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Edmonton proclaims July 13 Mary Burlie Day, in honour of community activist, social worker
July 13 will now be known as Mary Burlie Day in Edmonton, to celebrate the life and legacy of the social worker and activist's contributions to the city.
Event Tuesday celebrated life of Mary Burlie and her contributions to Boyle Street Community Services
Anusha Kav · CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2021 5:58 PM MT | Last Updated: July 13, 2021
Attendees sign a photo of early Boyle Street Co-op volunteers at an event celebrating the life and legacy of Edmonton activist and social worker Mary Burlie. (Nathan Gross/CBC)
July 13 will now be known as Mary Burlie Day in Edmonton, to celebrate the life and legacy of the social worker and activist's contributions to the city.
Mary Burlie spent 26 years as a frontline worker at the Boyle Street Co-op until her death in 1996, working to make Edmonton a more compassionate and equitable community.
Boyle Street Community Services and MacEwan University hosted an event Tuesday to mark the city's proclamation. Tanika Burlie, Mary Burlie's granddaughter, was there on behalf of her family.
Edmonton proclaims July 13 Mary Burlie Day
July 13 will now be known as Mary Burlie Day in Edmonton, to celebrate the life and legacy of the social worker and activist, known to some as the "Black Angel of Boyle Street." 1:43
"My grandma never judged anybody. She loved you for who you are," Burlie said in an interview with CBC. "She would take you even into her home if she felt that you needed extra support."
Known to some as the "Black Angel of Boyle Street," Mary Burlie moved from Arkadelphia, Arkansas to Edmonton in 1969.
"My grandmother came from an era where there was extreme poverty, growing up in the Jim Crow era," Burlie said. "So when she came to Canada and she saw that she could help, she did with no questions asked."
A newspaper clipping from 1989 showcasing Mary Burlie's work. (Boyle Street Community Services/www.boylestreet.org)
Burlie was one of Boyle Street's first volunteers, and later became a paid staff member and dedicated nearly three decades of service to the community, said Jordan Reiniger, executive director of Boyle Street Community Services.
Her contributions to the budding Boyle Street Co-op were instrumental, and helped the organization in its goal of serving, supporting and empowering those experiencing poverty and homelessness, he added.
"Still, people talk about her to this day and the impact that she's had on their lives," said Reiniger.
"The ways that we interact with our community members, even things like trauma-informed care and how we support people, was deeply impacted by her work."
Mary Burlie smiling during the Klondike Day parade. (Boyle Street Community Services/www.boylestreet.org)
Annette Trimbee, president and vice-chancellor of MacEwan said Burlie believed in education as a way out of poverty. Burlie's family established the Mary Burlie Bursary in 1996 for students in the social work program who experience discrimination and financial need.
Boyle Street Community Services celebrates 50 years of helping homeless people in Edmonton
"We love that she gave back to students and that the students will aspire to be like Mary Burlie and have that same impact on our community," Trimbee said.
"She was quite a force in terms of how to be a good social worker, so she would have inspired and mentored a number of our graduates over the years."
Mary sings karaoke with fellow Boyle Street Co-op members. (Boyle Street Community Services/www.boylestreet.org)
For Tanika Burlie, seeing her grandmother's legacy honoured meant more to her than she could put into words.
"I'm so proud of her and I'm proud to be here today. I'm proud to call her my grandmother."
For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here
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Anusha Kav
Anusha Kav is an intern at CBC Edmonton. She is completing a Master of Journalism at the University of British Columbia where she specializes in gender issues. Contact Anusha at anusha.kav@cbc.ca.


Pre-construction plans for coal plants fell 48 percent last year, offering new hope for preventing irreversible climate change.
A new study describes a dramatic worldwide drop in coal-fired power plant construction last year ― an encouraging development that could place some major climate goals within reach.
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There was also a 62 percent decline in the number of new construction projects started last year, and a 29 percent drop in completed projects.
Between 2006 and 2016, India and China accounted for 86 percent of the world's coal power plant construction, but both countries have reversed course in the past year.
According to a Greenpeace survey released earlier this month, the Chinese government ― which has implemented far-reaching restrictions on coal ― approved 85 percent fewer coal power construction projects in 2016 than in 2015.
Vendors sit at stalls as smokestacks stand in the background at a coal-fired power plant in Badarpur, Delhi, India, on May 29, 2016.
The dramatic worldwide decline in coal power development offers renewed hope for preventing irreversible climate change.
The study suggests that holding global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) ― a goal set by the 2016 international climate agreement in Paris ― is possible. But it would require doubling the rate of coal plant retirement, and establishing an even stronger global commitment to expanding clean energy.
"An end to the coal plant construction boom brings the possibility of a global phase-out of coal over the coming decades, a prerequisite to reining in climate change," the authors note.
While India and China have been moving away from coal, other countries have not made the same progress. The report lists 10 "hotspots" for continued coal plant construction, including Bangladesh, Japan and Pakistan, which are responsible for 75 percent of the proposed increases in coal power capacity outside China and India.
And as much of the developed world increases its efforts to slash fossil fuel production and reduce emissions, President Donald Trump has pledged to revive the U.S. coal industry.
Last month, Trump rolled back an Obama administration rule that barred coal mining companies from dumping waste into waterways.
Trump said his administration is preparing new executive orders to expand coal production, and claimed that Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt will turn the agency into a "job creator" for coal miners.
Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the U.S. should focus on developing renewable energy over fossil fuels.


