The only included shore excursions are available aboard the m/s Paul Gauguin: a day at Motu Mahana, our own islet off the coast of Taha'a, and access to our private beach on a motu off the coast of Bora Bora.
Reasonably priced optional shore excursions are available at every port aboard and can be purchased on board. A shore excursion booklet will be sent in advance with final documentation, and descriptions can also be found here. Paul Gauguin Cruises reserves the right to withdraw any shore excursion or hotel program if the required minimum passenger number is not met. Cancellation by PGC of any of these programs does not constitute grounds for cancellation of your cruise. Shore excursion program fares are per guest and subject to space availability. Operation of these shore excursions is subject to weather conditions, flight schedule changes, and local conditions. Any cruise cancellation penalties remain in effect as per terms and conditions outlined in the cruise brochure.
Does Paul Gauguin Cruises offer gear for SCUBA diving?
Yes, SCUBA diving gear is included in the price of SCUBA excursions. We can also store SCUBA gear, should you prefer to bring your own. Click here for more information.
Does Paul Gauguin Cruises offer snorkel gear?
Yes, snorkel gear is complimentary for the duration of the cruise. You pick up the gear on Day 1.
For SCUBA diving, do you get single or double tanks when on the m/s Paul Gauguin?
It depends on the dive. Both single- and double-tank excursions may be available, depending on your itinerary.
Yes, the ship offers live entertainment. Please click here for more information.
What are the watersports policies?
Kayaking is available from the marina, from Paul Gauguin Cruises' private beach on a motu off the coast of Bora Bora, and from our private motu off the coast of Taha'a. In the event of strong winds, kayaking is forbidden for safety reasons.
Wear a life jacket at all times.
Stay in sight of the marina team at all times.
Do not exit the kayak.
Do not kayak to the motu across the lagoon from our private motu.
In fairness to all guests, time is limited to 30 minutes.
Watch carefully and steer clear of snorkelers.
To further ensure the safety of our guests, the marina team remains on duty whenever kayaking is available, and the marina is stocked with Zodiac® rescue craft in case of emergency.
Paddle boarding is available from the marina and from the private beach on a motu off the coast of Bora Bora. In the event of strong winds, paddle boarding is forbidden for safety reasons.
Wear a life jacket and a leach connected to the paddle board at all times.
When starting from the platform, be on your knees until being in a safe distance from the platform to avoid injuries by falling off on platform's edges.
When returning to the marina platform, be on your knees for the same safety reasons.
If you fall off the board, swim back on it.
Watch carefully and paddle clear of snorkelers.
To further ensure the safety of our guests, the marina team remains on duty whenever paddle boarding is available, and the marina is stocked with Zodiac® rescue craft in case of emergency.
Guests can obtain snorkeling equipment at the marina at the beginning of their cruise and keep it throughout their voyage. They must read and sign a waiver before receiving snorkeling equipment, which must be returned to the marina before 4:00 p.m. on the last day of the cruise.
Snorkeling is available from the private beach on a motu off the coast of Bora Bora, and from our private motu off the coast of Taha'a. Please note, however, that NO snorkeling is permitted from the marina platform. Members of the marina team will be on hand to help guests with their equipment, but they are not lifeguards. In the event of a strong current, the team will advise guests not to swim if they are not good swimmers and design an alternate area for snorkeling.
Guests must wear life vests at all times on board the diving boat.
Are there special activities for children?
Select sailings of the m/s Paul Gauguin feature our Moana Explorer Program. This flexible program lets parents and children pick and choose from a suite of onboard activities and daily excursions that reveal the natural wonders and rich culture of Polynesia by land and sea. Please ask your Travel Advisor for details.
What are your most popular shore excursions?
A comprehensive list of our shore excursions can be found here.
For safety and security reasons, drones are not permitted to be brought aboard the ship.


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Grosodonia leaves Aquinas basketball for Fisher
Jeff DiVeronica
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The Little Irish repeated as Section V champion last season and won their first state title
Mike Grosodonia climbed to the top of the mountain last basketball season that every high school coach hopes to reach. His Aquinas Institute squad won the school's first state championship. Next week he starts a new challenge.
The 40-year-old is the new top assistant coach on Rob Kornaker's staff with the St. John Fisher College men. Grosodonia starts the full-time position on Aug. 1. The Greece Olympia graduate guided Aquinas to six Section V titles in his 10 seasons after succeeding the late Mike Dianetti. He walks away from the Little Irish with a sparkling record of 194-38. They were also Federation Tournament runners-up last season, one which began with four new starters.
"I'm going to miss it, but it has always been my dream to coach college basketball and the timing of this just seems right," said Grosodonia, who admitted finally winning states after a runner-up finish in 2012 and semifinal finish in 2015 was a factor in his decision.
Aquinas wins state basketball title
Grosodonia and Kornaker, 48, who has led the Cardinals to seven NCAA Tournament appearances in his 15 seasons, have become friends over the last few years. They didn't know each other until Kornaker's son, Griffin, enrolled at Aquinas four years ago and played on the Little Irish junior varsity as an eighth-grader. Kornaker and his son would always stick around and watch the varsity.
"I really noticed how his kids played the right way. They shared the ball," Kornaker said of Grosodonia's squads. "He's a guy who got the most out of the talent on his team. Look, Aquinas has talent, but he got the most out of his kids and they weren't always the most talented team on the floor."
Aquinas really bought in the past few years to Grosodonia's game plan of high-pressure defense that could dictate games and unselfish offensive play. It won sectionals five of the past six years, going 47-5 the past two while playing in the state's largest class (AA). The decision to leave was difficult, he said, and Grosodonia made it a point to thank the administrators and coaching staff at the private school in Rochester.
Aquinas assistant Tony Leonardo is also leaving to join Fisher's staff. Grosodonia's also leaving behind his teaching job in physical education at Aquinas. At Fisher, he's replacing Sean Coffey, who was named head coach at Utica College in late April.
Earnest Edwards leads Aquinas to another title
"I've been (going) back and forth about the positives and if I should do this," Grosodonia said. "I have to thank my wife (Patty). She's a risk taker. I'm more of the safe guy, but said if I want to do this, 'Go for it.' "
He felt "security," at Aquinas but now the closer his start at Fisher gets the more "excited I get," said Grosodonia, a three-time All-Greater Rochester Coach of the Year who also led Aquinas' softball team to the 2008 state crown. He said he couldn't fight back the tears when he told Aquinas star Jalen Pickett, whom he's known since Pickett was a young ball boy, that he wouldn't be coaching Pickett as a senior next winter.
"You've got to put him up with the best coaches in the area," Kornaker said of Grosodonia.
Fisher returns all but two players from a club that went 21-6 and won the Empire 8 Conference with a 14-2 record. Senior Keegan Ryan, a 6-foot-8, 235-pound forward, led the Cardinals in scoring (17.4) and rebounding (9.7), 6-4 junior guard Tyler English averaged 11.9 points and 5 rebounds and 6-foot junior guard Alex Sausville averaged 11.7 points.
Coaching in practices and games will "come natural," Grosodonia said. "Basketball is basketball." Learning how to be a good recruiter will be his biggest challenge and yes, he realizes the anti-private school people locally will joke about that.
"I know people say we recruit at Aquinas, but I never went into a family's home and talked to them. Even though people think that happens, it doesn't," Grosodonia said. "Now the question is: Can I go to an AAU Tournament or to high school games and get guys we think can play at Fisher? That'll be my learning curve."
One player on his list will have a familiar name. Griffin Kornaker will be a senior this fall at Suffield Academy, a boarding school in Connecticut. He's being recruited by Division III, II and small D-I colleges, his father said. Griffin left Aquinas after his sophomore year when it reached the state semis. Griffin's college decision could impact his father's future, too.
"Basketball is a big part of our family and I'm not one of those guys that's going to follow his kid around," said Rob Kornaker, a 1986 Gates Chili graduate. "But whether (Griffin's) with me (at Fisher) or with somebody else, I don't want to miss out of those things."
Being a basketball coach is the "second best job," Rob said. "The first is being a father and a husband."
JDIVERON@Gannett.com

