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Non-invasive prenatal testing: ethical issues
Section 6 of 6
Introduction to NIPT
Chapter 1 NIPT in NHS screening for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes
Chapter 2 NIPT for rare genetic conditions in the NHS
Chapter 3 NIPT in the private sector
Chapter 4 Ethical values
Chapter 5 Conclusions and recommendations
Non-invasive prenatal testing >
NIPT for significant medical conditions and impairments
Women and couples should be able to access NIPT to enable them to find out at an early stage of pregnancy, if they wish, whether their fetus has a significant medical condition or impairment that manifests at birth or in childhood. This information can be clinically useful and enable women and couples to have meaningful reproductive choice. However, we believe that it should only be available within an environment that enables women and couples to make informed choices, and where steps are taken to minimise potential harms.
The Government has a duty to provide disabled people with high quality specialist health and social care and to tackle discrimination, exclusion and negative societal attitudes experienced by disabled people. This is important for offsetting the potential harms posed by the use of NIPT for significant medical conditions or impairments to disabled people and their families. Women and couples will be better able to make genuine choices about their pregnancies if all disabled children are actively welcomed into the world and valued as the equals of those without disabilities.
NIPT should only be offered if it provides an accurate prediction of whether a fetus has the condition or impairment that is being tested for. Private providers should stop offering NIPT for conditions where test performance is poor or unknown, such as NIPT for some microdeletions.
We support the introduction of NIPT for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes in the NHS for women who have been found to have at least a 1 in 150 chance of having a fetus with one of these conditions. Given the higher rate of false positives when NIPT is used in the general population of pregnant women and the significant failure rate of NIPT, we believe offering it to women only in the higher chance category is a proportionate approach.
All providers of NIPT for significant medical conditions or impairments have a responsibility to provide high quality information and support. NIPT should only be offered in a healthcare setting by health care professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to support women and couples to make informed choices. High quality education and training must be compulsory for all health and social care professionals involved in NHS prenatal screening. Accurate, balanced and non-directive information should be readily available to women and couples in accessible written and multimedia formats. This information and training should be developed with the support of those with genetic conditions or their families.
To ensure NHS patients receive the information and support they need to make decisions relating to NIPT for rare genetic conditions, it will be important for the NHS to ensure it has sufficient genetic counselling resources.
As the only prenatal testing support organisation to which the NHS directs pregnant women, it is important that Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) provides balanced, non-directive and impartial advice to parents, and balanced information via training to health professionals.
A number of private providers of NIPT in the UK are currently not meeting their obligations to offer good quality information and support to pregnant women and couples. We suggest that providers in the private sector should be encouraged to seek certification from recognised information quality schemes, such as NHS England's Health Information Standard, to help women and couples know that their information has been quality checked.
The Committee on Advertising Practice should pay closer attention to the advertising practices of NIPT manufacturers and providers to ensure that they are not misleading, harmful or offensive.
Private hospitals and clinics should only offer NIPT as part of a package of care that should include, at a minimum, counselling before and after testing and follow-up diagnostic testing where this is required.
NIPT should not be available on a direct-to-consumer basis unless it is offered as part of this package.
NIPT for other conditions and variations
In the future, NIPT may open up possibilities for testing fetuses for a much wider range of genetic conditions and variations than is currently possible at an early stage of pregnancy. It is important for policy makers to be prepared and consider the potential consequences of these developments.
Having weighed up the potential benefits and harms, and the wider societal consequences, we believe that NIPT should not generally be used:
to test whether a fetus has a less significant medical condition or impairment;
to test a fetus for a condition that will not affect the future person until adulthood; or
to find out whether the fetus is a carrier of a gene for a medical condition or impairment; or
to reveal non-medical features such as sex.
Although some women and couples might like to have this information, we believe that in most cases it would not be medically useful and would undermine the capability of the future person to make their own choices about accessing their genetic information. An exception might be posed by women and couples with a family history of an extremely serious adult-onset condition, such as Huntington's disease, who want to find out if their fetus will develop the condition, if there is no treatment available and if termination of pregnancy is an option.
The ability of NIPT to reveal the sex of the fetus at a much earlier stage increases the risk that terminations on the basis of sex could take place. The Working Group believes this will in most cases be based on discriminatory attitudes. If NIPT for sex determination continues to be available in the UK, there is a real possibility that sex selective terminations may be encouraged within the UK, both among UK residents or through 'sex selection tourism'. We recommend that NIPT providers should not offer sex determination of fetuses.
Our reasons for recommending that NIPT normally should not be used for less significant medical conditions or impairments, adult onset conditions, carrier status or non-medical features also apply to whole genome sequencing, which would reveal this information and more – much of which would be difficult to interpret. The prospect of whole genome sequences of fetuses being generated and stored raises additional concerns relating to the rights of the future person, given that information we are not currently able to interpret may be analysed and understood in future. We recommend that the use of NIPT for whole genome sequencing of fetuses should not be offered outside research environments, and that the Government should consider establishing a moratorium with NIPT manufacturers on the use of NIPT for whole genome sequencing.
There may be rare exceptions when it is appropriate to use NIPT for whole genome sequencing, for example to assist in obtaining a diagnosis when it is suspected that a fetus has a serious medical condition or impairment but the cause is unknown
Guidance for practitioners
There is currently no professional guidance on NIPT in the UK healthcare context. We recommend that the relevant Royal Colleges and other professional bodies work together to produce guidance for health and social care professionals on the availability and provision of NIPT.
We further recommend that the guidelines of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly should be renamed immediately to make it clear that they also cover continuation of pregnancy after an anomaly has been diagnosed in the fetus and that this section is significantly expanded, or additional guidelines created. For example, it should be emphasised that where there is a high chance that the fetus has a particular condition, women and couples should have access to expert advice, including from those with a first-hand knowledge of what life is like for children and adults with the condition and their families. We also recommend that NICE should produce clinical pathway guidance on continuation of pregnancy after diagnosis of fetal anomaly.
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Finrick watched Elliott descend the stairs and looked up to the floor above he spoke to himself quietly. "All right Finrick, you have to do some work here too. Your hands are sweaty and feet are tired. But you have trained for these moments. You are strong, you are smart, and Damn it people like you!" He begins to walk up the stairs with his rapier in hand ready to fight. As Elliott reaches the bottom of the stairs he senses two medium sized creatures on both sides of him, they slowly move closer making no audible sound as they move.
"Hey, stay close. We don't know what's in here. Finrick?"
If Finrick does follow him downstairs, Elliot whispers, "We're not alone," and takes his stances against the advancing creatures and prepares a strike of perfect clarity.
If Finrick doesn't follow him downstairs, Elliott hurries after him upstairs. He wasn't about to lose his charge after they'd already arrived. If there was one thing he was afraid of that wasn't the temple guardian, it was failure. The contract wasn't fulfilled until Finrick was safe back at the guild, and Elliott wasn't about to fail his first contract as an Undying Mercenary. He could let a few rookies tarnish his name, because it wasn't anything he couldn't fix with a quick arena fight. But if HE failed his contract and the Black Dogs found out... He'd need Layla's help wiping the minds of every person in Cormyr who knew. Would she? "FINRICK!" Elliott hurried up the stairs as fast as he could.
Schrodinger's Elliott continues existing at the top and bottom of the stairs at the same time.


