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Portland Police Explain Why They Fired Munitions at Protesters on August 4
by Alex Zielinski • Jun 4, 2019 at 4:20 pm
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Third-degree chemical burns. A traumatic head injury. Soft tissue damage.
The casualty reports came in hours after the volatile August 4, 2018 clash between protesting members of Vancouver, Washington's alt-right group Patriot Prayer and counter-protesting locals who identify as anti-fascist (or, antifa). All of these injuries were said to have come from the loud explosives that Portland police officers shot into crowds of protesters that afternoon.
Now, nearly a year after the tense confrontation, police records obtained by the Mercury detail officers' justification for firing these so-called "less lethal" munitions at demonstrators.
From vague "movements [that] appeared similar to attempts to break the windows [of patrol cars]" to more direct "lit pyrotechnics thrown toward officers," the reasonings given offer some insight into when—and why—officers within the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) decide to shoot munitions into crowds of protesters.
The August 4 protest has drawn particular scrutiny from the public and elected officials in the months since it took place for a number of reasons, mostly surrounding the way the PBB conducted itself during the tense confrontation.
Two months after the protest, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) casually mentioned that the morning of August 4, officers had discovered a "cache" of weapons in a car belonging to members of Patriot Prayer and parked in a garage overlooking the planned location of the afternoon protest. In February 2019, a record request returned to the Mercury revealed friendly, protective text messages sent between a PPB officer and Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson during the August 4 meet-up.
But the most immediate questions regarding police conduct came just days after the summer protest, when several Portlanders reported serious injuries sustained from PPB officers' use of crowd-control munitions.
One man who only identified himself in an Oregonian interview by his first name, Anthony, suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was hit in the head with a flash-bang grenade—a loud pyrotechnic police use to disperse crowds. The grenade lodged itself in his bike helmet and split open his skull. A nurse allegedly told Anthony the injury would have been lethal if he hadn't been wearing the helmet.
Another flash-bang grenade hit a documentary filmmaker named Michelle Fawcett, who suffered third-degree chemical burns on her arm and chest, according to an interview with the Guardian.
At least one reporterKATU's Ric Peavyhouse, was injured by PPB projectiles that afternoon. Others reported less-severe injuries, like bruises or scrapes, from being pushed or dragged by police officers attempting to break up the crowds.
But in the 13 use-of-force reports filed by PPB officers who shot flash-bangs, rubber bullets, and pepper balls—non-lethal bullets filled with pepper spray—at protesters on August 4, officers claim none of their projectiles injured members of the public.
Officer Derek Harris, for instance, wrote that despite firing five flash-bangs into a crowd of counter-protesters, "No injuries were ever reported to me. I did not see any injuries after launching the [grenade]."
Another officer, Zachary Flippo, describes shooting flash-bangs into a crowd of counter-protesters that happened to be standing between a line of PPB officers and two abandoned police cars. Flippo writes that the crowd "started shaking" the cars. This was concerning, he said, because he was unsure if there were officers inside the parked cars and knew the vehicles contained weapons protesters could easily grab. Only after Flippo said he allegedly sees people "smashing the windows of police cars" did he fire two flash-bangs at the group. There is no evidence that police car windows were smashed that afternoon. PPB records do show that at least one patrol car had a flat tire after the event.
A video taken of this particular incident shows Flippo firing the munitions into a crowd easily made up of more than 50 protesters.
"I was not told of any injury to any one nor saw any injury," Flippo wrote in his report.
Another officer, John Young, reported shooting nine flash-bangs into a crowd of antifa protesters, some of which appeared to be throwing bricks, bottles, and rocks. "No one was injured with the deployment of the ADDs," Young decisively concludes in his report.
Other cops on the scene also say they saw protesters throw bricks, glass bottles, rocks, chunks of concrete, and Molotov cocktails at officers. PPB has not offered evidence to confirm these allegations. Most officers cite these projectiles—and the perceived damage of police cars—as justification for shooting munitions at the public.
Officer Andrew Kofoed said he saw a man standing 20 yards away throw a construction cone in Kofoed's direction. After the man bent down and appeared to pick something up from the ground, Kofoed fired pepper balls at him.
In his report, Kofoed explained: "I felt it was necessary to use the [weapon] as the subjects had armed themselves or were preparing to arm themselves with rocks."
Not all of the damage is verifiable. Officer Zachary Domka, who also observed protesters surrounding the empty policy cars, wrote that, "The movements of those individuals appeared similar to attempts to break the windows, slash the tires, spray-paint the side of the vehicle, etc."
Domka does not confirm if vandalism was actually taking place. Yet, this was enough evidence to prompt Domka to shoot rubber bullets at the legs of protesters holding a banner and standing between Domka and the police vehicles.
"None of the targeted individuals appeared injured nor did any of them claim injury to me or others squad members," Domka writes.
Many officers cite protesters' "anti-law enforcement" attitudes in explaining why they chose to shoot into the crowd.
"This group was anti-police from the start of the protest. I could hear some of them yell out, 'Pigs' and other derogatory terms at us," wrote Officer Jose Jimenez, who used his baton to push protesters onto the sidewalk. Others say members of antifa flipped them off, called them "bastards," and one woman "exposed her buttocks."
A few officers tucked their preconceived beliefs about antifa into their report.
"Antifa members were acting as an anonymous crowd and failed to follow lawful orders after being warned, that failing those lawful orders, force could be used against them," writes Sergeant Jim Mooney. "It is standard practice for avowed anarchists (Antifa) to resist authority they do not recognize as legitimate."
A note: Antifa and anarchists are not historically synonymous groups.
None of the people targeted by PPB munitions mentioned in the use-of-force reports appeal to be affiliated with Patriot Prayer—only antifa.
Fawcett, the woman who was burned by a flash-bang, told the Guardian she never heard a warning from police before officers fired the grenades.
PPB officers' reports corroborate this. All of the officers who fired munitions said they did not give a warning, because loudspeakers attached to PPB's "sound trucks" were already telling protesters that "riot control agents" may be used against them if they don't follow police orders. Others said the scene was too loud, and a warning wouldn't have been heard anyway.
There's one significant piece of officers' use-of-force reports that remain redacted: Details about Tracy Molina, a protester who was pushed to the ground by an officer attempting to pull a sign out of her hands. A video of the incident shows several other officers piling on top of Molina after she hits the ground. Molina, who sustained bruises and an elbow injury, filed a tort claim in January, signaling her intent to sue PPB over the incident—which explains why all mentions of her interaction with officers is blacked out.
Just last month, the City of Portland hired an outside contractor, National Police Foundation (NPF), to investigate the crowd control tactics PPB officers used during the August 4 protest. According to the city's $200,000 contract with the NPF, the group has until January 31, 2020 to finish its investigation.