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Ob odsotnosti zmagovalca zadnjih dveh dirk Luciena Petit-Bretona je položaj favorita prevzel drugi s Toura 1908, Luksemburžan François Faber. Po prvi etapi je vodilni položaj zavzel Belgijec Cyrille van Hauwaert. Favorit Faber je z zmago prevzel vodstvo že v drugi etapi in ga s še petimi etapnimi zmagami zanesljivo obdržal do konca. Tako je bil Tour 1909 prvi Tour, ki ni videl Francoza kot skupnega zmagovalca.

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CA outlines ILM road map
By Dave Simpson
At its annual CA World conference—which attracted about 10,000 customers and partners—in late May, Computer Associates presented its strategy for information life-cycle management (ILM) product delivery. To differentiate, or distance, itself from some of its more storage-centric competitors, CA executives emphasized the non-storage elements of ILM.
"Don't take a storage-centric view of ILM," said Anders Lofgren, vice president of BrightStor product management at CA. "The storage vendors' definitions of ILM are incomplete."
In addition to the storage-specific functions typically associated with ILM, Lofgren said that CA will focus on areas such as asset management, security, workflow management, compliance, and risk management (see figure).
Lofgren outlined four levels, or phases, of ILM product delivery, which will eventually lead to integration of the company's storage management (BrightStor), operations management (Unicenter), and security management (eTrust) software products.
Level 2 in the ILM "maturity model" (the current level) involves CA's BrightStor SRM, SAN Manager, and ARCserve Backup software, as well as Unicenter Asset Management and Service Management software and eTrust products.
The only storage-oriented product announcement that CA made at the conference was the introduction of BrightStor Document Manager, which is based on the Plone open source document management engine.
Essentially, CA added features to the Plone code to create BrightStor Document Manager. The product is integrated with BrightStor Portal. Although Document Manager is shipping, Lofgren declined to provide specific pricing information, saying only that it will cost "tens of thousands of dollars" compared to some competing products that are priced above $100,000.
Lofgren also made a "statement of direction" regarding e-mail/message archiving and hierarchical storage management (HSM) products that will be included in the company's ILM road map, although he did not provide a time table for product delivery. (For HSM, CA currently partners with CaminoSoft.)
BrightStor Document Manager is part of Level 3 of CA's ILM maturity model, which will also eventually include integration with the forthcoming message archiving and HSM products.
In other open source news at CA World, the company announced that it is releasing its Ingres database into the open source community. CA also announced open source partnerships with JBoss and Zope, which provides an open source content management system.


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Boss of Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 'deeply sad' as Christmas pantomime cancelled
Social distancing rules in the coronavirus pandemic have forced the Guildford theatre to cancel this year's pantomime
Emma PengellyMultimedia reporter
A promotional shot for the Jack and the Beanstalk production back in 2015 (Image: Grahame Larter / Surrey Advertiser)
The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre has cancelled its 2020 pantomime due to Covid-19.
Although the government has said that indoor performances are able to go ahead from August 1, a number of rules on social distancing have presented particular challenges for pantomimes.
The Guildford theatre explained that due to the pantomime's large cast, live music and dancing it would not be possible to maintain social distancing even if a small number of actors can perform.
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Pantomime is a much needed financial boost for the theatre for the whole year, however a venue spokesperson said "the impact on the theatre will be catastrophic" even if a small number of shows have to be cancelled due to audiences not feeling confident coming in or if performers are taken unwell, for example.
According to the theatre, 20% of its panto audience consists of group bookings from schools and other organisations and many of those have already cancelled.
Former SurreyLive reporter Michael Pearson dressed as Widow Twankey for a feature ahead of the 2016 panto Aladdin (Image: Grahame Larter - Surrey Advertiser)
Joanna Read, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre director and chief executive, said: "I am deeply sad at having to make this decision.
"The Yvonne Arnaud pantomime is one of the highlights of Christmas in Surrey, and I was so looking forward to directing and producing Robin Hood.
"I know that, for so many families, like my own, it plays a central part in their Christmas celebrations, often across the generations."
But the theatre has emphasised the decision is in order to protect the long-term future of the venue and it is hopeful for a successful 2021.
Peter Gordon, who has starred in the Yvonne Arnaud panto since 2006, said: "I can hardly believe we won't be performing a pantomime this year, but the long term future of our Yvonne Arnaud theatre has to come first.
"We must make sure it's protected for the future in Guildford. While it's upsetting for all of those involved that the magic won't be on the stage in December, we can start looking forward to proper panto fun being back in 2021."
Mr Gordon has starred as the voice of the mirror, King, Emperor, an Ugly Sister and, in recent years, the Dame.
Customers with Robin Hood 2020 tickets booked in advance will be contacted directly and told of their options, the theatre has confirmed.
A theatre spokesperson added: "We want to be here for many pantos to come, so we are sure everyone will understand this sad, but necessary decision.
"We are doing our best to ensure we will have a festive programme for everyone, and will announce this as soon as we can."
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre


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Zancudo is a quiet beach, with ideal conditions for swimming due to the soft currents and clear waters. It is ideal also for Costa Rica surfing trips and fishing. The 4 mile plain beach is located in the southern side of the Coto Colorado River, it is close to the swamp mangroves, providing a great chance to watch the diverse wildlife of the area. Birds, monkeys, and crocodiles can be seen too. The central section has strong swells more suited for boogie boarding and surfing.
Being a refuge for back packers, you will find many cheap Costa Rica hotels in Zancudo Beach, ideal for budget Costa Rica vacations. There are restaurants, clubs, discos and bars, all in a laid-back atmosphere. Local people is kind and will help you if you have questions or problems.
There are many activities that you can practice in the Pacific Ocean, like sports fishing, snorkeling, ski, kayaking, scuba diving, and tours to the Coto Colorado River, including horse back riding. If you prefer to stay in the landside, you can visit the Casa Orquideas Botanic Garden, or walk through the trails near the river.
To get to Playa Zancudo, you can take a bus from Golfito, or a water cab in the docks, which will let you have many chances to take wonderful pictures, so take your camera with you. The weather in Zancudo Beach is hot and humid during all the year.


Wnt signalling cascades control animal development and stem cell compartments in many tissues, and are amongst the most ancient and highly conserved signalling pathways within the animal kingdom. One key effector is β-catenin, which is stabilised in response to Wnt stimulation; β-catenin thus binds to TCF factors at Wnt-responsive enhancers to switch on the transcription of linked genes. Inappropriate activation of β-catenin can cause cancer in many human tissues, most notably colorectal cancer.
We study the molecular functions of individual Wnt signalling components and their mutual interactions, using cell-biological, biochemical and structural approaches, as well as fly and mouse animal models. One focus is on the role of Dishevelled in assembling signalosomes by dynamic polymerization during Wnt signalling, to block the function of Axin degradasomes in destabilising β-catenin.
Another focus is on the Wnt enhanceosome and the role of its core component Chip/LDB-SSDP in responding to Wnt signalling through Pygo-BCL9 and integrating this with other signalling inputs. Ultimately, our work is aimed at identifying and developing the potential of new Wnt signalling components as therapeutic targets in cancer.


