Containment Protocols: RPC-035 is to be kept in a locked room at Containment Wing within Site-074. RPC-035's containment can only be entered with direct supervision from at least one security guard and documented permission from personnel with no lower than a Level-2 security clearance. Every 3 days, a participant1 should be sent into RPC-035's containment cell after drinking no less than 8 fluid ounces of the participant's choice of coffee. Additionally, at least one armed member of the Authority Security Force should accompany each participant at all times until their termination. The participant will be instructed to drink the liquid within RPC-035-1. Once the liquid inside of RPC-035-1 has been consumed, they should be escorted back to their cell before more RPC-035-1 can be consumed. The next participant in the set of five should be assigned to RPC-035 at the next scheduled time. When one of the participants has consumed 20 instances of RPC-035-1, they will be terminated. When all five participants are terminated, new ones should be assigned to RPC-035 immediately.
Description: RPC-035 is a normal-sized carmine painted teapot. Six terracotta colored spider-like appendages made of hardened clay protrude from the base of RPC-035. These appendages seem to peak from the lower half of RPC-035. RPC-035 has a cap that cannot be removed, despite all attempts by the Authority. Additionally, samples of RPC-035's clay reveals no anomalous properties in the material. RPC-035 is variably hot to the touch and has a recorded lowest temperature of 71.1 °C immediately after RPC-035-1 was consumed, and a highest recorded temperature of 829 °C after twenty days of isolation.
Increased aggression toward all forms of life except micro-organisms.
Decreased brain functionality, starting with a 10% decrease in brain function after the first instance of RPC-035-1.
The presence of a clear British accent, seemingly from a southern Wales dialect.
A heavy addiction to RPC-035-1.
RPC-035 seems to have no melting point despite all testing by the Authority. Depending on the number of days it has gone without someone having consumed RPC-035-1, RPC-035 has a recorded lowest speed of 40 km/h, and a highest recorded speed of 241 km/h. This highest speed was recorded during a period of isolation, where no instances of RPC-035-1 were created or consumed.
RPC-035 will roam around mindlessly when humans are not interacting with it, and will only change its behavior when it comes within 5ft of sentient life or senses (through unknown means) an obstacle in its path. If RPC-035 encounters an obstacle, it will attempt to go around said obstacle. RPC-035's behavior will change after 5 days if there has been no consumption of RPC-035-1, and RPC-035 will try to jump over all obstacles. Additionally, after 20 days without any consumption of RPC-035-1, RPC-035 will ignore any obstacles and will attempt to burn through them while walking repeatedly into them.
When any human comes within 5ft of RPC-035, RPC-035 will approach them. RPC-035 will proceed to manifest an instance of RPC-035-1; RPC-035 seems to be capable of doing this an infinite number of times through unknown means. If the human target refuses to consume RPC-035-1, RPC-035 will become incredibly violent toward the target, and attempt to scald the human by pouring a tea-like substance onto them from its nozzle. This temperature has the same temperature as RPC-035 at the time of the outburst, and no anomalous effects have been recorded as a result of the liquid from RPC-035's nozzle. The violent outbursts of RPC-035 usually end in the termination of the target, due to severe burns to the cerebrum. Should the target consume RPC-035-1, they will immediately undergo RPC-035-1's symptoms.
After RPC-035-1 has been consumed ten times, the person, hereafter referred to as RPC-035-2, will have been deteriorated into a mindless aggressive "zombie-like" humanoid. RPC-035-2 will carry and brandish RPC-035 and will attempt to terminate all life within its line of sight. While RPC-035-2 is active, RPC-035 will show no anomalous properties outside of indestructibility. This behavior remains constant until RPC-035-2 is terminated. When this occurs, RPC-035 will return to its normal state, and continue to mindlessly wander, looking for humans to offer RPC-035-1 to.
Recovery Log: RPC-035 was found in █████, ████ on ██/██/███. RPC-035 was found by MST Zulu-5, after a police call from █████ reporting "a strange man committing a murder with a teapot" (later identified as RPC-035). MST Zulu-5, code name "Redcoats Falling", arrived at █████ to see a floor, splayed with blood and a tea-like substance, as well as five people staring down at three dead bodies (one identified as RPC-035-2), as well as RPC-035 wandering the room. Agent ███ proceeds to take RPC-035 by its handle, and swiftly take it to on-site containment before it can react to him. At the same time, Agent █████ was ordered to bring in the person in charge of █████ for an interview, while the rest of Redcoats Falling controlled the crowd and administered Class B amnestics to people currently in █████.
Foreword: Jackson █████ was brought to a nearby alleyway, to avoid any witnesses overhearing the interview. The interviewee was still slightly traumatized after the events of RPC-035's discovery.
Agent █████: Sir, I need you to try your best to stay calm and tell me what happened as best as you can remember.
Jackson █████: Alright, alright [Jackson breaths deeply in and out for about five minutes] so, this lad walks in, right, he seems to be a couple sandwiches short of a picnic… his eyes snapped over to the person closest to him and he started walkin' over to them. The only weird part of it was the teapot with legs in his hand, probably some American I thought… then this bloody guy [addressing RPC-035-2] starts beating the poor lad to death with the teapot, killed him before anyone knew what to do. And then another lad runs over and tackles him into a choke hold, and after a small struggle, the weird fellow [addressing RPC-035-2] just slumps to the floor. The chuffed bugger just stomped his head into a pulp in a rage, that bloody bloke probably cost us a bomb!
Agent █████: Alright, that explains the first two bodies… but what about the third body?
Agent █████: Thank you, come with me and we'll take you back and it'll all be alright if you just listen to us.
Closing Statement: Agent █████ and the rest of MST Zulu-5 successfully administered everyone who saw the event with Class B amnestics and Suppressive amnestics. Jackson █████ was able to return to work, and the day continued as normal. The police report reads that a drunken man killed two men at █████ and was then is killed by Jackson █████ in an act of bravery.
Addendum 1: It should be noted that the effects of RPC-035-1 are doubled when ingested by anyone with a mother or father of immediate British descent. The reason for this is currently unknown.
Addendum 2: The effects of RPC-035-1 are halved when coffee is consumed within 2 hours of ingesting RPC-035-1, meaning that it would take 20 instances of RPC-035-1 for an instance of RPC-035-2 to be created, as opposed to the standard 10 instances.
1. A member of a group of five Class D personnel who are assigned to systematically consume RPC-035-1, to avoid increased aggression in RPC-035. This group of participants should contain no class D personnel with a history of addiction, The participant's group should also contain no members, including ASF stationed to guard the Class D personnel, with direct British heritage. Their diet should contain no tea-related products, and all five participants should be placed on Suicide Watch and should be watched by one member of ASF at all times until termination.


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Philadelphia Candies: Family connection sparks business venture
A candy company dating back to 1919 still offers plenty of "brotherly love."
Bernie Pacyniak
KEYWORDS artisan chocolate / Philadelphia
When Elena Macris' grandfather, John, and his brothers Jim, Louie and Steve Macris emigrated from Greece to western Pennsylvania's Shenago Valley, they eventually realized their dream by purchasing a small candy store in 1919. They chose to name their business Philadelphia Candies because in their native Greek language, the name means "candies made with brotherly love."
Today, Philadelphia Candies still makes all of its centers from scratch using the same techniques and cooking in small batches as its founders did in 1919. It sources the finest ingredients available and roasts all of its nuts in-house.
Elena's father, Spyros, currently owns and operates Philadelphia Candies. Her mother ran the company's two retail stores for 30 years, and now her brother, John, just recently joined the business.
After working for Philadelphia Candies as well, Elena found herself moving to Harrisburg, Pa. Nonetheless, she did not want to leave the family business. After researching the opportunities in the area, she opened her own shop, Macris Chocolates, in Lemoyne, Pa., October 2013.
"The shop is 2,000 sq. ft., with a 30-ft. showcase and chocolate demonstration area where we make bark, custom moulds, and dip fresh fruit," she says. "Our customers can choose their favorite assortments from our showcase that offers more than 100 varieties of chocolates, all freshly made and shipped from our factory in western Pennsylvania."
Macris Chocolates also specializes in creating custom gift baskets, boxed chocolates, hostess gifts and a wide variety of corporate gift solutions.
If you were stranded on a deserted island with only one kind of candy, what would it be?
The Brandy Cherries our plant manager Nick Hartis used to make for us every Christmas.
What's the last cool thing you saw online?
Unusual chocolate combinations....different pieces created with mushrooms, olives, tomatoes and even turnips.
When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Definitely a chocolatier as my grandfather was, and my father is today. But I've always had a passion for design and architecture too.
What issues concern you most about the confectionery industry and why?
Trying to communicate to our customers the benefits of incorporating chocolate into a healthy, well-balanced diet. Confections should have a place in everyone's life and enjoyed in moderation. It's a perfect treat that makes everyone's day a little bit happier.
What's the last book you read?
Why We Buy by Paco Underhill. I've read that a few times now. And I look through Chocolates and Confections by Peter Greweling quite a bit too.
What is your pet peeve?
Laziness.
If given the chance to choose anyone, whom would you like to collaborate with?
Valentino Garavani — his designs were works of art, with an incredible amount of hand craftsmanship and time involved in each piece.
What excites you most about your job?
With owning a new small business, everyday is an adventure. I have the opportunity to meet wonderful people that turn into regular customers and even good friends.
Recent Articles by Bernie Pacyniak
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2018 State of the Industry: Opportunities abound in confectionery market driven by snacking, treating
Mount Franklin adds organic, branded and functional products to its mix
Confectionery manufacturers continue to seek natural colors
With more than 30 years experience in B-to-B reporting, writing and editing — the bulk of which was dedicated to covering the bakery, confectionery and snack industries — Pacyniak has chronicled changes within the food industry since the early 1980s. A Boston University journalism degree graduate, he worked for a variety of publications before joining BNP Media in 1994 as editor of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery magazine. In 2001, he took over as editor-in-chief of Candy Industry until 2018.
Schwietert's Cones & Candy: Reinvigorating a family business
PMCA Preview: Milking confectionery's dairy connection
A 'Birnn' Desire: An inside look at Birnn Chocolates of Vermont, and the family that runs it
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Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner, 2E
The Art of the Chocolatier: From Classic Confections to Sensational Showpieces
Opportunities in the Global Confectionery Sector
Chocolate Science and Technology, 2nd Edition