This means that any lessons from officer's conduct won't be made public until after another wave of summer protests hit Portland.
Days after the August 4 clash, PPB Chief Outlaw told reporters she had directed PPB staff to begin an internal review of officers' actions during the protest. It's unknown when that review will be made public.
At the same press conference, Outlaw defended her officers' decision to use force against the public.
"It was going to be a very rowdy, physically violent ruckus, and it was not that because of the actions that the officers took," Outlaw said. "Though the worst was avoided, some individuals sustained injuries."
Outlaw was more candid a week later during an interview conservative talk show host Lars Larson, where she compared officers' interactions with counter-protesters to a schoolyard fight.
"I come with the intention to fight," she told Larson. "And then you get mad because I kicked your butt."
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US Supreme Court in Halo and Kirtsaeng makes IP victory sweeter for successful parties
Annsley Merelle Ward Thursday, June 23, 2016 - AmeriKat, attorney fees, copyright, costs recovery, enhanced damages, US copyright, US patent damages, us patent litigation, US Supreme Court
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IP victory pie, thanks to the US Supreme Court
While the AmeriKat has had her eyes and whiskers towards Europe over the past couple of weeks, there has been exciting news emanating from the U.S. in the form of two Supreme Court decisions which shows a growing trend of the Court to more fully compensate the victor of IP disputes. The first decision of Halo, subject to a piece by guest Kat Mike Mirelles here, opens up the lucrative world of enhanced patent damages. The second decision of Kirtsaeng provides for recovery of attorney fees in copyright cases. The AmeriKat's fellow American friend, Taly Dvorkis (Allen & Overy LLP), ties the two decisions together:
"Last week the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions enhancing the ability of the victor in IP disputes to further collect against the losing party—in one decision, easing the standard by which courts can enhance (triple) damages in patent cases, and in the second decision setting out the factors by which a court determines whether winners in copyright cases can collect attorney's fees.
Enhanced (Treble) Damages in Successful Patent Suits
The decision on enhanced damages concerns two cases consolidated for Supreme Court review: Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., et al., No. 14-1513, and Stryker Corp. et al. v. Zimmer, Inc., et al., No. 14-1520. Writing for a unanimous Court, Chief Justice Roberts discarded the previously-used Federal Circuit Court of Appeals' two-part test limiting a patentee's entitlement to enhanced damages only to cases when there is a finding of objective recklessness by the infringer, in favour of awarding enhanced damages as a sanction for egregious infringement behaviour.
The statute governing the award of enhanced damages in patent cases, 35 U.S.C. § 284, provides that "the court may increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed." As pointed out by Justice Breyer during oral argument, the statute does not provide much guidance as to when awarding treble damages is appropriate. The Federal Circuit had previously established the following test: first, a patent owner must show by "clear and convincing evidence that the infringer acted despite an objectively high likelihood that the actions constituted infringement of a valid patent," and second, the patentee must demonstrate, also by clear and convincing evidence, that the risk of infringement "was either known or so obvious that it should have been known to the accused infringer."
In rejecting the Federal Circuit's test, the Supreme Court remarked that "enhanced damages are as old as U.S. patent law. The Patent Act of 1793 mandated treble damages in any successful infringement suit. In the Patent Act of 1836, however, Congress changed course and made enhanced damages discretionary" and within the power of the district court.
A district court's discretion is not without limits. As the Court stressed, "a motion to a court's discretion is a motion, not to its inclination, but to its judgment." In using discretion a district court is "to be guided by [the] sound legal principles" developed over the last two centuries' application of patent law. Awards of enhanced damages "are not to be meted out in a typical infringement case, but are instead designed as a punitive or vindictive sanction for egregious infringement behavior."
Ultimately, a district court may award enhanced damages when appropriate given the preponderance of the evidence presented (rather than on a clear and convincing standard mandated by the previous Federal Circuit test). In addition, the district court's decision to enhance damages will only be reviewed on appeal for abuse of discretion.
The decision comes as no surprise given the 2014 Supreme Court cases regarding attorney's fees in patent cases: Octane Fitness LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1749 (2014) and Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1744 (2014). Those decisions, cited in Halo, rejected the Federal Circuit's test for awarding attorney's fees in patent cases by similarly lowering the standard of proof to a preponderance of the evidence and limiting appellate review to abuse of discretion.
Attorney's Fees in Successful Copyright Suits
In contrast, last week's decision on awarding attorney's fees in copyright cases made no mention of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence on attorney's fees in patent suits. In Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons (2016), the Supreme Court overturned the Second Circuit Court of Appeals' rejection of attorney's fees under the Copyright Act and remanded the case to the district court to reassess whether such fees are appropriate. Copyright law aficionados will recall that this is the second time Kirtsaeng's case has come before the Supreme Court. In 2013, the Court held, by a 6-3 margin, that the "first sale" doctrine made it lawful for Supap Kirtsaeng to resell foreign-made books of publisher John Wiley & Sons in the United States. Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, 568 U.S. ___ (2013) (see Kat report here).
This time around, the question presented was whether Kirtsaeng could recover his attorney's fees (totalling over $2 million) from John Wiley & Sons. Justice Elena Kagan wrote for a unanimous Court, tracking the language used in Halo and emphasizing that the statute at issue allows for broad discretion of the district court, but that discretion is not without limits. 17 U.S.C. §505 of the Copyright Act states simply that "a court may also award a reasonable attorney's fee to the prevailing party as part of the costs." In determining when such an award is appropriate, the reasonableness of the losing party's argument needs to be taken into account, but is not the single controlling factor.
In this case, Wiley & Sons had argued that since three Supreme Court justices had previously agreed with its position on the merits, its position was reasonable, and therefore no attorney's fees should be awarded. The Supreme Court rejected this and the Second Circuit's approach which gave not just "substantial," but nearly "dispositive," weight to the question of reasonableness. Rather, the reasonableness of the losing party's position is but one factor a court must take into account. Other factors include frivolousness, motivation, objective unreasonableness and the need in particular circumstances to advance considerations of compensation and deterrence.
In remanding the case, the Supreme Court made clear that it was not intimating that the lower court should reach a different conclusion and award Kirstaeng attorney's fees. Rather, the question of attorney's fees needs to be reassessed by "giving substantial weight to the reasonableness of Wiley's litigation position, but also taking into account all other relevant factors." It remains to be seen how the district court applies the instruction and whether Kirstaeng ever collects his attorney's fees.
