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Quarantine requirements revised for travel to England
Travellers arriving in the United Kingdom are required to complete a 14-day quarantine on arrival in the country. This requirement is for both UK nationals and foreign passport-holders arriving in England from high-risk countries and countries not included in the UK's list of travel corridors.
The UK's 14-day quarantine requirement for all arriving passengers was implemented on 8 June. Arriving passengers are expected to self-isolate in a location where they do not pose any risk to other individuals, whether at a hotel or in the home of a friend or family member.
Spot checks for travellers in quarantine
Travellers are required to provide the address of this location to UK authorities on arrival. Spot checks may be conducted and fines are issued if individuals are found to be violating quarantine regulations.
The cost of the 14-day quarantine must be covered by the traveller.
KNOCK-ON EFFECT ON TOURISM
The quarantine requirement has severely affected tourism to and from the UK. International visitors have been less keen to visit the country since they are expected to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival at their own expense.
Visit Britain, the organisation responsible for marketing the UK as a tourist destination, said the country recorded a drop of 74% in international arrivals for the year to October 2020.
Tourism from the UK has also been affected because locals have been less likely to travel abroad if facing 14-day quarantine requirements on their return to the UK.
UK BUSINESSES CAMPAIGN TO REMOVE QUARANTINE
Tourism to and from the UK has suffered tremendously since the country's first lockdown in May. Several travel and tourist companies in the UK have been campaigning against the 14-day quarantine requirement, which they argue has added to the already challenging scenario created by the pandemic.
With the backing of more than 500 travel and tourism companies, the Quash Quarantine Campaign has been putting pressure on the government to amend the 14-day quarantine ruling.
"This will boost travel confidence and bookings, and enable quicker recovery in such a hard-hit sector," said Paul Charles, of the PC Agency, who led the campaign.
SHORTER QUARANTINE POSSIBLE FROM 15 DECEMBER
Travellers arriving in England, from high-risk destinations, will still be required to self-isolate under the revised quarantine requirements. On the fifth day, however, they can opt to take a COVID-19 test. If their test result is negative, they are released from quarantine.
Travellers will be required to book and pay for a COVID-19 test from a private provider on the government's list of approved test providers. The test costs between £65 and £120 (R1,314 to R2,425) and must be paid for by the traveller.
"This is certainly a positive step forward and I think it will help boost consumer confidence, knowing they can book flights for holidays and have a substantially reduced quarantine period versus previously," Jonathan Pollard, chief commercial officer at Gatwick Airport, said in an interview with CNBC.
HOW THE SHORTER QUARANTINE WORKS
The updated quarantine requirements come into effect from 15 December.
Travellers can opt to take a COVID-19 test on the fifth day of quarantine. This must be communicated to authorities when arriving in the country.
The cost of the test is to be covered by the traveller and the COVID-19 test must be conducted by a private provider, not by the public health system.
A list of accredited private testing facilities is available at www.gov.uk.
Test results usually take up to 48 hours to be processed. If results are negative, the traveller is released from the quarantine requirement.
This arrangement is only applicable to travellers arriving in England from high-risk countries. Different requirements are in place for travellers arriving in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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After getting nod to head the Govt. in Himachal Pradesh, now Virbhadra Singh's focus has shifted to the formation of the ministry. The Congress has a thin majority, with just 36 legislators and few senior leaders Gangu Ram Musafir, Ram Lal Thakur, Rangila Ram Rao and Vijay Singh Mankotia, who could not be left out, have lost the elections and thus made little bit easy for Virbhadra Singh to accommodate new faces in the cabinet. As for the small states number of ministers was capped at 12 and Kangra which has 10 congress legislatures likely to get a lion's share in the ministerial berth.
Four times MLA GS Bali, senior Congress campaigner Brij Bihari Butail and Sujan Singh Pathania are front runner and Sudhir Sharma, known close to Virbhadra Singh also can get his nod. From Chamba district, Asha Kumari and Thakur Singh Bharmouri are strong contender, whereas from Una district, Mukesh Agnihotri is looking for the important ministerial berth and Virbhadra will have to decide between former minister Kuldeep Kumar and three times MLA Rakesh Kalia.


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My book Today in a Manger is what you should be reading this Christmas! Twenty five meditations in the run up to Chrismas Day, beginning 1 December. See the link at the bottom of this page.
Smyrna was forty miles north of Ephesus and was a prosperous and large port city. It was a centre of science, medicine and fine wine. Homer, the greatest of Greek poets, reputedly was from Smyrna. It had temples of worship to Roman emperors and other gods. Jesus introduces himself to the church in Smyrna as the one who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.
Jesus warned the Christians that although they would suffer and some would be imprisoned, this would not last long. They were to be faithful, even to the point of death, and then Jesus would give them life as their victor's crown.
Smyrna was famous for its athletic games, so the concept of a victor's crown would have had resonance. Twenty years after this letter was written, we have a record of a thriving church in Smyrna in a letter written by Bishop Ignatius of Antioch to the Bishop in Smyrna, Polycarp. Polycarp was martyred in Smyrna in AD 156.
Ephesus was the capital of Asia Minor, one of the most important cities in the Roman Empire. It was John's home city prior to his exile on Patmos. The major religion there was the worship of Artemis (Diana in Latin), the goddess of fertility. Her temple was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Christians had faced opposition in Ephesus from the moment Paul arrived to preach the Gospel. It was possibly the strongest church in the Roman Empire. It had had the great privilege of being pastored by Paul, Timothy and John. Church tradition is that Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her adopted son, John, are buried there.
Jesus knows what is happening in every church on earth; he holds every leader in His right hand. He walks among the churches. He acknowledged the hard work and perseverance of the Christians in Ephesus. They had the gift of spiritual discernment. The church had persevered through hardships for the name of Jesus and had not grown weary.
Yet their love for Jesus had diminished: for love read commitment, priority setting, respect, self-giving and exhilaration. If they did not repent, then Jesus would remove their light. Sadly this is what happened across Asia Minor. When Jesus addressed Ephesus, this area was the centre of world Christianity, following the Jewish revolt (AD 66-73) and the mayhem inflicted by the Romans on Jerusalem. There were as many as 80,000 Christians in Asia Minor by AD 100. Yet by the beginning of the Twentieth Century there were estimated to be less than 18,000 Christians in modern Turkey: the lampstand had been removed. Ephesus today is a small village and silt has destroyed its port status; it is six miles from the sea. The lesson for us is to listen to Jesus.
At first he probably need not recognise that it was Jesus. John would have been aware of the 'Son of Man' tradition in Daniel. His hair was white, like wool or snow, his eyes like blazing fire. This was not the human Jesus whom he had followed on earth for three years.
John must have been mesmerised. Once, when Jesus was on earth He had appeared to John, Peter and James in a manner like this. Perhaps John recalled that Israel, and in particular, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Daniel had experienced similar visions of the greatness and glory of God. In the three years he had walked with Jesus on earth he had never experienced such divine, awesome majesty as he did now. However there is no description in the Bible quite as breath-taking as this one, because here Jesus is so incredible to behold and yet so personal.
Right at the beginning of Revelation John testifies that he has written down everything he saw, even if neither he nor we fully understand what is being revealed to us. This revelation has two important credentials – it is the Word of God and it is the testimony of Jesus the Messiah. We are about to see Jesus fully revealed as the Son of God in a way that was not apparent to those who were with Jesus in His first coming to earth.
3: Blog What is the overall message of Revelation?
However we read Revelation, all Christians are agreed what the message is: at the end of time God has won final and complete victory over Satan, sin and evil; Jesus the Son of God will be worshipped forever by those who on earth acknowledged Him to be their Lord and Saviour. Sin will cease to exist; there will be no more pain, suffering or death. We will enjoy eternal life with God in a heaven beyond anything we can yet comprehend. It is because any meaningful description of this final destination is outwith our present physical, time-bounded experience that we find Revelation so difficult.
Revelation is the most difficult book in the Bible to fully understand. It is bursting with strange figurative language, supernatural imagery and numerical symbolism. As a result Christians have either ignored any desire to study it or have argued about what it means. Before I began my personal study which led to this book, I was probably in the former camp. I did not truly understand John's message, so I was unable to argue what it means.
I am starting today a year long blog on my second book, Unearthing Joy. I have had so many wonderful responses from around the world from readers of Today in a Manger. These have been deeply encouraging.
When I started to write about the Revelation given by Jesus to John, it was not my intention to write a book. I was writing a final Chapter in another book, It's not the land: a walk through the Bible looking at God's covenant relationship with His people. I plan to publish that book, my third, later this year.
Unearthing Joy is very different from Today in a Manger, which I published in October 2010. This book is a challenging read, and I accept that. Yes, there are many commentaries out there trying to explain Revelation. Some are very complex, few are a simple read. So I have written this commentary as a thoughtful guide through the maze that is Revelation.
When Mary and Joseph returned with baby Jesus from Egypt to live in Nazareth they must have recalled Israel leaving Egypt, the most significant event in Jewish history. The Exodus was a redemptive flight from slavery to freedom, from a totalitarian regime to nationhood.
Isaiah prophesied that God's future plans did not envisage Israel out of Egypt but God Himself in Egypt. Egypt would, in poetic terms, speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to God. There would be an altar to God in the heart of Egypt. When the Egyptians would cry out to God, He would send them a Saviour and Defender, and He would rescue them. As God made Himself known to the Egyptians, they would worship and make vows to Him. "In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance." To Jewish listeners, this appeared totally impossible, something wholly contradictory. Only with the coming of a Messiah could this come true.


