I have written about the benefits of using a pen as an improvised weapon. If you choose to carry a pen, my advice is to purchase one of good quality – not necessarily expensive, just made of highly durable material if forced to use it to defend yourself.
However, what if you haven't yet researched a type of pen? What if the pen you have is misplaced or gets left in your vehicle, etc.? As my students are already aware, even the best trained people can get caught off guard. My previous articles on this topic made two main points: Plan ahead and invest in a good quality pen, and if you didn't have one at the critical moment of attack, to use what you have at your disposal.
In the case of generic pens and pencils, the more you have in your grasp, the better. One pencil will snap in your fist on impact because of its skinny and weak construction. But four, five, or six pencils bundled together in your fist will be stronger and won't be as likely to break.
Have you ever snapped a handful of dried spaghetti noodles? The more you have in your hand, the more strength is needed to snap them all in two. This same method proves to be true when grasping pens, pencils, or similar items.
Several weaker objects are stronger when "bundled."
The primary target areas for pens/pencils are the eyes, ears, throat, soft neck tissue above the collarbone, and if reachable, the groin. Secondary target areas would be anywhere you can make contact that is not protected by clothing, such as the attacker's forearms and hands.


Non-surgical are 'walk in' procedures – most are performed in the consultation room.
These treatments are popular with both female and male patients.
Subtle, natural results can be achieved using advanced non-surgical cosmetic treatment techniques.
Cosmetic injections are available at all of Mr David Crawford's hospital and clinic locations. These are a very popular treatment for rejuvenating the appearance as an alternative to surgery. For patients who have had a surgical facelift, non-surgical treatments can also be used to further enhance the effect.
Precise and careful positioning of the injections means that relatively little Botox needs to be used to create a rejuvenating effect which typically lasts around 4 months.
Hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating, affects a great many women and men.
It is now possible to provide months of relief – dry armpits and a real confidence boost – using injections into the armpits to block the overactive sweat glands.
Facial filler treatments such as Juvederm or Restylane® are based on hyaluronic acid. This is a naturally occurring substance which retains water within the skin, lending it a natural softness, elasticity and plumpness. However, when hyaluronic acid within the skin begins to deplete, it can leave skin lacking the youthful roundness and developing ageing hollows or creases.
Dermal fillers can be used to give volume to depressed areas of the face, smoothing out specific creases (e.g. nose to mouth lines) or filling areas where volume loss is more noticeable (e.g. cheeks). Careful use of fillers can give the face a subtle non-surgical 'lift' which is rejuvenating and flattering.
Results are temporary, typically lasting around 6-9 months.
Lip filler injections very simply add volume to the lip area. However, in careful positioning of the lip filler, it is possible to address imbalances between the top and bottom lip, accentuate or create an appealing shape or smooth out ageing lip lines or smokers' lines.
There are a number of reasons for choosing to have lip filler injections. Some patients simply inherit thin lips and dislike the look of them. Others find that the ageing process is noticeable around the mouth area and want to create a more youthful smile. Lip fillers have become one of the most popular cosmetic treatments and appeal to a wide age range.


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Carrie Underwood Responds to an Invitation to New Kids on the Block's "House Party"
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If you've ever been to a Carrie Underwood concert, you know the talented songbird can also shake her tail feathers. Even if you haven't been to a show, you may have seen the coordination she exhibits in one of the commercial spots for her Calia by Carrie Underwood fitness apparel. But girlfriend is totally busting a move when she appears as a special guest in New Kids on the Block's music video for their new song, "House Party."
While credited vocalists on the song are NKOTB, Big Freedia, Boys II Men, Naughty by Nature, and Jordin Sparks, guests in the music video include the families of many of the singers, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, phyician-turned-comedic-actor Ken Jeong, singer and dancer Derek Hough, hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play, and country music's sweetheart, looking adorable in braids and a New Kids' t-shirt.
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As catchy as the song's lyrics, beat and groove are and as fun as the music video is, there's plenty of purpose to this "House Party" besides getting us all up off of our couches and onto our feet. A whopping 100% of the proceeds from the sales of "House Party" merchandise goes to the No Kid Hungry Fund, which provides nutritious food to America's vulnerable children and teaches their families how to prepare affordable meals. Hurry though! There are limited supplies of the tees, tanks and hoodies.
This isn't Carrie's first time to "perform" with New Kids on the Block. Back in 2015, when the band stopped in Nashville during their tour, Carrie joined them on stage.
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A number of months back, I added a small piece of code to keep track of the number of times a search for a specific city was done. Right now, it doesn't get used for anything, but ultimately, my idea is to incorporate that information into a "smart search" so when you start typing in the name of a city to do a letterbox search, AQ can automatically include a drop-down list below it of the most common searches done using the first few letters you type. Don't know when I'll actually implement THAT particular feature, but out of curiosity, I finally took a look at the counts to see.... Atlas Quest's most popular searches.
Does it take in account for those cities that I have "searches" for already...ie: When I check my "25 miles out - Portland" search that I have set up, does it count just like I typed into the box thingy on the front page?
And.... Connecticut searches rate ????
In Connecticut, you don't have to search, you can just stumble over them.
Yeah Charlotte. I knew we were in the top 10 of some list. It is getting a little hot here though.
Whats the highest in Massachusetts? Any place near dartmouth on that list?


With a wonderfully close family and able to stay home and write, I love having characters and plots in my head.
Having been a visual artist all my life, I turned to creative writing about twenty years ago: short stories, poetry, and now finished my first suspense novel and working on my second while editing first.
Jeffrey Royer-The Mercy Project; A. J. Waines-The Evil Beneath; Joe Conlan-Nameless; Derick Hudson-Asphyxia; M.J. Rose-The Memorist, and others.
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Here is so very exciting news!! YRF's forthcoming Diwali extravaganza Thugs of Hindostan will be the biggest release that Bollywood has ever seen. This mega-action film has achieved a casting coup in the history of Bollywood by bringing together two of the biggest icons of Hindi cinema Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan for the first time. Hold on your hearts!
Today, YRF unveiled the logo of this action entertainer and announced the worldwide release date as November 8th, a national holiday.
Thugs of Hindostan also stars Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh. It has been directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and promises to deliver a never-seen-before cinematic experience on the big screen this Diwali.
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The Guild 3 – Patch EA 0.7.3 Survey
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Balancing the needs of the environment with human uses of natural ecosystems relies on understanding causal relationships between environmental stressors and ecological responses. Causal relationships are difficult to demonstrate in natural environments due to environmental heterogeneity, lack of replication, and confounding influences. Published scientific literature is a currently under-used source of evidence for such analyses. We describe the Eco Evidence Database – a web database application for storing and sharing the atomized findings of research studies from the literature. This 'evidence' can then be used in synthesis studies to test cause-effect hypotheses. The database provides a permanent, machine-independent repository for causal evidence. Moreover, it allows users to access evidence items entered by previous users, thereby reducing the burden of extracting evidence from the literature. The database provides quick and open access to the summarized findings of research to researchers and managers. It employs standard lists of causes and effects to avoid semantic uncertainty between researchers and to facilitate searching. The Eco Evidence database supplies evidence to a desktop analysis tool – the Eco Evidence Analyser, which synthesizes the evidence using causal criteria analysis. However, the database also contains fields not currently used by the Eco Evidence method, and hence can export evidence for other types of causal analyses. Such assessments can be used to improve scientific understanding and the transparency and rigour of decision making by environmental managers.