In one week the US Supreme Court removed (or at least lowered hurdles) to receiving enhanced damages in patent cases and attorney's fees in copyright suits, reminding litigants that these decisions are at the discretion of the district court, which is not to be abrogated on appeal. Parties opposing requests for enhanced damages or attorney's fees must be aware of the lower standards now at play."
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Mike Chioda is a face that many WWE fans across different generations will recognize, having refereed from the company from 1989 until his release in April of 2020. Since then, he has officiated a few matches in AEW. Having first hand experience in both companies, he knows the way that things operate and he has now shared his insight into what he would do if he were Tony Khan when it comes to the CM Punk controversy.
"I wouldn't let go of CM Punk because from a business point of view, whether they start pinning Punk down the road a year or two from now or whatever they do with him, I think they'll take him away from AEW," Chioda said on his podcast, "Monday Mailbag". "That would be a huge draw in ratings on TV for WWE if they get Punk back."
Reports of Punk's AEW contract being bought out surfaced a couple of weeks ago as a result of the notorious brawl during All Out in September between him, his trainer Ace Steel and The Elite, and his subsequent alleged suspension. He has not been seen on AEW programming since, in part due to an injury he suffered at the event.
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'Poison, lies': Israeli, Palestinian envoys spar at fiery UN session on Temple Mount
NEW YORK – Israel's envoy to the United Nations lashed out at the Palestinians for what he described as "poison and lies" at an emergency Security Council session on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's recent visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The council's members, including the US, repeatedly stressed the importance of maintaining the status quo at the flashpoint compound, while the Palestinians warned of violence and denied any Israeli claim to the site, the holiest in Judaism.
Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan said the meeting, held in response to the visit by Ben Gvir on Tuesday, was "absurd" and hypocritical. Ben Gvir's 13-minute visit to the site was met with international condemnations and expressions of concern.
"We are here discussing the peaceful 13-minute visit of a Jewish minister to the holiest Jewish site under the sovereignty of the liberal democracy of Israel," said Erdan, who blasted the 15-member Security Council for not holding similar meetings in response to Russian actions in Ukraine, Palestinian terror or Iranian attacks on international shipping.
"This meeting creates a sense of emergency over a non-event," he added.
The meeting at the UN headquarters in New York was formally requested by China and the United Arab Emirates, which is the Arab League's current representative on the Security Council. The request was made on behalf of the Palestinian and Jordanian missions, which are not members of the council.
The Security Council, currently chaired by Japan, has not issued a formal statement or resolution responding to Ben Gvir's visit.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023 (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)
Erdan described Jewish reverence for the Temple Mount, calling it "the center of our universe." He argued that Israel had mistakenly agreed to the status quo in 1967 to alleviate the conflict and said the Palestinians were trying to deny Jewish ties to the site.
The status quo governing the compound allows Muslims to pray and enter with few restrictions, while Jews can visit only during limited time slots via a single gate and walk on a predetermined route, closely accompanied by police, and cannot pray openly.
The Temple Mount is revered by Jews as the historic location of the two Jewish Temples, making it Judaism's holiest site. It is also the third-holiest site for Muslims, who refer to it as the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound or the Noble Sanctuary.
"For years the Palestinians have orchestrated and advanced a poisonous campaign to obliterate any connection between the Jewish people and the Temple Mount," Erdan said, highlighting a recent General Assembly resolution that referred to the site by only its Arabic name, Haram al-Sharif .
"Tragically, the Palestinian terror authority prefers violence over tolerance. They are so intolerant that they not only want to ban Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount but also Jewish visitors. Pure antisemitism," he said, adding that he also visited the site as police minister in 2017.
"Minister Ben Gvir's recent visit to the Temple Mount was not an incursion to Al Aqsa or another fabrication," Erdan continued. "It was in line with the status quo."
"Jews are allowed to visit the holiest site in Judaism. It is the right of every Jew. Israel has not harmed the status quo and has no plans to do so."
He said the UN's focus on the issue "legitimizes the poison and lies of the Palestinians."
The Palestinian envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, warned of violence and personally attacked Erdan for a previous visit he made to the site.
"Our people are running out of patience and the moderation and sense of responsibility we display should never be construed as weakness. The record shows that Israel's persistence on this path does not lead to surrender, but to uprising," Mansour said, warning the site could become the "epicenter of religious conflict."
????????TODAY @UN in the #SecurityCouncil: Al-Haram Al-Sharif will not fall. It will stand for generations to come. It has outlasted Begin, Shamir and Sharon and will outlast Netanyahu, Ben Gvir and Erdan; (cont.) #AlHaramAlSharif #Jerusalem @UNISPAL pic.twitter.com/1GGyxZGJ0N
— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) January 5, 2023
He rejected Israeli claims to the site and called on the Security Council to take action against Israel.
"Haram al-Sharif is in occupied Palestinian territory," Mansour said. "Israel has no claim and no right to sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem and therefore no right over Haram al-Sharif."
"What red line does Israel need to cross for the Security Council to finally say 'enough is enough?'" he said, claiming the new Israeli government was "unhinged" and engaging in "colonial rule" and war crimes.
He also said Israel was attacking Christians in the city, and claimed the status quo was "undermining our efforts to promote peaceful religious coexistence in the city."
Riyad Mansour, Palestinian representative to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, January 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
US envoy Robert A. Wood told the Security Council that Washington was concerned about rising tensions between Israel and the Palestinians and denounced "unilateral actions" at the Temple Mount, in an apparent criticism of the new Israeli government.
"We are concerned by any unilateral acts that exacerbate tensions or undermine the viability of a two-state solution," Wood said. "The US firmly supports the preservation of the historical status quo with respect to the holy sites in Jerusalem, especially on the Haram al-Sharif Temple Mount."
He said US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken both firmly support the status quo and that the US appreciates Jordan's role overseeing the holy site.
"In this spirit, we oppose any and all unilateral actions that depart from the historical status quo, which are unacceptable," Wood said.
"We note that Prime Minister Netanyahu's platform calls for the preservation" of the status quo, he said. "We expect the government of Israel to follow through on that commitment."
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, right, speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the government is sworn in at the Knesset, December 29, 2022. (Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP)
The Security Council has the ability to pass legally binding resolutions. A statement, unlike a resolution, requires the unanimous approval of all members and is not binding.
The US effectively has veto power against both statements and resolutions and has often taken Israel's side at the UN, arguing that it is not the platform for pursuing a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israel and the US have long argued that the UN is unfairly focused on Israel. The General Assembly called on the International Court of Justice to investigate Israel on behalf of the Palestinians, and there are two open-ended UN probes into Israel, with no other country subjected to such scrutiny. Members of both probes have made antisemitic statements.
