It's great that you've got a GodVenture book and that you're wanting to 'do faith at home'. I really believe the best way for children to experience and grow in faith is for families to share their faith journey together. I have also found its great for my faith too (I have a 2 and a 3 year old).
The book is a great way to do faith together. The Bible story text is in the book from a child – friendly, good to read aloud version, along with a fun way to explore it and special notes for under 5s (which should make it accessible for young children). Of course there's the stickers and a creative prayer idea plus Something Extra for older children and adults. I've tried, wherever possible, to have open ended questions where there are no right or wrong answers, to offer an opportunity to chat and discuss and share your ideas about God. I'm always amazed at the God-wisdom my children have!
DON'T feel you have to do all the ideas! If you're keen to do more, come back another time to the same page.
DON'T feel you have to do the pages in order – I let my girls choose which one they'd like to do.
DON'T feel you have to do it every day or at a certain time. Find a way which works for you and your family. You don't have to wait for a time when you can all do it together. Start when one person is keen and invite others to join in or share with them what you've done. That's what we did this week with the blessing the children page, when we created blessing cards and hid them in Daddy's shoes and work bag.
DO have fun! Repeat what you enjoy!
DO go at your own pace and do it in your own way.
DO chat with God as you go, and give space for everyone to relate to God themselves in a way which works for them.
DO keep in touch if you'd like to, either by email or on the GodVenture Facebook page. I'm always happy to offer help and encouragement and I'd love to hear how you get on.


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UAE Exchange announced the launch of its new money transfer mobile app and website in the UAE, multiplying customer convenience with preferential exchange rates.
The mobile app has features to track forex rates and fees via graphs so that users can calculate the best times to transfer money. Customers can now transfer money internationally by logging on to the money transfer mobile app or the website and take advantage of multiple options to send and deliver funds. The online platforms bring convenience, flexibility and a slick user experience along with best exchange rates.


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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with Xi- Xinping Chinese President shows chances of possible change in South Asia. After a positive summit in Wuhan, Indian PM Modi and Chinese president Xi both made it clear they wanted the event to be the opening gambit in a rapprochement between India and China.
The modest practical achievements from the meetings are to be seen positive, as its depicting that both powers are aware of the tensions and limitations of their relationship.
Nevertheless, the decision to focus on Afghanistan as a possible source of Indo-Chinese cooperation highlights the leaders' willingness to be ambitious in their thinking. In Islamabad, however, there is a sense of concern about Pakistan being the potential loser in this larger regional rapprochement.This short-sighted logic is founded on the perennial tensions that exist between Delhi and Islamabad. Yet, it misses a few key elements. China is clearly committed to Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is the flagship project of the broader "Belt and Road Initiative" concept that Xi Jinping has advanced.
But the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor sometimes does frustrate and worry Beijing. While Chinese diplomacy is an exemplar of keeping disputes out of the public eye, there are some issues.Workers have been murdered and various insurgent and terrorist groups around the country have made specific targets of Chinese nationals and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in an attempt to undermine the government.
That the Chinese consulate in Karachi had to issue a travel advisory to nationals earlier this year, dissuading them from travelling to Quetta, illustrates the security concerns China feels in the country.The minister responsible for managing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (who is also the interior minister) was injured by an assassin's bullet does little to inspire confidence in Pakistan's national security.
China has proven willing in the past to side with Delhi on security problems. The statement after the BRICS summit last year in which China agreed to specifically single out some Pakistan-based groups for criticism, as well as Beijing's regular efforts to get Delhi and Islamabad to talk after incidents, highlight the Chinese government's awareness of the problems that exist.
In cuurent scenario What Islamabad needs to bear in mind is that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is not the only part of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is one strand of Xi Jinping's bigger foreign policy concept. It is not even the only South Asian corridor (the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor is another slow burning concept), but rather the first to be implemented with vigour.
Many officials have talked about connecting the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan, but it is not clear how positively Islamabad views this idea. The corridor will only deliver the prosperity that will help Pakistan grow if it is a truly regional project, and this means it must connect better with its immediate neighbours as well as those in the Khunjerab Pass area.
Islamabad needs to pay attention before casting all its chips in one basket; the West needs to focus on what South Asia's course means for any attempts to use India as a counterbalance to China.Ultimately,it can be said that these Asian giants know their own backyard, and will focus on that over any global ideological confrontation.