That is just beautiful and a fabulous addition to any home.
I followed the vlad technique to make picture reappear.
Most could only have this in their dreams! Excellent work. Is it heated?
what are the winter temps in a pond up there?
Man that's beautiful. If I didn't live in the temperature extremes I'd aspire to do something like that.
That looks very nice masone! Any more photos? What fish and plants do you have there?
Winter temp would be high teens in middle of winter at the lowest, I have a few ponds and have kept fish like peacock bass in them year round without any issues. Plants include hygros, a few types of ludwigia, a few different aponogeton sp, trident and needle java, buceohalandra, lagenandra and anubias. Plus the pandanus amaryllifolius which I grow in all my ponds and the orchids on the branches. Fish at the moment are a few tarpon and a big school of local jum rum creek rainbows which are a nice red and breed like rabbits. Will move my Saratoga in there soon.
Stunning, Matt! I regret even more not popping in on you earlier in the year now - this would have been amazing to see in its development! Looks like you just used a plastic liner, right? Was that put onto a hard foundation (concrete?)?
Wow! That's a nice selection! Your plants look big and healthy from what I can tell in the photos. Have you found it easy to keep plants them alive? Do you fertilise it? How much light does it get during the day?
I checked those rainbows in google and they look beautiful!
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some day time pics would be great too.


While Netflix holds viewership figures for its films close to the vest, the band Mötley Crüe is feeling the positive effects of the hellraising band's biopic The Dirt. Its music catalog is soaring as a result of the film.
Streaming partners have stepped up to support the film's soundtrack, and Mötley Crüe's catalog with the Global Marquee feature on Spotify and Apple Music building a dedicated Mötley Super Room. The payback was instant, with a 570% stream increase on Spotify, a 900% stream increase on Apple Music and Apple iTunes downloads growing by 2,027%. Amazon, with triple-digit streaming growth, is benefitting from sales of the biography, which jumped back to No. 1 music book, and Mötley's Deezer streams are up 669%.
The band reports that the Mötley Essentials playlist now is charting higher than Drake Essentials on Apple Music. The effect is being felt globally in 150 markets with top 10 iTunes charts around the world. The film got an 85% audience score at Rotten Tomatoes, on par with Bohemian Rhapsody's 87%.
On the music side, The Dirt soundtrack on Mötley Records and Eleven Seven Music immediately reached No. 1 on the iTunes All Genres Chart and currently stands at No. 4 US and No. 5 worldwide. The band's Greatest Hits album currently stands at No. 2 in the US on iTunes and at No. 11 worldwide. The soundtrack features four new songs including the first single, "The Dirt (Est. 1981) (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)" and their unlikely cover of Madonna's Like a Virgin. In addition, Spotify garnered an eightfold increase in daily streams, from roughly 400,000 to 3.6 million, and still increasing.
The book was written by band member Nikki Sixx, along with his bandmates and Neil Strauss. Sixx hopes to use the message of the film to draw attention to the USA's opioid crisis. A recovering addict himself, the bass player has established a music program for kids at Covenant House in Los Angeles and is instrumental in drawing attention to the root causes of addiction. A personal mission, Sixx is collaborating with the U.S. Surgeon General to fight opioid addiction and will bring his best-selling Heroin Diaries book to life with a musical of the same name, due to debut in 2019 with partners including Live Nation Ticketmaster, Eleven Seven, Scott Borchetta and Downtown Music.


Hippos pop up their heads during a cruise along the Kwando River in Namibia.
My first glimpse of Africa came from a nature program I watched as a child called "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom." Seeing elephants and giraffes lumber across a dry African landscape — even on TV — was in stark contrast to my suburban wildlife encounters that entailed red robins and gray squirrels hopping across manicured green lawns. I longed to one day see Africa's wildlife up close and in person.
My adventure started with a thrilling ride in a bush plane from the central capital city of Windhoek to the far northeastern panhandle of Namibia, the Caprivi Strip. The flight went briefly over Botswana and the vast Okavango Delta, where I had my very first sighting of wild elephants lounging below in one of the region's many watering holes.
A general rule when searching for wildlife in Africa: Where there is water, there are animals. And the Caprivi Strip is that rare part of Namibia that has a perennial abundance of water. On my drive from the airstrip to Nambwa Tented Lodge, I saw two large herds of elephants — an experience so well timed, it almost seemed staged.
During a boat trip on the river, I enjoyed a safari tradition — a "sundowner" cocktail sipped during the fading light of day — as we cruised past groups of half-submerged, grunting hippos. This "wet" region of Namibia is the only place in the country where hippo, Cape buffalo, red lechwe antelope and other animals that need abundant water can truly thrive.
After the Caprivi, I had an unexpected treat in the form of a visit with the region's indigenous San people, aka Bushmen, at Fiume Bush Camp near Grootfontein. Cattle farming has more or less destroyed Bushmen culture and customs, trapping these nomadic people inside fences and other borders.
Cattle farmer Jorn Gressmann grew up with Bushmen on his parents' farm and is trying to help the San make the difficult transition into the 21st century. Fluent in the Bushmen "click" language, Gressmann established Fiume Bush Camp and encouraged his San friends to create a living museum on his property.
Not far from the camp is Etosha National Park, a world-renowned, protected wildlife area in north-central Namibia. Most of the government-owned lodges and campsites inside the park are a bit run down, so I chose to stay in Onguma Tree Top Camp, just outside the park's eastern gate.
Onguma's guides treated me to numerous sightings of various antelope — kudu, steenbok and oryx, to name a few — and my favorite of them all: the tiny dik dik, standing little more than a foot high at the shoulder. I also saw warthogs, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, elephants, cheetahs … well, you get the idea.
The sheer volume of animals one encounters in Namibia, both in numbers and species, is much of what makes safaris here so impressive and memorable, especially in the "dry" season from June to October, when wildlife tends to cluster around waterholes. We saw much more than just large mammals. We spotted birds like lilac-breasted rollers, pale chanting goshawks and northern black bustards, as well as leopard tortoises, bat-eared foxes … the viewing possibilities are endless.
One of my most memorable sightings involved a solitary male lion that sauntered out of the vegetation and into a crowded watering hole full of gazelles. The slender antelopes froze in place and stared, and so did I. Surprisingly, the lion didn't seem to be hungry. It was as if he just wanted to peruse his realm and confirm that he was king of it all. After rubbing carelessly against a tree and thundering a couple of deep roars, he casually turned and left.
My second lion sighting was a little more expansive. At Ongava Tented Camp, just south of Etosha, my guides showed me a pride of 12 lions: an adult male, three females and eight adorable cubs that behaved much like a litter of domestic kittens by climbing trees, mock fighting and playing. The adult male didn't seem to care much about our safari group, but every once in a while he'd stare at me with intense, golden eyes that made my spine tingle. Welcome to Africa, where one learns what it feels like to be food.
Leaving Etosha, I drove the Toyota Hilux I'd rented from Safari Car Rental Namibia more than 150 miles west to the ruggedly scenic Damaraland region and Grootberg Lodge for an entirely different view of Namibia. Perched on the edge of an enormous canyon of blood-red basalt rock in the Khoadi-Hoas Conservancy, the lodge boasts breathtaking, expansive vistas. Grootberg also is one of the first community-owned lodges in Namibia, providing locals with a sustainable income from tourist dollars.
While in Damaraland, I encountered endangered black rhinos, which seem to have found a safe haven here after being poached nearly to extinction. Wilderness Safaris Desert Rhino Camp works with a nonprofit to monitor and protect these prehistoric-looking beasts. The camp's guides took me out on a daylong search for these elusive desert dwellers, and it turned out to be one of the most memorable experiences of my trip.
My last stop was Damaraland's Mowani Mountain Camp, designed to blend in with the area's trademark red sandstone boulders.
My stay at Mowani was both beautiful and bittersweet, as it marked the end of my trip. I was left wondering how long it would be before I got to see Africa's wild animals — in the wild — again.
Eric Vohr is a freelance writer.


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Q: Unity3D Show add every 5 restarts I'm trying to make it to where when you restart the game it shows an advertisement after 5 times. This is what I have so far. This does not work. This was tested.
    private int restartNum {
        get {
            return PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("restartNum");
        }
        set {
            PlayerPrefs.SetInt ("restartNum", value);
        }
    }

    public void OnButtonClick(string sceneName)
    {
        restartNum += 1;
        if (restartNum == 5) {// adding this makes it not work
            ShowAd ();// This works by itself
            restartNum = 0;
        }
        SceneManager.LoadScene (sceneName);
    }

A: if (restartNum == 5) will only restart when restartNum is 5 and this will be true only once. After that, restartNum will always be > 5 and your if statement will never be true again. To get it work every 5 times, use the modulus operator (%).
Change your
if (restartNum == 5)

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if (restartNum % 5 == 0)

It will divide restartNum by 5 each time and check if the remainder is 0. If 0 then this is a 5th time.

