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Understanding Dual-SIM Operations in Windows Phone 8.1
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In this Ask the Admin, I'll explain how dual-SIM functionality works in Microsoft's new Lumia 640 handset and how to configure the Smart Dual SIM feature using Network+.
Smartphones equipped with slots for a second SIM card are becoming more common in Europe and developing countries. There a couple of different ways that dual-SIM slots can be implemented and support must also be baked into the phone's operating system. If you read Microsoft Lumia 640 Review on the Petri IT Knowledgebase, then you'll know that I recently bought a Lumia 640, and now that I'm on the road again, I've added a second SIM card. But I was intrigued to find out a little more about how the technology works.
Dual Active or Dual Standby?
My first concern was whether adding a second SIM would considerably impact battery life, so I needed to find out more about dual active and dual standby configurations. The Lumia 640 has a single radio, making it a dual standby SIM handset, meaning that when you receive a call on one network, a caller dialling the number of the other SIM will get a busy signal.
As you've probably already guessed, dual active configurations have two radios and are able to receive calls on both SIMs simultaneously. If you're speaking to somebody using the first SIM, then a caller will still be able to reach you during that conversation, giving you the option to take the call. Dual active configurations are more expensive to implement, require more power, and are probably not a necessity for most of us, with dual standby configurations providing a good compromise.
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When a second SIM is inserted into your Lumia, a notification appears in the Action Center to configure Smart Dual SIM. You can choose to ignore this, it's not a necessity to configure the feature to use the second SIM. However if you do want to set up Smart Dual SIM, all you need to do is choose one of the following options from the menu:
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You'll then be prompted to enter the numbers associated with both SIMs, and Smart Dual SIM will automatically set up call forwarding. Alternatively, you can manually configure call forwarding and call waiting options for each SIM individually.
Other Nifty Dual-SIM Features
At any time, either SIM slot can be switched off, so there's no need to physically remove a SIM to stop using it. Calls and messages are represented by default by four separate live tiles on the Start screen, although it's possible to combine them if you wish.
When composing or replying to a message, you can select on which network the message is sent. So it's no problem to reply to a message received on SIM1 using SIM2, very handy when roaming. Contacts can also be set up with a default SIM, therefore you don't have to manually choose the network each time you call or send a message.
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16 décembre 2021 /dans Appels /par Communication team
Deadline: 31 January 2022 (for submission of concept notes)
Budget: 50-60.000 EUR per year per AMP
Countries: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Maritime protected Areas
The MedFund is an environmental trust fund which aims to mobilize public and private actors to promote the development and efficiency of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean
Guided by science and encouraged by the commitements of several countries to increase the number of highly protected MPSs in the Mediterranean, The MedFund Board of Directors decided in July 2021 to create a new funding window dedicated to MPAs with a high level of protection, call ed Higly Protected Mediterranean Initiative
With the support of the MAVA foundation, the MedFund is launcing a Call for interested dedicated specifically to marine protected areas (MPSs) with a high level of protection.
Highly protected MPAs are MPAs that have in their management plan one or more zones under high protection (no-take zones, no-go zones, fully protected areas). The MedFund's mission is to provide long-term support to the operational costs of these MPAs.
This Call is open to priority countries designated in the 2020-2025 Strategy of the MedFund: Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia, Turkey
For more information visit the MedFund Call page
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1 décembre 2021 /dans Appels /par Communication team
Deadline: 23 February 2022 and 6 September 2022 (2 stage)
Budget: 14.500.000 EUR
Countries: France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
A successful proposal should support the farm to fork's strategy objective of a transition to a fair, healthy and resilient European agriculture, notably its objective to promote agroecology, and the target to reduce the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides[1], by unfolding the potential of agroecology to provide alternative weeding strategies that reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides used as herbicides. This will support the transition to sustainable, safe, productive, climate-neutral and resilient farming systems that minimise the pressure on ecosystems while ensuring fair economic returns for farmers.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
Evidence of optimal and innovative combinations of holistic alternative weeding techniques based on agroecological approaches in different European pedo-climatic conditions for a wide range of crops and farming systems, including conventional, organic and mixed farming;
Quantitative and qualitative evidence of the social, economic and environmental sustainability and performance, as well as trade-offs, of different alternative weeding strategies across Europe at farm, landscape and regional levels, and in the medium to long term;
Robust evidence of factors influencing farmers' decision-making and improved knowledge co-creation and feedback among actors in the food value chain, resulting in ease of use, end-user acceptance and increased implementation of alternative and holistic weeding strategies based on an integrated use of agroecological approaches;
Improved, open access to data on current weed management practices and use of herbicides across several representative European agro-ecosystems.
Herbicides have become the foundation of weed management in EU farming systems. Given that herbicides can have harmful effects on the environment, non-target organisms, and animal and human health, reducing reliance on these products has become a policy objective. Sustainable and effective non-chemical alternatives to reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides are largely lacking for most crops and farming systems in the EU.
Weed-related challenges can be better addressed as a part of broad-based, holistic strategies such as agroecology[2] that, by relying on and maximising the use of ecological processes to support agricultural production, have the potential to advance ecosystem sustainability while ensuring profitability of the farming activity. Agroecology is a holistic approach that relies on and maximises the use of ecological processes to support agricultural production. By working more with nature and ecosystem services, agroecology has the potential to increase the circularity, diversification and autonomy of farms, and drive a full transformation of farming systems, from input substitution and beyond. In parallel, progressing towards digitalisation or the implementation of new digital technologies is one of the main ambitions facing EU agriculture.
The development and promotion of alternative weed management techniques and strategies that do not only rely on chemical herbicides are required. Moreover, factors such as soil and climatic conditions, as well as the type of crop and the farming system can largely determine the spatial and temporal development of major weeds and, therefore, the effectiveness and efficiency of these strategies. Agroecological or nature-based principles can provide systemic, sustainable, context-specific and socially acceptable alternatives to address these challenges.
Activities should advance knowledge, build capacities and deliver innovative systemic and holistic solutions to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of chemical pesticides used as herbicides, and will address the needs of a wide range of crops (arable and permanent) and farming systems, both conventional and organic. Proposals should cover all EU and Associated Countries biogeographical/pedo-climatic regions. Proposals must implement the 'multi-actor approach' and should build on and expand the achievements of relevant past and ongoing EU-funded research projects.
More information on the EC funding and tenders opportunities portal
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Innovative food from marine and freshwater ecosystems | Deadline 23 February/ 6 September
Deadline: 23 February 2022 | 6 Sepember (2 stage)
Budget: 18.000.0000 EUR
In line with the European Green Deal objectives, the farm to fork strategy for a fair healthy and environmentally friendly food system, the EU bioeconomy strategy and blue growth strategy, the successful proposal will support environmentally friendly, inclusive, safe and healthy seafood production through innovation in the supply chain.
Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
Implementation of the ecosystem approach for sustainable management of marine or freshwater fisheries or in aquaculture development.
Wider and more diverse range of seafood (including from fresh waters) available to European consumers, and greater overall seafood consumption.
Tools to limit the waste and discarding of seafood during production, processing, transport and consumption, including the minimisation of the environmental impacts of fisheries and aquaculture through better gears or practices.
Verification of existing and development of new seafood processing methods that add nutritional and economic value and minimise the environmental impact.
Improved professional skills and competences of those working and being trained to work within the blue economy.