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El llagostí (Penaeus kerathurus) és una espècie de crustaci decàpode de la família dels penèids i, fins fa poc situat dins del gènere Melicertus. Té un aspecte semblant a una gamba. És l'espècie pròpia del litoral català i és d'un color gris vaire característic.

Hàbitat i comportament
El llagostí fins no fa gaire era força comú en la desembocadura dels nostres rius, en aigües somes, litorals o salobroses, riques en matèria orgànica.

És d'hàbits nocturns i viu la major part del dia enterrat a la sorra; pot respirar a través d'un canal que formen el rostre, les antenes i les escafocerites. Les seves preses són cucs i altres petits invertebrats que pot caçar.

La maduresa sexual arriba entre el juny i el juliol, i les femelles poden pondre prop d'un milió d'ous, dels quals ixen larves naupli poques hores després de la posta. Al cap de vora 20 dies, les naupli ja fan engir 6 cm i se'n van cap al fons.

D'anys ençà, el cultiu de llagostins dona molt bons resultats. Al Japó s'ha anat desenvolupant a partir dels anys 1930 del . L'espècie importada Penaeus japonicus es troba molt sovint en els nostres mercats.

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The Freak Brothers Roll Into San Diego Comic-Con
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I cover cannabis and hemp news, business, and culture.
Fans of the new Tubi animated series The Freak Brothers are in for a treat this weekend as an in-person immersive experience rolls into San Diego Comic-Con aboard the Enlightened CannaBus. Dubbed the Freak Brothers Experience, the event allows visitors to hang out in the brothers' iconic basement stoner den recreated on the picturesque San Diego bay front.
The Freak Brothers original animated series is based on the cult classic underground comic The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers that sold 45 million copies and was translated into 17 languages around the globe after launching in the late 1960s. The eight-episode debut season follows the adventures of the three hippie stoners and their pet Kitty, who awaken in their San Francisco basement after sleeping off a psychedelically enhanced joint for the previous 50 years. Now facing life in the 21st Century, the Freak Brothers must learn to adapt to present-day life in the company of the current tenants of the Victorian situated above their hidden basement lair.
The animated series, which is available on the free video streaming platform Tubi, stars the voice talents of Woody Harrelson as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek, John Goodman as Fat Freddy Freekowtski, Pete Davidson as Phineas T. Phreakers and Tiffany Haddish as the wise-cracking feline Kitty. New episodes drop on Sundays through December 26.
The centerpiece of the Freak Brothers Experience at San Diego Comic-Con International is the Real ... [+] CannaBus from Enlighten.
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The centerpiece of the Freak Brothers Experience at San Diego Comic-Con will be the Real Cannabus, a traveling experiential marketing platform from cannabis advertising agency Enlighten wrapped in the series' psychedelic branding. The event will also feature a dynamic backdrop for Freak Brothers photos and a phone charging lounge featuring a specially curated Spotify playlist. The onsite marketing team will be treating visitors with gifts including four different collectible mini-posters and a Freak Brothers mint tin.
Yujin Chi, brand marketing lead at Tubi, says that the relationship with Enlighten, a firm with a mission to grow the cannabis industry and demystify the plant, started as a platform to gain exposure for the original series through digital ads at licensed marijuana dispensaries.
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"After conversations, we learned that the CannaBus could travel to San Diego and have space at Comic-Con where we can also reach superfans of adult animation, the original comic book and pop culture in general," Chi writes in an email, adding the event is "the perfect environment for The Freak Brothers to be at."
The Freak Brothers Experience is located at San Diego Bayfront Park outside Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center, the home of Comic-Con International, through November 28.
Freak Brothers Also Stars Of LA Pop-Up At Fred Segal
The Freak Brothers phenomenon is also taking up residence in Los Angeles via a pop-up shop at fashion retailer Fred Segal's Sunset Boulevard flagship, featuring exclusive merchandise and a real-life version of the Freaks' basement, as well as a trippy, psychedelic world where visitors can revel in the presence of the Everlasting Doobie.
"In the spirit of 'The Freak Brothers' and their cat, we wanted to create a pop up in Los Angeles for people to enjoy and chill in," said Courtney Solomon, executive producer of The Freak Brothers. "During the holidays, New York has Rockefeller Center, Central Park and the windows of Bergdorf Goodman, but forget all of that - now LA has The Freaks."
The Freak Brothers Experience at Fred Segal's Sunset Boulevard flagship in Los Angeles.
Photo by Frank Micelott
Shoppers visiting the Freak Brothers Experience at Fred Segal will enter a world inspired by San Francisco's hippie-era Haight-Ashbury, with many elements recalling a mini episode of the series that spoofs the famed Willy Wonka factory. A collection of apparel and lifestyle products with imagery from the comic book series will be available for purchase in store and online, featuring items including sweatshirts, tie-dye T-shirts, and glass bongs.
"As a child of the '60s and '70s, I grew up reading 'The Freak Brothers' comics and their very smart stoner humor," Fred Segal owner and CEO Jeff Lotman said in a press release. "It only makes sense that Fred Segal, which also started in the '60s, should be the place where this very exciting rebirth will happen."
The Freak Brothers Experience at Fred Segal runs through January 15, 2022.
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Introduction to the FIDIC Suite of Contracts
Anthony P. Lavers
Rebecca Major
The origins of the FIDIC suite
The Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils1 (FIDIC) was founded in Belgium in 1913. Since then, it has become the foremost representative body for the world's consulting engineers, with member associations in some 100 countries.
Although the Contracts Committee became one of its earliest constituent parts soon after FIDIC's foundation, it was not until 1957 that the first FIDIC standard form contract was produced.
The first contract, known as the Red Book First Edition,2 was not actually drafted by FIDIC but was instead an authorised 're-badging' by FIDIC, of the ICE Conditions of Contract Fourth Edition, published by the Institution of Civil Engineers. This was itself an 'international' contract in the sense that it had been adopted by the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) as such. Although the modern FIDIC forms have developed very significantly since the 1950s, it is still relevant to note that '[t]he Red Book is based on a domestic contract.'3
These common law origins continue to be used as a criticism by some commentators, especially in civil law jurisdictions, who are sceptical of FIDIC's entitlement to its paramount position, though the Silver Book, for example, owes relatively little to an English heritage. Successive editions of the Red Book were issued in 1969,4 19775 and 1987.6
The other long-established FIDIC contract is the Yellow Book,7 first produced in 1963 and with subsequent editions in 19808 and 1987,9 which is the design and build equivalent of the employer design Red Book.
Landmarks in development of the Contracts
In the mid-1990s, two significant events occurred in the history of the development of the FIDIC Contracts. These were the introduction of a turnkey contract, the Orange Book,10 and the setting up of a task group to produce a major revision of the Red and Yellow Books. These events led to the launch in 1999 of the so-called 'Rainbow Suite' from the colours of the covers of the respective Books: Red, Yellow and Silver.11
In December 2017, 18 years after FIDIC released its First Edition Rainbow Suite in 1999, FIDIC published Second Editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Books as updates to the First Editions. The introduction of the 2017 Rainbow Suite was the latest significant landmark in the development of international contracting for major infrastructure projects worldwide.
The position of the FIDIC contracts, specifically in major development work, has been secured by the signing of a five-year agreement with the World Bank,12 with a commitment to use six FIDIC agreements13 for its projects, and on 10 May 2019 a five-year agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank,14 which will ensure the use of the same contracts for development-financed projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.15
The latest addition to the FIDIC suite is the Conditions of Contract for Underground Works, known as the Emerald Book. This contract, produced in collaboration with the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, was released on 7 May 2019.16
An Overview of the Leading FIDIC Contracts: Red, Yellow and Silver Books
During 2019 and for the immediate future, the principal FIDIC contracts are in a state of transition. The official position is quite straightforward. The current versions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Books are the Second Editions, which were launched by FIDIC in London17 on 5 December 2017. However, the reality is that the contracts in widespread use at the time of writing are those of the 1999 Rainbow Suite, a situation which is likely to continue for some time to come.
It is therefore necessary to provide short accounts of the 1999 Red, Yellow and Silver Books, before offering an introduction to their 2017 successors...Click here to download the full 'Introduction to the FIDIC Suite of Contracts' PDF »
See also: Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts
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1 The International Federation of Consulting Engineers.
2 Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction, 1957.
3 Dr Nael Bunni, The FIDIC Forms of Contract, 3rd ed, Ch.2, Blackwell Publishing (2005).
4 2nd ed.
5 3rd ed.
6 4th ed, as reprinted in 1988 and 1992 with editorial amendments.
7 Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build for Electrical and Mechanical Plant, and for Building and Engineering Works, Designed by the Contractor.
10 Conditions of Contract for Design-Build and Turnkey, 1995.
11 As stated below, the Green Book, FIDIC's short form of contract, also has a claim to be considered as part of the Rainbow Suite, as it was issued in 1999.
12 FIDIC, 'World Bank signs five-year agreement to use FIDIC standard contracts', http://fidic.org/world-bank-signs-five-year-agreement-use-fidic-standard-contracts, accessed 25 July 2019.
13 These are the 2017 Red Book, 2017 Yellow Book, 2017 Silver Book, 2017 White Book, 2008 Gold Book and 1999 Green Book.
14 FIDIC, 'Inter-American Development Bank signs five-year agreement to use FIDIC standard contracts', http://fidic.org/node/22327, accessed 25 July 2019.
15 A similar agreement has been reached with the Caribbean Development Bank in July 2019: FIDIC, 'Caribbean Development Bank signs five-year agreement to use FIDIC standard contracts', http://fidic.org/node/23548, accessed 25 July 2019. On 18 July 2019, FIDIC also entered into a memorandum of understanding with the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) to improve collaboration between international and Chinese businesses, facilitate skills and knowledge transfer and increase the understanding and use of FIDIC contracts: FIDIC, 'FIDIC signs ground-breaking collaboration agreement with China International Contractors Association', http://fidic.org/node/23602, accessed 25 July 2019.
16 See further details below.
17 At the 30th FIDIC Users Conference.