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Curious Florence: An endless love at Grifoni Palace
Florence is a wonderful city, in fact it doesn't requires a lot of work to fall in love with it. This Italian city is a living museum, where every street, alley, and building is full of history.
The undisputed charm of the city of Florence comes not only from all the works of art you can see in every street, but also from the imperceptible hidden details, elements that can escape the eye at first glance.
I am now going to reveal you one of these hidden elements that will surely blow your mind:
Grifoni Palace
On the corner between Piazza Santissima Annunziata and Via dei Servi there is the Palazzo Grifoni (more known as Palazzo Budini-Gattai), which is a red brick palace. When you observe the palace from the square you might notice that on the facade of this building there is a particular window that is always open.
One of the most less known Florentine legends relates that the Grifoni family lived in this building for centuries and it is said that toward the end of the sixth century, one of the Grifoni sons went off to war (which was not something uncommon at the time) and was so forced to leave her beloved wife.
The open window
The beautiful lady ran to the window to greet him one last time and to watch him leaving. The legend tells us that the wife spent all of her time sitting nearby the window, hoping to see her husband again. The love of her life never returned home, and when she died, the window was shut.
There are two different versions to this story:
Some say that the neighbors of the two lovers were so touched by the profound love story that they decided to reopen the window.
Other people say that when the window was closed, objects inside the room began to fly and furniture began to shake. As a servant reopened the window, everything returned normal. This makes us understand that this woman's love is still there and her spirit still waits for her husband's return and will probably wait forever.
No one knows the woman's name and no one will ever know which one of these two stories is true.
For more stories and legends about Florence, do not miss our history of Florence tours!
Author IstitutoPosted on Tuesday January 17th, 2017 Categories Art history - Florence, History of FlorenceTags art history, Art in florence, curiosità, discover florence, Firenze, florence legends, grifoni palace, histoire d'Art, histoire de Florence, history of Florence, history of the Grifoni, leggende fiorentine, Palais Grifoni, palazzo grifoni, Piazza Santissima Annunziata, private tours Florence, private visits in florence, Secret Florence, storia dell'arte, storia di Firenze
Discover Florence: The Vasarian Corridor
Vasarian Corridor
One of the most memorable thing you can do in Florence is to visit Vasari Corridor. Some people do not understand where this wonderful secret corridor of the Medici family is. In fact it is not simply visible and it is also not simply accessible for security reasons.
The Vasari Corridor is an enclosed private passageway long approximately 1km built in 1565 in just five months by order of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici. The total design is planned by Giorgio Vasari, from which the corridor has taken its name.
Duke Cosimo I de' Medici has ordered to build this passage at the time of the wedding between his son Francesco I de' Medici and Johanna of Austria. He especially wanted to be able to move freely between his residence, Pitti Palace, and the government palace, Palazzo Vecchio. In fact, since he had replaced the Republic of Florence, he felt insecure in public. The meat market on the bridge Ponte Vecchio was then replaced by goldsmith shops (that still occupy the bridge until now) to avoid its smell reaching into the passage.
On the other side of the Arno, the corridor passes over the loggiato of the church of Santa Felicita until it finally reaches the Boboli gardens and the apartments in Pitti Palace. The secret passageway contains over 1000 paintings, all dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as the important collection of Self-portraits by the greatest Masters of Western Art, like Giorgio Vasari, Andrea del Sarto, Bernini, Canova, Delacriox, Chagal and many others.
The Vasari Corridor can only be visited through guided tours organized by travel agencies and the costs are a little bit expensive. However, it will surely be worth the visit!
If you want to visit the Vasarian Corridor with a private guide, check out our Guided Visits in Florence!
Author IstitutoPosted on Wednesday November 30th, 2016 Tuesday November 29th, 2016 Categories Art history - Florence, History of Florence, italian artTags art history in florence, guided visits florence, history of the Medici, private visits in florence, vasarian corridor florence, vasarian corridor visit


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Josh Sens | June 14, 2013 | Story Restaurants
Sir and Star in the historic former Olema Inn
Roasted marrow bones with onion jam
Margaret Gradé and Daniel DeLong
Oyster shooters
The rustic dining room
The best new restaurant of the calendar year stands at a roadside junction in Olema, in a 19th-century inn where an Alice Waters ethos meets rustic farmhouse atmospherics. You get the gist: It's earthy-money West Marin.
The restaurant, Sir and Star, located in the landmark formerly known as the Olema Inn, is the latest tandem effort from Margaret Gradé and Daniel DeLong, who ran beloved Manka's restaurant in nearby Inverness until it was consumed by fire in 2006. Now, seven years later, the two have resurfaced 10 minutes up the road, having traveled farther than some of the ingredients that they now serve.
When these chefs say local, they mean local—none of this 100-mile-radius stuff. On a recent evening, all of the comestibles hailed from within 10 miles of the kitchen. The menu went to pains to emphasize that point. A "neighbor's quail" on a nest of wild greens was in the offing, as was a side of "Mr. Little's mashed potatoes" (ah, good ol' Mr. Little). Roasted marrow bones with a "jam of local onions" were made with braised and shredded meat from oxtails that "once wagged nearby."
You might curl your lip at the cutesy lingo, but there's no quarreling with the cuisine. That neighbor's quail? It arrived as bronzed and beautiful as Cleopatra, plump with kale and apricot stuffing. Those oxtails, meanwhile, tender from slow cooking and with the faintest punch from the red wine in which they were braised, all but melded with the marrow. Warm dinner rolls were the perfect sponges to mop up the lush combination.
Unlike Manka's, which dealt in prix fixe dinners, Sir and Star does its evenings à la carte, a more casual format suited to the property's roadhouse past. Originally built in 1876, the Olema Inn (now called the Olema) has been refurbished, its once white exterior repainted a fashionable charcoal gray, but it retains the trappings of a rural set piece, with a broad front porch and groomed gardens in back. On most evenings, a fire blazes in a large stone hearth just inside the entrance.
To really qualify as a roadhouse, Sir and Star would have to be a place where today's traveler, having swapped his buggy for a fancy sports car, might drop in for, say, an all-kale Caesar salad or a quiver of asparagus with sea urchin butter before continuing on his merry way. The chefs say that's what they're after.
But it's hard for me to picture the abstemious sort who wouldn't want to settle in for a full-blown meal. The food belongs to a familiar genre: rustic California cuisine—a style so ingrained in our culinary culture that few new restaurants seem to serve it anymore. Not that Gradé and DeLong are dredging up clichés. A trio of oyster shooters shimmers in a jelly of their essence, a crunchy dicing of kohlrabi at the bottom of each glass. A bouillabaisse gives off traditional anise aromatics, but the usual seafood has been swapped out for a gathering of spring veggies: not just fennel but favas, asparagus, potatoes, and bittersweet turnips.
Many years ago, when she was running Manka's, Gradé confessed to not being the best host. "If they put me in the front," she told the Chronicle, "I would be bad for business." Well, she's up front at Sir and Star, and she's still not Miss Congeniality.
On the night of my first visit, I was welcomed by an empty host's station. I waited. And waited. Finally, footsteps echoed in a nearby corridor, and Gradé appeared like a ghostly innkeeper from a Scooby-Doo cartoon. "Apologies," she said. "We're on West Marin time." The next time around, I arrived during business hours to find the front door locked. I knocked. And knocked. At last, Gradé materialized. "Hmmm," she said, releasing the lock to admit my party. "I didn't realize." I got the impression that if it hadn't been for us meddling kids, she might never have.
Once you're through the entrance, though, the reception warms. The main dining room is spare but pretty, with butcher paper draped across wooden tables and large windows overlooking the verdant grounds. The service is attentive, but so quick on the uptake that an evening can unspool too fast.
This is an experience that you want to savor, selecting a crisp local riesling from the list of around 40 regional wines to pair with your spring onion soup, flanked by sharp-cheese wafers that play off the soup's sweetness. That the nearest creamery is closer to the restaurant than the nearest olive oil mill may explain why butter plays such a strong supporting role. You taste it in the richness of those mashed potatoes and in the broth of a side of shelling beans.
For dessert, the only option is soft-serve vanilla ice cream with toppings such as hot fudge with toasted black walnuts. And before you know it, you're back in your jalopy, wending your way from the quiet of West Marin toward your hometown's bustle. It's a long drive, but definitely worth making for a very fine, and very local, meal.
A recommended dinner for two people (before tax and tip) at Sir and Star.
Trio of Tomales Bay oysters in their essence ............................................................... $10
Kale Caesar salad ................................................................................................... $10
Marrow in the bone with braised tail meat and onion jam ..............................................$12
Coastal king salmon with Yukon gold potatoes, mustard greens, and garlic cream ........... $12
Quail with kale and apricot stuffing ........................................................................... $20
Dinner rolls with honey butter .................................................................................... $5
Shelling beans ..........................................................................................................$5
Glass of Room riesling ..............................................................................................$12
Total ......................................................................................................................$86
Sir and Star at the Olema
10000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
(at Hwy. 1),
Originally published in the July 2013 issue of San Francisco
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Oscar Soliz (born 9 January 1985) is a Bolivian road racing cyclist, who rides for Bolivian amateur team Potosí. Between 2017 and 2021, Soliz was suspended from the sport after testing positive for continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) at the 2017 Vuelta a Colombia.

