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FDA Fines Red Cross Again for $9.59 Million–Where Does That Money Go?
I am curious about this as a year ago blood levels were at the lowest in 10 years and maybe it's just me, but instead of big fine, would improving the system and getting more folks on board to get donations help?
Red Cross States National Blood Supply at Lowest Levels in 10 Years-Using Twitter and Social Networks To Find Donors
The Red Cross relies on donations and is a non profit right and does fining them fix anything? BD
"An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work."
The American Red Cross, the biggest U.S. supplier of donated blood, failed to correct violations of blood-safety rules, raising the risk that ill-suited blood will be used in transfusions, U.S. regulators said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration fined the Red Cross $9.59 million, according to a letter from the agency to the Red Cross made public on Jan. 13. The organization has been cited 14 times since 2003 and fined about $46 million for similar offenses.
The Red Cross didn't ensure that all staff had adequate blood-safety training and hasn't created a complete list of prospective donors who were disqualified from giving blood, according to the letter. The Washington-based consumer group Public Citizen this month urged the agency to levy sanctions.
The organization is "fully committed to meeting all FDA standards, has made significant progress in working with the FDA to comply with their regulations," according to the statement.
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FLAT whites are so last year – those on the cutting edge of beverages will be quaffing green vegetable drinks in 2014, according to the consumer clairvoyants at Mintel. The research firm said yesterday that new EU rules on caffeine labelling will push drinkers away from coffee and energy drinks and into natural alternatives.
Its report also predicts that Brits will take a break from patriotic-themed goods next year, having endured royal weddings and the Olympics. However, Mintel reckons the World Cup will boost demand for Brazilian cuisine, while the Scottish independence debate will spur interest in Caledonian products. The Capitalist suddenly has a hankering for some smoked Salmond.
■Competition is back in the banking sector – as Lloyds and the TSB take each other on over Christmas party season. When the TSB split off from Lloyds a few months back, industry watchers were not convinced the new lender was really a separate organisation. The pair share the same IT platform, for instance, and bosses at TSB come from Lloyds. But proof was provided yesterday when Lloyds invited the press to Christmas drinks next Wednesday – clashing with the TSB's festive bash. Lost touch with each other so soon?


I loved the squash ball shadow on the wall.
Thanks John. There is a serious point behind the squash ball's orientation. You can make decisions but always worth reviewing for improvement options at every stage.
Gary, You are too kind, it was a pleasure for me too…. now how much money do I owe you?
One promise I made to myself when I started this blog was that I would be candid and hopefully entertain a little en route. So I don't fling praise unless totally deserved. And in your case it most certainly is.
Hope to call in later in the year. Will phone or email, my friend.
Check out the link to Chris Moore's website. Amazing work, especially the Science Fiction, classic.


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'There's a maternal drive to keep yourself alive': Tearful wife of Lothario army sergeant who tried to kill her by cutting her parachute says the thought of her children made her battle to survive
Emile Cilliers was found guilty of trying to kill his wife by cutting her parachute
But 42-year-old Vicky said she could not bring herself to believe he would do it
She said she had a 'sixth sense' that she should not jump on the day of the fall
The mother-of-two admitted it was the maternal drive to stay alive that saved her
By Rod Ardehali For The Mailonline and Sarah Oliver and Mark Nicol for The Mail on Sunday
Published: 13:05 EST, 27 May 2018 | Updated: 14:36 EST, 27 May 2018
The tearful wife of the Lothario army sergeant who tried to murder her by sabotaging her parachute says it was the thought of her children that made her battle to survive as she plummeted to the ground below.
Mother-of-two Vicky Cilliers opened up about the horrific moment she realised both her main and reserve parachute had failed, and she was going to die, before a survival instinct driven by the thoughts of her children kicked in.
'There's a maternal drive to keep yourself alive,' she told the Mirror.
The tearful wife of the Lothario army sergeant who tried to murder her by sabotaging her parachute says it was the thought of her children that made her battle to survive as she plummeted to the ground below
A court found Emile Cilliers guilty of trying to murder his skydiving wife by cutting the cords of her parachute – but the wronged woman who fell 4,000ft to earth and lived still hasn't reached a verdict of her own.
'Yes I'm hurt and angry,' she tells The Mail on Sunday. 'But can I see Emile as capable of murder? No.'
In a startling exclusive interview – during which Vicky, a 42-year-old physiotherapist, lost the composure which has seen her through two dramatic trials – she reveals:
She has no immediate plans to divorce her husband;
She has spent the past three years telling her two children their daddy has gone away for work;
She had a sixth sense telling her not to jump the day after Cilliers sabotaged her parachute but ignored it;
She wants to visit her husband in prison to confront him face to face, asking, 'What the hell? Why? Why is this all happening?'
'Perhaps I'll parachute in,' she jokes, showing the stubbornness and strength of character that saw her first survive that terrible free-fall and then find herself a hostile witness for a prosecution which in her words 'had no smoking gun'.
She accepts her husband was a serial philanderer and a skilled liar, that he had a sordid appetite for sex with swingers and prostitutes and that he had pressing debts. She knows he wanted to leave her to start a new life with his blonde mistress and that a life insurance payout would have helped fund it.
But she still cannot bring herself to believe he was willing to kill her in such a cold-hearted, premeditated way and leave their daughter, now six, and son, now three, motherless.
'It's hard to comprehend that someone you are married to and have children with would be capable of that,' she says.
It's an outcome stunningly at odds with the overwhelming evidence of his guilt and one which seems to have more to do with Vicky's sense of pride and self-preservation – and her need to protect her children – than any doubt that justice has been done.
The case was first revealed by the MoS in May 2015, but this is Vicky's first interview about it. 'My family, friends, everyone seems to think they know more than I do,' she says. 'They see different evidence to me. Because I'm sitting on the fence they [the prosecution] felt the need to try to push me off. I felt bullied and humiliated in court, manipulated, like I was being used as a pawn by the prosecution.
'I have to go, I suppose, with the verdict. It's almost like peer pressure to conform. It's got me into a whole load of hot water because I haven't conformed, I've stuck to what I believe.'
When it's pointed out to her there is no plausible alternative, she goes on: 'I know, which makes it all the harder. But he was my husband. Yes, things might have been breaking down. He'd been unfaithful, he'd had issues with money, but that is not attempted murder.' Last week, however, Winchester Crown Court declared it was – finding Cilliers, a 38-year-old Army sergeant, guilty of trying to kill Vicky twice in one week in April 2015. First he had attempted to rig a gas explosion at their modern, detached home in the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, and when that failed he secretly tangled the cords of her main parachute and removed crucial components from her reserve chute ahead of a skydive.
Emile and Vicky Cilliers pictured skydiving together over Wiltshire in 2011. A court found he tried to kill her by cutting the cords of her parachute
Tampering with the gas valve led to a third charge of recklessly endangering the lives of his children who were in the house with their mother. He was also found guilty on that count and is currently awaiting sentencing. Vicky has not spoken to him since he was charged three years ago and did not even look at him as she walked out of court for the final time. She doesn't love him any more but does feel compassion as he faces the prospect of decades behind bars.
'I love the husband I used to have, not the one that he became. I don't know the man he is today,' she says sadly, adding: 'I will always care for the father of my children.'
Her priority now is to protect them from him. 'I want to be able to put this behind me. I don't want it to consume our lives. It's not going to do them any favours if I'm bitter and ranting. They need a happy, well-adjusted life. I want boring and normal for us now, for them to grow up untainted. 'One of the hardest things to deal with has been our daughter's questions and her hurt. She still asks regularly "Where's Daddy? When am I going to see him? Why can't I speak to him on FaceTime?" '
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Following the conviction, Vicky must explain Cilliers is in prison 'for doing a bad thing', but she has no intention of revealing that Daddy tried to kill Mummy. She is anguished by the knowledge that one day both children will know the truth and that their son will also learn Cilliers told his mistress the boy was not his biological child but the product of an extra-marital affair by Vicky. 'I can live with his lies, it's the betrayal of my children which is the hardest to bear,' she says.
But then Cilliers had a long history of betraying those who loved him the most. He betrayed his first partner, his South African teenage sweetheart Nicolene Shepherd by similarly denying her two children were his. (They were.) He married his first wife Carly Taylor without breaking off his relationship with Nicolene. After they were divorced he met and married Vicky but would then cheat on her by returning to Carly's bed and starting an obsessive love affair with Austrian Stefanie Goller whom he met on an Army skiing trip when Vicky was pregnant. Nobody knows how many flings, one night stands and sordid sex club parties he enjoyed along the way.
Asked to explain his attraction, Vicky says simply: 'He's an alpha male. He's passionate and intense. When he's into something, or someone, it is 100 per cent.'
Emile Cilliers pictured with Vicky at an Army function. She knows he wanted to leave her to start a new life with his blonde mistress and that a life insurance payout would have helped
Indeed, pictures taken on formal Army nights show Cilliers to be a dapper military man whose uniform fails to hide the gym-honed physique beneath. At his wedding on the South African cape, Cilliers, on his knees as he makes his vows to Vicky, is depicted as a true romantic. He adored adrenaline sports such as skiing and skydiving, was good around the house and a devoted, hands-on father. He was also kind and endlessly affectionate. He would put Vicky's favourite wine in the fridge, cuddle her and frequently tell her: 'I love you.'
They met when he came to her for physio after a skiing accident. By the time of their wedding, she was already five weeks pregnant. Their first three years together, building a home, their family and careers were happy, their marital harmony marred only by Cilliers's free-spending ways. Vicky is very clear that the image of a toxic, troubled relationship which emerged from court was wrong. Their own sex life continued until the eve of the jump in which she should have died.
'After I fell pregnant with our son, Emile went on a ski trip and came back a different person – my husband had simply disappeared,' she says. She recognised he was having an affair but felt too vulnerable in pregnancy to fight it so she set a deadline of September 2015 for it to be over and her husband's financial problems to be resolved.
Cornered by debt and all the lies he had told Goller about leaving Vicky, Cilliers chose murder over divorce and ruin, trying first to ignite a gas explosion and then sabotaging her skydive. Even as he awaited the return of the jury, Cilliers was denying his guilt in frantic texts to his mother telling her: 'I'm not holding up well. My life is in ruins, and I'm totally innocent.'
Vicky has made a full physical recovery from her parachute crash, although her pelvis is held together with metal pins.
'Bones heal, but hearts, probably not,' she says, giving a small clue as to why she can't yet acknowledge the evil which was at work in her marriage. On the hearth in her living room stands a contemporary sculpture, a heart within a heart, formed by a loving couple leaning together above two children.
It's all Vicky Cilliers ever wanted, and as much as she says bravely, 'I'm not a victim, a victim would have died that day', it's impossible not to feel sorry for her.
Additional reporting by Barbara Jones in South Africa
'I had a sixth sense I was going to die': Skydive murder plot victim reveals she felt a catatonic fear BEFORE the jump after her instincts told her something was wrong
Vicky Cilliers (pictured in hospital) had a terrifying sixth sense she should not jump on the day her husband tried to kill her, she has revealed
Vicky Cilliers had a terrifying sixth sense she should not jump on the day her husband tried to kill her, she has revealed.
She believes a guardian angel – her mother Veronica who died of bowel cancer when her daughter was just 16 – saved her from certain death.
'I think my mum was up there looking after me. Physics can't explain how I survived, so something else has to.'
Vicky, a veteran of 2,600 jumps, explained: 'I felt a catatonic fear as the aircraft doors were closing, like nothing I'd ever known before.
'If I had listened to my instincts, I would not have got on the plane for the "hop and pop" [parachuting slang for when jumpers deploy their chutes as soon as they leave the aircraft]. All the way up to our jumping altitude of 4,000ft, I knew I should not be jumping, I just didn't understand why.' Her memories of what followed are hazed by the trauma and by the ketamine and morphine administered when she hit the ground. Her injuries included a broken pelvis, broken ribs and fractured spine.
A double parachute malfunction is so rare there had not been one in Britain for 30 years.
It happened on Vicky's fateful jump on April 5, 2015, because her husband Emile had tampered with her main and reserve canopies to ensure that neither deployed correctly.
Having taken Vicky's parachute rig to a toilet cubicle at Netheravon airfield in Wiltshire, he tangled the lines of the main canopy and removed vital links from her reserve so it was not properly connected to her harness.
As a result, Vicky found herself unable to control her main parachute. So she cut herself loose and deployed her reserve canopy. But when it opened, she started spinning with increasing speed. She had just seconds to save herself.
She said: 'I was diving down, down towards the ground. Annoyance turned to anger and then fear, but panicking gets you nowhere.
Vicky about to do a jump from a plane. She is a veteran of an astounding 2,600 jumps
'I told myself, "I have to fix this: failure is not an option." I'm a mother, I could not even let myself think I might die.
'I had no sense of that earth approaching because I didn't look down.
'I knew what I needed was something functioning above my head so my sole focus was above, not below. I had no idea about the time to impact.'
She was saved by three things: her expertise, her light weight (she is eight stone) and the fact she was cushioned by a ploughed field. Even so, her survival is miraculous.
'I remember nothing about hitting the ground except a metallic bang.
'I came to and was able to wiggle my fingers and toes which made me think, thank God, my spine is intact.
'But I wasn't proud of myself because I had never considered not surviving.'
Now she is planning a jump to raise funds for the air ambulance which flew her to hospital.
Chilling text to his ex: Former lover of British army sergeant Emile Cilliers who tried to kill his wife by sabotaging her parachute reveals he warned her to stay away with a terrifying message
Emile Cilliers sent a chilling threat to his ex-lover just months before sabotaging his wife's parachute.
He warned Nicolene Shepherd not to contact him after she accused him of abandoning their two children.
She had texted him after discovering he had fathered six in all. 'Six children? Really? And you can't even take care of the first two,' she wrote. Cilliers replied: 'Leave me alone or I will do something [that] will make you regret talking to me again.'
Looking back after his conviction, Nicolene says it was a clear threat. 'He is capable of absolutely anything,' she said. 'It makes me shudder to think what he might have done.'
Full-time mother Nicolene, 34, of Somerton in Somerset, met Cilliers in their native South Africa and followed him to Britain. But he left her to marry Carly Taylor, with whom he had two more children.
As revealed by the MoS last year, during that marriage he continued to see Nicolene.
And although they divorced in 2009 he was still having sex with Carly after marrying Victoria.
Incredibly, he cheated on both of them with his Austrian mistress – skydiver Stephanie Goller.
"What the hell? Why?" Brave mum whose parachute was sabotaged by her sex-crazed husband vows to confront him in jail - Mirror Online
Parachute murder plot victim reveals it was her maternal instincts that saved her