A former army comrade of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dipping his toe into the political world, albeit at the other end of the spectrum.
Amos Danieli, 70, who fought alongside Netanyahu and even saved his life in a 1969 operation, established a new Arab-Jewish party named Lema'anenu (For Our Sakes)—and offers a very different vision to that of his former brother-in-arms.
"It seems that the conditions are ripe for creating a strong society based on the values of equality and social solidarity," says Danieli.
Danieli served in the elite commando unit Sayeret Matkal, alongside such IDF luminaries as Ehud Barak, Uzi Dayan, Yoni Netanyahu and his brother Benjamin.
Among members of the new party are Wallid Dia, a social worker from Tamra who set up a drug rehabilitation center for Jews and Arabs, and former head of the northern local council of Eilabun, Jaris Matar.
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This painting on paper depicts a group of men sharing a meal as they huddle over a pot of food. Each figure holds a bright white bowl, rendered with the white negative space of the paper. Like most of this artist's work, the image captures an intimate moment of a friend, family member, or acquaintance in the Dominican Republic.
This painting on paper depicts a group of men sharing a meal as they huddle over a pot of food. Each figure holds a bright white bowl, rendered with the white negative space of the paper. Aside from these containers, the entire surface of the artwork is rendered with fast, slashing brushstrokes. Like most of the artist's work, the image captures an intimate moment of a friend, family member, or acquaintance in the Dominican Republic.
The artist's new series of paintings on paper explores his identity as an immigrant artist from the Caribbean via images of his immediate family and various communities. His emotional investment in these subjects drives his work as he examines his own complex experience.
Raelis Vasquez makes paintings that are inextricably tied to the cultural tapestry of the Dominican Republic. Working from snapshots, he reveals an intimacy in his subjects that warmly draws viewers into his figurative narratives. Vasquez primarily paints quieter moments, which he brings to life through vibrant colors and energetic brushstrokes.
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Raelis Vasquez makes paintings that are inextricably tied to the cultural tapestry of the Dominican Republic. Working from photographs, the artist reveals an intimacy in his subjects that warmly draws viewers into his figurative narratives. Vasquez primarily paints quieter moments, which he brings to life through vibrant colors and energetic brush marks. He often depicts his immediate family as well as his various communities, creating a self-reflective and explorative practice of his identity as an immigrant artist from the Caribbean. Vasquez's emotional investment in these subjects drives his work as he explores the layered and complex experience of immigration through family and societal life.
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This painting on paper depicts a group of men sharing a meal as they huddle over a pot of food. Each figure holds a bright white bowl, rendered with the white negative space of the paper. Like most of this artist's work, the image captures an intimate moment of a friend, family member, or acquaintance in the Dominican Republic.More
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Го́рно-Алта́йский ботани́ческий са́д, или Чистый луг — научно-исследовательское учреждение, алтайский филиал Центрального сибирского ботанического сада Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук.

Сад находится рядом с селом Камлак в Шебалинском районе Республики Алтай, в 77 км от Горно-Алтайска. Урочище «Шишкулар-Катаил — Чистый луг», на территории которого размещён ботанический сад, имеет статус памятника природы Республики Алтай.

История
Сад был основан в 1994 году.

В 2009 году коллекция филиала насчитывала более 1500 видов, форм и сортов растений из разных регионов Горного Алтая, а также Дальнего Востока и других регионов.

Туризм
Ботанический сад активно посещается туристами. Вход в ботанический сад и фотосъёмка платные. На территории можно приобрести семена и саженцы растений, попить фиточай. Проводятся фестивали.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Сайт Горно-Алтайского ботанического сада
 Информация с сайта администрации МО «Шебалинский район»
 Статья на сайте turistka.ru

Ботанические сады России
Охраняемые природные территории Республики Алтай
Сибирское отделение РАН
Шебалинский район