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Conservatism and Conservation
William F. Byrne
Published Humanitas, Volume XXVI Nos. 1 & 2, 2013
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How to Think Seriously about the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism, by Roger Scruton. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 464 pp. $29.95.
The British philosopher Roger Scruton has emerged as one of a rare breed today: the prominent public intellectual who writes on matters of broad interest in ways that, while accessible to nonspecialists, are sophisticated and truly intelligent, and who is not bound to some shallow partisan agenda. In How to Think Seriously about the Planet Scruton seeks in part to re-establish, or to remind us of, the close relationship between conservatism and concern for the environment. He also argues that the only really sound and successful environmentalism is a conservative environmentalism, and describes such an approach. In the process, he offers a broadly Burkean understanding of what conservatism is.
Scruton explains: "My intentionin this book has been to argue the case for an approach to environmental problems in which local affections are made central to policy, and in which homeostasis and resilience, rather than social reordering and central control, are the primary outcomes" (325). Many of the ideas which appear in How to Think Seriously are drawn from prior works by Scruton, but they are here organized around, and applied to, the practical problems of the environment and environmentalism. The environment and environmentalism are in fact two distinct—though of course intimately related—problems. Scruton argues that environmentalism as it has been typically exhibited by the left is generally not good for society, and often not even good for the environment. Yet…

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Exclusive: 'Confident' Tottenham striker Harry Kane says the Premier League title is Leicester's to lose
Jack Austin
18th April 2016, 10:06 pm
Updated: 18th April 2016, 10:08 pm
Harry Kane has heaped further pressure on Leicester City by saying the Premier League title is now theirs to lose after Tottenham cut the gap to five points.
The Englishman was again in fine form as Spurs thrashed Stoke 4-0 at the Britannia on Monday night to take advantage of the Foxes' draw at home to West Ham on Sunday.
And Kane admits that all his side can do is keep winning with Leicester in control of their own destiny with four games of the season remaining.
"I think so," said Kane when asked if the title was Leicester's to lose.
"All we can do it keep doing what we're doing and keep winning games like we did tonight.
"They're in the driving seat, they're five points clear, but like I said there are four games left and all we can do is go out there and put in performances like we did and win the games."
Kane scored two more goals on Monday night to take his Premier League goal tally to 24 for the season, meaning he has now scored more than the whole of the Aston Villa squad combined.
The 22-year-old's form is great news for England ahead of the European Championships this summer and Kane confesses that he believes he will score in every game he plays now.
"Yeah, I have that confidence," he added on Andy Goldstein's Sports Bar.
"If I can get my shots off and find some space then hopefully I'll score a couple of goals.
"I feel confident and as a striker I think you need that and you need that belief that when you go out on the pitch you're ready to score goals for your team."


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Samsung to reportedly release their first round-faced smartwatch
Round-faced smartwatches used to be a big deal, if only because there were only very few in the market. Back then it was just the LG G Watch R and the Moto 360 competing in the Android Wear market. But now there are other players like Huawei and LG has released other models as well, trying to get a piece of the pie and attracting those who would like a wearable that looked like a normal watch but had the functionality of a gadget.
Now, Samsung will reportedly be releasing their very first round-faced wearable. Despite their numerous wearables in the market, the Korean OEM has yet to release something in a different shape. But according to SAM Mobile, the upcoming Samsung Gear A will be round-faced. And aside from that, it will also have WiFi, 3G and calling support, apart from the smartphone that will be tethered to it. They say that the wearable will come in two main models, the SM-R720 or the SM-R730.
But since erstwhile rival Apple will be unleashing a whole slew of different models of the Apple Watch soon, expect Samsung to up the ante by coming up with different models and variants as well. After all, they've been releasing one smartwatch after the other, and on different platforms as well. We've had the Samsung Galaxy Gear (the first modern one), the Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, the Samsung Gear Live (their first on Android Wear and actually the first of two wearalbes in that platform), and the Samsung Gear S (their first to have its own SIM card).
Now as to which platform the Samsung Gear A will be running on, that is still a huge question. Will it be on the Android Wear platform, which a lot of OEMs have been using, or will it be on Tizen, Samsung's platform for most of its smartwatches? Let's wait and see what other details will be rumored and leaked over the next few days.
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Lucapa Diamond Company and the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho announced that commercial diamond recoveries have commenced through the new treatment plant at the high-quality Mothae kimberlite diamond mine in Lesotho.
Image: The Mothae diamond mine, Lesotho. Photo courtesy of Lucapa Diamond Company Limited.
Lucapa Managing Director Stephen Wetherall said the commencement of commercial recoveries through the new 1.1Mtpa Mothae plant represented another key milestone in Lucapa's strategic development plan.
The new Mothae plant incorporates advanced diamond recovery technology, including two XRT diamond recovery modules designed to recover large and rare Type IIa diamonds ahead of the secondary crushing circuit, thus reducing potential diamond breakage and improving the recovery of unbroken large stones.
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Production from the Mothae kimberlite mine is intended to complement that from Lucapa's highvalue Lulo mine in Angola (Lucapa 40% and operator), which produces the world's highest average US$ per carat alluvial diamond production.