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Lawmakers Pencil In $15 Billion for Property Tax Relief
Analysts say draft budget "is a great start."
Texas Scorecard | January 18, 2023
Photo by Morning Brew on Unsplash
State lawmakers have set aside $15 billion of the proposed $130 billion budget for possible property tax relief. The state's largest and oldest fiscal watchdog organization calls that "a great start" but says it "falls short of providing the largest property tax cut in Texas history."
Both chambers of the Texas Legislature have unveiled their draft budgets for the 2024-2025 fiscal years.
With a $32 billion budget surplus, Gov. Greg Abbott has said that money should be "returned to taxpayers" and used to deliver "the largest property tax cut in Texas history."
Tim Hardin of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility said his organization's review of the draft budgets represent "a good start" but that more needs to be done.
"The current record stands at $14.2 billion in compression from the 2008-2009 biennium," wrote Hardin. "To beat that, adjusting for inflation, the Legislature would need to provide around $20 billion in compression.
Because property taxes are levied locally, state efforts to reduce the property tax burden require a "compression" of local property tax rates.
Hardin continued:
We encourage the Legislature to continue down the path they have started and put Texas on a path toward the elimination of property taxes, and to come through on Abbott's plan of the largest property tax cut in history by cutting more spending and providing at least $20 billion in M&O compression; preferably, however, the entire $32.6 surplus will be used.
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has been promoting what they call the "Texas Prosperity Plan." It would see lawmakers adopt "no-growth budget" operating—because "government is already too big." They would use excess tax revenues to then eliminate school property taxes altogether over a period of several years.
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"Someone's always keeping score. We think it ought to be the citizens."
Lawmakers Splurge on Office Budgets
The Texas House voted for a 29 percent increase, while the Senate approved a 46 percent increase.
State Spending Limits Set Ahead of January Session
Lawmakers are expected to have $131 billion in general revenue appropriations for the 2024-2025 fiscal biennium, and a $27 billion surplus.
Everything Is Bigger in Texas—Including Property Taxes
A report shows that Texas property taxes are among the highest in the nation.


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Baby owls rescued from Lancashire water treatment plant
A pair of baby owls have been rescued from a Lancashire water treatment works.
By Phil Cunnington
Thursday, 19th March 2020, 11:45 am
The fluffy tawny owls were rescued by the RSPCA, after they were discovered by a worker at the plant on Friday, March, 13.
RSPCA Animal Collection Officer Heather Cook said: "These gorgeous owlets were small and very young.
"While it's normal for young tawny owls to explore their surroundings I was quite worried about them. One in particular was not looking too good, so I took them to a local vet to be checked over."
The baby tawny owls discovered at Wigan Waste Water Treatment Works in Ormskirk
Tawny owls are known to leave their nests long before they can fly, going through a phase called 'branching', where they will explore and climb around the trees at night.
During this phase, baby tawny owls are commonly also seen on the ground. The parents will happily feed them anywhere and they are perfectly capable of climbing back up.
Therefore while it wasn't a call for concern to see these birds outside their nest, there was concern over the health of these particular owlets, which were found at Wigan Waste Water Treatment Works in Ormskirk.
Heather said: "Luckily the vet was happy that there were no major health concerns, but as a precaution we moved them to the RSPCA's Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in Nantwich for further care.
"We're happy to report that these beautiful birds have made a full recovery and following a successful rehabilitation period at our wildlife centre, the delightful duo are doing so well that we plan to release them back into the wild very soon."