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Home » Soccer » Tottenham fans seek answers from club on direction after Conte alarm bells
Tottenham fans seek answers from club on direction after Conte alarm bells
The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust has written to the club demanding answers after Antonio Conte raised alarm bells with his media comments.
Spurs have had an inconsistent season so far which has been below expectations, despite sitting fifth in the Premier League table. Conte has repeatedly tried to play down their chances of competing at the summit and is yet to sign a new deal past the summer.
Discontent has risen with fans calling for chairman Daniel Levy's head during their 4-0 win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday (January 4). And the supporters' trust has now submitted a letter with their concerns.
READ MORE: Jamie O'Hara says 'Spurs have been on the phone' after slamming current regime
They asked: "1) Will the club share its medium and long-term strategy for success, both on and off the pitch? How is the club measuring progress and how does it judge current outcomes against those expectations.
"2) The manager employed by the club has not signed a new contract and tells us we should lower our expectations about on-field outcomes. He has said publicly that the club needs to spend big money every window just to compete. How does this align with the Board's philosophy for achieving success?
"3) Are you satisfied with player recruitment in recent transfer windows and with the performance of the youth teams and development and supply of younger players through to the first team? Are there any plans to improve this?
Tottenham fans – what would you ask your club if you could? Let us know in the comments section.
"4) Does the club have a plan for further investment to ensure the club remains competitive on the pitch in the face of substantial additional investment by other Premier League clubs. Is the club closer to securing a [stadium] naming rights provider? Is there plans from further investment from ENIC or other potential investors or buyers?"
Since arriving in north London Conte has pushed for move investment, with owners ENIC injecting £150million into the club last summer. He still believes they're in need of several signings in future windows.
The Italian was quizzed about the chants towards Levy after the Palace match, telling reporters: "Honestly, I didn't hear this, but it's important to stay together.
"In my life, my family also taught me that the truth is always the best solution, even if this is a bad truth. In this moment we are trying together to create a base.
"I understand that fans want to win, to lift trophies, to be competitive. I understand that very well, but to take this step, you need now to create a base, to have patience and I can't tell you something different or I'll have to tell you good lies and I don't like to tell good lies."
'Boehly thinks it's baseball' as Chelsea sign star on seven-and-a-half year deal
Cristiano Ronaldo left astounded and faces humiliating wait for Al-Nassr debut
League Two club 'offered defender a bonus per header as part of proposed contract'
The world looked very different the last time Carson made a Premier League start
Ben Godfrey's journey to Everton shaped by season at Shrewsbury
Ousmane Dembele has run out of chances at Barcelona, believes Rivaldo
Arsenal get Kaoru Mitoma transfer advice as fans demand Mudryk Plan B
Antonio Conte explains why he's against loaning out Tottenham's young players


Pana la aceasta data nu am obiectii.
They have a great company culture (the 4H-happy, humble, honest, hungry), great benefits, people are very friendly and eager to help in need, a great work/life balance, flexible schedules (as long as you get your work completed), work remotely.
Work culture allows for innovation and grow yourself both professionally and personally.
Management willing to listen and implement new ideas.
In one month at Intelligent Bee i have learnt more that in 6 months in my previous workplace.
The company is always trying to improve and continue to grow.
The Manager and the team leaders really empower you to learn and take charge of what you want to do. There are opportunities for you to take projects and be involved in the area of your interest.
Un mediu de lucru favorabil dezvoltarii profesionale si personale!
La Intelligent Bee am gasit un mediu de lucru prietenos si un interes continuu pentru bunastarea angajatilor. Se ofera oportunitati de evolutie atunci cand se ivesc; se investeste in oameni se se pune accent atat pe respect cat si pe bunul simt.
In cadrul beneficiilor se numara: pachet salarial atractiv, tichete de masa, tembuilding-uri, petreceri tematice si seri de jocuri/filme pentru angajati.


The Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies have increased immigrants' vulnerability to swift deportation, making the ability to access safeguard more important than ever. The Board of Immigration Appeals, the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws, has refused to disclose critical information about how it implements life-saving mechanisms that would allow these individuals to seek reopening or reconsidering of their immigration cases, and prevent the irreparable harms that can result from deportation.
In response, the American Immigration Council and the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law filed a lawsuit yesterday in federal court to compel the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Department of Justice to release policies, practices, and data that disclose how the BIA interprets mechanisms to reopen or reconsider immigration cases, and legal actions to temporarily prevent deportation of vulnerable individuals.
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, challenges the BIA's failure to disclose information—in response to two Freedom of Information Act requests submitted in July and November 2018— about its policies and practices regarding requests to halt removal while an individual seeks review of an unlawful deportation order. The suit asks the court to produce documents that will provide the public with information on requests to prevent unlawful or unjust deportations, including statistical information on these decisions and guidance on the standards for deciding such requests.
Since the Trump administration took office in 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up arrests, detention, and quick deportation of people residing in vulnerable immigrant communities. Many targeted individuals have lived in the United States for years with the federal government's permission.
In many cases, these individuals are now afraid to return to their country of origin because of changed circumstances there and hope to reopen their immigration cases to seek protection from persecution. In other cases, individuals can now show that their underlying deportation order was invalid or that they merit some other form of relief. While immigration law provides mechanisms for reopening and reconsidering cases and preventing the irreparable harms that can result from deportation, current EOIR practices often render these protections ineffective and result in unjust deportation of individuals before their cases are even considered by the immigration courts. Many of these deported noncitizens are forced to live in hiding in fear of their lives and often lose touch with their friends, family, and advocates in the United States.
Most of us can only imagine the pain, terror and uncertainty caused when immigrant mothers seeking asylum in the United States are forcibly separated from their children. CNN has details in letters from some of the mothers who have since been reunited with their children, but who say their nightmare is not over.
The comments come from letters written by parents being held at the Dilley detention center in Texas. The Immigration Justice Campaign provided the letters to CNN as part of their pro bono project to give legal help to migrant families being held in custody.


What temps do you keep your babies at night?
Should I use peat moss only for substrate? I currently have shredded cypress mulch. What is the best?
I read that it is not a good idea to have the substrate very deep so that the baby doesn't hide all the time. Do you agree?
My baby hasn't eaten yet but I did go get some red wigglers for it today. Hopefully it will eat in the next few days.


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Rohingya crisis: Canada ready to intervene jointly with Netherlands in Gambia case
Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine on Friday shared his country's intention to intervene jointly with the Netherlands in The Gambia's case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
"We consider it our obligation to support the effort before the ICJ which is of concern to all of humanity," he said.
Benoit Préfontaine was addressing the 2nd International Conference on "The Rohingya Crisis in Comparative Perspective' hosted by the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction in collaboration with Center for Genocide Studies of Dhaka University."
While the full scope of their intervention has yet to be determined, he advised that Canada intends to pay special attention to crimes related to sexual and gender-based violence, including rape.
Canada has been a leading advocate in international fora for accountability for the Rohingya crisis since its outset in August 2017.
"Concerted cooperation and coordination with our international partners has significantly advanced international accountability processes to date," said the high commissioner.
Canada has played a key role in the passing of several resolutions before the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, and worked to establish the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.
The Canadian envoy applauded Bangladesh's efforts to support both the ICC and ICJ processes including their recent announcement of $500,000 USD to the OIC fund for The Gambia's legal team.
Canada said it continues to support the unprecedented investigation underway by the International Criminal Court to assess the crime of forced deportation, and to call for the UNSC to refer the situation to the ICC.
While noting that more than three years have now passed since the events of August 2017, the high commissioner assured Bangladesh that Canada is continuing to put pressure on Myanmar to meaningfully address the atrocities committed against the Rohingya, and called on Myanmar to implement the provisional measures to prevent all acts of genocide as per the preliminary ruling issued by the ICJ in the Gambia v. Myanmar case on 23 January 2020.
The Canadian envoy also explained that Canada's focus on accountability is not just about seeking justice for survivors, but seeking protection and rights for the Rohingya who remain in Myanmar and those who want to return.
Addressing impunity and ensuring justice in Myanmar is essential to ensuring a sustainable solution to the crisis, he said.
Source: Prothom Alo
'Facebook allowing Myanmar military to recruit for and fund genocide'
By UNB After Facebook suspended
By Sajjad Ashraf, Gulf News Resettlement