Last year, the General Assembly approved 15 anti-Israel resolutions, more than against all other countries combined.
At the start of Thursday's emergency session, UAE representative to the UN Mohamed Abushahab said his country "strongly condemns the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque courtyard by an Israeli minister."
Tourists visit the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 3, 2023 (Courtesy Jamal Awad/Flash90)
Abushahab said the visit shows a "lack of commitment to the existing historical and legal status of the holy sites in Jerusalem and further destabilizes the fragile situation in the occupied Palestinian territories."
Jordan, which sees itself as the protector of the site, said it "condemns with the strongest terms the storming by the minister of national security of the Al Aqsa Mosque." The Jordanian envoy also attacked Erdan over Israel's characterization of Jordan's occupation of Jerusalem between 1948-1967.
Other countries including the UK, Russia and China also spoke out in support of the status quo.
Khaled Khiari, assistant to the secretary-general, said at the beginning of the meeting that although Ben Gvir's visit "was not accompanied or followed by violence, it is seen as particularly inflammatory given Mr. Ben Gvir's past advocacy for changes to the status quo."
"I reiterate the Secretary General's call for all parties to refrain from steps that could escalate tensions in and around the Holy Sites, and for all to uphold the status quo," he said, adding that the UN is in close contact with relevant parties and is working to de-escalate tensions.
Ben Gvir's visit did not violate the fragile status quo at the site, but was seen as a provocation due to his far-right positions and past support for Jewish prayer at the site. After the visit, he refused to say whether he would push for changing the status quo at the site to enable Jewish prayer. He also acknowledged that the police have allowed Jewish prayer to quietly take place on the site in violation of the status quo. Ben Gvir's ministry oversees the police force.
Israel insists that it is committed to maintaining the status quo and that ministers, including Erdan, have visited the site in the past.
The unwritten policy governing the compound allows Muslims to pray and enter with few restrictions, while Jews can visit only during limited time slots via a single gate and walk on a predetermined route, closely accompanied by police, and cannot pray openly.
Ben Gvir's visit Tuesday — held on the 10th of Tevet, a Jewish fast day mourning the events that led to the destruction of the First Temple — was his first trip to the holy site since taking up his ministerial post last week. Ben Gvir is the head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, a part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition.
Many Palestinians reject the notion that the Temple Mount is holy to Jews, having accused Israel and Zionists for around a century of plotting to destroy the mosque and replace it with a Jewish temple — a notion that is rejected by mainstream Israeli society.
The Temple Mount has been the scene of frequent clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces, and tensions at the disputed compound have fueled past rounds of violence.
A visit by then-opposition leader Ariel Sharon in September 2000 was followed by significant Palestinian riots and clashes that morphed into the Second Intifada. Clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian rioters seeking to prevent Jews from entering the site fueled an 11-day war with Hamas in 2021.
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What are the issues and barriers postdocs face at WashU? How can individual postdocs fix problems? What role does the WashU Postdoc Society have in affecting change? Gary McDowell, Ph.D., executive director of The Future of Research, will lead this workshop for postdocs on how to effectively advocate for change and gain visibility at the institutional and national level.
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Videocast, The Future of Research & Peer Review – Making Your Mark as an Early Career Researcher, with speaker, Jessica Polka, Ph.D., executive director, ASAPbio. This event is recommended for summer interns, postbacs, graduate students, postdocs/fellows, NIH staff scientist/staff clinician.


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Therorhodion es   género monotípico de arbustos pertenecientes a la familia Ericaceae. Su única especie: Therorhodion camtschaticum, se distribuye por las regiones templadas del hemisferio norte.

Descripción
Son arbustos que generalmente alcanzan un tamaño de 20 cm de altura. Los tallos multicelulares-eglandulares peludos (con pelos no ramificados), a veces también estipitado-glandular cabelludos, glabros con la edad. Las hojas a menudo agrupadas hacia los brotes distales; hojas elípticas a obovadas, de 1-4.5 (-6) x 0,7-2,4 cm, delgadas, márgenes ciliados (pelos eglandulares), ápice redondeado a obtuso o agudo, mucronado, superficies normalmente eglandular peludo, a veces escasamente glandular-peludo. Escamas de las yemas florales (y brácteas de la inflorescencia en forma de hoja) eglandular peluda. Las inflorescencias 2-3-florecidas, a veces flores solitarias; eje alargado. Pedicelos de 1 a 4,7 cm. Cápsulas de 6-11 mm, unicelulares-peludo. Tiene un número de cromosomas de 2n = 24, 26.

Hábitat
Se encuentra en el Ártico y la tundra alpina y brezales, prados y bosques subalpinos. La floración se produce en verano.

Taxonomía
Therorhodion camtschaticum fue descrita por (Pall.) Small y publicado en North American Flora 29(1): 45. 1914.
Variedad
Therorhodion camtschaticum var. pumilum (E.A. Busch) T. Yamaz.

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Enlaces externos

Rhodoreae
Flora alpina
Plantas descritas en 1914
Plantas descritas por Pallas
Plantas descritas por Small

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It wasn't all that long ago…just this past December. I was preparing my heart to return to church after about a 5 or 6 year hiatus, the prodigal child was going back home where she knew she belonged. I had met with my friend, Jane, for dinner at Chipotle. She contacted me after a blog post of mine mentioned her, one of very few times her son followed a link on my Facebook page and read something I wrote. He showed it to her, she contacted me and we met. It was a hard meeting at first for me, the past slammed into me, the pain of all those years of missing my beloved friend and sister in Christ. She encouraged me to come back to my home, back to my church family, and suggested some passages to read in my Bible.
I opened my old, trusted friend, turning pages and looking through the countless little pieces of paper and photos I have stuffed in the flap under the cover on either end. Lots of sweet memories there to be found. I started paging through to the chapter I had promised to read every night until Sunday morning, when I would return to my church home. The pages fell open where a note was stuck between them. It was a white, heart shaped piece of paper, just small enough to fit inside without folding. Edged in pink and red flowers, it was from a once special pad of paper we used to write each other little notes. I recognized the hand writing…it made my heart stop. Before I could stop myself I read the words….
The note was from about 6 years prior to that moment I sat reading it again, a moment 4 months after our divorce was final.
I realized then just how much I still loved him, and how much it still hurt.
Like our marriage, the note has been disposed of…tossed in a trash can, hopeful that some of the pain would go with it.
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Those notes can be hard, and sometimes we all need a break from everything in order to remember why we appreciated it.
It's nice you found your way back. I'm still on hiatus.