I am so excited to share this new healthy Vegan Buddha Bowl recipe with you. It is full of nourishing vegetables like bok choy, asparagus, radishes, and yellow peppers.
Mr. Fearless Dining and I are doing so well on our healthy journey. We were visiting one of our favorite restaurants last week, Veggie Grill. It is a vegan chain that is popular here in the Bay Area. They make the most amazing quinoa power bowls.
They toss delicious ingredients, like quinoa, into a big bowl and add a dressing or sauce. I can usually make two meals out of the bowl, it is huge! I wanted to capture this vegan bowl recipe and share it with you in case you are also on a health journey.
As you can see, these Buddha bowls are loaded with the good stuff. They make the perfect healthy lunch!
I tried to incorporate as many colors as I could to make it fun. You can use different vegetables, just look and see what you have in the refrigerator.
One of my favorite things to use is bok choy. You may remember some of my more sneaky moments when I hid it in recipes like these Gluten Free Bok Choy Meatballs, or these Bok Choy Deviled Eggs with Bacon.
These leafy green vegetable are full of Vitamin C, A, and K. It looks a bit like lettuce but with more of a celery bottom. I use bok choy instead of celery because Mr. Fearless Dining doesn't like celery. It worked perfectly in this Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado recipe.
It is perfect to use in this Vegan Bowl Recipes. We grilled ours, but you can cook it in many ways as well as eat every part of it.
Bok Choy originated in China where it was used in both their cuisine as well as their medicine. It has many health benefits while still being very tasty. It is now used in many American and Asian recipes.
Another ingredient I love to use in salads is radishes. I always love a kick of spice and radishes never fail to deliver! They can even be spiralized like in this Spiralized Radish Salad recipe.
Radishes are a good source of fiber, potassium, folate, riboflavin, as well as, good amounts of copper, vitamin B6, magnesium, manganese, and calcium. This vegetable is something that is great to add to many of your meals.
Radishes can be eaten raw or cooked. Raw radishes are spicy and crisp and cooked radishes are sweet and not as spicy. This gives you more options to use them as well as different flavors to play with.
Radishes are perfect to add to any vegan bowl recipe as well as gluten free bowls. Chop them up and add them in to get a good burst of flavor and nutrition.
A grill basket to grill your asparagus. This will prevent the asparagus from falling into the grill.
Cast iron skillet to toast the pine nuts.
Rub asparagus and bok choy with olive oil and dust with salt. Put into grill basket.
Grill the bok choy and asparagus until they are soft but firm.
Heat a small skillet and add the pine nuts. Toss frequently to toast. Remove from the skillet and allow to cool.
Add 1 cup cooked quinoa and the vegetables to each bowl. Sprinkle with pine nuts.
Mix the oil, minced garlic, and vinegar in a small container. Pour the dressing over the Buddha bowl and enjoy!
Thank you Amanda 🙂 We are trying to get better about eating more veggies.
This seriously looks restaurant worthy!


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Bad taste as family denied Dubbo home
Kirstie Parker
A Dubbo Aboriginal family with eight children will have to stay living in overcrowded accommodation – for a while at least – after non-Indigenous residents successfully lobbied the NSW government to cancel the planned purchase of a home in their street.
The Aboriginal Housing Organisation (AHO) had planned to buy a five-bedroom house in north west town's Beveridge Crescent, South Dubbo, for the family, but was told the house, with a price tag of around $400,000, was "outside of standards" for public housing and not to proceed.
On February 24 local newspaper the Daily Liberal reported Beveridge Crescent residents' fears that Aboriginal public housing would lower the values of their surrounding properties.
"We have seen what happens to homes purchased and we are saying not in our street," said one resident, who asked to remain anonymous.
"We would like the value of our homes to remain as they are and rise again when times get better. We are all hard-working, honest people, many of us built our homes here and many more made the decision to purchase and stay in this great street."
The home in question had five bedrooms, three bathrooms – one with a spa – a rumpus room, air-conditioning and a paved patio.
The residents indicated they felt the purchase of such a home would be an abuse of taxpayers' funds. Dubbo MP Dawn Fardell undertook to speak to NSW Housing Minister David Borger about the issue.
The day after the newspaper report, Mr Borger told AHO to look elsewhere or to look at building extensions onto existing properties.
The affair has left a bad taste in the mouth for many Aboriginal locals, and some non-Indigenous people, who say racism is alive and well in the Western Plains city.
"Where, if not your street?" New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Central Region representative Stephen Ryan asked of Beveridge Crescent residents.
"AHO doesn't control the price of housing but does abide by certain guidelines relating to age of dwellings and market price etc.
"As far as I'm aware the NSW government hasn't confined Aboriginal housing to any specific sections of any towns, nor have local councils."
Cr Ryan said he had a sickening feeling that "some of those tenants, a minor portion of them I hope, just don't want Aboriginal people living in their area".
AHO Regional Manager-Western Tony Flick
AHO Regional Manager–Western Tony Flick echoed Cr Ryan's observation that Aboriginal people, too, were taxpayers.
"What people don't realise is that we are investing taxpayers dollars and when we do, something that will still be a good investment in 20 years," he said,
"But they won't come out and say 'we are racist, we don't want these people here'. They are saying it's a waste of taxpayers' money and we're not spending our money properly."
Mr Flick said the street's residents were saying "we have seen what happens to houses purchased for blackfellas", but the stereotyping could not fairly be applied to the family for whom AHO had planned to buy the home.
"I know the family we were going to house there and they're a great family. They keep a nice, tidy house and they would have fitted well into this street," he said. "I think people are tarring all blackfellas with the same brush and that's just not fair."
Mr Flick said five-bedroom houses were as rare as hen's teeth, with just two amongst Dubbo's current public housing stock of 500 properties.
Blogs recorded on the Daily Liberal's website were blunt, with about half of the comments in favour of the planned purchase and half against.
"Why should someone be entitled to a $400,000 home when they have never had to save or work hard to afford it," one blogger posted. "Arguing that the people who move in could actually be hard-working and employed is a joke – otherwise why would they need public housing?"
Another said she'd had the "unfortunate luck to live next door to an Aboriginal housing commission home".
"The lawns are dead, the house is trashed, and their children wander the streets without supervision," she said. "They don't take care of the property anyway, they don't work and rap music blares from their house nearly 24/7."
Another asked: "Why would they need a spa, a rumpus room?"
From a different perspective, one blogger said the residents had effectively turned the hands of time back 70 years.
"I feel sorry for their children and them to be so narrow-minded in this day and age," they wrote.
And another: "Clearly racism is alive and well in Dubbo. Just because someone has a different skin colour doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to live in South Dubbo."
Some Aboriginal people, who also asked for their names to be withheld, told The Koori Mail it was obvious that the street's residents believed "blackfellas shouldn't get nice houses".
"They're only happy if we're living in cockroach-infested hovels," said one local father.
The Koori Mail contacted Housing Minister Borger's office on and was told there'd been a breakthrough in finding accommodation for the family of nine.
"I am pleased to report that we have found this family another property," Mr Borger said.
"There's no doubt that we have an obligation to house people who are in need, especially in these tough economic times, and it's also important to note that communities need a healthy mix of all types of people," he said.
However, no details were given on the size, the specifications or the address of the new property, or when the sale might go through.
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Nick Smith MP Labour MP for Blaenau Gwent
Campaigning against the payday loan problem in Blaenau Gwent
Nick Smith MP took to the streets to warn about the pay day loan problem as Parliament begins to investigate their dealings.
According to data uncovered by Mr Smith, people in Blaenau Gwent borrowed more than £1m a year from pay day loan provider Wonga -; with the average person paying 20% interest for just an 18-day loan.
In a bid to tackle the downward spiral of debt, the Blaenau Gwent MP visited Ebbw Vale market to campaign for a local solution.
Mr Smith, who was joined by Labour councillors and volunteers from the community, talked to shoppers and handed out leaflets promoting SmartMoney, a community Credit Union that encourages savings accounts and low-cost loans.
It comes as Mr Smith also pressed the Government on pay day loans on the last day of Parliament.
Speaking after the market day event Mr Smith said: "The Office of Fair Trading revealed this month one in twenty families rely on pay day loans to get by.
"That, coupled with my own research, paints a worrying picture on how vulnerable we are to convenient loans with sky-high interest.
"It was fantastic getting a chance to speak to people on the streets about the problem and get a sense of the support for this campaign.
"Nearly everyone spoke about how terrible they are, yet had a story about some family member or friend who has considered or even taken up these loans.
"I will be supporting the High Cost Credit Bill in Parliament, but in the meantime I am encouraging people to give their local credit union a look.
"They help people with savings and advice too and are a real community alternative."
Rev. Geoff Waggett, who was one of the volunteers taking part on the day, said: "I'm supporting this to keep pay day loan business out of our towns."
The Bill is set to make provision for regulating high-cost credit arrangements and its providers, including controls on advertising and making measures to address the cost and affordability of credit arrangements and charges.
The second reading of the Bill will take place in September.
Mr Smith said: "I raised the cost of high pay day loans in Blaenau Gwent with the leader of the house, and asked that we had a debate in Government time on the importance of credit unions supporting vulnerable families.
"I'm pressing the Government to do more, and I found the Leader of the House's response painfully inadequate for Blaenau Gwent residents. He offered a back bench discussion, but I want it in Government time so they will have to take responsibility for acting on this key issue."
For more information on SmartMoney, visit www.smartmoneycreditunion.co.uk/ or call 029 2088 3751
Beaufort Street, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale NP23 4AQ, UK View on Google Maps
Email: nick.smith.mp@parliament.uk
Promoted by Alyson Tippings on behalf of Nick Smith for Blaenau Gwent, both at 23 Beaufort Street, Brynmawr.