LAVAUR, July 13, 2011 (Bicycling.com/AFP) - British sprint king Mark Cavendish made amends for defeat by German rival Andre Greipel by notching up his 18th career victory in the Tour de France in the race's 11th stage on Wednesday. Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar, retained the yellow jersey after the 167.5km stage from Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur, which ended in a group sprint after an early breakaway was caught 4km from the finish.
Voeckler finished the stage with all the yellow jersey favourites to retain his lead of 1min 49sec on Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez of Rabobank. The biggest yellow jersey contenders, Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador, sit in third, fifth and 16th places respectively at 2:26, 2:37 and 4:07 behind Voeckler.
Despite a late burst of rain hindering the peloton's bid to catch a six-man breakaway that escaped inside the first 10km, Cavendish's HTC-Highroad were determined not to let the stage win slip away. With Cavendish tipped for the win, they were given only scant help in the chase by rival sprinters' teams but in the end he was brought to the line in determined fashion by Australian lead-out man Mark Renshaw.
In a tense finale Greipel tried to get back on to Cavendish's wheel to launch a final burst, but as the German reached top-end speed Cavendish surged over the line to win by over a bike length. After taking possession of the green jersey for the points competition from Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert, the 26-year-old from the Isle of Man was ecstatic.
"It's incredible to have the green jersey, it's the most beautiful jersey in the world," said Cavendish, who also won stage five in Cap Frehel and stage seven in Chateauroux. I have to thank my team-mates for the work they did today, even the guys who are in the top ten overall gave it one hundred percent and that shows what a great team we are."
Cavendish had been beaten to victory in stage 10 by Greipel as the German took his maiden win in the race on Tuesday. Despite admitting the German's sprint was one of the "most technically perfect" he had seen, defeat only made him more determined.
"It was technically perfect," added Cavendish. "But at dinner last night I spoke with the team and said to them I planned to go out and win tomorrow (Wednesday). It's as simple as that."
Despite another runner-up place to Cavendish, Greipel was satisfied with his effort -- especially, he claimed, after Frenchman Romain Feillu tried to barge his lead-out man Jurgen Roelandts off the road. "There was a big problem with Feillu. He deliberately tried to put Roelandts off the road," said the German. That's why it was such a long sprint, and also dangerous. But I'm happy with my second place today."
Thursday's 12th stage is the first of three in a row in the Pyrenees and is expected to host the first skirmishes in the yellow jersey battle between Contador, Schleck and Evans. Schleck said: "I'm happy that these nervous kinds of stages are over and that we can now hit the mountains. It's a sense of relief to change to the small (chain) ring. We're in our terrain now."
Voeckler will wear the jersey at the start, but is not optimistic about keeping it after what should be a thrilling 211km of racing. "If we lose the yellow jersey tomorrow then we'll do so knowing that we gave it everything. But to be honest, I fully expect to lose it tomorrow."
Dutchman Johnny Hoogerland, who had 33 stitches in leg wounds after being hit by a car on Sunday, is wearing the King of the Mountains' polka dot jersey. Compatriot Robert Gesink, of Rabobank, is still in possession of the white jersey for the top-placed rider aged 25 and under.
2. André Greipel (GER/OLO) at 0:00.
3. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 0:00.
4. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:00.
6. Romain Feillu (FRA/VAC) 0:00.
7. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
8. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
9. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
10. William Bonnet (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
11. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
12. Gerald Ciolek (GER/QST) 0:00.
13. Anthony Delaplace (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
14. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
15. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 0:00.
16. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 0:00.
17. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
18. Mark Renshaw (AUS/HTC) 0:00.
19. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 0:00.
20. Tomas Vaitkus (LTU/AST) 0:00.
21. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 0:00.
22. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 0:00.
23. Borut Bozic (SLO/VAC) 0:00.
24. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 0:00.
25. Arnaud Coyot (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
26. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/LEO) 0:00.
28. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
29. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:00.
30. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 0:00.
31. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 0:00.
32. Fabio-Leonardo Duque (COL/COF) 0:00.
33. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
34. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
35. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 0:00.
36. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 0:00.
37. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 0:00.
38. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
39. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 0:00.
40. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 0:00.
41. Maartens Tjallingii (NED/RAB) 0:00.
42. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
43. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 0:00.
44. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:00.
45. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 0:00.
46. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 0:00.
47. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 0:00.
48. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 0:00.
49. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:00.
50. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:00.
51. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 0:00.
52. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
53. Niki Terpstra (NED/QST) 0:00.
54. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
55. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 0:00.
56. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 0:00.
57. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 0:00.
58. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
59. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
60. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 0:00.
61. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 0:00.
62. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 0:00.
63. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 0:00.
64. Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
65. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
66. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 0:00.
67. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 0:00.
68. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 0:00.
69. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
70. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
71. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
72. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 0:00.
73. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 0:00.
74. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
75. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
76. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/EUC) 0:00.
77. Stuart O'Grady (AUS/LEO) 0:00.
78. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 0:00.
79. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
80. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 0:00.
81. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
82. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 0:00.
83. Jeremy Roy (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
84. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 0:00.
85. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 0:00.
86. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 0:00.
87. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 0:00.
88. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 0:00.
89. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
90. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 0:00.
91. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 0:00.
92. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 0:00.
93. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 0:00.
94. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 0:00.
95. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 0:00.
96. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 0:00.
97. Michael Buffaz (FRA/COF) 0:00.
98. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 0:00.
99. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 0:00.
100. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 0:00.
101. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 0:00.
102. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
103. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 0:00.
104. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
105. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 0:00.
106. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 0:00.
107. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 0:00.
108. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 0:00.
109. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 0:00.
110. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 0:00.
111. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 0:00.
112. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 0:00.
113. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 0:00.
114. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
115. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 0:00.
116. Mickael Delage (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.
117. David Loosli (SUI/LAM) 0:00.
118. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 0:00.
119. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 0:00.
120. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 0:00.
121. Steve Morabito (SUI/BMC) 0:00.
122. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 0:00.
123. Joost Posthuma (NED/LEO) 0:00.
124. Brent Bookwalter (USA/BMC) 0:00.
125. Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA/LAM) 0:00.
126. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 0:00.
127. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 0:00.
128. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 0:00.
129. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 0:00.
130. Addy Engels (NED/QST) 0:00.
131. Laurent Mangel (FRA/SAU) 0:27.
132. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 0:27.
133. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 0:30.
134. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA/SAU) 0:35.
135. Matteo Bono (ITA/LAM) 0:47.
136. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:52.
137. Lars Boom (NED/RAB) 1:10.
138. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/HTC) 1:10.
139. Lars Ytting Bak (DEN/HTC) 1:10.
140. Marcus Burghardt (GER/BMC) 1:30.
141. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 1:30.
142. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 1:30.
143. Andriy Grivko (UKR/AST) 1:41.
144. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 5:03.
145. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 5:03.
146. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 5:43.
147. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 5:43.
148. Brian Vandborg (DEN/SAX) 5:43.
149. Maciej Bodnar (POL/LIQ) 5:43.
150. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 5:43.
151. Anthony Roux (FRA/FDJ) 5:43.
152. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 5:43.
153. Thomas DE GEN (BEL/VAC) 5:43.
154. Jesus Hernandez (ESP/SAX) 5:43.
155. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/LIQ) 5:43.
156. Denys Kostyuk (UKR/LAM) 5:43.
157. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 5:43.
158. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 5:43.
159. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 5:43.
160. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 5:43.
161. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 5:43.
162. Jonathan Hivert (FRA/SAU) 5:43.
163. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 5:43.
164. Yohann Gene (FRA/EUC) 5:43.
165. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA/SAU) 5:43.
166. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 5:43.
167. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/AST) 5:43.
168. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 5:43.
169. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 5:43.
170. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 5:43.
