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Offences Relating to Historic Sexual Abuse
As with all criminal cases, the reliability of witnesses and credibility of evidence is essential in determining a case of historic sexual abuse. Obtaining evidence can be particularly challenging when dealing with historical evidence that is often many years old. Moreover, the time lapse that is often seen in cases of historic sex abuse can also mean there will be a shortage of physical or scientific evidence available.
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As a highly experienced defence barrister, I have worked on a number of serious cases involving multiple complainants and, in many cases, involving historic allegations. These cases frequently raise many related complex issues of law and evidence, all of which require meticulous preparation.
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My professional experience as a criminal barrister, my approachability and considerable expertise can ensure that you will be in safe hands when it comes to your defence, and my track record is second to none. I consistently obtain favourable results for clients accused of a variety of sexual offences, and so I am well placed to support, advise and represent you in respect of your case. If you wish to discuss allegations made against you, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me directly.
A right to a fair trial (Article 6 ECHR) also plays a significant role in historic sexual abuse cases since evidence can often be scant, making it an important part of the defence to ensure that all evidence is credible to uphold the accused's human rights.
Although incidents may be remembered in detail, the accuracy of the memories of witnesses may be diluted by the passage of time. This is where scrutiny of the evidence is essential in the defending allegations of sexual abuse so that a robust defence case can be made.
If you are accused of a sexual offence, it is crucial you seek the best legal advice and representation available, and at the earliest opportunity. This will give you the best possible opportunity to present your side of the story to the Crown and will help to ensure that if your case goes to court, you have the best chances of a favourable outcome.
The Law on Historic Sexual Abuse Claims in England & Wales
There is no time limit on when sexual offences may be prosecuted, which means allegations will be investigated by the Police however far back the alleged crime was committed. Because the crime is usually charged under the Act of the time it was committed, most historic sex cases are prosecuted under the Sexual Offences Act 1956. Those occurring after 1 May 2004 will be prosecuted under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Where there is uncertainty as to the time, the 1956 Act will apply as this will incur a less harsh sentence.
Operation Hydrant
Operation Hydrant was a major investigation into historic sex scandals across the UK first sparked by Jimmy Saville's case. Rather than carrying out individual investigations, the operation gathered information from other operations such as Operation Yewtree. Over 2000 suspects came under investigation, including 99 politicians and 147 celebrities from the media, 39 suspects were from the music industry, and 17 from sporting professions and 1,217 operated within institutions such as religious institutions, medical establishments, prisons and young offender's institutes, sports venues and community institutions.
Goddard Enquiry
The Goddard Inquiry was established in March 2015 as a public inquiry into non-recent child sexual abuse. It is a statutory inquiry, with wide-ranging powers, set up because of allegations about the failure of institutions to protect children from sexual abuse. The Inquiry looks within institutional bodies, both state and non-state, i.e. schools, hospitals, churches, local authorities, police, media, armed forces. The Inquiry works alongside Operation Hydrant, established in 2014 to oversee the investigation of non-recent child sexual abuse within institutions. The Inquiry will consider the extent to which institutions have failed to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, look at how those failings have since been addressed and Identify further action needed to address any failings identified. It will also consider what must be done to protect children from future abuse. At its conclusion, the Inquiry will publish a report with recommendations.
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The Times Union Packing Department is looking for qualified individuals for all shifts. Candidates must be able to repeatedly, and for long periods of time, stand, lift and load stacks of inserts, weighing up to 35 pounds into packaging machinery. Exposure to paper dust and constant machine noise is expected. Ideal candidates possess a high school diploma or GED, have reliable transportation and are able to read and follow written and verbal instructions.
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The Times Union, an iconic property of Hearst, is tasked with telling the story of the Capital Region. We believe in helping our employees tell their own stories through professional development and opportunity, and in return ensure they have a deep understanding of how their contributions help tell the story of one of the most celebrated media brands in New York.
Capital Region Weekly Newspaper Group
Known as The Advertiser, The Pennysaver, or The Moneysaver in their respective communities, this group of eleven small papers blankets the region in weekly deals and community news. Our employees work in small local offices and make a big impact on the towns they serve.
"We must be alarmingly enterprising, and we must be startlingly original, and do new and striking things which constitute a revolution."
We're not just a newspaper company
Sure, we produce an award-winning daily newspaper but we also run the most well-read website in the Capital Region. We publish specialty magazines such as Upstate and Women@Work, the latter of which has built a network of business women who meet for informative breakfasts and networking events throughout the year. And we've recently opened the Hearst Media Center, a state-of-the-art event venue where we'll continue to expand on our mission to be the center of the community conversation.
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Hearst's properties in New York's Capital Region were established in 1924 when William Randolph Hearst purchased the Times Union newspaper.
Today, the Times Union is a multi-media powerhouse. The newspaper is widely respected for its focus on local news and watchdog reporting, particularly on state government and politics. It has won numerous state and national awards for its work in print and online, and has repeatedly been named New York's "Newspaper of Distinction" by the state editors association.
Timesunion.com is Upstate New York's most innovative news website. Our assets include the state's largest digital advertising agency and we are the host of major regional events, including the annual Home Expo at the Capital Center in Albany.
New York's Capital Region is about three hours north of New York City, three hours south of Montreal and three and a half hours from Boston. Located at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers and sandwiched between the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains, the area is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts. The area is also home to Saratoga Race Course, one of the best places in the country to watch horse racing.
The arts are abundant here as well. The region is home to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, a premier outdoor amphitheater which hosts the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York City Ballet each summer. The Times Union Center is the area largest arena hosting everything from rock concerts to auto shows. We've got museums, galleries and musical groups galore. Like old things? Antique shops and classic car shows abound.
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We offer a number of external courses.
This Community has worked, for more than 30 years, to support service users with a range of mental disorders and complex support needs. We have established a superb professional course to General Services Association standards in Conflict Resolution, Breakaway and Physical Interventions. We offer these and a number of first aid courses which can be tailored to your organisations needs.


There are several ways of developing a 3D model. The 3D models development can be divided into two groups: manual and generated (automatic, or semi-automatic). Our team is mainly focused on generated models for further use in simulations.
One of the fields of study we are focused on is Bioinformatics. For the University Hospital Ostrava, we develop 3D models from CT (Computed Tomography) or MR (Magnetic Resonance) images. For reconstructions, the supercomputer is used. Some algorithms also use Intel Xeon Phi co-processors.
Another field we are focused on is the acceleration and optimization of methods for image, video, or LiDAR data reconstruction.