"Ouch". I hate those …what I call, "stub your heart" moments. You get that little catch in your throat, the heat rises out of your collar, you look up from it, and wonder how it all happened. Then, you let out the breath, think clearly and remember the whys and the how comes, and then it's over.
Until the next time. Life is full of moments like that. We know we are healing by measuring the bounce-back time between start and finish of the moment. You're gettin there !!
How heartbreaking. I can't imagine the pain finding that note rekindled within you. Your last sentence was perfectly constructed…and gave me chills.


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Programme profile
ENABLE 2: Enhancing Nigerian Advocacy for a Better Business Environment II
Nigeria West & Northern Africa
Programme Index Listing
Main implementer
Adam Smith International
The Springfield Centre
US $ 18 million
ENABLE II website
ENABLE II on DevTracker
Lessons from 10 years implementing ENABLE
National Assembly Business Environment Roundtables
Technical reports / analysis
ENABLE2 project closure report
Overview of the ENABLE programme
ENABLE is a business advocacy programme designed to promote improved Public-Private Dialogue (PPD), ultimately leading to an improved Business Environment (BE) for poor men and women.
ENABLE1 (2008 to 2014; £12mn) worked with partners at the Federal level as well as Lagos, Kaduna, and Kano.
ENABLE2 (2014 to 2017; £11mn) dropped Lagos and added new focal states in Northern Nigeria (Jigawa, Katsina, and Zamfara).
In contrast to donor-led reform efforts, ENABLE deliberately avoided hosting its own dialogue events, or advocating directly for reforms. Instead, ENABLE worked behind-the-scenes to strengthen the process of reform within existing Nigerian institutions; helping actors better advocate, research, and report and consult on BE issues that matter most to them.
ENABLE recognised the multiplicity of actors involved in any successful reform effort, partnering with a range of organisations on both the 'demand' and 'supply' side as well as various supporting actors:
Advocacy Organisations (AOs), such as business associations and chambers of commerce, to engage in more effective advocacy on behalf of the private sector
Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), to build their ability and willingness to consult effectively with the private sector and other stakeholders
Media houses, both commercial and state-owned, to strengthen their role as a driver and supporter of business environment reform, a channel for information, and a platform for debate and discussion
Research Institutions, both public and private, to improve the supply of policy research and information in order to promote informed, evidence-based dialogue.
Where required, ENABLE also engaged actors in 'interconnected systems', such as audience research firm AMPS in order to improve the likelihood of sustained practice change in media houses.
In contrast to Challenge Funds, ENABLE used a variety of tools and tactics to promote sustainable change in the performance and practices of these actors, including training, mentoring, brokering linkages, seeding ideas, organisational reviews, and cost-sharing.
ENABLE1 contributed to 82 new or improved PPDs, leading to 13 cases of BE reforms benefiting 1.8 million microenterprises (30% female-owned).
ENABLE2 contributed to 65 new or improved PPDs and 17 cases of reform, including the first significant federal-level BE reforms for nearly 20 years.
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WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS...(AND PINCH ME TOO)...
KING OF THE KIPPAX COLUMN - NOVEMBER 2017
It's hard to believe that this time last month I was sitting down in front of my laptop preparing to write about the indifferent start to the season that City had made. I used the terms/clichés, 'new signings bedding in' and 'no excuses for Pep this season'.
People were questioning our defence. People wondered if, despite our Summer spending spree, Pep's squad was big enough. People even wondered whether Sergio would break Eric Brook's top goal scorer record this season.
There were plenty of questions, but it was too early for many answers.
Then came September.
WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
I love October. The crisp Autumn air signalling the end of Summer. Hallowe'en fun and frolics with my children, with pumpkin picking and trick or treating aplenty. But I especially love October this year because City entered it on the back of an entirely unbeaten month. September was a 100% win record for Pep: 7/7, sitting top of the class on goal difference at the time of going to press. The first time we've won our opening two Champions League games. What a time to be alive.
I felt reasonably confident going into the Liverpool game, but I don't think anybody could've predicted what followed. The Scousers will moan that the Mane high boot/decapitation attempt on Ederson (in which intent is irrelevant) changed the game and it did to the extent that it eliminated the threat from their star player, but the capitulation that followed from Klopp's side was nothing short of astounding. No red card should see your side fold the way they did: what more, Klopp had no response to it. He didn't react or change his side to cope effectively – a manager held in such as high regard as Klopp shouldn't be as embarrassed as he rightly was with such a score-line.
But the 5-0 result was nothing more that City deserved. Sane's incredible last minute effort capped off a stunning team performance that set the tone for what was to follow in a truly spellbinding month for the Blues. A 4-0 win at Feyenoord and a 6-0 win at previously unbeaten Watford. A 2-1 victory at West Brom in the Carabao Cup was followed by a 5-0 demolition of Crystal Palace at the Etihad. A 2-0 triumph over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League with the cherry on the cake, a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge, home of the current Premier League Champions, Chelsea.
25 goals scored and just one conceded. That should put to bed any doubts anybody had over our defence. Let's really take the time to give credit where it's due and heap praise – on everybody. From the back to the front, it's been a colossally enthralling month of truly bedazzling football. It's been the kind of football we expect from a Pep side, but don't ever dream for a second we'd be lucky to watch week in, week out. It's what we thought could happen, with a squad so gifted. A squad littered with pace, youth, energy, experience and efficiency. The perfect blend with the potential for a seismic impact – September was the month City arrived. For when questions have been asked, players have delivered in abundance.
Ederson – stretchered off so dramatically in the Liverpool game – has been a dream in goal. We don't have to worry when the balls goes near him, we trust in him, we know he can handle the situation. He brings an almost eerie calm behind the defence: his decision making has been almost flawless, his bravery is to be commended and his distribution – well, it ranks up there with the best outfield players. He's the goalkeeper you need to reassure you: sensible, respected and mature. He gets on with his job with gusto and is proving to be quite the acquisition.
Kyle Walker and Danilo – equally as impressive, adaptable, pacy and solid as each other. ,Mendy was looking an unyielding character in that left back position before his injury, with his first time crosses a particular favourite of time. John Stones – what a month it's been for him. He started September with many still doubting his capabilities, but I think all doubt can be laid to rest now. He's developed into a figurehead at the back, forging a formidable and unforgiving partnership with Otamendi. They've been good for each other – and due to Kompany's injury absence, have grown both together and as individually solid defenders. Otamendi still worries me with those sliding, lunging tackles, but thankfully he's come out of most of them well recently so I can forgive him! Stones? Well, he is potentially looking a little reminiscent of a certain former Chelsea captain. Potential City captain in the not-so-distant future? Maybe.