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Michael Allio says he's still single, calls himself a 'pathetic loser'
Mon May 02, 2022 at 8:22pm ET
By Tyler Shepherd
Bachelor Nation's Michael Allio answers fans' questions about his dating life. Pic credit: ABC
After appearing on Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette, Michael Allio became a beloved breakout star.
The fan-favorite father received lots of praise from The Bachelorette viewers for his positive spirit and charming personality.
With Michael's many attractive traits, fans have been left curious why he's still single, and Michael provided his surprising take on why he's seemingly not in a relationship.
Michael Allio shares the main reason he thinks he's single
Michael Allio took to his Instagram stories and allowed fans to ask him questions.
One fan questioned, "Why are you still single…"
Michael gave an unexpected answer as he teased, "There's a lot of reasons, but the main one is that I'm a pathetic loser."
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Plenty of Bachelor Nation fans would disagree with Michael's assessment of himself, as many hold Michael in high regard.
Michael Allio gained viewers' respect when he revealed that he was a widow on The Bachelorette Season 17. In a heartfelt moment during the season, Michael shared with some men in the house that he had been married before, but his late wife, unfortunately, passed from cancer in 2019.
Michael and his wife, Laura, welcomed a son before she passed and Michael's love for his son, James, is always evident.
In fact, Michael chose to walk away from The Bachelorette, despite his solid connection with Katie Thurston, because of his son.
As The Bachelorette viewers will recall, Michael had a FaceTime with his son while filming the show, and the call was equally heartbreaking and heartwarming. Young James stated that he missed Michael and even believed that Michael didn't want to see him anymore.
Michael was devastated after the call, and shortly after, he chose to self-eliminate to reunite with his son.
James is also part of why Michael is hesitant about being The Bachelor, despite many fans eager to see him find love in the role.
Michael Allio shares 'big dad energy' photo
While Michael's love life may not be as active, his life as a dad has been busy and filled with fun bonding moments with James.
Recently, Michael took to Instagram to share a photo of him and James playing soccer.
A post shared by Michael Allio (@michael_alliol4)
Michael captioned the post, "Big Dad energy. James and I bond over our love of soccer. I remember my dad teaching me how to play chess and playing late into the night. What were/are some of your favorite activities to do with your dad?"
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Homelessness 'not seen since the 1930s' could return | News
Homelessness 'not seen since the 1930s' could return
Greater Manchester Leaders have written to Government calling for an extension to the temporary evictions ban over fears of a surge in people at risk of becoming homeless.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) says it must be extended until provisions for those affected have been introduced to avoid a housing crisis in the city-region.
The ban will be lifted next week in England and Wales, but in Scotland politicians are considering an extension until March 2021, and the Welsh Government has extended notice periods to six months until end September 2020.
Figures provided by Shelter and YouGov surveys of the rental market show there are an estimated 7,2000 households currently in arrears and under threat of eviction in Greater Manchester.
The latest unemployment data for the city-region also shows the claimant count has increased to 141,000, an increase of 88% since March – with Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants rising by 27,050 (11%) during the same time period.
Meanwhile, in the private rented sector alone claimant numbers have risen by 25% to a total of 96,270 since March.
A total of 384,700 people in Greater Manchester have been furloughed, which is due to end in October 2020. Once furlough comes to an end experts anticipate there will be a further spike in unemployment and rent arrears.
Leaders say the Government should ensure courts enforce pre-action protocols for landlords who are looking to evict and find a route through the welfare system to write-off rent arrears caused by the consequences of the pandemic.
They are also calling for the Government to provide emergency prevention money to Local Authorities to enable them to support people at risk of eviction, while also allowing direct payment to landlords as a default for Universal Credit.
Improving communication between private landlords and the Department for Work and Pensions to prevent and resolve arrears arising unnecessarily would also help to avoid a growing crisis.
In the letter, GMCA Leaders say they fear "homelessness could return to the streets of Greater Manchester on a scale not seen since the 1930s" if rapid and decisive action is not taken to avert a crisis.
The letter adds: "We urge you to make accommodations for the needs and requirements not only of Greater Manchester, but of districts in a similar position to ourselves - and we ask as a matter of great urgency to consider extending the evictions ban further until provisions have been put in place."
GMCA Lead on Housing and Homelessness, Paul Dennett, said: "The coronavirus crisis has been difficult for many in our city-region. We know that thousands of people are struggling to make ends meet due to losing their jobs or being furloughed.
"It is vital the Government extends the temporary ban on evictions and protects renters avoid a housing crisis in Greater Manchester.
"They should consider steps such as writing off rent arrears for those affected by the consequences of Covid-19, suspending the benefit cap and ensuring the courts enforce pre-action protocols for landlords. It will make a huge difference and help prevent a spike in rough sleeping.
"In Greater Manchester we have re-housed 263 homeless people into settled accommodation following the 'Everyone In' policy and a further 470 individuals are in ongoing temporary accommodation. However, the number of people in the city-region at risk of eviction on the 24th has the potential to dwarf these successes, particularly as we are already over-stretching our services.
"It is a matter of urgency that the Government takes further action to protect renters, as well as offering help to landlords. Without taking these steps now there could be the potential for devastating consequences across our city-region."


(2) require registration of any firearm for which registration is not required by state law.
(b) Any individual aggrieved by a violation of this section may seek in the courts of this state relief in an action at law or in equity or other proper proceeding for redress against any person who subjects such individual, or causes such individual to be subjected, to the deprivation of any of the rights, privileges or immunities provided by this section.
(c) In addition to any other remedy at law or in equity, an individual aggrieved by the seizure or confiscation of a firearm in violation of this section may bring an action for return of such firearm in the district court of the county in which that individual resides or in which such firearm is located. In any action or proceeding to enforce this section, the court shall award the prevailing party, other than the state or political subdivision thereof, reasonable attorneys' fees.
(d) "Seize" shall mean the act of forcible dispossessing an owner of property under actual or apparent authority of law.
History: L. 2008, ch. 97, § 1; July 1.


On July 5th I headed to Harvard to check in on all three hives there. Since I would be leaving to Norway on July 7th and be gone for 25 days, I wanted to do a very thorough inspection of the hives before that. The Willow Hive was split 2 weeks ago, the Orchard Hive has a young queen, and the Healing Hive was queen less the last time I was in these hives. The goal for this inspection was to make sure each hive had what they needed and plenty of space to grow. It will be about 4 weeks before I will be able to get into the hives again.
The Willow Hive was my first stop. After splitting this hive the last time I was out, I wanted to see how things were going. The colony had capped queen cups when I did the split, but I am not sure how long they had been capped. I was hoping to find a new queen this time, but all I found were very grumpy bees. It was very obvious that they are still queen less just by how angry they were that I was there.
The colony has 31 bars, but I only inspected 14 of them. Out of the bars that I looked at 5 of them were empty. There was nectar on 9 of them and capped honey on 5 of them. Capped brood was on 8 of them, but there were no eggs or larvae. During the inspection, I found 7 queen cups and 5 of those were capped. A new queen will emerge soon. It will probably be a very good thing for me to not get into the hive for these 4 weeks. That will give them some time to get settled.
Once the queen emerges, she will need some time to mature and then she will be able to go out on her mating flight. As long as she mates well and makes it back to the hive, they should be in good shape when I get home. It should still be early enough for the queen to find drones to mate with. I am looking forward to inspecting this hive when I get home to see how things went and hopefully find a healthy queen. The colony will be much happier with a good queen.
At the Orchard Hive it was a very different feeling. These bees were calm and easy to work with. I was able to find the queen and she is doing well. They were on 21 bars and only 1 of them was empty. I added 5 more bars for them to grow on. At first I had only added 1 bar, but then I realized that they would need more space with a laying queen.
There were 6 bars with eggs, 11 with larvae, and 14 with capped brood. This new queen got right to work. The foragers have also been working hard filling 19 bars with nectar and 16 of them had capped honey. These bees are so much happier now that they have a healthy queen. It made this inspection quite easy.
The colony in the Healing Hive sounded differently today. Their buzz was not happy, but not angry. It was a low buzz that was similar to the one that the Orchard Hive had when they replaced their queen. Much to my surprise I got to see the new, unmated queen in this hive too! It is exciting to learn and see new things in the hives each year. It was very obvious that the colony has accepted their new queen and they were pleasant to work with.
They were on 29 bars, but 7 of them were empty. There were 2 bars with tiny pieces of comb started on them. It was good to see them building again, when there was no queen they had stopped building new comb. There was no new brood, but I queen still needs to mate so that wasn't a surprise. They had 18 bars with capped brood on them.
In the hive there were 20 bars with nectar on them, but no capped honey. This is the only one of my 4 hives that does not have capped honey. I am not sure why that is, they have nectar. It is possible that it has something to do with the forage that they have collected. I will have to keep an eye on it and see if they increase the amounts soon and start capping it.
During these inspections, I tried to set up all of the hives so that they will be fine for the 4 weeks that I am gone. Last year at this point I was able to go between 4 and 6 weeks, but this season has been extremely different. The bees have kept me on my toes this year. My adventures in beekeeping have been better this year, I think that it helps a lot to listen more to the bees and pay attention to each colony as an individual. It allows me to address their needs better and I learn so much more from them.