Seven weeks in advance of a statewide vote on legalization of marijuana, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors narrowly passed a moratorium on new cannabis grows in the county. However, the urgency ordinance will allow growers who recently rushed into eastern SLO County to continue operating their unpopular pot farms in the area.
On Tuesday, a majority of the supervisors attempted to pass an ordinance that would kick marijuana growers out of the sparsely populated California Valley. They were stifled by supervisors Bruce Gibson and Adam Hill.
Sheriff Ian Parkinson, one of the leading proponents of a marijuana moratorium, stated during the board hearing that there are currently more than 200 marijuana grows in the California Valley, and a number of the growers are affiliated with gangs. Officials previously received numerous complaints about men with guns protecting pot farms in the California Valley, as well as about harmful chemicals being used at the marijuana grow sites.
Supervisor Debbie Arnold proposed an ordinance that would have given California Valley growers until December to shut down their pot farms. Gibson and Hill objected to the proposal, which needed four votes to pass.
After a California Fish and Wildlife official discussed how the marijuana operations are harming endangered species in the area, Gibson, as a compromise, proposed a moratorium on new grows that would allow existing pot farms to continue operating indefinitely. The supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of Gibson's proposal.
Hill cast the dissenting vote. He said drugs should be legal.
In anticipation of Californians voting in November to legalize recreational use of cannabis, the county is currently working on a permanent marijuana ordinance. Still, Arnold said she is disappointed that, in the meantime, the board failed to address a situation that is unsafe.
Arnold's district includes the California Valley.
The board of supervisors will discuss permanent marijuana regulations after the Nov. 8 election.
What a bunch of hypocritical cowards the BOS has become.
They made the solar "farms" jump through their environmental hoops to build, and yet….when they are told by the woman "who was a representative for the Hmong growers", "We know the process. We know it takes time and money to get building permits. So, we decided to build without permits".
And, whatever B.S. "ordinances" the SLO Co. BOS decides to create are a complete waste of time & money. The BOS has clearly done very little research, or they would know they cannot stop legal, permitted grows. What they did was allow illegal grows, unpermitted building, no control, and now……the growers left ALL OF THEIR GARBAGE & HUMAN WASTE behind. Because they were squatters.
Great job. Great precident for next year. For everyone.
I asked a north county sheriff's deputy who works in Cal Valley.
Legalization won't deter these growers. Much of their crop is actually shipped and sold out of state, according to the deputy. These people used to hide their grows, but with the confusion over medical marijuana laws and legalization around the corner the are operating in the open now.


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Chris Farthing's Woodberry bird highlights: May 2018
May is the month when the last few of our summer visitors trickle in, and most birds here are focussed on breeding.
Bird of the month for May was probably whitethroat (main picture above). In the last few years there have been around a handful of sightings of this species per year, but this year a male arrived on May 6th and could be heard singing from the reed-bed every day until May 31st.
Our most exotic visitor in May was a bar-headed goose (picture 1 below) which flew over on the 2nd. Famed for being the highest-flying bird species known, whose annual migration takes it over the Himalayas, our bird was probably not a truly wild bird, but part of a feral population from mainland Europe. Other wildfowl here during May were shelduck, seen regularly at the start of the month, regular red-crested pochard, and a single shoveler (2) seen on the 22nd. A common winter species here, it is very unusual to see one here in late May. Many different species of water-birds bred here this month, including the first broods of both mute swan and great crested grebe.
The first little ringed plover (3) of the year was seen on the 23rd, whilst common sandpiper (4) was seen several times in the earlier half of the month.
Although black-headed gulls generally move off to their breeding grounds in April, a group of up to ten presumably non-breeding birds were seen here regularly for the first half of May. A great black-backed gull was seen on the 1st, and small numbers of common tern (5) were seen from May 6th.
It was a good month for raptor sightings, with a couple of early morning red kite, and two buzzards (6 with carrion crow) were seen on the same day, May 6th. A peregrine was also seen on a handful of occasions.
Swifts (7) provided a regular highlight through May, with several hundred birds feeding over the reservoir during periods of favourable weather conditions.
Whilst sightings of sedge warbler, willow warbler and chiffchaff were relatively sparse during May, both reed warbler and Cetti's warbler seem to be having good years. Other passerine birds seen frequently during May were reed bunting, linnet and grey wagtail.
The total species count for May was 68, slightly down on the 72 seen in May 2017.
[All photos by Chris Farthing]
Posted on June 13th 2018
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Reset your body, mind, heart and soul at this Women's Yoga & Spa Retreat in Colorado Springs.
SunMountain Center is a creative sanctuary for wellness and provides inspiration through nature, art, locally-sourced cuisine, and history. Located in Manitou Springs at the base of Tava (Pikes Peak), SunMountain Center has an onsite organic farm & features two historic homes situated on six acres of terraced gardens, complete with walking & meditation trails and stunning views of the surrounding mountains. You can also venture into the historic city of Manitou Springs, escape to the SunWater Spa next door for a blissful soak in the Hot Mineral Tubs, or enjoy a hike in the surrounding areas.
Travel insurance is highly recommended! All monies received will be refunded if the cancellation is made on or before 90 days prior to the first day of the retreat. Cancellations made less than 90 days prior to retreat are non-refundable. If the participant does not show up, shows up late, or leaves early for any reason, no credit or refund is available. Trips are non-transferable. All yoga, meditation and other activities are done at the sole discretion of the retreat participant. Participants assume full responsibility for any injuries or damages, known or unknown, which I might incur as a result of his/her participation.


17 MARCH 2016:MIES, Switzerland - FIBA's Central Board held its first meeting of 2016 on Friday-Saturday 11-12 March at the House of Basketball.
On Saturday, the Board announced that the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships for Men and Women will take place in Zaragoza, Spain and revealed the hosts of the 2017 FIBA U19 World Championships.
It also approved the guidelines that will govern the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers under FIBA's new competition system. It was presented with an update of the implementation plan currently underway to ensure that all National Member Federations are ready for November 2017, when the new calendar comes into effect.
Following the decision to have the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 played in China, the Board approved the change of one host city, with Shanghai taking the place of Suzhou, subject to the positive result of an evaluation visit scheduled for April. Mr Burton Shipley, FIBA Executive Committee Member and FIBA Oceania President, was appointed Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the 2019 edition of FIBA's flagship competition, following his successful work as Chair of the Evaluation Commission for the same event.
The bidding process to select the host(s) of the 2023 edition of FIBA's flagship event was discussed. The possibility of having bids consisting of multiple host countries - along with single-host country bidders - was approved. FIBA will send out a circular letter to all its National Member Federations this summer to launch the bidding process. It will conclude in June 2017, when final bid presentations are to be selected and the choice of the host(s) made.
Following the decision taken by all members at the Extraordinary World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey in 2014 and after more than a year under the 'ONE FIBA' governance model, the Board received a status report regarding the transformation of the five zones - Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania - into FIBA subsidiaries. The opening of a new office for Europe in Mies was re-confirmed and staffing of this office should be completed by end of 2017. The Board issued the Governance Commission a mandate to analyse the progress made and provide advice for improvements, where required, to the model.
A report on the status of 3x3 basketball was presented to the Board and confirmed FIBA's readiness in submitting a proposal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in due course to have 3x3 included as an additional discipline to basketball's sport programme at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The Board was pleased to reveal that, as part of the FIBA National Federations Long-Term Development programme, 75 National Federations had been visited so far. Following each visit, customised development strategies are proposed to each National Federation, with the aim of implementing concrete development programmes in collaboration with the national basketball governing body of the given country/territory.
Following the success of the first-ever meeting of the Players' Commission in October 2015, the Central Board gave a mandate to FIBA's Legal Commission to explore additional ways of including more former players in the structures of national federations.
On Friday, the members of the Board witnessed the Draw Ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Basketball Tournaments before visiting the Olympic Museum in the Olympic capital of Lausanne, where they got the chance to meet with IOC President Thomas Bach.