Heavy periods are common. Most of the time no cause can be found, but in some cases a cause is found and can be treated. In most cases, the treatment is either with medications or surgery.
About 1 in 3 women describe their periods as heavy. However, it is often difficult to know if your periods are normal or heavy compared with other women. Menorrhagia means heavy periods that recur each month and interferes with your quality of life.
The cause is not known in most cases. This is called dysfunctional uterine bleeding and is the cause of heavy periods in 4 to 6 out of 10 cases. In this condition, the womb (uterus) and ovaries are normal.
Fibroids: These are benign (non-cancerous) growths in the muscle of the uterus. They often cause no problems, but sometimes cause symptoms like heavy periods.
Other conditions of the uterus: such as endometriosis, infections or polyps, may lead to heavy periods. Cancer of the lining of the uterus is a very rare cause. Most cases of endometrial cancer develop in women aged in their 50s or 60s.
Hormonal problems: Periods can be irregular and sometimes heavy if you do not ovulate every month like women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Also, women with an underactive thyroid gland may have heavy periods.
Pelvic infections: There are different infections that can sometimes lead to heavy bleeding.
Warfarin or similar medicines: that interfere with blood clotting can lead to heavy periods.
Some drugs used for chemotherapy can also cause heavy periods.
Blood clotting disorders: are rare causes of heavy bleeding. Other symptoms are also likely to develop, such as easy bruising or bleeding from other parts of the body.
If you stop taking the contraceptive pill it may appear to cause heavy periods. Some women become used to the light monthly bleeds that occur whilst on the pill. Normal periods return if you stop the pill. These may appear heavier, but are usually normal.
Do I need any tests if I have heavy periods?
A blood test to check for anaemia is usually performed. Heavy periods can lead to anaemia which can cause tiredness and other symptoms.
An ultrasound scan this can detect any fibroids, polyps, or other changes in the structure of your uterus.
Internal swabs This may be done if an infection is the suspected cause of the heavy bleeding.
Endometrial sampling This is more likely to be done if you are aged over 45 years, have persistent bleeding or have tried treatment without it helping.
Hysteroscopy This is where a doctor can look inside the uterus. This can often be done without an anaesthetic. Small samples can also be taken during this test.
Other blood tests You may need other tests if an underactive thyroid gland or a bleeding disorder is suspected.
Treatment aims to reduce the amount of blood loss. Treatment options are different if an underlying cause for heavy periods is found like fibroids or endometriosis.
This is an option if your periods do not interfere too much with your normal life. You may be reassured that there is no serious cause for your heavy periods, and you may be able to live with them. A blood test may be advised every so often to check for anaemia.
This treatment usually works very well. The LNG-IUS is similar to an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD, or coil). It is inserted into the womb (uterus) and slowly releases a small amount of a progestogen hormone called levonorgestrel. Period pain is usually reduced too. The LNG-IUS works mainly by making the lining of the uterus very thin.
Tranexamic acid tablets are an option if the LNG-IUS is not suitable or not wanted. Treatment with tranexamic acid can reduce the heaviness of bleeding by almost half (40-50%) in most cases. If side-effects occur, they are usually minor and may include an upset stomach.
Your doctor may prescribe ones called Mefenamic acid or Naproxen. These medicines reduce the blood loss by about a third (20-50%) in most cases. They also ease period pain. Side-effects occur in some people and may include an upset stomach.
The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP) This reduces bleeding by at least a third in most women. It often helps with period pain too. It is a popular treatment with women who also want contraception, but who do not want to use the LNG-IUS.
The contraceptive injection and the contraceptive implant also tend to reduce heavy periods. For example, up to half of women on the contraceptive injection have no periods after a year. They are not given as a treatment just for heavy periods. However, if you require contraception then one of these may be an option for you.
Norethisterone is a progestogen medicine. It is not commonly used to treat heavy periods. It is sometimes considered if other treatments have not worked, are unsuitable or are not desired by patient.
Endometrial ablation or resection. Removing or destroying the lining of the uterus is an option. This treatment prevents women from having children in the future. However there have been some pregnancies in otherwise fertile women, so it cannot be used as contraception.
Hysteroscopic resection of fibroids and polyps. Treating the underlying cause like removing the intracavitary fibroid or polyp can help with the heavy periods.
Hysterectomy is the traditional operation where the uterus is totally removed. It may be considered if all other treatment options have not worked for you.


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Q: Multiple ESP8266 subscribe to one RPI 3 i have problem to subscribe 2 (and more) ESP8266 to one RPi3 broker.
I used:
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
import datetime

mqtt_topics = ["esp8266-1", "esp8266-2"]

def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
    print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))

    for topic in mqtt_topics:
     client.subscribe(topic)

def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
    print(datetime.datetime.now())
        print(str(msg.topic)+" "+str(msg.payload))

client = mqtt.Client()
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.connect('localhost', 1883, 60)

try:
    for topic in mqtt_topics:
        client.on_message = on_message
    client.loop_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print("CTRL-C: Terminating program.")

It works but ony to 1 esp.
If i connect esp8266-1 it checks it values, then i connect esp8266-2 to have its values and esp8266-1 is no longer available (even if i turn of esp8266-2).
How to subscribe both esp8266?
I only can have one of them at time.

A: The code needs few changes:
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
import datetime

mqtt_topics = [("esp8266-1",0), ("esp8266-2",0)]

def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
  print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
  client.subscribe(mqtt_topics)

def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
  print(datetime.datetime.now())
  print(str(msg.topic)+" "+str(msg.payload))

client = mqtt.Client()
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message
client.connect('localhost', 1883, 60)

try:
  client.loop_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
  print("CTRL-C: Terminating program.")

But if one client works and a second forces the first to disconnect then it sounds like you have the same clientID for both clients. clientIDs need to be unique for all client.

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Our motivation – Lebendige Hoffnung e.V.
This quotation from Pearl S. Buck, a winner of Noble Award in literature (1938) is a well illustrated quotation for the motivation of our ministry in Ukraine. In the Ukraine many children and young people grow without love and attention from parents and other adults. That's why we made serving the next generation the center of our ministry. Our aim is to support families, that face difficult life circumstances.
Our ministry aims to give children and teenagers a perspective and possibilities to develop in every area for the future of their life.


What is Skype WiFi on the Microsoft Surface?
No doubt about it, Microsoft creates confusion with its product names. When one of its products takes off, like the Surface, Microsoft stamps that product's name on its other, less-successful, products. For example, Microsoft's Outlook, the e-mail program in its Office suite, became a huge success. So, Microsoft created Outlook.com, an online e-mail service that has nothing to do with the original Outlook program.
Microsoft's Xbox turned into a popular video game console. So, Microsoft renamed its old-and-struggling online music and movie stores with the new terms Xbox Music and Xbox Video.
Similarly, many people know Skype as a way to make computerized phone calls. So, Microsoft created Skype WiFi, a product that has nothing to do with Skype.
Instead, Skype WiFi is a payment system. When you pay up-front for Skype time, Microsoft lets you use that credit to pay for some third-party WiFi hotspots. However, not all Wi-Fi hotspots accept Skype WiFi payments, and the list of those that do constantly changes. Microsoft offers an online map.
If you ever try to log on to a Wi-Fi hotspot and see the words Pay with Skype WiFi, that simply means you can take some of the up-front money you've paid for Skype and hand it to the company running that particular Wi-Fi hotspot. There's one perk: Paying with Skype WiFi credits means you only pay for the minutes you use rather than being billed at longer durations.
Other than that, the two Skype products have nothing in common.