Fernandinho is always an unsung hero, bridging the gap between defence and midfield. When a player goes about his business almost unrecognised and without much fuss, it usually means that he's doing a pretty good job, and that is exactly what Fernandinho is about. He's just doing a really, really good job. Head down, focused and consistent. Not as combustible as Nigel De Jong, not as studious as Gareth Barry, but just as good as his job. Every team needs a Fernandinho – we're just lucky he chose us.
The midfielders. The creative types: the ones who really weave their wands and work their magic to produce such trickery and flair. Raheem Sterling: the one with the hefty price tag at such a young age. An England youngster with the weight of expectation on his shoulders, he's flying at the heart of a confident team with encouragement all around him. Sterling is working hard to prove those doubters wrong and knows he has to be part of a winning squad to succeed. Leroy Sane – such remarkable energy and footwork. Scoring magnificent goals and thriving amongst a team so excitable and remarkable. David Silva being David Silva. His namesake Bernardo just as mesmerising. Wonderful to see Gundogan back from injury and looking just as electrifying as before. He holds a soft spot for me because he has so many shades of Kinkladze. The dinks and vision take me back to the brightest light in the 1990s during the darkest time – we've only just begun to see what he's capable of.
Kevin De Bruyne – I'm running out of adjectives. It's been that kind of a month. I don't think I've ever said that. Incredulous to believe a Chelsea reject could go back to Stamford Bridge and absolutely run the show – just for the visiting team this time. He's the kind of player you should rightly weep about when you let him slip through your fingers – the conductor at the heart of a City orchestra that has been playing the most enchanting of symphonies. His vision is exemplary; he's knitted together the attacks with stupendous wonder. Out of everybody, at a push he'd been my pick for player of the month.
Aguero and Jesus? Of course they can play together. They compliment each other and the team spirit has even made Sergio pretty generous when it comes to assisting instead of shooting – worth noting, particularly with that record in his reach.
Have to also give a mention to Fabian Delph. He was mocked in the Summer for not wanting a move to Stoke and for wanting to stay and fight for his place at City.
'Fight for his place? More like to earn a tidy wage by being happy to be a benchwarmer,' they mocked.
Well, he stayed and he has worked hard to fight for a place in the team. Never mind *that* goal against Crystal Palace, but his performance against Chelsea even left Mendy nervous in his hospital bed. Delph should be commended for having the right attitude and for being willing to adapt to suit the team's needs. A consummate professional whose endeavours have been rewarded – I love it when players prove people wrong.
I've mentioned team spirit there a couple of times, but the last time I saw such a team spirit was probably the early days of the Mancini era. The players are working for each other and it just works. It's an utter delight to watch and it's hard to keep our feet on the ground – but we have to, because this is City and we never know what's around the corner. But the energy, the movement, the vision, the attitude and persistence is what sets this team apart. They've got each other's backs. They know they're all in it together. They are willing to fight for each other and together. They support each other on social media and include the fans, which also does make a big difference. We're allowed an insight into their interaction with each other and we see bonding and giving a shit. That Trafford lot may be over our shoulders, but they've yet to play any of the big sides and we've overcome our biggest test yet.
Chelsea was the complete performance – completed with the most fitting of goal scorers.
Onto October: Stoke, Napoli, Burnley and Wolves at the Etihad with West Brom away.
Note to self: it's normally when you count your chickens, that they don't hatch.
DAM BUSTING
It's safe to stay there was a lot of reaction to the news that came out of the Netherlands following Sergio Aguero's car crash. Waking up to read the news breaking on Twitter about our star striker, who was poised to break the record set by Eric Brooks going into the Chelsea game in a rich vein of form, was not an ideal start to my Friday.
I knew that Aguero was in Amsterdam at a concert because I follow him on Instagram, so I'd seen the 'stories' that he'd been posting on there. But as soon as I found the photos of the smashed-up taxi he'd been in, I realised surely he'd done more damage than initially suggested. It looked really bad. So imagine my surprise that City fans and 'pundits' alike was reacting in anger to the situation.
'What the hell was he thinking?' 'Why the hell is he in Amsterdam when we're 48 hours away from the biggest game of the season so far?' 'What is he playing at?'
Are these people actual rational human beings?! Do they realise that he could've been involved in a similar incident coming out of the CFA in Manchester? Or driving out of his home back in the UK? Do these imbeciles actually stop for a minute to consider that players are allowed to do whatever they want, within reason, in their spare time? I work part time and my boss would never for a second tell me what to do in my spare time. He wouldn't be remotely interested. Granted I'm not playing for a high profile Premier League side and have sponsorship deals coming out of my ears, but let's cut the guy some slack please.
The initial reaction of a sane person would be one of concern and shock. Thankfully, that seemed to be the response from the majority of the fans I came across. The minority let the side down. Then there was Richard Keys, who incredulously had the guile to compare it to the Rooney 'way over the drink drive limit and over for a booty call behind his pregnant wife's back' incident. It beggars belief. We are very lucky that Sergio escaped with nothing more than a broken rib. Just be grateful for that. Be grateful that his time out is minimal – and that he's still with us to tell the tale.
MENDY IS THE MAN
More injury woes came in the form of our brand spanking new left back, Ben Mendy. With what initially looked nothing more than a slight knock, everybody's worst fears were confirmed when a scan revealed a ruptured ACL. He's since had an operation, but the recovery time means we may not see him on the pitch again this season, but if we do, he should be back in time for the main title push in April.
It was a big blow to a player who's proved to be a firm fans' favourite so far since joining from Monaco. His antics on social media have left everybody entertained and waiting for what's next to come. He's the founder of the #sharkteam hashtag, the name he's bestowed on this new-look Pep side, with fans taking to website in droves to buy inflatable sharks to take to the Stoke game. There are even rumours that the club may have jumped onto the bandwagon and ordered a mass shipment of inflatable Jaws-lookalikes to capitalise on Mendy Mania.
Whether he's filming Bernardo Silva in the canteen and mocking him, or bringing down Duncan Castles a peg or two on Twitter, one thing you can rely on Mendy for is dedication and optimism. He filmed himself going down to theatre for his op with a big smile on his face and he posted several videos from his hospital bed of him and his friends watching the Chelsea game and cheering us on. 'Come on City' was the cry, with his Gucci hat with the painted-on worker bee to represent Manchester. He sent his teammates a video before that game with words of encouragement and it was touching to see Delph post-match dedicating the win to the 'big man in the hospital bed.'
Mendy is the man of the moment – and long may that continue.
#sharkteam
TYPICAL CITY
It may seem a bit harsh to take a pop at the club after such a fantastic month, but City being City, they do make it very easy for us. I'm not sure whose bright idea it was to think of conducting a behind-the-scenes tour at the City Academy with Chappy as the host and actually contemplate for a second that they could get away with charging £200 a pop for it. Is that how much Chappy is charging these days? I know plenty that'd do it for free – and be more popular.
