October 2016, Heineken has been the second-largest brewer in the world.

History

Gerard Adriaan Heineken
The Heineken company was founded in 1864 when the 22-year-old Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought a brewery known as De Hooiberg (the haystack) in Amsterdam. In 1869 Heineken switched to the use of bottom-fermenting yeast. In 1873 the brewery's name changed to Heineken's Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij (HBM), and opened a second brewery in Rotterdam in 1874. In 1886 Dr. H. Elion, a pupil of the French chemist Louis Pasteur, developed the "Heineken A-yeast" in the Heineken laboratory. This yeast is still the key ingredient of Heineken beer.

Henry Pierre Heineken
The founder's son, , managed the company from 1917 to 1940, and continued involvement with the company until 1951. During his tenure, Heineken developed techniques to maintain consistent beer quality during large-scale production.

After World War I, the company focused more and more on exports. Three days after Prohibition ended in the United States, the first Heineken shipment landed in New York. From that day on, Heineken has remained one of the most successful imported beer brands in the United States.

Alfred Henry Heineken

Henry Pierre's son, Alfred Henry "Freddy" Heineken, started working at the company in 1940, and in 1971 was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board. He was a powerful force behind Heineken's continued global expansion, and while he retired from the Executive Board in 1989, he maintained involvement with the company until his death in 2002.

During this period, Heineken tried to increase its stock price by purchasing competing breweries and closing them down. After World War II, many small breweries were bought or closed. In 1968 Heineken merged with its biggest competitor, Amstel, and in 1975 opened a new brewery in Zoeterwoude. The Amstel brewery was closed in 1980, and its production moved to Zoeterwoude and Den Bosch.

Present
With the part acquisition of Scottish and Newcastle in 2007/2008 Heineken became the third-largest brewer based on revenues, behind the Belgian-Brazilian AB InBev and the British-South African SAB.

Since the merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller in October 2016, Heineken became the second largest brewer in the world.

On 12 January 2010, Heineken International successfully bought the brewery division of Mexican giant FEMSA in all-stock deal expanding its reach throughout Latin America.  The deal brought brands such as Dos Equis XX, Bohemia and Sol under Heineken ownership. Thru the deal, Heineken also started selling its products in Latin America through FEMSA's distribution network. The deal made FEMSA 20% owner of Heineken N.V. essentially becoming its largest single shareholder after the Dutch families (Heineken family and Hoyer family) who owns 25.83% and public shareholders owning 54.17%.

The FEMSA acquisition is expected to keep Heineken in its strong position by growing its market share in the Latin American markets. FEMSA has a massive distribution network and owns Mexico's largest convenience store chain OXXO, which has thousands of locations throughout the country.

In September 2014, it was announced that Heineken would sell its Mexican packaging business Empaque to Crown for around $1.23 billion. Also during that month, Heineken revealed it was in talks to sell its Czech operations to Molson Coors.

On 10 September 2015, Heineken International announced it would acquire a 50% stake in Lagunitas Brewing Company of Petaluma, California as part of an effort to allow Lagunitas to expand its operations globally. As part of the deal Lagunitas will no longer be considered a craft brewer as the Heineken stake is greater than 25%.

In January 2017, Heineken announced it was in negotiations to buy the Kirin Company's 12 breweries in Brazil. The following month, Heineken closed the deal and bought Brasil Kirin for US$700 million.

After previously acquiring 50% of Lagunitas Brewing Company, Heineken announced, on 4 May 2017, it would be purchasing the remaining 50%—making it the sole owner of Lagunitas.

In June 2018, Heineken named Maggie Timoney as the CEO of Heineken USA, making her the first woman to become the CEO of a major United States beer supplier.

In 2018, Heineken signed an agreement with China Resources Enterprises to purchase a 40% stake into the company.

Global structure
Heineken organises the company into five territories which are then divided into regional operations. The regions are: Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, The Americas, Africa and the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. These territories contain 115 brewing plants in more than 65 countries, brewing local brands in addition to the Heineken brand.

Executive team
The executive team of the company consists of the following people:
 Dolf van den Brink, Chairman Executive Board/CEO
 Harold van der Broek, Member Executive Board/CFO
 Marc Busain, President Americas
 Jacco van der Linden, President Asia Pacific
 Chris Van Steenbergen, Chief Human Resources Officer
 Marc Gross, Chief Supply Chain Officer
 Jan Derck van Karnebeek, Chief Commercial Officer
 Roland Pirmez, President Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe
 Blanca Juti, Chief Corporate Relations Officer
 Soren Hagh, President Europe

Brewing plants
Heineken's brewing plants have been designed and engineered in 4 main parts of the world.