Despite the vast diversity of biota in the European seas, rivers and lakes, consumers prefer only a few species for consumption. This is even more pronounced for aquaculture production where only a very limited number of fish and shellfish species are farmed. Moreover, some of the farmed species are higher predators and, despite improvements in feeds, fishing for feed is still a sad reality. Waste of seafood during production, processing, transport and consumption is massive; valorisation of fish and shellfish biomass is still far from achieving its full potential in the context of a circular economy.
Innovation under this topic should explore and test solutions for more sustainable fishing and/or aquaculture practices and diversify production through low trophic level fisheries and/or aquaculture. This could include animals (herbivorous, filter-feeders), algae (micro- and macro-), bacteria and fungi. Issues of biology, feeding, metabolism, disease, pathology, environmental sustainability, gear technology, processing, and marketing of products may be addressed.
Innovation should additionally focus on improving the environmental impact of fisheries and/or aquaculture, e.g. with more selective and less impacting fishing gear, low carbon fishing approaches, nutritious and safe feeds, recirculating aquaculture systems, integrated multitrophic aquaculture, disease control and sustainable solutions in fish and shellfish rearing. It may also identify captured species of high abundance and high nutritional value and reach out to consumers to promote their consumption.
Innovative processing, including digital and packaging solutions as well as formulation and/or fortification, may also be considered to minimise loss of fish and shellfish biomass, add nutritional and economic value to the chain (including by-products), enhance the shelf life of the products, and reduce food waste.
The projects that will be selected may also address issues of proximity between seafood production and consumption, e.g. by exploring possibilities to turn artisanal fisheries more environmentally friendly and economically viable. Innovative processing possibilities may also be explored.
A strong communication component and a genuine co-creation approach with stakeholders and end users, including from industry, consumers and NGOs, are key for a successful introduction, in the medium-term, of innovative and sustainably produced seafood in the EU and in Horizon Europe associated countries. Training and education activities should be included.
More information on the EC Funding and tender opportunities portal
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Integrated and sustainable freshwater bioeconomy: combining aquaculture, biodiversity preservation, biotechnology and other uses | Deadline 23 February 2022
Freshwater systems host an immense biodiversity and support a multitude of activities providing livelihoods to inland populations. Lakes, ponds and rivers require a transition to more sustainable and environment-friendly productive ecosystems through optimal water management and planning, mutually benefiting the different ecosystem services by developing economic activities in rural areas, maintaining the biodiversity, and increasing resilience to climate change and water crises.
Aquaculture, in particular integrated multi-trophic or recirculating aquaculture systems, can be key for the development of lakeside and riverside areas as it can be combined with other bio-based activities, such as farming, livestock and the use of hitherto unused naturally produced biomass. Addressing environmental concerns, such as the requirements of the Water Framework Directive and the Habitats Directive, are essential for sustainable growth of freshwater aquaculture. Preserving biodiversity, including health and biosecurity issues, is also key for potential biotechnological applications that should also be explored under this topic.
The Strategic Working Group on Fisheries and Aquaculture (SCAR-Fish) of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) highlighted in a recent study[1] several issues that urgently need to be explored by research and addressed by innovation, such as climate change-related issues and issues of profitability. Research in this topic should consider the priorities of the SCAR-Fish study.
Strong and active involvement of stakeholders and end-users, including industry and NGOs, in a co-creation approach, is key for the success of the projects that will be selected.
International co-operation with partners from non-associated third countries is strongly encouraged as a win-win scenario, while contributing to the European competitiveness and resilience.
Call: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-05
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BlueInvest Africa : Appel à porteurs de projet ouvert! | Date limite: 19 decembre 2021 | République des Seychelles
18 novembre 2021 /dans Actualités, Appels /par Communication team
5 December 2021 – Date limite pour la présentation des candidatures
15 – 16 mars 2022 – Evènement BlueInvest Africa.
14 mars 2022 – Evènement "Behind the Doors" (réservé aux investisseurs et sur invitation).
Organisé par l'Union européenne en collaboration avec le Gouvernement des Seychelles Sous le haut-patronage de S.E. Wavel Ramkalawan, Président de la République des Seychelles
BlueInvest Africa cible les start-ups africaines enregistrées qui opèrent déjà dans les différents sous-secteurs de l'économie bleue ; l'évènement cible également les micros, petites et moyennes entreprises africaines qui ne sont pas encore officiellement établies dans un pays africain mais qui portent une idée innovante sujette à un développement commercial à venir sur le marché africain.
Pour les start-ups et PME, BlueInvest Africa fournira:
Une occasion unique de rencontrer d'autres porteurs de projets africains et des micros, petites et moyennes entreprises engagées dans l'économie bleue;
Une plateforme pour recevoir des conseils directs de plusieurs capitaines d'industrie opérant en Afrique;
Plusieurs évènements parallèles sur l'accès au financement ; prix pour la meilleure présentation de projet (pitchers), contact direct avec les banques de développement et autres institutions financières;
Séances de coaching et de mentorat, réseautage;
Suivi post-conférence pour le développement des affaires et des partenariats.
Pour les investisseurs:
Entreprise nommée publiquement et annoncée par l'organisateur de l'évènement dans le secteur bleu;
Opportunités économiques pour investir dans des projets de l'économie bleue portés sur des moyens de subsistance durables;
Un évènement unique pour évaluer le climat des affaires en Afrique;
Un accès direct aux pays africains qui ont déjà développé leur agenda "blue business";
Entrepreneurs européens et africains pour des futures opportunités commerciales conjointes;
Rencontre avec des porteurs de projets pour de futures opportunités commerciales conjointes;
Rencontre avec des porteurs de projets africains sélectionnés avec des programmes d'investissement déjà existants.
En lire plus : visitez le site web blueinvest Africa
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Recovery of coastal and maritime tourism in the Western Mediterranean | Deadline: 12 January 2021
1 novembre 2021 /dans Appels /par Communication team
Budget: 3.875.000 EUR
Countries: Algeria, France, Italy, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia
In line with the priorities of the European Commission, this call topic aims to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the coastal and maritime tourism ecosystem in the Western Mediterranean, as part of a smart and resilient blue economy. This call topic aims at preserving the marine and coastal environment and marine cultural heritage, and contributing to the attractiveness of coastal areas as a unique asset for competitiveness in the Mediterranean.
The action particularly aims at:
Supporting tourism stakeholders to tap into the growing ecotourism niche tourism market.
Boosting innovation and digitalisation in the tourism sector, thus increasing its contribution to economic growth and jobs in the Mediterranean.
Improving the business environment for tourism SMEs, mobilising private-public investments, enhancing socio-economic and market intelligence, diversifying and increasing the visibility of the tourism offer and products.
This call topic seeks to support projects that will develop a multidimensional and integrated approach to re-building coastal and maritime tourism (including cruise tourism) in the Western Mediterranean. Proposals will include non-EU countries participating in the initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the Western Mediterranean (WestMED Initiative) to ensure a coordinated approach at sea basin level.
Flagship projects promoting a sustainable blue economy through regional maritime cooperation in the Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Western Mediterranean (EMFAF-2021-PIA-FLAGSHIP)
More information: Funding & Tenders portal
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Call: Free transnational on-demand access to expertise, training and methodologies related to marine threats and observations in the Mediterranean sea | Deadline: 8 November 2021
25 octobre 2021 /dans Actualités, Appels /par Egbert Hoogstad
SHAREMED partners are launching this innovative initiative for practical marine research collaboration activities with Mediterranean institutions. This is a unique opportunity to boost your research by taking one or more offers that are presented in this Call for Transnational On-Demand Access. This will match you to a SHAREMED project partner and provide you with expertise, training and sharing of methodologies and operational models and systems.