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- Add --help/-h and --version/-V options to all programs.
- "Fixed" flag in rings layer now correct.
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At least version 2.5.0 is needed.
Also included in the libosmium repository.
# all listed variables are TRUE.
# Copy the results to the output variables.
Copyright (C) 2012\-2015 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.
Copyright (C) 2012\-2016 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.
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: Display program version and license information.
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echo "Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>"
echo "License: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>."
Copyright 2012-2015 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.
Copyright 2012-2016 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.
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# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wold-style-cast"
# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpadded"
# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wredundant-decls"
# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wshadow"
std::cout << "osmcoastline version " OSMCOASTLINE_VERSION "\n"
<< "Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>\n"
<< "License: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\n"
<< " -s, --srs=EPSGCODE - Set SRS (4326 for WGS84 (default) or 3857)\n"
<< " -S, --write-segments=FILE - Write segments to given file\n"
<< " -v, --verbose - Verbose output\n"
<< " -V, --version - Show version and exit\n"
* This function assembles all the coastline rings into one huge multipolygon.
std::cout << "osmcoastline_filter [OPTIONS] OSMFILE\n"
<< " -h, --help - This help message\n"
<< " -o, --output=OSMFILE - Where to write output (default: none)\n"
std::cout << "osmcoastline_filter version " OSMCOASTLINE_VERSION "\n"


On Monday night the OMT Division held its annual business meeting. Speakers included Henrich Greve, Royston Greenwood, Matt Kraatz, and Christine Beckman. The Division's five year review was summarized, the new website was previewed, details of submissions and acceptances to the annual meeting were discussed, and many awards were announced.
If you missed the meeting, or simply want a refresher, download the 2012 OMT Business Meeting Presentation on Slideshare.


A bit of Charles Schulz, but more like the figures in Rocky & Bullwinkle I think.
Between grad parties and wedding parties, this is the time of year to be a caterer. I've done a lot of food images over the years, for all of the food and shelter and city magazines. It isn't a matter of point and shoot; I have to re-imagine the food or the scenario. I re-imagined this pastry chef as a piece of Staffordshire pottery. Colorful, simple, sweet. I think I painted this for Town & Country.
I cropped this head of Paul Bunyan from a tourism brochure and drew the dog and his dinner underneath it. At the time it seemed humorously incongruous; now it seems apt. The newest shouts of individualism are being paid for by large corporate entities who'd rather have obedient people working for them. Some Americans behave in a way Pavlov would be able to explain.
My parents once expressed hopes that I'd find a job in the airline business, so they could fly for free. A very sensible idea. The closest I've come is doing art for airline advertising. Fifteen years ago I did a daily ad for one airline. This week I've been doing some paintings for another. As a mapmaker, it's a good fit. But illustrators seldom are flown anywhere on assignment. I get to go places more often as a travel writer. I used to fly all over to write about ski destinations, but since I no longer ski I am looking for a different gig. Beaches maybe, or cities with interesting cafés. I once introduced myself as the food and wine editor for Skiing magazine. I could do the same for another magazine if asked.
It's obvious to me that this man is breaking the law. Where are the police?
I did this illustration for a Time magazine article about grade inflation. The metaphor of the ladder works two ways because an A is also a ladder to success. But not all A's are created equal. Some teachers are kinder than others, some schools engineer grade points, and some students get a leg-up for very good reasons. I'm grateful for every leg-up I got. I know it was easier in my day. Competition for grades has become overheated. I can't remember if there was anything about learning in the article, but learning has become less important than the score. Things we learn under this kind of pressure tend to be forgotten quickly.
This is another drawing I did for the New York Times op-ed piece about school choice last week.
I grew up in suburbia. (Pause to allow murmur of shock and opprobrium to subside.) I hasten to add that it was different then. Less privileged, more innocent, and considerably smaller. My sketchbooks since then contain suburban imagery as a kind of leitmotif, a journey with destination, the destination being either the countryside or the city. The city neighborhood I live in today resembles a suburb of two or three generations ago, which may be why I love it. Houses midcentury and older. (Ours is circa 1900 and was built as a lake cottage.) This drawing is part of a series I've been working on for some time for an editor of children's books at Farrar Straus. Maybe I'm trying to rediscover my childhood. It's what we all do. If I can I'd like to describe those remembered voyages by car, preferably without text because the drawings are the story. One page will leave off where the next one picks up and the child will follow along with his finger, scrutinizing, as I did, the variety of domestic landscapes along the way.
I did this painting of a friend's house over the weekend.


weSAVEeat brings shops and users together in order to sell the surplus of the day at cheaper prices.
We maintain that any goal to eradicate poverty must first and foremost be based on a radical change of approach and be inspired by the intelligence and resistance of people who have been excluded.
The global movement of collective housing is a model based on communities of individuals living together in a cooperative way.
Notfairbnb.be mimics the look of Airbnb and offers sleeping over soiled mattresses or plush canal side terraces to attract funds.
The campaign "Casa nostra, casa vostra" (Our home is your home) aims at encouraging Catalan institutions to take action in light of the migration crisis.


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La Isla Belene (en búlgaro: остров Белене) o Isla Persin (остров Персин, ostrov Persin) es la isla más grande en aguas de Bulgaria. La isla está formada por la división del río Danubio en dos ramas que pasan al norte y al sur de la isla. La frontera internacional entre Bulgaria y Rumanía sigue el brazo norte del río y por lo tanto la isla Belene es parte del territorio búlgaro. La isla posee 14,5 kilómetros (9,0 millas) de largo y llega a 6 km (3,7 millas) de ancho. Se localiza en el Danubio, al norte de la ciudad de Belene. Constituye la cuarta isla más grande del Danubio: durante una marea media posee 41,078 kilómetros cuadrados (4.107 hectáreas) de superficie. Durante la marea alta, partes de la isla quedan sumergidas temporalmente.

Belene es parte del complejo de las Islas Belene y del parque natural Persina, que es el hogar de más de 170 especies de aves acuáticas raras, como la Ibis brillante, cormorán pigmeo, la Pequeña Alcaudón, el ganso de pecho rojo y otros. La flora de Belene está representada por sauces, álamos y áspides, hay algunas tierras de cultivo. La isla fue formada de sedimentos aluviales.

La isla es famosa por haber sido la sede del campo de concentración de Belene, que funcionó allí durante la detención de presos políticos entre 1949-1953 y 1956-1959. La prisión de Belene sigue funcionando como un centro penitenciario en la parte occidental de la isla, mientras que la parte oriental es una reserva natural administrada por el estado.

Véase también
 Geografía de Bulgaria
 Geografía de Europa

Referencias

Archipiélagos e islas de Bulgaria

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Ras Salakta () és un cap de la costa oriental de Tunísia, a la governació de Mahdia, uns 12 km al sud de la ciutat de Mahdia i a la vora de les ruïnes romanes de Salaktum i de la moderna vila de Salakta. És un lloc turístic.

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They came on a bike I got used, been good wheels, withstood a lot of abuse, have big strong hubs and heavy gauge spokes.
Anyway the unique inner bearing spacer and outer spacers they came with are worn and I need to either get some machined or if possible buy another, but I have no idea who made these wheels.