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Different periodic tables
The modern periodic table is sometimes expanded into its long or 32-column form by reinstating the footnoted f-block elements into their natural position between the s- and d-blocks. Unlike the 18-column form this arrangement results in "no interruptions in the sequence of increasing atomic numbers". The relationship of the f-block to the other blocks of the periodic table also becomes easier to see. Jensen advocates a form of table with 32 columns on the grounds that the lanthanides and actinides are otherwise relegated in the minds of students as dull, unimportant elements that can be quarantined and ignored. Despite these advantages the 32-column form is generally avoided by editors on account of its undue rectangular ratio compared to a book page ratio, and the familiarity of chemists with the modern form, as introduced by Seaborg.
Within 100 years of the appearance of Mendeleev's table in 1869, Edward G. Mazurs had collected an estimated 700 different published versions of the periodic table. As well as numerous rectangular variations, other periodic table formats have been shaped, for example, like a circle, cube, cylinder, building, spiral, lemniscate, octagonal prism, pyramid, sphere, or triangle. Such alternatives are often developed to highlight or emphasize chemical or physical properties of the elements that are not as apparent in traditional periodic tables.
A popular alternative structure is that of Otto Theodor Benfey (1960). The elements are arranged in a continuous spiral, with hydrogen at the centre and the transition metals, lanthanides, and actinides occupying peninsulas.
Most periodic tables are two-dimensional; three-dimensional tables are known to as far back as at least 1862 (pre-dating Mendeleev's two-dimensional table of 1869). More recent examples include Courtines' Periodic Classification (1925), Wringley's Lamina System (1949), Giguere's Periodic helix (1965) and Dufour's Periodic Tree (1996). Going one further, Stowe's Physicist's Periodic Table (1989) has been described as being four-dimensional (having three spatial dimensions and one colour dimension).
The various forms of periodic tables can be thought of as lying on a chemistry–physics continuum. Towards the chemistry end of the continuum can be found, as an example, Rayner-Canham's "unruly" Inorganic Chemist's Periodic Table (2002), which emphasizes trends and patterns, and unusual chemical relationships and properties. Near the physics end of the continuum is Janet's Left-Step Periodic Table (1928). This has a structure that shows a closer connection to the order of electron-shell filling and, by association, quantum mechanics. A somewhat similar approach has been taken by Alper, albeit criticized by Eric Scerri as disregarding the need to display chemical and physical periodicity. Somewhere in the middle of the continuum is the ubiquitous common or standard form of periodic table. This is regarded as better expressing empirical trends in physical state, electrical and thermal conductivity, and oxidation numbers, and other properties easily inferred from traditional techniques of the chemical laboratory. Its popularity is thought to be a result of this layout having a good balance of features in terms of ease of construction and size, and its depiction of atomic order and periodic trends.


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Импе́рия (, , ) — провинция в Италии, в регионе Лигурия. Расположена на побережье Лигурийского моря, граничит с запада с Францией, с востока и севера — с итальянскими провинциями Савона и Кунео. Центр провинции, город Империя, расположен в 203 км к югу от Турина и 117 км к западу от Генуи. Воздушное сообщение — через аэропорты Турина и Ниццы. Неофициальное название провинции —  — «Цветочная Ривьера» — указывает на культурное и экономическое единство с французской Ривьерой, а также на развитое цветоводство с центрами в Санремо и Вентимилья.

География
Предгорья Приморских Альп на границе с Францией достигают вершин 2000 м. Отдельные хребты спускаются с севера к морю, создавая чересполосицу холмов и узких равнин. Большинство рек, текущих в этих равнинах — сезонные; только река Ройа течёт круглый год.

Городское население сосредоточено преимущественно в узкой прибрежной полосе, по которой проходят магистральные железная и автомобильная дороги Ницца-Генуя (А10, Autostrada dei Fiori, входит в состав Е80)— проходящие параллельно древнеримской Via Aurelia; сама же Via Aurelia — современное второстепенное шоссе SS1. В XXI веке продолжается процесс роста населения в прибрежных городах при сокращении населения в горной части провинции.

Крупнейшие города провинции:
 Санремо, 57 000 жителей, древнеримская Villa Matutiana.
 Империя, 40 440 жителей, создан в 1923 объединением городов Онелья и Порто-Маурицио, основанного в XIII веке.
 Вентимилья, 25 151 житель, античный Albium Intemelium, известный с IV века до н. э.
 Бордигера, 10 647 жителей, известна с IV века до н. э.

Праистория

Древнейшие поселения Лигурии — стоянка кроманьонцев в пещерах Бальци Росси близ Вентимильи. Возрастом 24 тыс. л. н. датируется граветтская женщина из грота Кавильон, найденная в скалах Бальци-Росси вблизи французского города Ментон, чью голову украшала шапочка из оленьих зубов и раковин. Её погребение было обнаружено в 1872 году (комплекс пещер). Скелет лежал на левом боку, руки были прижаты к лицу, ноги подогнуты в коленях. Могилу покрывала красная охра. На черепе археологи нашли остатки убора из морских ракушек и зубов благородного оленя. На стене пещеры, прямо над могилой, была выгравирована лошадь. Рост женщины составлял до 1,9 м, возраст — около 37 лет. У неё был заживший перелом левой лучевой кости и травма правой плечевой кости. Первоначально её считали мужчиной, а скелет называли «ментонский человек» (комплекс пещер Бальци Росси также известен как пещеры Ментона). В 2016 году, изучив строение таза, учёные определили, что это женский скелет.

История
Исторические лигурийцы вышли на сцену в I тысячелетии до н. э.; численность прибрежных племён к началу Пунических войн (III век до н. э.) оценивается в 200 000 человек. Во время первой Пунической войны лигурийцы разделились — часть их поддерживала Карфаген, часть — римлян. За падением Карфагена (146 год до н. э.) последовала быстрая колонизация лигурийского побережья, завершившаяся при Августе.