It is all free, paid to you by SHAREMED.
Just visit our dedicated website directly through www.capemalta.net/sharemed-on-demand
or through the project website https://sharemed.interreg-med.eu/ to read the details and apply.
Deadline for application is 8th November 2021. Follow the simple online application, click your preferred offer on the list and let the process play. We will contact you and serve your demand.
Eligibility criteria apply and applications will be assessed by a project selection panel.
This is the SHAREMED way of doing capitalisation through sharing and exploiting expertise, technology and know-how by joining efforts and resources to do things together.
For any further information or queries, please contact Prof. Aldo Drago
Coordinator of this capitalisation activity
(aldo.f.drago@gmail.com or aldo.drago@um.edu.mt)
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Meer Wissen call for proposals: strengthening the knowledge base for marine and coastal nature-based Solutions in selected African countries | Deadline: 31 december 2021
10 octobre 2021 /dans Appels /par Communication team
Deadline: 31 December 2021
Budget: 360.000 EUR
Countries: Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
Governance, ICZM, MSP, data and monitoring (O3)
Marine Nature-based Solutions (NbS) play a significant role in climate adaptation, coastal protection and climate mitigation, but also food security as well as biodiversity conservation and for safeguarding the livelihoods of coastal populations.
The objective of this Call for Proposals is to improve the knowledge base for marine and coastal NbS and to improve the use and uptake in national strategies and action plans.
More information: visit the Meer Wissen call website
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HORIZON Europe Call – Sea to fork transparency and consumer engagement | 6 October 2021
25 septembre 2021 /dans Appels /par Egbert Hoogstad
Deadline: 6 October
Budget: 10.000.000 €
Algeria, France, Italy, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia
Marine and Coastal Tourism (O2/P4)
A successful proposal should support the farm to fork's strategy objective of a transition to fair, healthy, climate-resilient and climate- and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption, notably the target of at least 25% of the EU's agricultural land under organic farming by 2030 and a significant increase in organic aquaculture, by evaluating the conditions and proposing scenarios relating to knowledge and innovation for reaching this target
In line with the European Green Deal objectives, the farm to fork strategy for a fair healthy and environmentally friendly food system, the EU bioeconomy strategy and blue growth strategy, the successful proposal will support consumer engagement to a more sustainable, environmentally friendly, inclusive, safe and healthy seafood consumption through innovative information strategies and tools.
Sustainably fished or farmed nutritious seafood with a low ecological and carbon footprint is well-communicated, well-accepted and preferred by consumers.
Identification of key bottlenecks to achieve a fully transparent seafood value chain in Europe, including the assessment of criteria for consumers' non-acceptance.
More information at the call webpage
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HORIZON Europe Call – Sea to fork transparency and consumer engagement | Deadline: 6 October 2021
23 septembre 2021 /dans Appels /par Communication team
Deadline: 6 October, 2021
Fisheries/ Aquaculture (O2/P2)
Maritime Research and innovation (O2)
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Farmers Casserole – What's for Dinner Moms?
Trying to keep these long days free and avoiding the kitchen as much as possible? This casserole is great! You can make it in the morning (or the night before if you want to cook it for breakfast). Let it rest while you are at work and pop it in the oven 55 minutes before you want it on the table. That's enough time to play a game, make a salad, and set the table!
This is one of those casseroles you can make all your own. Change the meat. Change the cheese. Change the spices. Add more vegetables. It is yours to play with.
My daughter was already coming up with different combinations – bacon and Swiss, hot Italian sausage with Monterey jack cheese, ….
Serve this with a green side salad and a bowl of fruit to make a complete meal.
Spray non stick spray in a 13″ x 9″ casserole dish. Layer the potatoes in the bottom of the pan. Over the potatoes sprinkle the ham, cheese, and onion.
In a bowl whisk together the eggs, half and half, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes (if desired). Pour mixture over the casserole.
Cover and refrigerate for at overnight or at least 8 hours.
To Bake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Uncover and bake for 40-50 minutes until center has set and edges are browning.
It would be good for brunch too! Yum!
Thank you! Yes, it would be great for a brunch.
Thank you so very much for your very kind words of encouragement!
I like the fact that you don't have to have a lot of complicated and expensive appliances to make this. Thanks!
You're welcome! I try to keep things simple when cooking or find ways around the complicated instructions.


Irregular bedtimes in toddlerhood can harm children's brain power down the road.
Sleep is crucial for brain health at any age but for youngsters, whose brains are still developing, it's especially important. The time you put your child to bed – or more specifically, whether they have a regular bedtime – may affect cognitive development in the years to come.
A new study surveyed 11,000 children in England from all different socioeconomic strata whose families were part of the Millennium Cohort Study. Their parents were asked, via questionnaires and in-home visits, questions about lifestyle, including what time their kids went to bed at night at 9 months and 3, 5, and 7 years of age. When they were 7 years old, the children took tests to measure reading, math, and spatial awareness.
When kids had irregular bedtimes at all three time-points, they really ran into trouble…The effect may build up over time, so that lack of sleep via irregular bedtimes adds up over the years.
The team found some interesting, but not altogether straightforward, effects. At age 7, girls with irregular bedtimes tested lower than those with regular bedtimes on all three measures, though boys with irregular bedtimes at age 7 didn't show much effect.
More telling perhaps is that children who had irregular bedtimes at age 3 had lower scores on all three measures at age 7; this was true for both sexes, and suggests sleep in the very early years may be especially important.
There seemed to be a cumulative effect as well. When kids had irregular bedtimes at all three time-points, they really ran into trouble. Girls had significantly worse performance on all three measures. Boys had significantly worse performance on the three measures when bedtimes were irregular for only any two of the three time-points.
The authors suggest that the effect may build up over time, so that lack of sleep via irregular bedtimes adds up over the years. Also noted was that kids from families of lower socioeconomic status tended to have less consistent bedtimes over the years.
The brain is highly plastic – that is, subject to change in response to various influences – especially when it's laying down nerve tracks and making new connections in early childhood. And, the authors stress, the key to keeping the brain in this state is sleep.
That said, the study didn't follow the kids into teenage years or adulthood, so it is possible, though somewhat unlikely, that the effect could diminish over time.
The bottom line is, get your sleep and make sure your kids get theirs, especially when they're very young. Setting a consistent bedtime is important across childhood, and it's made easier with bedtime routines set early in life: Baths, story time, and other rituals can make a big difference in getting them to get to bed, even if they beg to differ about what time that should be.
The study was carried out by a team at University College London, and published in The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.


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Dr. Grierson is a board-certified physiatrist with subspecialty board certification in Sports Medicine. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, including the care of dancers and performing artists. He sees patients at the Seattle location. He is the Medical Director for the Seattle Clinic for Performing Artists (COPA), which he runs with Dr. Nancy Kadel, MD.
Dr. Grierson hopes to empower patients to achieve their functional goals, and he values team-based approaches to treatment. He carries the Registered in Musculoskeletal Sonography (RMSK) certification, utilizing ultrasound to diagnose common musculoskeletal conditions. He also has extensive training in electrodiagnostic medicine and is fellowship-trained in the use of fluoroscopically-guided spinal injections for lumbar disorders and ultrasound-guided procedures for peripheral joint and tendon injections, including regenerative medicine procedures like PRP (platelet-rich plasma).
