After my first post introducing myself and this blog, I thought it was a good idea to go into more detail about my health problems and what I've been through. This is probably going to be quite a long post, so apologies, but there's a lot to tell.
As I mentioned, my pain began April 4th 2010. It was actually Easter Sunday. I was off University for Easter at the time and wasn't working that day. As I'd done way too much shopping recently, and couldn't fit any more clothes in my wardrobe (the constant struggle so many of us face), I decided to use the day to do some spring cleaning. Part way through I started with pain in my lower abdomen/pelvic area on my right side. Not long after I began to feel nauseous too. So I had a bit of a rest (watching Friends), and then continued with my room. I woke up Monday morning and it seemed to have gone, so I got ready and went to work. It was on my way there it started again, and was on and off throughout the day. By Tuesday, it was constant and had gone much worse. But being the stubborn person I am I ignored it and went to work. An hour into my shift the pain was horrendous. I worked at New Look and I was on the fitting room at the time and I just burst into tears and kind of collapsed to the floor with the pain, I just couldn't bear it any longer. My supervisor sent me home and I went straight to hospital to the dreaded Accident and Emergency room.
Because of the location of the pain, they thought it was probably Appendicitis. I was kept in for 2 nights and had an ultrasound scan which didn't show any problems. I was sent home and told to go and see my GP instead if it continued. This was the beginning of 3 years of doctors, hospital stays and outpatient appointments, scans, tests and treatments. It was an endless repetition of being told they had no idea what was causing the pain, there was nothing they could do, and then being passed on to a different specialist.
I was never able to return to work or university again. Once I got home from this first visit to hospital, I was basically bed ridden. The pain was excruciating. It was constant. And it was relentless. I was stuck lay down flat in bed for years. Trying to sit, stand or walk made the pain unbearable. I could only manage to be out of bed for between 5 and 15 minutes a day. After the first couple of weeks it wasn't just in my pelvis anymore either. It was also all down my right leg, and soon I started feeling the same kind of pain in the left side of my pelvis and down the left leg, which I was told was referred pain. Going to hospital appointments was a massive struggle. Stairs were awful; I only went downstairs when I absolutely had to. It would take me ages to get down and get in the car, and the pain it caused was unreal. I would have to lay the passenger seat right back and travel like that. I'd then have to use a wheelchair, and once at my appointment I would have to be put in an empty room where there was an examination bed to immediately lie down. The nurses, doctors and other patients would be in shock when they'd see me. Turning up for an outpatient appointment, in my pyjamas (because it was too damn hard to get dressed), crying my eyes out with the pain, face all burnt up, having to lie down, unable to even get myself out of the wheelchair. But I couldn't have cared less what people were thinking, I was in too much pain to care.
I've seen Gynaecologists, general surgeons, orthopaedic consultants, rheumatologists, consultant neurosurgeons, pain psychologists, and pain management consultants. I've had a gynaecological laparoscopy, so many scans and tests I can't even remember, had various injections, physiotherapy and acupuncture. For a while, it was thought my back was the source. I have an area of damage in my lower back where I have a degenerative bulging disc. I've suffered from lower back problems for years, it's a result of a fall when horse riding as a young teenager. However, after seeing 2 different consultant neurosurgeons they both confirmed that it had nothing to do with the pain I was in. The only thing that ever helped was facet joint injections. I had four lots of these, and though I did benefit from some of them, it wasn't drastic and it wasn't permanent. I've also tried a long list of medication, including various pain medications, anti-inflammatories and anti-depressants. The only thing that helps me is Tramadol. I've been on them now for over 5 years. I was on a very high dose, but in the last year I've managed to half my dosage, a huge accomplishment for me! I hate taking them. The side effects I get are awful and I can't wait to be able to fully stop, although I'm a long way off from being able to and I know how difficult it's going to be.
Anyway, I had been referred to the pain clinic at one particular hospital, and it was here I had the facet joint injections. However once they weren't really working, I was told there was nothing else they could do. I was eventually referred to a pain management clinic at a different hospital, and it was here that things started to change. It was at my first appointment that they explained to me that based on all my scans and test results there was nothing physically that should be causing me so much pain. And I was told I had pretty much exhausted all of my options. They explained briefly about my central nervous system processing pain messages and that it was telling me to feel pain, but the condition fibromyalgia was never mentioned. They told me that it was very likely I was going to have the pain for the rest of the life. The thought of never getting better was the most terrifying thing to me! I'd spend so much time crying to my boyfriend about how scared I was that I was never going to get better. But that was just not an option. I had to find a way to fight through the pain and find a way to live with it. The pain clinic I was under offered me guidance on doing this, and tips that might help. But it was all down to me.
And so this is when things changed for me and my progress began. Now, I cannot stress enough how unbelievably slow and difficult my progress was. I have worked extremely hard to get to where I am today. I was confined to bed, and the time spent sitting, standing and walking I refer to as my 'up time'. At the time, this was roughly 10 minutes a day. And that was already a big struggle for me. My progress started by increasing this by just 1 minute a day for a week. So, the first week my goal was to be up for 11 minutes a day. Then, presuming I achieved this, the second week I would try and increase this to 12 minutes a day, and so on. A couple of months later I would try increasing what I was doing by 2 minutes a day, then eventually by 5 minutes a day, and you get the idea. Now, I know that sounds ridiculously tiny, but believe me that 1 minute a day extra was So. Effing. Hard. Some days and some weeks I couldn't do it. The pain was absolutely unbearable. It has taken me 2 and a half years to get to where I am now. It has been and continues to be very slow, tediously slow actually. I've been kind of stuck though for the last several months. Once I started getting better I began suffering with pain in my shoulders, ribs and back. For a long time, I had presumed this was just a result from losing all of my muscle and strength while I was inactive. But it eventually got to a point where I had to lie down and rest not because of the pelvic pain but the pain through the rest of my upper body instead. I was doing strengthening exercises and trying to fight through it like I would my pelvic pain, thinking I would eventually get stronger and it would be OK. But this never happened. It was only after injuring my left rib towards the end of 2014 that I came across the term fibromyalgia. I was reading through a description and symptoms of it and couldn't believe it. Everything I was reading was exactly what I'd been suffering with. It was what I had been told was wrong with me briefly at the pain clinic, but I'd never been given an actual diagnosis or a name for my condition, which always made it difficult when talking to people and having to explain what was wrong. I made a doctor's appointment, and my GP was equally shocked that none of my consultants had ever mentioned it. This was what I had. I now know that all the pain I suffer from is a result of fibromyalgia, in addition to a whole load of other symptoms I have.
Where I'm at now is a million times better than I was. The progress I have made is amazing and I'm extremely proud of myself for what I've accomplished. But I'm nowhere near done. I'm still very limited. But I'm getting there, just slowly. I can be up now for several hours at a time (most days). And trust me these hours I am up are by no means easy or normal for me, but I'm doing it. In all honesty, I don't even remember how it feels to be normal. I don't know if I'll ever feel that way again, but I have to stay hopeful. Maybe I won't ever be pain free. Maybe nothing will ever be easy for me in the way it is for most people. But I can tell you that I won't stop fighting until I can live a normal life again. I'm sick of not being able to do the things I want. And this isn't just a physical thing for me, as I mentioned I also have a lot of mental and emotional issues to work through. I have many more struggles along with the actual pain, but that's another story!
So, there you have it. A bit of background to my pain and a brief insight to my last 5 years. It's been horrible, but I know I'm fortunate in many ways. I know there are much worse and more serious health conditions that so many people are living with. And I'm lucky that I have the support that I do. I have the best boyfriend and family, and a Chihuahua called Angel who is my little baby.
I'm sorry this has been so lengthy, but I figured it was best to give people more of an idea about what I've been through. If there's anything else you'd like to know or anything you're interested in learning more about please let me know.
Are you going through anything like this? Are you struggling with health problems?