Three Rivers was opened in 1970 and is home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. It also hosts numerous concerts every year. It has been host to many great moments in Pittsburgh sports such as the immaculate reception and Roberto Clemente's 3,000th hit.


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NAB Challenge, Morwell Recreation Reserve, Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Essendon Bombers vs. St. Kilda Saints — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:30 a.m.
World Championship Boxing, Cotai Arena, Macau, Communist China
IBF World Flyweight Championship
Zou Shiming vs. Amnat Ruenroeng — HBO2, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)
Premier Boxing Champions, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero & Adrien Broner vs. John Molina, Jr. — NBC, 8:30 p.m.
Premier Boxing Champions Post-Fight — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
College Basketball Viewing Picks
Wisconsin at Michigan State — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
North Dakota at Miami (OH) — Fox College Sports Pacific, 7 p.m.
Missouri at South Carolina — SEC Network, noon
Georgia at Mississippi State — SEC Network, 2 p.m.
College Swimming & Diving
Pac-12 Championships, Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
Day 2 — Pac-12 Networks, 1 p.m. (delayed)
English Championship League
Ipswich Town vs. Brentford — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN/NBC Universo, 10 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, noon
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Bradford City vs. Reading — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Soccer Plus, 12:25 p.m.
FA Preview Show: 6th Round Proper — Fox Sports 1, 7 a.m.
HSBC Women's Champions, Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Sentosa, Singapore
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
European PGA Tour
East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
WGC-Cadillac Championship, Trump National Doral (Blue Monster), Miami, FL
3rd Round — Golf Channel, noon
3rd Round — NBC, 3 p.m.
3rd Round Spotlight Coverage — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.
Puerto Rico Open, Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico (Championship Course), Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
3rd Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)
American Cup, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Men's and Women's All-Around — NBC, 1 p.m.
Toronto vs. Philadelphia — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Texas vs. Milwaukee — MLB Network, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
St. Louis vs. Washington — MLB Network, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)
San Diego vs. San Francisco — MLB Network, midnight (same day coverage)
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Sprint Cup Series
Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Practice 2 — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 a.m.
Practice 3 — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.
Boyd Gaming 300, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Qualifying — Fox Sports 2, 12:30 a.m.
Race — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.
NASCAR RaceDay: Xfinity: Las Vegas — Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Cleveland — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, noon
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston — NHL Network, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Toronto — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central Saturday — NHL Network, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
FIBT World Championship, Winterberg, Germany
Women's Heat and 4 — Universal Sports, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
Ladies Downhill — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Kvitfjell, Norway
Men's Downhill — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)
ISU World Allround Championships, Olympic Oval, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Day One — Universal Sports, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Free Spirits — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN Classic, 1 p.m.
Elevate — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
SEC Storied: Croom — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN Classic, 4:30 p.m.
The Express Xtra-Weekends — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Movement: One Man Joins an Uprising — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 6:30 p.m.
Inning by Inning: Portrait of a Coach — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
Hellfighters — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Center Court: Davis Cup, World Group First Round: Great Britain vs. USA & Belgium vs. Switzerland — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Davis Cup, World Group First Round
Germany vs. France, Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
Rubber 3 – Doubles: Benjamin Becker/Andre Begemann vs. Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut — Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
Great Britain vs. USA, Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rubber 3 – Doubles: Dominic Inglott/Jamie Murray vs. Bob & Mike Bryan — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)
Abierto Monterrey, Club Sonoma, Monterrey, Mexico
Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Malaysian Open, Royal Selangor Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Semifinal — Tennis Channel, midnight (same day coverage)
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Written as a guideline for engineering leaders and educators, this report looks at how diversity impacts on engineering and offers strategies for how tertiary institutions can make changes in course design to increase inclusion and diversity.
This report looks at the reasons for and learnings from a UK three-year pilot Graduate Engineering Engagement Programme aimed at addressing the engineering skills gap by inspiring, attracting, recruiting and retaining people from diverse backgrounds into engineering employment.
This report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in the USA argues for integration of STEM and the humanities. This meshes with comments from employers who attended TEC engineering and ICT workshops several years ago – that they wanted 'more rounded' graduates who had experienced a wider range of learning experiences.
The difficulty in attracting women into engineering is not solely a diversity issue, says the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), but also an economic one. Following a joint conference with Prospect, the UK union for professionals, on recruiting, promoting and retaining women in STEM-related industries, it released this report.
A survey of 15 engineering organisations shows that women remain greatly under-represented at all levels of the engineering profession. This snapshot considers the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in engineering, and makes a number of recommendations about how to increase their numbers.
This report studies how student retention is affected by learners' sense of social and academic integration. The research findings showed that students found activities that combined social opportunities with an academic context as important in helping them to continue with their degree programmed, and that they valued the integration-focused activities evaluated in the research.
The National Engineering Education Plan was developed with guidance from tertiary educators, industry training organisations, industry stakeholders and the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand. This report sets out a national plan for ensuring that the right numbers of the right types of graduates are produced to meet New Zealand's needs.


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Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security announced that Syrians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status will be eligible to re-register for an extension of status for 18 months, through 9/30/19.
The decision to extend TPS for Syria was made after a review of the conditions upon which the country's designation is based, which was ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions, as well as an assessment of whether those conditions continue to exist as required by statute. Following careful consideration of available information, including recommendations received as part of an inter-agency consultation process, the Secretary determined that the conditions supporting Syria's designation for TPS continue to exist. Thus, under the applicable statute, the current TPS designation must be extended.
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Does the remit of a conservation science journal commence when it receives a manuscript and finish when an article is published, or does a journal's responsibilities extend more widely? We believe it is important to reach out to conservationists before they they begin to write an article. We regularly participate in programmes such as the annual University of Cambridge Student Conference on Conservation Science and the Conservation Leadership Programme, and have collaborated with the Tropical Biology Association in East Africa.
In particular, the Oryx Editorial Office offers tutorials and workshops to help conservation practitioners and researchers fulfill their publishing and communications aspirations. Our Writing for Conservation workshops take participants through the gruelling process of turning great conservation research into a first class manuscript ready for peer review in a conservation science journal.
The Writing for Conservation workshops also include hands-on tuition on bibliography management, and preparation of publication-quality scientific figures and maps. This study area map was prepared by Karen Udaeta during the May 2015 workshop in Brazil.
Writing for Conservation workshop participants at Instituo de Pesquisas Ecológicos, Nazaré Paulista, Brazil, May 2015.
Writing for Conservation workshop participants in Bogor, Indonesia, February 2015.


Researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) headquartered ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) have developed 3D Alek, a customised multi-materials biofabrication 3D printer designed to create a 3D printed human ear.
3D printing tech start-up Remedy Health and biotech company FabRx have been awarded £600,000 funding from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency to develop the world's first 3D printer for the production of personalised medicines.
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Sanjay Shah is a British-born entrepreneur and philanthropist with an unwavering belief in humanity's fundamental goodness. After making a name for himself in the turbulent world of global finance, Shah now focuses on making the world a better place for its most vulnerable denizens.
As the founder and leader of Autism Rocks, he spends his days merging his passion for music with his solemn commitment—born from personal experience—to families living with autism. He's working on some big projects for Autism Rocks, including the launch of a Dubai-based support center for vulnerable families facing autism and the construction of a 21,000-seat performance venue that promises to take the charity's work—and profile—to the next level.
Shah is active in other philanthropic activities as well. In the past, he has contributed considerable resources and time to Film Aid projects in Kenya and sponsored a number of children through Plan U.K.
A jack of all trades, Shah is now extending his passion for entertainment to his relatively new career as an executive film producer. He knows how to pick 'em: His most recent project, "Under the Shadow," earned a BAFTA Award for outstanding debut in 2016, thanks to the amazing work of first-time director Babak Anvari.
Born to Kenyan emigrants, Shah grew up in North London during the 1970s. He initially studied to become a physician, enrolling in the school of medicine at King's College.
Shah eventually decided that medicine wasn't for him. After withdrawing from the school of medicine, he switched his focus to accounting. His first regular role in the industry was as an auditor trainee at KPMG, an international accounting and auditing firm. Shah credits his training with giving him a respect for the rigorous, detail-oriented nature of corporate accounting—a competency that served him well as he rose through the ranks of London's red-hot finance industry during the late 1990s and 2000s.
Following his stint at KPMG, Shah took a job in Merrill Lynch's London back office. He soon gained a reputation for his focus and work ethic and quickly moved up the City's food chain, taking on progressively more responsibility with Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, ING and finally Rabobank, where he served as head of derivatives trading.
Like so many other London-based financial professionals, Shah was laid off during the 2008 financial crisis. Rather than see the setback as a defeat, he took it as an opportunity to reexamine his priorities and refocus his career. In 2009, he and his family moved to Dubai, an energetic seaside metropolis far removed from the economic turmoil wracking the rest of the developed world.
Shah says it's the best decision he's ever made.
"Dubai is a lot sunnier than London too," he adds.
Shah continued to work in finance after the move to Dubai, but it wasn't until 2011 that he found his true passion—and, arguably, his true calling in life. After what he and his wife remember as a "difficult week" that saw their son Nikhil hospitalized with a violent illness, the Shah family received a troubling diagnosis from the army of Dubai- and London-based physicians and psychologists they'd retained: Nikhil had autism spectrum disorder, or ASD.
The family sprang into action. Once they arrived back in Dubai, they visited the government-run Dubai Autism Centre. Shah was shocked to find the place overwhelmed by demand for its services. Much of the demand came from low- and middle-income Dubai families who couldn't afford the high cost of behavioral therapy—in some cases, they couldn't even afford transportation to the center's campus in central Dubai.
Moved, Shah donated two new minibuses to the center. Though he'd donated to distant charities in the past, this was the first time he'd intervened directly to help less fortunate members of his own community. He was hooked.
Shah began to consider how else he could use his resources to help families in need, especially those living with ASD who don't have the funds to pay for therapy.
Until then, Shah's approach to giving had been haphazard and hands-off: He'd supported charities in India, his ancestral homeland, and no doubt improved the lives of children and adults there. But he hadn't immersed himself in the relief efforts or spent much time on the ground in the country itself.
Now that he had a personal stake in a worthy cause, Shah saw an opportunity to effect real, positive change. He joined the board of the Autism Research Trust, a well-regarded autism research funding organization. Then, during a chance meeting with rapper Snoop Dogg, the light bulb went off, and Shah embarked on a whirlwind planning journey that would culminate in the launch of Autism Rocks.
Shah envisioned Autism Rocks as a big-name concert series that would raise significant funds to be distributed through the Autism Research Trust. He was confident that the promise of intimate events with international pop artists would convince his colleagues and acquaintances to open their checkbooks for autism research.
He was right. Held at London's legendary Cafe de Paris, the charity's first event—headlined by the late, great Prince—drew some £200,000 in donations from 600 attendees.
It's been a long ride from the KPMG training room—and it's far from over.
In this excerpt adapted from an exclusive interview, Sanjay Shah talks about how he succeeds as an entrepreneur and shares some tips to help others start and grow their businesses.
Shah is a philanthropist and entrepreneur who lives with his family in Dubai. With a background in London's financial sector, Shah discovered his true calling when he combined his love for music with his passion to help the less fortunate and founded Autism Rocks in 2014.
You're an entrepreneur and philanthropist. What would you say is your biggest motivator?
Sanjay Shah: Passion is what motivates me, whether it's a passion to assist those who need help or a passion to see an idea through. If I don't feel strongly about a new business venture, it's not going to happen. Passion, along with focus, is the difference between success and failure.
Autism Rocks certainly came out of passion. How did you come up with the idea?
Sanjay Shah: When my youngest son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), my wife and I, of course, headed straight to the Dubai Autism Centre to see what treatment options were available. We were shocked by what we found. The centre was completely overwhelmed with requests for services from families who could not afford to pay for them. We immediately donated two minibuses to help transport families to the centre but knew we needed to do more. I was no stranger to giving to a variety of causes, but now that I had firsthand knowledge of what it's like living with and raising a child with ASD, here-and-there giving was no longer enough. Our financial situation was sound and my wife and I decided then and there to come up with a way to help.
After a meeting with Snoop Dogg in 2013, the idea came to me: Why not combine my love for music and my passion to help others to create a way to raise money and awareness for autism? Autism Rocks was born.
That's a complicated question. "Living with autism" means more than being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), of course. Millions who can't be placed on the spectrum nevertheless "live" with autism as parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, teachers and friends.
Like the needs of all other children, the needs of kids with ASD change as they age. Their needs are situation- and environment-dependent, too. Let's take a closer look at what it's like to live with and support someone who has autism in three common situations: home, school and the post-secondary world.
Millions of children around the world live with autism. Every day, thousands of kids are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There's a good chance you know someone who is directly or indirectly affected by autism, even if they're not particularly forthcoming about the experience.
But how much do you really know about autism?
ASD is a complex condition that we're only just beginning to unravel. The good news is that we've made a tremendous amount of progress toward understanding ASD in a relatively short timeframe. The bad news is that we're still a long way from where we need to be.
The coming months and years will be pivotal. Charities like the Autism Research Trust (ART) are stepping up to fund critical research into the causes, progression and treatments of ASD. Innovative organizations like Autism Rocks are doing their part to raise funds for groups like ART and increase their visibility in an increasingly crowded philanthropic landscape. And, thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to donate to Autism Rocks and its brethren, even if you're not on the invite list to any of its star-studded shows.
What about where the rubber meets the road? What are the researchers whose work depends on these charities actually doing? And can we point to tangible progress that gives us hope for the future of ASD treatment?
Let's take a look at a few of the most promising areas of autism research. For more detail, check out ART's periodic progress reports.


Quite honestly this could be called Mediterranean Hunter's Stew as rabbit would work just as well, almost better perhaps, in terms of authentic-ness. These hearty tomato based dishes are fabulous and with the very average weather we are having here, just the job.
This one is adapted from a Jamie Oliver recipe which features in his book: Jamie's Italy. But the basis of it can be found in any substantial book on Italian food or French for that matter. On the subject of Jamie Oliver, I am a fan of his recipes, preferring the earlier stuff (The Naked Chef) and the travel writing. He feels as bit overexposed to me at the moment, but I love his energy and the endless stream of ideas that he acts upon.
OK, so a least an hour before you plan to start cooking this marinate the meat in a large bowl with the wine, seasoning, bay leaves, rosemary and garlic. Cover and pop in the fridge.
Serve with bread and salad, beans or Jacket potatoes. Yummy.