171. Danny Pate (USA/HTC) 5:43.
172. Dmitry Muravyev (KAZ/RSH) 5:43.
173. Gert Steegmans (BEL/QST) 5:43.
174. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 5:43.
175. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 5:43.
176. Audrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 11:05.
3. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 2:26.
4. Frank Schleck (LUX/LEO) 2:29.
5. Andy Schleck (LUX/LEO) 2:37.
6. Tony Martin (GER/HTC) 2:38.
7. Peter Velits (SVK/HTC) 2:38.
8. Andreas Kloden (GER/RSH) 2:43.
9. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 2:55.
10. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 3:08.
11. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 3:36.
12. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 3:37.
13. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 3:45.
14. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 3:47.
15. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 4:01.
16. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 4:07.
17. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 4:22.
18. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 4:52.
19. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 4:53.
20. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 5:01.
21. Carlos Barredo (ESP/RAB) 5:04.
22. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 5:05.
23. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 5:07.
24. Thor Hushovd (NOR/GRM) 5:13.
25. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 5:14.
26. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA/FDJ) 5:21.
27. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 5:32.
28. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 5:32.
29. Rob Ruijgh (NED/VAC) 5:43.
30. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 5:43.
31. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 5:51.
32. Bjorn Leukemans (BEL/VAC) 6:26.
33. Jérome Coppel (FRA/SAU) 6:35.
34. Linus Gerdemann (GER/LEO) 6:40.
35. Levi Leipheimer (USA/RSH) 7:16.
36. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 7:20.
37. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 7:45.
38. Dries Devenyns (BEL/QST) 8:16.
39. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 8:45.
40. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 9:12.
41. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 9:47.
42. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 10:32.
43. Yury Trofimov (RUS/KAT) 11:22.
44. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 12:10.
45. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 13:06.
46. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 13:37.
47. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 14:41.
48. George Hincapie (USA/BMC) 14:53.
49. Jérôme Pineau (FRA/QST) 15:14.
50. Yannick Talabardon (FRA/SAU) 15:22.
51. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 15:32.
52. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/HTC) 20:19.
53. Adriano Malori (ITA/LAM) 20:53.
54. Maxime Bouet (FRA/ALM) 20:59.
55. José Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 21:06.
56. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 21:15.
57. Anthony Charteau (FRA/EUC) 21:33.
58. Kristjan Koren (SLO/LIQ) 22:02.
59. Julien El Farès (FRA/COF) 22:06.
60. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/AST) 22:20.
61. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 22:50.
62. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 22:51.
63. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 23:51.
64. Egor Silin (RUS/KAT) 24:14.
65. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 24:50.
66. Andrej Zeits (KAZ/AST) 25:13.
67. Christian Knees (GER/SKY) 25:25.
68. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) 25:26.
69. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 25:59.
70. Imanol Erviti (ESP/MOV) 26:25.
71. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 26:53.
72. Steve Morabito (SUI/BMC) 27:16.
73. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 27:30.
74. Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/MOV) 27:41.
75. Nicki Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 28:05.
76. Marco Marcato (ITA/VAC) 28:47.
77. Jens Voigt (GER/LEO) 28:59.
78. David Arroyo (ESP/MOV) 30:05.
79. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 30:07.
80. Ruben Perez Moreno (ESP/EUS) 30:41.
81. Richie Porte (AUS/SAX) 30:54.
82. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/OLO) 30:56.
83. Chris Anker Sörensen (DEN/SAX) 31:04.
84. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 31:26.
85. Sylvester Szmyd (POL/LIQ) 31:48.
86. David Loosli (SUI/LAM) 32:24.
87. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 33:05.
88. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/EUC) 33:08.
89. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 33:20.
90. Amaël Moinard (FRA/BMC) 34:17.
91. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 34:18.
92. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 34:26.
93. Alan Perez Lezaun (ESP/EUS) 35:17.
94. Sergio Paulinho (POR/RSH) 36:48.
95. William Bonnet (FRA/FDJ) 37:40.
96. Markel Irizar (ESP/RSH) 38:24.
97. Xavier Zandio (ESP/SKY) 38:26.
98. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/BMC) 38:40.
99. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/BMC) 38:51.
100. Stuart O'Grady (AUS/LEO) 39:03.
101. Alessandro Vanotti (ITA/LIQ) 39:52.
102. Tristan Valentin (FRA/COF) 40:19.
103. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 40:36.
104. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/AST) 41:01.
105. Benjamin Noval (ESP/SAX) 42:21.
106. Daniel Navarro (ESP/SAX) 43:14.
107. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 43:44.
108. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 43:56.
109. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 44:16.
110. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC) 45:42.
111. Jeremie Galland (FRA/SAU) 45:42.
112. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/LEO) 46:28.
113. Francisco Ventoso (ESP/MOV) 46:46.
114. Marcel Sieberg (GER/OLO) 47:17.
115. Sebastian Lang (GER/OLO) 47:43.
116. Ben Swift (GBR/SKY) 47:43.
117. Matthew Goss (AUS/HTC) 47:47.
118. Sébastien Minard (FRA/ALM) 48:00.
119. Romain Feillu (FRA/VAC) 48:49.
120. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/SAX) 48:50.
121. Michael Schär (SUI/BMC) 48:56.
122. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 49:01.
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149. Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 1h01:13.
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By Katherine Salant — The Washington Post
When it comes to historic preservation, every generation is dismissive of buildings from the recent past in favor of those that go further back in time.
As Rice University architectural historian Stephen Fox put it, "Each generation has its own ignorance of recent stuff."
In the early 20th century, preservationists referred to the Victorian era as "the dark ages" and eschewed its buildings for colonial and federalist-styled ones that predated them, Fox said. Twenty-five years later in the 1950s and 1960s, the preservationists deemed all things Victorian to be the "cutting edge of taste," but derided 30- to 40-year-old Art Deco-styled buildings as "too decorative." In the 1970s and '80s, this style was embraced for the same reason it was once dismissed.
For the current generation of preservationists, the style that's not worth saving is Midcentury Modern — those buildings and houses that were built from about 1945 to 1965.
Though not surprising, given the pattern of preservationists' evolving enthusiasm, there is a certain irony in this particular repudiation. The informal lifestyle that homeowners today prefer originated with this style and its most salient features are still wildly popular — an open floor plan with adjacent living, dining and kitchen areas, and large sliding glass doors that open onto adjacent decks and patios, blending indoor and outdoor living areas.
Some of the antipathy toward Midcentury Modern, which has existed since the style was first introduced, can be attributed to its very different look. Most houses of that style featured flat or nearly flat roofs, unusually large windows and a total absence of any of the traditional embellishments normally associated with houses, such as shutters.
Although the houses looked different, many of the architects who pioneered this style cleverly combined the new look with longstanding vernacular housing traditions that had evolved in response to local climate. In Sarasota, Fla., for example, the first Midcentury Modern houses were built before air conditioning was available. To create cross ventilation — essential with Sarasota's debilitating heat and humidity — the architects replaced the many small window openings found on older houses with two or three huge rolling panels of glass that were often 8 feet high and 10 feet long, so large that it looks as if there's no wall at all.
When these panels are fully opened to catch the breeze, the line between indoors and outdoors literally dissolves. The visual effect is stunning, but the comfort level is even more impressive. Although air conditioning was eventually installed in all the Midcentury Modern houses that are still standing, it often goes unused for as many as 10 months of the year. Sarasota architect Sam Holladay, who lives in a Midcentury Modern house himself, uses the air conditioning only during June, July and part of August, and the year he moved in, he said, "I was amazed my power bill was so small."
In addition to astounding visuals and a high degree of comfort, the homeowner who decides to restore a Midcentury Modern house can, in many cases, achieve a degree of authenticity that is nearly impossible with older houses. The architect himself and people who worked with him or who helped to build the house may still be alive, the original drawings are far less likely to be lost, and there may be photographs of the original furnishings.
When Holladay restored the 1955 Cohen House by Paul Rudolph, the most famous of Sarasota's Midcentury Modern architects, he was able to consult an architect who had worked with Rudolph and study photographs of the house taken at its completion. A colleague also traveled to Washington to examine the Rudolph archive in the Library of Congress. An intriguing result of this research: Holladay was able to re-create the long-gone built-in furniture for a conversation pit. Though Rudolph's version of a conversation pit is only 8 inches below the adjacent living area, Holladay said, "It's enough to become its own gathering area during parties."
Old home movies and family photo albums that document how a house was actually lived in and what should be emphasized in a restoration are another important resource, said Houston architect David Bucek. When his firm was tapped to restore Neuhaus and Taylor's 1960 Frame Harper House, the entire structure, both inside and out, had been painted white and the kitchen and master bath had been ripped out. The color photographs in the albums of the original owners helped Bucek and his partner Bill Stern determine the original color scheme and what their furnishings looked like and understand how the family used the spaces. They were also able to interview one of the daughters who grew up in the house.
Not all Midcentury Modern houses have such extensive documentation, however. Thousands were constructed by anonymous builders and radically altered by subsequent owners. To bring such a house back to life, Sarasota architect Greg Hall said he's taken artistic liberties while honoring the "push the envelope" spirit of that era.
This often requires a degree of inventiveness that matches that of the original designers because modern-day fixes must meet more stringent building codes and safety requirements, Hall said. For example, the huge 8-by-10-foot sliding glass panels that were a hallmark of the Midcentury Modern style in Sarasota are no longer allowed, so any rebuilt glass walls will have much narrower sliders. When these are closed, you see the vertical lines of the frames and know that you're inside. But when the doors are fully opened, the line between inside and outside dissolves, just as it did in the original houses.
For his "Garden House," a reimagined restoration of a 1960 Midcentury Modern tract-built house, Hall took the glass wall idea one step further. Two walls of sliding glass doors in the living room pull back from the same corner. When the doors are fully opened, the wall dissolves and half the room is completely open to the outside.
Should an episode of the television drama "Mad Men" that's set in the 1960s take place in Florida, Hall's Garden House would be a perfect location shot. One can easily imagine Don Draper emerging through the opened glass walls of the living room to lounge on the adjacent patio and sip an Old Fashioned as he watches the sun slowly sink beneath the horizon.
Katherine Salant has an architecture degree from Harvard. A native Washingtonian, she grew up in Fairfax County and now lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. If you have questions or column ideas, she can be contacted at salanthousewatch@gmail.com or www.katherinesalant.com.