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Caroline and Eddie met in high school. They were instant friends and were always the "go to" date for dances. After they graduated from college they became inseparable best friends. Eddie was due to relocate to Chicago just a few weeks after they officially started dating. Fate intervened and Eddie received a job offer to stay in St. Louis. Eddie says it was Caroline that kept him, she says it was the job. LOL! After three years of dating he proposed to her on the steps of her parent's home where they shared their first kiss. The next day Eddie planned a surprise brunch with family.
They were married at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis and hosted their friends and family to a reception at Greenbriar Hills Country Club.


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This is probably not the best place to ask, but it's a place to start.
I want to take an existing video file and replace the video of some portion of it with an image, leaving the audio intact. For example, say there's a movie that I want to show to my parents, but it has a gory scene in it. I take the movie and during the gory scene I overlay a big "Gory Scene Censored" sign, but they still get to hear what happens.
I tried doing this with Windows Movie Maker, but there appears to be no way to divorce the audio from the video in that program. I guess it's the Paint of video editing software.
So, what can I turn to so I can do this?
Yeah, Movie Maker is pretty much precisely as you describe it.
Ummm... Sony Movie Studio? What you want to do is fairly basic video editing, and Movie Studio is pretty much built for exactly that (and is relatively affordable). There's a trial available for it, though I have no idea how much functionality you have from the trial.
More advanced editing I'd go for Sony Vegas Pro or Adobe Premiere. Compositing/digital effects for post-production I'd go with Combustion (preferred) or Adobe After Effects, but that's only if you're really going crazy with it.
I know Kdenlive can do it, but its download page only has Linux, FreeBSD and Mac packages; if you have a computer running one of those operating systems, then that's one way to do it. (I'm assuming your main system is Windows, given that you've already tried Windows movie maker).
Alternatively, this wikipedia page lists a whole lot of video editing software; probably most of them can do what you want, so pick out one that'll run on your system. Going purely by the name, VirtualDub looks promising, though I haven't tried it.
unfortunately I only deal with software like final cut and adobe premiere which is probably cost prohibitive just to do a quick replacement like that. If you have a mac though I do believe you can use their iMovie to do it.


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Abul Maal Abdul Muhith
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Born: January 25, 1934, | age 88 years | Sylhet
Died: April 30, 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was entered the civil service in 1956, following a successful academic career. During the Liberation War, he held prominent roles in the government and was the first ambassador from Pakistan's embassy in Washington to switch allegiance to Bangladesh.
He was also instrumental in mobilizing international support for Bangladesh. He was awarded the Independence Award, India's highest civilian honor, in 2016 for his contributions to the Liberation War.
During his tenure as Finance Minister, Bangladesh saw a significant increase in budget size, consistent growth, and inflation control. He was one of the main reasons behind Bangladesh's decision to embark on large-scale projects. He may have left public service, but he couldn't stop working for the people's good. He will always be remembered in our hearts.
Bill Gatton
Born: May 25, 1932, | age 89 years | United States
Died: April 18, 2022, Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Mr. Gatton has always been an entrepreneur. He sold packed garden seeds door-to-door for his elementary school. Later, he sold truckloads of watermelons grown on his family's farm to local stores. He bought his first piece of real estate at the age of eight and sold it at twelve, more than doubling his initial investment. He created one of the first Volkswagen dealerships in Kentucky. He eventually accumulated nine car dealerships in Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas.
He has also made banking investments. He founded Area Bancshares of Owensboro in 1981, which expanded to become Kentucky's largest bank holding business, with 17 institutions and 65 branch locations around the state.
Since the 1990s, he has donated more than $70 million to the University of Kentucky for various construction projects and scholarship initiatives. Mr. Gatton is also the namesake of the Gatton Academy residential high school at Western Kentucky University, which has a humanitarian bent. His contributions have no end. Respect to Bill Gatton!
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Killington Arts Guild Program: Classic Orchids-from Victorian Collections to Modern Greenhouses; those that have passed the test of time.
This program will be a presented by John Atwood, past director of the Orchid Identification Center at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida.
The Birch Ridge Inn and the Killington Arts Guild are hosting an evening with Vermont Artist Peter Gould on Thursday, April 17, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Peter has been painting professionally for many years and his work is hanging in several business establishments here on the mountain.
Peter's distinctive paintings are especially well known for being presented on barn boards and doors that Peter gathers from around Vermont. Come and view some of Peter's works that sparkle with his distinctive shooting star.
Peter will share his penchant for and devotion to representing ideas and places through his artistic perspective and perhaps renew and/or energize attendees' own artistic proclivities.
6:00 to 8:00 PM, coffee and hors d'oeuvres will be available as well as a cash bar. Following the demonstration, persons wishing to join us for dinner in the Inn's restaurant can make reservations by calling the Birch Ridge Inn at 422-4293. Persons wishing further information regarding the presentation may call Sally Curtis at 422-3852.
Visit the Birch Ridge Inn's web site. www.birchridge.com.
All artists, those just beginning and those who have been painting for years, can enjoy the experience of two days with Peter and his unique style of bringing water and paint to paper. Peter is a local artist well-known for his watercolor paintings of many animals, places, and towns around Vermont. Peter's passion for his craft radiates in a group setting and participants benefit from this interplay and exposure.
The group will participate in some guided art exercises exploring the elements and principles of Chroma, its value, hue, and intensity, and principles of design – he might be heard to say 'use a mama, papa, and a baby'. Peter will conduct several interactive demonstrations and probably paint one full size picture. Sign up to attend if you are looking for some inspiring and unique instruction.
The workshop will be held in the Guild's Gallery upstairs at Cabin Fever Gifts, 2363 Route 4 in Killington.
Fee for members $150.00; for non-members $170.
Some partial scholarships for members are available.
See our forms page on our web site – www.killingtonartsguild.org - to download a registration form and send with full payment to: Killington Arts Guild, 2363 Route 4, Killington, VT 05751. Upon receipt of fee a supply list will be sent. Send email to sdck@vermontel.net for further information.