Major results
Source:

2006
 1st Mountains classification Doble Sucre Potosí GP Cemento Fancesa
 7th Overall Doble Copacabana Grand Prix Fides
1st Mountains classification
2007
 1st Overall Doble Sucre Potosí GP Cemento Fancesa
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
 1st Overall Vuelta al Lago Uru Uru
1st Stage 1
 1st Overall Tour of Cochabamba
 1st Overall Doble Copacabana Grand Prix Fides
1st Stage 4
2008
 1st  Time trial, National Road Championships
 1st Stage 2 Tour of Cochabamba
 2nd Overall Vuelta a Bolivia
2009
 National Road Championships
1st  Time trial
2nd Road race
 1st Overall Tour of Tarija
1st Stages 1a & 3
 1st Stage 1 GP Savina Cuellar
 2nd Overall Tour of Cochabamba
1st Stage 3
 2nd Overall Vuelta a Bolivia
1st Stages 6, 8 & 11 (ITT)
 5th Overall Vuelta al Lago Uru Uru
1st Stage 2
 6th Overall Doble Sucre Potosí GP Cemento Fancesa
1st Stage 3
2010
 National Road Championships
1st  Time trial
1st  Road race
 1st Overall Doble Sucre Potosí GP Cemento Fancesa
1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 (ITT)
 1st Overall Tour of Chaco
 1st Overall Vuelta al Lago Uru Uru
1st Prologue & Stage 2
 1st Overall Tour of Cochabamba
1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 3
 1st Overall Vuelta a Bolivia
1st Stages 4, 8 & 9 (ITT)
 1st Overall Tour of Camargo
1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
2011
 1st  Time trial, National Road Championships
 4th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stage 12
 5th Overall Tour of Cundinamarca
2012
 National Road Championships
1st  Time trial
3rd Road race
 1st Overall Clasica International Tulcan
1st Stage 8
 4th Overall Vuelta a Bolivia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 7, 9b & 10a (ITT)
 5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
 8th Overall Clásico RCN
2013
 1st Overall Tour of Cotagaita
 1st Overall Vuelta al Sur de Bolivia
1st Mountains classification
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2 (ITT) & 3
 1st Overall Tour of Cochabamba
1st Stage 2
 2nd Overall Vuelta a Bolivia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 7 & 10a (ITT)
2014
 National Road Championships
1st  Time trial
1st  Road race
 1st Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stages 6 & 10
 5th Time trial, South American Games
 7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
2015
 National Road Championships
1st  Time trial
1st  Road race
 1st Overall Vuelta a Chuquisaca
1st Stages 1 & 3
 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Cundinamarca
2016
 National Road Championships
1st  Time trial
1st  Road race
2017
8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
2022
 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

External links

1985 births
Bolivian male cyclists
Living people
People from Modesto Omiste Province
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Bolivia

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CHAPTER 2N.I.OTHER PROVISION ABOUT PENSION COMPENSATION
Charges in respect of pension sharing etc.N.I.
99 After Article 152 of the 2005 Order (administration of compensation) insert—
Charges in respect of pension sharing etc.
152A—(1) Regulations may make provision for the purpose of enabling the Board to recover prescribed charges in respect of complying with a relevant order or provision.
(2) In paragraph (1) "a relevant order or provision" means any of the following—
(a)an order under Article 25 of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (financial provision in connection with divorce etc.) so far as the order—
(i)includes provision made by virtue of Article 27B or 27C of that Order (powers to include provision about pensions), and
(ii)applies in relation to the Board by virtue of Article 27E of that Order;
(b)an order under Article 25 of that Order so far as the order includes provision made by virtue of Article 27F of that Order (attachment of pension compensation on divorce etc.);
(c)an order under Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (financial provision orders in connection with dissolution of civil partnerships etc.: Northern Ireland) so far as the order—
(i)includes provision made by virtue of Part 5 of that Schedule (powers to include provision about pensions), and
(ii)applies in relation to the Board by virtue of Part 6 of that Schedule;
(d)an order under Part 1 of that Schedule so far as the order includes provision made by virtue of paragraph 29A of that Schedule (attachment of pension compensation on dissolution of civil partnership etc.: Northern Ireland);
(e)an order made under any provision corresponding to a provision mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) in force in England and Wales;
(f)an order or provision to which any of paragraphs (f) and (g) of section 168A(2) of the Pensions Act 2004 applies;
(g)an order or provision of a kind mentioned in Article 25(1) of the 1999 Order (pension sharing) so far as the order or provision applies in relation to the Board by virtue of Article 199 of this Order.
(3) Regulations under paragraph (1) may include provision enabling the Board to set off against any PPF compensation payable to a person any charges owed to it by that person under the regulations.
(4) In this Article "PPF compensation" means compensation payable—
(a)under or by virtue of this Chapter, or
(b)under or by virtue of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (pension compensation on divorce etc.).".
I1S. 99 wholly in operation; s. 99 not in operation at Royal Assent see s. 118(1); s. 99 in operation for certain purposes at 16.3.2011 by S.R. 2011/108, art. 2(1)(b); s. 99 in operation at 6.4.2011 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2011/108, art. 2(2), Sch.
Amendments of Schedule 6 to the 2005 OrderN.I.
100 Schedule 6 (amendments of Schedule 6 to the 2005 Order) has effect.
I2S. 100 partly in operation; s. 100 not in operation at Royal Assent see s. 118(1); s. 100 in operation for certain purposes at 1.4.2009 by S.R. 2009/147, art. 2(b)
I3S. 100 in operation at 2.2.2018 for specified purposes by S.R. 2018/23, art. 2
Consequential amendmentsN.I.
101—(1) The 2005 Order is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 2(2)(d) of Schedule 4 (Board of the Pension Protection Fund) insert—
"(da)Article 152A (charges in respect of pension sharing etc.);".
(3) After paragraph 2(2)(g) of that Schedule insert—
"(ga)section 94 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (discharge of liability in respect of pension compensation credit);
(gb)section 95 of that Act (charges in respect of pension compensation sharing costs);
(gc)section 96 of that Act (supply of information about pension compensation in relation to divorce etc.);
(gd)section 97 of that Act (supply of information about pension compensation sharing);".
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Skype is coming to Alexa devices, bringing another Microsoft service to Amazon's hardware
Soon, you'll be able to order a crate of beef jerky and call your relatives in Europe from the same device.
Senior Editor, TechHive	 Sep 20, 2018 5:14 pm PDT
Last year, we concluded that Microsoft's only competitive advantage in the deal that saw Cortana coming to Alexa, and vice versa, was Skype. Now, Microsoft has said that it will offer Skype to Alexa devices, too.
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Later this year, according to Microsoft, Alexa-powered devices will be able to tap into Skype to place Skype audio and video calls to other devices, accept calls, and even place calls via Skype to landline and cellular phones. (As an example, you'll be able to say "Alexa, call Steve on Skype," or say "Alexa, answer" when an incoming call comes in.)
Microsoft called this the next step in the collaboration between the two companies, which included the original partnership, as well as the first implementations of the Cortana skill on Alexa devices, and the ability to use Alexa on Windows in August. Alexa can now be used on the Xbox, as well.
[ Further reading: The best smart speakers and digital assistants ]
What this means: Skype was perhaps the only remaining competitive advantage for Cortana, if you considered its relationship with Alexa an adversarial one. That doesn't appear to be the case any more, however, as Alexa and Cortana have formed a lasting relationship. It's worth noting that Amazon's Alexa-powered devices could already use Alexa Calling to place calls to cellular phones and landlines in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico; Skype, however, is virtually worldwide. If you're just hanging out in your living room and want to place a Skype call to the "old country," this new partnership will allow you to do that.
As PCWorld's senior editor, Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among other beats. He has formerly written for PCMag, BYTE, Slashdot, eWEEK, and ReadWrite.