Africa and the Middle East
Heineken has 17 operating companies in Africa and the Middle East.
These include:
 Brasseries du Maroc, Morocco
 Al Ahram Beverages Company, Egypt
 Amstel Brewery, Jordan
 Harar Brewery, Ethiopia
 Bralirwa, Rwanda
 Brarudi, Burundi
 Brasserie Almaza, Lebanon
 Brasseries de Bourbon, Réunion
 Bralima, Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Consolidated Breweries, Nigeria
 Groupe Castel Algérie, Algeria
 Nigerian Breweries, Nigeria
 Société nouvelles des Brasseries SONOBRA, Tunisia
 Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, Sierra Leone
 Sedibeng Brewery, South Africa
 Tango Brewery, Algeria

Asia Pacific

Breweries in Asia Pacific:
 Cambodia Brewery Ltd (CBL) in Cambodia
 Shanghai Asia Pacific Brewery in China
 Hainan Asia Pacific Brewery Company Ltd in China
 Guangzhou Asia Pacific Brewery in China (under construction)
 Multi Bintang Indonesia in Indonesia
 Lao Asia Pacific Brewery in Laos
 Sungai Way Brewery in Malaysia
 DB Breweries in New Zealand
 South Pacific Brewery Ltd (SPB) in Papua New Guinea
 Asia Pacific Breweries in Singapore
 Asia Pacific Brewery Lanka Limited (APB Lanka) in Sri Lanka
 Thai Asia Pacific Brewery in Thailand
 Heineken Vietnam Brewery Co Ltd in Vietnam
 Heineken Hanoi Brewery Co Ltd in Vietnam
United Breweries Ltd Bangalore in India

Europe

Breweries in Europe:
 Brau Union Österreich in Austria
 Syabar Brewing Company in Belarus
 Alken-Maes in Belgium
 Zagorka Brewery in Bulgaria
 Karlovačka pivovara in Croatia
 Starobrno in the Czech Republic
 Federation Breweries in Gateshead, England (closed 2010)
 H. P. Bulmer in Hereford in England
 John Smith's in Tadcaster, England
 Royal Brewery in Manchester, England
 Heineken France:
 Brasserie de l'Espérance in Schiltigheim
 Brasserie Pelforth in Mons-en-Baroeul
 Brasserie de la Valentine in Marseille
 Brasserie Fischer in Schiltigheim (closed 2009)
 Brasserie Adelshoffen in Schiltigheim (closed 2000)
 Brasserie Mutzig in Mutzig (closed 1989)
 Athenian Brewery in Greece
 Heineken Hungária in Hungary
 Heineken Ireland at Lady's Well Brewery in Cork, Ireland
 Heineken Italia in Italy
 Heineken Nederland in the Netherlands
 Żywiec Brewery in Poland
 Central de Cervejas in Portugal
 Heineken Romania in Romania
 Heineken Brewery LLC in Russia
 Heineken Srbija in Serbia
 Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh, Scotland
 Heineken Slovensko in Slovakia
 Heineken España in Spain, with breweries in Seville, Valencia, Jaén and Madrid
 Heineken Switzerland in Switzerland
 Calanda Bräu in Switzerland
 Pivovarna Laško Union in Slovenia

The Americas

Breweries in the Americas:
 Brasserie Nationale d'Haiti in Haiti
 Commonwealth Brewery in the Bahamas
 Cervejarias Kaiser in Brazil
 Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma in Mexico
 Cervecerías Barú-Panama, S.A. in Panama
 Desnoes & Geddes in Jamaica
 Lagunitas Brewing Company in the United States
 Windward & Leeward Brewery in Saint Lucia
 Surinaamse Brouwerij in Suriname

On 20 January 2017, Heineken NV and Kirin Holdings confirmed they were in negotiations for Heineken to acquire Kirin's beer operations in Brazil. Kirin had earlier bought assets in Brazil in 2011 with the local brewer Schincariol, which makes Nova Schin and Baden Baden.

Beer brands

Heineken International owns a worldwide portfolio of over 170 beer brands, mainly pale lager, though some other beer styles are produced. The two largest brands are Heineken and Amstel; though the portfolio includes Cruzcampo, Affligem, Żywiec, Starobrno, Tiger Beer, Zagorka, Red Stripe, and Birra Moretti. Heineken has added a cider blend named Jillz to their list of brands.  Since mid-2007, Heineken has also taken ownership of former S&N International brands such as Strongbow and Bulmers Ciders and John Smith's and Newcastle Brown Ale. Heineken owns the Czech brand Dačický, which was brewed in Kutná Hora from 1573 until Heineken took ownership of it, and closed the brewery. In 2010, Heineken bought Mexican brewery FEMSA Cerveza, including brands Tecate, Sol, Dos Equis, Indio and Kloster.