Dr. Grierson earned his medical degree from Boston University and completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Washington, where he also served as Chief Resident. Following residency, he completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Washington. Prior to medical school, Dr. Grierson grew up in a suburb of Dallas, Texas and he completed his undergraduate studies in Modern Dance at the University of Utah.
Having experienced his fair share of dance-related injuries, Dr. Grierson appreciates the importance of finding a physician who understands the functional impact of injury. "I have a passion for movement and a profound curiosity about its role in shaping individual identity." Moving beyond his subspecialty practice caring for dancers and performing artists, he is committed to helping all patients across the spectrum of age, ability, and function.
Outside of work, Dr. Grierson assists in shaping healthcare policy through his work with the American Medical Association and Washington State Medical Association. He co-founded a local non-profit that provides treatment to local performing artists who otherwise would not have access to care. When he has time, he loves spending time hiking or skiing in the mountains, or baking decadent desserts in the kitchen.
Dr. Matthew Grierson and Dr. Nancy Kadel are attending physicians at the Seattle Clinic for Performing Artists (COPA) at Seattle Spine and Sports Medicine. They are both performers themselves and have joined forces to assist injured dancers, musicians, actors, and other performing artists of all ages and performance levels with their goals for returning back to peak performance. They work with a network of expert clinicians around the Seattle area, including physical and occupational therapists, nutritionists, mental health experts, chiropractors, massage practitioners, acupuncturists, and other members of the healthcare team. They are also actively engaged in promoting research and education into optimizing care for performing artists, and are familiar with similar clinics around the world in case an injury occurs when an artist is on tour or out of town. Both Drs. Kadel and Grierson recognize that a one-size-fits-all approach is not the best strategy to treating performing artists, and emphasize providing a clear diagnosis and realistic treatment plan.
When calling to schedule an appointment, please identify yourself to staff as a performing artist -- we will do our best to work you in for the most timely appointment available. We look forward to meeting you!


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2019 AIA|LA Architectural Photography Awards Winners
Announced by the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA – February 13, 2019 – The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles chapter (AIA|LA) is delighted to announce the 2019 AIA|LA Architectural Photography Awards (APA). The 18 recipients were culled from over 450 submissions of stellar quality, a two-fold increase from the 2018 program.
"This particular group of submissions was excellent and one of the markers of it that struck me, was its diversity of approach," said 2019 AIA|LA APA juror Matthew Rolston. Rolston's renown initially derived through his images photographed for Interview magazine. Today, Rolston's practice includes work as an artist, photographer, director and creative director. Of the breadth of APA submissions, he noted, "We've seen aerials, black and white, narrative, non-narrative, abstract, we've seen things we've never seen before—that's always refreshing."
"Most images, 452, in total were darn-good to extraordinary," observed 2019 AIA|LA APA juror, architect Michael B. Lehrer, FAIA. In addition to heading his critically successful architectural practice, Lehrer's creative output includes drawings, paintings and photography.
The 2019 winning entries continue the APA's celebration of the use of architecture as a subject to make art, rather than a photograph as a documentational tool. Whether Luis Ayala, AIA's, monochromatic patterned-parking lot— "It's not quite Rothko, it's not quite Kline, it's not quite Diebenkorn, but it's familiar as an abstract piece" noted the jury—or Saide Serne's almost extraterrestrial take on the interior of the Broad Museum: a couple ascending a tunnel through an escalator. "We're all familiar with this building, but without that context it's just this image of people entering into the unknown," said Laure Joliet, the architectural photographer and the third 2019 jury member. "I think that's something we can all relate to. It has a visceral effect which is again, what architecture can bring."
Of the winning photographs, six were selected as Honor award recipients, the highest recognition level, six with Merit awards, and six at the Citation level.
The awards ceremony for the 2019 AIA|LA APAs was hosted at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House. Winners, APA entrants, and jurors, mingled on the iconic property, celebrating awardees and discussing the art of being a photographer. ARC Document Solutions printed a beautiful array of post cards, each with a unique APA winner on the front, and space for personal, handwritten letters on the back.
The AIA|LA established the Architectural Photography Awards program to recognize individuals who communicate a designer's work. Through the awards, we celebrate the photographer's eye, skill, and talent in expressing the transcendent nature of space.
To view the winning images, click here.
Or view a list of winners and jury notes below.
Honor Award-Winners
Photographer: Michael Moser
Title: Ragnarock – Museum of Pop, Rock & Youth Culture
Roskilde, Denmark
Architects: Cobe, Copenhagen & MVRDV, Rotterdam.
Jury Notes: This is a traditional, classical, iconic building – and if not the building, certainly the image of it. | The huge, gold structure cantilevered out looks almost dangerously powerful, as if it's going to crush a small child who is kneeling beneath it. That creates a lot of visual interest and helps tell a big story about the power of architecture. | So often when you see an important building like this, it's flattened in the landscape – this really exaggerates the cantilever, makes you feel the grandiosity… and gives you a sense of awe.
Photographer: Darren Bradley
Title: Steel City
Architect: Smithfield-Liberty Garage, designed by Mr. Philips B. Bown (Altenhof & Bown)
Jury Notes: Architecture is so much about context, and this photograph truly captures that. | This photographer, by design or by chance, caught a shaft of light between buildings, illuminating a very surreal structure – or at least it appears surreal compared to its neighbors on the street front. | The svelte, suave curves, the lightness, the purity of it versus the dark, but not threatening, traditional urban context. The poetics and composition are really beautiful. | It's a wonderfully evocative dream image.
Photographer: Luis Ayala, AIA
Title: Park Here!
Weil am Rhein, Germany
Architect: parking lot of the Vitra Design Center, designed by Herzog & de Meuron
Jury Notes: This photograph derives power from its abstraction. There are some very rigorous compositional effects here. It's a painting, as a photograph. | You understand so intimately what this space is, but here it's presented in this new way that really makes you look. You see the tire marks, you see the way that we park in clusters, it really brings humanity to something that could feel really stark. | It is a very rich, pure, abstract, and human image. Parking lots should look and feel so good when you are in them as they do from this angle.
Photographer: Florian W. Mueller
Title: Singularity No. 18
Architect: Planungsgruppe Stieldorf
Jury Notes: Some photographs have a totemic quality: you just stare at them and you begin to meditate. This is one of those images. Is it the building or is it the photograph? Well, it's both. | Framed by the sky, this abstract, minimal piece is incredibly engaging. It's an object against space, but it could be an object on another field– it's almost like a door, a window, or a gateway. | It draws the eye in. Looking up and down the color keeps the movement in the space. The photographer was very smart with how they composed to make it all sing.
Photographer: Paola Maini
Title: Clap Clap
Itsukushima Temple, Hiroshima, Japan
Architect: built c. 1170 by Taira-no-Kiyomori, rebuilt c. 1571 by Mori
Jury Notes: Not all photographs are narratives or have narrative qualities – this one does. It almost looks like a scene from a film. It seems to tell a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. | There is a big idea here which is that architecture and people are a unity, a singularity, which isn't always the case in architectural photography. | We're not seeing the entire building, we're getting information about the weathered wood, the woman praying, the prayers that are hung up, such a sense of place without having to be shown everything.