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Education the key to a better, brighter future
by admin | Mar 22, 2011 | Media Releases
[singlepic id=328 w=320 h=240 float=left]Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Curtis Pitt, today announced more than $1 million in scholarships to help hundreds of Indigenous students complete their senior studies.
Mr Pitt said the scholarships, supported by the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation would help 315 students at around 40 schools across the state.
"Education is important. It's the key to a better, brighter future and each and every one of the scholarship holders has an opportunity to turn that key and open the door to a world of learning," Mr Pitt said.
"The scholarships will help close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage by increasing the proportion of Indigenous young people to achieve a Queensland Certificate of Education."
Minister Pitt said the State Government's Cape York welfare reform strategy also addresses education as a key to ending social exclusion.
"The Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy started operating in Aurukun and Coen in January last year as part of the trial education reform," he said.
"In the space of a year we have seen significant improvements in literacy levels and student behaviour. I congratulate the students and the academy on their success," he said.
Mr Pitt said the academy's curriculum covers three learning domains – class, culture and club.
"It includes tailored teacher training and coaching, health and recreation activities and traditional language," he said.


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Q: Implement googlechart x-axis with dates from twig datetimes I have an array of the last 30 days with 2 keys for each day :
-date (datetime)
-count (integer)

I try to instanciate a google chart with the date in Xaxis and count in Yaxis but as soon as I try to loop on my array using twig, it seems that my datetime value is changed.
Here is the way I loop to add Rows on my graph in my drawGraph() function :
 function drawChart() {

      var dataTable = new google.visualization.DataTable();
        dataTable.addColumn({ type: 'date', id: 'date', label: 'date'});
        dataTable.addColumn({ type: 'number', id: 'Nombre d OF', label: 'Nb of'});

    {% for value in chartData.data %}
        console.log({{ value.date.format('Y-m-d') }});
        dataTable.addRow([new Date("{{ value.date.format('Y-m-d')| date("Y-m-d") }}".replace(/-/g,"/")), {{ value.count }}]);
    {% endfor %}

    var options = {
      title: 'Nombre d\'ordre de fabrication crées sur les 30 derniers jours ('+{{ chartData.info }}+')',
      hAxis: {title: 'Jours',  titleTextStyle: {color: '#333'}},
      vAxis: {minValue: 0}
    };

    var chart = new google.visualization.AreaChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));
    chart.draw(dataTable, options);
  }

I printed the date for each loop iteration and I get this result :

My question is : Why is the date changed in my loop ?

A: Well 2017 - 9 - 24 actualy is 1984, you need to wrap your statement with quotes otherwise it gets treated as a subvision
console.log('{{ value.date.format('Y-m-d') }}');

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Sport: Playoff race heats up in OFC Champions League
9:41 am on 14 February 2019
Hienghene Sport are the first team through to the knockout rounds of the OFC Champions League football competition, while last season's runners up are in danger of missing out.
New Caledonia's Hienghene edged Tahiti's AS Tefana 1-0 in their penultimate Group A match in Kone on Thursday, in a fiery encounter in which nine yellow cards were dished out by the referee.
Hienghene Sport's Cedrick Sansot wins the header from AS Tefana's Tehauarii Holozet. Photo: OFC via Phototek
An own goal from Raffi Krissian in the fourth minute was all that separated the Francophone rivals, after the Tefana defender turned the ball into his own net following a strong run and cross into the box from Antoine Roine.
"I'm really proud of my guys tonight, Tefana have played a lot of games this year, while we have played only two so this was a great result for my boys and our supporters," said a delighted Hienghene coach Felix Tagawa.
"It was a hard game we knew we had to score early because if they had scored first we would have been in big trouble because their defence is really tough."
Tefana boss Franck Mathieu admitted the loss was a bitter pill to swallow.
"Very disappointed because I think we've controlled the ball for most of the 90 minutes but we couldn't make that count with our poor of finishing in front of goal," he said.
"We hit the post several times and we created a lot of opportunity after we conceded a silly own goal, which turned the result against us."
An own goal from AS Tefana's Raffi Krissian proved the difference. Photo: OFC via Phototek
A hat-trick from captain Raymond Gunemba, with all three goals coming in a stunning five minute spell just before half-time, inspired Papua New Guinea's Toti City to a come from behind 4-2 win over Malampa Revivors, ending the Vanuatu club's playoff hopes.
The National Soccer League champions need a draw or better in their final group match against Hienghene to confirm their passage to the quarter finals and coach Peter Gunemba said they still have a lot of things to improve on.
"Three points is what we deserve but I don't like the way we started the game, that's our biggest weakness, letting the other team score first and we have to chase the game to equalise and that's not the best way to win a game," he said.
"We talked about that after our first game but made the same mistake again today. We missed so many opportunities to score, my statistics tell me we should have scored 14 goals, but anyway that was God's will and we'll expect it as it is."
Captain Raymond Gunemba was the hat-trick hero for Toti City FC. Photo: OFC via Phototek
Hosts humbled in Lautoka
Champions League newcomers Henderson Eels scored twice in the final five minutes to stun last season's runners up Lautoka FC 6-5 at Churchill Park.
The Solomon Islanders raced out to a 4-1 lead after 34 minutes, only to find themselves a goal down midway through the second half.
With the hosts minutes away from completing an impressive comeback win, a deft header from Eels substitute Clement Baegeni in the 90th minute found the back of the net to turn the game back on its head.
Henderson Eels celebrate a goal during their win over Lautoka FC. Photo: OFC Media
Talisman Joses Nawo completed scored a dramatic winning goal in the 94th minute to complete a famous win and earn three crucial points in their bid to reach the knockout rounds.
"It's a sweet win because after the loss last Sunday (against AS Central Sport) I told my players that if we want to continue in this tournament we need to win today and I'm happy that the players delivered," said a delighted head coach Eddie Marahare.
Lautoka coach Kamal Swamy said a lapse of concentration in the later stage of the game proved costly.
"I think we were lethargic in the last 20 minutes that's why we gave them two goals," he said.
"We need to prepare well in defensive and that's what we were talking about that we are not prepared in defense and we give a lot of fouls, we were ill-discipline in
defence, so that's how we lose the game."
Meanwhile, Tahiti's AS Central Sport all but confirmed their place in the last eight with a resounding 7-0 win over PNG's Morobe Wawens, giving them a healthy goal differential with one match to play.
Sylvain Graglia opened the scoring in the seventh minute and ended the match with four goals, while captain Fred Tissot and Tahiti international Lorenzo Tehau also got on the scoresheet.
Sylvain Graglia starred with four goals for AS Central. Photo: OFC Media
Head coach Efrain Araneda said his players improved as the match wore on.
"Happy, very happy with the result, now we waiting on the next game," he said.
"It was good first half, we didn't start the way we wanted and the first 15 minutes we were a bit lost, but then we got into the game and that's when we started to work and wanted to win this game."
AS Central Sport can confirm top spot in Group B with a draw or better in their final match against Lautoka FC on Saturday, while the Fijian side will likely need maximum points to have a chance of edging Henderson in the playoff race.
Samoa village council to fine men who beat their wives
Sport: Crunch time in OFC Champions League
It's crunch time in the OFC Champions League football competition with a number of teams facing must-win matches to maintain their hopes of making the knockout stage.
Sport: Lautoka, Hienghene impress in OFC Champs League
Host clubs Lautoka FC and Hienghene Sport have made an ominous start to football's OFC Champions League group stage, with comprehensive 5-0 victories over Morobe Wawens and Malampa Revivors.
Sport: Henderson Eels ready for OFC Champions League debut
Solomon Islands football club Henderson Eels are quietly confident they will prove competitive in their maiden OFC Champions League campaign.
Sport: Fiji's Lautoka FC fancy Champions League chances
Lautoka FC believe they have what it takes to go all the way in this year's OFC Champions League football competition.
Heavy rain to break spell of fine weather


Beijing will not attend an international meeting of foreign ministers in Canada to discuss North Korea, Reuters said, citing China's Foreign Ministry. Spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday the meeting would not help resolve tensions on the Korean peninsula because not all of the main parties would be there. The meeting in Vancouver on January 16 is co-hosted by Canada and the US, which want to demonstrate international solidarity against Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.