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package org.apache.causeway.viewer.wicket.ui.components.scalars.blobclob;

import org.apache.wicket.Component;

import org.apache.causeway.viewer.wicket.model.models.ScalarModel;
import org.apache.causeway.viewer.wicket.ui.ComponentFactory;
import org.apache.causeway.viewer.wicket.ui.components.scalars.ComponentFactoryScalarAbstract;

/**
 * {@link ComponentFactory} for {@link CausewayBlobPanel}.
 */
public class CausewayClobPanelFactory extends ComponentFactoryScalarAbstract {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public CausewayClobPanelFactory() {
        super(CausewayClobPanel.class, org.apache.causeway.applib.value.Clob.class);
    }

    @Override
    public Component createComponent(final String id, final ScalarModel scalarModel) {
        return new CausewayClobPanel(id, scalarModel);
    }

}

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Shaffer Band is a country-pop band based in the breath-taking mountains of Belington, West Virginia. The group consists of Dave Shaffer (keys, guitar & vocals), his wife Trish (vocals), their daughter Cassie (bass guitar, sax, & lead vocals) and her husband Mike Hymes (drums)
Shaffer Band has an amazing way of appealing to all ages! Lead singer Cassie Shaffer-Hymes' powerful vocals, combined with natural family harmonies, fuse perfectly with the energy of a live band, creating a unique sound that will grab your attention from the start. Unlike many artists, what you hear recorded is what you get live! Their varied song selection, unique blend of country and worship and Cassie's warm stage presence immediately draw in and captivate the audience.
Shaffer Band has been performing professionally since 2000, garnering national attention and opening for Grammy Award winning and nominated artists such as country superstars Sugarland, the Crabb Family, 4Him and Point of Grace, among others, as well as opening for national speaker and pastor Rod Parsley on multiple occasions. They have gained recognition on the Singing News Top 80 Chart with earlier songs like Calvary Changed My Destiny, God Will Deliver Me, I Believe, and their latest Top 40 hit, He Ain't The Leavin' Kind, which climbed to #27!
Shaffer Band has released two concept music videos since 2012. The first, I Believe, was self-penned by lead vocalist Cassie and was accompanied by a second, more intimate video of Cassie sharing her personal testimony. The second video, Love Can't Walk Away, featured a duet with Adam Crabb and was released in March of 2013.
Shaffer Band's music is saturated with themes of hope, healing and restoration for good reason, as they have definitely experienced the faithfulness of God in their own lives. In 2007 and 2008, Cassie was diagnosed with cancer. The ensuing months both tested her faith and drew her family closer together than ever before. Now Cassie is cancer free, giving her a powerful testimony of God's faithfulness that inspires audiences everywhere. They feel that this was a turning point in for their ministry!
"We realize that through the trials that we've faced, it has brought us to a deeper relationship with God resulting in a more effective ministry," Cassie says. "We recognize that it is even more important to spread the good news and hope of Jesus Christ to others because no one knows what their future holds." Shaffer Band has recorded six projects since 2004. Their latest album, Grateful, was released in July, 2012, and is on Willow Creek Records Nashville. Shaffer Band feels that this project defines them as artists.
Grateful contains 10 songs, including recent hits, He Ain't the Leavin' Kind, Love Can't Walk Away, Waiting Here for You, and the title track, Grateful. The songs on the album were penned by some of the industry's greatest writers, including Don Poythress (Willie Nelson, Easton Corbin, Tim McGraw), Neil Thrasher (Rascall Flatts, Kenny Chesney), Michael Dulaney (Jason Aldean, Montgomery Gentry), Barry Weeks (Kelly Clarkson, 33 Miles), Sue Smith (Avalon, Travis Cottrell), Carl Cartee (Laura Story, Big Daddy Weave), Chad Cates (Bebo Norman, Casting Crowns), Tony Wood (Mandisa, Phillips, Craig & Dean, The Museum), as well as Christian music industry veterans Chris Tomlin, Martin Smith of Delirious, Scott Krippayne and Ian Eskelin. Several of the songs on their albums have been co-written by Cassie Shaffer-Hymes, including You Are My God, from Grateful, which was written by Cassie and Lee Black (Brian Free & Assurance, Talley Trio).
Grateful showcases diverse but cohesive variety of styles that will reach all demographics! The project was recorded at TMC's Studio A and the Terry T Room in Nashville, TN, and was produced by award-winning Producer/Engineer, Terry Thompson (Crabb Family, Michael English, Boots Randolph).
Shaffer Band builds their reputation by traveling year round and making sure that at every stop they get to meet and interact with their growing fan base. To find out when Shaffer Band is coming to your area, click here.
all content copyright shaffer 2011


Located in a prestigious quiet area of Corlette you will find this air-conditioned duplex with three large bedrooms, water views from the main bedroom and front porch. Featuring two storeys with all the bedrooms and main three-way bathroom upstairs, living area, dining, kitchen with dishwasher, laundry and second bathroom located downstairs. There is an undercover outdoor area overlooking the enclosed back yard with easy care lawns and gardens, single lock up garage with internal access and close to public transport and the beach.


Poster for the Libération loan, by Abel Faivre. This loan was ratified on 19 September 1918 and the subscription was taken out before and after the 11 November Armistice, from 20 October to 24 November 1918. Guillaume II, who abdicated on 9 November 1918, is shown with his head down and shoulders slumping, bearing a broken weapon. His white coat may be intended as an evocation of the request for armistice and the flag of the same colour, the international sign for peace, truce, and surrender of a belligerent. He is pushed forward by the Allies' flags, rendered by a fist clasping the shaft of the respective flag.
Detail of the sheath of a sword bestowed upon Marshal Foch by the population of Philadelphia in 1921. With one hand, the allegory greets the winners, with the other, she holds up the palm of victory. The whole is framed with words.
As part of the Centenary of the Great War and the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the Musée de l'Armée proposes to look back on the seven armistices signed between 5 December 1917 and 13 November 1918, and some of their consequences.
The exhibition begins at the south-east corner of the main courtyard, where the "armistice wagon" was on display from 1921 to 1927. It continued from 24 July to 2 September on the ground floor of the eastern wing, in the Turenne room (a space usually closed to the public), and then on all the pillars of the Court of Honour from 5 to 30 September 2018.
The exhibition ends with the Renault FT tank, nicknamed the "chariot of victory" in 1918, shown in the north-west corner of the courtyard. This vehicle was restored with the patronage of ARQUUS, which also supports the exhibition.
In producing this exhibition, the Musée de l'Armée drew from its own collections, as well as those of partner institutions such as the La Contemporaine (Contemporary International Documentation Library of the University of Paris Ouest) and the Clemenceau Museum, the Library of Congress and an individual private collection, to name only those.
Armistice, "A fine word, a great word to write when you have lived four years in torture, in anguished expectation of the worst, and a voice is heard to proclaim: it's over! ".
The word is derived from the Latin arma (weapons) and verb stare, which means standing, being upright, being stable.
An armistice is a suspension of the fighting which, during the Great War, materialised on the battlefield with a ceasefire communicated to the combatants by the sounding of a bugle. The armistice is signed by plenipotentiaries, soldiers and civilians, who represent one State before another and who have full powers to carry out a mission or conduct negotiations. It is signed for a given period, renewable after agreement between the parties. It must make it possible to start negotiations with a view to concluding a peace treaty.


The pieces usually have an unpolished appearance, which stresses the importance of every stroke made on the canvas, Speed painting digital or otherwise. Speed Painting Argentina Lucio Brucio Speedpaintinghttp://www.nicodimattia.com Thomas Pringle Speedpaintings . Speed Painting is a widely used term in the Entertainment industry, painting often amongst Concept Artists. Its popularity on the internet was drastically Speed painting increased with YouTube videos featuring fan-paintings by digital artists like Nico Di Mattia.
Speed Painting is an exercise, primarily digital, in which one paints on Matte filmmaking a time budget, using already developed methods to create a piece. It is about using value, color, texture, and composition to create a Speed painting compelling and narrative piece within a relatively narrow timeframe.
Contrary to (somewhat) popular belief, Speed Painting is not the same as a time-lapse video of a painting. An example of a traditional speedpainter would be the late Denny Dent, who made a name for himself painting Speed painting 4 x 6 portraits of famous rock stars from start to finish during the course of a single song.
Sadly, before Denny died, he had trained only one A follower in Dent s footsteps would be Dan Dunn who also creates large scale paintings set to Speed painting music in relatively short periods of time(typically 3-7 minutes). Raw speed painting is akin to the Alla Prima method of traditional fine artists, in which there is no sketch or underpainting (which are found in Di Mattia s paintings). Technically these videos were not speedpainting, though they helped publicize Speed painting the practice.