В раннем средневековье лигурийское побережье неоднократно переходило из рук в руки — им владели византийцы, с 641 года ломбардцы, с 774 года франки. В XI веке всё северное побережье Средиземного моря стало добычей пиратов — сарацинов и норманнов, и только в X веке, с ослаблением пиратов, на побережье возникли три княжества, из которых вскоре на первое место вышла Генуя. Генуэзцы контролировали регион до 1396 года, когда дож Адорно уступил правление королю Франции. В XV—XVI веке Лигурия принадлежала попеременно то французам, то миланцам. В 1528 Андреа Дориа, благодаря союзу с Испанией, сбросил французское господство, но в 1684 французский флот вновь вынудил генуэзцев сдаться; вторжение французов привело к ответным военным действиям Пьемонта и Австрии. Восстание 1746 года восстановило независимость Генуи.

Наполеон в ходе Итальянской кампании 1796 года учредил Лигурийскую республику, однако в 1805 году предпочёл полностью аннексировать Лигурию. С 1814 года ею владело Сардинское королевство. Вместе с Сардинским королевством Империя в составе Лигурии вошла в состав объединённой Италии (см. Рисорджименто).

Среди рождённых на земле Империи:
 Джованни Кассини, астроном
 Джулио Натта, химик, нобелевский лауреат 1963 года
 Марио Бава, кинорежиссёр
 Лучано Берио, композитор

Экономика
Основные отрасли экономики:
 Туризм
 Цветоводство c международным рынком цветов в Санремо
 Выращивание оливы с центром в Вентимилье

Примечания

Ссылки
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Muddy Boot Expands Honors
Source: The Oak Ridger | Darrell Richardson | December 8, 2017
ORNL Director Thomas Zacharia presents a Muddy Boot Award to David Millhorn. (Credit: Darrell Richardson, The Oak Ridger).
A longer-yet-no-less-interesting Muddy Boot Awards presentation was held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, in the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel.
An expanded number of Muddy Boot award winners recognized at the luncheon, sponsored by the East Tennessee Economic Council, included (in alphabetical order):
‒ Tom Ballard, who's had three careers — first with the University of Tennessee, then the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and, now, with Pershing Yoakley and Associates — and yet "still finds time to spread the gospel of innovation" with his daily Teknovation.biz newsletter, according to an ETEC release;
‒ David Bradshaw, "another multi-tasker who's worked at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Technology 2020 and, most recently, Pinnacle Financial Partners," the release noted — adding that Bradshaw has served as the mayor of Oak Ridge and either currently chairs or has chaired "dozens of community causes";
‒ Sue Cange, whose career with the U.S. Department of Energy "saw her rise from a new employee in the environmental management program to the acting head of that same program before joining the facility at Vanderbilt this fall," according to the ETEC release, which added that Cange, "in many ways over the years, enabled the reindustrialization program of the East Tennessee Technology Park site (or ETTP)";
‒ Dr. David Millhorn, senior vice president of the University of Tennessee and a leader in the revitalization of both the university system and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and
‒ Ken Rueter, president of URS/CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR), "a relative newcomer to East Tennessee who brings energy to everything he does — whether it be the environmental stewardship programs at ETTP or his work building hiking and biking trails," the ETEC release stated. Rueter also supports the Foothills Land Conservancy and the East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
Created in 1973 by the founders of ETEC — then known as the Roane Anderson Economic Council — the "Muddy Boot" Award takes its name from the Manhattan Project founders of the once-Secret City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Referred to as "muddy booters," these early Oak Ridge workers weathered adverse conditions to build a unique community that would ultimately bring an end to World War II.
With Friday's five new honorees, there have now been a total of 90 recipients of the ETEC Muddy Boot since its inception including (but not limited to) Howard Baker, Shigeko Uppuluri, A.K. Bissell, "Buzz" Elkins, Ed Westcott, Ben Adams, Al Gore, Gene Joyce, Bill Manly, Al Trivelpiece, Alvin Weinberg, Horace Wells, Gene Caldwell, Homer Fisher, Tom Hill, Joe Lenhard, Tim Myrick, Herman Postma, Barry Stephenson, Bill Wilcox, Lawrence Young, Jenny Freeman, Jim Henry and Barbara Ferrell.
During Friday's ETEC presentations, the annual Postma Young Professional Medal also was presented to two recipients this year: Derrick Hammond, pastor of Oak Valley Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, and Travis Howerton, senior director of transformation at Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS).
"Created to honor the accomplishments of young professionals who've made an impact and fostered a community culture in the region," these medals are named for the late Herman Postma, a former ORNL director who "epitomized this spirit during his life," and his wife Pat, who "continues the tradition of service today through her involvement in the Oak Ridge community," a press release stated.
Look for more photos and more information on the recent recipients of both the Muddy Boot Awards and Postma Medals in upcoming print editions of The Oak Ridger and online at www.oakridger.com.
Darrell Richardson is publisher of The Oak Ridger and can be contacted at (865) 220-5510.