Ownership
The shares of Heineken International are traded on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam and OTCQX under the symbols: HEIA and HEINY respectively. As at 31 December 2013, the shareholding in the group's stock was as depicted in the table below:

 Heineken Holding N.V is a public company listed on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam. Its single investment is Heineken International. It is majority owned by L'Arche Green N.V an investment vehicle of the Heineken family and the Hoyer family.
 Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V (FEMSA) holds an additional 14.935% in Heineken Holding N.V bringing the total direct and indirect shareholding in Heineken International to 20%.

Marketing

Advertising
Heineken's main advertising slogan in the UK was "Refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach", some of which featured voice-over narration by Danish comedian/pianist Victor Borge. The British TV campaign ran for over 30 years – stopping in 2005. From March 2011 they have been advertising using the song 'The Golden Age' by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. After the success of The Entrance, a web advert (4M views in YouTube), Heineken launched The Date in May 2011.

In March 2017 in Amsterdam, Heineken opened a pop-up bakery for five days to promote the yeast used in its brewing. The bread was made by Mark Plaating and proceeds were donated to a local baking guild.

Sponsorships

Heineken sponsors several sporting events. The Heineken Cup was an annual rugby union knock-out competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the Six Nations: England, France, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Italy. Heineken was the title sponsor from the cup's inaugural tournament in 1995–96, until the tournament ceased in 2014 and was replaced by the Champions Cup. Heineken continued its sponsorship of European Club Rugby as the principle partner of the European Rugby Champions Cup returning to title sponsorship of the Champions Cup from 2018–19. They have been credited as the Founding Partner of European Rugby.

Heineken has been an integral partner of the UEFA Champions League since 2005, with a theme of "Enjoyed together around the world." The Heineken Open (tennis) is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series played in Auckland, New Zealand. Heineken also sponsors the music events: the Heineken Open'er Festival, a contemporary music festival held in Poland; and, since 2004, the Oxegen music festival in Ireland. Heineken sponsors the Ballyheigue Summerfest in County Kerry, Ireland. In 2016, Heineken became the Official Beer of the Formula One World Championship after the Canadian Grand Prix. During the knockout stage of the 2019–20 season, Heineken 0,0% became the official beer of the UEFA Europa League as the season resumed followed with the start of the 2020–21 season.

Holland Heineken House
Since 1992 Heineken organises, together with NOC*NSF, the Dutch meeting place at all the Olympic Games, called the Holland Heineken House.

Heineken Experience

The Heineken Experience is a museum about Heineken Pilsener and the Heineken brewery, based in the original brewery in Amsterdam. The original building was built in 1867, and was in use as a brewery until 1988. In 1991, when part of the establishment was torn down, the Heineken Reception and Information Centre () was opened in the remaining building. In 2001 the name was changed to Heineken Experience.

The museum features "rides", interactive exhibits, and two bars. It also gives an insight into the company's history and brewing processes through the years. Visitors receive one small tasting glass and two full-sized glasses of Heineken beer to drink at the end of the tour, both paid for by the 21 euro entry fee.

Controversies

Price fixing
On 18 April 2007 the European commission fined Heineken  €219.3m, Grolsch €31.65m and Bavaria  €22.85m for operating a price fixing cartel in the Netherlands, totalling €273.7m. InBev, (formerly Interbrew), escaped without a penalty because it provided "decisive information" about the cartel which operated between 1996 and 1999 and others in the EU market. The brewers controlled 95% of the Dutch market, with Heineken claiming a half and the three others 15% each.

Neelie Kroes said she was "very disappointed" that the collusion took place at the very highest (boardroom) level. She added, Heineken, Grolsch, Bavaria and InBev tried to cover their tracks by using code names and abbreviations for secret meetings to carve up the market for beer sold to supermarkets, hotels, restaurants and cafes. The price fixing extended to cheaper own-brand labels and rebates for bars.

In 2004 Heineken and Kronenbourg (then part of Scottish and Newcastle), the two dominant brewers in France, were fined €2.5m – with the penalty reduced for co-operating.

New investments in Russia
At the end of March 2022, over a month after Russia started its war in Ukraine, Heineken announced that it was leaving Russia (including with its other brands there, like Affligem, Amstel etc.), saying that ownership of the Russian subsidiary was no longer "durable or viable." But despite this promise Heineken hired more than 240 new staff and launched no less than 61 new products on the Russian market last year, investigators from Follow the Money reported, based on an overview of 2022 by Heineken Russia. The Dutch brewer's Russian subsidiary looked back on "a turbulent year, with many new growth opportunities." One of these opportunities being the departure of Coca-Cola and Pepsi from Russia, which Heineken "cynically" used to "enter the non-alcoholic carbonated beverage market". Heineken announced even more investments for 2023, including more modern packaging and new flavors. New products launched in Russia included an Irish stout, replacing Guinness (which had been brewed and sold by Heineken, under licence), after Diageo withdrew from Russia.