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Alberta has a history of bold entrepreneurs who were willing to take risks to achieve their goals. One of the most notorious of these was Emilio Picariello, infamously known as 'Emperor Pic'. When Prohibition began, he saw an opportunity and quickly built a significant rum running operation.
Operating from his headquarters in the Blairmore Hotel in the Crowsnest Pass, Emperor Pic ran rum, whiskey and other spirits through the tight mountain passes of Alberta, British Columbia and the US Pacific Northwest.
Romero Rum is built on a rich and mostly untold history of rum running during Prohibition from the Blairmore Hotel in the Crowsnest Pass.
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Although the law considered him a criminal, Emilio had another side. He often made generous charitable contributions to the community, funded a miners' strike, and gave Christmas presents to poor families with some of the profits from his illegal bootlegging operation.
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From Class E to Class C Felony Multiple DUI Offense Law Changes in Tennessee
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Written by: Amanda Gentry
It's been just over a month since 172 new laws went into effect in Tennessee on Friday, July 1st, 2016. Among the law changes were five that aim at stricter punishment against repeat DUI offenders. Earlier this year the bill proposals for these new laws initially came to a halt in March for about two weeks, before finally being approved by the House.
After a vote of 80-7, the bill sponsored by Representative William Lamberth, R-Cottontown, was approved to implement laws that would increase penalties for repeat DUI offenders across the state, while reducing the consequences for possessing small amounts of illegal drugs. Lamberth's bill not only focused on DUI convictions but possession of illegal drugs and carjacking.
One of the new laws passed is aimed at cracking down on six-time DUI offenders, more than doubling the jail time they could serve. The penalty under the new law will subject DUI offenders to a Class C instead of a Class E felony charge if they have six or more DUIs.
What is the Difference Between a Class C and a Class E Felony?
If you've never been charged and/or convicted of a DUI, it's possible not to understand the primary difference in these felony charge classes. Prior to the new law going into effect last month, repeat DUI offenders with four or more convictions would be charged with a Class E felony.
Under the Class E charge, offenders could be ordered to do the following:
Serve 1 year (365) days of jail time with a minimum of 150 consecutive days
Mandatory fines of $3,000 to $15,000
Participate in an alcohol and drug treatment program
License revocation for 8 years
Under the new law DUI Offenders with 6 or more convictions will be charged with a Class C felony. Offenders will be ordered to do the following:
Serve 3 years of jail time and no more than 15 years in a state prison
Mandatory fine up to $10,000
a The updated DUI laws will also require ignition interlock devices to be placed on the cars of DUI offenders if convicted. Ignition interlock systems are breathalyzers for cars, which require the driver to blow into a mouthpiece on the device before they are able to start the car. This law will apply to all DUI offenders at their own expense.
To ensure that no one slips through the cracks of the system, the new laws will require better reporting by law enforcement agencies and for background checks. The use of background checks will now be in place to keep sixth-time offenders from being treated as though it's their first offense.
To learn more about the new laws that have gone into effect, read our Tennessee Law Update 2016.
If you or someone you know has been arrested for a DUI in Murfreesboro, Nashville or surrounding areas and you're in need of a DUI defense attorney, Amanda J. Gentry is ready to fight for your rights. For a legal consultation, contact the Law Office of Amanda J. Gentry at (615) 604-6263.