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Mistaking a Magnate for a Male Escort Chapter 171
Read Mistaking a Magnate for a Male Escort Chapter 171 – The moment the door closed, Charlotte regained her senses and realized Zachary's hand had reached her sensitive parts. When she tried to push him away, he pushed her against the table instead.
"No…" Charlotte trembled in fear as she tried to resist as best as she could.
"You wanted this."
Zachary declared with a raspy voice and kissed her forcefully. At the same time, he took off his clothes.
"Mmm Mmm…" Charlotte continued to struggle as G****o's image flashed in her mind. She didn't want to betray him.
Lifting her skirt, Zachary prepared for his final advance.
"No…" Charlotte screamed in fear. "I have a boyfriend…"
"Boyfriend?" Zachary stopped and squinted his eyes at her. "Are you using such a lame excuse on me?"
"No, really." Charlotte frantically replied, "We were just together yesterday…"
Suddenly, she stopped mid-sentence when she saw the faint tattoo underneath his shirt.
However, she could only see a corner of it and not the whole tattoo itself.
She quickly reached out to uncover his shirt, so that she could see if it was the wolf head tattoo.
Zachary caught her hand and pushed her away warily.
"You can leave now."
Zachary interrupted her as he straightened his clothes, just like what a heartless scumbag would do.
"What's that on your back?"
Charlotte grew extremely anxious and tried to take off his shirt.
Zachary avoided her attempt and raised his eyebrows coolly. "What's wrong? Are you trying to throw yourself at me now that you are aroused?"
"I…" Just when Charlotte was about to reply, there was a knock on the door followed by Bruce's voice. "Mr. Nacht, the product launch is at its end. Mr. Sterk requests that you join him downstairs."
"I'll be on my way," Zachary replied.
Charlotte had no choice but to save her words for another time. She remarked, "You should go ahead with work."
"Stupid woman. Your underwear was removed without you noticing it."
Zachary handed her her white panties from atop the black leather sofa.
Filled with embarrassment, Charlotte bit her lower lip and took it from him.
"There's a break room at the back." Zachary's eyes were filled with suppressed desire. "You should tidy yourself up first."
"Mmm-hmm." Charlotte hurried towards the changing room.
As Zachary watched her go, he let out a charming smile. The lust in him was still burning strong but he knew now wasn't the time. He had to endure…
After all, there were still plenty of opportunities.
With the product launch at its end, Zachary appeared behind the screen. Meanwhile, the broadcast only showed his silhouette but not his face.
Before he said a word, the audience broke into thunderous applause.
Behind the screen, Zachary explained the new technologies and the philosophy behind them. He wanted to help mankind live more efficiently so that they could have more time to do more important things.
After that, he unveiled the latest multifunctional robot and showcased its features to everyone.
As the reporters repeatedly took pictures of both the robot and Zachary's silhouette, the atmosphere came to a climax.
When Charlotte came out of the room after tidying up and saw what unfolded on screen, she felt a newfound sense of admiration and respect for him.
At the same time, her suspicion that he was G****o was further intensified.
"Ms. Windt," Bruce greeted her when he saw her. He had just led a group of men into the room to clean up.
"Mr. Bruce," Charlotte quickly replied.
Although all of Zachary's close subordinates treated her with respect, she was well aware of her status. Hence, she returned the favor and treated them with respect.
"Ms. Windt, you look familiar. Have we met somewhere before?"
Bruce gave Charlotte a closer look. All this while, he had always been out for work. The few times he was back, he only saw Charlotte from afar and hardly took notice.
Today, after he managed to see her up close, he felt she looked familiar.


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Combining my knowledge of semiotics and biology has brought me to an exploration of the meeting points of human and non-human environments.
I am currently involved in two rather different empirical research topics, both of which are approached from an environmental semiotic framework, but are supplemented also by knowledge stemming from environmental history, philosophy and ethology. The first deals with the perception of the environment by the guide-dog and the blind person tandem – how they are supplementing one another's propensities when orienting in city space and how a shared environment is thereby formed where both can operate. It is a process of mutual adjustment that needs trust and exercise from both sides. This research intends to lead to the development of proposals on how to take into consideration these different perceptions of the environment in planning urban spaces.
The second research, which I am conducting with my colleague Kadri Tüür, concerns the movement patterns on and to the Western Estonian islets – how the historical and modern wayfaring, means of transportation and reasons of travelling have influenced the environments of the islets as well as induced cultural changes. We aim to demonstrate how small scale movement of both humans and animals on the islets (for example, among pastures, meadows, lighthouses and fishermen shelters) translates into larger time scale historic transformations which in turn ends up in stable sets of relations (cultural-natural communities, cultural patterns expressed in clothing, language). Conservation efforts benefit from acknowledging that humans share the characteristics of all living beings; they need to build their lives upon meaningful relations with their environment.