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parse PASCAL VOC xml annotations
"""

import os
import sys
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import glob

def _pp(l): # pretty printing
    for i in l: print('{}: {}'.format(i,l[i]))

def pascal_voc_clean_xml(ANN, pick, exclusive = False):
    print('Parsing for {} {}'.format(
            pick, 'exclusively' * int(exclusive)))

    dumps = list()
    cur_dir = os.getcwd()
    os.chdir(ANN)
    annotations = os.listdir('.')
    annotations = glob.glob(str(annotations)+'*.xml')
    size = len(annotations)

    for i, file in enumerate(annotations):
        # progress bar
        sys.stdout.write('\r')
        percentage = 1. * (i+1) / size
        progress = int(percentage * 20)
        bar_arg = [progress*'=', ' '*(19-progress), percentage*100]
        bar_arg += [file]
        sys.stdout.write('[{}>{}]{:.0f}%  {}'.format(*bar_arg))
        sys.stdout.flush()

        # actual parsing
        in_file = open(file)
        tree=ET.parse(in_file)
        root = tree.getroot()
        jpg = str(root.find('filename').text)
        imsize = root.find('size')
        w = int(imsize.find('width').text)
        h = int(imsize.find('height').text)
        all = list()

        for obj in root.iter('object'):
                current = list()
                name = obj.find('name').text
                if name not in pick:
                        continue

                xmlbox = obj.find('bndbox')
                xn = int(float(xmlbox.find('xmin').text))
                xx = int(float(xmlbox.find('xmax').text))
                yn = int(float(xmlbox.find('ymin').text))
                yx = int(float(xmlbox.find('ymax').text))
                current = [name,xn,yn,xx,yx]
                all += [current]

        add = [[jpg, [w, h, all]]]
        dumps += add
        in_file.close()

    # gather all stats
    stat = dict()
    for dump in dumps:
        all = dump[1][2]
        for current in all:
            if current[0] in pick:
                if current[0] in stat:
                    stat[current[0]]+=1
                else:
                    stat[current[0]] =1

    print('\nStatistics:')
    _pp(stat)
    print('Dataset size: {}'.format(len(dumps)))

    os.chdir(cur_dir)
    return dumps

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Massimiliano joined VEI Green in 2015 with more than ten years experience in the Italian Renewable Energy sector. He worked for ten years as project developer and operations manager in Sorgenia, one of the main Italian energy utility.
As an Senior Portfolio Manager, Massimiliano is responsible for the management and operations of ForVEI and VEI Green Renewable portfolio.
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A blog about what I'm up to.
I have recently started working on a Java based GeoJSON reader. It has the ability to read plain JSON, but this version creates Java objects for the various GeoJSON objects defined in the GeoJSON specification: coordinate, point, line, polygon, etc. This makes importing and using GeoJSON in a Java program much easier.
I've just committed an initial working version and I'm planning to update it in the near future. I would like to eventually add an easy way to build the GeoJSON objects and output them to a file as well.
Check out the project on GitHub.


Dublin, June 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Organ on Chip Market Size, Market Share, Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Growth Trends, Key Players, Competitive Strategies and Forecasts, 2018 To 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Direct recognition and investigation of biomolecules and cells in physiological microenvironment is essential for quick assessment of pharmacy and biology. The past several years have seen surprising improvements in the development of in vitro organs and tissues model with various purposes based on microfluidic devices known as organ on chip.
Organ on chip technology aims at creating imitation active organs that mimic the complex and biological reactions of actual organs, keeping in mind the goal to examine drugs' action by exactly manipulating the cells and their microenvironments. To accomplish this, the artificial organs ought to be micro fabricated with an extracellular matrix (ECM) and different sorts of cells, and recapitulate morphogenesis, cell differentiation, and functions corresponding the local organ.
Based on the product types, the global organ on chip market is segmented into lungs on chip, heart on chip, liver on chip, kidney on chip, and others; additionally the end users studied in this report are categorized into research institutes, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Advancement in technology of organ on chip is capable of accelerating the speed of drug testing, producing more reliable data, and dropping the financial and ethical drawbacks of preclinical research will boost the market of organ on chip.
Geographically, the overall organ on chip market is projected for Middle East and Africa, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and North America. As for revenue share, North America leads the global market and is expected that the situation will remain consistent amid the forecast period. Though the control of North America on the global market will be clearly challenged by Asia Pacific.
The need of organ on chip has become prominent in Asia Pacific because of growth in the healthcare infrastructure, healthcare expenditure, and flexible income. There are massive chances for market diffusion in nations like India, Mexico, and China to the market occupants already having a grip in developed countries.


For the 18th year Chicagoans will have the opportunity to bike up and down Lake Shore Drive on Sunday May 26th. This event offers participants five hours of car free riding along the city's lake front and is one of the most anticipated events of the entire year! Bike the Drive is hosted by the Active Transportation Alliance, a non - profit organization dedicated to improving conditions for bicycling, walking and transit. For a chance to win a free pair of entries for you and a friend, follow this link to our contest page, and for more information on Bike the Drive follow the link to their website at bikethedrive.org.