Photographer: Saide Serna
Title: To the Moon
Jury Notes: This is a very intriguing photograph taken at The Broad, a shrine to contemporary art. We are truly in the belly of the beast. | It captures what is the most wonderous and a little threatening or scary about this particular ascent. | Without that context it's this image of people entering into the unknown- and I think that's something we can all relate to, a visceral effect which is what architecture can bring. It isn't about something being beautiful, it's about a place that you go, in your mind, and physically in space.
Merit Award-Winners
Photographer: Daniel Aguilar
Title: 100% Tempelhofer Feld
Jury Notes: The richness in that tiny little bit of visual space is very beautiful and evocative. | It's very formal and yet you have that sense of being on the cusp of understanding more. | A visual moment where the elements come together, earth and sky meeting on a plane. People seem to be peacefully strolling into a kind of infinity. | Like when you're traveling and seeing a skyline for the very first time – you're approaching a new space, possibility, and the unknown.
Photographer: Ethan Rohloff
Title: Sydney Opera House Silhouette
Architect: Jørn Utzon
Jury Notes: This photograph is striking. As soon as it came up, we all gasped. | It's taking one of the most iconic buildings of the last 100 years, that has been photographed in all of its glory endlessly, and then flattening it and its shadow out into a two-dimensional graphic. | When is a building an artichoke? The effect of the light on the water, the silhouette, the somewhat symmetrical reflection through shadow of the building creates an entirely new architectural narrative.
Photographer: Kip Harris, AIA
Title: Taj Mahal from Gardens at Dawn
Designer: Usually attributed to Ustad Ahmad, aka Isa Khan
Jury Notes: Here we have this iconic building rendered in a way that makes you look at it again. It has mystery, romanticism, and awe that when it was first constructed it was meant to evoke. | Perhaps in this photograph it attempts to fulfill its real meaning, which is to contemplate death and the eternal. It is somber, and it's exotic and dreamlike. | This is one of the most seductive images that we've seen. | To be able to find that magic again is really, really powerful.
Photographer: Miguel Ruiz
Title: L.A.
Jury Notes: L.A. as New York, or L.A. as what it is becoming, but not quite there yet. | This is a love letter to L.A. It's not just trying to capture an impressive building, it's showing the life that's lived in the city and how the architecture is continuing to reshape it. | This is a neo-noir image, with tremendous rhythm and musicality. I'm hearing classic Jazz music, or Arnold Schoenberg… It's deeply engaging. | The overall scene, that classic urban scene, is what distinguishes this.
Photographer: Paul Turang, Affiliate AIA|LA
Title: Time For Dodger Baseball
Architect: Emil Praeger
Jury Notes: The symmetry of the photograph is astonishing… the quality of light, generated by the architecture itself, is mesmerizing. | It is such a testament to the space that can hold all of these thousands of people, that somehow even in all of that chaos it's deeply poetic and beautiful. | All of the cars become this delicate little field and have never looked so beautiful as they do here in a very passive, textured way. This dreamscape, with L.A. carved out of the lawn, is perfectly symmetrical, classical, and ideal.
Photographer: Francis Ssu-ing Wu
Title: Manhattanhenge
Jury Notes: At the turn of the previous century they said, "come to America, the streets are paved with gold!" Well, this image certainly lives up to that promise. | It's about these moments that come, seemingly out of nowhere, to take your breath away. | The power and sensuality of urban space. Glistening, radiant, embracing, and dense. A really incredibly inviting photograph. | It feels fleeting, mysterious, and it feels larger than the day – it's so much more than a building.
Citation Award-Winners
Photographer: David Mordoch
Title: 911 Memorial
Architect: Oculus, by Santiago Calatrava
Jury Notes: [This image is] probably no more or less disturbing than the building itself being put in there, but it is an unusually muscular view of the building which is quite powerful. | This is a very interesting photograph. On a formal level there are some things going on: tangencies between the printed signs on the hoarding and the shapes of the building. | It is a rather disturbing photograph of a very graceful building.
Photographer: Elizabeth Daniels
Title: Ennis Midnight Storm
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Jury Notes: This minimalist composition with the palm trees in the foreground, captures the power of the plein-airity that is the city of Los Angeles. | It is so much about texture. The concrete forms, the blanket of lights that just become this sparkling, glittering, strip, and then a very unusual, ominous sky. People always try to capture those city lights, when it's really about what holds them.
Photographer: Gregory Yager, AIA
Title: Scaffold
Jury Notes: The scaffolding in this image has been turned into a painting, a contemporary or modern art piece. This is really luscious. All the basics of construction, the visual density, it's sensuous. | The addition of the human element helps tell the story of what it means to construct something. It is, in fact, a great portrait of architecture in play.
Photographer: Javier Gil Vieco
Title: Glowing Profile
Architect: Museum of Pop Culture (former EMP Museum) by Frank Gehry (Gehry Partners, LLP)
Jury Notes: This one I absolutely loved. It is so minimal. It's so confusing. It renders architecture as a body. You don't know if it's on its side, if it's a landscape, or what the sky is doing. It just feels sort of sensual in a way that I don't normally see architecture in a photograph.
Photographer: Michael Wells
Title: House on Lava
Jury Notes: The grandeur of this lava field and this little building in the middle of it. What a struggle. | It's quite a powerful, lovely, happy, and sad image. | In light of climate change, all of these things that are happening that are changing the face of our planet, to be reminded of how small we are. It's just so very real.
Photographer: Ryan M. Gobuty, Assoc. AIA
Title: Dominus
Dominus Estate, Yountville, California
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Jury Notes: This is just a fairly perfect architectural image. Beginning with an extraordinary piece of architecture itself, but composition, color, tone, texture, and then the seductive, fertile, wine-producing, landscape framed in the bottom fifth. Geometry. It's got all the basics. It's too perfect.
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Sessions (The Beatles), een muziekalbum van The Beatles dat nooit is uitgegeven
 Sessions (This Condition), een ep van This Condition
 Sessions (film), een tv-film van Richard Pearce uit 1983 met Veronica Hamel
 Sessions (miniserie), een miniserie uit 1991 met Elliott Gould en Michael McKean
 Roger Sessions, Amerikaans componist
 Jeff Sessions, Amerikaans politicus
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The Twin Cities area has a large community of FileMaker developers. Check out FileMaker consultants that are members of the FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) in Minnesota as found on the FileMaker web site.
LuminFire is the only active Platinum member of the FileMaker Business Alliance located in Minnesota.
Surefoot Database Consulting offers regular training classes in the area.


Highly personalised emails, sent to potentially hundreds of different audience segments, are now just a click away for event organisers, thanks to LiveBuzz's sophisticated new Dynamic Email Builder tool.
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The tool, which has been in development for the past three months, is now available to all clients who are using LiveBuzz's LiveControl system.
The ability to send different versions of the same email to highly targeted audience segments creates a raft of new commercial possibilities for organisers who can now sell advertising and sponsorship opportunities on their visitor emails.