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Pernicious denial (idea)
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The universe is made of matter and energy, convertable between each other by the now infamous equation E=MC^2.
It is a fundamental tenet of western science that matter can neither be created, nor destroyed. There is a similar, profoundly plausible truth that energy, being a speedy form of the same universal "stuff", can also neither be created nor destroyed.
By direct implication, whatever was here when the universe was created will always be here. All of the important physical thought on this blue planet stream from that biblical, physical, truth.
Because if there are major violations of this so called "conservation of matter and energy" law--and we scientists do feel it's God's undeniable law, not a suggestion, even though we don't believe in him--if that law can be violated in any substantive way, then almost everything we think we know about the world can be refuted.
So it must be true.
Heisenberg, Schroedinger, and Planck, proposed quantum mechanics over seventy years ago. The mathematical mediator of quantum mechanics is something called statistical mechanics. Quantum mechanics is a statistical version of reality. The basis of quantum mechanics is that nothing can be known to an infinite degree of certainty. Infinite degrees of precision simply do not exist. The simple explanation of that effect is this: by looking at something, we change it. We can't see or touch or smell anything without changing its course of existence in some way. Therefore, we can never know our world precisely.
We can get some darn good precision. But not exact.
What does this mean to you? Well, next time you sit on the beach enjoying the sunshine, remember that sunlight is radiation coming from a sustained thermonuclear explosion happening ninety-three million miles away. The nuclear explosion happens because the sun is a huge ball of hydrogen, the lightest element in our universe. Even the lightest thing can be heavy if you put enough of it in one place.
The sun is a ball of simple hydrogen gas, and there is so much hydrogen in one place that it creates an extreme gravitation field--so strong in fact that the hydrogen at the center of the ball becomes metallic.
Surrounding that sphere, the hydrogen is squeezed so tightly that the atoms are disrupted. Electrons split from circling their protons. Protons are squeezed together. When four protons come together, they fuse to form a helium nucleus, which is lighter than the original four protons, so some of the proton stuff turns into energy and flies down toward your skin on the beach.
But protons are all positively charged. Things of the same charge repel each other. The squeezing is so much, though, that it overcomes the charge and forces the protons together.
That's one way to look at the thermonuclear explosion in the sun.
Another way to look at it is this: things are so tight inside the sun, that the Heisenberg principle dictates that if you look at things for short enough periods of time it's statistically probable that protons will simply "appear" close to each other in packs of four. They aren't squeezed, they just pop into reality close to each other, and when they do, they fuse.
Either way, the sun makes light.
But do we really know what's going on there?
There are lots of different ways to look at the world.
Do we really know what Heisenberg means when he says that if we can't know something with enough precision, that anything probable can happen at the atomic level, and so it does?
No. And does this bother anybody?
My wife says that five minutes before I arrive home from work every day, my dog takes up a vigil next to the door to the garage. That's how she knows I'm coming home. When the dog is sitting by the door, I'll be home in five minutes.
I come home from work a different time every day. Sometimes by a lot. Some days, I go to yoga class and come home at 8:30PM. Some times I leave work early and get home by 5:00. Some days we have late meetings, and I get home by 7:00PM. If I have to go to dinner with a customer, I might not be home till 11:00PM.
This irregularity has no effect on the dog, who waits by the door every day. She does not wait at the door when I am not coming home. She ignores it otherwise.
In his book, Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home, Rupert Sheldrake spends 250 pages trying to convince the reader of the existence of a morphic field. To me, the morphic field is akin to the cosmic ether of the Michaelson Morley experiment fame. It's an all-pervasive matrix of invisible something that mediates ESP.
The morphic field sounds stupid to my scientific mind. It's not measurable. Nobody has observed it in a lab. Some dogs seem immune to it. My brother's beagle could care less if he ever got home, as long as someone was feeding her.
I know this because I've dog-sat for my brother's beagle many times, and never once did the dog preconceive the arrival of my brother.
But I have watched my dog jump up out of a sound sleep, park herself at our front door, and then watch my wife roll into the driveway several minutes later.
My dog does this all the time.
Sheldrake ran experiments. Lots of them. His book is full of charts and graphs in between long-winded paragraphs full of new age blather. My scientific brain tells me this guy is trying to turn something perfectly explainable into a mystery of the occult. The magic of the pyramids in our own homes. Ghosts and visions of the dead.
Whoooooo.
I know there has to be something. I just do. The dog has to be receiving a cue somehow. Maybe she hears the car. Maybe the family behaves slightly differently when they know I'm supposed to come home.
That's it. It can't be true my dog senses my arrival through some garbagy, non-mathematical morphic fairy field.
In the mid nineteenth century it was common knowledge that stones fell from thunder clouds. In particularly bad storms, honed green rocks like arrowheads and axe blades would come from the sky along with the rain, the thunder, and the lightning.
Everyone knew this happened. Livestock were killed all the time. Stone axe blades would be found in trees that had been struck by lightning.
They called them thunderstones.
Nature, Jul 13, 1893
American Journal of Science, 2-31-459
New York Times, Apr 14 1879
Annual Record of Science, 1875, p 241
Etc. There are hundreds of reports in scholarly journals about this. A man named Charles Fort recorded lots of them in the early part of the twentieth century.
And not only that, but all those journals and more reported fish falling from thunderclouds. And frogs. And unidentifiable resinous substances.
But never tadpoles.
Fort's The Book of the Damned is full of incredible fatalism. He cites tens of published cases of live snakes falling from perfectly blue skies all over the world, and yet even though the sources are entirely credible, he could find no scientist willing to go on record saying there was a natural explanation for the event. No. Not even that far--because he couldn't find a single scientist who was willing to agree the fall of rats happened, even though tens of surprised citizens had witnessed it, and Scientific American magazine reported on it.
In all cases, the scientific explanation was one of two: 1) A "whirlwind" (cyclone, tornado, hurricane) picked up the beasts and deposited them or 2) they were on the ground in the first place.
The reader cannot help but feel Fort's sense of despair when paging through Lo!, or New Lands, or Wild Talents. Unlike the sensationalized reports of UFO abductions and visitations by the spirits of the dead that hit the New York Times Bestseller List, Fort must have thought he was simply reporting the "news of the weird".
One can sense he must have felt no one would argue with the well-refereed pages of Nature or Scientific American.
But everyone did. To this day, people will argue frogs never fell from the skies over London, or New York City, or Los Angeles, even though the major newspapers in those cities report they did.
Nowadays, you'd never catch Nature publishing a story about a couple hundred pounds of unboned sole falling onto suburban Baton Rouge. Everyone knows that's not supposed to happen, so it probably doesn't anymore.
In his movie, Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson brings a Fortean rain of frogs onto his characters at the climax of three interlocking stories. The characters are blinded by their own beliefs, which themselves have been twisted by the beliefs of those who raised them, who themselves were distorted, tragic people.
Even though frogs rain on Los Angeles and bring an abrupt halt to all the simultaneous interlocking stories, only one person actually sees them. A child.
The child says, "This happens. This is something that happens." All the while, the other characters slip on dead frogs, slide and crash their cars on frog blood, wipe off smashed bullfrog carcasses from their windshields, continuing zombie-like in the self-absorption of their personal tragedies as if the frogs were rain, and it always rains frogs in L.A.
Rupert Sheldrake reports on an experiment done by Rene Peoc'h. Peoc'h built a small robot that moved a small distance, turned in a random direction, then moved another small distance.
He put the robot in a room and let it go. As you might expect, the path the robot took was as random as Peoc'h's robot's random number generator, which was pretty random. The trace is a rat's nest effectively covering the surface of the floor of the room.
The next thing Peoc'h did was to put the robot in the room with some hatching chick eggs. Chicks imprint the first moving thing they see, and treat it as their mother. We've all seen the experiment where the scientist is the first moving creature a newly hatched chick or duck sees, and can then be seen walking around campus trailing a line of waddling ducklings.
Peoc'h's chicks saw the robot.
Fine. When they got out of their eggs, Peoc'h got what he expected--a line of waddling chicks tracing a random path around the floor of the room, following the mindless robot.
Then Peoc'h put the chicks in a cage and left the robot out of the cage.
He did this a whole bunch of times, with a whole bunch of robots and a whole bunch of chicks.
In all cases, when the chicks are in the cage, theoretically yearning for their robot "mother", the random path the robot takes is no longer random, but rather, heavily biased toward hovering around the cage with the chicks.
Who the hell knows?
But this happens. This happens, too.
John Edward's critics are many.
He's an easy target. Every day, twice a day, on nation-wide American television, Edward passes messages from the land of the dead to people sitting in his audience. Dead fathers, mothers, husbands, and children, all come through John to speak to their grieving loved ones.
"It's amazing how blatant he is," says Michael Shermer of Skeptic magazine. Shermer then goes on to expose Edward's cold reading techniques, bobbing and dodging from one wrong answer to another, finally getting a "hit" and probing. People don't remember the five wrong things John says, only the one correct thing.
Carnival hucksters have been doing this for hundreds of years, Shermer implies.
And I really like Shermer. I appreciate the way he thinks because mostly I think the same way. My new age friends think I'm a hopeless close-minded loser, unaware of the wonderous life around him.
But back to John Edward--he's reshaped his show format based on the criticisms. His audience can no longer give him feedback while he's talking. There were accusations he had microphones planted around the audience gallery to pick up side conversations, and now his audiences have to remain quiet until the show starts.
When the show starts John says something like: "Someone over here has a husband or brother who died of cancer."
Not such a risky thing to say. Twenty-five percent of all people who live to fifty will get cancer. Women live longer than men, statistically.
A woman raises her hand. Most of Edward's audience is women.
"You have a mother who's passed, too," he says.
The woman nods, teary eyed.
"I don't understand this," Edward says, "Your husband is telling me you need to stop playing that Beach Boys CD. Do you understand what that means?"
The woman is nearly hysterical. She nods, wiping her eyes.
"And you have this little brown cat that died--some kind of tumor--and your mother has it. It's name is--what is this? The cat's name is 'transmission fluid'?"
The woman can't stay quiet. "My husband named it. He worked in a garage. I used to work with him. We had a radio there and I played the Beach Boys all the time. He hated that CD but he would never tell me to turn it off."
Edward cuts her off. "And what's this about a crack in the bathroom window?"
"I accidentally hit the window with bottle of shampoo when I was getting out of the shower..."
"Recently?"
"This morning."
"And he says you were talking about this in the car on the way over. You were joking that if he came through, he'd tell you about the bathroom window and the electric bill? You had a problem with the electric bill?"
"I forgot to pay it. They turned the electricity off and I had to go down there with cash to get them to turn it back on."
"They were closed when you got there, the electric company people--"
"Yes..."
"And then someone came and opened the door at the last minute--your husband says he sent that guy. He wants you to know he's watching over you."
The wife gasps. The audience applauds.
Adult mackrel fall from the sky.
Rupert Sheldrake ran an experiment and he reports on it in his book Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home.
The experiment is simple. Put a person in a room. One wall in the room has a one-way mirror through which people in an adjacent room can see, but the person on the mirrored side sees only his reflection. Just like on those crime drama TV shows. The person in this room sits with his back to the mirror, staring at the cinderblock wall in front of him.
In the adjacent room, another person sits facing the one-way mirror, though which he can see the person sitting in the other room, facing away.
At predetermined times, the person who can see the other person is asked to either look at the back of the person in the other room, or to look away. The person with his back to the mirror (who couldn't see through the mirror anyway) is asked if he's being looked at or not.
Nine-hundred people were tested. A control group was also tested, in which nobody was actually looking (or not) at the person in the mirrored room.
In the tested group, people correctly ascertained were being looked at 75% of the time.
People in the control group tended to guess they were being looked at 50% of the time, even though nobody was looking.
I remember kneeling on the fluffy white rug in the debrief room at the Nancy Penn Center at the Monroe Institute after a particularly intense session where my mind had been projected from my body and into the space visited frequently by drug addicts and insane people.
I was meditating in my isolation booth, and I had a dream. In this dream I was hovering over the building, looking at boxes of shingles laying on the plywood, inert.
In this dream I looked up and saw my friend, Paul, and another guy we had just met that I'll call Pete.
Paul came into the debrief room and knelt in front of me. I was lost in the carpet weave, praying Paul would not say what I knew he would say. I wanted it to be my hallucination. It was a part of my brain. My dreams. My innermost thoughts. What did it mean if we could share dreams? What did it mean if I could project myself out of my body to a point about 30 feet above the roof of the building in which I was now doubting my sanity.
"Tell me they're not repairing the roof," I said to Paul. "Please."
Paul said, "I kept signaling for you to come up to where I was, but you were so interested in those boxes of shingles I couldn't get your attention."
It was at that point my mind went into rejection. Denial. This was not happening--and if it was, I was the victim of a cruel trick. I knew what physics was. I knew what science was. Human intelligence arises out of the complex interaction of electrical activity inside the brain. Nobody knows why, but we know if we damage the brain, we damage the person. The person is the brain--is inside the brain.
That's what I was thinking to myself, really hard. Because if I was wrong, almost nothing I believed was worth believing.
Pete had overheard my brief conversation with Paul. He stopped dead in his tracks.
Pete said, "This is total bullshit."
Paul started to laugh, "You got stuck in the trees!"
In fact, in my dream, Pete was tangled in the thin upper branches of the tall pines surrounding the center.
Pete blanched. He grabbed a wall to steady himself.
"Bullshit!" he screamed. Then he ran away.
I knew how he felt.
The frogs were falling, and I knew they weren't. It just couldn't happen.
I wouldn't let it.
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Vanetina () is a village in the Municipality of Cerkvenjak in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Slovene Hills (). The area is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