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Tim Jackson: Soothsayer of the Storytellers
By: Kelly Layman | Posted Sep 17, 2022
There are few souls in this world both Grammy-nominated and Rolling Stone-mentioned.
There are even fewer who, after achieving five decades' worth of success, spend an inordinate amount of time with young musicians just starting out – all of whom are desperate to avoid a minefield full of single career-ending steps while honing a craft that lurches them along on a rollercoaster of loneliness.
Meet Tim Jackson
At 14, he found himself jamming in a neighborhood basement kind of set-up with members of The Candymen, who were fresh off touring with the Beatles across England. At 18, he was hired to tour with The James Gang (hit song "Georgia Pines") and made his way to Nashville for a time.
Today, at 67, he calls the beaches of Northwest Florida home.
You can watch his ongoing six years of self-described "weekly meditation" as a founding guitarist in The Pickled Pickers.
But every other hour of his week centers on two passions: "Tim Jackson's Storytellers Tour," and restoring Airstreams.
His "Storytellers Tour" is borne out of his credentials that speak to a bandwidth that includes songwriting, playing, touring, producing, and even mentoring.
Much of that work was in Nashville until Jackson made Florida his home base. He doesn't seem to believe in "work" the way others do – he just has "interesting projects with people I really like all over."
"During the pandemic, I saw all my friends hurting bad," he said. "The 'Storytellers Tour' is well-known now as a somewhere they can kind of experiment, get paid for a gig, plus they can relax, and expand their fan base. This is definitely not the typical mindset down here (at the beach) for 'a Nashville write,' so they say yes right away if they can do it."
Since February, on back-to-back weeknights, Jackson has culled a modern-day Rolodex that rivals any record label's entire executive team. He curates combos for the bookings.
In sum, it reflects a cacophony of talent in terms of age, experience, genre, instrument, everything. And people can't stop talking about it.
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Only 75 guests with tickets and reserved seating can catch the two hours. Each night feels like a long-lost cousin to the famous Bluebird Café in Nashville. Mix in some white quartz sand and a lil' swamplore, then plant it inside Stinky's Bait Shack along famous beach Highway 30A, and now you have what the owner, Chef Jim Richard calls, "amazing and so personal. People really feel the vibes in the room."
"We laugh, we cry, and it's a little 'in your face'!" Richard said with a Cajun laugh. "I love this new format for 30A, and I like that the two shows each week are usually completely different even though it's the same performers."
Even though Jackson has pulled off about 30 straight weeks by now without interruption, he's just scratching the surface: "This is not 'in the round' that people know, where musicians alternate every song and play in a circle. This is a solid 45-minute set for each musician, and I know who best fits that profile."
At each 'Storytellers Tour' event, Jackson performs a couple of opening songs, like the warm-up at a comedy house.
"There's a saying in this industry that the first two songs are always the hardest two of the whole night. So my idea was to take the pressure off, and then let them walk up and do their thing. It works."
Being the booking manager is a heavy lift. Performers catch last-minute conflicts – or COVID! Jackson invents a new line-up on demand when needed, though the schedule now comes out months in advance, both online and through the Facebook page.
"For a while, I was doing all the calling; now some are calling me," he said.
The only reason "Tim Jackson's Storytellers Tour" was a fairly well-kept secret for a good while is thanks to the cardinal rule shared by true aficionados of songwriter listening sessions: Be. Friggin'. Quiet.
"It's a process of education," Jackson says. "I know people think of this as a beach bar and they want to have fun, but even they settle in after a song or two: 'Oh wait, this is a different experience.' At Bluebird Café, it's funny, too. The minute someone starts talking through a song, it's over and done because they come up real quiet and just tell you to leave. Here, folks tend to police themselves so far."
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The tight, fish camp-style venue on 30A perfectly aligns with Jackson.
He's hip without being a full-on hippie. He's unassuming with his wild white hair, and he is most definitely unfazed by anything remotely resembling "celebrity."
The closest thing to Tim Jackson being trendy is that he has been restoring Airstreams since before it was cool – for the past 12 years!
"Sometimes I'll go out there and realize the absolute best line to get back on track with a song I'm writing. It's great therapy."
Jackson's father was a busy touring Flatpicking guitar player until he married. Tim's grandfather had touring quartets that also performed on The Gospel Jubilee, televised every Sunday. His father being in the military, they moved around a bit. As a teen, Jackson ended up in Alabama.
Who lived next door? The bass player for The Candymen.
That was the beginning of the beginning for Jackson.
His dad was already teaching him guitar, so Jackson was clever enough to start learning the songs being played next door. Soon, he was in their jam sessions. The back-up band for Roy Orbison loved this kid and showed him off to guests. It moved fast from there. Jackson was soon hanging out backstage at local venues or coliseums with a long list of musicians. Full osmosis had taken hold.
"When I saw The Candymen rehearse in a room, and then saw them perform with huge crowds, oh, it gave me perspective. It was the 'aha' moment, that people could do this … for a living! I was focused after that, and it was just natural (progression)."
Do parents ever ask, "How do I get my kid interested in music?"
"All the time! Here's what I try to say: My parents never one time asked me if I rehearsed," Jackson explains. "It was always, 'Tim, you need to have breakfast!' or 'You need to get ready for school!' and I'm busy rehearsing. You can't make someone love something."
Tim's most recent project was as producer for Jacque Jordan – a full first-time album. He doesn't shy away from the challenges of younger talent, and he has only positive things to say – tempered with advice an uncle might deliver.
"Everything is faster because of all the social media," Jackson says. "These artists, especially the younger ones, are so aware of working the algorithms – I mean Johnny Cash never had the pressure of 'working an algorithm'! Some of this alter-ego stuff is clever and engaging though. It's like another talent beyond the music. I truly love these people, but I tell them, 'Be careful – people are watching, and they do make decisions quickly about whether they're going to be a fan or not by some of that'."
Krissa Gillespie, lead singer in "The Pickled Pickers," says Jackson is "always inclusive, always cheering me on. Watching him (riff) with the guys, they have their looks – they all know where they're going with a song. They're very seasoned, so we started to joke that they're 'pickled' and it stuck."
"Tim has one of the biggest hearts I've ever seen," says Stinky's Richard. "He is giving so much to everyone else, all the time."
He's polite, too. Pressed for some odd stories from "Tim Jackson's Storytellers Tour," and the most dramatic is this: "Once in a blue moon, someone will say (about an old-school veteran songwriter), 'That guy can't sing worth a lick.' Then I say, 'Did you listen to the lyrics, the song?' It's funny. The best way to support these important musicians who are telling great stories is to support them when they perform live."
Anything else up your sleeve, Tim?
"Well, watch for 'Tim Jackson's Storytellers Tour Airstream'," he deadpanned – and as nonchalantly as only someone with his resume can.
TIM JACKSON'S FIVE YOUNG'UNS TO WATCH
Jacque Jordan – "I produced and co-wrote all but one song on her recent album. She was only 22 at the time."
Lilly Winwood – "People are still talking about her Storytellers Tour performance. She definitely has her Dad's DNA (Steve Winwood). With 'star kids,' sometimes they are 1000% riding the parental gift, and yes she did a 'Higher Love' remake with her Dad, but she stands up 100% on her own (talent). She moved here from the U.K. at 18. She is busting her butt."
Bre Kennedy – From California, lives in Nashville, and opening for national acts. She is on the Storytellers Tour schedule Nov. 2-3.
Sarah Aili – From California, lives in Nashville. Great vocalist, songwriter, and actress who just had a three-month run in a play in Tennessee as well. On the Storytellers Tour schedule Sept. 7-8.
David Borné – From Louisiana, lives in Nashville. "Great songwriter and in the pop singer genre of songwriter style." On the Storytellers Tour schedule Nov. 16-17.
TIM JACKSON'S GUITAR-STARTER ADVICE
"Be careful, parents. I hear all the time, I'll buy a cheap guitar and if my child learns, then I'll buy a nice one. Well, now you've probably bought one that is so out of tune all the time that there won't be a proper sound of the chords. They will be handicapped right off the bat. Get them a quality instrument, it's not thousands. Second, if you in fact want your child to play a string instrument or be a vocalist or whatever they like, you have to make sure they are rehearsing and are practiced. If you have to ask them to do it, you are probably wasting the child's time and definitely some money."
Kelly Layman is a Walton County resident who owns a state-certified sustainable Longleaf tree farm. Her current favorite plant is milkweed. For fun, she runs #LeMonarchHotelof30A in her back yard, which has attracted more than 200 Monarch caterpillar eggs so far in 2019. She protects them from wasps and lizards, feeds the caterpillars, then releases the butterflies when they "e-close" from a chrysalis. The entire process takes about 3-4 weeks each cycle.
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Calorie Labeling on Restaurant Menus—Who Is Likely to Use It?
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by Christian A. Gregory, Ilya Rahkovsky, and Tobenna D. Anekwe
Only 8 percent of U.S. consumers say they use nutrition information to make their selections when eating at full-service restaurants or fast-food places.
Consumers who eat at fast-food places three or more times per week are less likely to use nutrition information when eating out.
Consumers who engage in healthy diet behaviors at home—such as consulting Nutrition Facts labels on grocery store foods or keeping dark green vegetables in their refrigerators, freezers, or pantry shelves—are more likely to use nutrition information when eating out.
One strategy for helping Americans improve their diets is to provide consumers with nutrition information when they make their food choices. While grocery stores with packaged foods are required to list per serving amounts of calories and a variety of nutrients, food away from home (FAFH) has not been subject to the same nutrition-labeling requirements. Some eating places voluntarily provide nutrition information and some local governments have FAFH calorie labeling laws, but no national regulations are in place.
In response to this issue, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes provisions requiring all chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to provide calorie information on menus. Information on other nutrients—fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, sugars, fiber, and total protein—would have to be available in written format on request. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is finalizing regulations to implement these provisions of the law.
Given these changes, ERS researchers decided to examine consumers' use of nutrition information that eating establishments already provide voluntarily. Researchers examined the demographics and diet-related behaviors of people who already use nutrition information when eating out and people who say they would use such information if it were available. Researchers also explored whether more nutrition information for FAFH would prompt the average consumer to make healthier choices. The study establishes a baseline against which to measure changes in behavior after the law is implemented and provides information that could be useful for developing future nutrition information and education policies.
Consumers Were Asked About Their Awareness and Use of Nutrition Information
ERS researchers used data from the 2007-08 and 2009-10 Flexible Consumer Behavior Survey (FCBS) module of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to examine the demographic and health-related characteristics of consumers who use nutrition information away from home. FCBS asks consumers about their food shopping and spending habits, self-perceived diet quality, familiarity with Federal dietary guidance, and use of nutrition or health information.
In particular, the survey asks three key questions about eating out and use of nutrition information. First, it asks whether the respondent has eaten away from home in the last 12 months. Second, respondents who respond affirmatively are asked whether they saw nutrition information on the menu during their most recent trip to eat out. Finally, respondents who saw nutrition information on the menu are asked whether they used it in choosing what to order. At the time of the surveys, most nutrition information was voluntarily provided and was not available at all eating places. A 2010 survey of the 400 largest U.S. restaurant chains found that 61 percent provided calorie information for the majority of their standard menu items.
The short answer to the question, "Who eats out?" is "Just about everyone." Ninety percent of Americans reported that they had gone to fast food/pizza places and 88 percent to full-service restaurants in the previous 12 months. Few of these respondents saw nutrition information: 21 percent of fast-food patrons and 17 percent of full-service restaurant patrons saw nutrition information on menus. Of those who saw nutrition information on the menus, 42 percent of fast-food patrons and 55 percent of full-service restaurant patrons said they used this information. Because few consumers saw nutrition information while eating out, the total share of patrons of both fast-food and full-service restaurant establishments who used nutrition information was only 8 percent.
Nutrition Information Use Varies by Demographics
Researchers found interesting differences in use of nutrition information across population subgroups. For example, men and women are about equally likely to go to fast-food places and full-service restaurants. In terms of seeing nutrition information, there was no gender difference in fast-food places but there was in full-service restaurants. In full-service restaurants, 14 percent of men versus 20 percent of women saw the information. Additionally, women are much more likely than men to use the information in either context (49 percent of women versus 33 percent of men for fast food; 60 percent of women versus 48 percent of men for full-service restaurants). This gender difference may be related to other research that has found that men are less likely than women to believe that nutrition information is useful and that reading food labels makes it easier to choose foods.
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Hispanics are less likely than Whites to go to fast-food places, while Hispanics and Blacks are much less likely than Whites or people of other races to go to full-service restaurants. Hispanics are also the least likely of all racial/ethnic groups to notice nutrition information on menus at full-service restaurants: Hispanics are 5, 10, and 2.5 percentage points less likely to see this information than Whites, Blacks, and those of other racial backgrounds, respectively. However, Hispanics who saw the information are much more likely than Whites to use it in fast-food places and are the most likely of all racial backgrounds, by a large margin, to use it in full-service restaurants. For example, 73 percent of Hispanics who saw nutrition information said they used it when choosing what to order in a full-service restaurant, compared to 53 percent of Whites, 57 percent of Blacks, and 61 percent of people of other racial backgrounds.
Finally, participants in USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and low-income nonparticipants are less likely to go to fast-food places or full-service restaurants than are higher income people. The share of SNAP participants and low-income nonparticipants who say that they ate at fast-food places during the previous 12 months is about 85 percent, compared with 93 percent of higher income people; at the same time, 64 percent of SNAP participants say that they ate at full-service restaurants, compared with 77 percent of low-income non-participants and 94 percent of those with higher incomes. All three groups are about equally likely to notice nutrition information on fast-food menus. However, upon seeing the information, SNAP participants are much more likely to use information in a fast-food setting (52 percent) than higher income people (41 percent) and low-income nonparticipants (39 percent).
Consumers Who Value Health More Likely to Use Nutrition Information
Researchers found important differences between the users and non-users of FAFH nutritional information related to diet quality and behavior. Those who said they used nutrition information at full-service restaurants and fast-food places had Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores that were an average of 7 and 6 points, respectively, higher than those who did not. (The HEI measures a person's adherence to dietary recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and is scored on a scale of 0 to 100.) Consumers who do not use nutrition information when they see it at fast-food places have higher daily intakes of saturated fat (29 grams versus 24 grams) than those who use the information. Similarly, consumers who use nutrition information at full-service restaurants consume about 7 grams less saturated fat per day than those who do not.
In addition to diet quality, researchers looked at dietary behavior. Respondents were asked how many times per week they eat food away from home in general and fast food specifically. Survey responses reveal that people who eat out frequently are less likely to use nutrition information in making their choices than occasional patrons. For example, consumers who eat fast-food meals more than five times per week are about 29 percent less likely to use the information when they see it than people who eat two or fewer fast-food meals per week (31 percent versus 44 percent). Possibly, consumers who frequently eat out are already familiar with the nutrition information provided, and therefore do not use it, or, alternatively, they may be just less inclined toward a healthy diet.
Respondents were asked how often they stored certain kinds of food in their homes—such as salty snacks, fruits, and dark green vegetables. The available responses were "always," "most of the time," "sometimes," "rarely," and "never." People who rarely or never had dark green vegetables at home were as likely to go to full-service restaurants as people who always or most of the time have the vegetables but were less likely to see nutrition information on full-service restaurant menus. This "rarely or never" group was also 35 percentage points less likely to use nutrition information on full-service restaurant menus than the "always or most of the time" group.
Finally, the frequency with which respondents consult the Nutrition Facts label on store-bought foods is also strongly related to their use of nutrition information at full-service restaurants. Those who always or most of the time use the Nutrition Facts label are more likely to use full-service restaurant nutrition information than those who use the Nutrition Facts label rarely or never.
Who Would Use Nutrition Information If It Were More Widely Available?
The FCBS phone follow-up module also asks respondents who have been to an eating establishment in the last 12 months how often they would use nutrition or health information in fast-food places and full-service restaurants if it were available. Response options were "often," "sometimes," "rarely," and "never." As with actual use of nutrition information, researchers found a strong relationship between dietary habits and people's assessments of how frequently they would use nutrition information.
For example, having used nutrition information in the past is positively correlated with stated willingness to use it in the future. Among individuals who have used nutrition information on fast-food menus in the past, 92 percent say they would "often" or "sometimes" use nutrition information at fast-food places in the future; the corresponding share for full-service restaurants is 96 percent. A person's HEI score was also found to correlate strongly with declared willingness to use nutrition information in FAFH establishments. People who say that they would use nutrition information "often" in both fast-food and full-service settings have the highest average HEI scores, followed by those who say they would use it "sometimes." Among full-service restaurant patrons, both the "often" and "sometimes" groups have significantly higher HEI scores than the "rarely" and "never" groups. In the context of fast food, those who say they would use nutrition information "often" have significantly higher HEI scores than all other respondents, and the "sometimes" group has a higher HEI score than the "never" group.
A key assumption behind the push to provide consumers with nutrition information—as mandated by the ACA—is that consumers will use the information to improve their diets. In this study, researchers found that diets of consumers who use nutritional information are markedly better than the diets of the consumers who do not use it. Similarly, consumers who engaged in healthy eating behaviors express more willingness to use nutritional information in the future than consumers who do not. This may imply that consumers who already use labels in supermarkets and follow healthy diets will be more likely to use nutrition information in restaurants once restaurants are required to display it.
If this is true, it implies that consumers who already have healthful diets may be more likely to benefit from the new FAFH labeling requirements and that mere exposure to nutrition information may not be enough to motivate those who do not have healthful diets. Thus, it may be too optimistic to expect that, after implementation of the nutrition disclosure law, consumers who have not previously used nutrition information or have shown little desire to use it in the future will adopt healthier diets. One concern, then, about the labeling mandate is whether it will increase nutrition and health disparities between those who currently use nutrition information while grocery shopping and eating out and those who do not use it. If this is the case, then further work on how best to increase the use of nutrition information and dietary health among people with subpar diets is critical.
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Consumers' Use of Nutrition Information When Eating Out , by Christian A. Gregory, Ilya Rahkovsky, and Tobenna D. Anekwe, USDA, Economic Research Service, June 2014
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The Snapchat face swap filter has been around for a while now — but we finally found the perfect use for it. Sure, it's fun to hang out with friends and swap faces — you know, just to see what you would look like. And it's even more fun when celebrities share their face swap pics, especially when things go hilariously wrong. But you know what's the most fun? Swapping faces with celebs yourself. Sure, you could just do it for fun. Or you could do it for the easiest, cheapest, digital Halloween costume ever. Sure, it's not something you can really wear out of the house — but hey, it will live forever on Instagram, right?
We decided to give it a shot ourselves and ended up with some pretty incredible results. And since we're in the Halloween spirit, we focused in on the Descendants and Riverdale cast and crew. There's nothing to get you in the spooky spirit like a little Disney magic or your favorite murder mystery CW show. Want to see how it turned out? Check out our gallery of face swaps below — then grab some pics of your favorite stars and characters and try it out for yourself.
Who could ask for more than to borrow Mal's mischievous face? We're loving this lip color.
Get your VK vibes on as Carlos and you're ready to be not-so rotten to the core.
This face swap makes you basically the ruler of the United States of Auradon. Unfortunately, the crown's not included.
Don't you want to be evil like her? Don't you want to be bad? This face swap makes it even easier than magic.
Now you can be weird, too. You can be a weirdo. You can not fit in. You'll have to find your own stupid hat, though.
Want to be the queen of ice with those fierce brows and cool girl confidence? Veronica Lodge is iconic — so get ready to be an icon.
The best part about being Cheryl is getting to whip out witty one-liners like nobody's business. The long lashes are honestly just a perk.
Ready to go detective Betty? This sweet, innocent look will get you out of plenty of trouble — and into a little more.