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Correspondence from Elizabeth Frances C. Clark to Ada Peirce McCormick
Women in medicine; Women physicians; Women medical students; Female friendship; Community health services; Public health--Pennsylvania-Philadelphia; Poverty--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; 1801 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 214 Cidar Street, Bangor, Maine; Philadelphia (Pa.); Bangor (Me.); Ogontz School, Ogontz, Pennsylvania; 114 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Onawa (Me.); Musson, Emma Elizabeth; Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950; Ogontz School
Letters from Elizabeth Frances C. Clark (graduate of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP) in 1909) to her friend, Ada Peirce McCormick. The letters reflect the intimate friendship between Clark, McCormick, and Emma Elizabeth Musson (graduate of WMCP in 1883) and daily life as women in medicine. McCormick was not a physician and did not have a direct affiliation with WMCP. Her papers are housed at the University of Arizona Library Special Collections and University of Maine Library Special Collections.
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In Her Own Right: Women asserting their civil rights, 1820-1920


The Lagos state government has dropped three commissioners in a minor cabinet reshuffle.
The reshuffle was announced on Wednesday, exactly one year after the constitution of the state Executive Council.
Those sacked are: Commissioner for Tourism, Folorunsho Folarin-Coker; Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Mustapha Akinkunmi; and Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Ekundayo Mobereola.
The Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, said on Wednesday that the governor had directed the Special Adviser, Arts and Culture to take over as the Acting Commissioner for Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Also the Special Adviser on Transportation will take over as Acting Commissioner for Transportation and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance takes over as the Acting Commissioner for Finance.
These acting appointments would prevail, pending the appointment of new commissioners.
According to Bello, the government was appreciative of the contributions made by the sacked commissioners to the development of Lagos state.
Useless people. Putting hardship on poor masses and making life profitable for the politician among their ikoyin kabal. If you like sack your boss thiefnubu as well, what's Nigerian concern. They av desobey your boss lol lol lolzzzzz.
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If you are a patient of Hannahs looking to book an appointment, please book in with Jacqui Almond.
Hannah graduated from the British School of Osteopathy with a master's degree in Osteopathy. Since then she has continued to develop her skills and has completed postgraduate courses in Kinesio taping, medical acupuncture, pre and postnatal care, and treatment for babies and children.
Using a broad range of techniques, Hannah enjoys working with her patients to achieve their goals; whether that is to be pain free, to be more mobile, to get back to their hobbies, or just to have a pain free pregnancy. Hannah has a particular interest in antenatal and paediatric care.
When I was a teenager I was taken to see an osteopath for a chronic shoulder injury. They were able to relieve the pain I had been suffering and quickly became my inspiration and the reason behind my decision to study Osteopathy. I believe it is this experience with pain that allows me to really sympathise and connect with my patients, and why I always do my very best to help them.
Following my training, I have enjoyed treating patients of all ages and at all stages of life, often treating whole families! I always strive to treat each patient as an individual and make sure the treatment and advice I give them is tailored to their own needs. This often includes lifestyle, exercise, and general health advice as well as Osteopathic treatment, to get them back to their best as soon as possible.


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SOCIAL MEDIA SOLITUDE – Line Gulsett at the Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
Line Gulsett – Flipside, 2018, oil paint and raw-pigment on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
Presently showing at the Torch Gallery, Social Media Solitude is the continuation of an ongoing conversation of the effects of technology and how it has come to alter the mind of humanity and change the way we relate to one another as social beings.
Through her work, Line Gulsett suggests that our usage of social media has resulted in unsatisfying connections as we come to rely on the latter instead of taking the time to pursue genuine interaction with regards to our humanity. As the screen becomes the subject of our engagement, we find ourselves more and more isolated, conservation shifting to monologue, establishing an overall impression that we alone exist in the galaxy.
The artist expresses her concern of the effects this may generate, especially on the younger generation who no longer engage in play, so immersed they find themselves in this artificial reality. Using aluminum balloons as a motif for the celebration of youth, Gulsett's juxtaposition of the latter to the faceless eerie figures drifting across the canvas reflects a process of mourning of her very own, as she comes to face with age the increasing demands of society.
While Gulsett's insights bear no novelty, the artist's usage of form and technique effectively conveys this estrangement, as well as the individual's withdrawal from community. In the thin lines applied with lightness, yet conviction, one bears witness to Gulsett's dissolving sense of self as the artist mentally removes herself from the realms of reality, desirous for a distant past, a state of innocence that can only be recovered through escapism and day dream.
In its engagement with this alternate corporality, the self is at once more aware of itself, yet looses itself entirely. Beyond the desire to construct an identity that adheres to the conventions of virtual reality, the distances created by physical space and the absence of body generate an awareness within the individual that any self to be perceived necessarily inherits of this virtual reality to constitute a personality that is secondary, if not other entirely.
Ultimately, while the artist's feelings of isolation remain most real and find expression through her somber depictions of reality, Gulsett's desire to compress the whole under an normative statement remains an overreach, for not only do many of the ideas posited are merely a repetition of dominant discourses around nature and human nature, but one can almost feel the forceful imposition of a political commentary that simply has no place, as exemplified through the sudden introduction of climate change, other than for the marketing's sake.
In the end, the artist's perceived need to create a narrative of the sort to ensure coherence reflects the rising expectations within contemporary society for art to carry beyond form and feeling, philosophy, ideology, and the artist's own individuality, as mere brush stroke no longer seem to be enough for a canvas to be worthy. Elaine Zheng 19th June 2019
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Some Highlights This Month
With the closure of the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum the mantle of the biggest show in town falls on the Kunsthal. It has two major new exhibitions in July – I'M YOUR MIRROR by Joana Vasconcelos opens on 20th. The Portuguese artists is known for her keen sense of proportions, masterly use of colour and unusual choice of materials . . .
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE? European Theatres, Opera & Concert Halls at the MAKK in Cologne.
It is no coincidence that this exhibition is taking place in Cologne whose own opera house is in the process of being rebuilt, but this wide ranging, comprehensive and impressive exhibition includes well established theatres like the NT in London as well as buildings which are still on the drawing board.
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Each week ArtsTalk Magazine editor Michael Hasted presents a podcast focusing on cultural events around The Hague, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
This week he talks to internationally best-selling author NICCI FRENCH about the new book THE LYING ROOM which is available in Holland as HUIS VOL LEUGENS. The programme also includes an interview with the Dutch National Theatre
BOOKS & LITERARY EVENTS
Buying books in English in Amsterdam
Amsterdam may not be renowned for its literature but that won't stop you from filling your boots with books when you are here. Whether you're visiting or living here already, we hope to provide you with a not-so-comprehensive but bloody useful treasure island map of Amsterdam bookshops selling books in English.
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is the director of the Martha Graham Dance Co. After her career as a dancer with the Company she became an acclaimed actress but returned in 2005 as its Director. In this wide ranging discussion she talks about Martha Graham, modern dance and much more besides . . .
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen library now available at Rotterdam City Archives
PAGLIACCI and CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA at Dutch National Opera
DELFT CERAMICA: International Ceramics Market
TIME TO KILL TODAY at the NIO Basement in Rotterdam
New Artistic Director announced for Nederlands Dans Theater
OPERATION NIGHT WATCH at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
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Today's post in the Homemaking Skills Series is on how to clean a blocked drain. Having a blocked drain in your house can be a really irritating thing. Even after countless pummping when the water refuses to go down the drain, it becomes impossible to keep your cool. The first thing you would do is call the plumber. If there is a major block somewhere down, he definitely needs to have a look. But till then you can try out this solution. If it's a minor blockage this works very well. I usually try this first and still if it doesn't seem to clear, then I call the plumber.
All you need is 1/2 cup of baking soda, 1 cup vinegar and 4 cups hot boiling water.