The local chapel-shrine was built in around 1900 and has a large belfry.

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Populated places in the Municipality of Cerkvenjak


Connecticut State Police are enlisting the help of the public to provide information regarding a cold missing person case that has spanned three decades.
Kenneth Reed, born on July 31, 1964, was last seen at his parents' residence, 20 Forest Street in Norwich, on March 24, 1989.
Reed is a white male with brown eyes and brown hair. His vehicle was located in his parents' driveway, and he has not been seen since.
Those who have information regarding this case are urged to contact Detective Cuoco at (860) 896-3235 or (860) 896-3230. Contact can also be made to Norwich Police at (860) 886-5561 (ext. 3156) or the State Police Tip Line at (860) 685-8190.


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Q: Why didn't the Emperor deploy the Sith superweapon on Malachor? In the Star Wars Rebels episode Twilight of the Apprentice, a massive temple built by the ancient Sith was discovered on the planet Malachor. The temple held a colossal Kyber crystal and was in fact a Sith superweapon capable of destroying life with an enormous beam, apparently similar to the Death Star's primary weapon.

Presence: The power to destroy life is at your command.

Why didn't Sidious deploy this superweapon, but wasted years on constructing the Death Star? The Darth Maul comics series reveal that he was well aware of the temple. Darth Vader was also committed in furnishing the superweapon to his master.

Darth Vader: The power within will soon serve the Emperor.

So why didn't they?

A:     In universe: Looks like Sith temple-superweapon could destroy life only on planet it was constructed. This exactly happened first time it was activated during Great Scourge of Malachor. Every Sith, Jedi and most likely every living being was killed, but only on Malachor. Planet was left lifeless, but was that original design (similar to  Thought bomb and Ritual of Nathema in Legends), or was it some kind of flaw is unclear. Anyway, as such, it was unsuited as a weapon of choice for Tarkin Doctrine and rule by fear, which required ability to destroy any planet in Galaxy.
    Also, of course, temple itself was destroyed at the end of relevant episode, and I doubt there were blueprints for it. Therefore, it become lost technology.
    Out of universe: Looks like whole idea of Sith temple was quickly cobbled up together for the finale of Rebels season 2. They needed to re-introduce Maul, and get rid of Ahsoka and Inquisitors, so they created one-time plot device of Sith temple on Malachor. Malachor is of course known from Legends, but Sith temple on it was not. Therefore it was disposable story-wise : powerful weapon to attract attention, but it could be destroyed to preserve continuity. Of course, such sloppy work sometimes leaves lose ends, like the question why Palpatine didn't examine temple much earlier, if he (like Kanan) heard stories about Great Scourge) .

A: The temple was no longer functional as a weapon once Ezra removed the holochron powering it.

Remember, Vader clearly wasn't expecting Ezra and Kanan to sneak inside and grab it while he fought Ahsoka, and indeed, later on he attempted to recover it from Ezra's hand but was ultimately unsuccessful.
Now back to the temple itself, what Ezra did is basically equivalent to pulling the plug on a running PC—yes, it turns the thing off but often results in unintended side effects.  In this case, removing the holochron disrupted the flow of energy within the temple, initiating the collapse.  This disruption likely also damaged the main kyber crystal, which could have been the cause of the large explosion seen as the Phantom is flying away:

This is consistent with other kyber-related explosions we've seen in other places.  In particular, the more recent episode Holochrons of Fate (season 3, episode 2) shows us another example, when

 Maul and Ezra combine the Jedi and Sith holochrons, ultimately resulting in an explosion that "destroys" both of them.

Ezra is literally feet away when this happens, but neither he nor his companion are physically injured, nor is there any damage to the room.  Given this, it's not at all surprising that Ahsoka and Vader survived the blast—the explosion is likely more representative of the breakdown of whatever Force-based metabehaviors are embedded in those objects.  Consider the fact that:

 The pieces of the destroyed holochrons are still there and intact, but they no longer "stick" together:

So in conclusion, yes, the temple was still there, but it was no longer in actual working condition.