Pack the 20th (Sat) with family-friendly diversions at Linnanmaki Amusement Park. There's still lots to do: take in the spiritual surroundings of Rock Church, appreciate the history behind Sibelius Monument, take an in-depth tour of Seurasaari Island and Open-Air Museum, and contemplate the long history of Fortress of Suomenlinna.
To see where to stay, maps, more things to do, and tourist information, go to the Helsinki trip planner .
If you are flying in from Sweden, the closest major airport is Helsinki Vantaa Airport. In October, daytime highs in Helsinki are 10°C, while nighttime lows are 1°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 24th (Wed) to allow time to travel back home.


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Melbourne Stars spinner Adam Zampa accuses Cricket Australia of tarnishing Big Bash League brand
T20 World Cup champion Adam Zampa has accused Cricket Australia of "taking the p***" out of the Big Bash League's marquee fixture.
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Melbourne Stars leg-spinner Adam Zampa has accused Cricket Australia of "taking the p***" out of the Big Bash League's marquee fixture by desperately scrambling for Covid-19 replacement players.
The Stars camp was ambushed by Covid-19 last week, with 10 players and eight support staff testing positive to the deadly virus.
Fixtures against the Adelaide Strikers and Perth Scorchers were postponed, but the Melbourne-based franchise was forced to field a starting XI with several uncontracted grade cricketers for a one-sided contest against rivals the Melbourne Renegades at the MCG on January 3.
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Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Zampa accused administrators of trashing the competition's brand by forcing the Stars and Brisbane Heat to continue playing despite most of its squad battling the virus.
"We've worked really, really hard at the brand of BBL and (are) really careful about how we go about BBL and making sure that it stays the same and we have fun playing it, like we have in the past," he said.
"Once that gets questioned and once the integrity of the competition starts to be in doubt, that's when the line gets crossed.
"My team is now sitting in last place and we're staring down the barrel of missing (finals) again. So it's getting desperate times in terms of performance.
"We're sitting last on the table, which I really don't think is where we deserve to be sitting."
Adam Zampa of the Stars. Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
Zampa also claimed there was "absolutely no communication" from CA before the tournament started on what would happen if Covid-19 terrorised the competition.
"We're in a hub now which was promised to us wasn't going to happen. We're here now, unfortunately it's ended up this way," he said.
"The Derby day scheduled for January 3 you would think you would want two full-strength squads available.
"I think the Derby day was taken the p*** out of a little bit, and that was because it was set in stone on January 3 and that day makes a lot of money for broadcasters and Cricket Australia.
"I don't necessarily say it was right or wrong, I don't know what the other options were because we weren't really communicated with around those things."
On Monday, CA announced that a central pool of Local Replacement Players had been created for the remainder of the Big Bash season.
Each players will live under BBL biosecurity protocols and can be signed by any club under the competition's existing contracting rules.
It creates an intriguing scenario where a cricketer could theoretically play for a franchise before coming up against them later in the week.
For example, Sydney-based batter Justin Avendano has already represented the Stars and Sydney Sixers this summer.
"I think it's obvious what's going to happen – find as many players as you can, field a team and get the game on TV, because that's obviously what's most important," Zampa said.
"The answer's out there. It's happened to the Stars, it's happened to the Brissy Heat, it's probably going to happen to more teams as well.
"If there's enough heads flying around with certain coloured shirts on, then the competition goes ahead."
Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell. Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
Zampa has claimed 91 Big Bash wickets since making his T20 debut in 2012 – no spin bowler has taken more scalps in the competition's history.
Aussie Test gloveman 'couldn't catch Covid''Looks cooked': Damning stats expose star
The 29-year-old has represented Australia in 57 T20 matches, claiming 65 wickets at 21.15. He was Australia's highest wicket-taker during last year's T20 World Cup triumph, with 13 scalps in seven matches.
Zampa will serve as captain for Monday evening's match against the Adelaide Strikers while superstar batter Glenn Maxwell recovers from Covid-19.
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Daniel Sams says the Sydney Thunder is beginning to feel the effects of a long season, but is urging the side to switch on for the finals.


This mellow voice is no longer with us but her birthday was this past March 29th. She would have been 87. The lirico-spirito soprano shared the same dream my mom had but she achieved hers. At what coasts we'll never know but she did get the chance to live it. If my mom had succeeded in achieving her dream they would have been contemporaries. No. Not rivals. There were not enough roles in opera for Black women for them to fight over. And any one of them getting one was a victory for all of them. Like Gloria, my mom would have had to sail for Europe to sing on a regular basis. And probably accept that not having a family would be a reality. So, definitely, no ME. That was the life of a Black opera singer. Either and Or. Oh, there were a tiny few who married and had a family but that was rare. Those who did marry usually wed a spouse who was probably a non-Black man because, let's face it. What Black guy could afford to, or would put his pride aside, to travel the world with his opera singing wife?
Davy was one of the few who did marry. She did so several times to European men and had one son.
She was the first African-American to sing "Aida' at the Met.
So Miss Davy reached her pinnacle in Europe "cuz we know how the U. S of .A. of any era has a "quota" on how many Black anything-of-excellence can be recognized and tolerated. Leontyne price was coming up. Marian Anderson had her gigs. And then there was Grace Bumbry. Oh, hunty. To this day "mainstream" heads explode when they have to witness, and acknowledge, Black success too often. Instead of enjoying or welcoming it, they will take the same energy used to praise it and go out of its way to be nasty to Black excellence.
So, today, three days late, I honor the glorious Gloria Davy. A woman who kept it pushing even when others pushed back.
A Youtube link to Gloria Davy singing a duet with Giulietta Simionato in "Anna Bolena"
This article sums up what EVERY author of color goes through when trying to get their romance manuscript considered for publication!
Traditional Publishers! Try be genuine. I know it's hard but lying ALL THE TIME must be taxing.
Driven by the need and desire to teach the formerly enslaved, Fanny Jackson Coppin began her long journey to realize that dream once an aunt, who'd been saving for a looong time, purchased her freedom.
Fanny's curiosity and purpose served as the fire under her bottom that kept her going as she toiled as a servant while studying. Eventually, Oberlin College, the only institution of higher learning at the time that permitted entrance to both blacks and women, became her first step to progress. She became a pupil-teacher there. Building off that feat, she opened a night school for Freedmen. And the rest is Black history.
I didn't notice the passing of this scholar until this week. I was greatly impressed by his historical research into the origins of Black people in America. I used his landmark tome, Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, along with several other history books, to write my historical romance, Kindred: An American Love Story. I recall being so thrilled to find a history of early Black life that had NOT been written by a non-Black person. Why, you might ask? Because it MATTERS!
It's like looking out a window. Not everybody is gonna have the same view. Some will have a straight on view and never look down to the ground right below the window. Others might only look at the ground right below the window. Others might take a panoramic approach, and scope out everything. None will see the same thing.
That's how history should be written. All views.Not just from the view of the conqueror. Even if that view is not the one that will be told and sold for centuries. Not even if that view is not pretty or self-serving..
Mr. Bennett wrote ALL the views.
That's my view on how to pen a good historical romance too.
But I digress. This ain't about me.
So, Mr. Bennett was a historian and a journalist who saw the big picture and had the ability to write the many truths of a story. Particularly the story on HOW this land was formed and how it was formed by ALL the players involved. .
He passed on February 14th, 2018 at the age of 89.