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First Time Tragedy Second Time Farce
First Published: Revolution, Vol. 3, No. 5, February 1978.
In an effort to break new ground in the area of sensationalist journalism and spice up page one, two newspapers have recently announced the disintegration of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) – both for the umpteenth time and both, alas, prematurely (for we ourselves are determined that the RCP will wither away, but only with the achievement of communism!).
The papers in question are the January 27 edition of Workers' Vanguard, newspaper of the Spartacist League (a microscopic Trotskyite sect headquartered in New York) and the February 6 Call. While there are striking similarities between the two–both in form and political content–the Spartacists lump Marxism-Leninism with revisionism and attack both, while our CP(ML) authors attack Marxism-Leninism in order to unite with revisionism.
It would be a waste of time (though perhaps an entertaining diversion) to rake the self-proclaimed Trotskyites over the coals, but the Call article is worth a comment or two as an example of Menshevism running obscenely exposed.
The Call article is an open appeal to an arrogant clique–a revisionist headquarters recently exposed and defeated within the RCP–to join the CP(ML) in forming a new Menshevik Party. The tone of the article is one of pleasant surprise that a revisionist line and headquarters could actually exist in a genuine communist Party.
For Marxist-Leninists this is certainly no surprise. As Engels once said, "It seems that every workers' party of a big country can develop only through internal struggle, which accords with the laws of dialectical development in general." (Engels to Eduard Bernstein in Zurich, London, Oct. 20, 1882, emphasis in original. Lest our CP(ML) authors or their fellow opportunist Mensheviks be confused, it should be noted that this statement by Engels was not an attempt to distinguish workers' [communist] parties of big countries from those of little countries, but to make the point that class struggle exists inside all such parties.) And as Mao stressed, and our own history has repeatedly borne out, such two-line struggle is vital to the proletariat and its Party, to its ideological and political development and to its growth.
Opportunist Patchwork
But the CP(ML)'s consistent ability to avoid any serious two-line struggle over the years has been yet another damning piece of evidence that Marxism-Leninism, Mao Tsetung Thought has never made any serious inroads into the revisionism of their organization. (The recent spat with Martin Nicolaus was certainly no two-line struggle. It was simply the opposite poles of the same revisionist stupidity. Just another case of CP[ML] posturing–feigning two-line struggle [because, after all, real Marxist-Leninist Parties have such struggles] when in fact Nicolaus had only taken their line to its logical, embarrassing extreme. With Nicolaus gone, they have lost even the pretense of scientifically analyzing Soviet social-imperialism, which reduces their "opposition" to mindless name-calling incapable of arming anyone with a grasp of why and how it is one of the two main enemies of the people of the world.)
We do not intend at this time to do a definitive analysis of CP(ML) revisionism (much of the groundwork has already been laid in previous issues of Revolution), nor to fully illustrate their fundamental and pervasive unity with our degenerate Menshevik "superstars." So repugnant are the opportunist machinations of the people involved that they are a true self-exposure. Picture our Mensheviks, in league with the Klonskyites, running to the Spartacist League with cooked up tales and sensational "scoops," relying on the Trots to "spill the beans" so that when the CP(ML) publishes "excerpts" from those same pirated wares, our Mensheviks can point to the Trots rather than themselves as the culprits and try to hide from their misled followers the obvious fact these Menshevik "leaders" are negotiating with Klonsky & Co.
Those with whom the Klonsky Corporation seeks to merge are under the leadership of a handful of former members of the old CP who never thoroughly broke with its revisionism.
This is entirely in keeping with the history of M. Klonsky himself, who has never made a thoroughgoing break with the upbringing he received in a den of leading revisionist CPers. This background has come to the fore in the CP(ML)'s (and the OL's before it) thorough rightism, bolstered heavily by dogmatism.
They negate the revolutionary character of the student movement of the '60s. They attack those who took advanced action, who shocked (yes, Klonsky, shocked) many people–even many in the antiwar movement itself–by calling for the defeat of U.S. imperialism, for waving NLF flags, throwing Purple Heart medals at the White House and declaring that their next war would be to take the Capitol steps! The CP(ML) heaps scorn on all this, and in contrast offers a gratuitous self-exposure of the reactionary role of their own leaders during that period, replete with its CP-style rightism and fear of the masses, its "love" of the mass movement and hatred of its revolutionary content.
First Time Tragedy, Second Time Farce
All their talk of "Marxist-Leninist Unity" is a thin veneer covering their deep desire to recreate the CP USA as it was before it went thoroughly revisionist, but keeping all the right deviations that eventually led to its degeneration. The revisionist degeneration of the old CP was indeed a tragedy, but the CP(ML)'s dreams of a "second time around" are a farce. Their bankrupt line on the international situation is a clear indication that they are prepared to capitulate to U.S. imperialism–to "out-Browder Browder." In the December 26 Call they openly declare their desire to split off and absorb a section of the CP– a blatant admission of their revisionism and a ridiculous effort to swell their numbers and coffers any damn fool way they can. What significant section of revolutionaries can be found today in the CPUSA?
Is it any wonder, then, that M. Klonsky & Co. would reach out to embrace those who festered in the RCP as a right-wing revisionist headquarters? Those whose fear and contempt for the masses was such that they didn't want anyone to know our youth organization is a communist youth organization? The Call's contortionist attempts to slip and slide past the glare of this embarrassingly obvious revisionism, while embracing its proponents, is truly amusing.
To the CP(ML) we say, concerning the top, ex-CP, revisionist ringleaders of the Menshevik headquarters: "You want them? You can have them! You deserve each other."
But Menshevik unity will be nearly as hard to achieve as it is shallow. Clearly the jockeying for positions in the planned conglomerate has already begun, along the lines described in last month's Revolution editorial on the call for Menshevik unity. At the same time Klonsky & Co. reach out to embrace the pathetic remnants of this revisionist headquarters, they also rabbit punch in the clinches. Their message is clear: "We are pleased that you have returned to the swamp, Comrades, but we have been here consistently and you have not. Never forget that we are the true guardians of the swamp!"