First put the baking soda into the drain. Next add the vinegar. Wait for 10 minutes. Then add hot boiling water. Leave the sink for a while.
Your drain will be free of clogs!
Great tip. I will use this advice to clean my sink pipes every once in awhile. Such a great way to unclog a sink, thanks for sharing it.


Coach: Sheri Ross (20th year).
1994: 14-2, 5-1 in the South Coast League. Lost to Mission Viejo in the league finals, then finished sixth at Division I finals.
Key returners: Kenisha Jespersen (diver), Jr.; Christie Kennedy, So.; Katie Lowes, Jr.; Alice Park, Sr.; Lindsey Rock, Sr.; Katie Simmons, Jr.; Amy Sloan (diver), Sr.; Keri Wilson Jr.
Key newcomers: Summir Case, So.
Outlook: Though El Toro has moved out of the South Coast League and away from rival Mission Viejo, the Chargers won't get a break from tough competitors. In fact, they will have to face Irvine, which could be the strongest team in Orange County. Simmons, perhaps the the second-best breaststroker in the county, and Lowes, who will be the one to beat in the 200 freestyle, anchor the Chargers. Seniors Park and Rock are expected to provide top performances. No doubt El Toro will have some great medley and freestyle relay teams and its diving team will add needed points in the duals. Ross said this season will mark the first time in her 20 years that a freshman has not started on the varsity.


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James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer-songwriter and poet, best remembered as the lead singer of The Doors. From a young age, Morrison became infatuated with the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Rimbaud, Jack Kerouac, and William Blake, often incorporating their work into his lyrics. In his later life, Morrison developed an alcohol dependency which led to his death at the age of 27 in Paris. He is alleged to have died of a heroin overdose, but as no autopsy was performed, the exact cause of his death is still disputed. His tomb in Paris is still today a shrine to his personality, visited daily by numerous mourners.
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On a cool morning at Mission Royale are Jerry Gray and Don Turcotte of Mission Royale vs. Darryl Serian and Larry Mansfield of Robson Ranch.
On November 28 Mission Royale sent 36 golfers to Robson Ranch for the first day of a two-day golf tournament. The teams consisted of two Robson Ranch golfers and two Mission Royale golfers playing against each other with the winner getting a point for the front nine, a point for the back nine and a point for low total. The golfers played a best ball where the lower of the scores from each team compared with the low net from the other team. After the first day Robson Ranch had 36-1/2 points to 17-1/2 points for Mission Royale.
On Friday, December 2, all the golfers played at Mission Royale. The same teams matched up. Here Mission had the advantage at their home course. Although Mission played well, the final result was Robson Ranch 57 to Mission 51. This was redemption for the Robson team as last year Mission Royale was victorious. This was the second meeting for this annual fun golf event, and we expect it to occur again late in 2017.
Thanks to Don Juillerat and Eldon Lee for their work in organizing the event along with Don Turcotte from Mission Royale. The banquet staff here at Robson did an excellent job of providing a good lunch when the golf was completed. Thanks also to Jay Wilson who helped us with the scoreboard.
The prizes were all individual with only the bragging rights for the team win, which now belongs to Robson Ranch. Robson Ranch won 15 of the 22 prizes the first day and overall, both days, won 55% of the individual prizes.
The following Robson Ranch individuals won prizes at Robson Ranch.


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August 26 - In the USA, the Port of Everett has contracted with Interocean Steamship Corporation, represented by Jim Bavaro, to serve as the Port's agent in the US Midwest to help facilitate and generate additional cargo opportunities.
Interocean Steamship Corporation, based San Rafael, USA specialises in the movement of high and heavy cargo.
Bavaro (pictured below), based in Chicago, Illinois, has more than 17 years in the shipping industry, and brings extensive knowledge of container, barge, ro-ro, and lo-lo sales in the Australia, New Zealand, Far East and Puerto Rico trades.
"As a specialist in breakbulk and over-dimensional cargo, I am pleased to be able to offer support to the port of Everett's customer needs in the Midwest," Bavaro said. "Our flexible and global services will be an additional asset to the port and its customers."
Bavaro is skilled in freight forwarding services, and has represented major carriers, such as Russian owned Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO), Trailer Bridge and US Lines. FESCO is one of the Port of Everett's long term liner service operators. Eastern Car Liner and Westwood Shipping Lines also offer regular liner service between Asia and Everett.
"A large part of our cargo mix is heavy equipment exports that originate from the Midwest," said Carl Wollebek, chief operating officer for the port of Everett. "Having a presence in the Midwest will allow us to maximise our market exposure and better communicate the advantages of moving cargo through the Port of Everett."
Interocean began representing the Port on August 15, 2011.


You are Here: Home » News » Community News » Are you ready for the 13-Hour Rugby Winter Bash?
Leeds Rhinos legend Kevin Sinfield and ex-Roughyed and Great Britain international Barrie McDermott will be amongst other crowd-pleasers present in a 13-hour-long charity rugby match.
The event, which is called '13 Hour Rugby Winter Bash', has been organised by Greater Manchester Police in an effort to raise funds for Mahdlo Youth Zone.
Other big names that will be involved include former Leeds and Warrington Wolves captain Lestyn Harris and current Salford Red Devils loose-forward Mark Flanagan.
The battle will take place on January 26 at Mahdlo Youth Zone itself, on Egerton Street, Oldham between 7am-8pm.
And it will see a GMP Oldham team face 13 different teams for an hour each in a gruelling session.
The various teams include schools, local children and the rugby league figures.
A similar GMP-organised event took place last year where a 24-hour-long football match raised £5800 for Mahdlo.
The centre has welcomed over 12,000 children from the community through the doors, but relies on fundraising in order to run.


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Port Royal March 15 Opener Cancelled, Pushed to March 22
_Front Page News, Port Royal Speedway
By Shawn Brouse
Port Royal – With absolutely no foreseeable avenue to have the overall facility and racing surface prepared for its scheduled March 15 season opener, Port Royal Speedway has cancelled the program.
Significant frost remains deeply embedded in not only the racing surface but surrounding grounds as well and although temperatures over the next five days may inch into the 40's, the fact remains that long range nighttime low temperature prospects remain well below normal and daytime highs during the period from March 12 through March 16 are slated to be well shy of average.
This pushes hopes for the 2014 lidlifter to fall on the Saturday, March 22 racing program featuring the 410 sprints, late models and the xtreme stocks at 6 pm.
In addition, a test and tune practice session has been added to the schedule on Friday night, March 21, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.
The test session will be open to all racing divisions that are slated to compete during the 2014 racing season at Port Royal Speedway.
While the racing world waits to see the lasting winter weather come to an end, anticipation continues to grow for the first green flag of the year at Port Royal.
Season seats and admission passes continue to be available at the track.
There is no increase in price for season seats and passes for the 2014 season as all rates remain unchanged from last season.
A season reserve seat for all oval racing events including fairweek races but excluding the Oct. 25 World of Outlaws racing event in 2014 will again cost just $50.00. This pass reserves seats only and is not good for general admission to any events during the upcoming season.
New for 2014 is the declaration of the entire main aluminum grandstand as a SMOKE FREE environment.
Beginning with the 2014 season, NO SMOKING WILL BE PERMITTED ON THE MAIN GRANDSTAND at Port Royal Speedway. This policy is only for the main grandstand.