Indie Sales has scored key deals on its critically acclaimed animated feature "Another Day of Life," rolling off its world premiere as a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Paris-based sales company, which is hosting a gala screening of "Another Day of Life" today June 12 at the Annecy Animation Festival, has sold the film to France (Gebeka Films), U.K. (Atlitude Films), Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Scandinavia & Baltic States (Edge Entertainment), Portugal (Midas Filmes) and China (Jushi Films).
"Another Day of Life" chronicles the graphic, harrowing and near-hallucinatory experiences during the 1975 Angolan civil war that drove Polish war correspondent Ryszard Kapuściński to write the book that forged his literary reputation. The richly-layered film mixes animation, live-action cutaways, archive footage and contemporary interviews.
"'Another Day of Life' is a unique, beautifully-crafted film and a great European co-production. We are delighted to continue our collaboration with Indie Sales after the enormous success of 'My Life as a Zucchini," said Marc Bonny, head of acquisitions at France's Gebeka Films.
Deals were previously closed for Spain (Golem Distribución), Poland (Next Film), Germany (Pandora) and Benelux (Periscoop Films).
"Another Day of Life" was produced by animation companies in Poland (Platige Films), Spain (Kanaki Films), Belgium (Walking the Dog), Germany (Wüste Film, Animationfabrik) and Hungary (Puppetworks).
The film will bow theatrically starting this fall.