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Q: Implement Load More button in Next JS I am using SWR package with Next JS. I am able to get the data using these and able to display that data in the table.
But now I want to show the load more type of pagination on the page of the listing. here below is my code:
Locations component:
import useSWR, { useSWRPages } from 'swr'
import axios from 'axios'
import { useState } from 'react'
//... other dependencies import

export default function Locations({...props}) {

    const [loading,setLoading] = useState(true)
    const [dataCount, setDataCount] = useState(3);
     const [pageIndex, setPageIndex] = useState(1)

    const locationsFetcher = async() => {
        let response = await axios( process.env.url + '?page=${pageIndex}&limit=${dataCount}', headers:{})
        setLoading(false)
        let data = await response.data.results
        return data;
    }

    const {data, error} = useSWR('locations', locationsFetcher,{
        onErrorRetry: (error, key, config, revalidate, { retryCount }) => {
            if (error.status === 404) return
            if (retryCount >= 10) return

            setTimeout(() => revalidate({ retryCount }), 5000)
        }
    })

    const loadMore = () => {
        console.log("count " + dataCount +  " pageIndex " + pageIndex)
        setDataCount(dataCount + 3)
        setPageIndex(pageIndex + 1)
    }

    return (
        <>

                {error &&

Error in Loading Data.

}
                {(loading) ?

Loading ...

 :
                (data && data.length > 0) ? (data.map((location, index) => (

                        {location.name}
                         ...

                        {location.phone}

                ))) : (
<NoDataFound  />
)}

                    <button onClick={() => loadMore()}>
                        Expande Table
                    </button>

        </>

}

I am able to see the updated state value of the page and limit in the console log but unable to call API and display updated data on the listing.

A: As per https://swr.vercel.app/docs/pagination
You need to have the url as the first param in useSWR and you should also use ` instead of '.
const {data, error} = useSWR(process.env.url + `?page=${pageIndex}&limit=${dataCount}`, locationsFetcher,{
    onErrorRetry: (error, key, config, revalidate, { retryCount }) => {
        if (error.status === 404) return
        if (retryCount >= 10) return

        setTimeout(() => revalidate({ retryCount }), 5000)
    }
})

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Mongabay Series: Conservation in Madagascar
In Madagascar's dry forests, COVID-19 sparks an intense, early fire season
by Malavika Vyawahare on 25 June 2020
Though Madagascar officially has just under 1,800 reported infections and 16 deaths from COVID-19, the pandemic's socioeconomic effects will be catastrophic for the country, the U.N. has warned.
One tangible impact has been the fire season, which has started early and is likely to be fiercer this year as rural residents deprived of tourism revenue, employment opportunities and access to food markets turn to the forest to survive.
The environment ministry registered 52,000 forest fire incidents from January until the start of June, with the western flank of the country, which hosts its unique dry forests, being the worst-affected.
A reduction in NGOs' and state agencies' field activities has made forest patrols more challenging and affected the critical task of creating fire breaks.
The barbed terrain forged by the tsingy topography in western Madagascar has, for millions of years, sheltered the dry forests that grow between the limestone spires. This year, even before the fire season is upon the island nation, blazes are burning inside Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, which encases this geomorphological wonderland.
Usually, the fires, lit to clear cropland and create pasture, begin in June and peak in October, before the start of the rainy season. This year is anything but usual, with the fires burning earlier and more intensely, a ripple effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A fat-tailed lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) that is found in the dry forests of western Madagascar. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
A coquerel's giant mouse lemur (Mirza coquereli). Image by Bernard Dupont/Wikimedia Commons.
A red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur rufus). Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
A pale fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens). Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
A Von der Decken's sifaka (Propithecus deckenii). Image by François Guerraz.
A Peters' mouse lemur (Microcebus myoxinus). Image courtesy: Bikeadventure/ Wikimedia Commons
An aye aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis). Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
An eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus). They are also found in Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park on the western coast. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
In May 2019, the environment ministry recorded a total of 19,784 fire points, but this May the number was up to 32,565. Of these, 2,752 were inside forested areas, compared to 1,890 last year.
"We detected more fire points than last year, surrounding Bemaraha in particular, and in the [protected area] network globally," said Mamy Rakotoarijaona, director-general of Madagascar National Parks. This quasi-governmental agency manages Tsingy de Bemahara and 42 other protected areas. Foreign and domestic NGOs and local communities help manage Madagascar's 144 protected areas.
"Our preliminary results show clearly that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the protected areas in Madagascar and the human pressures have increased," said Johanna Eklund, a researcher at the Digital Geography Lab of the University of Helsinki. "It is clear that the protected areas in the Western dry forests of Madagascar are the most affected so far."
The country reported its first COVID-19 case on March 20 and announced a series of measures soon after that severely restricted movement of people and goods. Though Madagascar has an official COVID-19 tally of just under 1,800 infections and 16 deaths, the pandemic's socioeconomic effects will be catastrophic for the country, the U.N. has warned.
Eklund led a team that analyzed NASA satellite data on active fires, focusing on the protected areas and comparing data from 2019 and 2020. According to the analysis, there was an 81% increase in fire incidents inside protected areas between March 1 and May 17 this year compared to the same period last year. Those results have yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Of the 113 protected areas the group examined, 29 showed increased fire activity compared to the previous year, and nine were heavily impacted, including Tsingy de Bemaraha.
Map of Madagascar and the terrestrial protected areas. Graduated colours show the difference in fires this year compared to the corresponding period in 2019 (March 1- May 17). The interactive version can be found here. Map courtesy: Digital Geography Lab, University of Helsinki.
This appears consistent with figures from Madagascar's environment ministry. The ministry registered 52,000 forest fire incidents nationwide from January through to the start of June. A ministry official said the Melaky region, where Tsingy de Bemaraha is located, reported one of the highest numbers of fire points this year. The entire western flank of the island is heavily impacted, with the most fires being reported from the Menabe, Atsimo Andrefana, Betsiboka, Melaky, Sofia, Amoron'I Mania, and Bongolava regions.
Protected areas that attract substantial numbers of foreign tourists felt the immediate impacts of the embargo on international travel. As economic hardship intensifies in this already extremely impoverished country, the threats to protected areas will only multiply, experts say. In the south, a drought is pushing people deeper into destitution and hunger is taking hold, amplifying the risk that people will turn to forests to survive.
The situation is worrying across the protected area network, according to the Forum des Professionnels de la Gestion des Aires Protégées Terrestres de Madagascar, or Forum LAFA, which surveyed 60 protected-area managers. In the weeks after lockdown measures came into force, all kinds of illegal activities increased, from fires to logging to artisanal mining, according to anecdotal evidence from the managers. However, the magnitude and severity of the increase have not been measured, the group, a collaboration between the environment ministry, the German Agency for International Cooperation, and NGOs, said in a report.
An antsingy leaf chameleon (Brookesia perarmata), which is endemic to Bemaraha National Park. Image courtesy: Bernard Dupont/Wikimedia Commons.
Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park is one of the most popular among tourists. The tsingy are crafted from limestone deposited in a lake 200 million years ago. Tectonic activity lifted the lakebed, and falling sea levels during the Ice Age exposed it to the elements. Over millions of years, rain and groundwater sculpted the massive limestone labyrinth, a unique ecosystem brimming with endemic life-forms. The park spans 1,577 square kilometers (609 square miles). To the west lie dry forests interspersed in the tsingy, and to the east lie secondary grasslands.
Fires are an annual phenomenon here, especially on the edges of the park. "The dramatic increase of fires in Tsingy de Bemaraha could well be related to the loss of tourism revenue, meaning that people now have to rely on the land instead," Eklund said.
Further south along the coast from Bemaraha, the Menabe Antimena Protected Area, home to the famous Alley of Baobabs, faces a bleak future. The forests here have already been devastated by yearly fires and clearing of woodland to grow cash crops.
"During the first week of lockdown, people knew that the government is busy fighting the health crisis and will have limited action on forest patrol, and the number of wildfires increased abnormally," said Tiana Andriamanana, executive director of the local NGO Fanamby, which manages the protected area.
Fire damage in Menabe Antimena protected area. Image courtesy: Dezy
Even areas that are not heavily dependent on tourism have seen a rise in such incidents. In the Bongolava protected area in the northwest, which hosts fragments of dry deciduous forest, the number of fire incidents more than doubled from 53 in December last year to 123 in May, according to the LAFA report, which is higher than the historical average for May for Bongolava. Some of these fires scorched the core of the protected area.
The reduction in NGOs' and state agencies' field activities means the critical task of creating fire breaks has taken a hit. "In some of our sites, we establish and maintain fire breaks, an activity usually done in groups," said Pete Lowry, director of the Madagascar program at the Missouri Botanical Garden, which manages 11 protected areas in Madagascar. Such activities were put on hold during the shutdown imposed to tackle the public health emergency. "The forest service and other government services are often no longer active and responsive, focusing primarily on the COVID situation," Lowry said.
It was particularly difficult when the restrictions first took hold but remains challenging even as the government has eased them. COVID-19 cases in Madagascar have seen an uptick in recent weeks, sparking fears that the outbreak is not under control and adding to the uncertainty about when the country will fully reopen.
The limited presence of state agents in the field makes it harder for locals who patrol these areas and are compelled to take on some law enforcement functions, often at considerable risk to themselves. Outreach and awareness activities have also suffered during the past three months. Some of these forest patrollers face threats from community members who view them as imposing unjust laws. There is concern that local groups that patrol protected areas may be disbanded as pressure from within their communities grows.
(Banner Image: A view of the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park. Image Courtesy: Zigomar/ Wikimedia Commons)
Reporting contributed by Mickah Raharisoa from Antananarivo.
Malavika Vyawahare is a staff writer for Mongabay. Find her on Twitter: @MalavikaVy
Article published by Malavikavyawahare
Biodiversity Hotspots, COVID-19, Critically Endangered Species, Dry Forests, Fires, Forest Fires, Lemurs, Protected Areas, Sub-saharan Africa, wildfires