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using Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class ConnectToDatabaseAsyncPostgreSample
{
    public async Task<string> ConnectToDatabaseAsyncPostgre(string projectId, string instanceId, string databaseId)
    {
        string connectionString = $"Data Source=projects/{projectId}/instances/{instanceId}/databases/{databaseId}";

        using var connection = new SpannerConnection(connectionString);
        await connection.OpenAsync();

        var command = connection.CreateSelectCommand("SELECT 'Hello from Spanner PostgreSQL!'");

        var result = await command.ExecuteScalarAsync<string>();
        Console.WriteLine(result);
        return result;
    }
}
// [END spanner_connect_postgresql_database]


Ali Haigh, tutor of our Easter Baking and Bread Making courses tells more about her passion for food and cookery.
From where did your passion for baking grow?
I was born into a baking family in West Yorkshire and before going to school I would go down to the bakery every morning at 6am where I would stand on a box and ice sticky buns. I would then take warm sausage rolls on the bus to school. The smell of bread baking still inspires me every day to bake and from a young age, I was given the confidence to know that I could bake.
What do you enjoy most about teaching cookery courses?
Allowing students to realise that they can all bake and sharing the knowledge as well as the pleasure of seeing the sheer delight in their faces when their bakes are complete.
We're looking forward to the Easter Baking course that you will be leading at Frogmary Green Farm shortly. What can those attending expect from the course? A very calm, light-hearted approach, knowing that they are not being judged or tested and - what a gift - that they are allowing themselves the time to just focus on baking. We will be making a sweet dough into some delicious Spiced Buns for Easter, some Lemon Polenta tarts (GF), a Chocolate & Almond Easter flake cake and a Sausage and Egg pie made with a homemade, rough puff pastry.
Do you have a favourite Easter recipe - and why?
Chocolate & Almond Flake cake - this is my Grandmas recipe - it keeps for ages, is simple to make and it reminds me of racing back to her house for tea on a Wednesday after school.
You will also be leading our Artisan Bread Making course later in the year. Do you have a favourite loaf that you enjoy baking most and can you share a bread recipe that our readers can practice at home?
I have many bread recipes so it is hard to select one. Carrot and Caraway Soda Bread, which is a recipe I developed for Le Creuset, is a fun and easy recipe as it uses up those excess carrots, is quick to make and is delicious with a bowl of soup or chunk of cheese. As for my favourite recipe, I think it would be a wholemeal, raisin and walnut cob as it is wonderful with cheese and also amazing toasted with a cup of tea.
TUTOR TOP TIP: do you have a top baking tip to share with our readers? Make sure when making a dough, that you are using fresh yeast or dried yeast that has not been open too long as it deteriorates. Also, use cold water as the yeast will grow more slowly and develop more flavour. If you use warm water and it is over 37C you can kill the yeast before you start, so much better to use cold water.


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Atlantic Superstore parent company rewards shareholders but won't bring back COVID bonus for front-line workers
Andrew Rankin ([email protected])
Published: Nov 16, 2020 at 10:44 p.m.
Updated: Nov 17, 2020 at 9:08 a.m.
Jeff Callaghan, Canadian Union of Postal Workers' national director of Atlantic region, attended a rally at Quinpool Road Atlantic Superstore in June after grocery store workers' COVID pay was eliminated. - Andrew Rankin
It's unacceptable that Atlantic Superstore's parent company is rewarding its shareholders after earning a profit of hundreds of millions of dollars during a pandemic but won't reinstate the $2 per hour hero pay for front-line workers who are getting infected across the country, says a Halifax business professor.
"We're in a public emergency and this company has taken advantage of the opportunity to make more profit but at the expense of putting their front-line workers at risk," said Larry Haiven, a professor emeritus in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University.
"It's not illegal what they're doing but I think it's unethical."
On Thursday, Loblaws, the parent company of Atlantic Superstore, released its third-quarter results for the three-month period up to the beginning of October showing $15.67 billion in total revenue, up from $14.66 billion in the same quarter a year ago.
The company recorded a net profit of $464 million and boosted its dividend by two cents a share, to 33.5 cents.
Pleased with the latest quarter showing, Loblaws president Sarah Davis said the company had "continued with its 2020 winning streak."
But the company shows no sign of bringing back COVID pay for employees as cases of the virus among its workers climb across Canada. The company eliminated the $2 hour bonus in June amid protest.
Striking Dominion workers outside the location on Blackmarsh Road in St. John's. This week, a 12-week strike by Dominion workers in Newfoundland and Labrador ended but their union says the new contract with parent company Loblaw Companies Ltd. doesn't offer a livable wage. - Andrew Waterman
Haiven said it's shameful for the company to roll back the pay bump after workers risked their health through the most uncertain time of the pandemic. He said as long as we're in a state of emergency workers should be getting the bonus.
"Now that we're back into danger territory across the country what's wrong with reinstating hero pay but I don't think they will," said Haiven.
On Thursday, Nova Scotia Health advised the public of a potential exposure to COVID at Barrington Street Atlantic Superstore in downtown Halifax. The company is tracking the number of employees who have tested positive for COVID on its website. So far this month, more than 149 positive cases are identified in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. Two incidents are listed as multiple cases in Ontario and Alberta. None are identified in Nova Scotia.
A Dartmouth Atlantic Superstore employee said she was disappointed when the bonus pay was taken away. The young woman, who asked not to be identified because her job might be in jeopardy, felt like she deserved the bonus pay and it had come in handy during the pandemic.
She said at this point she's not really upset about losing the bonus because there are so few cases reported in the province. But she said she'd be furious if she was a Loblaws employee in Ontario or Alberta where more than 100 employees have tested positive for the virus since Nov 1.
"I would be absolutely furious," she said.
She said what's most frustrating is that the company isn't providing the same resources and support as it did during the height of the pandemic in the province.
She said during the spring the company hired a lot of temporary staff but they've all been let go.
"They do not plan on providing that support during the second wave so a lot more pressure is put on the employees, most of which are students."
She said the company offers health benefits to full-time workers after being employed with the company for a year. But she said she opted to go with her parent's plan that offers better benefits. She said part-time employees are eligible to apply for health benefits provided they work 20 hours per week and have been with the company for a year.
The Chronicle Herald inquired about the company's employee health plan options but Mark Boudreau, Loblaws director for corporate affairs, did not provide any information. Regarding whether the company would reinstate the two-dollar an hour bonus for workers he said in an email that the company would "continue to watch pandemic conditions carefully, market by market."
He said the company continues to invest about $85 million per quarter to "keep our people and stores safe and operational."
"Higher sales do not translate into higher profits when you are investing as much as we are," he said.
He took issue with the professor's characterization that the company is acting unethically.
"During the pandemic we have invested far more in our people and stores than we have earned through higher sales."
He said any comments that suggest otherwise are "untrue and ignore the facts."
Besides the $85 million in COVID-19-related expenses, the company's increased revenues were also offset by higher labour costs associated with a massive increase in e-commerce sales from home delivery.
Even with additional costs the company ended up with a $464-million profit for the quarter up from an adjusted profit of $458 million a year ago.
Ather Akbari, an economics professor at Saint Mary's University, believes that Loblaws workers are deserving of extra pay during the pandemic as compensation for the risk they're being exposed to. Particularly, he said, since not all employees have health benefits.
While he credited the company for investing millions to keep staff safe, he said the record of employees that are testing positive for COVID is proof that those safeguards aren't enough.
"Workers don't have full information about how much risk they're facing with so many people going in these stores every day and there should be compensation for that," said Akbari, an expert in labour economics "There is a real risk."
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Since I had to grade about 20 programs every week and since these howeworks were webapps themselves that would be posted on some website that I could test, I figured that best way would be to have a pastebin-like app that allowed me to view all submitted homeworks. No such thing existed so I built one and called it i-am-done.
students can upload and delete any number of files associated with a particular homework but, of course, they can't see anyone else's homeworks.
It is like a paste-bin where only the person that created the class can see the code pasted under that class. I have placed the code here in case someone wants to make a fully featured system out of it. I would loooove to see that.
Hi, you may give vmchecker a try. This is what is in use at my University. It allows students to send their homework and the application will grade them according to some public/private/mixed tests allowing the teacher to set any penalty he desires (late submissions after deadline, bad coding style, etc).
It uses virtualization making it safe to run code from any student.
Also, as a student using it, I can testify that it helps very much in homework's grading process.