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 László Gyula (?) Guiness-rekorder

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Tour Petra and Wadi Rum from Tel Aviv, with our professional tour guides. Enjoy touring the Petra site, seeing the famous Treasury, the tombs, the temples, and much more. Travel on the Wadi Rum in the middle of the desert, observe how the Bedouins live.
Petra is one of the most visited places in the world. Petra is one of the seven wonders of the world. Another name for Petra is the Rose City, because of the rock that it is carved from is rose colored. Until 1812 the city was unknown to the western world. To enter the site of Petra, walk on cobbled stones through a crack in the sandstone called the siq, when you are through you will be amazed at the site before you, Petra in all of its glory.
Wad Rum is inhabited by Bedouins, and has been for hundreds of years. There are paintings on the mountains thousands of years old. The scenery is astounding, the desert sand combined with the mountains, makes for beautiful photography.
From the Sde Dov airport you will have a 06:30 a.m. flight to Eilat. At 08:15 a driver will take you to the Arava border, you will be met and assisted by one of our professionals, then continue to Petra. Arrive your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel. You will then take a fascinating tour to admire the natural beauty and breathtaking architecture of this ancient city with your guide, from the main gate, and walk through the Siq to the Treasury, the Nabatean Roman Theater, and the Roman road (Cardo) to the basin.
Then you will climb to the Monastery,then back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Breakfast. Proceed to Wadi Rum, the largest and most magnificent of Jordan's desert landscapes. Jeep tour for 2 hours. Dinner and overnight at Bedouin Camp.
Breakfast, and transfer to Aqaba for short panoramic tour, then you will be dropped off at the airport for your flight back to Tel Aviv.