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Royal FloraHolland
Circularity in optima forma
Floradôme is the new office building of Royal FloraHolland, an attractive and economic building where employees, growers and buyers meet and work together. The original office in Aalsmeer has been renovated and transformed into a new office. Guiding principles for the project include sustainability and circularity. Paul de Ruiter Architects designed the circle-shaped extension and Royal HaskoningDHV managed the project. Gispen was hired to furnish the office space and conference rooms with refurbished and circular furniture.
A word from the specialists
SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT
Flexibility was one of the main design requirements, in addition to the guiding principles of sustainability and circularity. It soon became clear that both the team and the design would meet this requirement. The design for the office layout with 250 workstations was ready for rollout, but at the time of execution the construction team was suddenly confronted with the Corona pandemic. Wendy Zandvliet, Royal FloraHolland site coordinator: "Remote working forced us to rethink the planned layout. It is very likely that after the pandemic our employees will no longer be working on-site full time. We therefore adjusted the layout and furnishings to this new reality during the completion and installation process. Gispen was very flexible in adopting the changes. We have realised around 200 workstations and have created more meeting areas. In this sudden change of design, our explicit sustainability ambitions have remained intact. We want to offer our employees, growers and customers a sustainable and healthy working environment whilst respecting the animals, trees and plants around us."
Paul de Ruiter Architects
< 25,000 m2
New Construction, Sustainability
Circular quality scan
Recycled building materials
Royal FloraHolland had set high sustainability ambitions for the renovation and expansion of its old office, with the support and guidance of Royal HaskoningDHV. This led to the use of sustainable, recycled finishing materials such as sustainable wood, green roofs, water-saving sanitation and energy-efficient LED lighting controlled by daylight and human presence.
Rudolf Scholtens, Project Manager at Royal HaskoningDHV: "Before we started the finishing process we formulated sustainable starting points. Circular furniture is an easy win because of its fast turnover rate. We posed open questions to several furnishing companies. This sparked a lot of creativity and imagination, especially at Gispen. Gispen's ideas and approach stood out from the rest. It is also admirable that this furnisher did not refrain from reusing old FloraHolland chairs nor from adopting innovative applications."
Turning coffee grounds into fertiliser
Floradôme's newly constructed atrium forms the heart of the building and is the connecting link between the original structure and its extension. A lot of daylight is introduced to the office due to the surrounding windows. "This is one of many details showing that sustainability and circularity are in the core of this organisation", according to Martijn Meijer, Gispen account manager. "I already noticed this when I read the call for tender. They weren't looking for furniture with a circular label; they were truly looking for a partner that could advise and serve them in the field of circular office design for many years to come. They expect this of all their suppliers, from catering to architects, everybody contributes to the circular ambitions. Even when you drink a cup of coffee here, the grounds are reused as fertiliser!"
Upcycled waste
It was up to Gispen to take a critical look at the 'old' office furniture. What is still usable? Which components can be reused? Martijn: "We refurbished the old conference chairs that the Board of Directors used to sit on so comfortably. Our partner Closing the looops reupholstered these chairs with the assistance of people who are distanced from the labour market. We also reused the frames of several second-hand desks and put GreenGridz tabletops on them, with the help of Triboo. These innovative tops are made from upcycled waste from the wood industry. A GreenGridz panel can be made from various upcycled waste flows of natural cellulose fibres. The CO2 emissions are therefore 60% lower when compared to an ordinary full-core chipboard top and, moreover, it is free of volatile organic compounds. The proof is the CARB2 certification; the highest standard for formaldehyde."
Gispen has circularly furnished the offices, meeting areas and conference rooms for the entire Floradôme. The 'sustainability' of the users themselves was also taken into account. Wendy Zandvliet: "We have numerous sit-stand desks and conference tables in order to facilitate varied work postures."
What do you think of the result?
Client Wendy: "The response has been very positive. We could not yet receive our employees, growers and buyers at the opening. So we had a virtual 3D tour made. Everyone loved it, but now that people are coming back to the office, the compliments are pouring in. Everybody is pleasantly surprised when it comes to the beautiful and dynamic workstations, the active conference areas and the many meeting places that invite one to organise informal work sessions or to meet and catch up as before. It really is a big step forward!"
Photography: Chris van Koeverden
Rudolf Scholtens - Project Manager at Royal HaskoningDHV
A word from the specialist
"Gispen proved to be a true circular partner during this assignment. They have great knowledge and considerable experience in this field. I praise them for wanting to refurbish the client's old furniture. They are very flexible and easy to work with. What I find most special about them is their innovative approach. We wanted to keep the bases of the conference tables, but we needed new tabletops. Gispen used residual materials from a start-up. The result is fantastic! The tabletops are less hefty, require less material and their manufacturing resulted in significantly lower CO2 emissions. It is great to be able to contribute to a sustainable development project that can go straight to market. Gispen knows what circularity is really about."
Marc van der Heijden - Triboo director
'It's great to see how the Dutch companies Triboo and Gispen are realising ergonomic and circular workstations together. Our combined solution scored high points on the sustainability ladder. Due to the lightweight #Greengridz furniture construction panels, the tabletops of the desks and tables could be assembled using 373 kg less material while producing 60% less CO2. When you compare a traditional desk with the workstations offered by Gispen and Triboo, the figures unequivocally show the difference. The raw material from which #Greengridz is made, originates from waste streams of the wood industry. A perfect match with the vision of Royal FloraHolland; a company where everything revolves around trees, plants and flowers.'
THE PANDEMIC FORCED US TO RETHINK THE PLANNED LAYOUT; OUR EMPLOYEES NO LONGER WORK ON SITE FULL TIME. WE THEREFORE ADAPTED THE LAYOUT AND FURNISHINGS TO THIS NEW REALITY. GISPEN WAS VERY FLEXIBLE IN ADOPTING THE CHANGES.
Wendy Zandvliet Royal FloraHolland site coordinator
Wendy Zandvliet - Royal FloraHolland site coordinator
The client's thoughts
"The best thing about our partnership is that Gispen always carefully looks and listens to what we want. This is how they discover the actual question behind our question. We also visited the showroom and their factory in Culemborg. Such a look behind the scenes also contributes to new possibilities and innovative solutions. We made good use of Gispen's expertise. Everybody was pleasantly surprised when they first saw the beautiful and dynamic workstations, the active meeting areas and the many meeting places. It really is a big step forward.''
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The Indian Wire » Startups » Tiger Global in talks to invest ₹36-43 crore each in two Indian startups
Tiger Global in talks to invest ₹36-43 crore each in two Indian startups
New York-based investment firm Tiger Global Management, one of the earliest investors in the Indian startup ecosystem, is set to make a comeback with fresh investments.
According to media reports, Tiger Global is in advanced talks with two early-stage Indian startups, Fyle and Facilio, to invest ₹36-43 crore ($5-6 million) each.
The news comes soon after it was reported that Tiger Global is set to make fresh investments in India, among other regions, with its new $3.75 billion fund called Tiger Global Private Investment Partners XI. The fund was closed on 15 October, after six weeks of marketing.
The US-based investment firm has been making follow-on investments in Indian startups already in its portfolio, but has shied away from making any fresh investments, since late 2015.
If the deals come through, they will mark Tiger Global's first fresh investments in India, since 2015 and also first Indian investments from its new $3.75 billion fund.
Bengaluru-based Fyle was founded by Yashwanth Madhusudan and Siva Narayanan in 2016. The startup provides an expense management platform for business to help them track employee expenses, using machine learning powered data extraction technology.
The platform is integrated with GSuite and Outlook and mobile apps and it extracts data within receipts automatically, eliminating the need for any kind of manual data entry.
In April 2018, Fyle raised $1.1 million in a seed funding round led by Pravega Ventures and Beenext, along with participation from Freshworks.
While Chennai-based Facilio was founded by former Zoho employees Prabhu Ramachandran, Rajavel Subramanian, and Yogendrababu Venkatapathy. The startup leverages internet of things (IoT) and machine learning technologies to enable efficient management of facilities through its products maintenance, assets, and sustainability management.
The startup counts Accel Partners and Girish Mathrubootham, Founder and CEO of Freshworks, among its investors.
Tiger Global has already made more than a couple of successful investments in India, including Flipkart, Shopclues, JustDial, and Ola, among many others.
Here is a list of top 10 Tiger Global investments in India.
WhatsApp ties up with Invest India, to promote Indian startups
ShopClues sees growth as revenues rise 46% to ₹273 crore in FY18


Middlesbrough station is located to the north of the town centre; it is often viewed as the 'public transport hub' of the Tees Valley and acts as a key gateway to the town (population 176,655). The station's location is within close proximity to retail and commercial outlets, major employers (e.g. the Police headquarters and Middlesbrough College) as well as the University of Teeside and Middlesbrough Football Club.
Middlesbrough station is situated on the transport corridor for other stations in the Tees Valley and has twice hourly Northern Rail services to Darlington and Saltburn, hourly Northern Rail services to Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle and hourly First TransPennine Express services to York, Leeds, Manchester and Manchester Airport. The station primarily serves equally as an origin and destination station but is also used as an interchange between First TransPennine Express or Darlington and Durham Coast services.
Thornaby is the main station in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees (population 187,21 5) and the major gateway for Stockton town centre, approximately one kilometre to the North West. It is located in the town of Thornaby (population 23 ,405) but is also convenient for Stockton (population 81,485) and a railhead for the new settlement of Ingleby Barwick (population 20,025). The mixed-use Teesdale development is immediately adjacent to the North and includes a large college and Univeristy campus. Thornaby station also has a local residential and business catchment, with a number of major employers within easy walking distance.
The station benefits from four trains each hour to Middlesbrough as well as being served by hourly First TransPennine Express trains to York, Leeds and Manchester Airport, twice hourly Northern Rail services to Darlington and Saltburn and hourly Northern Rail trains to Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle. It sees some use as an interchange, primarily between TransPennine Express or Darlington and Durham Coast services. The station facilities were completely upgraded in 2002, with the reintroduction of a staffed ticket office and the construction of a sixty-space 'park and ride' facility.
All partners involved in the project fully support the travel plan and what it hopes to achieve. The plan itself will be administered and updated by Middlesbrough Council, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and First TransPennine Express. It will, however, be the responsibility for each partner to complete their specific actions set out in the plan itself.
Arrange and facilitate the working group of stakeholders.
Further develop the plan in conjunction with stakeholders, after submitting to the National Steering Group.
Report to the National Steering Group as and when required.
Ensure the Station Travel Plan representative is supplied with up to date sustainable travel information, and if required, full support in any proposed new initiatives.
As Station Travel Plans are new to Middlesbrough and Thornaby, it is difficult to envisage how they can sustain lasting change without a significant resource or capital commitment.
Integration of station travel plan into other local travel plans.
Introduce a contra flow bus lane for buses serving the Station.
A key lesson learned from the process so far at both stations is that funding commitments often alter based on the current economic climate and the financial situation of particular organisations and businesses. It is therefore difficult to assign definite funding streams to each individual element of the travel plan, especially for future year schemes when certain budgets may not have been agreed in advance.