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namespace app\models;

use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;
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 */
class WordsGroupSearch extends WordsGroup
{
    /**
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     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            [['id', 'projekt_id'], 'integer'],
            [['group_name', 'description'], 'safe'],
        ];
    }

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
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    public function scenarios()
    {
        // bypass scenarios() implementation in the parent class
        return Model::scenarios();
    }

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     *
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            // $query->where('0=1');
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        $query->andFilterWhere([
            'id' => $this->id,
            'projekt_id' => $this->projekt_id,
        ]);

        $query->andFilterWhere(['like', 'group_name', $this->group_name])
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Biden continues to use Title 42, a Trump-era immigration policy. But he's made one key change.
Rebecca Morin
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden undid several of Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies since being inaugurated earlier this year. But the Biden administration continues to use one COVID-19-era policy that is causing the majority of migrants to be turned away at the border: Title 42.
Title 42, issued by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, allows Customs and Border Protection to expel undocumented migrants to prevent the spread of the virus in holding facilities. The policy began last March under the Trump administration at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The policy has been getting attention lately as the administration grapples with the increasing numbers of unaccompanied migrant children seeking asylum at the border, where thousands of children are being held in government facilities. It's caused an uproar on Capitol Hill with Democrats and Republicans criticizing the administration for its handling of what some call a "crisis" at the border.
A group of 19 Republican senators are expected to visit the border in the Rio Grande Valley on Friday.
What is going on at the border?:Thousands of migrant children are trying to enter the US, renewing a fight in Washington. What's going on at the Mexico border?
Although both the Biden and Trump administrations have used Title 42, there are key differences in how it's being implemented, something the White House has pointed out.
Biden's Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday the prior administration used the policy "far differently than we are using it now."
"We have made a decision that we can address the public health imperative while addressing the humanitarian needs of vulnerable children," Mayorkas said.
The key difference between the two administrations' implementation of the policy: unaccompanied children.
Under the Trump administration, almost every migrant coming to the U.S.-Mexico border was turned away, including children. While adults would typically be expelled to Mexico, children were often put up in hotels and then sent back to their home countries.
The Biden administration, on the other hand, has begun admitting migrant children into the U.S., while expelling most families and single adults. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said a small, limited number of families have been accepted into the U.S.
Psaki and other administration officials have repeatedly said it would be inhumane and dangerous to turn away children.
'Not a crisis':White House says migrant situation 'not a crisis' as Biden's border czar Roberta Jacobson heads to Mexico
"Children presenting at our border who are fleeing violence, who are fleeing prosecution, who are fleeing terrible situations, is not a crisis," Psaki said Monday. "We feel that it is our responsibility to humanely approach this circumstance and make sure they are treated and put into conditions that are safe."
The policy has been criticized by immigration activists and was condemned by Vice President Kamala Harris under the Trump administration. Harris was one of 10 senators last year who signed a letter to then-acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf asking for information on the policy's implementation.
"A public health crisis does not give the Executive Branch a free pass to violate constitutional rights, nor does it give the Executive Branch permission to operate outside of the law," the letter said. "Responding to crises while upholding our legal obligations is the very hallmark to the rule of law."
On Wednesday, Biden announced Harris will now lead the administration's efforts to stem migration.
Harris' new role:Vice President Kamala Harris to lead White House efforts to stem migration at the border
Title 42 has been challenged legally. Last year, immigrant rights activists challenged the policy, with some saying unaccompanied minors have special rights under anti-trafficking legislation, said Nicole Hallett, director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School.
A district court sided with the activists and ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting unaccompanied minors. However, the ruling went to the Court of Appeals, where it stayed the lower court ruling while it considered the merits of the appeal, Hallett said.
"Up until the end of the Trump administration, minors were still getting expelled under Title 42 just like everybody else," Hallett said. "Essentially what the Biden administration has done is, has decided to follow this court order even though it doesn't have to legally."
Mayorkas said Sunday the Biden administration is using the policy as "intended."
"We are using it as a Title 42 authority was intended, and not as a bludgeoning tool under immigration law that the prior president used," Mayorkas said.
'The border is closed':Mayorkas defends Biden administration's handling of unaccompanied minors at border
Trump implemented several hardline immigration policies, including the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as "Remain in Mexico," which forced migrants to wait for U.S. immigration hearings in Mexico. It also had a "zero-tolerance" policy that led to the separation of parents and children at the border.
Under the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to consult with the CDC on how to make case-by-case exceptions to the policy, said Kristie De Peña, vice president for policy and director of immigration at the Niskanen Center, a think tank that advocates for immigration reform, among other policies.
Despite that, De Peña noted the Trump administration was turning away the majority of migrants coming to the U.S.-Mexico border.
More:Texas congressman releases photos of children sleeping on mats in Border Patrol facility
But the Biden administration's change in policy has also left them grappling with how to address the influx of unaccompanied migrant children at the border.
The White House has said it will not turn away unaccompanied children. But a small number of families are also being accepted if they have young children under the age of six. Psaki said Monday that Mexico doesn't have the capabilities to hold some of those families, so they are "processed, tested, considered at the border" in the U.S.
"Most of them are sent back to their home countries," Psaki said.
The increased number of children being accepted into the U.S. has led to overcrowding in short-term, jail-like facilities run by Customs and Border Protection. The Biden administration has struggled to quickly move children out of those facilities and into facilities ran by Health and Human Services. Children are supposed to be moved out of CBP facilities within 72 hours by law.
More:After sharp restrictions under Trump, Biden projected to expand legal immigration, Pew analysis shows
The Biden administration is now trying to quickly open new facilities to help transfer children out of the CBP facilities, which Psaki has noted were "not made for children."
In October, November and December, U.S. Border Patrol apprehended fewer than 5,000 unaccompanied minors per month. But that number rose to 5,700 in January, and climbed again to nearly 9,300 in February.
As of Thursday, Health and Human Services had 11,900 unaccompanied minors in its care, while another 5,156 children were in CBP custody.
The Department of Health and Human Services released photos Tuesday that showcased some of the conditions in the short-term facilities. In a video of a CBP overflow facility in Donna, Texas, children can be seen getting medical check-ups, as well as lining up for food. The video also shows children sleeping on mats with foil blankets.
A separate video from an overflow facility in El Paso showed similar conditions, with children seen getting a health screening and some children sleeping on mats with foil blankets. The video also showed some children eating and watching a movie, as well as some children outside exercising.
More:Migrant children pushed through immigration court alone as activists scramble to provide legal help
With migrant children arriving at the border and the coronavirus pandemic still underway, it's unclear when the administration will end the use of the controversial policy.
"I expect that decision will be made with our health team in the lead, and in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security," Psaki told reporters Tuesday when asked when they will reevaluate Title 42.
"Obviously, we're still in the middle of a pandemic, 1,400 people are still dying in our country every day," she added. "I don't think we're at that point in the process."
De Peña said the Biden Administration will likely keep the Title 42 policy in place as the administration tries to figure out a better way to process larger groups of asylum seekers and families.
"In the interim, we need to handle the processing of unaccompanied minors and get the funding to do so," she said. "That's a critical part of it."
Immigrant farmworkers:Immigration bill creating green card process for farmworkers passes House, legislation now goes to Senate
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Contributing: Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times
Reach Rebecca Morin at Twitter @RebeccaMorin_