Description: For our IKEA Hack we used several standard kitchen elements and a significant modification to one to transform an underutilized section of our house's kitchen into a chic wine bar and storage area.
Since our house is an 1885 Victorian Row House, we didn't feel the standard IKEA butcher block counters really "went" with the home's style. To remedy this, we used our router to put a more decorative edge on the butcher block.
We assembled the cabinets, placed our wine fridge between two Akurum base cabinets, and placed the counter top on the cabinets.
We also constructed a few DIY shelves, one with integrated LED lighting and hanging wine glass storage, to balance the whole area and accessorize.
The end result is a functional and stylish wine bar/food prep area that greatly expanded the storage capabilities of our kitchen, all while keeping with the style and feel of our antique house.
See more of the wine bar.
Looks great! I was wondering how you made or what you did to add a piece of cabinet to the bottom of your fridge. It ties in so well!
This is exactly what I want to do, however I need it to be about half the size: wine cooler that's half the size of yours and maybe just one cabinet. It's going up against a small kitchen wall. Since the wine cooler isn't framed by cabinets, I'd still like it to have that built in look, so maybe just a side pannel on one side of the wine cooler? Any ideas? Great to find your site.
Love this–would you be willing to tell me what your shelves were made from? Or did you construct each shelf also?
This looks really great, can't even tell it's from Ikea. Congrats on both this and the new house! I'm in need of something very similar (if not exactly the same) so you really just helped me out a lot. Thanks!
I think you may have gotten the names a little mixed up: Numerar countertop and Akurum base cabinet.
What size router bit did you use for the counter?
I love that pup dog as much as your woodwork! This fits right in with Old Town style, so good job!
Great job! Looks professional! And for the yet-another-anonymous-jerk-making-this-site-unbearable, here is the first paragraph from this very site's "about" page. >IkeaHackers.net is a site about modifications on and repurposing of Ikea products. Hacks, as we call it here, may be as simple as adding an embellishment, some others may require power tools and lots of ingenuity.
Thanks! The wall color is London Fog from Benjamin Moore. We really like it in the space and it goes great with the warmer butcher block color. If you're interested in the before and after on paint colors in that room, you can see it here.
Is the fridge a front blowing (heat release) fridge? Or how did you adapt for the space required if a traditional fridge?
Good question. The fridge is a front blowing unit. It's an Edgestar wine fridge that is meant for under counter mounting with little to no clearance on the side or availability of rear/top ventilation, so it worked perfectly in the space.
Is routing a piece of wood really a hack?


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from b3.artifact_caches.artifact_cache_plug import ArtifactCachePlug
from b3.commands.command_base import CommandBase
from b3.commands.build_command.build_command import BuildCommand
from b3.step_runners.default_step_runner import DefaultStepRunner
from b3.steps.shell_step import ShellStep
from b3.rules.binary_rule_base import BinaryRuleBase

class RunCommand(CommandBase):
  """This class reprents command 'b3 run TARGET [ARG1 [ARG2 ...]]'."""

  def __init__(self, config=None, project_filesystem=None, console=None,
               artifact_cache=None, step_runner=None):
    CommandBase.__init__(self, config, project_filesystem, console)
    self._artifact_cache = artifact_cache or ArtifactCachePlug()
    self._step_runner    = step_runner or DefaultStepRunner()

  @classmethod
  def setup_command_line_arguments_parser(cls, parser):
    parser.epilog = ("Runs the specified target as a command, with provided "
                     "arguments.")
    parser.add_argument("target", metavar="TARGET", type=str, nargs="?")
    parser.add_argument("args", metavar="ARG", type=str, nargs="*")

  def execute(self, arguments):
    if arguments.get("target") is None:
      self._console.stderr.write("No target given to run.\n")
      return 1
    build_command = BuildCommand(config=self._config, console=self._console,
                                 project_filesystem=self._project_filesystem)
    exit_code = build_command.execute(dict(targets=[arguments.get("target")]))
    if exit_code != 0:
      return exit_code
    parser = build_command.get_parser()
    targets = parser.parse_build_files_for_target_names([arguments.get("target")])
    dependency_graph = build_command.get_dependency_graph()
    target = targets[0]
    rule = dependency_graph.find_rule_by_target(target)
    if not isinstance(rule, BinaryRuleBase):
      self._console.stderr.write("Target %s is not a binary rule and thus "
                                 "cannot be `run`)" % self._target)
      return 1
    command = rule.get_executable_command() + arguments.get("args")
    return ShellStep(command).execute()

  def cleanup(self):
    pass

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Everton Soares
Everton Soares Biography
First published on:July 16, 2019
by Jorge
Facts of Everton Soares
Everton Sousa Soares
Maracanaú, Brazil
Famous Name
Currently Married
Isa Ranieri
2019 Copa América cup winner, Everton Soares is a Brazilian professional soccer player who currently plays as a Forward for Grêmio and Brazil. Additionally, he played as a youth for the club Fortaleza from 2009 to 2012. Also, he came into fame after he became the highest scorer in 2019 Copa America.
The famous Brazilian soccer player is a married man, and currently, living with his beautiful wife, Isa Ranieri. Also, he has an estimated net worth over $1 million which is completely generated from his professional career. To know more about Everton's bio, personal life, and professional career, make sure you stick with us until the end.
Is Everton Soares Married? Know about his Personal Life
Well, Everton is a married man and currently, he is enjoying a blissful marital relationship with his wife Isa Ranieri. Also, the couple shares a daughter together and is expecting their next child very soon. The couple tied a knot on December 28, 2018, but the detailed information about their wedding is still out of reach of media.
Everton Soares in his wedding day SOURCE: Instagram
With the reference of their wedding pictures, it seems like the couple had a luxurious wedding ceremony which was believed to be attended by their nearest and dearest ones. As of now, the couple seems to be happy with their relationship as they are never involved in the news regarding divorce or separation in recent time.
Everton Soares with his wife and daughter SOURCE: Instagram
Apart from love affairs, Everton seems to be pretty focused on his career as he regularly posts a picture of him practicing and working out in his social media. Additionally, he regularly updates his profile and particularly, he can be found with a username "evertons23" on Instagram.
What is the Height and Weight of Everton Soares?
Talking about his physique, he has a decent height and weight and in particular, he stands in a height of 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) and weighs around 72 kg.
Everton Soares Earnings; How much is his Net Worth?
As per the reports, Everton holds an estimated net worth over $1 million, generated from his professional career. Also, the details about his salary are still out of reach of media.
Reportedly, the players in Brazil are expected to earn $250 per month on average. Additionally, the experienced players in Brazil are reported to earn around $1,250 per month. Moreover, the highly-rated players in Brazil are expected to earn up to $125,000 as a basic salary.
Everton who has been climbing heights in his professional career is expected to earn additional cash via different endorsement deals and commercials. However, the details about his endorsement deals and earnings are still behind the rock.
Exploring his social account, he is often spotted enjoying his free time in some the exotic places around the globe which certainly gives us a reason to claim that he has accumulated a massive net worth from his professional career. In conclusion, Everton who has been playing soccer since his early days has earned a decent amount of money and importantly, his entire source of income is solely dependent on his playing career.
Everton Soares Early Life, Bio, Family, and Childhood
Everton was born on 22 March 1996, in Maracanaú, Brazil and as per his birth, he is a Brazilian citizen. Also, he belongs to the Mixed ethnic group. Moreover, he was born under the zodiac sign, Aries which reflects his personality as a passionate personality.
Talking about his early career, he played as a youth for the clubs Fortaleza and Grêmio. Later, with his exceptional performance, he was selected in the senior team of Grêmio.
Everton Soares Professional Career
As of 2019, Everton currently plays as a Forward for Grêmio and Brazil. Additionally, he played as a youth for the club Fortaleza from 2009 to 2012. Also, he came into fame after he became the highest scorer in 2019 Copa America.
Most recently, he was included in the roster of Brazilian national team which won the 2019 Copa America tournament and was the highest scorer of the tournament. Also, she shared the field along with his star teammates such as Thiago Silva, Philippe Coutinho, Dani Alves, Roberto Firmino and many more.
Soccer forward 2019 Copa América cup Grêmio Fortaleza
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Here's a list of Lotus Carlton/Omega Parts currently available for sale.
If you are interested in any parts click on the item to e-mail the seller.
near any oil ways. Otherwise in excellent condition. Not cracked around the main oil way / non return valve as sometimes happens. Has been MPI inspected across the block surface, these are the only cracks. Should be re-useable or make a good spare).


The UAV propulsion system market is experiencing a vigorous rate of growth over few years due to a rising demand of UAV usage in diverse applications. This high scale of growth of the UAV industry is subsequently influencing the propulsion system industry, wherein new programs are being carried out to develop higher fuel efficient engines, to overcome altitudinal challenges, and introduction of 3D printing in UAV engines among others. An impending need of UAVs for surveillance and attack purposes and a demand for spare parts, among others are some of the major reasons driving UAV propulsion systems market. Moreover, with advantages offered by UAVs over manned aircrafts, this gives rise for the UAV propulsion systems market to gain an opportunity to grow further. UAVs are mounted with different types of engines in accordance to the required power to perform different operations. The major types of UAV engines include: turbo-fan engines, turbo-prop engines, piston engines, wankel engines, electrically propelled engines, solar power propelled propulsion systems, and hybrid engines. By analysis, global UAV propulsion system generated $363.8 million in 2016, in terms of revenue.
The market size of the sub segments of the above mentioned divisions is also mentioned in the report.
The key market players are analyzed and profiled in detail in the report. This section covers the business financials, company snapshots, key products & services, major developments, future programs (if any), and finally, the individual SWOT analysis.
Besides this, there are aftermarket solutions available for UAV propulsion system.
The UAV propulsion system market is estimated to capture a market value of $363.8 million in 2016 with electrically-powered segment accommodating the highest share.
UAV propulsion system market has a high potential for the growth in the aerospace and defense industry which majorly attributed towards the high rate of proliferation of UAVs. Besides that, the increased usage in the commercial applications such as agriculture, photography, product delivery, and oil and gas has propelled the market.
North America is expected to dominate the market in the forecast period which is followed by Asia Pacific, Europe and rest of the world. U.S. being the largest military spender; is expected to procure UAVs for its military missions, which indeed will generate demand for propulsion systems. Similarly, Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a fastest CAGR with China dominating the market in this region.
Some of the key manufacturers in the UAV propulsion system market include: Rolls Royce, Pratt and Whitney, 3W International, Rotax Aircraft Engine, UAV Engines Ltd., GE Aviation, Sion Power, Göbler Hirthmotoren GmbH & Co. KG, Austro Engine, Honeywell and Orbital UAVE.