Kohn, Herbert; Jews--Germany--Social conditions.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).; Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.; United States--Emigration and immigration.; Oral histories.; Transcripts.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Oral history interview with Holocaust survivor Herbert Kohn.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, six-year-old Herbert Kohn was forced to leave public school in Frankfurt, Germany. The Nazis imprisoned Kohn's father after Kristallnacht but released him a few weeks later because of his service in World War I. Kohn and his family immigrated to the United States in 1940. Kohn lives in Atlanta and recorded his oral history interview at Kennesaw State University in November 2013.
Citation Herbert Kohn Interview, 2013-11-12, Legacy Series Oral History Program, 2013-, KSU/14/05/03/001, Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw State University.
Description When the Nazis came to power in 1933, six-year-old Herbert Kohn was forced to leave public school in Frankfurt, Germany. The Nazis imprisoned Kohn's father after Kristallnacht but released him a few weeks later because of his service in World War I. Kohn and his family immigrated to the United States in 1940. Kohn lives in Atlanta and recorded his oral history interview at Kennesaw State University in November 2013.
Note Oral history interview with Holocaust survivor Herbert Kohn.
Subject United States--Emigration and immigration.
Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Oral history interview of Holocaust survivor Edward Francell.


There is a saying that "nothing worth having in life is free" but when it comes to an asbestos inspection in Toronto, that saying does not apply. Thanks to professional companies like Air Doctors Inc., free inspections are saving homes, businesses, and sometimes, lives.
Asbestos is a heat-resistant, fibrous silicate material that is dangerous and even potentially life-threatening if inhaled. If this material exists in your home or business, you need to have an inspection performed to determine there is, in fact, a risk.
As long as asbestos remains undisturbed, there is no real risk, but once the affected material is moved the material becomes airborne. At that point, people can breathe in the asbestos fibres , thereby creating a bad situation. This is exactly why a professional consultant who offers a free asbestos inspection in Toronto wears appropriate protective clothing and gear.
When you work with an accredited asbestos company like Air Doctors Inc. you can have 100 percent confidence that the inspection, as well as asbestos removal in Toronto, will be handled according to strict government, industry, and company regulations.
The free asbestos inspection in Toronto includes an extensive analysis of the property, with the consultant looking for specific areas of risk. If there is a suspected problem, the consultant will recommend sending samples to a laboratory for a risk assessment.
There are three distinct types of inspections available, including management inspections, clearance inspections, and refurbishment/demolition inspections.
Management Inspections—The primary focus is to identify any Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACM) within a structure. The consultant will work to identify as much building material at risk for asbestos as possible. This presumptive asbestos inspection in Toronto is what Air Doctor offers for free. However, there is a fee charged whenever samples of suspected building elements are taken, just as there is a cost associated with asbestos removal.
Clearance Inspection—This type of asbestos inspection in Toronto is done after the asbestos removal process is complete and the home or business deemed safe. In other words, this is a final walk-through to confirm that the involved area is completely void of risk.
Refurbishment and Demolition Inspection—If structures are being refurbished or demolished, an inspection is performed to eliminate any potential risk of exposure to workers, as well as the surrounding environment.
Getting rid of asbestos starts with an inspection by a professional that has been trained in identifying areas where asbestos could exist. Although you need to pay for sampling and asbestos removal, you have the opportunity to save money by turning to Air Doctors Inc. for a free inspection.


Schools are held accountable by the government for the spending of these monies as they are best placed to identify the needs of each child. Performance tables will capture the achievement of disadvantage children covered by the Pupil Premium.
Northern Primary School is committed to providing effective resources and ensuring vital support is in place for our disadvantaged children to improve their academic outcomes and ensure that this is in line with their peers.
We have high aspirations for all the children in our school community and believe that all children should be given the opportunity to reach their full potential. We seek, as a school community, to provide personalised learning opportunities and targeted support to allow every child to flourish.
As we recognise that not all pupils who are academically or socially disadvantaged are registered for free school meals, we follow recent DfE guidance to allocate Pupil Premium funding to support any pupil, or group of pupils, identified by the school as being at a significant disadvantage as long as these interventions are demonstrably improving the performance of the pupils in receipt of the grant.
In order to meet the above requirements, the Governing Body of Northern Primary School will ensure that provision is made which secures the teaching and learning opportunities that meet the needs of all pupils.
The following documents are aimed to inform parents and others about how Northern Primary has used the Pupil Premium funding to ensure this happens in 2018 - 2019.


We want our fees to be reasonable and related to our costs. We want to be able to sustain ourselves financially. However, we do not want anyone to stay away from our programs because they are unable to pay.
We are now using a "pay as led" system with three tiers: comprehensive, standard and reduced. People who have difficulty paying the reduced tier may still request additional financial aid.
Currently about half of our income comes from guest fees and rental income. The rest consists of donations from the New York Yearly Meeting, monthly meetings, many individuals, and the earnings of previous donations that have been invested. Financial aid for the youth program is primarily covered by the Mark Seiler Memorial Fund.


Melbourne Cup winning jockey Corey Brown has been booked to ride three year old D'Argento in the 2018 Group 1 $3m The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick on day one of The Championships on April 7.
Corey Brown will ride D'Argento, above, in the 2018 Doncaster Mile at Randwick. Photo by Steve Hart.
Brown will have to work hard to get down to D'Argento's Doncaster Mile weight of 49kg but the dieting will be worth it as the So You Think colt is now one of the favourites after winning the Group 1 $600,000 Sky Racing Rosehill Guineas (2000m) at Rosehill last Saturday.
D'Argento had also been nominated for the Group 1 $2m Harrolds Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on the same day as the Doncaster Mile but trainer Chris Waller announced today the talented grey colt would be taking on the older horses under handicap conditions in the famous Randwick Mile.
"I am pleased to advise that we have decided The Star Doncaster will be his next run where he will drop back to 1600m and race at handicap conditions where he gets in with a deserved weight of 49kg," Waller said in a statement.
"We are also thrilled to have secured the services of Corey Brown to ride D'argento. Given this has been a successful pathway to the Doncaster in the past for the stable I am confident that he has done the groundwork to be very competitive in this race.
Brown was back in the spotlight during the 2017 Melbourne Spring Carnival when he drove the Irish stayer Rekindling to victory in the Group 1 $6.25m Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November.
Early betting for the 2018 Doncaster Mile at Ladbrokes.com.au has D'Argento as the third pick at $6 while another three year old, the James Cummings trained Kementari heads the market order at $4.20 ahead of the popular Happy Clapper at $5.50.
Kementari looked very classy in winning the Group 1 $1m Mostyn Copper Group Randwick Guineas (1600m) over the same course and distance as the Doncaster Mile on March 10 before running third behind Winx and Happy Clapper in the Group 1 $1m The Agency George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on March 24.
The Pat Webster trained Happy Clapper has been allocated the 57kg for the Doncaster Mile while Kementari will carry 51.5kg.
Early betting for the 2018 Doncaster Mile at Ladbrokes.com.au: $4.20 Kementari, $5.50 Happy Clapper, $6 D'Argento,, $8.50 Humidor, $15 Comin' Through, $17 Alizee, $21 Crack Me Up, Lanciato, Tom Melbourne, $26 Cliff's Edge, Endless Drama, Invincible Gem, Poetic Dream, Prized Icon, Tosen Stardom, $31 Admire Winner, Macintosh, $34 Egg Tart, Kaonic, So Si Bon, Sovereign Nation, $41 or better the rest.