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7 Day Tours to Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro
Tours to Serengeti is so amazing to see multitudes of zebras, antelopes and wildebeest going to and from the Serengeti plain seeking for water and pasture. The visit of Ngorongoro crater on the other hand bring you to the world most fascinating destination where millions of different species form one ecosystem in one crater floor. Other visited destinations are Lake Manyara and Olduvai Gorge
Day 1: Arusha Lake Manyara National Park, in the morning pick up from IMPALA in Arusha and drive on tarmac road 130km with lunch box to Lake Manyara National Park for afternoon game drives. Start game drive through underground water forest, proceed to Acacia woodland savannah open land, pass by hot water spring and proceed to Lake Manyara-home for many flamingoes and other water birds. The park is home to tree climbing Lions, Hippo, Elephant, Zebra, Buffalo, Giraffe, Baboon, Blue and Velvet monkey, Warthog and more. About 350 species of birds have been recorded. You will have Picnic lunch, dinner and overnight in Lodge/campsite.
Day 2: Manyara Serengeti National Park, Early morning breakfast in Manyara then drive to the Great Serengeti National Park with lunch and me drives en route. Afternoon Proceed with game viewing around Seronera or Eastwards; the park a home to lion, leopard, Elephant, Cheetah, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Wild dog, Gazelles, Crocs and more. Lot of birds includes the Eurasia migrants. Dinner and overnight in Lodge/campsite.
Day 3: Full Day in Serengeti National Park, get breakfast then follows morning and afternoon game drives in the park. In the afternoon continue with game viewing to the North East of the park this is LOBO area where the main path of the Serengeti Wildebeest migration has passed. Dinner and overnight in the Lodge/campsite.
Day 4: Serengeti Ngorongoro Crater Rim – Wake up for early morning game drives in Serengeti then back to the lodge for breakfast. MAKE A VISIT TO THE OLDUVAI GORGE, explore its museum. Then drive with lunch and game viewing enroute to Ngorongoro Crater Rim for dinner and overnight in the Lodge/campsite
Day 5: Full day game viewing tour in the Ngorongoro Crater. Wake up early morning for breakfast then descend into the Crater floor for game drives. All the BIG FIVE Rhino Lion, Leopard, Buffalo and Elephant live in this wonderful caldera, others are Zebra, Hippo, Wildebeest, Hyena and more. Birds includes flamingos on the Soda lake, Geese, Storks, Vultures and more. Your lunch will be served in the picnic site in the Crater at Ngoitoktok swamp a Hippo pool. After lunch proceed with fame viewing while ascending the Crater. Dinner and Overnight at the Lodge/campsite.
Day 6: After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park, lunch at the lodge and proceed with Afternoon game drive. a home to Lion, Leopard, Elephant, buffalo, Python, Zebra, Oryx, Impala and more. Over 450 species of birds have been observed. This park has Many baobab trees and some varieties of acacias, where as Tarangire's pythons climb trees, and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared Oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 7: After breakfast continue with game viewing in Tarangire National park, You will have hot lunch in your Lodge before the drive takes you back to Arusha. Dinner and overnight at the Impala Hotel.
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For cultural tourism, you have chances to visit Masai Bomas in Ngorongoro Crater and other cultural tourism tribes in Mto wa Mbu near Lake Manyara National Park.
-Transport from Arusha to the National Parks using 4 x 4 wheel private
-Game drives/game viewing tours using 4x 4 wheel vehicle with slide open roof for wildlife viewing and photographing
-Park entrance fees
-Professional English/French speaking guide
-Full board accommodation
-Visit to Olduvai Gorge
-Transfer back to Arusha
-Flight tickets
-Transfer from airport
-Accommodation at IMPALA hotel.
NOTE While on Safari your accommodation is Full board (breakfast, lunch and Dinner).
Ahnika Joseph