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Convicted Lincolnshire bigamist spared jail for second time
She has been given a suspended sentence.
Faith Jenkinson has been given a suspended sentence. Photo: Steve Daniels
A convicted bigamist from Lincolnshire who breached her sentence by falsely claiming benefits while living with a new partner has been given a second suspended jail term.
Faith Jenkinson, 45, was given a four month suspended jail sentence in September 2015 after she went through with a lavish country house wedding in Branston despite failing to complete divorce proceedings from her first marriage 16 years earlier.
Faith Jenkinson also falsely claimed £8,000 in benefits. Photo: Steve Daniels
But Jenkinson was committed back to Lincoln Crown Court on Friday after it was discovered that she had been falsely claiming over £8,000 in housing benefit and income support while living with a new man, Steven Robinson, in Gainsborough.
Jenkinson, who appeared in court under her new surname of Robinson, admitted two charges of failing to disclose a change in her circumstances relating to income support and housing benefit.
Edna Leonard, prosecuting, told the court Robinson falsely claimed £3,223.56 in housing benefit and £5,672.69 income support between May 2014 and November 2015.
Miss Leonard said: "The investigation began with Mr Robinson being observed coming and going from the property, and there were then investigations in to her bank account.
"The breach of the suspended sentence is in relation to an offence of bigamy. That bigamist marriage took place on October 17, 2010."
The court heard Robinson pleaded guilty to the benefit offences when she appeared before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on August 24.
Miss Leonard added: "Clearly the matter would have remained in the magistrates court if it wasn't for the breach of the suspended sentence."
David Eager, mitigating, told the court Robinson had already paid back much of the overpayed benefits.
Mr Eager said the breach of the suspended sentence also only applied to a few months between September and November 2015.
"They both related to partners, but it would be unjust to activate the suspended sentence," Mr Eager argued.
Passing sentence Recorder Jacob Hallam QC told Robinson that on balance he could avoid an immediate jail sentence.
The Recorder sentenced Robinson to five months imprisonment suspended for 24 months but warned her: "Don't come back."
Robinson, now of Hollowgate Hill, Willoughton, was also ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work in the community.
Recorder Hallam explained: "For somebody who has taken what you did the starting point is a medium level community order, some unpaid work.
"You have to your credit paid back quite alot of the money already.
"But you know for a small period of this offence you were subject to a suspended sentence of imprisonment for a different kind of offence, although there was some overlap relating to your domestic situation.
"Baring in mind the period of time and your otherwise good character, balancing the competing factors I can pass a sentence that does mean you will go to prison today."
The bigamy was exposed by Andrew Asher, her intended husband from the Grantham area, three years after he married Jenkinson at Branston Hall Hotel in the Autumn of 2010.
Jenkinson, a former police civilian worker and health and safety consultant, was questioned by officers and admitted that divorce proceedings to her first husband, Michael Ulatowski, 52, had never been formally completed.
Judge John Pini, QC, allowed Jenkinson to walk free from court in September 2015 after accepting she was confused about her marital status rather than acting for financial gain or immigration purposes.
She was sentenced to a suspended four-month prison term and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.
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Concern over Lincolnshire coast car park set for £3.5m upgrade
Fears car park income won't be enough to repay loan
Grant Street Car Park, Cleethorpes. | Photo: Google Street View
By Jamie Waller Local Democracy Reporter
A car park in Cleethorpes set to get a £3.5million extension earns less than £23,000 a year in revenue on average.
The council has borrowed the money to fund a single storey extension to the town's Grant Street car park, with the loan set to be paid back using revenue generated from the facility.
Councillors have expressed concern after figures obtained under the Freedom Of Information Act show the spaces currently make surprisingly little income.
North East Lincolnshire Council says the extension will significantly increase the amount of cash brought in by the car park.
Over the past five financial years, the existing car park generated an average of just £23,200 in net revenue.
The council hopes revenue would rise to £169,000 a year as 268 new spaces are created on top of the existing 65.
Labour Councillor Marie Green said she found the current average revenue "shocking" and asked if there was a better way to attract visitors to the resort.
"My concerns regarding this development are based around whether it is needed by Cleethorpes residents and visitors, and if so whether there is a better way to satisfy this need," Councillor Green said.
"The car park is currently seriously under used by cars.
"The cost of constructing the car park is £3.5 million pounds and a paper to the council claimed it would generate £169,000 of income a year. I would be very interested in knowing where this projected income is actually going to be coming from.
"How long it would take for the residents of our town to repay something that local residents do not even want?"
A spokesperson for North East Lincolnshire Council said that the estimation was based on the car park's current usage.
"A single-storey extension to the existing Grant Street Car Park is expected to generate a substantially higher income than at present," the spokesperson said.
"Currently, almost half of the users park for four hours or more, a quarter of users park between two and four hours, and 11 per cent of users park for up to an hour. With the number of chargeable spaces set to increase from 65 to 339, keeping the same uptake percentages will see an increase in the income generated from the car park. This revenue will be used to pay back the funds required to build the extension.
"Bigger parking bays, electric vehicle spaces, lighting, CCTV, being part of the Park Mark Safer Parking scheme, as well as improved signage to the car park, will all be part of the overall scheme and will support in increasing its uptake.
"With a current shortage of car parking in Cleethorpes during the peak tourist season, it is vital we cater for the volume of traffic we welcome to the resort. The single-storey extension to Grant Street Car Park will relieve some of the parking pressures in existing resort car parks and side streets, and also reduce the need for visitors to drive around the resort searching for somewhere to park, therefore, reducing congestion and helping the environment."
Councillor Debbie Rodwell also expressed worry about congestion that could be caused by the extension.
"Anyone who lives in Cleethorpes near Grimsby Road knows how traffic is already bumper to bumper at peak times and Cleethorpes is getting busy all throughout the year," she said.
"This is good for businesses but not necessarily good for residents who want to get about and my big concern is on the impact of traffic on pollution levels for those who live near that area."
The Freedom of Information figures cover the financial years 2016/17 to 2020/21.
Revenue from the current car park peaked at £25,064 in 2019/20, and dropped back down to just under £21,000 the following year during the pandemic.
Funding was approved by the council in December, with hopes that it will provide more peak parking.
The work will be managed by the council's regeneration partner EQUANS.


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Q: Using a icon button in actionbar to navigate to another activity I am having an issue as to how to code in my activity to actually implement a onClick event to go from that activity to my HomePage. What should I add to my mainactivity in order to implement a onclick to go to another activity?

searchmenu.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
    android:id="@+id/action_search"
    android:title="Search"
    android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
    app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
    app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_home"
    android:title="Home"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_home2"
    app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView" />

</menu>

Activity:
 @Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.searchmenu, menu);

    final MenuItem myActionMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    SearchView searchView = (SearchView) myActionMenuItem.getActionView();

    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String text) {
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
            mAdapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
            return true;
        }
    });
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {

        case R.id.action_home:

            startActivity(new Intent(AuctionList.this,SignIn.class));
            return true;

        default:
            break;
    }

    return false;
}

A: You might want to try this:
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.searchmenu, menu);
    return true;
}

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {

            case R.id.action_home:

                // Do menu item stuff here
                return true;

            default:
                break;
        }

        return false;
    }

A: Try this code..
this code used in activity..
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.searchmenu, menu);
return true;

}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {

        case R.id.action_home:

            // Do menu item stuff here
            return true;

        default:
            break;
    }

    return false;
}

below code used in fragment..
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?, inflater: MenuInflater?) {
    inflater?.inflate(R.menu.search_menu, menu) // define menu file name
}

// click event handle
override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem?): Boolean {

    when (item!!.itemId) {
        R.id.mnSearchProduct -> {
          // call your fragment.
        }
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)