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Koenigsegg Gemera Four-Seater Hypercar Detailed In Official Video
Kshitij Rawat
The Koenigsegg Gemera is powered by a 600 PS 2.0L petrol engine, and three electric motors, developing a total of 1,700 PS!
Practicality is not a word usually associated with hypercars, especially one that looks as sharp as the Koenigsegg Gemera. Form usually precedes function in such cars, and thus visual appeal is of paramount importance. That said, the Gemera is not your usual run-of-the-mill hypercar, instead, it has a lot of impressive tricks up its sleeve.
The Swedish carmaker has recently uploaded an official video of the Gemera, hosted by the CEO himself, Christian Von Koenigsegg. The video begins with four random men, all over 6 and-a-half feet in height. These men then proceed to sit inside the car. Although it only has two doors, these scissor doors are long enough to allow easy entry, even into the rear seats. Surprisingly, even at their height, all four men were able to sit comfortably!
The inspiration for the Gemera came from the Lotus Excel SE, which Mr. Koenigsegg described as a full four-seater sports car. Around 2005, he then began work on the initial sketches of the Gemera, but lacked resources to work on such an ambitious project.
The biggest highlight of the Gemera is its 2.0-litre, inline-3, twin-turbocharged engine. Now, this might sound underwhelming for a hypercar, but the car has a combined power output of 1,700 PS and a peak torque output of 3,500 Nm! This engine uses the carmaker's revolutionary camless engine design, and has been dubbed 'Tiny Friendly Giant'.
The power from the engine (600 PS) is sent to the front wheels via Koenigsegg Direct Drive (KDD) transmission, which utilises a 1-speed transmission and hydraulic coupling, and is paired to an electric motor, rated at 400 PS. Two more electric motors are mounted on to the rear axle, rated at 500 PS each, thus effectively turning the Gemera into an all-wheel-drive vehicle. It also sports four-wheel steering, along with torque vectoring at the front and rear axles.
Interestingly, the vehicle also gets a decent amount of storage space in the boot as well as under the hood, enough for a total of four small carry bags. There are two infotainment touchscreens on offer, on for the front and one for the rear passengers.
There are 8 cupholders on offer as well, four heated and four cooled, which enhance the premium factor of the car. The interior design is as exquisite as the exterior, and the latter is sure to turn heads in public. Sadly, only 300 units will be built, so spotting one in real life might be quite a task!
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Q: populate JTable with the value selected in Jcombobox I have a JCombobox and JTable

and database

jcombobox is filled with the value of first_name of student table from databse.
Whenever I select a name from database I want the value of Course name from course and student_score from score table of the database to be displayed in Jtable.
Basically I want to display the records of selected in JComboBox  in Jtable
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import net.proteanit.sql.DbUtils;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuListener;
import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;

public class ShowScore extends JFrame {

    private JPanel contentPane;
    private JTable table;
    private JComboBox comboBox;

    /**
     * Launch the application.
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                try {
                    ShowScore frame = new ShowScore();
                    frame.setVisible(true);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    }
    Connection con=null;
    Score s=new Score();

    public ShowScore() {
        con=MyConnection.getConnection();
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setBounds(100, 100, 1238, 761);
        contentPane = new JPanel();
        contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
        setContentPane(contentPane);
        contentPane.setLayout(null);

        JLabel lblScoreSheet = new JLabel("Score Sheet");
        lblScoreSheet.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 28));
        lblScoreSheet.setBounds(500, 33, 155, 50);
        contentPane.add(lblScoreSheet);

        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setBounds(24, 259, 720, 426);
        contentPane.add(panel);
        panel.setLayout(null);

        JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
        scrollPane.setBounds(12, 13, 675, 452);
        panel.add(scrollPane);

        comboBox = new JComboBox();
        comboBox.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
                table = new JTable();
                scrollPane.setViewportView(table);
                try {
                    String n=(String)comboBox.getSelectedItem();
                    String sql="SELECT score.student_id, student.first_name, student.last_name,course.subject, score.student_score FROM ((score INNER JOIN student ON score.student_id=student.id)\r\n" +
                            "                   INNER JOIN course ON score.course_id=course.cid WHERE student.first_name=n)";
                    PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement(sql);
                    ResultSet rs=ps.executeQuery();
                    table.setModel(DbUtils.resultSetToTableModel(rs));

                    JLabel lblName = new JLabel("Name:");
                    lblName.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.PLAIN, 18));
                    lblName.setBounds(102, 107, 56, 16);
                    contentPane.add(lblName);

                } catch (Exception e1) {
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
        s.fillScoreCombo(comboBox);
        comboBox.setBounds(171, 105, 260, 27);
        contentPane.add(comboBox);

        table = new JTable();
        scrollPane.setViewportView(table);
        try {
            String n=(String)comboBox.getSelectedItem();
            String sql="SELECT score.student_id, student.first_name, student.last_name,course.subject, score.student_score FROM ((score INNER JOIN student ON score.student_id=student.id)\r\n" +
                    "                   INNER JOIN course ON score.course_id=course.cid)";
            PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement(sql);
            ResultSet rs=ps.executeQuery();
            table.setModel(DbUtils.resultSetToTableModel(rs));

            JLabel lblName = new JLabel("Name:");
            lblName.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.PLAIN, 18));
            lblName.setBounds(102, 107, 56, 16);
            contentPane.add(lblName);

        } catch (Exception e1) {
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

A: String n=(String)comboBox.getSelectedItem();
String sql="SELECT .... WHERE student.first_name=n)";

That code doesn't do anything with the variable "n". You can't just include "n" as part of the String because all the have is the character "n", not the value of the variable.
You were given a link to a tutorial on using a PreparedStatement in your last question (Populate JTable with the value in JCombobox).
So where do you use the "?" which indicates you want to provide a dynamic value to the SQL statement?
Your basic code should be:
String sql="SELECT ..... where student.first_name = ?)";
PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(sql);
ps.setString(1, n);
ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();

Now the value of the variable "n" will replace the "?" in the SQL string.
Assuming the rest of your SQL is correct then it should work.


Horror sci-fi comedy and satire on capitalism, Larry Cohen's The Stuff is a much under-rated classic, that deserves re-watching. Cohen a prolific writer, producer and director scored another cult classic with Q-The Winged Serpent in 1982, but by far his best movie is satirical dark comedy The Stuff.
A weird substance is found bubbling up from the earth, and the two guys who discover it decide to taste it (As you would.) It's so delicious that they decide to market it as a new kind of dessert.The Stuff takes off as the new sensation, as consumers clamour to buy it. Becoming addicted zombies, as the stuff starts to take them over.
In the movie sales of The Stuff drastically hit the ice-cream market, and the ice-cream industry hire ex-FBI agent turned industrial saboteur David "Mo" Rutherford, to investigate it. It reality much of the prop "stuff" used in the movie was ironically lots of Häagen-Dazs ice cream. They also used yoghurt, and for one large scale scene of The Stuff coming through a wall, fire extinguisher foam.
Of course The Stuff is in some part a homage to The Blob (1958), and in many ways harks back to the schlock horror of the 50s and 60s. It's very much a movie of the 80s, but is much better crafted than many of its contemporaries. It's unique, quirky, cleverly handled and directed by Cohen with a witty script that has some moments of sharp cutting satire. Making the movie much much more than the hammy schlock horror that it may at first appear to be. Hence why it deserves another watch for those who may have caught it the first time round and missed the clever nuances buried in amongst the quirky humour.
And if you have never seen it. First why not? And second, you are in for a deliciously toxic piece of classic 80s sc-fi horror. Highly recommended.
Interstingly, and somewhat a stand-out from teh rest of his career, one of Larry Cohen's first movies as writer/director was the blaxploitation movie Black Caesar (also known as Godfather of Harlem) in 1973. Starring Fred Williamson, it was a remake of the 1931 gangster movie Little Caesar.


Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana who is on his first official visit to the European Union Headquarters in Brussels held discussions with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and European Commissioner Christos Stylianides. The Foreign Minister was accompanied by Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Dr. Harsha De Silva, Ambassador to the European Union Rodney Perera and senior officials.
The Foreign Minister conveyed appreciation to the European Union for restoration of the GSP+ facility to Sri Lanka. It was noted that as the EU is Sri Lanka's largest trading partner with an annual trade turnover of over USD 5 billion and that the GSP+ facility would provide for a significant increase in Sri Lanka's exports to the EU market. At the meeting the European Commission announced that an additional sum of Euro 40 million will be allocated shortly for trade facilitation and to support Sri Lanka's reconciliation efforts.
The EU High Representative and Commissioner Stylianides welcomed the significant improvements that have taken place in Sri Lanka since the election of the new Government and expressed their confidence in the ability of the Government to continue to honour commitments arising from GSP+ requirements despite the apparent slow progress in some areas of concern.
Foreign Minister Marapana exchanged views on areas of mutual concern related to improving human rights standards through reform of legislation to bring it in line with international standards and the implementation of the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka. Foreign Minister Marapana reiterated that since the election of the present Government under the leadership of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that a bipartisan approach is being taken by the two major political parties to address issues of national importance and that new mechanisms have been introduced in Parliament to have wider consultations with all political parties on bringing about reforms. He stated that this process takes more time but the Government is firmly committed to respecting human rights and making progress in the implementation of its international obligations. Foreign Minister Marapana explained to the EU High Representative and Commissioner Stylianides progress being made on constitutional reforms.
Discussion also took place on the new security challenges, particularly global terrorism and the need for closer cooperation between Sri Lanka and the EU in this area. The Foreign Minister also discussed regional bilateral issues. The EU leaders emphasized that the Indian Ocean region was an area of particular priority to the EU.