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The best present ever-For the longest time I have wanted a subscription to Frankie. I feel like magazine subscriptions are one of those things we tend to not buy ourselves and I am always so happy when I am gifted one. My lovely family got me a subscription to Frankie this Christmas and the first issue came earlier in the week and I was so excited. This issue also comes with an awesome wall calendar for 2015 and some illustrated Australian postcards. It's loaded with a lot of extra content too and I can't wait to read it on my mini-breaks.
Hydrangea Ranger Pop Up-One of my favourite local designers, Hydrangea Ranger has a pop-up store open at the moment at Widdess in Ponsonby. If you're a bit behind with your Christmas shopping for your girlfriends, Mum, Nan and the other important ladies in your life then I suggest you head here. There's rad prints, jewellery, vases and more. I wish I could go there in person but instead I'll have to look at the beautiful 'grams of the setup.
A word for 2015-I'm not sure about you, but I don't really like the idea of New Years Resolutions. They're great in theory, but I find it lame when I don't meet them. Instead I prefer to make short term goals within the month or across a couple of months. I really like Shauna's approach though. She's chosen a word for the year and is making goals around that. Her word was create, and I'm still thinking of one for myself. Would you like me to do a post when I decide?
Lindsay Lohan's Top Shelf-Lindsay Lohan was my idol for the longest time. Her movies were a huge part of my childhood+teen years and I still watch them now. I was excited to see her Top Shelf featured on Into The Gloss this week along with her beauty secrets+loves. She's a Charlotte Tilbury fan, Mac makeup maven and isn't afraid to mix and match fragrances. Fellow fans or beauty lovers, go have a read.
An easy+delicious Christmas treat-Peppermint+chocolate are one of my favourite pairings. Throw Oreos into the mix and you have something rather delectable. Last week I made this Peppermint Chocolate Bark and it was amazing. Aside from being ridiculously simple to make, it's perfect to whip up last minute for a Christmas party or if you have unexpected guests turning up for drinks and gift exchanges.
*Have an amazing weekend everyone, and good luck if you're out doing your Christmas shopping this weekend. I have one present left to buy but I think I'm just going to get it online. I don't fancy going near another shopping mall for a while. Tonight I am off to Katy Perry with a family friend. I'm so excited to finally be getting to see Katy live. Tomorrow we have a pre-Christmas party of sorts at our place and other than that I'll just be chilling and attempting to start packing my bags before I head away early next week.
Also, you may notice Blogmas halting. I didn't really realise how full on I was going to find that and maintaining my regular blog schedule+everyday life. This week has honestly been so crazy and I'm knackered. There'll be another post up tonight but there may not be any others. Sorry guys! I now have way more respect for people who daily blog and vlog because it's a lot of work.
Ahh, I miss Frankie. It's a lot more expensive here and cashflow is short at the moment. I'm glad it's not a monthly!


Énergéco now works in partnership with Volts Energies, to provide its eco-energy autonomous homes with an innovative and environmentally friendly solar electrification solution.
For more than 15 years, Volt has been standing out for its commitment and its unique know-how in the field of alternative energies. Volt Energies is a bold entrepreneurial initiative that focuses on the design and manufacturing of efficient and cutting-edge energy systems, believing firmly that new technologies contribute significantly to the productivity and effective functioning of companies while protecting the environment.
Volts Energies is present everywhere in Quebec and Ontario, whatever the location of your project we can help you achieve it.
Here is an illustrated summary of the latest achievement under the Énergéco-Volts Energies partnership in the Saguenay region. The energy-efficient design of Énergéco's house envelope makes it possible to effectively reduce its energy needs and to associate an optimized solar system.