}

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Cornerstone Action update – Fetal Life Protection Act
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Week of March 21, 2022HB 1609—Relative to the Scope of the Fetal Life Protection Act
WHEN: The House Finance Committee will vote on HB 1609 on Wednesday, March 23.
CORNERSTONE POSITION: Cornerstone OPPOSES this bill.
WHY: Last year Governor Sununu signed into law HB 2, the state budget, which included the Fetal Life Protection Act. By allowing the Fetal Life Protection Act to be included in the budget, the Governor and his supporters successfully enlisted the passionate support of many pro-life Republicans for his budget. Pro-life groups, including Cornerstone, lobbied strongly for the passage of the Governor's budget, helping to overcome significant opposition from multiple Republican representatives.
Shortly after HB 2 was signed into law, however, Governor Sununu revealed himself to be the most fanatically pro-abortion GOP governor currently serving in any state, through his open support of HB 1609. HB 1609 guts and nullifies our state's late-term abortion ban in two ways. First, it strips out the law's enforcement mechanism. Secondly, it adds an open-ended exception, canceling out the substance of the law. In effect, HB 1609 authorizes late-term abortion for any reason whatsoever and at any time, including weeks or hours before birth.
These factors fall within the purview of the Finance Committee because they threaten the fundamental integrity of the budget negotiation process. If the Governor is allowed to perpetrate this dishonest bait-and-switch upon a large swath of his constituents—after enlisting their support in order to pass his budget—then parties to future budget negotiations can have no confidence that these negotiations are being conducted in good faith.
It will then become difficult or impossible to form the kind of coalitions necessary to pass any budget—impeding the ordinary functioning of New Hampshire state government and the work of the Finance Committee.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Please contact the Finance Committeeand ask that they vote Inexpedient to Legislate on HB 1609.Two Victories and a Narrow Defeat in NH House SessionThe New Hampshire House met this week and oversaw two victories and one narrow defeat on Cornerstone-priority bills. This week's developments should be emboldening—but also a reminder of the urgent work that remains to be done. We give thanks to God for these hard-fought victories—and pray urgently for His continued mercy upon our state and intercession on behalf of His people.
In the most secular state in the country, we are grateful to count so many godly and righteous men and women among our elected representatives. If your representatives helped in these efforts, please take a moment to call or email them and thank them for doing the right thing. HB 1625—Restoring Free Speech Outside Abortion Clinics—Passes House
For years, New Hampshire's "buffer zone" law has allowed private abortion clinics to ban sidewalk counseling and protesting on the public sidewalks outside their facilities. This law is a naked violation of the First Amendment. However, as abortion clinics have never actually enforced the law, it cannot be challenged in court.
Knowing that the law would be struck down if it is ever actually enforced, New Hampshire abortion clinics have avoided enforcing the law while, at the same time, campaigning vigorously against any legislative attempts to repeal it. The clinics' goal is to keep the law on the books in order to deter pro-life speech through the lingering threat of possible punishment.
HB 1625, introduced by Rep. Niki Kelsey and passed by the House this week, will repeal the buffer zone law. Please thank your Republican representatives who voted for the bill—zero Democrats did so—and especially representatives Kelsey, Mark McLean, and Jeanine Notter for their leadership on the House floor and during the Judiciary process.
Several Republicans voted to allow prohibiting free speech outside abortion clinics, including representatives Joe Alexander, Joseph Depalma, Brodie Deshaies, Ned Gordon, John Graham,Bonnie Ham, Claire Rouillard, Dennis Thompson, Dan Wolf, and Josh Yokela.
Most of these votes are unsurprising. Rep. Alexander was instrumental in a previous attempt to destroy the state's six-month abortion ban—although he fortunately listened to his constituents and voted to defend the six-month ban this week. Rep. Josh Yokela likes to portray himself as an advocate of liberty, but he apparently believes in forcibly suppressing the speech of those who disagree with his views on abortion.HB 1673—A Bill to Destroy the Six-Month Abortion Ban—Heroically Defeated in the House
HB 1673 is now the fourth bill to come up for a vote this session which would have repealed or completely destroyed New Hampshire's modest six-month abortion ban: the Fetal Life Protection Act. HB 1673, the second such bill to be created from scratch by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, would have entirely gutted the FLPA by removing all enforcement mechanisms from the law—as well as adding an open-ended exception that would make abortionists the final word on when abortions can occur.
The House defeated this bill on Wednesday in a 165-163 vote. The vote occurred late in the evening and many Republicans were absent, contributing to the narrow margin.
In a voice vote, the House then passed an amendment proposed by a minority of the Judiciary Committee—using language originally introduced by Rep. Matt Simon—which instead protects the FLPA by reiterating and further clarifying the limited scope of the law's ultrasound requirement. Identical language was passed by state Senate Republicans in February in an amendment to SB 399.
Cornerstone is grateful to all the Republicans who voted to protect New Hampshire's six-month abortion ban—no Democrats did so—and especially for the fearless leadership of representatives Matt Simon, Jeanine Notter, Erica Layon, and Kurt Wuelper, among others, on the House floor and during the Judiciary process. Please express your appreciation to your Republican representatives who voted for the bill, and especially to these key leaders for their bold, Christlike example. The roll call can be found here.
Please also thank and encourage representatives Bill Boyd, Oliver Ford, and Andrew Prout—who we were pleasantly surprised to see voting to defend the six-month abortion ban. We are grateful to representatives Boyd, Ford, and Prout for listening to their constituents.
We are also thankful for the support House GOP leadership provided in defeating this bill. We hope that GOP leaders will continue to move in the right direction. However, if the FLPA is to survive this session, it is important to continue to call on House GOP leaders to intervene in the House Judiciary Committee.
Under the leadership of pro-abortion Republican Ned Gordon—who House GOP leadership appointed—the Republican-led Judiciary Committee has acted as a factory of extreme pro-abortion legislation, forcing pro-lifers to play whack-a-mole and to be constantly on the defensive.
If Chairman Gordon is not finally stopped, he will soon rewrite SB 399 into the fifth bill this year aimed at gutting or repealing the FLPA—the third such bill to be created by the GOP-led Committee itself. Additionally, Judiciary member Rep. Joe Alexander has also shown—through his vote on HB 1625—that he still cannot be trusted to defend the Republican Party platform on future abortion legislation.
On the House floor, several Republicans voted to pass the Judiciary Committee version of HB 1673 and return to unlimited abortion up to birth, including representatives James Allard, Lex Berezhny,Joseph Depalma, Ned Gordon, John Graham, John Lewicke, Bob Lynn, Diane Pauer, Claire Rouillard, Dan Wolf, and Josh Yokela. Most of these Republicans have long records of pro-abortion extremism.
Unfortunately, representative and former Chief Justice Bob Lynn—although always pro-choice—was previously willing to compromise with pro-lifers and support a prohibition at six months of pregnancy. If you are in Windham, which Rep. Lynn represents, please politely and graciously ask that he return to his previous moderate position. If you are not Rep. Lynn's constituent, please pray that he will do so.
In contrast, Rep. Diane Pauer of Brookline ran for office on a pro-life platform, then became a pro-abortion extremist seemingly the moment she took office. Amazingly, Rep. Pauer continues to openly distort her position on her website, where she claims to support prohibiting abortion with limited exceptions. By voting for HB 1673, however, Rep. Pauer once again voted to remove all restrictions on abortion in New Hampshire whatsoever.HB 1180—State Recognition of Biological Sex—Defeated by Only 8 Votes
New Hampshire currently has liberal laws regarding gender and state ID, allowing Granite Staters to freely select whatever gender they choose on their driver's licenses. Elsewhere in the country, liberal federal courts are interpreting similar state laws to mandate that any distinction between the sexes must be made according to state documents alone—without regard to whether someone has even received medical transitioning.
In order to prevent these kinds of abusive interpretations, Rep. Linda Gould and other women legislators courageously introduced HB 1180: "relative to state recognition of biological sex."
This bill would not have forced any school board or state agency to change their current policies. Instead, it would have protected the status quo by clarifying that public entities retain the ability to use biological sex as a factor when making decisions about athletics, incarceration, and other areas. In other words, this was the most modest bill on gender issues that a conservative could have possibly introduced.
Unfortunately, all House Democrats and 14 Republicans believe that assignments in athletics, incarceration, and other areas must be made on the basis of self-declared gender identity alone, without regard to whether someone has received gender reassignment surgery or even hormonal medication. In California, this position has led to a scenario where multiple men with male genitals are the cellmates of incarcerated women.
The Republicans who voted to help bring this kind of cruelty to New Hampshire include representatives Joe Alexander, Cody Belanger, Kevin Craig, Joseph Depalma, Brodie Deshaies, Ned Gordon, John Graham, Juliet Harvey-Bolia, Claire Rouillard, Robert Theberge, Dennis Thompson, Karen Umberger, Nick White, and Dan Wolf. As a result, HB 1180 was defeated by only 8 votes.
Please thank the other Republicans—167 of them: 49% of voting representatives—who voted to protect women and girls by supporting the state's ability to continue considering biological sex. We are especially grateful to prime sponsor Rep. Linda Gould, and for the leadership on the House floor of representatives Mark Pearson, Erica Layon, and Dennis Acton. Cornerstone is grateful forKaroline Leavitt's passionate support of the bill.
The narrow defeat of HB 1180 followed a one-sided debate in which three Democrats spoke consecutively against the bill, while Republicans were barely allowed to utter a few sentences on the substance of the bill before the vote could occur.
It is undemocratic that a measure supported by 49% of New Hampshire's elected representatives was not even given a debate in the People's House. Despite this temporary setback, however, momentum around the country, and in New Hampshire, is overwhelmingly on our side.
The cultural left has no breaks—and its increasingly deranged and totalitarian views on gender are steadily alienating former liberals. Cultural progressives, whether Democrats or Republicans, will not succeed in sacrificing the dignity of women and girls on the altar of crazed gender ideology. ShareTweetForwardThank you for supporting
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Week of March 21, 2022
HB 1609—Relative to the Scope of the Fetal Life Protection Act
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Please contact the Finance Committeeand ask that they vote Inexpedient to Legislate on HB 1609.
Two Victories and a Narrow Defeat in NH House Session
The New Hampshire House met this week and oversaw two victories and one narrow defeat on Cornerstone-priority bills. This week's developments should be emboldening—but also a reminder of the urgent work that remains to be done. We give thanks to God for these hard-fought victories—and pray urgently for His continued mercy upon our state and intercession on behalf of His people.
In the most secular state in the country, we are grateful to count so many godly and righteous men and women among our elected representatives. If your representatives helped in these efforts, please take a moment to call or email them and thank them for doing the right thing.
HB 1625—Restoring Free Speech Outside Abortion Clinics—Passes House
Most of these votes are unsurprising. Rep. Alexander was instrumental in a previous attempt to destroy the state's six-month abortion ban—although he fortunately listened to his constituents and voted to defend the six-month ban this week. Rep. Josh Yokela likes to portray himself as an advocate of liberty, but he apparently believes in forcibly suppressing the speech of those who disagree with his views on abortion.
HB 1673—A Bill to Destroy the Six-Month Abortion Ban—Heroically Defeated in the House
In contrast, Rep. Diane Pauer of Brookline ran for office on a pro-life platform, then became a pro-abortion extremist seemingly the moment she took office. Amazingly, Rep. Pauer continues to openly distort her position on her website, where she claims to support prohibiting abortion with limited exceptions. By voting for HB 1673, however, Rep. Pauer once again voted to remove all restrictions on abortion in New Hampshire whatsoever.
HB 1180—State Recognition of Biological Sex—Defeated by Only 8 Votes
The cultural left has no breaks—and its increasingly deranged and totalitarian views on gender are steadily alienating former liberals. Cultural progressives, whether Democrats or Republicans, will not succeed in sacrificing the dignity of women and girls on the altar of crazed gender ideology.
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New Co-Op Handed Over at Feature17 in Walthamstow
The construction of a new Co-op convenience retail store at Feature17, Countryside's regeneration of the Marlowe Road Estate in partnership with Waltham Forest Council, reached practical completion in January 2018.
Located to the east of Walthamstow town centre, the new convenience retail store is part of Phase 1A of the Feature 17 development, which is providing 103 new homes. The new store has been built adjacent to the proposed public plaza and play area which will be created in Phase 2 of development, by the end of 2019.
Built to a BREEAM "very good" standard, the 390 sq m store is owned by Waltham Forest Council and will be let to the Co-op. The newly delivered commercial space will now begin fitting out in order to meet the Company's brand requirements, before the planned opening of the unit next month.
When fully complete, Feature 17 will provide 436 new homes, with 38% affordable, including 150 council homes for social rent to replace the outdated existing homes. New community and commercial space is also being delivered, transforming the former Marlowe Road Estate and the area to the north of Wood Street station.
Andy Fancy, Managing Director (North and South London) of Countryside Partnerships South, said: "The completion of the Co-op is a symbol of the new and improved neighbourhood being created at Feature 17, which is transforming the Marlowe Road area of Walthamstow. Quality retail offerings like the Co-op make a real difference to local residents, and the new store is an integral part of the public plaza that will provide an engaging open space for the local community to enjoy."
Cllr Clare Coghill, Leader of Waltham Forest Council, said: "Working with forward-thinking partners like Countryside Partnerships South has allowed us to build much needed new homes in our borough, as well as shopping facilities for our community. When this development is complete it will enhance the Wood Street area significantly. Waltham Forest is proud to have the highest affordable housing provision in London with 47 per cent of our new homes built in the last three years being affordable.
"It is great to see the progress that is being made at Feature 17, which is dramatically improving both the housing and the community facilities in this area of Walthamstow."