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VAILANKANNI, India -- Six members of Melvin Antony's family were washed away when killer waves struck this town, though only one body was found. After weeks of hoping against hope, Anthony has come to accept that all are dead. But he has yet to convince India's bureaucrats.
Antony, an office worker in his 30s who lives 220 miles away in Madras, has made the all-day trip to this tiny coastal town in southern India three times since the Dec. 26 tsunami. Next week he will come again, hoping to collect the death certificates of his mother, nephew, niece and two sisters. Only the body of his nephew was found. A brother-in-law survived.
"The others are all dead. If they were alive, we would have known," Antony said, his voice choking. The five are among 5,640 missing in India, in addition to nearly 11,000 confirmed dead.
Even in normal times, categorizing a missing person as dead is a meticulous, often time-consuming process in this country. For relatives of tsunami victims, the absence of remains has made the process even more of an ordeal, adding to their suffering. Like Antony, hundreds of people have made long -- often futile -- trips to government offices and police stations to get missing relatives declared dead.
And yet it's important in a disaster of this scale for relatives to have an official declaration of death as soon as possible. Not only are death certificates are required for claiming insurance and transferring property or bank accounts, they can also provide emotional closure for relatives in a disaster where so many of the dead simply vanished.
Some were swept out to sea; others were buried unbeknownst to their kin in the rush to remove a potential source of disease. Often their remains were not photographed for later identification or were so disfigured they could not be recognized.
More than 900 people were reported missing in Vailankanni, home to an 18th century church much visited during the Christmas season. At least 614 people were confirmed dead. Most were tourists, including Antony's family who visited the church to attend the midnight Mass and stayed on.
It used to be a person had to be missing seven years before he could be declared dead. The law was changed in 1998 to allow exceptions for natural disasters, but only if a missing person report is promptly filed with police. Police then investigate, checking for example whether the person was in the disaster area at the time.
If a case involves government compensation, survivors have to get authorities in their area to certify they are related to the deceased. Once the claim is complete, a process that takes at least several weeks, an administrative officer of the area where the death occurred can issue a death certificate.
But police are often skeptical of First Information Reports that are filed late, which can delay the process considerably.
As of Saturday, authorities had disbursed $7.7 million in compensation to 3,500 families. The district's death toll is 6,054. But that doesn't include the hundreds of bodies buried without being photographed because there were not enough cameras, or time, said J. Radhakrishnan, the top administrator.
District officials have urged aid groups and fishermen associations to help the poor file reports with police, fill out claim forms and open bank accounts. Last week, it set up a computerized center, where people can file a report and collect a death certificate, instead of having to return to the scene of their loved ones' deaths.
All pictures of unidentified bodies have been collated into a single computer database and displayed at district headquarters. Forensic experts have been roped in to help relatives identify the photographs. Software students from a state university and local colleges have carried the database on laptops to villages, so that more bodies can be identified.
"We are doing our best to help the survivors of missing people, most of whom are actually dead," administrator Radhakrishnan said. "But we can't break the basic rules. There has to be a FIR and a death certificate. Only then, we can release the compensation."