Similarly, who in their right mind thought they could introduce a 'Women At The Game' event for the Champions League tie against Shakhtar Donetsk?
'Meet together. Watch together. Cheer together,' An inspiring tagline if ever I heard one.
35% of the average football crowd in 2017 is female. That number has been steadily rising for a good couple of decades. You can't patronise a core element of your support with what can only be described as belittling bullshit. We have been meeting together, watching together and cheering together for a number of years if you haven't already noticed. We don't need an entirely ill-advised manufactured event to socialise at football.
The days of us being confined to the kitchen are long gone – we are actually allowed out to attend the match in this wonderfully modern era of equal rights. I mean, Emmeline Pankhurst didn't waste her life campaigning for women's rights only for City to come along and entirely alienate the female City population in one fell swoop. Is there any kind of quality control that goes on at City in the marketing and events department before these ideas are promoted? It's just baffling and utter tripe.
A big issue at the moment that the club are also struggling with is the queues that are gathering at the turnstiles before the game. I touched on this last month and on why the security measures are necessary in light of the heightened tensions and constant barbaric terrorist acts that seem to be happening almost daily now across the globe. The huge queues that form pre-match are a serious concern now and it's time for the club to address them.
One way this has been attempted to be dealt with is by offering fans 'chip for a quid' if they enter the ground early. Another promotion was selling soft drinks for £1. Hang on a minute, somebody hold my pint so I can rush down and benefit from such an alluring offer! No City no. Half price beer maybe, but nobody is going to look upon those deals as an incentive to leave the pub early.
Also, the club spend time promoting the events going on in City Square before the match, so which one is it to be City? Do you want us in the ground early eating our chips for a quid supping our coke, or do you want us outside watching two fans interviewing former players? It's contradictory – you need to be clear on where you want the fans to be and when. If you want us all inside the ground by a certain time, then take the entertainment inside.
It's not going to work. People stay in the boozer sometimes right until the last minute. It definitely won't work for night matches: people picking their kids up, getting home from work, rushing around. There is no way that everybody can be at the ground 45-60 minutes before a night game because people have lives. They have other commitments outside of football – football fits in around all that, so you have to make it slightly easier for everybody in that regard. Why not employ more security staff to do the checks outside the ground? Or let people use more entrances instead of restricting people to just one turnstile? There are ways around it, because it's never been as bad as it is right now to enter the ground before the game. Not only are fans queuing for ages, it poses a huge security risk in itself, with people almost sitting ducks.
It'd only take a bit of common sense to rectify the situation – but then again that'd be too easy, wouldn't it? #typicalcity
So what a month September was. My eldest, Vincent, turned three so we took him to the Palace game as a treat/test to see how he'd get on. Decked out in his new shirt, he was so excited on the journey there and I've never felt more proud walking up to the Etihad than I did with my boy holding my hand tightly, shouting 'Come on City!'
He loved all the excitement outside and the atmosphere when the team bus turned up. We thankfully arrived early enough not to queue, so he had a hot dog inside and skipped to his seat in the South Stand. When the teams came out onto the pitch, he looked around in bewildered awe. He's been to a couple of games before, but he's at an age now where he's older and more aware, he could really take it in and join in with the songs.
We managed to get 10 minutes out of him before he was asking for his Kindle to watch YouTube and I totally expected that. But he joined in with all five goal celebrations and exited the Etihad pumping his fist shouting Leroy. That's more than enough for me. It was a very proud day for this City Mama.
You'd think City being impeccable off the pitch would mean the media would be fawning over us, of course that's not to be. I had an interesting engagement on Twitter with Ian Ladyman, Daily Mail's Football Editor, over an entirely unnecessarily negative Aguero tweet for which he demonstrated no morals, remorse or integrity. Trying to constantly find the negatives in positive situations is lazy and unsubstantiated journalism, with non-existent sources cited to accompanied make-believe stories that excite our opponents as much as that offend City fans.
The constant City bashing from most media outlets is proving to be sadly predictable: price tags relentlessly brought up as valid arguments for justification for current form and attempting to fantasize rifts with Pep and players is lazy click bait at its best. It's monotonous, boringly churlish at a time where credit is rightly due regardless of any other factors.
But we'll just let actions speak louder than any words – and take great pride in that.
Labels: city, david silva, ederson, kevin de bruyne, kyle walker, Manchester City, pep guardiola, premier league, raheem sterling, sergio aguero
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More plastic, less waste? Yes. Seriously.
A new study in the journal Science Advances looks at the "Production, Use and Fate of All Plastics Ever Made." We welcome this new study, and the opportunity it provides to context to the important discussions around plastics' growth and post-use management.
Let's start with a fact that might be counter-intuitive: plastics are highly efficient materials that help us conserve resources and reduce waste. That's right: plastics actually reduce waste.
Why is that? Because to have the benefit of the products we enjoy today without plastic we'd need to use more material—much more—to do the same job. In fact, a 2016 study by the natural capital accounting firm Trucost looked at many different materials and found that if we didn't use plastics, per-person waste generation would be roughly four times greater than it is now.
That study also found that replacing plastics with alternatives would increase the amount of energy and transportation fuel we use, raise greenhouse gas emissions, and result in more litter.
In total, Trucost found that using plastics instead of alternatives in today's consumer goods and packaging reduces environmental impacts by nearly four times.
Let that sink in for a minute. It provides a lot of insight into why we use so much plastic today. Plastics are lightweight, highly efficient, cost-effective materials that do their jobs and do them well. A small amount of plastic packaging for fresh fruits and vegetables extends shelf life, and reduces both food waste and the land and water resources used to grow the food. For example, just 1.5 grams of plastic can extend shelf life for a cucumber by up to 14 days. And smart plastic packaging for grapes can lead to a 20% reduction in in-store food waste.
The same Trucost study also identified opportunities to further strengthen plastics' environmental benefits, such as new designs to use less material and lightweight cars so they use less energy. And we're doing that; innovations like those are how we stay in business.
In the end, if we failing to manage plastics after we've used them the benefits are lost. That's why America's plastic makers support programs designed to dramatically increase plastics recycling and recovery, including: the Wrap Recycling Action Program, a public-private partnership to increase recycling of plastic wraps and bags at stores; Materials Recovery for the Future, which is researching how to process more flexible packaging at recycling facilities; Keep America Beautiful's "I Want to be Recycled" campaign, which strengthens consumer awareness and motivation; and The Recycling Partnership, which works with communities to improve local recycling.