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Thus I contend with Fancy and Opinion; and search the Mint and Foundery of Imagination. For here the Appetites and Desires are fabricated. Hence they derive their Privilege and Currency. If I can stop the Mischief here, and prevent false Coinage; I am safe. " Idea! wait a while till I have examin'd thee, whence thou art, and to whom thou retain'st. Art thou of Ambition's Train? Or dost thou promise only Pleasure? Say! what am I to sacrifice for thy sake? What Honour? What Truth? What Manhood?--What Bribe is it thou bring'st along with thee? Describe the flattering Object; but without Flattery; plain, as the thing is; without addition, without sparing or reserve. Is it Wealth? is it a Report? a Title? or a Female? Come not in a Troop, (ye Fancys!) Bring not your Objects crouding, to confound the Sight. But let me examine your Worth and Weight distinctly. Think not to raise accumulative Happiness. For if separately, you contribute nothing; in conjunction, you can only amuse."
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Study's yield could extend reach of HPV vaccine, but probably not where need is greatest
By Antigone Barton on November 14, 2012 .
Administered before girls start having sex, vaccines against the human papillomavirus — HPV — offer their greatest protection against infections that can lead to cervical cancer. Since the vaccination can only prevent infection, the benefits after the start of sex — to individual girls and women, as well as to public health — diminish in proportion to how much the odds increase that the person being vaccinated already has gotten HPV.
Now, a National Institutes of Health study has quantified potential benefits for vaccination among HIV-postive young women — women who are already having sex, but who, with HIV-damaged immune systems, also would be most endangered by a cancer-causing infection. The study found that while three-quarters of the women, aged 16 to 23, did have some type of HPV infection, nearly half of the women were not infected with either of the two types of the virus that cause most cervical cancer, and showed no sign of having been exposed yet to them.
The good news of the findings was that these HIV-positive young women and others like them, for whom cervical cancer would be especially life-threatening, could still be protected from getting a cancer-causing virus. It means that more physicians are likely to recommend the vaccine for girls already having sex, because the vaccine can still do what it is intended to do — prevent them from acquiring the most dangerous forms of HPV.
The sad part of the findings is that they are unlikely to benefit the young girls and women most threatened by cervical cancer — those in low and middle income countries, where HIV is endemic, but where the cost of the vaccine limits its use. Here, the three-dose vaccine costs as much as $350 to $400. In countries with more limited resources, HPV vaccines are often donated or made available at steeply discounted prices, but even then, their use is necessarily restricted for maximum public health benefit.
The data from the recent study do support World Health Organization recommendations that girls who have acquired HIV be vaccinated against HPV, but no lower and middle countries recommend vaccinating girls over the age of 15, study author Dr. Jessica Kahn, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine told Science Speaks. That effectively limits the good news in the study from spreading to countries where HIV — which exacerbates the odds of woman getting infected with HPV, of the HPV causing cancer, of the cancer being difficult to treat and likely to recur — helps make cervical cancer the number one cancer killer of women.
If the vaccination were highly affordable and readily accessible worldwide, the data would support giving "catch-up" vaccines to more young women who could benefit from it, Kahn said.
In the meantime, while the public health cost of distributing an expensive commodity inefficiently has been considered, not many studies that Kahn knows of have tallied the societal costs of cervical cancer's toll in low-income countries — where it takes women with children to raise and work to contribute, in their most productive years.
"When they die," she said, "the impact on society is tremendous. It is inestimable."
This entry was posted in HIV/AIDS and tagged HIV, HPV, cervical cancer, HPV vaccine on November 14, 2012 .
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FOUR REASONS TO HEAD TO LECH, AUSTRIA, THIS 2019-20 WINTER SEASON STAYING AT HOTEL KRISTIANIA
One of the most beautiful alpine winter resorts in the Alps and the birthplace of modern skiing, Lech is located in the Arlberg region of Austria - a sophisticated hangout for those in the know, where the hotels are stylish and the skiing superb. For those looking for something more from the slopes this season, Lech has a full programme of events, from a traditional Austrian Christmas market and jazz music festival to the world-famous White Ring and Rufi 900 Uphill Challenge – there is something for everyone.
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One of the most beautiful alpine winter resorts in the Alps and the birthplace of modern skiing, Lech is located in the Arlberg region of Austria – a sophisticated hangout for those in the know, where the hotels are stylish and the skiing superb. For those looking for something more from the slopes this season, Lech has a full programme of events, from a traditional Austrian Christmas market and jazz music festival to the world-famous White Ring and Rufi 900 Uphill Challenge – there is something for everyone.
Boutique hotel Kristiania is a small family-run hotel and the perfect place to stay when exploring this charming town. From the outside it might appear to be a traditional ski chalet but once inside the interior reveals a spectacularly curated contemporary art collection to rival any world class museum. The hotel has 29 unique guestrooms, each boasting incredible views of the mountains, and the largest collection of Schnapps in the Arlberg region. Guests staying at the Kristiania are spoilt with a selection of quirky butler services – including a ski butler, a bath butler and even a reading butler. There is also a ski nanny for younger guests, and a D.O.G Dog service for those who can't leave the favourite pet pooch at home. Kristiania's two restaurants offer international modern cuisine and sophisticated fine dining as well as traditional Austrian fare including fondue and raclette at an open fireplace in the hotel's cosy and casual Kaminzimmer. Other facilities include an outdoor sun terrace and a small spa with sauna and treatment rooms.
'TIS THE SKI-SON TO BE JOLLY…LECH THE FESTIVITIES COMMENCE
Travellers visiting Lech between 13 – 16 December can get into the festive spirit and head to the picturesque Christmas market located in church square. Local brass bands and choirs help to create a magical atmosphere, alongside the stunning backdrop of the snow-capped roofs and mountains beyond. Guests can enjoy local delicacies such as hot punch and whiskey sours and buy traditional souvenirs and seasonal treats to take home for family and friends.
READY, SET, SNOW! PARTAKE IN THE ANNUAL WHITE RING SPEED RACE
Every January Lech plays host to the world's longest ski race – a 22km circumnavigation of the famous 'White Ring' ski trail – which, this season will take place on 18 January. For one day only the circuit is closed to the public as over a thousand amateur racers charge around the course. The circuit comprises five downhill rings, five ropeways, an intensive ascent and a challenging backcountry ski run. The White Ring race first started in 2006 to celebrate the circuit's 50th anniversary and has become a key event in the Austrian ski calendar. The Kristiania is no stranger to ski racing having been founded by former Olympic Gold medal champion Othmar Schneider.
APRÉS-CIATE THE MUSIC AND CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING…
Celebrate the arrival of Spring, with the Tanzcafe Arlberg festival, which next year will take place from 29 March to 13 April. The stunning landscape of Lech serves as the backdrop for the festival which is a celebration of jazz, swing and the golden age of the 1920's. Lech has long been the resort du jour for the rich and famous. Once known as a sleepy mountain town, the 1920's boom, a period of decadence, prosperity and parties, brought a new avant-garde clientele to Lech, hosting numerous parties and masked balls, where they danced the night away to jazz bands and swing orchestras. This festival is the perfect opportunity for guests looking to swap their skis for dancing shoes and celebrate the end of another successful season.
IT'S ALL UPHILL FROM HERE…CONQUER THE RUFI 900
This April marks the fifth year of the Rufi 900, which will take place on 4 April. The Rufi 900 is an Uphill Challenge in Lech where travellers attempt to conquer the steepest ski route – the legendary Long Train 'Lange Zug' – uphill. The Long Train is one of the most spectacular ski routes on the Arlberg and ski tourers, mountain runners, hikers and cross-country skiers take part, with participants able to use whatever equipment they like, as long as it's not motorised. The route of this breath-taking challenge is 5.5km long, with the altitude varying by 960m and the gradient in some parts as high as 80%.