An East End Christmas by Elizabeth Waite, publisher Sphere is available NOW in ebook, paperback, hardcover and audio download format.
Carla Schofield has looked after her family since she was a teenager but it's never been a bother because there isn't anything she wouldn't do for those closest to her. Warm, friendly, and with the ability to make everyone around her laugh, she carries her burden proudly.
As the years roll past, Carla sees life around her change dramatically. Wartime brings new challenges and a new job for Carla in a sewing factory, and she shines. It also brings with it love and Carla has a chance at real happiness – but not everyone is rooting for her. With Christmas ahead of her, and her sights set firmly on love and the future, will she be too distracted to sense the danger before it's too late?
An East End Christmas is an emotional, compelling and page-turning story that will be perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Annie Groves and Carol Rivers.
I'd like to thank the publishers for providing me with an arc in return for an honest review.
This story is set in East End London just before the start of WWII. Carla Schofield is a lovely, family orientated, caring young woman who has had responsibilities from a young age caring for her family since the death of her mother. She idolises her Grandad and would do anything for her family. When London learns of the war her uncles are soon enlisted for war duties. Soon Carla gets a letter informing her she has to help with the war and is set to work in a factory making uniforms. She soon finds a friend in Peggy and a great longstanding partnership is made. The girls pick up some wonderful skills and expertise in the factory which proves useful for years to come.
London is hit hard with the war and Carla and Peggy notice a huge difference to their beloved city when they visit home. Sadly, tragedy strikes the family. However, a new friendship proves beneficial to Carla and her family and her dreams of designing her own clothes and working for herself soon start to become a reality.
A further tragedy strikes Carla and the family shows their strength in pulling together at the most emotional of times.
This was a lovely read from a new author for me. Elizabeth Waite transported me back to the 1940s I loved the mix of wartime drama with fashion, with emotional heartbreak with romance, with tragedy with heart warming moments. A lovely, nostalgic 4/5* read.
Ideal Girl is a self-published ebook by Jenny O'Brien and is available NOW.
A nice modern romance which does not rely on the 'sexfactor'.
A recent poll by dating APP Lovoo has revealed The Ideal Girlfriend – She's a 5ft 5″ dark haired Irish nurse!' Daily Mail, February 2014.
Student Nurse Liddy Murphy is meant to be this Ideal Girl, but up until now all the men she's met have been frog types. Will Professor Mitch Merrien change her view or turn into another damp amphibian? It takes two countries and two men for her to find true love and heal her broken heart.
Ideal girl is the first in a series of romantic novels, which find old fashioned girls thrown into modern day settings.
All set in the fictitious Dublin hospital of St Justin's staff not only have to cope with their stressful jobs, they also have to cope with the mire that is 'pre- relationship hell!
I'd like to thank the author, Jenny O'Brien, for an arc in return for an honest review.
This is the first book I've read by Jenny, after reading the synopsis I was intrigued to read more.
Liddy is in her final year as a student nurse at one of the busy hospitals in Dublin. She has suffered in the past with the men in her life and is reluctant to share her heart with anyone now. Liddy doesn't think of herself as 'a catch' but a recent poll in the Daily Mail has declared her as the Ideal Girl, much to the amusement of her work colleagues. She's a lovely, curvy girl with a mass of dark curls that is dedicated to her nursing especially on the brain injury wards.
Mitch Merrien is the new professor at the hospital and he literally bumps into Liddy one morning. For the rest of the day he can't stop thinking of this emerald eyed girl. His friend points out that Liddy is the Ideal Girl as per the poll and that he should ask her out. Liddy is not his usual date, for starters she doesn't have blonde hair or long legs but there is something about Liddy that Mitch can't forget. Mitch is a professor on the brain injury ward and he can't help bumping into her again during ward rounds.
Liddy and Mitch soon start building up a friendship but when their friendship starts to develop into more tragedy strikes. Can love find a way through all the heartache?
I absolutely adored this story. It was fun, flirty, romantic, tragic, emotionally heartbreaking at times but also very heartwarming. There is a point in the story that left my heart beating fast and I was gripped to find out the outcome from this turn in the tale.
A brilliant book I would thoroughly recommend 5/5*.
Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam, publisher HarperCollins, is out now in ebook format, hardcover and audio download format.
The Great Depression had turned the American dream into a bitter tragedy. That's when Elsie and Homer's epic adventure began . . .
And so began their odyssey – a journey like no other, where Elsie, Homer and Albert encountered everything from movie stars and revolutionaries to Ernest Hemingway and hurricanes in their struggle to find love, redemption, and a place to call home.
I'd like to thank the publishers for supplying an arc in return for an honest review.
A wonderful unique quirky story based on the real life journey taken by the author's parents, Homer and Elsie, when they were carrying their pet alligator, Albert, home. This story had so many eye opening, unforgettable moments. Towards the end of the story there is a horrific event that is truly awful and I was gripped with the words spilling out on the page. The journey that Homer, Elsie and Albert, and not forgetting the rooster, endured was an emotional rollercoaster of events.
I loved Elsie, she was a superstar. You couldn't make up a character like her if you tried. At each interval in their journey Elsie made me smile and she astounded me with all the jobs she 'wanted to do' and she just got on with it and did it! Go Elsie! Homer was a sweet guy that was so in love with Elsie he'd do anything for her. He was a bit awestruck at first by her but I believe this awesomeness towards the end went Homer's way.
A wonderful journey of finding yourself and finding true happiness. It was a little magical as well … or was it kismet?
I also loved looking at the black and white photos at the back of the book. Such a fabulous life Homer and Elsie had that I'm so pleased their son got the chance to share it with us all. I thoroughly recommend this book to all, it would appeal to young adult and old, male and female. 5/5* read.
I am pleased to be involved in the blogtour to promote I Call Myself a Feminist. I Call Myself a Feminist is available now in ebook format and paperback format, publisher Virago.
Is feminism still a dirty word? We asked twenty-five of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what being a feminist in 2015 means to them.
We hear from Laura Bates (of the Everyday Sexism Project), Reni Eddo-Lodge (award-winning journalist and author), Yas Necati (an eighteen-year-old activist), Laura Pankhurst, great-great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and an activist in her own right, comedian Sofie Hagen, engineer Naomi Mitchison and Louise O'Neill, author of the award-winning feminist Young Adult novel Only Ever Yours. Writing about a huge variety of subjects, we have Martha Mosse on how she became a feminist, Alice Stride on sexism in language, Amy Annette addressing the body politic and Samira Shackle on having her eyes opened in a hostel for survivors of acid attacks in Islamabad, while Maysa Haque thinks about the way Islam has informed her feminism and Isabel Adomakoh Young insists that women don't have to be perfect. There are twelve other performers, politicians and writers who include Jade Anouka, Emily Benn, Abigail Matson-Phippard, Hajar Wright and Jinan Younis.
Is the word feminist still to be shunned? Is feminism still thought of as anti-men rather than pro-human? Is this generation of feminists – outspoken, funny and focused – the best we've had for long while? Has the internet given them a voice and power previously unknown?
Rachel Holmes' most recent book is Eleanor Marx: A Life; Victoria Pepe is a literary scout; Amy Annette is a comedy producer currently working on festivals including Latitude; Alice Stride works for Women's Aid and Martha Mosse is a freelance producer and artist.
I found this book which is a collection of quotes and thoughts from 25 young women quite informative and interesting. The 25 women came from very different backgrounds, we had journalists, activists, authors, comedians. Reading about how Emily Benn, politician, writer and granddaughter to the late Labour MP Tony Benn, was perceived and treated by her peers was enlightening.
Christmas at the Castle by Victoria Connelly, narrator Jan Cramer is available now in audible download format and ebook format including kindle unlimited.
Life at Caldoon Castle in the Highlands of Scotland isn't easy for Catriona Fraser and her two children, especially since her husband died. So, when Iain MacNeice and his two daughters book the castle for the Christmas holidays, Catriona's prayers seem to be answered.
But the MacNeices arrive with a whole host of their own problems and it's going to take time, patience and a little bit of Christmas magic to make this holiday a happy one.
I am grateful to Victoria Connelly for sending me an audible download copy of this novel in return for an honest review.
I've listened to a few books now on audible and I must admit its an enjoyable past time. Its so easy to slip on your headphones and relax and enjoy a story.
Christmas at the Castle is set at Caldoon Castle in the Scottish highlands where Catriona and her two children are struggling to survive emotionally and financially following the death of her husband. The castle has been in the Fraser family for generations and Catriona would love to continue this tradition so she lets out part of the castle to bring in some income. This particular Christmas the castle is booked out to Ian MacNeice and his two daughters.
Ian MacNeice has been divorced from his daughter's mother for three years now, his daughters really miss having their mother around and this Christmas in particular Lexi the eldest is very keen to be with her mother. When Ian informs his girls of the Christmas getaway to the Scottish highlands he is met with teenage grumblings. However, they do manage to get away.
When Ian first arrives at the Castle he is instantly drawn to Catriona with her striking auburn hair and her easy manner with her children and his. The children from both families have adjustments to make with the Christmas arrangements. Two very different families living under one roof (albeit a very large roof); one with little money to spend on luxuries but has time to spend with family. The other with copious amounts of money but little time. Christmas doesn't go to plan but the time away from work responsibilities and spending time with someone living a different lifestyle gives Ian 'food for thought'. Can money really buy happiness?
I'm normally pretty organised with present buying but this year I'm a little less. So whilst browsing online for ideas I've come across some lovely items I'd like to share with you.
Cakes without the calories … A yummy looking colouring book.
Whilst in Tesco this week I noticed they have a great offer with some of the branded giftcards, 20% off a variety of cards. Ideal presents for any time of the year.
I hope I've given you a little inspiration … I'm now off to try and shorten my Christmas present list.
Try not to stress on present buying at the end of the day time spent with a loved one is more precious than a gift … enjoy!
The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin, publisher Carina, is available now in ebook format.
I'd like to thank the publishers and the author for an arc in return for an honest review.
This was such a delightful story set around a bookshop in Paris, what more could a book lover want?
I love Rebecca Raisin's style of writing she creatures lovely, warm hearted characters and has made some wonderful series of stories based around these characters who reside in the charming fictional town of Ashford, Connecticut. Its been wonderful to carry on reading about the much loved characters of Ashford and to learn more about them and watch them grow.
Sarah is the owner of the bookshop in the sleepy town of Ashford. She has gained a great relationship with a fellow book owner in Paris. When Sophie suggests a shop swop for 6 months to help her out during a trying time Sarah jumps at the chance to spread her wings and stay in Paris working in Sophie's shop Once Upon a Time. Sarah is hoping for a dreamy, romantic time working in the city of love, strolling along the streets steeped with so much history. However, when she arrives in Paris it doesn't initially live up to her expectations and the delights of Paris have to be ignored while she tackles the stress and strain of owning a very busy city centre bookshop (the total opposite of her little shop in Ashford).
Sarah's love life is also suffering whilst she is in Paris. Ridge is constantly working away and struggles to spend much time with Sarah. When he finally visits Sarah in Paris, Sarah starts to believe her relationship with Ridge is back on track. However, the lure of his job beckons and Sarah is left alone again.
We are introduced to some lovely new characters in Paris. I particularly loved Oceane, she sounded so glamorous and vivacious. T.J. was also a great character and his personality shone through the more you read about him. Once Upon a Time sounded like the best bookshop in the world, I hope a bookshop like this does exist and if it does I hope Rebecca lets us know.
This was a gorgeous, feel good story that eclipsed with a fabulous ending at Christmas time. I'm looking forward to hearing more about Paris and the lovely new characters we've been introduced to in the next two instalments in the Little Paris Collection. A wonderful story filled with festive charm and romance 4.5/5*.
My email pinged and I dashed over to see who it was from. That's how exciting my life was sans Ridge, an email was enough to make me almost run, and that was saying a lot. I only ran if chocolate was involved, and even then it was more a fast walk.
Sophie, a dear Parisian friend. She owned Once Upon a Time, a famous bookshop by the bank of the Seine. We'd become confidantes since connecting on my book blog a while back, and shared our joys and sorrows about bookshop life. She was charming and sweet, and adored books as much as me, believing them to be portable magic, and a balm for souls.
I clicked open the email and read.
I cannot stay one more day in Paris. You see, Manu has not so much broken my heart, rather pulled it out of my chest and stomped on it. The days are interminable and I can't catch my breath. He walks past the bookshop, as though nothing is amiss. I have a proposal for you. Please call me as soon as you can.
Poor Sophie. I'd heard all about her grand love affair with a dashing twenty-something man, who frequented her bookshop, and quoted famous poets. It'd been a whirlwind romance, but she often worried he cast an appraising eye over other women. Even when she clutched his hand, and walked along the cobbled streets of Paris, he'd dart an admiring glance at any woman swishing past.
I shot off a quick reply, telling her to Skype me now, if she was able. Within seconds my computer flashed with an incoming call.
Her face appeared on the screen, her chestnut-colored hair in an elegant chignon, her lips dusted rosy pink. If she was in the throes of heartache, you'd never know it by looking at her. The French had a way of always looking poised and together, no matter what was happening in their complex lives.
"Darling," she said, giving me a nod. "He's a lothario, a Casanova, a…" She grappled for another moniker as her voice broke. "He's dating the girl who owns the shop next door!" Her eyes smoldered, but her face remained stoic.
My hand flew to my mouth. "Children! He wouldn't do that, surely!" Sophie was late-forties, and had gently broached the subject of having a baby with Manu, but he'd said simply: absolutely not, he didn't want children.
"No, no." A bitter laugh escaped her. "I look like a fool. I simply cannot handle when he cavorts through the streets with her, darting glances in my bookshop, like they hope I'll see them. It's too cruel." Sophie held up a hand, and turned to a voice. She said au revoir to the customer and spun to face me, but within a second or two, the bell sounded again. "I have a proposal for you, and I want you to really consider it." She raised her eyebrows. "Or at least hear me out before you say no." Her gaze burned into mine as I racked my brain with what it could be, and came up short. Sophie waved to customers, and pivoted her screen further away.
I gasped, my jaw dropping.
I tried to hide my smile at that remark. I'd told Sophie in the past how bereft of single men Ashford was, and how my love life had been almost non-existent until Ridge strolled into town.
"Sophie, I want to help you, but I'm barely hanging on to the bookshop as is…" I stalled for time, running a hand through my hair, my bangs too long, shielding the tops of my eyebrows. How could it work? How would we run each other's businesses, the financial side, the logistics? I also had an online shop, and I sourced hard-to-find books – how would Sophie continue that?
My mind boggled with the details, not to mention the fact that leaving my books would be akin to leaving a child behind. I loved my bookshop as if it were a living thing, an unconditional best friend, who was always there for me. Besides, I'd never ventured too far from Ashford let alone boarded a plane – it just couldn't happen.
My bucket list. A hastily compiled scrappy piece of paper filled with things I thought I'd never do. Christmas in Paris – snow dusting the bare trees on the Left Bank, the sparkling fairy lights along the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Santa's village in the Latin Quarter. The many Christmas markets to stroll through, rugged up with thick scarves and gloves, Ridge by my side, as I hunted out treasures. I'd spent many a day curled up in my own shop, flicking through memoirs, or travel guides about Paris, dreaming about the impossible…one day.
Sophie continued: "If you knew how I suffered here, my darling. It's not only Manu, it's everything. All of a sudden, I can't do it all any more. It's like someone has pulled the plug, and I'm empty." Her eyes scrunched closed as she fought tears.
While Sophie's predicament was different to mine, she was in a funk, just like me. Perhaps a new outlook, a new place would mend both our lives. Her idea of whipping my sales into shape was laughable though, she had no real clue how tiny Ashford was.
"Exchange bookshops…" I said, the idea taking shape. Could I just up and leave? What about my friends, my life, my book babies? My fear of change? And Ridge, what would he have to say about it? But my life…it was missing something. Could this be the answer?
Paris. The city of love. Full of rich literary history.
A little bookshop on the bank of the Seine. Could there be anything sweeter?
With a thud, a book fell to the floor beside me, dust motes dancing above it like glitter. I craned my neck to see what it was.
Was that a sign? Did my books want me to go?