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Exit Through the Rear
I continue to be baffled by the reality show genre.
"I think my boots are melting. And what is that smell?" Clutching a flashlight, Stewart splashed through the foot of water accumulating in the boat bottom. He had pulled an orange life vest over his head and its straps strained against his doughy gut. "What are you doing?"
Stewart's wife, Shelly, was waving her iPhone over her head. "Trying to get service," she said.
"Service? Are you crazy? We just got swallowed by a giant sha-"
"Got it! Three bars!" exclaimed Shelly.
Stewart's mouth hung open. "You're kidding."
Shelly didn't reply, her thumbs wildly tapping the screen.
"Are you calling the coast guard?"
"I'll do that in a minute."
"The navy?"
Shelly shook her head.
"The air force? The marines? Your mother? Please tell me you're not trying to call your mother."
"I'm not trying to call anyone. I'm sending a text."
Stewart waited, then sighed and prompted, "To...?"
"Mr. Miller."
"Mr. Miller?You mean the director? From the show?"
"Yes. I think he's going to be very excited by these developments!"
Stewart sat down on what remained of the gunwale. "I can't believe this is happening. We've been swallowed by a shark while trying to sail across the Pacific in a twenty foot sailboat to win, what was the name of the show again?"
"People Will Do Anything To Be On TV! I watch it every week. You could at least pretend to be paying attention."
"People Will Do Anything To Be On TV! Now there's truth in advertising. Ok, so, we're trying to sail across the Pacific in a twenty foot sailboat to win the grand prize of People Will Do Anything To Be On TV! which is, how much, 10,000 dollars?"
"Four thousand."
"Four thousand? Are you sure? I could have sworn the contract said 10,000."
"The boat cost six thousand dollars."
"You're kidding. You would have thought we'd get more boat for that much money."
Ping!
"Oooo, it's Mr. Miller. He texted back!"
"Is he going to get us help?"
"He says he can't text right now. He's at dinner with his daughter. But he'll get back to us later tonight. Isn't that sweet?"
"What!?!?!?!"
"He and his wife are going through a divorce. I think he's trying to keep the lines of communication open with his daughter. Divorce is always hardest on the kids."
"This is not what I had in mind when you said we were going to travel when we retired, Shelly."
"Oh poo, you worry too much Stew."
"Shelly, we're in the belly of a shark. I think of all the times to worry, this is..."
"Megalodon."
"We've been swallowed by a Megalodon. An extinct species of shark. Although, apparently not so extinct after all. Isn't that wonderful? Just when you thought all the environmental news is doom and gloom, we rediscover a species that everyone thought died out millions of years ago. We'll probably make National Geographic. Maybe even the cover."
"How do you know..."
Shelly held up her phone. "My Wikipedia app. I told you to download it. It's wonderful. Wait until Mr. Miller hears about this."
"Does Wikipedia say anything about how to get out of a Mega-whozi-whatsit after you've been swallowed?"
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Steward squinted over Shelly's shoulder. "I don't understand, what are they doing?"
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"That's disgusting!"
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"Wonderful," Stewart replied.
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Between September 2 and 14, 2021, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, several separate packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.
September 23, 2021 – Donnacona, Quebec – Correctional Service Canada
The contraband and unauthorized items seized included 590.4 grams of hashish, 430 grams of cannabis wax, 192 grams of marijuana, 107.7 grams of tobacco, nine cellphones, one electronic tablet, several SIM cards, bottles of steroids, syringes and four knives. The total estimated institutional value of this seizure is $323 714.
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Virginia ACLU sounds voter suppression alarm over phone calls telling Dems to go to wrong polling place
The ACLU of Virginia this week warned that supporters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie may be using dirty tricks to suppress the votes of Democrats.
In a tweet before Tuesday's voting got underway, the ACLU explained that Democratic voters are getting phone calls falsely telling them that their polling places had been changed.
"The Prince William Democratic Committee received notification this morning that Democratic voters in the greater Prince William area… are receiving calls from out of area telling them their polling place has changed," a statement attached to the tweet said. It was not immediately clear if the statement had been made by the ACLU or a third party.
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Melania's 'shameful' complicity in Trump's agenda slammed by women activists from her home country
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It's a major disappointment to women's activists in her native country of Slovenia, reports The Daily Beast. Several of them were hoping that Melania would be a strong voice on the world stage in her own right, and are frustrated that she has acted as nothing more than a mouthpiece for the president.
Republican strategist Tara Setmayer on Tuesday delivered a brutal analysis of President Donald Trump's strategy to win reelection, which she dubbed "Make America White Again."
During a panel discussion on Trump ramping up his racist attacks on four Democratic women of color, Setmayer argued that appealing solely to angry white voters was the only hope he had of winning in 2020.
"It's 'Make America White Again,' according to the president of the United States, because everyone in the country is not welcome," she said. "If you have a difference of opinion, you're not welcome."
She then went on to document all the ways Trump is uniquely unfit to judge who does and does not belong in the United States.
Trump raked over the coals by WSJ for 'politically stupid' racist comments debacle
In a brutally blunt column from the conservative editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, the editors scolded Donald Trump for being "politically stupid" by wading into a dispute between factions within the Democratic Party that has blown up in his face.
Under a headline reading, "Defining Politics Down," the editorial seemed less concerned with Trump's racist attacks and more with the fact that he has made his racism front and center as the country gears up for the 2020 election.
'It's just sparkling racism': Internet mocks the hell out of the New York Times for describing Trump's comments as 'racially infused'
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Which of this year's nominees for the Best Actress Academy Award do you think should take home the Oscar?
Check out below the interviews and clips of each nominated performance; then, vote in our poll at the end of this article!
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Blanchett plays an elegant, middle-aged wife and mother undergoing divorce proceedings because of her infidelity with a lesbian. Determined not to live a lie, but also wary of any appearance of "immorality" which might jeopardize maintaining custody of her daughter, she hesitantly embarks on a romantic relationship with another young woman, Therese (Rooney Mara).
The script, adapted fro a Patricia Highsmith novel, was originally written nearly two decades ago. "I'd been sitting with the idea of playing Carol for a long time; there were [enough] layers of sediment collected about the character that by the time we shot I didn't have to think about it, " she told Rolling Stone. "What Rooney and I both loved - and it was built into the script - is that there are all these pregnant silences between Therese and Carol. Every word, every situation is incredibly loaded."
This is Blanchett's seventh Academy Award nomination. She has previously won two Oscars, for Best Actress ("Blue Jasmine") and Best Supporting Actress ("The Aviator").
Watch a clip of Blanchett with Sarah Paulson in "Carol":
Brie Larson, "Room"
Larson plays a young woman kidnapped by a deranged rapist and held prisoner for years in a tiny backyard shed. It is there she gives birth to a son, Jack (Jacob Tremblay), whom she protects from the dire reality of their situation until, she believes, it is time to attempt an escape.
In describing how she prepared for her performance, Larson told "Sunday Morning, " "I went on a very small, rigid diet. Started working out with a trainer, in order to wear out my body and gain muscle. I had to stay out of the sun for, like, three months before we started shooting.
"And every day, I just felt like I was getting closer and closer, to her."
Larson won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA Awards for her performance. This is her first Oscar nomination.
Watch a clip of Larson and Tremblay in "Room":