Fake craft beers
In Ireland, Heineken briefly marketed "Blasket Blonde" in County Kerry from March 2015 to September 2016, and Beanntraí Bru in parts of County Cork in August 2016, as locally-made craft beers, from invented breweries.

Possible ties to the slave trade
On 15 February 1864, Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought De Hooiberg (the Haystack) brewery in Amsterdam. It remains unclear whether the funds for the purchase of the Haystack came from his father, a cheese trader, or his mother, whose estate included proceeds from her previous husband's family's historical investments in West Indies slave plantations.

In a letter to his mother 18 June 1863, Gerard discussed the potential Haystack purchase and his plans for the future. Gerard's mother, Anna Geertruida van de Paauw, came to own shares in slave plantations in Berbice (modern day Guyana) and Suriname through her first marriage in 1829 to Pieter Jacob Schumacher van Oudorp (1804–1833) who died in 1833. The Schumacher family owned several plantations in Berbice and Suriname, according to records held at the UK's National Archive. After Pieter Schumacher died, Anna was remarried to Cornelis Heineken and had four children, one of which was Gerard Heineken. Anna died in 1881.

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American Airlines-vlucht 587 was een vliegtuig van het type Airbus A300-600, dat op 12 november 2001 kort na te zijn opgestegen van John F. Kennedy International Airport neerstortte in de Belle Harbor-buurt van Queens. De ramp kostte alle 260 inzittenden van het vliegtuig en 5 mensen op de grond het leven. Daarmee was dit de op een na ergste Amerikaanse vliegramp van dat moment.

Het ongeluk vond plaats amper twee maanden na de aanslagen van 11 september 2001. Derhalve vreesden veel mensen dat het wederom een terroristische actie betrof; dit werd echter al snel uitgesloten.

De ramp
Op 12 november 2001, om ongeveer 09:16 Eastern Standard Time, stortte American Airlines-vlucht 587 neer in Belle Harbor. Het vliegtuig was kort hiervoor opgestegen van John F. Kennedy International Airport voor een vlucht naar Las Américas International Airport. De piloot was Ed States, en de co-piloot Sten Molin.

De verticale stabilo en roer braken af tijdens de val, en vielen in de Jamaica Bay. Ook de motoren braken af tijdens de val.

Onderzoek

Kort voordat vlucht 587 was vertrokken, was een Boeing 747 van Japan Airlines opgestegen vanaf dezelfde startbaan. Dat betekende dat vlucht 587 rekening moest houden met zogturbulentie veroorzaakt door de Boeing 747. De co-piloot probeerde het vliegtuig omwille van de turbulentie onder controle te houden door middel van correcties door middel van het richtingsroer; de krachten die hierbij werden uitgeoefend waren te groot voor het verticale stabilo, en het brak af. Hierna stortte de Airbus neer. De National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concludeerde dat het stabilo afbrak door de krachten die er op werden uitgeoefend (de snelle stuurbewegingen met het richtingsroer), en niet door de zogturbulentie van de Boeing.

Onderzoekers maakten zich vooral zorgen over de manier waarop de staartvin was afgebroken. Deze is normaal met het vliegtuig verbonden middels zes aanhechtingspunten. Elk punt bevat twee moeren; één gemaakt van een composiet en één van aluminium, allemaal verbonden met een titanium schroef. Analyse toonde aan dat de schroeven en aluminiummoeren in orde waren, maar de composietmoeren niet. Het idee dat de composietmoeren mogelijk niet veilig waren veroorzaakte grote paniek daar dit type moeren ook was gebruikt bij andere onderdelen van het vliegtuig, waaronder de motoren en vleugels.

Het officiële rapport van de NTSB werd vrijgegeven op 26 oktober 2004. Hierin werd de oorzaak van de ramp omschreven als overmatig gebruik van het richtingsroer in een poging de zogturbulentie van de eerder opgestegen Boeing 747 tegen te gaan. De brand die op enkele videobeelden van het neerstortende toestel te zien was, werd veroorzaakt door lekkende brandstof, en ontstond toen de motoren door de enorme g-krachten van de val afbraken.

Na de crash werden de lege hangars van Floyd Bennett Field gebruikt als geïmproviseerd mortuarium waar de lijken konden worden geïdentificeerd.

Vlucht 587 bestaat niet meer. De route tussen Kennedy Airport en Las Américas Airport draagt nu de nummers 619, 635 en 789.