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Saint-Christopher's church in CHARLEROI
Picture by Koen De Langhe
The origin of this Saint-Christoph'schurch lies in 1667, when the French army which had taken the city made a chapel dedicated to Saint-Louis. Of this chapel, you still find a stone in the porch of the current church. During the 18th century, it was drastically enlarged and dedicated to Saint-Christoph. In 1794, the church suffered heavily from the bombing by the French army, after which a lot had to be rebuilt.
In 1956, drastic changes were done by architect Joseph Andr�.
The crossing carries a dome as crossing tower. Its got a daimeter of 16 metres, and is 48 metres heigh.
Inside, you find a giant mosaic by Jean Ransy made in 1957.
PS. The pictures (look at the composition!) show that Koen De Langhe is a real photographer...


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ATV Injuries Among Children Raise Call for Mandatory Safety Courses and Helmet Legislation
Despite national policy statements and consumer safety warnings against all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use by children 16 and under, ATV-related injuries in this population continue unabated.
A new study shows that even after serious ATV-related injuries, teens and preteens continue to ride ATVs and carry other passengers.
"Although ATVs have surged in popularity over the past several years, they pose significant dangers for children 16 and under who simply do not have the physical strength, cognitive skills, maturity or judgment to safely operate ATVs," says Rebeccah L. Brown, MD, associate director of Trauma Services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the study's main author. "These are hefty motorized vehicles that weight up to 600 pounds and are capable of reaching speeds of up to 85 miles per hour."
The study will be presented Oct. 22 at the 2012 American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention and Exhibition in New Orleans, La.
From 1982 to 2010, there were more than 11,000 ATV-related fatalities, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Children under 16 accounted for one of every four deaths. Forty-three percent of these under-16 deaths were children under the age of 12. The CPSC also estimates more than 28,000 emergency visits for pediatric ATV injuries.
Brown, a pediatric surgeon, and colleagues at Cincinnati Children's studied children 16 and under admitted to the Cincinnati Children's Level 1 Trauma Center due to ATV injuries sustained over a five-year period:
About 60 percent of children injured in an ATV crash continued to ride
Children sustained multiple, serious injuries, with 23 percent requiring care in the intensive care unit and 48 percent requiring surgical intervention.
Only 40 percent of children reported wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. Of those who didn't wear helmets, 67 percent sustained significant head and neck injuries.
More than 60 percent acknowledged the presence of a label on the ATV warning against operation by children 16 and under and against carrying passengers.
Not a single child injured underwent formal training for safe ATV operation. Only five were offered free training by the ATV dealer. All five declined.
"ATV manufacturer warning labels are largely ineffective, and ATV training is infrequently offered to most ATV users," says Brown. "Mandatory safety courses and licensing, and enforceable helmet legislation, are needed to reduce ATV use by children."
About Cincinnati Children's
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is third in the nation in U.S.News and World Report's 2012 Best Children's Hospitals ranking. It is ranked #1 for neonatology and in the top 10 for all pediatric specialties. Cincinnati Children's is one of the top two recipients of pediatric research grants from the National Institutes of Health. It is internationally recognized for improving child health and transforming delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education and innovation. Additional information can be found at www.cincinnatichildrens.org
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From Oct 27th – 30th, 2015, Esensing exhibited on BCEIA2015 in Beijing National Conference Center jointly with Spark Holland. During the show, Esensing focused on the concept of "Safe Food, Better Environment and Effective Medicine". Multiple advanced analytical instruments with applications for food, environmental and pharmaceutical analysis were on the booth for demonstration.
One of the most attractive line of product is from Spark Holland, with Online-SPE-LC/MS system (Pico) and Dried-Blood-Sampling Equipment (DBS). Mr. Rob Van Der Knaap, the president of Spark Holland with his team attended the conferences and gave detail explanations to customers attracted by the instruments. These systems have been widely used for food quality control, clinical research and forensic analysis.
China, the end users also comes in to support Esensing on the show.
Esensing also launched a new product line from TELYDYN TEKEMAR, a brand new instrument called AutoMate-Q40. AutoMate-Q40 is a revolutionary system specifically designed and optimized to automate the QuEChERS sample preparation workflow. The system is configured 'out of the box' to conduct two of the most popular QuEChERS sample preparation methods AOAC2007.01 and EN15662.2008. It can realize all the steps after homogenate and before sample injection into GC/MS or LC/MS.
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На полуострове Трудный выявлен 31 вид сосудистых растений, занесённых в Красные книги России (2008) и Приморского края (2008). При этом, в границах полуострова 27 видов зафиксированы на территории Находкинского городского округа и четыре — на территории Партизанского района.

14 видов из этого списка к настоящему времени, по-видимому, исчезли из флоры полуострова. Три вида (аргузия сибирская, касатик маньчжурский и повой сольданеллевый) исчезли из флоры города. В середине XX века исчезло 11 видов, собиравшихся В. Л. Комаровым и А. А. Булавкиной в 1913 году на песках приморской террасы между устьем р. Партизанской и д. Американкой и в бухте Находка: взморник японский, донтостемон волосистый, дремлик Тунберга, касатик маньчжурский, лён амурский, осока сучанская, пилея бутерлаковидная, постенница мелкоцветковая, Puccinellia hultenii, Puccinellia pumila, эдельвейс эдельвейсовидный.

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The largest real estate firm in Auckland had 4,830 properties on its books in July which is reported to be its lowest number in four years.
That said, the statistics from Barfoot also reveal that despite property numbers decreasing, demand has not. July saw the sale of 778 homes, up nearly 21% compared to last year but down 11% from June. Conversely, the average sale price was down 1% in July compared to 2010; the average sale price being $530,191.
The managing director of Barfoot said "Even though there are buyers out there, prices are increasing at only a nominal rate...buyers are prepared to pay a fair market price, but not over the top."
"We expect ongoing tightness in the Auckland property market to be supportive of prices in the future, and price gains in Auckland are likely to be stronger than in most other regions over the year ahead."
So, despite the tightness in the market, the average house prices from Barfoot and Thompson had been relatively steady over recent months.