environment degradation | A Precarious Independence….
Just as 2014 was coming to an end, film director Jia Zhangke's Shanxi home "city" of Lüliang 吕梁 was again in the headlines for massive violation of mine safety standards and operating countless small collieries without proper licensing or inspection. (New York Times, Dec. 28. 2014). The scale of the arrests and investigations seems to be unprecedented, but the publicity and fines and even imprisonments are nothing new. Nor will the "clean sweep" end the inspection misdemeanors and the litany of explosions and floods that has dogged the private, small-scale mines of the sub-region since the 1980s.
Not surprisingly, given Jia's commitment to merging film and rapportage – or seeming rapportage, his first major film, "Platform" (2004) opens with a kind of mini-take on a coal mine disaster story presumably unfolding just as the film was being scripted.
Characteristically, the place and scale of the disaster, even how it occurred, are left murky at best. All that is clear is that there has been some kind of tunnel collapse and that a number (how many is not stated) of villagers working in the pit have been killed: the seemingly farcical county (xian) song-and-dance troupe's performance of a skit enacting the excitement of elder peasants on a train to visit Mao's home town of Shaoshan is in fact part of a "consolation" theatrical (weiwen yanchu) of the sort that troupes of its ilk were originally constituted to perform. That the audience of fellow-villagers seems more interested in gossip than ceremony or even grief suggests that they have seen far too many of these ceremonies to be deeply shaken.
Or is it just cynicism? Just barely within the lens covering the "choo-choo" dance one espies a(nother) thumbprint of early Deng Xiaoping era de-collectivization/privatisation hoopla cross-commenting on the village or township mine accident: a giant "plan" (guihuatu) of the "new" village that the mine's prosperity (and tax yield) will pay for in some form or another. From the naked prominence of that ambitious blueprint for the future, one is probably to assume that the mine will continue to operate.
So the veneer of cheerfulness and even rowdiness – reinforced by the absurdity of the performance itself (featuring teenagers as grandmoms and granddads all keyed up about a visit to the dead Chairman's hill-country home) – becomes a kind of defense against any degree of political optimism.
(This post moves on from the previous…..).
The Inner Mongolian coal boom has turned into a gut-searing contraction, though one that may augur well for improving the environmental profile for the "steam coal" (for conversion to electric power) industry in N and Central China. What happened?
Figures released for the 18 months from Jan. 2013 to June 2014 (the latter including forecasts for all 2014) may not have been a total surprise, but the rate of contraction was, and so remains. While output (physical basis) had grown at an astounding 27.8%/yr from 2000-2010, suddenly 2012 was a sluggish 8%, followed in 2013 by -6.4% then (as of Aug.) -9.3% on a year to date basis for the current year. If it looks like a topout, and smells like a post-crest crash, then indeed it is probably both, and not yet over, with the decline likely to continue for another year or two, as the annual number settles at perhaps 900 million MT (raw), 15 percent below peak.
The stockprice chart for Shenhua Energy – the biggest player in that mining belt (probably 50-60% of total mine output) tell us that though a levelling out was in the air from as early as end-2011, the market outlook has continued to deteriorate all through 2013, and has notably failed to reverse back up through the current calendar year.
On the other side of the coin, the "other" coal boom province – Shaanxi (神木—府谷—东胜 mining areas) – has suffered no such a rout, certainly not in terms of national production share, which has held steady at about 12.5% and output at about 450 million MT/yr (physical bulk).
The good news may be that the shift reflects a rising market advantage for superior grade steam coal as a whole, meaning less per unit mining, and less toxic pollutants (esp. sulfuric and nitric acids related) coming out of the smokestack.
Behind the rush into excessive SNG plant investment is a regional (not global or even pan-China) concern: to "clear the air" over the capital and in the "East" in general. Beijing has long been famous for a much circulated photograph (or set) of bicyclers pedalling down (or up) Chang'an Ave., on the flank of Tian'anmen Sq., each one wearing an improvized cloth face-wrap to keep dangerous dusts as much as possible from entering the lungs. And not just in Beijing, where dune-dusts from the Gobi have long been a presence, and still account in part for the problem. But practically in all of the major cities where Gobi sands do not reach: the pollution comes everywhere from the particulate exhausts of coal-fired power plants. It is moreover not just disaesthetic: the smog contains heavy doses of toxic sulphur and nitrogen gases from the same sources. Whistleblowers have recently concluded that exposure to thermo-electric coal pollution takes about 5 years from the lifespan of the "North" China urbanite, as compared with his "Southern" counterpart, because coal mining is heavily skewed toward the North, as therefore are those megasized coal-fired power plants built mainly to send power into the (long-distance) national grid, not (only) the nearby region.
To help get a handle on this problem – after too many years of ineffectuality – the Deregulators (name?) have decided on a toxic particulate emissions dispository trade off: bring down the level in Beijing and its sister high-smog centers in the 'East" (+- "Northeast"), and move that class of lung-pollution "out West":, over the horizon where maybe, because toxic emissions are still at a relatively low level (poor data to be sure) it won't be so harmful or visually depressing. And where its price in even higher NATIONAL levels of carbon emissions (the probable if not admitted outcome) will not be so easy to track, or at least "see", since the treck that far out west is not an easy one. (Rather like putting biochem warfare toxins manufacture on wheels, as Saddam Hussein was suspected of having planned).
This seems strange given the US "clean coal" and natgas lobbies – combined as SNG or CTG promoters – have from the getgo (the 80s) promoted syngas/CTG[coal-to-gas/SNG technologies (the names can be confusing) as ways of reducing all categories of pollution (toxic, smoggic, and carbon-emittic) and making relatively cheap coal into a source of clean+cheap(er) energy.