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CEO Tim Cook sees pay ebb along with Apple performance
Tim Cook speaks during a product launch at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California in September 2019
Apple chief Tim Cook saw his annual pay slip to $11.6 million in 2019 after the company registered a weaker financial performance compared with the previous year, according to documents filed Friday.
Cook, who took home $15.7 million in 2018, is paid a base salary of $3 million, in addition to a bonus and various compensations.
His 2019 incentive bonus, which is tied to Apple's performance, tallied about $7.7 million, and was calculated based on the fact that Apple exceeded its sales target by only 28 percent.
That compared with $12 million in 2018, based on the company exceeding its sales target by 100 percent, the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said.
Cook's 2019 pay was also reported to include another $885,000 worth of benefits, most of which were for security and use of a private jet.
"For security and efficiency reasons, the board requires Mr. Cook to use private aircraft for all business and personal travel," the filing said.
Apart from his salary, Cook also saw more than $113 million worth of Apple shares become vested as part of his long-term compensation as head of the firm, according to the filing.
As iPhone sales have weakened, Apple has been shifting to earnings from digital content and services sold to the legions of fans of its devices.
Apple reported net sales of $260.2 billion and operating income of $63.9 billion for 2019, it said in the filing.
Apple CEO must fly private for 'security, efficiency'
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Three and a half hours out, three and a half hours back. That's what it is every time I have to go to Houston.
Surely all this mileage can be written off on my taxes?
The myelogram on Monday was successful. It did leave me with some annoying sciatic pain which took most of last week to abate. Friday was supposed to begin the first of three stereotactic radiosurgery treatments. I say "was supposed to" because apparently they changed it without calling me first, and the only reason I knew to cancel my hotel reservations before the 6pm deadline was because I happened to look at the schedule at 5:35. I swear to Lugh, this is a habit there, with the schedulers. They just change stuff and expect you to check online, repeatedly through the day. Sure, eventually one of the evening techs called me, but if I hadn't seen the change myself, I would have been charged for a hotel room I wouldn't be using. I feel like I should voice my displeasure at someone about this, but I don't know who.
So as of now, I'm scheduled for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, and will have to work hotel arrangements and being sure the kitties aren't alone too long all around that. Next week (on my birthday) we're there for another overnight stay to see my surgeon and get follow-up MRIs. I believe this time around they are checking my Borg Enhancements rods and screws to be sure nothing's backing out, and also to check the rest of my spine to scout for other signs of disease. They haven't found any to-date, so I'm imagining they won't this time either. If all these dates sound dizzying to you, just imagine how I feel. I can hardly wait until I have a long stretch of boredom. Indeed, I find myself longing for the normalcy that is my office at work.
Onward, to other, non-cancerous things in my world!
I have finished a pair of wool socks, using Lion Brand sock ease in "toffy". I do not think the name accurately reflects the colorway, to be honest; it calls to mind more browns than is present and this colorway actually quite reminds me of candy corn. That has been strewn onto a dark grey background. Not that it is a bad colorway, per se, just not what I had in mind when I ordered it (which tells me I really should get sock yarn from the store and not trust what I see on the computer screen). I immediately cast on another sock upon finishing those, this time in the colorway "rock candy" which also doesn't quite match what was on the screen, but it is better, at least. Anyway, it took several tries to get them made, but ultimately, I found myself "getting it" and now it's like I actually know what I'm doing. And the first pair are vaguely the same size, so that's a win in my book.
I've read two more Dresdon Files novels in the past week, and there is only one more in the series so far. I had to stop myself from running to the library to grab their copy of Ghost Story, because then I wouldn't get anything done for another 3 days. I just can't put them down; I don't know what it is. I haven't decided what to read next, despite what I have listed as started in my Goodreads queue. Mostly I find myself knitting instead of reading these last few days.


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Cinch is a bill change that lives up to its name. Not only is Cinch one of the most visual bill switches you will ever see but it's also one of the easiest you will perform. The Cinch bill switch is clever and uses a non traditional gimmick that makes the effect a breeze to perform. Unlike other effects where a bill instantly changes, Cinch takes very little time to set up and perform. We include everything you need to perform and with the super simple set up you can perform this almost instantly out of the box. Also included on the Cinch DVD are variations on the basic effect and additional PDF's included to give some bonus ideas that will inspire even more creativity with this awesome gimmick. Creator and full time professional magician Shaun Robison teaches you in great detail on how to use Cinch to its fullest potential including the ultra easy way to hand everything out for examination.
CLEVER METHOD: GIMMICK DOES MOST OF THE WORK.
Cinch is a great real world working bill change! Particle, easy, visual!


The Cold fusions are the controversial topic of the discussion in a scientific world. For some of the scientists, this was the hypothesis and also over a past 50 years and this continued for baffle them. Until couple of the scientists has claimed, they have a successfully maintained of the cold fusion in the reactors at the room temperature; it helps to generate the heat energy.
The cold fusion is the safe, clean, and also decentralized of the energy source. This can supply the enough energy for sustaining every need and also put the end into the dirty sources of the energy includes oil, coal and gas. This is not the cold reaction but a one that generates the heat at the room temperature. This cannot be more confused to be a nuclear reaction because of this cannot involve the radioactive substances.
The cold fusion technology is called as the Hydrogen Fusion. This is understood to be the process that is responsible for an energy output of equivalent into a sun and the other stars in a solar system. The hydrogen atom is a major ingredient of the hydrogen fusion as well as a nucleus of an atom driven to form a helium nuclei. The four hydrogen nuclei produce the individual helium nucleus. While a process of the fusion of subatomic particles have emitted by the products. It is based on the principle that the hydrogen bombs are engineered and also successfully tested.
Following a discovery of hydrogen bombs, the scientists and the engineers starts to search for the ways to control a hydrogen fusion reaction. An aim is to harness an energy and also use this in the several constructive ways. In addition, the hydrogen fusion does not generate the dangerous of nuclear wastes. In the year of 1989, the Stanley Pons and the Martins Fleischmann from the University of the Utah have claimed a first controlled experiment with the hydrogen fusion at the room temperature. These Tech News caused the quite the stir amongst the scientists and the controversies. These experiment are a cold Fusion technology experiment.
An explanation for the Cold Fusion Technology, this happens in the condensed matter. It is because of it is in the condensed matter that a nuclei are practically comes together. It makes the cold fusion the friendly reaction that did not require the thermonuclear temperatures for forcing this to occur. A first steps of a process is that when a nuclei of the hydrogen or the deuterium atoms have trapped in a host lattice. At the point of the quantum effects, take the control of a reaction and generating the broad bands of the energy levels. A vibration of the trapped nuclei, the electron cloud as well as the host lattice are interact that causing a nuclei for fuse together by just slipping under a coulomb barrier. An electrons get the delocalized in a form of the Bloch waves and then shield a like charge of a nuclei.