The SynergEyes family of hybrid contact lenses are a popular keratoconus treatment option for patients experiencing decreased vision due to mild to moderate keratoconus.
Before hybrid contact lenses, patients with keratoconus often had to wear small diameter gas permeable lenses in order to achieve good vision. In spite of the better vision, patients often could not tolerate the poor comfort associated with gas permeable contact lenses. Hybrid contact lenses were an attempt to solve this problem and were patented in 1977. Hybrid contacts gave patients a more comfortable alternative to gas permeable lenses without sacrificing vision.
Keratoconus specialists used piggyback lenses to treat patients with keratoconus before hybrid contacts were available. Piggyback lenses gave patients the benefit of good vision from a gas permeable lens while still providing good comfort. Fitting a gas permeable lens on top of a soft contact lens is called a piggyback lens. This combination gave pretty good comfort and vision. Piggyback lenses are rarely used now since hybrid lenses and scleral contact lenses both provide better vision, comfort, and ocular health.
The early generations of hybrid contact lenses were plagued with durability problems due to the difficulty in bonding the soft skirt to the gas permeable lens in the center. The first few generations of hybrid contact lenses were known to tear easily at this junction. The original SynergEyes contact lens, which gained FDA approval in 2005, was the first hybrid lens to significantly improve the durability problem. While the SynergEyes lenses are not nearly as durable as scleral contacts, gas permeable lenses or even soft contacts tearing is not nearly the problem it used to be. The original SynergEyes lenses are available in a few variations.
A significant drawback to the original SynergEyes lens is its thick, low oxygen permeable skirt, because of this the Ultrahealth hybrid contact lens was developed. If the cornea does not get enough oxygen it will grow blood vessels to make up the deficit. The lack of oxygenation to the cornea is called hypoxia. These blood vessels tend to grow into the peripheral cornea (limbus). The limbus is where the cornea meets the white part of the eye (sclera). These limbal blood vessels are called neovascularization.
The UltraHealth hybrid contact lens is the newest version of the SynergEyes keratoconus family. It differs from the original SynergEyes hybrid lens by adding a high oxygen permeable (SiHy) soft lens skirt in addition to an ultra-high oxygen central gas permeable lens. Thus improving on one of the disadvantages of the original SynergEyes design. Because of this, when a hybrid contact lens is indicated, most keratoconus specialists tend to choose the Ultrahealth hybrid contact lens over the original SynergEyes lenses. Keratoconus patients tend to have high contact lens wearing times, therefore high oxygen permeability is especially important.
While not used in the treatment of keratoconus, the SynergEyes Duette hybrid contact lenses rely on the same high oxygen permeable technology found in the Ultrahealth hybrid lenses. The Duette hybrid lenses lack the extra steep center found in the SynergEyes UltraHealth keratoconus hybrid lens designs. The Duette hybrid contact lenses were designed to give patients that find a gas permeable lens uncomfortable; however, they need the vision only found with a gas permeable lens. SynergEyes Duette hybrid contact lenses are available for high astigmatism, high refractive error, and presbyopia.
When are Hybrid Contact Lenses not The Best Option?
Hybrid contact lenses are not as customizable as other contact lens options such as scleral lenses. While a hybrid contact lens typically gives a patient reasonably good comfort the vision the fit of the lens may not be optimal for patients with advanced keratoconus or highly irregular corneas. Patients wearing a well fit scleral lens will almost always experience better comfort and vision than they had with a hybrid lens. Scleral contact lenses have the advantage of being highly customizable thus making it easier for the doctor to fine-tune both the vision and the comfort.
Patients with mild to moderate keratoconus are the best candidates for hybrid contact lenses. Hybrid contact lenses are not as customizable as scleral contact lenses or gas permeable contacts. Nonetheless, they are often used for patients needing medically necessary contact lenses.
There are many keratoconus treatment options available. Dr. Driscoll specializes in treating patients with all types of corneal problems requiring complicated contact lens designs. During your consultation, he will discuss with you all of the options available. His goal is to help you achieve your best vision. You can contact Dr. Driscoll's office at (817) 416-0333 to schedule a free consultation.