In addition, plastics makers regularly explore innovations in design, process enhancements, transportation efficiencies, and advancements in materials and how we use them—all of which can and will enhance the degree to which plastics benefit the environment.
There is clearly still work to be done to reduce consumer waste, reuse what we can, and recycle or recover the energy in the rest. But we are moving in the right direction, and it's a challenge this industry is engaged to address.


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24 Hours of Le Mans Bentley Domination 1924 to 1930
Between 1924 and 1930, the very early years of the 24 hours of Le Mans endurance race, British car manufacturer Bentley dominated the winners podium with 5 victories.
Most 24 Hour Le Mans Wins Before 2000
To celebrate the Le Mans Classic, we look at the constructors who have won the most 24 hour of Le Mans races before the year 2000.
1950s Jaguar Domination of 24 Hours of Le Mans
In the 1950s, a Jaguar car won the 24 hours of Le Mans on 5 separate occasions, with the Jaguar D Type winning 3 years in a row from 1955 to 1957. It was a golden decade for British cars at Le Mans.
Jaguar D Type Performance Monitored by SMITHS Gauges
The original Jaguar D-Type sports car won the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1955, 1956 and 1957 with the performance being monitored by SMITHS gauges.
British Competitors In 24 Hours In Le Mans 2017
60 entrants take on the greatest motorsport endurance race of all at Le Mans, France on 17th and 18th June 2017 and there are some British cars, teams and drivers.


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2016 ELECTION: HARVIE SAYS GREENS ARE ONES TO WATCH
Patrick Harvie MSP, Co-convener of the Scottish Greens, today (31 Dec) predicted that his party would be the ones to watch in the 2016 Holyrood election, as the Greens tap into the public appetite for a bolder parliament.
An average of the opinion polls during 2015 suggests the Greens will have 9 MSPs in May, 7 more than the party currently has and two more than it had in the 2003-07 session of parliament.
Labour are widely expected to lose at least a dozen MSPs, and the Conservatives and Lib Dems are flat-lining.
Patrick Harvie MSP said:
"2016 will see our biggest and best election campaign to date. The potential we have to increase Green representation reflects the public desire for a greener and fairer Scotland. Our post-referendum surge in membership was sparked by members of the public right across Scotland who wanted to shape the future of their country and we are well-placed to maintain that engagement.
"We already have first-rate candidates in place for May and our local teams are active across the 8 electoral regions. 2016 offers a chance to elect a Scottish Parliament that is bolder in devolving power to local level while also opposing Westminster austerity; a parliament that is serious about caring for our young and our old, and is committed to investing in the jobs of the future as we make the transition to a post-carbon economy.
"By May the SNP will have been in government for 9 years, and from a Green perspective their policies and track record are a real mixed bag. There's clearly public appetite for a ban on fracking; there's clearly an appetite for radical land reform to unlock the potential in our urban and rural communities; and there's clearly a need for more affordable, easy-to-heat housing to end the scandal of fuel poverty. On all these issues and more Scottish Greens have made progress and with more MSPs we can push Holyrood further and faster in the right direction."


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I don't think my American-ness has ever surfaced during my travels as much as it did when I went to Loch Ness in Scotland. Let's be honest. There's really only one reason people to travel to Loch Ness, isn't there? Admit it. We go because of the legend of the Loch Ness Monster.
Now, I didn't go expecting to see Nessie herself. I didn't think I'd get there and go out on one of the tour boat excursions and be capsized into the murky water as Nessie breached beneath our boat. But I did expect to go to Loch Ness and find souvenirs for my 13-year-old nephew who is fascinated by Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and all the other legendary creatures (who he's more familiar with than I am). Imagine my surprise when I got there and discovered that I'd have more luck hunting old Nessie herself than any souvenirs in the tiny village on its banks!
There are only a smattering of shops and restaurants there. But the shops are proper old-people type shops: woolen goods and soaps. Organic dog foods and candles. Nice hand-crafted wares, but no Nessie paraphernalia at all!
I couldn't believe it! Where were all the sea creature games, puzzles, posters, figurines, mugs, t-shirts, bumper stickers, costumes, postcards, umbrellas, miniatures, hunting kits, replicas, swim gear, Nessie eggs, binoculars, books, etc., etc., etc,? The town was missing out on a gold mine! We were all there because of the Loch Ness Monster and it seemed they were doing their very best to ignore that fact.
All I can say is, that would have never happened in America. We would have capitalized the crap out of that opportunity.
Have you ever been to a place that blatantly ignores the reason people are there?
Ah you must have missed Nessieland then Juliann 🙂 Plenty of tat for sale there.
I can't believe I missed it. There I was wandering the shops in an apparently separate area of Loch Ness. For all I know, Nessie could have been right behind me and I would have missed it, too!
Thanks for setting me straight, Roy.
It's surprising to hear that they're missing an opportunity like that. Perhaps they're trying to discourage visitors for a while to give the monster a little rest and relaxation.
I obviously was on a different park of the lake than where all the activity of Nessieland seemed to be. It taught me a lesson: find out specifics if you're booking a tour and want to see something particular. I was on a tour to Loch Ness and had no idea that they'd take us to a less-touristy spot.
Love it. Can you imagine anyone going out on the loch actually expecting to spot Nessie? I visited a long time ago and it never occurred to me about the souvenirs, or lack there of.
Hahaha. He's lucky Nessie wasn't too hungry that day!


The Carriage House at the Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh is a nice and quiet place for a bride and her attendants to get ready. The rooms have beautiful natural light. For this photograph the bride had a second layer to her dress with was very lacy and very beautiful. Here the mother, sister and brides maids are helping her put it on. 1/40; f/2.0; ISO 100; 35.0 mm.


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Local Shizuoka Fish & Seafood at Parche Fish Market in Shizuoka City: including Bermuda Fish!
With all the persisting heat slamming us every day I was wondering what fish could reach us at Parch Supermarket inside Shizuoka JR Station.
And I did find manage to some unusual specimens!
I was particularly attracted by these dark fish!
The one at the top from Nagasaki in Kyushu Prefecture was quite expensive but the one from Numazu harbor was reasonable!
Kuromutsu/黒鱫、黒鯥: Black gnomefish from Nagasaki!
Sabidachi/さびだち(also called Kuroshibikamasu/黒シビ梭魚): snake mackerel, Bermuda fish from Numazu harbor!
It is a variety of barracuda!
I was interested in the long silvery one from Yui harbor, Shimizu Ku, Shizuoka City!
Tachiuo/太刀魚、魛: scabbard fish, cutlass fish!
Typical fish from Shozuoka over there!
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