Nasleep
Airbus en American Airlines zijn het er nog altijd niet over eens wie er verantwoordelijk is voor de ramp. Volgens American Airlines is Airbus schuldig daar het vliegtuig een overgevoelig roer had. Airbus beweert op zijn beurt echter dat American Airlines wist dat de roeren van een Airbus A300 anders werken dan bij overige vliegtuigen, en zijn piloten beter hierop had moeten trainen.

Sinds het rapport van de NTSB is uitgekomen heeft American Airlines de trainingsschema's van piloten aangepast.

In het Rockaway Park van Belle Harbor is een herdenkingsmonument opgericht voor de slachtoffers van de ramp.

Externe links
 BBC documentary on crash
 Getting Harder To Maintain The Fiction On AA 587
 NTSB - American Airlines Flight 587, Official site for the National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearings on the crash
 Photos of the plane involved in the accident and of the crash scene from Airliners.net
 Flight 587 Memorial Project
 Flight 587 Final Passenger List The Guardian

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Taking Lessons From Michigan and Ohio, States Should Prepare to Address Animal Care Issues
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Proposition 2 in California in November 2008 ushered in new livestock housing requirements, led by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
Since that time, HSUS has turned its focus to two Midwestern states: Michigan and Ohio. And both states have recently addressed HSUS-supported livestock care and housing initiatives.
Concerns regarding outside influence over the regulation of the livestock industry—aside from the obvious increase in costs and liability for compliance efforts—include fears that the regulations were imposed without sufficient input from the regulated industry. Participants also question whether regulations were based on emotion and enacted without sufficient scientific basis or rationale for regulation.
Michigan Legislation Phases Out Veal Crates, Battery Cages and Gestation Crates
On October 12, 2009, Michigan enacted animal housing and care standards within the state. The law, widely seen as a compromise between agricultural interests and those of the HSUS and similar groups, phases out veal crates over the next three years, as well as battery cages for egg production and gestation crates for sows over the next ten years.
The legislation initially proposed and supported by the Michigan agricultural community, House Bills 5127 and 5128, resembled that proposed in Ohio (discussed below), but HSUS refused to support those bills and announced plans for a ballot initiative for the November 2010 ballot. At that point, Michigan agricultural groups worked with various groups, including HSUS and the state legislature to arrive at revised House Bill 5127—the bill recently enacted.
As part of the negotiations, HSUS agreed not to pursue a ballot initiative in Michigan provided legislation implementing the compromise agreement was passed into law.
Ohio Creates State Livestock Care Standards Board
Ohio livestock and egg producers faced similar issues, yet took a different tactic. In response to indications by HSUS that it was planning to pursue a ballot initiative similar to that supported by HSUS in California, the Ohio agricultural community worked with the legislature to propose a constitutional amendment to create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board.
In the election held November 3, the constitutional amendment passed with the support of almost two-thirds of voters. The amendment created a 13-member bipartisan board that is required to include representatives of Ohio farmers, farming organizations, county humane societies, academic institutions, general public and food safety experts. The board is charged with "prescrib[ing] standards for animal care and well-being that endeavor to maintain food safety, encourage locally grown and raised food, and protect Ohio farms and families." The legislation authorized the Ohio Department of Agriculture to enforce the standards developed by the board.
It is important to note that the Ohio constitutional amendment more broadly encompasses the industry than the laws enacted in Michigan and California, as it addresses all livestock. The Ohio Legislature showed strong support for the initiative when passed by both the House and Senate, thereby authorizing the ballot initiative for voters.
HSUS Will Seek to Define "Humane Treatment" of Livestock
In the time leading up to the November 3 election, the Ohio agricultural community and other groups largely came out in strong support for the constitutional initiative. HSUS, however, did not support the Ohio initiative and indicated it will seek to include its own constitutional initiative on the 2010 ballot that would further define "humane treatment" of livestock in Ohio.
With the passing of the constitutional amendment, any new proposed legislation will have to ensure that it does not encroach on the authority set forth by the constitutional amendment. However, should an HSUS-supported constitutional amendment pass, it would likely have precedent over the Livestock Care Standards Board.
Agricultural Communities Should Be Prepared
While the Ohio agricultural community was able to take the initiative and address issues head-on, all indications are that the battles related to regulation of animal housing and care within the state are far from over. Ohio will likely continue to be a focus of HSUS and other groups—and other states may be subject to similar pressure.
Agricultural communities in all states need to be prepared to address animal care concerns, perhaps even proactively, in the event HSUS or other groups begin to expand their focus.
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God of War PC is so good it could make God of War: Ragnarok on PS5 even better
God of War lands on PC today, and the port marks some nifty steps forward on the accessibility front — work that will be done to improve the upcoming sequel, God of War: Ragnarok, on PlayStation.
As spotted by our sister site PC Gamer — who, by the way, loved the PC version of the game — the God of War port not only offers seriously smooth frame rates (with DLSS being a big help) and other goodies. does, but meaningful improvements to accessibility in the nuts and bolts of the game.
Mila Pavlin, UX and Accessibility Lead at Santa Monica Studios, explained to PC Gamer: "It's really laid some groundwork in the backend. A lot of accessibility features require that you go through your pipeline for how to create content. change it. [The PC port] allowed us to go back in and re-look at how we were actually building some of the underlying code."
The main change here for the port was how running worked. Those who have encountered God of War on PlayStation will undoubtedly remember that in order to sprint, you have to click in the left thumb, which may seem odd. Pavlin observed: "A lot of players find that button particularly a little difficult to use."
So, for the PC version, the devs came up with a solution in the form of the auto-sprint feature. When you hold down a direction key for a certain amount of time, with a fixed amount of time duration by the user – a neat solution.
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As always, any improvements to accessibility are well worth considering, and this can last longer in God of War sessions (even on PC, where some people prefer the controller to the mouse to switch). There is a clever move to reduce any potential stress on the thumb. keyboard). For example, it's one thing to click in the left stick to turn off a one-time ability, but it's another to push the stick forward while clicking – it's an altogether more awkward experience.
Plus, it's great to hear that this discovery of Access on the PC version has laid the groundwork for God of War: Ragnarok on PS5 going strong in this regard. Pavlin said: "Working on things like keyboard remapping allows us to really see how the pipeline works as a whole, and take it forward through all of our SMSes. [Santa Monica Studio] the product. This will help us build a better foundation to work on in future products."
Matt Dewald, Senior Technical Producer, said that "PC accessibility is only a small part of what we want to do" and that "accessibility is really important to us" before adding: "We try to make sure We want to do as much support as we can. So there are some big plans."
Note that we've also heard on the grapevine that God of War: Ragnarok may finally get a PC port, which makes sense given that the first game has been redesigned (though it supposedly took three years, so don Don't think Ragnarok could be ported any time soon – if it's coming at all).
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I am trying to work on the last part of the above problem. I am not sure what a 'convolution with the poisson kernel' is and consequently, a way to express $g(x+i\epsilon)- g(x-i\epsilon)$, or solve the problem. I would appreciate some help.