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Oh, The Irony: Booker Accused of Sexual Assault By A Man
Gene Berardelli, Esq. 6:00 AM #DoYouBelieveHim? , Behind Enemy Lines , Brett Kavanaugh , Buffoon , Buffoon of the Year , Cory Booker , Gene Berardelli , President Trump , Russell Gallo Edit
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In a case of delicious irony to conservative, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a staunch and vocal member of the #IBelieveHer chorus during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, has been himself accused of sexual assault and misconduct by an anonymous man who posted a lengthy and detailed account on Twitter.
Booker, who also famously likened himself to "Spartacus" when he threatened to release privileged documents that the Judiciary Committee already cleared for disclosure, is accused of inappropriately and sexually touching a self-identified gay supporter in a restroom in the summer of 2014. A four-page posting by "Deep Throat" details the account in four pages he released on Twitter:
#CoryBooker Sexually Assaulted Me
and why it won't matter to the #metoo movement. https://t.co/8VQuMGY8bj pic.twitter.com/D5DWnFmfzd
— Deep Throat (@TheeDeepThroat) October 20, 2018
The tweet also reveal that the accuser has consulted with Republican attorney Harmeet Dhillon and even reported his allegations to The New Yorker's Ronan Farrow, who apparently declined to pick up this story.
Throughout the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, Booker was a strong supporter of the #IBelieveHer wing of the Senate Judiciary Committee after Judge Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual misconduct as a teenager by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. He even went so far as to advocate for dispensing with the presumption of innocence and burdens of proving allegations and called on President Trump to withdraw the Kavanaugh nomination. When it came time to vote, Booker was a loud "no", stepping up for his turn at bat to exalt Kavanaugh's accuser:
"She shared a raw and visceral, incredible and profoundly powerful testimony with not just this committee but the world," said Booker, a potential 2020 Democratic candidate for president. "And she was believable. I believe her."
This isn't the first time Sen. Booker has been linked to sexual misconduct. In a 1992 article written by Booker himself, he admits a time where he groped a female, reaching for her breast, and when she swatted his hand away, he made another attempt.
Western Journalism also reminds us that Sen. Booker called the Kavanaugh allegations:
"There is so much at stake here — this has nothing to do with politics. This has to do with who we are as moral leaders" and that "in a moral moment, there is no neutral."
To say that we await Sen. Booker's reaction to these latest allegations against him is an understatement - and, reportedly, so is the anonymous accuser:
The reported victim also said watching Booker's defense of alleged sexual assault victims was "laughably ironic, jarringly cringe-worthy, and triggering" leading him to speak out.
It will be very interesting to see if Sen. Booker, and his Democratic colleagues, maintain their much-stated position that alleged victims of sexual assault are to be believed without question, or whether he suddenly comes around to thinking that the accused deserve a fair hearing after evidence is laid bare on the record.
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Muslim Brotherhood Crisis: Internal Strife and Premonitions of Exile
Dima Published on December 15, 2022
The reason for the Brotherhood's current crisis is the Egyptian authorities' change to a more confrontational approach.
Mohamed Badie, current leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood society, attends a trial session at the make-shift courtroom at the Torah Police Institute on the southern outskirts of Egypt's capital Cairo on June 6, 2021. Khaled KAMEL / AFP
Khaled Mahmoud
The current split in the Muslim Brotherhood is unprecedented. The Brotherhood, which was built mainly on the foundations of loyalty and obedience to its guide, is experiencing the most significant division in its history. Its leaders fight among themselves over authority within the Brotherhood, in particular since the passing of Ibrahim Munir, who was the acting guide in London.
The Brotherhood's members consistently boast of their ability to overcome successive crises. Since its establishment in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood has managed to overcome 12 internal crises. However, the Brotherhood has split into three rival fronts, one of which is located in London, while the other two are based in Ankara. This is the greatest challenge to ever face the Brotherhood, which has never had two guides at the same time.
The Brotherhood's members have been forced to perform their work from exile since the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi. Soon after, they found themselves trapped in Sisi's prisons as the result of an official and popular campaign against the Brotherhood in Egypt. The reason for the Brotherhood's current crisis is the Egyptian authorities' change from a compromise and containment policy to a more confrontational approach.
More than one guide
In a brief statement, the Muslim Brotherhood confirmed that Dr Mohieldin al-Zait would assume management of the Brotherhood's affairs until the necessary arrangements are completed to name a successor to the late leader Ibrahim Mounir. Al-Zait, who represents the Muslim Brotherhood London front, sought to provide reassurance to the group's members in his weekly message. He said, "that the steps taken will be announced soon, and the resulting measures will increase the stability and durability of the Brotherhood."
At the same time, the Istanbul front consolidated the division within the Brotherhood. The front's official representative, Mostafa Tolba, announced that it had been decided to appoint Mahmoud Hussein as an acting guide after reinstating Article 5 of the Brotherhood's general regulations.
On the other hand, Dr Ashraf Abdelghaffar, who is affiliated with the Kamal front, spoke of a coup through which Mahmoud Hussein's group took control of the Brotherhood's funds and investments. The Kamal front is ascribed to Mohamed Kamal, an advocate for dealing with the Egyptian authorities through violence. In 2018, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced that he was killed during an attempted arrest.
Ali Hamad, the official spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood, defended the appointment of Mahmoud Hussein as an acting guide. He said, "Regulations govern the Brotherhood. Considering that Hussein is the most senior and the only available member of the guidance office, the Brotherhood's Shura Council decided to appoint him to the position of Chargé d'Affairs." The Istanbul front had dismissed Ibrahim Mounir from his post as an acting guide and announced the selection of an interim committee to carry out his duties. In recent months, the administrative clashes between the two fronts escalated after Mounir referred Hussein and others to be investigated and formed a committee to manage the Brotherhood's affairs.
On the other hand, Hussein's autobiography suggests that he is the son of one of the Brotherhood's former leaders, which means that the Brotherhood's old guard still thrives, even if divided.
Talk about the Brotherhood's breakdown and its division began early. The first signs of the split appeared through a disagreement between Brotherhood members and leaders over their approach to the Egyptian authorities. The efforts made to mend the rift are unlikely to succeed, as it is linked to a profound conflict within the entire organisation and its deteriorated state across all levels.
The fragmentation of the Brotherhood into various factions has become a possible scenario. The possibility of bridging the gap between the opposing fronts has become more complicated due to the organisation's rigid nature and its prioritisation of this rigidity over ideological development. According to this scenario, the Brotherhood's sub-factions will likely lead to more divisions.
Kamal al-Helbawi, a former leader in the Brotherhood, believes that the division, conflict and pluralism will continue since there no longer are safe havens. He believes that the Brotherhood's image in the Arab world has changed and the USA has already abandoned the organisation.
The Muslim Brotherhood lost its primary incubators in Qatar and Turkey after Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad renounced his relationship with the group. He said, "There are no such links. We deal with states and their legitimate governments, not with political organisations."
At the same time, the Brotherhood did not object to the recent rapprochement between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Egypt. It is unclear if the Brotherhood has realised the consequences of this rapprochement, which might halt all of the Brotherhood's activities against the Egyptian regime on Turkish soil.
The Brotherhood has yet to grasp that Erdoğan, who used them as leverage against Arab regimes, would now use them to mend his relationships with these same regimes. This, perhaps, is the reason the Brotherhood has sought to politically blackmail Erdoğan by threatening to open channels of communication with Turkey's internal opposition. Some expect that Turkish pragmatism would begin to gradually abandon the Brotherhood.
The future of Turkish-Egyptian relations may depend on Erdoğan's willingness to sacrifice the Brotherhood rather than only freezing its media activities. Erdoğan once said he refused to talk to "a person like" al-Sisi, but the situation has changed. The handshake and smile between Erdoğan and al-Sisi at the opening of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar was the first direct bilateral contact between the two presidents.
The Effect Recedes
Secretary-General of the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood Ibrahim Munir sits as he takes part in a demonstration supporting ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on July 14, 2013 in Istanbul. OZAN KOSE / AFP
The London front has a solid institutional and media presence in the UK. According to British official reports, the Muslim Brotherhood used London as a base for secret activities targeting other locations. These reports considered that some aspects of the Brotherhood's ideology and tactics " contradict Britain's values and national interests."
On the other hand, the Istanbul Front has to reconsider its future after many of its people obtained Turkish citizenship and settled in Turkey, where they established institutions, schools, companies and networks in Turkey.
The Muslim Brotherhood's recent calls for a protest on 11 November 2022 during COP27 in Sharm el-Shiekh failed across the country. This failure showed the group's lack of influence on the ground. The Brotherhood does, however, maintain some ability to mobilise public opinion on social media.
It seems that al-Sisi and many Egyptians prefer a decrease in democracy and freedom of speech over the return of Islamists to power. This trend was apparent in the Brotherhood's exclusion from the National Dialogue for being "a terrorist group with bloodied hands."
One of al-Sisi's views is that the Muslim Brotherhood will not have a role in the Egyptian sphere while he is in power. He also recently refused to reconcile with the Brotherhood, saying, "The matter is not just disagreement, but destruction and ruin. You have neither religion nor conscience nor humanity."
Grim Scenarios
Dr Ahmed Mousa Badawi put forward a possible scenario for the Brotherhood's future. It suggests that, even if there were a regime change and the Brotherhood rejoined Egyptian society temporarily, the organisation will remain a time bomb bound to explode any moment.
Yet, the matter remains directly linked to the Brotherhood's institutional structure, as it centres on individuality in managing the organisation's affairs. As such, the guide and senior leaders dominate decision-making within the group.
According to an analyst, this institutional structure has become a burden on the group, manifested in slow decision-making and a failure to adapt to changing circumstances.