A very short while ago, Bitcoin ABC (the most popular client software for Bitcoin Cash) reported that a vulnerability within the node software had been identified, and that the necessary steps had already been taken to mitigate the issue.
The incident allowed an attacker to form a malicious transaction, exploiting the vulnerability in the Bitcoin ABC client, potentially causing a split in the network. Bitcoin ABC nodes would have effectively mined the transaction into a block that all other implementations of the node software would reject, causing an unintended split. This has occurred twice in the history of bitcoin so far but to date no such incident has occurred on BCH.
An anonymous person(s), had initially flagged the issue with Bitcoin ABC's development team, who were then able to make an assessment of the impact, and prepared a patch, and deployed it to miners in a private release. Given the decentralized nature of Bitcoin mining, the patch was initially deployed to verified Bitcoin Cash miners, who were then able to forward to other miners. Bitcoin ABC 0.17.0 users should upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible.
The nature of a decentralized development environments such as with Bitcoin Cash, provides many advantages, but also introduces complexities and challenges as noted by this particular incident. It also requires a strong 'work-together' ethic from these teams.
Following a root cause analysis, Bitcoin ABC have taken undertaken significant measures already to prevent such an event from occurring again, and "also to reduce the overall response time in the case of emergent issues in future". Bitcoin ABC is also currently planning a much-needed bug bounty system which will most certainly come in handy by way of utilizing the greater technical community to assist in bug discovery and rewarding responsible disclosures.
The initial response from Bitcoin ABC has been very appropriate. Of equal importance is not only the initial response, but the lessons learnt to ensure necessary processes are in place to reduce the risk of repeat incidents. Risk can be minimized – substantially. The idea that risk can be eliminated is by all technical standards, a fallacy.
Major miners, who are among the top stakeholders of Bitcoin Cash, have unanimously praised the response as professional.
Roger Ver, CEO of Bitcoin.com, who also runs mining operations was pleased, stating "the way this was handled shows that the Bitcoin Cash community are a group who are genuinely committed to the cause of enabling peer to peer electronic cash to the world".
Certainly, this is far from the first time Bitcoin has required emergency work to resolve an issue. In 2010, an unknown individual found and actually succeeded into exploiting a hack that produced 92 million Bitcoins into existence. The blockchain was rolled back, cancelling later transactions in order to correct the problem.
In 2013, the Bitcoin Core team released a version 0.8 of the client, which wasn't compatible with previous versions. The potential impact, was identical to this recently identified Bitcoin ABC issue where it was highly possible a split could eventuate, leading to two ledgers. This issue was resolved by hard-forking back to version 0.7 until the issue was resolved.
Other digital-coins have experienced similar issues also. In fact, last year, I similarly praised the Monero development team for managing to ever so professionally identify and resolve a crucial bug affecting all cryptonote algorithm based coins, which allowed an attacker to create an unlimited number of coins in a way that is undetectable to an observer. The emergency patch for this was cleverly snuck into a mandatory update, and the developers of affected competing coins were also notified, saving the network, and others, from a serious inflation situation.
Bitcoin ABC has publicly thanked the individual(s) who disclosed the vulnerability, noting it was provided in "a clear and professional report", and are offering a reward.


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Deseret NewsUtah
Kid eye care nonprofit recognized by Utah attorney general
By Ashley Imlay @ashley_imlay
Published: April 3, 2019 6:44 pm
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Logan Laguna smiles while trying on glasses at Eye Care 4 Kids in Sandy on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
SALT LAKE CITY — Joseph Carbone envisions a day when every child who needs eyeglasses will have them.
That's what inspired the Utah optician to start a nonprofit, Eye Care 4 Kids, an organization that has grown within the Beehive State and reached to other four other states in the past 18 years, so far providing 250,000 pairs of glasses to kids in need.
Carbone says he saw in his for-profit practice that "many children went without care."
"Because their parents had to make a decision. Do we pay rent, do we buy food, or do we do something frivolous like buy glasses for our child?" he explained.
Joseph Carbone, founder of Eye Care 4 Kids, left, shares a laugh with Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Carbone and Mark Mattice, a 15-year volunteer with the organization, were honored by Reyes.
He saw a need and he, his wife and a friend "decided to do something about it."
"I believe everyone has a responsibility to take the thing that they've learned in life in their career or school, and take that and bless the lives of others. So I decided to practice what I preach," Carbone said.
He and a volunteer for the program were honored Wednesday by Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes for the organization's work helping Utah kids.
"I can think of and I've worked with dozens or scores of some of the most philanthropic leaders here in this great state. And I can say with authority that there are very few who have done as much, and I don't know if there any who have done more, than you have to help lessen suffering for people here in Utah, and to help give people hope," Reyes said in an intimate ceremony at the state Capitol.
"Because when you give a child a gift of sight, you give them confidence, you give them opportunity, and you give them hope."
Longtime volunteer Mark Mattice said he has continued volunteering with the program for 15 years because of the feeling he gets when he helps a child see.
"It helps so many kids. If you get to go ever and see what we do, and see the expression on the kids' faces and stuff like that the first time they can actually see. There have been times where we've gotten a kid a pair of glasses and they couldn't really see before. And then now they can see, and it's kind of amazing," Mattice said.
Andrew Perks checks Adelita Bivino's bifocals at Eye Care 4 Kids in Sandy on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
"There's been a lot of opportunities where you're helping some kids, and tears are coming because it's so amazing," Mattice said.
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The organization has a brick-and-mortar clinic in Midvale, 6911 S. State, and a mobile vision clinic that Carbone and others take to rural areas statewide.
Carbone said it was "heartwarming" to receive the recognition from Reyes and his office
"It takes the entire state to provide these services so it's great to have more people on the team," he said.
He said he hopes to continue expanding the nonprofit and foresees a future in which, through telemedicine, kids worldwide can get on their digital devices and order glasses through Eye Care 4 Kids.
Ashley Imlay Ashley Imlay is a reporter for the Deseret News and a southern Utah native.
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Is the Energy Secretary In Over His Head?
Oil and Water
Energy Secretary Steven Chu says he feels, "like I've been dumped into the deep end of the pool," in confronting questions about oil policy.
The Wall Street Journal reports Chu says he doesn't know what the Obama administration wants the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, to do at its meeting next month.
He says: "I'm not the administration. I will be speaking and learning more about this in order to figure out what the U.S. position should be and what the president's position is."
A day earlier, the Nobel Laureate in physics declined to offer an opinion on whether OPEC should cut production, saying the issue was, "not in my domain."
He later said his response reflected, "more of my naiveté than anything else."
Bye, American
Most of the men and women President Obama has picked to help fix the American automobile industry do not even drive American cars. The Detroit News reports that only two of the 18 people named so far as members and aides to the task force own U.S.-made vehicles.
The co-chairmen Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers both own foreign automobiles. So does Management and Budget Office Director Peter Orszag. And at least two task force members don't own a car.
Check Is in the Mail
The story we brought you in last week's Grapevine, revealing that Postmaster General John Potter has received a nearly 40 percent pay raise since 2006 has gotten a lot of attention.
The Washington Times reports Congress will hold a hearing next month into why Potter's salary has ballooned even as the postal service faces a multi-billion dollar shortfall that threatens a day of mail delivery. Rep. Stephen Lynch, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee that oversees the postal service says, "I think most postal customers feel that the huge increase in pay for Mr. Potter is incongruent with the post office's recent performance."
Hold the Ice
And finally, a glitch in satellite sensors has caused scientists to underestimate the extent of Arctic sea ice by 193,000 square miles. That's a chunk of ice about the size of California. The National Snow and Ice Data Center says the error was due to a problem called "sensor drift" and lasted from early January to the middle of this month.
The extent of Arctic sea ice is seen as a key measure of how rising temperatures are affecting the planet. The center says on its Web site: "Although we believe that data prior to early January are reliable, we will conduct a full quality check."
It maintains that the recent error does not change findings that Arctic ice is retreating.
— FOX News Channel's Zachary Kenworthy contributed to this report.


We had a case come inside the other night at about 0200hrs. It was a man who had been really a celebrity in his younger days. Some kids had discovered out who he was and where pestering and harassing him inside the street. He told us that they had not but identified out exactly where he lived but he felt it would not be just before lengthy. He was only a little man and he is now fairly old and frail. He stated that this had happened to him just before. He stated that he had moved the last time it happened but now he was too old to move. He just wanted to grow old gracefully and in peace.
We chatted to him for fairly some time as we wanted to find out about his situation. He didn't mind the recognition as he had had this all his life. What he hated was the chanting and the how much the youngsters frightened him. He stated he didn't keep in mind kids becoming so disrespectful and disobedient years ago. We also asked him what he wanted to attain by us helping him. We decided that we would watch what occurs when he gets caught with these children.
We followed our client around at a secure distance. Everything was going ok until he left the shops and was walking back to his flat. All of a sudden there was very a significant crowd of young children about him. They were all chanting his name calling out for sweets. Our client seemed very frightened but he continued to smile and walked a bit faster. As soon as he was near the flats the crowd disbursed and our client was cost-free to walk where he wanted to.
We had sufficient film to give to the police. The Police were really beneficial; they stated that as opposed to him struggling to get past the crowd they would send a WPC or perhaps a Social worker to call for him. Our client was delighted as he would also have some firm now.