A: Just a bit of algebra $$g\left(x+i\varepsilon\right)-g\left(x-i\varepsilon\right)=\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{-M}^{M}h\left(z\right)\left(\frac{1}{z-x-i\varepsilon}-\frac{1}{z-x+i\varepsilon}\right)dz$$ $$=\frac{\varepsilon}{\pi}\int_{-M}^{M}\frac{h\left(z\right)}{\left(z-x\right)^{2}+\varepsilon^{2}}dz=\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}h\left(z\right)P_{\varepsilon}\left(x-z\right)dz=\left(h*P_{\varepsilon}\right)\left(x\right)$$ where $P_{\varepsilon}\left(x\right)$ is the Poisson kernel $P_{y}\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{\pi}\frac{y}{x^{2}+y^{2}}.$ Now it remanis to observe that $P_{\varepsilon}\left(y\right)$ is an approximate identity and so, since $h$ is continuous, $$\lim_{\varepsilon\rightarrow0^{+}}\left(h*P_{\varepsilon}\right)\left(x\right)=h(x).$$

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The dance genre has a new star, a certain red overalls-clad plumber.
Mario is a man of many talents. He can drive a mean go-kart. He is pretty good at whatever ball or puck you throw at him. Mario is a damn good doctor, and he can even settle heavyweight disputes as a boxing referee. But his dancing skills were in dispute, considering "Captain" Lou Albano didn't exactly stick the landing in closing credits of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Well, now you can finally make that little Italian dance like the champ he is in Ubisoft's Just Dance 3 for the Wii. The "Mario" song will be available for download for 250 Wii points starting on December 14th.
At first, I wasn't sure what to expect from this smashup of videogame character and dance game. But once I saw the video above, I had no idea just how crazy it was going to be. Mario dancing around in an even more psychedelic version of the Mushroom Kingdom with accurate sound effects and ... does he throw a fireballs at goombas and koopas there at the end?
Ok, this is weird enough to actually be interesting. Now if only I owned Just Dance 3 and could resurrect Funk from exile in China to do his Mario dance for real. Seriously, watch all the way to the end of this video, you won't be disappointed.


This client was from Australia and owns a garments shop which provides garments for both girls and boys. The company also gives charity to the community, so the client requested to design the website to cover every feature. For the user interference we develop the home and about page of the company, menu bar, garments for boys and girls and clothing design section. For user experience we designed the shop section as a call of action, so that the customer can select the desired item form the menu bar and can place the order for delivery. Along with this we also created charity box symbol to donate the charity. This charity box symbol give the unique way to donate the charity while shopping for own self. The target audience for the website was boys and girls. We are pleased that we have created the website in a way that client expected.