Following her successful vocal appearance on Kove's hit "Way We Are' Melissa Steel is going it alone for her new single Kisses For Breakfast.
Remixes are available from the likes of Ill Blu & DC Breaks, with the Ill Blu getting great feedback in FNK'd Up DJ's sets. The original is set to do well in the charts when it's released on July 27th through Atlantic Records.
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Try This 8-Step QC Staycation Itinerary That Will Satisfy Your Need for a Break
Because you don't have to wander far for a bit of R&R!
by Charlene J. Owen | Aug 14, 2019
Seda Hotel Vertis North is your sweet escape from the hustle and bustle of Quezon City. IMAGE Charlene J. Owen
When you think about enjoying a staycation in one of the many hotels in Metro Manila, you'll probably think about those in BGC, the City of Manila, or in Makati. Quezon City won't probably be your top-of-mind, because while it's home to townships such as Eastwood, there aren't a lot of hotels to choose from.
If you've been to the northern end of EDSA recently, though, you may find a growing development just before Trinoma. Vertis North, which already has an upscale Ayala Mall, also has the five-star Seda Hotel that boasts of 438 rooms and world-class facilities with a clean, minimalist touch.
Ready to take that break that you so deserve? Try this overnight itinerary that will leave you well-rested:
Noon: Lunch at Misto
The first thing you'll notice about Misto is its simple buffet layout—it's just one straight line of different dishes (save for the hub of drinks at the center of the floor). It's actually quite refreshing, as you don't have to go around so many different stations only to miss a couple once you're full. The vibe isn't at all intimidating and is almost homey; and you'll often find a long table (or two) of parties celebrating birthdays and reunions.
Misto has a well-thought of menu, complemented by a clean, straightforward layout. IMAGE Charlene J. Owen
From one end to the other you'll get to enjoy different cuisines, including Filipino, Thai, and Italian, among others, before ending up at the dessert station.
FN Tip: The choices in Misto aren't as prolific as other hotels, but the dishes have been picked with care. If you love Filipino food, then you'll enjoy their inihaw station as well as side dishes of ginadgad na labanos and okra with bagoong. For dessert, you'll want to try their bread pudding paired with hot chocolate.
2:00 p.m.: Check in
Drop off your things in your room and give yourself a few minutes of rest. If you've booked their Club Room then you get 32 square meters of coziness all to yourself, plus an array of special priviledges and services, including:
Access to the Club Lounge, which provides all-day non-alcoholic refreshments;
Breakfast buffet at 6:00 a.m.: while it's not as extensive as Misto's you'll get to eat your breakfast in peace and quiet;
Afternoon tea from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.;
Evening cocktails from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.;
Free shoe shine service for one pair per stay; and
Late check out at 4:00 p.m.
The Club Lounge offers a quiet escape (with all-day non-alcoholic drinks) in case you'd want to read a book or two. IMAGE Charlene J. Owen
If, for some reason you really need to work on your break (we hope you don't), you can also take advantage of their other ammenities, including:
Use of iMac stations at the lobby
Use of the Club Lounge Boardroom up to 10 guests (additional guests will be charged P2,500 per head per hour; and
Complimentary printing of 10 black and white pages per stay, should you need hard copies of your documents.
4:00 p.m.: Massage at Seda Spa
Seda Spa has some of the best but most wallet-friendly spa services for a hotel in Metro Manila. You'll only have to spend between P1,000 to P3,300 for treatments, and trust us when we say that's definitely worth booking in advance for.
Seda Spa is all about the basics, and you'll appreciate their no-nonsense menu of services that will leave you totally relaxed. IMAGE Charlene J. Owen
Body massages usually start with a quick cleansing of the feet in warm, aromatic water with petals, which is definitely a nice touch that helps set that chill mood. Just remember to set aside an hour or two for the ultimate pampering.
Spa sessions start with feet cleansing in water, oils and petals. IMAGE Charlene J. Owen
FN Tip: Try their Swedish Style Massage (P1,700 for 1 hour and 30 minutes at the Spa Center) if you're having trouble sleeping as it will help relax your tense muscles.
6:00 p.m.: Dinner at Ayala Malls Vertis North
You can have dinner at Misto, or you can opt to eat at one of the many restaurants in the nearby Ayala Malls Vertis North, which is only a quick walk from Seda. Here are a few restaurants you may want to check out:
1. Katherine's Cafe
They've got great main meals, and awesome desserts, too!
2. Asakusa Home of Tempura
If you're craving for seafood, then go for tempura!
3. Scout's Honor
You can find all kinds of cookies here!
FN Tip: Try their Horlick's Milk!
Later in 2019, however, Seda will open its very own Chinese restaurant with a robust menu courtesy of Executive Chinese Chef Hann Furn Chen, so you may want to look forward to that.
10:00 p.m.: Night cap at Straight Up
Straight Up is probably one of the chillest and most underrated bars in the Metro. Located at the top floor of the Seda Hotel, you can enjoy your drinks al fresco on a clear night, or just hang out by the bar and enjoy some of their signature shots when it's rainy. You'll find an interesting crowd in Straight Up: from businessmen winding down to families enjoying a quick midnight snack. Suffice to say, it's a pretty wholesome place with great drinks and good service.
8:00 a.m.: Breakfast at Misto or the Club Lounge
If you booked a regular room, you can enjoy a good breakfast at Misto, but if you booked a Club Room, you can opt to eat at Misto or the Club Lounge, whichever you prefer. Either way, the hotel serves pretty good coffee, so take advantage of that.
10:00 a.m., Option A: Chill and relax
You can visit Ayala Malls Vertis North for a quick movie peek before checking out, or you can simply laze in bed, because Seda Hotels' mattresses have the right balance of soft and sturdy. You're on staycation, after all, why not make the most out of it?
10:00 a.m., Option B: Visit the Tiangge in QC Circle
If you're willing to brave the traffic of North Avenue, you can take a Grab to QC circle and visit the many interesting shops in the vicinity. From wooden trinkets to potted plants, it's pretty easy to get lost in all the knick-knacks that you'll find. If you've booked a Club Room, then you have enough time prior to checking out to have lunch at The New Kamameshi House for a bit of '90s nostalgia.
12:00 noon (regular room)/ 4:00 p.m. (Club Room): Check-out
Seda Hotel Vertis North has that modern feel that's quite approachable, and while it's more often than not bustling with activity, its layout doesn't make it feel crowded, only busy. This hotel is also slowing becoming a favorite for weddings, debuts, and other events, what with its reasonable prices and a pillarless ballroom that is the dream of many events planners, videographers and photographers.
But for you, the staycation-nista, Seda Hotel Vertis North is an easy escape from the hustle and bustle of the city—heck, if you get stuck in horrible EDSA traffic somewhere in the north, you can opt to walk and book a stay here. The point is that your well-deserved rest need not be far or too expensive: the best R&R may be more accessible than you think.
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Rob Kiernan sends Instagram message to Harry Forrester after Rangers departure
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Forrester was released by Rangers, before making a bizarre move to Iran.
Former Rangers defender Rob Kiernan has urged Harry Forrester to prove Steven Gerrard's side they were wrong to let him go, after making the bizarre move to join Iranian side Tractor Sazi.
The 27-year-old was released by Rangers earlier this week after Gerrard saw no future for the ex-Doncaster and Aston Villa man, releasing him from his contract despite an impressive AFC Wimbledon loan spell.
During the 2017-18 campaign, Forrester had a hand in 11 goals with the League One outfit, as they staved off the threat of relegation by finishing in 18th place in England's third tier.
He returned to Rangers but was forced to train with the reserve side and has now decided to move after his contract was terminated by Gerrard's side. Kiernan responded to the news of Forrester's transfer, telling him to "do your thing brother".
Forrester managed 44 appearances for the Gers in all competitions after first joining the Scottish outfit under Mark Warburton in January 2016. He scored eight goals created three, but now leaves with a year remaining on his original deal.
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Now, he links up with a side that are managed by Wales legend and former Real Madrid manager John Toshack, while Forrester becomes the first Englishman to sign for an Iranian club since 2015, when Korede Aiyegbusi joined Meshki Pooshan.
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Fermentation is the future of food processing—and it starts with a cup of coffee
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Microbes chew Afineur's (very expensive) coffee beans before roasting
An affineur is a French word for a very French job: it's a term used to describe the guy who minds the cheese as it ages. It's a perfect metaphor for what the Brooklyn-based startup Afineur (one f) does, even though the company is in the coffee business. Afineur makes "cultured" coffee—coffee, in other words, from beans that have had their molecular chemistry altered by fermentation. Just like an affineur, it supervises microbes as they work their transformative magic. But the metaphor is doubly appropriate, considering that the term affineur comes from the French verb that means "to refine," or "to mature." Afineur isn't only aging coffee. It hopes to shepherd the entire field of fermentation to a more mature state, broadening the role microorganisms play in commercial food production.
Afineur's cofounders, Camille Delebecque and Sophie Deterre, first met as high school students in France, in their hometown near Bordeaux. When they met again, years later, they found that they both had an entrepreneurial spirit and a complementary set of highly technical skills. Delebecque is a microbiologist with a PhD from Harvard Medical School, an expert on the way enzymatic reactions affect cell structure. He also runs a consulting company where he helps universities get their research applications developed in the marketplace. Deterre, meanwhile, is a flavor scientist who helps food companies achieve consistent taste at scale. (In what sounds like an amazing gig, she helped Grand Marnier overhaul its bitter orange flavor.) Together, they've got the skills to alter the chemistry of food in sophisticated, highly targeted ways—and do so with the consistency required for large-scale commercial products.
Afineur founders Sophie Deterre and Camille Delebecque
Delebecque and Deterre have a library of over 700 microorganisms with unique food processing characteristics, and have developed software with the ability to "screen for the micro variables that do the job we want," Delebecque says. This is more complex than it sounds, because microbes, as they eat and excrete, have both positive and negative impacts on flavor. In order to suppress undesired effects, they're typically deployed in groups—called "communities"—that keep everything in balance. Rather than ordering a platoon into battle, Delebecque says, its more like directing an orchestra: you've got to make sure all the different sections are in balance, and that no one instrument is overpowering the others.
Microbes, as they eat and excrete, have both positive and negative impacts on flavor
Though Afineur's technology can be used on a wide array of foods, the focus, for now, is on coffee. Why start there? There's a novelty factor, to be sure—we associate yogurt and kefir, miso and dosa, sauerkraut and sourdough with fermentation, but not our morning joe. But Delebecque says it's because there's a demonstrated market for super-premium coffee. "You can charge high prices for high quality beans," he says. "It's not just for the caffeine buzz anymore." There's also a shortage of high-quality, arabica beans—which is an opportunity for Afineur. The technology transforms the flavor of lower-quality, robusta beans so dramatically that the result is said to be on par with the world's most expensive coffee: kopi luwak, which can retail for as much as thirty bucks a cup.
Traditional kopi luwak is so expensive because it relies on a fickle piece of processing infrastructure: the digestive tracts of civets—lithe, cat-like mammals native to Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Madagascar. (They look a little like a cross between a raccoon and a leopard.) Legend has it that civet coffee was discovered by the plantation workers of Indonesia, who, barred from taking product from the field, would pick half-digested beans out of civet poop. Civet poop coffee, it turned out, was wonderful—microbes in the creature's gut cut harsh tastes and brought out a sweet richness.
A civet sucks down coffee cherries. This seems to be one of the happier ones.
Dutch plantation owners, the story goes, caught on and tried to industrialize the process, forcing civets into captivity to harvest their beans as a delicacy. Whether or not the origin story is apocryphal, today there is a real-life, and very brutal, kopi luwak industry, where battery-caged civets are force-fed coffee cherries, which are shat out as beans and sold in cities like New York, Paris and Amsterdam at ludicrous expense.
Delebecque calls it "the foie gras of coffee." But he's found a cheaper, more humane way to get a similar result by mimicking the microbial conditions of a civet's gut inside a lab. Afineur uses a select cocktail of microbes that gnaw on raw coffee beans for two days. After that, they're roasted—and the company says the smooth, complex flavor mirrors the taste of top-notch kopi luwak.
How Afineur's fermentation process alters coffee's sugar profile
What's the catch? Well, the product is extremely expensive: $29 dollars for a five-ounce bag. That's cheaper than a $25 cup of kopi luwak at Manhattan's Kopi Kopi. But considering that many high-brow coffees retail in the range of $20 bucks a pound, it's still a steep markup.
It's not clear whether the plan is to continue charging super-premium prices, or whether the costs will come down as the company grows. Delbecque points out that fermented products are very scalable—think Budweiser, or Chobani—and says that Afineur is no different, but the company is not yet achieving size-based efficiencies. Though Delbecque wouldn't say how much the company is selling, it's clear he runs a small operation. Afineur only fulfills orders through its website and has very streamlined production capabilities: the coffee is cultured in Bushwick, Brooklyn and then roasted in Red Hook at the Pulley Collective, a shared processing space for early-stage coffee companies just starting out.
A coffee roaster at Brooklyn's Pulley Collective
Delbecque says the goal wasn't to start selling a lot right away. After receiving startup capital and training through the foodtech incubator IndieBio, and raising $50,000 on Kickstarter the company started selling beans in late 2015; the goal, since then, has been to test the market to see what people will pay and develop a small, loyal group of early-adopter customers. Delbeque says that effort has been a success, and now it's time to move on to next steps.
"We've had a very helpful first community of consumers, and the way it's grown so far has really just been word of mouth," he says. "The work now is to start to tell a story to a broader audience."
Fermentation works by subtraction: it gnaws away at a food's defenses, chewing at stubborn molecules until they give up the flavors and nutritional compounds locked away inside.
Afineur is now starting to seek it first seed round of venture capital, and future investors will surely weigh in on the model and price point. But the underlying concept—to fundamentally change the taste and nutritional profile of foods using fermentation—remains the same, and Afineur doesn't plan to stop with coffee. The company's next move will be to launch a grain-based product, using fermentation to unlock certain proteins that aren't currently bio-available to humans, since our stomachs don't have the power to break them down. The result will be a protein-packed super-grain, which Delebecque says adds up to sustainability benefit: when a food nourishes more fully, we don't need to eat as much of it, and the resources go farther.
"We think that the technology can play an interesting role as an alternative to traditional chemicals in food processing," Delebecque says, "or even to traditional plant breeding or GMOs as a way to naturally harness the chemistry of plant-based foods."
In other words, many of the common approaches to improving food nutrition apply a principal of addition: whether inserting a chemical additive (enriched milk) or foreign gene (golden rice). Fermentation, instead, works by subtraction: it gnaws away at a food's defenses, chewing at stubborn molecules until they give up the flavors and nutritional compounds locked away inside.
In theory, the applications are limitless. And though it's too soon to say what kind of impact Afineur will have, one thing is clear: the science of fermentation may be ancient, but it's still in its infancy. There's still a long way to grow.
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Joe Fassler is The Counter's deputy editor. His reporting has been included in The Best American Food Writing and twice nominated for a James Beard Media Award. A 2019 - 2020 Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder, he's the author of two books: a novel, The Sky Was Ours (forthcoming from Penguin Books), and Light the Dark: Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process.
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