Thus, the organisation has become a "limp body" controlled by a small group of leaders who have restructured it. According to a specialist in Islamist groups, the old leadership has "a genuine crisis in communicating with the Brotherhood's youth in terms of discourse and thoughts." The organisation is showing symptoms of organisational aging, and its theoretical intellectual capacity has diminished compared to its dynamic performance.
Mohamed Shoman traces this downfall to the Brotherhood's organisational and intellectual inaction, which led to conflicts and rifts within the group. According to Shoman, these conflicts became more complicated when the conflicting as the different Brotherhood fronts found themselves dependent on Turkey, Qatar and other extremist groups. Shoman believes that "any return of the Brotherhood to the Egyptian public sphere in the third decade of the twenty-first century would be a farce." Dr Ali Mabrouk, a professor of philosophy at Cairo University, agrees with Shoman. He states there will be no future for Egypt other than on the side opposite to the Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood's influence over its branches in the region has diminished. It is no longer Egypt's most prominent opposition movement or the flag-bearer of Islamist groups worldwide.
The Brotherhood's attempts to promote the notion that Egypt's destiny will be determined by a confrontation between the regime and the Islamists have failed. The Brotherhood based this conviction on the vast costs of its continued suppression and persecution, in addition to the fact that the immaterial costs of the Brotherhood's persecution weighed heavily on the Egyptian government.
Members of the Brotherhood have recently disclosed shocking accounts explaining the transformation that occurred. A transformation that, in some cases, led to depression and lives that fell apart.
The Muslim Brotherhood always believed it was unbeatable, even if some of its leaders were executed. They also assumed that the regime's violence would cause unrest or even start a civil war with severe consequences for Egypt and negative repercussions for Europe.
However, these bets proved to be misplaced after al-Sisi's administration exposed the Brotherhood's founding myths. Al-Sisi succeeded in eradicating the Muslim Brotherhood from Egypt's social and political life by liquidating all the charitable institutions, hospitals and educational centres the Brotherhood had established since the 1970s to present itself as an alternative to the state.
The Brotherhood is no longer an influential party in the Egyptian landscape. After losing so much of its financial and operational capacity and the disintegration of its local and foreign networks, the Brotherhood seems to wait for a coup de grâce to end its misery or a miracle to save it from its historical decay.
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EastEnders moving to a brand-new Albert Square set at Elstree
The new exterior set is set to be 20 per cent bigger than the original, which has been in use since 1985
By David Brown
Thursday, 23rd January 2014 at 9:38 am
BBC1 soap EastEnders is to rebuild and expand its exterior set at Elstree. The BBC Executive Board has already approved the terms of the build, and subject to planning permission, the work will start soon, with completion expected in 2018.
EastEnders has been filming on the existing exterior set for nearly 30 years and while the new Albert Square will replicate the appearance of the original, it will be 20 per cent bigger. BBC bosses hope that this will "enable greater editorial ambition and improve working conditions for staff".
A temporary set will be created on site to enable filming to continue while the permanent structure is rebuilt. The BBC is currently exploring options for the long-term use of the temporary set including visitor tours and educational opportunities.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins, executive producer at EastEnders, said: "This is a really exciting project and firmly demonstrates the BBC's commitment to the future of EastEnders. We have ambitious plans for the show and the new exterior set will help bring those to life and better reflect the East End of London on screen for audiences.
"The bigger and improved set will increase the potential for storylines, increase quality and meet the demands of future technology requirements. Crucially, it will provide a greater sense of scale with more locations for our characters to spend time in, opening up new areas and opportunities that haven't been possible before – all of which are in the best interest of our viewers."
Kate Harwood, Head of Drama England, BBC Drama Production, added: "I'm glad the BBC Executive Board has agreed that this project is crucial to investing in the future of EastEnders. The improvements and modernisation are vital to the growth and development of the show. As we approach the show's 30thanniversary, this is a really exciting opportunity to underpin the future of one of the BBC's most important programmes."
It is expected that preparatory work will begin at BBC Elstree later this year, followed by the start of the construction works for the temporary set in early 2015.
The news follows the recent opening of Coronation Street's first new exterior set since 1982. The ITV soap began filming at its new home on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal at the start of 2014.
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie script is finished. Again.
January 2nd, 2015	by Marc	Comments
Kick-Ass 2 writer/director Jeff Wadlow has finished his script for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Em yay?
Fans of the original cartoon will remember the series was about Eternia's Prince Adam who has a sword that turns him into a superhero. His enemy is the half skeleton/half human Skeletor as they battle for Castle Greyskull. It was also a (rather poor) movie in the 1980s starring Dolph Lungren as the hero.
GI Joe: Retaliation director John Chu has previously been attached to direct this new movie version. However, he stepped down and Wadlow came onboard as writer – a list of writers had already come and gone, including Pirates of the Caribbean writer Terry Rossio and The Equalizer writer Richard Wenk and their names and others are still not he script listed in the Tweet below.
Wadlow is currently also favourite to direct the movie according to online rumblings, should it ever happen.
The script cover was tweeted by Columbia Pictures Senior Vice President DeVon Franklin:
@danmillerNY @RoastGooble pic.twitter.com/a9whbCChXl
— DeVon Franklin (@DeVonFranklin) January 2, 2015
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Colombia, Story Of A Forgetfulness
A Nation
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Enrique Serrano in this book tries to give continuity and depth on topics that he had already raised in the book "Why does Colombia fail?"Explaining the Colombian's roots, as culture and religions were formed in Colombia trying to collapse here with the myths disseminated in generations after generations;in which he has a vague visualization of the history of the formation of the Colombian territory, where schools and history books only narrate a part of the currency's face, in which he tells the story of Columbus's arrival to the landsof American thinking that they were India in three ships in 1492, in which the vessels saw full of Spaniards bandits in search of gold, who made great genocides to indigenous people throughout the continent, and that for those reasons the indigenous people were drastically reduced, the indigenous people were drastically, the indigenousfacts like these are very rooted in the memory of Colombians.
Therefore, the author tries to collapse and clarify these events in a creative way and with serious fundamentals, teaching us every particularities that the inhabitants who formed our territory had, that is, as they acted and how fronts were related to the institutions, with the indigenous people, with the Creoles and with slaves; Since it goes back to the first three centuries of the conquest and colonization there Constructions and empires, it is here that there was a very strong confrontation with the indigenous It was really peaceful since these groups of indigenous people did not have a established political, or military structure, because as they were in a very broad territory and with a diversity of climates and agriculture, indigenous groups such as the Chibcha peoples were relocated if they felt threatened without Conflict go into conflict, because they were sedentary, in addition, the African population in the same way had great spaces to establish and create their own s Pueblas; Therefore, one of the most important and disastrous factors that support at that colonial era was the diminution of the aboriginal population was not exactly a genocide, but were due to infectious diseases that were transmitted by contact since their immunological systems were not prepared.
However, the reasons why the converts from the Iberian Peninsula making those trips in which the Atlantic Ocean crossed and challenged all kinds of contradictions until they reached the New World in which they saw as a refuge to get away from that cruel past that They suffered in Spain, to go to unknown and wild lands, in which they not only brought with them unforgettable that transcends to this day, where to leave a whole generations of women and man, with a Hispanic perspective of the world despite the racial mesh that existed between indigenous women and man settlers in which there was no cultural miscegenation, given that The dominate culture is the Hispanic that comforts the Colombian nation and were only indigenous and African cultures a minimum contribution since abandoning on their dileges and adapted Hispanic customs that forms the complex culture Colombia.
In this way, all those practices and customs that occurred at that time had a very noticeable impact on everyday life to this day, the author also explains the important role that the Catholic Church played in the organization of the Colombian nation, asThe convents contributed in the formation of the country, as was the creation of universities and especially as other peoples emerged through the bases of Santa Fe de Antioquia.
However, the territory that time we know how Colombia began in its first 300 years as I arrived, spending time the migration already increased with entire families between 1510 and 1740, in addition to some of those individuals who accentuated themselvesIn America fleeing from the authorities and debts in Spain, primarily from Andalusia, in which they wantedto the circumstances;Aboriginals in this territory never had a well -established structure where there was no union between them and it is so that cultures assimilate the arrivals of the settlers much easier. The author tries to show us not a story of good and bad, but what were the circumstances and effects that they simply led to the conquest and colonization.
In this way the author makes a great effort to recover that lost memory that characterizes our history of the Colombia Nation, a desire to show us the Colombian roots that involve following the traces of a past that left us so a Hispanic brand that noHe has known that we are united to this land and that we do not believe the configuration of the nation, since we are accustomed to living in an anonymity of wanting to hide his past since we are afraid of a failure, which they will say and we leave aside theSense of forgiving, given that we do not know how to forgive and it is easier for us to forget Colombia in this way, it is no memory for these reasons, it is unknown and tries to adopt multiple foreign models to govern and consolidate as a nation.
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The natural world experts at National Geographic present the ultimate reference book on predators, teeming with fascinating facts, lively text, and tons of cool, colorful images of the fiercest, fastest, most amazing predators on planet Earth.
Welcome to the amazing world of creatures who prey on others for their survival: From high-profile sharks, lions, tigers, and bears to the tiniest ants, mites, and spiders. Every animal in this book is ferocious, fierce, and fantastic in its own way! With colorful photographs and fun facts, this easy-to-use encyclopedia features profiles accompanied by Did You Know details, and fast facts (including scientific name, size, diet, and habitat), as well as thematic spreads covering topics from predatory techniques to defenses and communication, and much more.