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European Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg wins to extend championship lead as Lewis Hamilton finishes fifth
The German led from start to finish in Azerbaijan and finished 16.6 seconds ahead of runner-up Sebastian Vettel, while Sergio Perez came third
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Nico Rosberg won the European Grand Prix to open up a 24-point gap in the Drivers' Standings to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who finished fifth.
The German led from start to finish in Azerbaijan and finished 16.6 seconds ahead of runner-up Sebastian Vettel.
Force India's Sergio Perez finished third after overtaking Kimi Raikonnen on the penultimate lap.
Hamilton, 31, came into the race in good form having cut Rosberg's 43-point lead to just nine points with wins in Monaco and Canada, but he struggled throughout due to technical problems with his car.
It capped a miserable weekend for the Brit, who started 10th on the grid after crashing in qualifying.
Nico Rosberg started on pole and led from start to finish in Baku (Image: AFP/Getty)
Rosberg is now 24 points clear of Lews Hamilton in the Drivers' Standings (Image: REUTERS)
The German was elated as he leaped into the air on the podium (Image: REUTERS)
Race winner Rosberg said: "It has been an amazing day and an amazing weekend - it has been spectacular."
The GP was being held in Baku for the first time and Rosberg, 30, reserved some words of praise for the race organisers.
He added: "You created a great track, it was really exciting racing. Qualifying went all to plan, it was awesome. No concerns, we went flat out."
Ferrari's Vettel, who sits third in the Drivers' Standings - 21 points behind Hamilton - added: "It's the first time here and I didn't know what to expect but it's been a great track. The circuit is incredible - you need to be well equipped around here.
"Today was a great job for us, we struggled on Friday but to see where we are now is a great recovery - two second places in a row. The car is coming along."
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Mirae Asset, Korea Investment top in errors of HTS, MTS
A total of 1,136 cases of errors in local securities companies' home trading services (HTS) and mobile trading services (MTS) have been reported over the past five years. Mirae Asset and Korea Investment topped the list for resultant financial harm inflicted on consumers.
This is according to data submitted by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to independent lawmaker Yang Jung-suk. The data tracks 29 local securities firms' errors reported since 2017, amounting to aggregated financial damages of 26.8 billion won ($19.3 million).
Mirae Asset, the biggest player in the industry, is estimated to have inflicted the highest amount of harm ― 7.6 billion won ―, due to the error cases of their HTS and MTS services during the five-year period, followed by Korea Investment's four billion won, Samsung Securities' 1.5 billion won, Kiwoom Securities' 1.1 billion and NH Investment's 100 million won.
Out of all the cases reported, only 81 percent of them were found to have compensated impacted investors.
"It is a shocking truth to know that hundreds of errors took place in either HTS or MTS trading platforms of local brokerage firms every year, while every second carries a significant importance to traders," lawmaker Yang said. "In particular, the fact that three out of the country's top five largest securities firms reported such errors for five consecutive years shows how poorly the local brokerage sector's stock trading platforms are operated," she added.
A total of 10 companies ― DB Financial, NH Investment, Kyobo, Daishin, Meritz, Samsung, Yuanta, Eugene, Kiwoom and Hanwha ― have reported cases of erroneous transactions for five consecutive years.
The lawmaker continued to criticize them saying that some of the firms, notably Heungkuk Securities and DAOL Investment, do not even have specified rules on compensation to consumers in such cases.
"The financial authority is urged to immediately come up with measures to prevent the recurrence of these types of damages inflicted on consumers," the lawmaker stressed.


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Do developers have power to meet EV charging regulations?
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Dispute over Gaza rebuilding
A day after a fragile truce took hold of the Gaza Strip, a dispute has erupted over who should be in charge of rebuilding the war-ravaged territory, amid concerns that international aid will bolster the legitimacy of Hamas and deepen the divide between Palestinian factions.
Arab governments have already pledged at least $1.25bn (€940m, £850m) for Gaza, and European leaders have also promised aid.
But Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, yesterday warned donors not to provide reconstruction aid directly to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, claiming it would scupper any chance of Palestinian unity.
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Property investment hit six-year high in Q4 2021
Property investment in the UK hit its highest level in more than six years in Q4 2021, Property Week can reveal.
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Q: Magento2 Keeping CSS changes after redeployment Hi I am new to Magento 2, I was wondering what methods people are using to keep CSS changes after they deploy static content as CSS changes are overwritten every time.
Thanks!

A: Never work in cache css files in pub/static folder. Files under this folder always overwritten when deploy command is run.
Option:
Installing and configuring Grunt
Magento has built-in Grunt tasks configured, but there are still several prerequisite steps you need to take to be able to use it:
Install node.js to any location on your machine.
Install Grunt CLI tool globally. To do this, run the following command in a command prompt:
npm install -g grunt-cli
Install (or refresh) the node.js project dependency, including Grunt, for your Magento instance. To do this, run the following commands in a command prompt:
cd
npm install
Add your theme to Grunt configuration. To do this, in the dev/tools/grunt/configs/themes.js file, add your theme to module.exports like following:
module.exports = {

    <theme>: {
        area: 'frontend',
        name: '<Vendor>/<theme>',
        locale: '<language>',
        files: [
            '<path_to_file1>', //path to root source file
            '<path_to_file2>'
        ],
        dsl: 'less'
    ...
    },

After configure run following commands:
grunt clean:
 eg: customtheme is name of my theme
Republishes symlinks to the source files to the pub/static/frontend/// directory.
grunt exec:
Compiles .css files using the symlinks published in the pub/static/frontend/// directory
grunt less:
Tracks the changes in the source files, recompiles .css files, and reloads the page in the browser pages
grunt watch

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Q: Replacing a Cassandra node with replace_address flag returns "Cannot replace address with a node that is already bootstrapped" I'm using Cassandra 3.9 and the data on one of the nodes got corrupted, so had to wipe it entirely. I want to restart it and get all the data back from other nodes.
Using JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dcassandra.replace_address=xx.xx.xx.xx gives me the error
Node already bootstrapped since the IP address is the same. I'm confused on what are the necessary steps here.

A: A replace_address shouldn't be necessary.
Of course, it'll rejoin empty and try to serve requests.  Which will fail until a nodetool rebuild or nodetool repair completes.
If you want to re-bootstrap it, I would run a nodetool removenode from one of the "good" nodes.  Then restart Cassandra on the wiped node, and it should re-bootstrap itself while also not serving requests until done.

A: You are getting this exception with replace_address:
Cannot replace address with a node that is already bootstrapped

because you didn't wipe out the data/ directory completely.
A node is flagged as "bootstrapped" when the bootstrapped column in the system.local table is set to COMPLETED. If the data/ directory is empty on startup, the system.local table will be empty so the node would bootstrap as normal. The exceptions are:

*

*The node itself is listed in its seeds list in cassandra.yaml.

*The auto_bootstrap property is set to false in cassandra.yaml.