Fitness and Nutrition go hand-in-hand. While many people hit the gym in blind wisdom that machines will give them the path to a lean and healthy body, they forget that diet and managing meal times correctly is the key to a healthy lifestyle.
While doing Master's in Education & Spanish, Meeta Vengapally had never imagined herself giving out healthy-living tips and neither becoming the CEO of Garnysh – a Silicon Valley-based fitness-tech company which helps its subscribers to leave the concern of planning a good diet to its app. It offers subscribers customized prepped meal plans which a person aiming for a specific fitness goal can make use of.
There are a number of fitness apps in the market that track macro indicators of diet such as proteins, carbs, and exercise. Yet, many of these numbers do not add up in the improved performance. This is because they miss the essential components customized for each person. Garnysh attempts to bridge this gap by going the extra mile of not only planning and designing the meal plans but also coordinating and prepping the food items with local suppliers and getting it delivered at the doorstep.
Meeta was a typical Indian girl with remarkable grades where she graduated Masters with highest honors. Soon, her thesis was published. Eventually, she got involved in various entrepreneurial tasks and also managed to become a social media influencer. Today, she prides on being able to associate herself with more than 500 brands.
She was also invited to the Ms. USA Pageant on a full scholarship. However, the real test of her life began when she had her two kids while pursuing graduation. She faced major challenges in shedding the weight and getting back into shape. While CrossFit came to her rescue, she realized there were no apps to keep track of her diet and the ones that did exist, did not help much. Thus, Garnysh was born with an aim to be the last-mile support for all those looking to create a healthy diet.
The company has recently introduced its Badazz Bod app which is meant to give users an idea to help manage their bodies and own it with pride.
Meeta is a tough cookie in a boisterous world of entrepreneurship. She has been hit on by men in business deals which she has learned to handle along with sheer biases and criticisms that women entrepreneurs face. She is a proponent of women supporting each other to create a safety net of support when required in personal and business life.
Recognized by Forbes on several occasions, Meeta is constantly thriving to build a community of fitness experts where people can co-join and assist each other. The company is bootstrapped and started with her personal funds just as Meeta calls it her "third baby". It became cash positive in the first year of operations itself which is an achievement in itself. Meeta now foresees it as becoming a force to bring the society at large as a conscious health seeker.
With a spot-on app for fitness issues, and a family that supports her business mind, Meeta is waiting to rule the world.