A mainstay of TTC fare payment for nearly 40 years and a regular fixture in the lives and wallets of nearly 300,000 Torontonians every month, the Metropass is coming to the end of the line. This milestone is a key part of the TTC's transition to the PRESTO fare payment system. Tickets and tokens will be discontinued by the end of 2019.
The December Metropass, featuring the Cabbagetown Neighbours Heritage Mural on Parliament St. by Poonam Sharma and Michael Cavanaugh, will be the last. It goes on sale tomorrow, Nov. 23, until Dec. 5 and is good for unlimited travel for the month of December.
The first Metropass was a paper card that required TTC photo ID to use. It went on sale on April 7, 1980 for the month of May at a cost of $26. The pass immediately proved a hit with 693,000 adult monthly passes sold from May to December 1980. In 2017, 2.4 million adult passes were sold.
Over the years, other passes were introduced for seniors, students and bulk purchasers. In 2005, the pass became transferable between customers.
Since 1980, more than 78 million Metropasses have been sold.
December Metropasses are available for purchase at collector booths and participating TTC fare agents and are $146.25 for adults and $116.75 for seniors (65+), students (13-19) and post-secondary students with valid ID.
The TTC is encouraging those who have not done so already, to switch to PRESTO before January.
Throughout December, the TTC will promote the switch to PRESTO with giveaways of a limited number of cards which customers can load with any PRESTO pass product online, at Shoppers Drug Mart or through a Fare Vending Machine at any subway station.


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News, gossip and analysis of pop culture, covering the hottest celebrities, marriages, divorces, relationships, births, deaths and celebrity scandal.
Shirley Temple, Depression Era Film Darling, Diplomat, Dies at 85
Keith Girard February 11, 2014
Shirley Temple, who delighted millions as a child actress during one of the worst periods in American history and later went on to a career as a U.S. Ambassador, died at her home Monday (Feb. 10) from natural causes. She was 85. Temple died at her home in Woodside, California, at around 11pm, surrounded by her family and caregivers, according to a family statement....
Justin Bieber Gal Pal Chantel Jeffries a Hate Magnet for Beliebers
Justin Bieber's partner in alleged crime, Chantel Jefferies, is drawing heaps of scorn, including death threats, from Justin's Belieber fans, who, well, can't believe the part-time model has become Justin's girlfriend. Bieber picked up the 21-year-old North Carolina native while he was in Florida and the two sped around town in Justin's rented Lamborghini....
Kristen Stewart: No Regrets Over Robert Pattinson Breakup (photos)
Kristen Stewart proved the lie of countless tabloid reports in a stunning new interview; she proclaimed she had "no regrets" about any of the mistakes she's made, which would include her cheating scandal with "Snow White" Director Rupert Sanders. "I stand by every mistake I've ever made, so judge away," she says. She was dating and living with Robert Pattinson at the time. ...
Woody Allen Abuse Defense: The Ice Cream Cone Made Her Do It
Keith Girard February 8, 2014
Woody Allen addresses allegations that he molested step-daughter Dylan Farrow in a Sunday New York Times opinion piece that is as lengthy as it is unconvincing in rebuttal of her letter to The Times a week ago. His credibility is not only strained by what he said, but what he didn't say in the 1,858-word article....
Philip Seymour Hoffman Final Role, His Own Tragic Funeral (photos)
Philip Seymour Hoffman's tragic death from a drug overdose was pushed aside today (Feb. 7) by grieving friends and relatives, who gathered to remember Hoffman for his life as a father, friend and fellow actor. Friends and colleagues Kate Blanchett, Amy Adams, Michelle Williams, Joaquin Phoenix and Justin Theroux all struggled to maintain their composure as they entered the church....
Will Hollywood Elite Stand, Turn Backs on Woody Allen at Oscars?
Dylan Farrow's compelling letter to The New York Times detailing the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of Woody Allen is forcing Hollywood to take sides in one of the most emotional, gut-wrenching issues it has ever faced. A whispering campaign has reportedly begun in Hollywood to urge audience members to stand and turn their backs to the stage when Allen's Oscar category is announced....
Miley Cyrus Suddenly Busting Out All Over in Topless Photos (see!)
Miley Cyrus, so coy for so long about nudity, is suddenly turning up naked around the globe. New racy photos have surfaced from her W magazine shoot and from Vogue's German edition, which featuring Miley in sensually decadent poses. Miley, 21, channels the decadent style of famed '60s photographer Helmut Newton, who was known for his stunning nude photos of celebrities....
Justin Bieber May Have Committed Multiple Felonies on Jet Flight
Justin Bieber's actions on a private, chartered jet flight from Canada to a New Jersey to attend the Super Bowl may involve multiple felonies under federal regulations, punishable by up to a $25,000 fine on each count and 20 years in prison. Just because Bieber's behavior occurred on a private jet doesn't put him outside the law's reach. Private chartered aircraft are covered by the the same federal safety regulations as commercial aircraft, ...
Harry Styles a Breast Man? Drops Kendall Jenner for Busty Gal Pal
Harry Styles appears to have moved on from his sketchy relationship with the Kardashian clan's, Kendall Jenner, in favor of a bustier gal pal, identified as Haley Grialdo, daughter of '80s rocker Pat Benatar. To her credit, Jenner, 18, may have refused to put out for the One Direction boybander. Jenner seemed out of character compared with the women Harry usually chases....
Selena Gomez Rehab Stint May Have Been for Sex Addiction
Selena Gomez spent two weeks last month at the Dawn at the Meadows rehab center in Arizona, a facility that is particularly noted for its sex addiction program, which may have been the reason for Selena's stay. Selena checked into the facility voluntarily in January, "but not for substance abuse," her rep said in a statement....
Taylor Swift Defends Image, Takes Bite Out of Miley Cyrus (photos!)
Taylor Swift defends her image and takes an indirect swipe at Miley Cyrus in a new interview in Glamour magazine. Swift is all about being a proper role model and keeping her clothes on. "It's not an urge I have," she said. She takes risks writing about her relationships in her songs. ...