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AP source: Izzo in Cleveland to discuss Cavs' job
FILE - This April 3, 2010, file photo shows Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo encouraging his team against Butler during the first half of a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game, in Indianapolis. Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis told The Associated Press on Monday, June 7, 2010, the Cleveland Cavaliers are interested in Izzo, but have not yet given him the chance to replace fired coach Mike Brown. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
By TOM WITHERS and LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writers
FILE - This April 1, 2010, file photo shows Michigan State Spartans' head coach Tom Izzo during an interview session for the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament, in Indianapolis. Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis told The Associated Press on Monday, June 7, 2010, the Cleveland Cavaliers are interested in Izzo, but have not yet given him the chance to replace fired coach Mike Brown.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Tom Izzo is in Cleveland and may finally be ready to jump to the NBA.
A person familiar with his travel plans told The Associated Press that the Michigan State coach arrived in Cleveland on Thursday afternoon.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Cavs are not commenting on their coaching search.
Izzo landed at County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio. His plane, which left East Lansing, Mich., was diverted there because of the number of TV cameras at Burke Lakefront Airport, the person said. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert did arrive at Burke, which is a short drive from Quicken Loans Arena, the Cavs' downtown home.
Izzo was expected to meet with Gilbert and other members of Cleveland's front office and tour the team's facilities. He is believed to be mulling a contract worth up to $6 million a season.
The team has been searching for a coach since firing Mike Brown following the club's second-round playoff collapse to the Boston Celtics.
Brown spent five seasons with Cleveland, leading the team to 127 regular-season wins the past two seasons. However, he failed to get LeBron James back to the finals and the Cavs decided to make a change.
Izzo's decision on Cavaliers could hinge on James' future. The two-time MVP can become a free agent July 1, and is expected to entertain offers from several teams.
It is not known if Izzo has contacted James, who has been with Cleveland for seven seasons and recently said the Cavs have "an edge" to re-sign him.
New general manager Chris Grant said this week the team has had contact with Izzo but would not comment on whether an offer has been made. Gilbert is a Michigan State graduate and has known Izzo for years.
Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis said in a statement that Izzo "made me aware he is meeting with Cleveland." Hollis added that details of any meetings are "between him and me."
Text messages were sent to Izzo on Thursday.
Izzo has been at the school since 1983 and has been the Spartans coach since 1995, leading them to six Final Fours in the past 12 years. He has spurned previous overtures from the NBA, but the Cavs may have given him more to consider. Izzo must weigh leaving a familiar situation that pays $3 million a year for probably as long as he wants the job, and perhaps a legacy that would put him among college basketball's all-time greats, for a chance to coach a team that doesn't know if it will have James next season.
In recent years, several successful college coaches, including Rick Pitino, Tim Floyd and John Calipari, have struggled in switching to the pro game while Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is a rare exception.
Several of Izzo's former players believe he can make the leap.
"I don't think coach would have a problem getting respect in an NBA locker room," New Orleans Hornets guard Morris Peterson said. "I think guys will buy into what he's telling them because he has a gift with people. Izz is one of the smartest coaches in basketball and one of the nicest guys around."
Milwaukee Bucks guard Charlie Bell said Izzo may have to alter his intensity when he talks to players who are making more than him and perhaps a superstar in James who would have more power.
"I've heard he's not as hard on guys as he used to be," Bell said. "He'd have to tone it down even more in the pros."
Grant said the Cavaliers have spoken to a "number" of candidates. One may include former Hornets coach Byron Scott, whose resume would make him attractive to Cleveland.
Scott won three NBA titles as a player and has experience in coaching such stars as Jason Kidd and Chris Paul. Scott is now working as a TV analyst.
Associated Press Writer Tom Sheeran contributed to this report.


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Q: SilverStripe MYSQL query error: only_full_group_by I am upgrading some old SS 2.4 code to SS4. I am getting the following error when executing the below query:
Error:

Expression #1 of SELECT list is not in GROUP BY clause and contains non-aggregated column 't.Total' which is not functionally dependent on columns in GROUP BY clause;this is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by.

How can I update this query to be compatible with mysql strict mode? Editing my.cnf mysql_mode doesn't seem to take effect
SELECT SalesRepRegion,COUNT(DISTINCT(SalesRepID)) as Total FROM Sale s
 WHERE SalesRepRegion <> 'NULL' AND YEARWEEK( SalesDate, 1 ) = ".$yearweek." AND Status <> 'Void'
 GROUP BY SalesRepRegion

A: Turns out SilverStripe 4 sets mysql_mode to ANSI in MysqlDatabase.php. To fix I just put the following above the query I was having trouble with. This removes the only_full_group_by mode
DB::get_conn()->setSQLMode('REAL_AS_FLOAT,PIPES_AS_CONCAT,ANSI_QUOTES,IGNORE_SPACE');

A: You will need to add all items in your SELECT list to the GROUP BY statement.
SELECT SalesRepRegion,COUNT(DISTINCT(SalesRepID)) as Total FROM Sale s
 WHERE SalesRepRegion <> 'NULL' AND YEARWEEK( SalesDate, 1 ) = ".$yearweek." AND Status <> 'Void'
 GROUP BY SalesRepRegion, Total

As others have mentioned, this is due to the way MySQL 5.7.5+ changed GROUP BY behaved in order to be SQL99 compliant.

A: You can add the following line to your _config.php:
DB::get_conn()->setSQLMode('REAL_AS_FLOAT,PIPES_AS_CONCAT,ANSI_QUOTES,IGNORE_SPACE');


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Q: Implementing GitHub Badges in Golang I have asked this question before and didn't receive satisfactory answer, so this time I'd try to be more specific.
I would like to implement a server in golang which outputs dynamic status updates in the form of svg. (Think "Build Passing/Failing" GitHub Badges.) The purpose is that one should be able to embed a link to the server's address in GitHub Readme and the Readme should update automatically depending on the server state.
Here's the golang code that I came up with but it doesn't seem to work with GitHub aggressive caching. Do I need to add more Cache-Control headers? Do I need to add ETag?
I'm using the following to embed the image in GitHub Readme.
[![Mine](http://58dcd0b5.ngrok.com/view)]()

Ideally, I would like to see the GitHub Readme change the image every time I load it -- flipping between the two images "correct"/"wrong". (This is just a proof of concept.)
package main

import (
    "log"
    "net/http"
    _ "time"
)
var mymap map[string][]byte

var state bool = false

func viewHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    log.Printf("State %v", state)
    state = !state
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml")
    w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate")
    if state {
        w.Write(mymap["correct"])
    } else {
        w.Write(mymap["wrong"])
    }
}

func main() {
    mymap = make(map[string][]byte)
    mymap["correct"] = []byte(`<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="104" height="20"><linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><mask id="a"><rect width="104" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></mask><g mask="url(#a)"><path fill="#555" d="M0 0h54v20H0z"/><path fill="#4c1" d="M54 0h50v20H54z"/><path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h104v20H0z"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11"><text x="28" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">solution</text><text x="28" y="14">solution</text><text x="78" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">correct</text><text x="78" y="14">correct</text></g></svg>`)
    mymap["wrong"] = []byte(`<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="99" height="20"><linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><mask id="a"><rect width="99" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></mask><g mask="url(#a)"><path fill="#555" d="M0 0h54v20H0z"/><path fill="#e05d44" d="M54 0h45v20H54z"/><path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h99v20H0z"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11"><text x="28" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">solution</text><text x="28" y="14">solution</text><text x="75.5" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">wrong</text><text x="75.5" y="14">wrong</text></g></svg>`)

    mux := http.NewServeMux()
    mux.HandleFunc("/view", viewHandler)
    http.ListenAndServe(":8085", mux)
}

A: Here's what travis are serving for their images:
Age:0
Cache-Control:no-cache
Content-Length:0
Date:Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:49:10 GMT
ETag:"88e168c2d5cdb30ee9af739765e78e4d"
Expires:Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:49:10 GMT
Keep-Alive:timeout=10, max=48
Last-Modified:Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:26:53 GMT
Timing-Allow-Origin:https://github.com
X-Timer:S1427701750.146025,VS0,VE156

It might be a good start to try these and see what works.

A: Here is a Github issue about it : https://github.com/github/markup/issues/224

Assets must include Cache-Control: no-cache and ETag headers. If a
  badge is not updating, then it means they are not properly setting
  these headers.

and

The assets may also need to include either an ETag or Expires header.
  Fastly's docs on Cache-Control say that no-cache means "re-validate
  before serving this content", but it doesn't specify what it does to
  "re-validate". I'm guessing it is re-validating, but there's no
  indication that the asset has changed, so it continues to serves the
  cached asset.
An ETag would be the biggest win, since it would guarantee that the
  cache gets refreshed when it changes, but still saves bandwidth.

A: Following this commit to shields.io server, I made the following changes to the above code and it works now.
w.Header().Set("Date", date)
w.Header().Set("Expires", date)

For completeness (and in case someone wants to try it out), here's the complete code. (Also on GitHub.)
package main

import (
    "log"
    "net/http"
    "time"
)

var mymap map[string][]byte

var state bool = false

func viewHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    date := time.Now().Format(http.TimeFormat)
    log.Printf("%v", date)
    log.Printf("State %v", state)
    state = !state
    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml")
    w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate")
    w.Header().Set("Date", date)
    w.Header().Set("Expires", date)
    if state {
        w.Write(mymap["correct"])
    } else {
        w.Write(mymap["wrong"])
    }
}

func main() {
    mymap = make(map[string][]byte)
    mymap["correct"] = []byte(`<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="104" height="20"><linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><mask id="a"><rect width="104" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></mask><g mask="url(#a)"><path fill="#555" d="M0 0h54v20H0z"/><path fill="#4c1" d="M54 0h50v20H54z"/><path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h104v20H0z"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11"><text x="28" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">solution</text><text x="28" y="14">solution</text><text x="78" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">correct</text><text x="78" y="14">correct</text></g></svg>`)
    mymap["wrong"] = []byte(`<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="99" height="20"><linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><mask id="a"><rect width="99" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></mask><g mask="url(#a)"><path fill="#555" d="M0 0h54v20H0z"/><path fill="#e05d44" d="M54 0h45v20H54z"/><path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h99v20H0z"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11"><text x="28" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">solution</text><text x="28" y="14">solution</text><text x="75.5" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">wrong</text><text x="75.5" y="14">wrong</text></g></svg>`)

    mux := http.NewServeMux()
    mux.HandleFunc("/view", viewHandler)
    log.Println("Server started. Listening on 8085...")
    http.ListenAndServe(":8085", mux)
}