Double rooms start from €400 per night on a B&B basis. This includes bottle of champagne in room, complimentary mini-bar, Wi-Fi and snow shuttle van
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N.E.R.D. New LP, 'No_One Ever Really Dies,' Gets December Release Date
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For the past few months, N.E.R.D. have been teasing their new album in seven years. Now, the album, No_One Ever Really Dies, has gotten a release date and artwork. The group's comeback record drops December 15. The artwork, which you can see below, shows an open mouth with its teeth wrapped in foil like low-budget grills. You can also find the tracklist below.
N.E.R.D.'S last album was 2010's Nothing. The group already gave fans a taste of the new music with two singles: "Lemon" featuring Rihanna and "Rollinem 7's" featuring Andre 3000.
No_One Ever Really Dies Tracklist:
01. Deep Down Body Thirst
02. Lemon (feat. Rihanna)
03. Voilà (feat. Gucci Mane and Wale)
04. 1000 (feat. Future)
05. Don't Don't Do It (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
06. Kites (feat. Kendrick Lamar and M.I.A.)
07. ESP
08. Lightning Fire Magic Prayer
09. Rollinem 7's (feat. André 3000)
10. Lifting You (feat. Ed Sheeran)
11. (Secret Life of Tigers)
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Moving and Shaking: Embracing the Uncertainty of Teen Sexuality in Giant Little Ones
March 11, 2019 March 20, 2019 by Michael Sun
Giant Little Ones (2018) revolves around acts of cycling: past sprawling McMansions and manicured hedges, to and from friends' houses, or down warping, liquid boulevards on drunken nights. Our teenage protagonist Franky (Josh Wiggins) pedals before he walks, and his bike becomes a vessel of catharsis, betrayal, doubt, deliverance — all the melodrama that a coming-of-age necessitates.
On two wheels, Franky feels limitless. Even in the film's darkest moments, the bike provides levity, a reprieve from the conflict unfurling around him after an alcohol-fuelled fumble with his childhood friend Ballas (Darren Mann). Their moment of (mostly unseen) midnight sexual experimentation is quick and hurried, but the weeks following it stretch into a long, terse silence as both boys grapple with their own sexualities amidst whispered rumours down high school corridors and dinner table conversations with understanding, but perplexed parents. In one excruciating scene, Ballas stands by idly as Franky defends a gay classmate in a locker room brawl. Paralysed with fear of being outed, he ignores his moral instincts and walks away, silently.
Instances like these distinguish the film from a class of teen queer cinema that's otherwise so averse to subtlety. By lingering on this anxious aftermath rather than glossing over it in favour of a perfect resolution, Giant Little Ones takes a necessary and defiant step into a post-Love, Simon (2018) cinema, which acknowledges the need for queer rom-com fantasies to exist, but that we should also expect more: more nuance, more experiences, more space for failures and loose ends.
Unlike its blockbuster predecessor, the homophobia in Giant Little Ones is a strange, nebulous beast. In Love, Simon, Simon's plight is confined to a casual schoolyard iciness — a quickly rectified falling-out with friends that stems from the actions of a nefarious, loose-lipped peer. He's able to overcome external pressures to reap his rewards — namely, a fairytale kiss on a Ferris wheel and a heightened plane of self-assurance. He's happy! He's confident! He drives off into the distance with no less than five perfectly dewy iced coffees!
Franky and Ballas' fears, on the other hand, are internalised, manifesting as guilt, hatred, and deep, unabated shame. They do everything in their power to flee from such emotions. Despite his complicitness in their encounter, Ballas publicly accuses Franky of coming onto him in a desperate attempt to avoid his own queerness. Meanwhile, Franky steals and disassembles Ballas' bike, and rapidly enters into a relationship with Ballas's sister — one so achingly heterosexual it even includes its own Notebook-worthy sequence of rain-drenched kissing — before he realises that it's merely a façade for his own sexual uncertainty.
Too often, teen films, and especially queer teen films, interpret this kind of uncertainty as an obstacle to conquer. They treat the idea of a fixed self as the final goal of any successful coming-of-age journey, implying that we must eliminate all inner conflict before we exhibit our identities to the world — via public Ferris wheel smooch or otherwise. In Giant Little Ones, however, uncertainty isn't a means to an end; it is the end. Franky and Ballas don't re-emerge out and proud; they learn to differing extents that sexuality, like any facet of identity, is fluid and evolving — and to think otherwise is to engage in a permanent, cyclical chase for fulfilment.
A scene midway through the film reminds us why that chase is futile. Franky stares into his bathroom mirror, clippers poised. The camera is still for a moment, then tufts of hair come tumbling down. When he's done, he resembles a jailhouse miscreant, still bearing the cuts and bruises of an earlier fight. He shaves in an attempt at performing contrived masculinity, as if every patch of exposed scalp entrenches his new persona as angsty, hard-knock bad boy. When he's next on his bike, there's no gust of wind running through luscious locks, as there was at the beginning of the film. Something's been sacrificed — maybe freedom, maybe joy — and for what? He's still just as lost within himself, unable to commit to the role he is playing.
Franky's straight-washing of himself is an effort to quell uncertainties that every queer viewer will recognise — the urge to dress 'straighter', present as more 'masc', and submit to social norms not out of compliance, but fear. We've seen it in other places too, notably in this year's Sex Education (2018), the breakout Netflix show starring Asa Butterfield as a high schooler who attempts to disseminate sex and relationship advice to a student base that woefully needs it. But Asa's campy and visibly queer sidekick, Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa), is the show's real revelation. After five episodes of seemingly unflappable optimism, there's a shift in his demeanour after he's attacked while walking home in drag, dressed as Hedwig and the Angry Inch's slinky, big-haired titular character. With his face bloodied and clothes torn, he stumbles his way towards help.
The next morning, he stands before his wardrobe. Glitter gives way to grey, colourful co-ords substituted with beige caps. The flamboyant, confident Eric we met in Sex Education's first half is gone, and in his place is a different, hoodie-wearing Eric dressed with military precision. His speech becomes truncated; his eyes sunken.
Like Franky's shave, this new exterior serves as protection, but it's also a reaction against his innermost insecurities. Here though, Eric isn't plagued by the uncertainty of his queerness, but how he should present it. Even from the show's pilot, he obsessively considers outfits to wear to school, to parties. Will they impress the populars? Are they memorable enough? In one fell swoop, he silences those anxieties, as well as the fear of another homophobic attack.
Both Franky and Eric's drastic measures are smokescreens for genuine self-confrontation, leaving nothing but emptiness in their wake. The forced restriction of their identities only limits their ability to process trauma, and leaves them without the means to exhale. It's not until they've come to terms with their uncertainty that they can ultimately come of age. That's the key to the new wave of queer teen content, one that steers away from Love, Simon's blind optimism and instead, actively makes space for oscillation, growth, and openness.
For Eric, that growth looks like understanding the diversity of queer presentation, and donning traditional cultural garb to his school dance, complete with shimmery eye shadow.
For Franky, it means making peace with his unlabelled and un-boxed queerness, and accepting the opportunity to evolve with his sexuality. He re-assembles Ballas' bike, leaving it at his house along with a found locket declaring his love — platonic, or romantic, or any number of permutations in between — and cycles away. On two wheels, he finally feels endless again as his future unravels like the lamp-lit street before him.
Giant Little Ones is showing on Thursday March 14th as part of Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival's Encore Screenings.
Michael Sun is a writer and designer from Sydney who literally can't stop referencing Love, Simon in everything he does. Check out his other two pieces about it in Overland and Double J, or more at michaelsun.com / @MlCHAELSUN.
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