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Dr. Venkatesh is an Associate Professor and Chief of the Section of Administration in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University. He is also Scientist at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. He has been funded by the NIH, AHRQ, and the Emergency Medicine Foundation to study health system outcomes and efficiency, and he is supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as co-Principal Investigator of the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) and for the development of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. He has received over $6 million in grant funding and published over 80 peer-reviewed papers and is senior editor of The Evidence book series. He is national leader within ACEP and SAEM and he serves on expert panels for the National Quality Forum (NQF), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and CMS. His work is also funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Addiction Policy Forum to advance the quality and delivery of emergency and acute care for opioid use disorder.
Dr. Venkatesh earned his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University. He went on to earn an MBA from Ohio State University before completing medical school at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Most recently he completed Emergency Medicine residency at Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program here at Yale University. He is originally from Dayton, OH and resides in New Haven.
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At the age of 17, when Tamara Warner decided to become a teacher, she never imagined it would afford her the success she's achieved in the last 15 years in education. And she definitely didn't think it would lead to her being named a semi-finalist for the Louisiana Department of Education's 2018 Principal of the Year award.
Warner, the principal at Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies, is among 24 other education leaders
who're currently in the hunt for this top honor. But, if afforded this esteem award, it wouldn't be Warner's first recognition as a school leader. Her staff and students recently surprised her during a ceremony where she was named the Jefferson Parish Public School System Elementary Principal of the Year. Warner says she'll never forget that day.
"My parents had come from Alabama, and the school superintendent and his staff were here, so it was really humbling. It was just a really special day," Warner said.
"Anytime that you're recognized for the hard work you do, the time that you put in, the support that you give, it's very humbling and it's very gratifying," she added.
Warner believes the Jefferson Parish school district has a great team of school leaders who diligently work hard to educate the kids in their schools, and so she's honored to represent her district as an example of the great leadership at all of their schools.
She credits a great deal of her success as a school leader to her staff. That's why she makes it a priority to ensure they have the necessary tools and autonomy she says is needed to guarantee academic achievement and overall
success for every student.
"I try to make sure that they are supported. Teaching is a very challenging job," Warner said. "Success is multifaceted when you talk about kids within a school setting. Kids need all levels of support, and it takes a team effort to make that happen."
Srija Tamidela, a fifth grader and Student of the Year at Gretna No. 2 Academy, was a scholar at the school prior to Warner's tenure. Tamidela loved her former principal, but she says the district couldn't have picked a better person to take the reins.
"I think Ms. Warner is a really good principal. She really cares about us and she listens to everyone," Tamidela said. "When I received the Student of the Year award, she made it a big deal. Usually they just announced it, but Ms. Warner made a really grand celebration."
"I try to make sure I put children's needs ahead of anything and everybody else," Warner said. "Of course those decisions are underpinned with policy and procedure, but I think when you purposely put children's needs first, most of the time you're going to make the right decision."
Before the Principal of the Year is selected, Warner says that she and the other semi-finalists have another extensive round of interviews to undertake. All finalists and semi-finalists will be honored at the 11th Annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Symposium and Celebration on July 28 in Baton Rouge.
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Despite fears that Texas would open its doors to thousands of Mexicans escaping violence at home and seeking a safe haven here, government data shows the number of asylum-seekers from Mexico has actually decreased.
The number of asylum applications from Mexican nationals to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — a division of the Department of Homeland Security that governs lawful migration into the United States — fell by 27 percent in 2009, to 1,778 from 2,456 the previous year. Through the second quarter of 2010, the agency had received just 233 applications.
Most are denied, federal officials said, though the USCIS did not immediately provide approval statistics on Thursday. In fact, Mexico does not even make the top 10 list of countries whose citizens are granted asylum. China, Ethiopia and Haiti hold the top three spots.
One explanation could be the grit of Mexicans in border towns who, though forced to live their lives differently than they did just a few years ago, remain determined to ride out the current crime wave. Others believe, however, that applications have dropped because the U.S. laws governing refugee and asylum designations are too stringent.
According to the U.S. government code, a person seeking refuge must face persecution in their home country due to their "race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." Run-of-the-mill fear of murderous drug lords or corrupt Mexican government and military officials often don't make the cut, according to federal officials and specialists in immigration law.
"I find that [asylum seekers] are more than likely not able to establish an asylum claim under the laws of the United States. An [immigration] judge will review a case, but for the most part they rubber stamp it" with a denial, says Ed Beckett, the managing attorney at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso. Since January, Beckett's office has seen more than 500 people applying for asylum from Juarez — which has witnessed more than 3,600 murders since the beginning of 2009. Most have been denied.
The statistics and details about the process were provided on a conference call that USCIS and U.S. State Department officials held with reporters on Thursday in anticipation of World Refugee Day later this month.
An official with the USCIS asylum division, speaking on background, said that even the minority of Mexican asylum requests approved do not necessarily come from border towns with the most violence; many come from the interior of the country.
There are two ways to apply, the official explained: the "affirmative" process and the "defensive." The affirmative process involves an applicant already in the United States who applies and then is granted an interview with a USCIS asylum officer, who makes the ultimate determination. The defensive process involves being detained, either at a port of entry or in the interior, and being subject to expedited removal from the U.S. under current immigration law. The detainee can seek asylum and plead his or her case before an immigration judge before they are deported.
Either way, the guidelines for granting asylum are restrictive, says Beckett. Despite coming from a country many elected officials say is on the brink of — or already mired in — a civil war between the government and drug lords, that mere assertion carries little weight.
"[The judges] issue an order basically saying, 'You have no 'negative credible fear.' We will now turn you back to the Department of Homeland Security or the Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation.' And so those people don't even make it to first base," says Beckett.
Only a small number of detainees in immigration detention seek a judicial opinion, and even fewer are granted asylum, the USCUS official said. For applicants in detention, there is a slight possibility for parole or release while they await their asylum hearing, Beckett says — especially if they're female and have family in the U.S.
The government, said the official, has also loosened its reigns and will now consider parole — and often grant it — if the detainee was found to have a credible fear of persecution.
But Beckett also points to what he sees as an irony in the entire screening process. He said he "can't believe" that people who show up stabbed, maimed or even shot are denied — especially when they claim the notoriously corrupt Mexican military might have been the culprits. Several conservative opponents of amnesty for illegal immigration in the U.S. also argue the Mexican government is corrupt and should be held accountable. It's because of that endemic corruption, says Beckett, that more asylum-seeking Mexicans should be given due consideration.
The U.S. government's stance on Mexican corruption involves inherent contradictions, Beckett notes. Even as the U.S. State Department puts out reports saying that "security forces in Mexico are known to work with drug traffickers and criminal organizations," the U.S. government continues to provide support to the Mexican military and police through the Merida Initiative, he says. And yet when Mexicans seeks asylum, claiming fear of their corrupt government, he says, U.S. judges respond, "We don't buy it. We think the Mexican government is working great."


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