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Lawrence plays a divorced mother driven to recreate herself as a TV shopping channel star selling her own household inventions, fighting numerous obstacles along the way.
"Joy" is Lawrence's third film with director David O. Russell, who constantly gives his actors music to listen to, to deepen their characterizations. "I always think it's annoying, but it's necessary, " Lawrence told NPR. "One time we were flying to New York together and I was fast asleep on a flight and all of a sudden there was an earbud shoved into my ear with music from 'Raging Bull' and I was like, 'What the ...?!'
"But basically everything David and I argue about ... that I think is unnecessary - 'David, I don't want to talk about the scene. I don't want you to go through the whole movie with me, I know what the movie is about! Let's go! I don't want to listen to this song' - when I see the movie and I see what he's doing and how he's put everything together, I'm always wrong. It'll always change something in some way that I didn't know."
A Golden Globe winner for "Joy, " Lawrence received her fourth Oscar nomination. She won Best Supporting Actress for "Silver Linings Playbook."
Watch a clip of Lawrence with Bradley Cooper in "Joy":
Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
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It is Rampling's first Academy Award nomination. She won Best Actress from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, as well as at the European Film Awards and the Berlin Film Festival.
Watch a clip of Rampling and Courtney in "45 Years":
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
In this sweet period romantic drama, Ronan plays Eilis Lacey, a young Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s New York City, and who finds her homesickness tempered by a thoughtful, working-class Italian who sweeps her off her feet at a church dance. But in returning to Ireland on a visit, she finds her family and friends - including a dashing rugby player - reaching out to keep her there.
The story, adapted from Colm Toibin's novel, was similar to Ronan's own family history (her parents were Irish immigrants in New York City, where Saoirse was born, before they all returned to Dublin). That familiarity made the character even more difficult for Ronan, as she told The Hollywood Reporter: "There was nowhere to hide. I wasn't in heaven, I wasn't a vampire, I wasn't an assassin. This was the hardest thing for me, to be able to play someone whose identity was so similar to mine. I mean, this felt like it was my identity, and I was still kind of coming to terms with that myself."
Ronan won Best Actress from the New York Film Critics Circle and several other critics groups for "Brooklyn." She was previously nominated, at age 13, for Best Supporting Actress for "Atonement."
Watch a clip of Ronan with Emory Cohen in "Brooklyn":
Take our poll: Who should win the Oscar for Best Actress?
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Winners of this year's Academy Awards will be announced on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The show will be hosted by Chris Rock.
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Report: Islamic State Dug Tunnels in Undiscovered 2600-Year-Old Palace in Mosul
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Archaeologists have reportedly found the ruins of a palace dating back to 600 BC deep under the ruins of the tomb of the Prophet Jonah in northern Iraq. The Islamic State had destroyed the tomb and dug tunnels underneath, revealing the as-yet-undiscovered ruins.
Archaeologists tell the UK Telegraph that the ISIS tunnels held an inscription with cuneiform language referring to King Esarhaddon, which they believe was created around 672 BC, as well as various statues of icons and gods of the time. The remains appear to be of a palace believed to have been destroyed in 612 BC, built for king Sennacherib but renovated by Esarhaddon.
Islamic State jihadists apparently built rudimentary tunnels under the ruins of the Tomb of Jonah, looking for more ancient items to sell. The tomb was located at the site of the ancient city of Nineveh, near the city of Mosul. While the Islamic State has abandoned this site, the group still controls half of the city of Mosul.
"The objects don't match descriptions of what we thought was down there, so Isil's destruction has actually led us to a fantastic find," Professor Eleanor Robson, chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, told the Telegraph. "It is an opportunity to finally map the treasure-house of the world's first great empire, from the period of its greatest success."
Experts fear that this discovery could be fleeting, however — many of the finds may crumble under the weight of the tunnels, which appeared hastily constructed and could collapse at any time.
Liberating forces first discovered the tunnels under the ravaged Tomb of Jonah this year, and experts believe ISIS first used explosives to destroy the site completely in 2014 when they first conquered the region. The jihadists have committed similar acts throughout Iraq and Syria, notably in the Mosul, which some experts have described as "cultural genocide."
The Islamic State also generates millions of dollars through the illicit sales of priceless ancient artifacts looted from areas it has conquered throughout Iraq and Syria. The jihadists destroy pagan, Christian, and other non-Islamic artifacts when they cannot profit off of them, claiming that the Quran orders them to destroy all idols.
A coalition of Iraqi government forces and Shiite militias have liberated the eastern half of the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, finding in the home of one ISIS leader a treasure trove of priceless ancient artifacts marked for sale this year. Most of these appeared to have been stolen from Nimrud, an ancient Assyrian site almost completely leveled by ISIS terrorists. Most of the items found in the ISIS leader's home appeared to be pottery and other small items that could fetch a total of millions on the black market.
A Russian study presented to the UN estimated that the Islamic State made a $200 million a year profit from selling these artifacts. Among other ISIS revenue sources are crude oil from conquered territories, the jizya (infidel's tax) imposed in conquered areas, and loot stolen from the homes of those they kill.
Despite these sources of revenue, the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) and accounting group Ernst & Young released a study last week suggesting that the Islamic State may soon run out of money and that its revenue generation capacity had fallen by 50 percent in the past two years.
The Islamic State appears to be responding to the drop in profits by expanding internationally. In Afghanistan, for example, experts estimate that ISIS is now generating up to $50 billion in opium and heroin sales. ISIS is similarly expanding in places like Libya and boasts affiliates in Nigeria, Yemen, and the Philippines, among other countries.
Archaeologists around the world are rallying UNESCO to help protect the northern Iraqi historical sites damaged by years of ISIS possession. The Times of Israel notes that experts met in Paris last week to discuss how to properly protect the liberated areas, while the Iraqi government is hoping that Interpol can help track down the stolen artifacts and the buyers who make such theft profitable for the jihadist group.
The Islamic State has similarly looted ancient sites in Syria, like the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra, making their quest to destroy non-Muslim history a cause for international alarm.
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On that note, the brand new American Girl 2017 Girl of the year, Gabriela McBride, just became a member of our family. My little lady was immediately drawn to her thanks to her dance background. What I love most about the American Girls line is the story. The dolls are so beautiful and exquisitely made, of course, but the stories that come with them, they're most special to me. The way Gabi uses her talent to fight for a cause close to her heart is a message that I'm thrilled to be able to share with my daughter! And we can't forget about her style either. Whether she's rockin' a vibrant warm up outfit or a sequin bedecked dance look, this American Girl is seriously stylish!
Now we didn't let the ballet inspired style sesh end there...We also took a couple pairs of our new ballet flats out for a mommy and me spin after she was done twirling. My sweet girl's metallic Umi Clea ballet flats couldn't be any sweeter and I can already tell they're going to be on repeat for many months to come. I mean you can't go wrong with the versatility of metallics! And my neutral colored Rockport Total Motion Hidden Wedge Ballet Flats go with everything from leggings, to my skinnies and even my boyfriend jeans. You can bet they'll be a big part of my ballet inspired style come spring! Who am I kidding? I live in Florida. I'll be turning to them long before spring. Bwah!