In an unfortunate development for the surging, playoff-contending Rockies, second baseman DJ LeMahieu is headed to the 10-day disabled list because of a left oblique strain. The Rockies will replace him with infield prospect Garrett Hampson, whose contract they selected from Triple-A Albuquerque. To make room for Hampson, Colorado designated infielder Daniel Castro for assignment.
This is the third DL stint of the year for LeMahieu, who most recently missed the second half of May with a hand injury. In addition to the health issues LeMahieu has battled this season, the pending free agent hasn't performed to his 2016-17 levels on offense, with a .278/.324/.430 line, eight home runs and five steals across 331 plate appearances. LeMahieu has been a standout in the field, however, having posted eight Defensive Runs Saved and a 3.1 Ultimate Zone Rating.
Winners of six straight and within two games of the NL West-leading Dodgers, the Rockies (52-45) will have to make do without LeMahieu – who, based on the nature of oblique issues, could miss significant time. But his injury has helped open the door for Hampson, Colorado's sixth-ranked prospect at MLB Pipeline. The 23-year-old has logged above-average offensive numbers at each minor league stop since the Rockies picked him in the third round of the 2016 draft. A .306/.366/.443 hitter with four homers and 14 steals over 246 PAs this season, MLB Pipeline praises Hampson's "quick right-handed swing," patience and speed. He also has "Gold Glove upside" at the keystone, the outlet contends.
Castro, 25, is in his second year with the Rockies, who selected his contract for the first time earlier this season. Castro didn't do much with that playing time before his designation, though, hitting a mere .174/.191/.261 in 47 trips to the plate. The former Brave owns a .210/.240/.265 line in 288 lifetime big league PAs, though he has slashed a more-than-respectable .333/.367/.457 in 227 Triple-A PAs this season.
Bad time for this to happen.
Hope he is not on the DL too long.
If this is long term, the Rockies need to make a trade.
If the Rockies want to get out from under Davis and Shaw, now might be their chance. With Brad Hand already traded and Kirby Yates possible to go next, the Padres can either fill those spots internally by promoting guys in the bullpen already to higher leverage spots or by simply acquiring 2 highly paid relievers for 1B/OF Wil Myers.
Myers has played really well since coming off the DL a few weeks back. He has already put up 1.5 WAR this year but the negative is that he is owed about 77 million still until 2023 by SD.
Now look at Davis who is owed 41 million plus Shaw and his 20 million remaining and that money just looks like dead weight on that roster for the next few years.
So the money difference between Myers and Davis/Shaw is 16 million.
Kirby Yates is under club control for 1 million this year, probably 2 million next year and probably 3 million in 2020 via arbitration. That's a steal for him. Well worth an approx the difference in salaries.
Package Yates, Myers and Ross (Bud Black former starter) for Davis, Shaw, Lambert and Nevin.
No money switches hands. Padres take on all of Davis and Shaw. Rockies take all of Myers. Both organizations get out from under contracts that don't benefit them right now. Padres can hope for a bounce back from the two relievers and can either keep them if the rebuild starts picking up steam or an trade them if the are rehabilitated and the team still isn't producing.
Lambert (#89 prospect in baseball) would be fair composition for Myers since no money is being exchanged. Myers is actually producing, if DJ leaves and and possibly Blackmon, Myers is there still to balance out the lineup with Arenado.
Nevin is compensation for Yates, Nevin comes to San Diego where his dad played 3B for the better part of half a decade and holds a lot of Padres records still. He figures in with the crop that is destined to hit the big leagues soon. #9 prospect in the Rockies system, figures to slot in near the bottom of San Diego's top 30.
Blackmon is signed for 5 more years. He is going nowhere.
Well, sounds like he might play second base. #InfieldU!
I'm really excited for Hampson, even if his time up will be brief. Finally getting some propsect love this year, he has been remarkably consistent and productive at each stop in the minors.
I know it's too early for a possible playoff team to think about this, but if I were the Rockies I'd give LeMahieu a qualifying offer and let him walk. I think he's a really good player, but they'd be better off getting a pick, saving money, and having a future infield with Rodgers, Story, Arenado (as long as he re-signs), McMahon, and maybe Hampton.
I'm not a Rockies fan so if this has already been suggested then I wouldn't know. But as an outsider, that's what I would do.
I am a Rockies fan. I am also a big DJ fan. Unfortunately, I think it is becoming ainfully obvious that his time with the Rox is coming to an end. I doubt he will even get a qualifying offer, because he would probably accept it.
With all the injuries he's had this year, it's definitely possible he would accept it. Fortunately the Rockies have a ton of solid infield prospects, but DJ can definitely help someone if he's healthy.
After last season's FA debacle, I think a lot more guys would accept this year. Even without injury, I think DJ would accept the QO.
I still remember being so excited when the Rockies got him for Ian Stewart. Hard to believe that has been almost 8 years ago now.
Great point; it's fair to think that a lot of guys will take the QO unless they're the Harper type and you know they'll get paid either way.
And yeah, I would have been in middle school when that trade was made so it seems forever ago for me too but it's definitely one of the more lopsided ones of the past few years.
Have they given up on McMahon? Is he hurt?
He'll probably be a September call-up. He's not necessarily struggling, but his BA right now is about 100 points lower than it was last year at ABQ. I'm guessing COL plans to make McMahon the 2B next year once LeMahieu departs.


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Aesop Lake
Sarah L. Ward
One warm May night at the town reservoir, seventeen-year-old Leda Keogh sees her boyfriend do something awful. She wants to forget it ever happened, but David needs her to be his alibi—and is willing to destroy her family if she refuses. Trapped, Leda must choose between the truth, her boyfriend, and her family.
Jonathan Tanner-Eales feels like an outsider. He's gay, and life in rural Vermont hasn't been as idyllic as he hoped it would be. When Jonathan and his boyfriend, Ricky, are attacked during a night swim, Jonathan manages to escape, but must watch, helpless, as Ricky is beaten. Jonathan, plagued by trauma and fear, wrestles with anger and shame in the aftermath of the crime.
That summer Leda and Jonathan are swept together by chance, and both must reckon with fundamental questions of loyalty and courage. What does it mean to speak the truth when a lie protects the ones you love? Will Leda put the fate of her family and her boyfriend first, or can Jonathan persuade her to tell the truth?
Praise For Aesop Lake…
"A hate crime thrusts two high school acquaintances in rural Vermont into a quandary of loyalty and moral responsibility.
To subdue the temper of handsome, jealous boyfriend David, Leda suggests a skinny dip. When they arrive at the reservoir, gay couple Jonathan and Ricky are already there. David cites religion and biology to support his disgust and summons a cohort to "scare" the boys. Leda pleads for David to leave them alone but is sequestered in the car, frozen. The attack escalates into gunfire, and while Jonathan escapes, Ricky is beaten into a catatonic state. Meanwhile, Leda is blackmailed by David into being his alibi. Wishing to escape the highly publicized hate-crime trial, Leda and Jonathan unwittingly end up at the same wealthy family's remote lakeside resort (Leda as nanny, Jonathan as family guest). Knowing her alibi is false, Jonathan aggressively confronts Leda. Emphasizing that there's no shame in recovering at your own pace but no refuge from responsibility either, three illustrated Aesop fables punctuate the well-paced novel, reinforcing the messages imparted. David and his macho cohorts demonstrate that despite progress, retaliation fueled by misguided zealotry is still a real threat. The reprehensibility of not being an ally is communicated without proselytizing, and a discussion guide serves as a conversation starter for this difficult subject. All main characters are white.
A mindful dissection of how allied strength can combat hate. (discussion guide, resources) (Fiction. 12-18)" — Kirkus Reviews
Green Writers Press, 9780999499528, 200pp.
96Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONESarah Ward writes young adult fiction, poetry and journal articles in the field of child welfare. She lives with her husband in Williston, Vermont and in her limited spare time, Sarah enjoys a good book, a little yoga and a cup of tea.