Speaking by video at the opening of a historic conference, Oprah Winfrey says healing Milwaukee's trauma epidemic will be arduous, long and ongoing.
Oprah Winfrey, who many credit with shaping their own lives, on Wednesday described a life-changing revelation of her own.
"I understand in a more complete way that the hole in the soul, where the wound started, is where we need to focus," Winfrey said, speaking from the stadium screens inside the city's new signature sports arena.
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Winfrey's video address, coming from a woman with a well-publicized background of childhood adversity of her own, was a highlight of Wednesday night's program, which was devoted to "Race and Trauma." The evening featured a panel of experts discussing "historical trauma" — specifically the legacy of American slavery, one of history's most extreme examples of collective traumatization.
"It's a conversation that can make us nervous because it speaks of 400 years of pain and injury," said Jermaine Reed, a prominent radio talk show host on WNOV-AM (860) who moderated a panel discussion at the event.
The evening's larger focus was to give an emphatic kickoff to a conference that is both a culmination and a beginning.
Titled "Healing Trauma, Healthy Communities," the Wednesday-through-Friday event is bringing together more than 1,000 people motivated by public health findings over the last decade that show that neurological trauma inflicted in childhood — violence, abuse, neglect, gunfire and chronic toxic stress — often is the root cause later in life for depression and mental illness, unemployment and poverty, addiction and incarceration, homelessness and suicide.
The conference is both a culmination of meetings that have laid the groundwork for how to apply that body of work in a high-trauma, high-poverty metropolis. It's also the beginning of taking those efforts to the next level.
Six of the nation's most prominent trauma researchers and clinicians will give keynotes, and dozens of trauma-care practitioners will give workshops through Friday.
The first-of-its-kind conference was organized by a non-governmental consortium called Scaling Wellness in Milwaukee, known as SWIM. The collective includes social service workers, therapists, addiction counselors, university researchers, leaders of nonprofits, criminal justice authorities and health care representatives.
SWIM aims to explore whether there are strategic new ways to redeploy the region's existing stable of clinics, counselors, healers and the small but growing number of trauma-responsive employment agencies and job training programs. That's no small feat in Milwaukee, where agencies and nonprofits operate in silos.
Nor is healing work ever easy or simple, Winfrey cautioned in her address.
Bruce Perry, an internationally recognized psychiatrist and neuroscience researcher, used his turn at the podium to speak about race, trauma and the psychological effects of poverty that make it all worse.
Emotional neglect from overwhelmed caregivers or depressed parents too often is the starting point in life, which deprives the developing child of the "connectedness" and relationships that become the best means to calm the stress response system and develop resilience.
"If you are an overwhelmed single parent with multiple kids, this is what's going to happen," Perry told the crowd, which covered the entire floor of the new arena. "The ability to be present, attentive and attuned will be compromised."
The empathy, compassion and community that are learned at a young age from attentive caregivers are shattered in environments of isolation and segregation, Perry said.
Then comes the nonverbal signals and microaggressions of growing up black, "which create a stress response and lead to an accumulation of stressors that is just as bad if not worse than capital-T traumas," such as a shooting or natural disaster.
Winfrey grew up in Milwaukee. And over the past year, she has made no secret that her "60 Minutes" documentary, which was filmed in Milwaukee, "was life-changing for me" and also changed how she will direct her future philanthropic efforts. "Of all the stories I've ever done in my life, and all the experiences I've ever had, and the people I've interviewed, this story has had more impact on me than practically anything I've ever done," she said in March.
The "60 Minutes" segment was inspired by a five-part 2017 Journal Sentinel series, "A Time to Heal," which documented the epidemic of civilian trauma in the urban center of Milwaukee, one of the nation's most impoverished cities. A follow-up two-part package used the same metrics of economics and trauma to show that the underclass in rural Wisconsin suffers with the same dysfunctional demographic profile as the urban underclass.
Like the Journal Sentinel, Winfrey concluded that standard solutions — job training programs, educational efforts — will never address a problem that's fundamentally neurological.
In her Wednesday night comments, Winfrey singled out one of the central SWIM participants, the SaintA social agency, which focuses on foster care and mental health. SaintA has been a pioneer in trauma-focused social work.


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Leading the Way: Kim Chenevy is the new president of the Emory alumni Board.
Kim Chenevey 02OX 04B, vice president and financial adviser with global investment banking and asset management firm William Blair, took over as president of the Emory Alumni Board (EAB) on September 1.
An Atlanta resident, Chenevey joined the EAB in 2011 and served as chair of the Miller-Ward Alumni House Committee. She also has served on the Oxford College Alumni Board and is an active volunteer with the Alumni Admission Network.
"I am thrilled to lead the Emory Alumni Board at the same time that Emory is poised to move into a new era. As alumni, we are bound to Emory through memories and nostalgia, but we also are deeply invested in its continued growth and success. The EAB will work this year to support Emory's new president, Claire Sterk, and the initiatives that she is spearheading," Chenevey says.
"In addition to strengthening connections between campus and the community, we also will work to advance campus entrepreneurship endeavors. It is a very exciting time for Emory, and I am honored to be involved," she adds.
Student Stars: Caiwei Huang, Roe Montague, and Luis Velasquez (not pictured, Amy Van Pelt).
Student leaders from across disciplines are the 2016–2017 recipients of the Emory Alumni Board Leadership Scholarship.
Roe Montague 16OX, a junior international studies and environmental science major, spearheaded a student-led initiative that resulted in the Oxford Inclusive Curriculum Initiative, a more inclusive, diverse, and sustainable academic curriculum. She was president of Oxford's Black Student Alliance and Oxford Pride and is a prison advocacy coordinator for the Roots Action Education Fund.
Amy Van Pelt 13OX 15C, a first-year MPH candidate in global health at Rollins School of Public Health, has been highly involved at Emory, devoting more than 1,260 hours of service locally and internationally in her efforts to serve vulnerable individuals in difficult situations. As a Volunteer Oxford coordinator, she helped establish a relationship between the college and an after-school program for Latino immigrants. As director of Volunteer Emory, she has led weekly trips to the Global Village Project, a local school for refugee girls. At Rollins, she is copresident of the Health Organization for Latin America, with outreach to El Refugio, a hospitality house for detainees, and tutoring of local Spanish speakers.
Caiwei Huang, a senior political science and interdisciplinary studies major, is researching the role of subnational government in decarbonizing China's energy sector as part of a Center for Study of Law, Politics, and Economics Fellowship. She is a research assistant in the Department of Political Science, a volunteer for the China Program at The Carter Center, and vice president of Emory's East Asia Collective.
Luis Velasquez is pursuing a master's degree at Candler School of Theology. A native of El Salvador, his experience as an immigrant helped convince him "that theological education is vital for migrant communities because their faith is what helps them thrive in the midst of insecurity and fear." He teaches ESL programs, classes on computer basics and GED, and Sunday school at two local churches, and he is active in the Mi Familia Center in Canton, a nonprofit organization serving migrant families.
Meet and Greet: Emory President Claire E. Sterk (above, center) and her husband, Professor Kirk Elifson (far right), greet Emory community members at a campus welcome event. Sterk is traveling around the country beginning this fall to meet University alumni and talk with them about Emory's future.
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The Emory Entrepreneurs Network (EEN), a career affinity group of the Emory Alumni Association, hosts monthly networking breakfasts with special guest speakers. Christy Ware 16B works in hybrid cloud solutions and integration software for an industry leader.
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