Smoking continues to be permitted in all other seating and viewing areas aside from the main aluminum grandstand.
The Family Seating area of the main grandstand will continue to be provided in Section C, where no alcohol or smoking has been permitted since 2011.
Patrons are urged to take note of this new MAIN GRANDSTAND NO SMOKING policy for 2014 when renewing or purchasing season-reserved seats for the next year.
General admission season passes are also available, again at a cost of just $300.00, which does include general admission to all fairweek races in 2014 as well as all October events.
In addition, season pit passes are being offered, again at a price of $400 each while reserved fan parking spots behind the grandstand are being offered again for $50.00. Please note that the parking passes will not be good for fairweek events.
Orders may be placed by phone between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays by contacting the speedway office at 717.527.2303.
Orders may also be submitted by mail by sending a check or money order made payable to Port Royal Speedway, to: Port Royal Speedway, Box 295, Port Royal, PA, 17082.
Stay up to date with all Port Royal news and events by visiting the oval's official website at www.portroyalspeedway.com.
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Uganda: Pambazuka Essays Spur Entreprenueral and Intellectual Debate At Kampala International University
By George William Nasinyama and Medard Twinamatsiko
Like many young people across Africa, Ugandan youth face the challenge of acquiring appropriate skills and deploying them in achieving their dreams. An essay competition at Kampala International University gave students the opportunity to reflect on this issue and to explore solutions to youth unemployment.
The participation of 15 university students in the essay writing competition in February 2017 in "Your voice matters" project under the FAHAMU-KIU partnership was quite fascinating. In pursuit of social justice, FAHAMU has focused one of its lenses on intellectual engagement with young people to explore solutions to societal challenges in business, agriculture, citizenship, education, environment, governance, migration, culture, peace and security and technology.
The areas covered in the essay competition were relevant, topical and focused on real issues affecting the African peoples. The voices of the youth indeed matter and require utmost support to be heard. This engagement responds to this need and generates strategies to address the emerging issues in the continent. Issues of climate change and environmental conservation, access to capital and entrepreneurship, agriculture and food security, citizenship and the right to nationality, education and professional training, leadership and governance greatly affect Africa. In addition, issues of migration and Africans in the diaspora, religious fundamentalism and culture, the role of peace and security in development as well as use of technology as a tool for innovation and employment creation are fundamental for revitalizing the acumen that Africa would desire to see.
Opportunities for young people in entrepreneurship
The Government of Uganda is striving towards becoming a middle-income country under its Vision 2040. One of the key aspects of achieving this dream is providing much needed skills to the youth, dubbed 'Skilling Uganda'. This dream is hard to come true if the youth do not have access to capital and fundamental entrepreneurship knowledge and skills to achieve sustainable development. Achieving sustainable development will require significant investment in the attainment of mindset change towards entrepreneurship skills and access to capital. Today, education world over is premised on skills development as a method of learning. The youth, however, require support in accessing capital and starting entrepreneurial ventures.
The Government of Uganda is implementing the Youth Livelihood Scheme (YLS) and supporting access to micro-finance credit facilities. The scheme aims at empowering the youth through access to financial capital and developing entrepreneurship skills. Many youth have enrolled in the scheme although there are still challenges that may hamper the success of the scheme. Among other projects selected and funded include small and medium business enterprises, piggery and poultry projects, vegetable growing and apiculture. The model involves accessing the scheme funds and returning the principal after investment. Policy makers and implementers look at access to financial capital as a pathway to achieving sustainable development. In addition, the government has prioritized the creation of science, technology and innovation (STI) infrastructure in institutions of learning. This programme aims at creating a big number of scientists, engineers and other skilled graduates to fuel industrial development, entrepreneurship and innovation as detailed in the 2009 National STI policy. These strategies, therefore, challenge the youth in higher institutions of learning to harness the available opportunities and strive towards achieving their life goals.
At Kampala International University, we understand the urgency of the matter. The employability of our graduates is very important to us so we have prioritized and designed a number of programs to help prepare our students for a productive job market. From entrepreneurial training, internships and skills enhancement programs, KIU is doing what we can to ensure the best outcomes for our graduates. For example, KIU in collaboration with the Wadhiwani Foundation based in California, USA, is due to launch an entrepreneurship training program for university students and the youth at large. The goal is to provide entrepreneurial skills to the youth enrolled on this program to create campus companies by the time of graduation/completion of the program. In this way, graduates of this program will become job creators and not job seekers. Strategies like this one will in turn contribute to economic growth and enhance national competitiveness.
Current challenges and limitations
The current major youth challenge in Uganda is unemployment, largely due to inadequate skills. This situation has continued to affect the prospects of young people to achieve their dreams. The lack of gainful employment amidst qualifications is a frustrating situation among the youth. Reports from the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) indicate that the 47 universities and 207 other tertiary institutions produce approximately 700,000 graduates annually for only 90,000 employment positions (NPA, 2016; Ahimbisibwe, 2017). This escalates the unemployment situation known to result mainly from less skilled graduates.
According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, unemployment among the youth currently stands at the rate of 20%, where about 60% of the youth are unable to get jobs as a result of courses that are not relevant to the employment and industry needs (UBOS, 2015). Although the government has put in place well designed programmes to equip the youth with financial capacity and entrepreneurship, there are still mind-set challenges, limited awareness and institutional weaknesses that continue to hamper their formidable success. Furthermore, there is inadequate engagement between policy makers, implementers and the youth beneficiaries. This mismatch is detrimental to the success of such initiatives.
Most youth engage in enterprises but such ventures do not stand the test of time, as most do not celebrate their first birthday. This failure is due to limited business acumen among the youth and institutional weaknesses that affect potential success. Investments in youth require systematic processes and prioritization on what the youth are interested in, their capacity to engage and the forecasted returns. Therefore, starting from their own idea is the best approach to cultivate what the youth are able to do. A bottom-up approach is paramount for youth programme success.
Feedback on submissions for the essay competition
Youth engagement through essay competitions on topical issues affecting real people is desirable and relevant in supporting the youth to gain skills in effective research and writing for public consumption. The engagement will be a success if the creative thinking along issues that most affect society is implemented. The creative ideas need support to turn into viable projects. The continuity of this program across Africa will stimulate the spirit of tackling Africa's own problems using Africa models of development.
The competition at KIU received 15 submissions and three were selected to receive awards, namely, Ladu Moris Emmanuel (Citizenship and the Right to Nationality); Jackob Jonga (Leadership and Governance) and Nasser Kisubi (Environmental Conservation and Climate Change). The winners were all Bachelor of Law students. The engagement of young people to contribute to the process through Pambabuza News Essays Writing Competitions is instrumental and indeed a welcome gesture for pan-Africanism, intellectualism and regionalization.
The platform presents a new chapter of solving some of Africa's challenges by providing students with an opportunity to share their views and plans for Africa. Bringing students together across Africa will enhance commonality and a spirit of Africanism that will lead to regional confrontation of African challenges. The essay competitions should be extenteded across Africa to give opportunities to young people to appreciate the world around them, develop an idea, hatch it into a concept and develop it into an intervention. KIU appreciates this great partnership and believes in achieving much more in years to come as we continue our quest in 'Exploring the heights'!
PROF. GEORGE WILLIAM NASINYAMA is Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Innovation & Extension and DR. MEDARD TWINAMATSIKO is Senior Lecturer, Kampala International University.
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