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Amidst the ever-worsening security environment around Japan, in order to fully protect the lives, safety and property of Japanese citizens and to protect Japanese sovereignty, it goes without saying that the amendment of Article 9 in our Constitution as well as increased national defense are necessary.
Despite that, while the Abe administration calls for a constitutional amendment, they are maintaining a coalition with the New Komeito Party, a party that is coutious to the amendment. Thus it can only be said that the outcome of the constitutional amendment under the LDP-NKP coalition government is yet unclear. Moreover, amidst the increasing accusations made by China and South Korea toward Japan over historical perceptions, Prime Minister Abe decided to adhere to the Kono Statement and the Murayama Statement, both of which he seemed to be intending to re-examine. Foreign diplomacy like this that tries to flatter neighboring countries, however, will in no way allow Japan to make a breakthrough from this stifling situation.
It is clear that Japan's so-called masochistic view of history as well as the Murayama Statement and Kono Statement hinder our diplomatic operations as a resolute nation and are shackles to our constitutional amendment and national defense. We, the Happiness Realization Party, in order to vanquish Japan's masochistic view of history have long called for the retraction of these statements, but now, Master Ryuho Okawa, president of our party, has released "The Okawa Statement –My Proposal–," a reference to create a new statement that indicates the government's historical perception of Japan. I strongly request that Prime Minister Abe will issue a new statement based on "The Okawa Statement" to clearly show Japan's stance, founded upon the domestically and internationally correct historical perception, and work to eliminate Japan's masochistic view of history.
Japan fought in the Greater East Asia War in order to free the colonies in Asia from the great Western powers, to defeat racist policies that come from white supremacy, and at the same time, as a just exercise of our country's right to defend ourselves. Due to the insufficient power of the Japanese government, Japan lost the war to the United States, after it dropped Atomic Bombs. Yet, I believe this was a holy war to emancipate our fellow Asian countries whereby a part of the fervent aspiration of the Japanese gods was manifested.


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Joe Giudice Faces Another Legal Setback as His Deportation Appeal Is Denied
Teresa Giudice's husband had requested to be released from ICE custody and be allowed to await the outcome of his deportation appeal in Italy.
By Corinne Heller Apr 29, 2020 10:00 PMTags
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Watch: Joe Giudice Asks to Return to Italy Amid Deportation Appeal
UPDATE: Joe Giudice's deportation appeal has been denied, per court records obtained by E! News.
A source says Giudice and his legal team are currently discussing possible next steps in the ongoing immigration case, but their hope is fleeting.
"His next legal option is to petition to the full Third Circuit Court and he has 45 days to do so," explains the insider. "His final legal option if that is denied is to petition the Supreme Court. It is not yet determined if he will take the next steps to further appeal, but it's being discussed."
The source adds, "When they had turned down the chance to hear oral arguments, that is typically not a good sign, and it turns out it wasn't. However, his team did garner some optimism when the case sat since November without any decision from the Third Circuit, but unfortunately it didn't turn out to be an indication that there would be a favorable decision."
For more details on Giudice's legal battles keep scrolling.
UPDATE: Joe Giudice's next chapter begins now.
The Giudice family attorney confirms to E! News that Joe has been released from U.S. ICE custody and is currently on a plane to Italy."We are very happy that Joe is free, but very sad that he is still not home where he belongs," James Leonard said in a statement.
"On Oct. 10, 2018, an immigration judge determined that Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice's convictions for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, constituted aggravated felonies and rendered him statutorily ineligible for cancellation of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act and ordered him removed," ICE said in a statement. "The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the immigration judge's decision. Mr. Giudice is a criminal recidivist, who has been convicted of six separate criminal offenses spanning 27 years, beginning in 1988 up until his incarceration for his most recent conviction. On Oct 12, he was successfully removed from the United States to Italy, as ordered by the court."
Joe Giudice is going home.
Not to his wife, Real Housewives of New Jersey's Teresa Giudice, and their four daughters in New Jersey. To his native Italy. For now.
Joe Giudice's Deportation Appeal Denied
The Italian-born permanent U.S. resident has been in an ICE detainment center since he was released from federal prison in March after serving under three years for fraud. Joe has been appealing his deportation case, and recently asked a court to lift his stay of removal so he can be released from U.S. custody and travel to and reside in Italy while awaiting the outcome of his case. Two judges signed off on his request on Wednesday, according to court records obtained by E! News.
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A source close to Joe's case told E! News that arrangements are being made for Joe to return to Italy as expeditiously as possible. A travel document must be produced and flight arrangements must be made. He is expected to return to Italy in the coming weeks.
Another source told E! News that there is a plan in place and a location picked out for Joe.
The next court date regarding Joe's appeal is in November.
Teresa, who has reportedly said that she and Joe would go their separate ways should he permanently deported, has not commented on the matter. It is unclear if she and their daughters will travel to Italy to be with him.
Last week, when asked how the family has come together and supported each other, she told E! News, "We just do. I mean, we've come a long way and I'm happy I have four beautiful daughters. They're strong and I'm happy to have them. I'm their rock, they're my rock and I'm glad we have each other."
(This story was originally published on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 12:32 p.m. PST)
—Reporting by Beth Sobol and Jessica Finn