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During the fifteenth century England's international (which meant European) position had declined. This was due to her internal problems. Edward IV had ambitions for French lands, and even the French crown. But where England had declined in this period, France had grown.
The main powers at this time were:
Not a major power but a concern:
As you will see in the following sections Henry followed a defensive foreign policy.
The French King had offered assistance in 1485, and so Henry must have felt some sort of debt towards him.
The big crisis of the reign with regard to France was Charles VIII's invasion of Brittany. Henry had been in exile in Brittany in his youth, and he was close with the Duke of Brittany. It was also an area of France that still had independence from the vastly growing French state.
Henry felt that he had to take some action, to show the other European powers that he was a force to be reckoned with, as a show of support to Anne, the Duchess of Brittany, and as a show of power to Charles. Yet, he had to do all of this without losing face, losing the battle, or spending huge amounts of money. So Henry played a clever card. He invaded France in the October of 1492 with a limited number of troops (many of which were provided by Anne), and he did so late on in the year, demonstrating that he did not have a long and drawn out campaign in mind.
It paid off. Charles, eager to invade Italy, sought peace, which resulted in the Treaty of Etaples. He agreed to pay Henry a pension of 745 000 gold crowns, and swore not to support any rebels like Warbeck or the de la Poles. Henry did well to show strength out of a very weak position.
Burgundy was England's enemy, and yet at the same time trade with the Low Countries (Flanders, Belgium and the Netherlands) was crucial to England's commercial development. The Burgundy family had ties with the Yorkist family, and was eager to see Yorkists returned to the throne. For this reason they supported the de la Poles and the rising of Perkin Warbeck. Perkin was accepted by Maximilian as Richard IV, and in return Warbeck declared Maximilian as heir to the English throne!
However, there were no invasions as Henry imposed economic sanctions on Maximilian rather than military action. Not long after, in 1496, Maximilian was forced to retract and sign the Magnus Intercurcus.
From this point onwards Burgundy was in a state of decline, and relations between the two countries improved. In 1506 Philip of Burgundy handed over the Duke of Suffolk (Edmund de la Pole).
Spain had been united in 1479 by the marriage of Isabella of Castille to Ferdinand of Aragon. The two countries, England and Spain shared suspicions about the rising power of the French Kingdom. They tried to use one another to counter-balance France. Their alliance was cemented in 1501 with the marriage of Henry's eldest son, and heir to the throne, Arthur, to Catherine, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella. This was a clear acceptance of Henry as a major figure in European politics.
But then disaster struck. In 1502 Arthur died. This raised issues about the continuation of the Tudor dynasty (another son, Edmund, had died in 1500). There remained Henry, a boy of eleven. Quickly, Henry proposed his only remaining son for the match. However, the diplomatic situation had changed, France and Spain were at peace. Ferdinand demanded better terms for the marriage. By the following year relations between the two countries were in a state of decline. But then the tables turned again, and this time it was Henry who was able to demand more from the union. Henry arranged that Spain, the Netherlands and England should unite in a strong anti-French alliance.
Traditionally, this was England's enemy. Since 1328 the two had been at war. Henry, wishing to reduce the spending on military affairs, sought a peace treaty with Scotland, which resulted in a seven-year truce signed with James III. Unfortunately, James was murdered soon afterwards, and Henry was to find relations with James IV more difficult.
James IV welcomed Perkin Warbeck into his court, recognising his claim to the throne, and even marrying him to a rich Scottish heiress. Scotland sought support from England's other enemy, Burgundy. This alliance meant that if the two countries decided to invade Henry would have to send forces to the south and to the north. If it happened, this would be a very expensive war.
In 1497, Henry was in a position to renew the truce with Scotland, and James agreed to give up Perkin Warbeck.
By 1502 relations had improved so much that a full treaty was signed. A union that was later confirmed by the marriage of Margaret, Henry's daughter, to James.
Both the rebellions of Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck had started in Ireland. Henry felt that the province had been treated too lightly, and sent over the Earl of Kildare to rule the Pale in his name. (The Pale is modern day Dublin.)
What the experts say
R.B. Wernham sums up Henry's foreign policy thus,


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The number of unemployed jobseekers increased in February
A total of 248,100 unemployed jobseekers were registered at the Employment and Economic Development Offices at the end of February. This is 2,300 more than a year earlier. The number of unemployed jobseekers decreased by 3,500 from the previous month. The figures are from the Employment Service Statistics of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
The number of long-term unemployed — that is those who had been unemployed without interruption for at least a year — amounted to 63,200, down 1,500 on the previous year. Among those aged over 50, the number of unemployed was 93,600, representing an increase of 700 on the year before.
The number of unemployed jobseekers aged under 25 totalled 29,800, representing a decrease of 700 from February last year. Among unemployed young people, the period of unemployment ended within three months on average in 64.0% of cases between January and February, which is 0.9 percentage points more than the year before.
Decrease in number of new vacancies
The number of new vacancies reported to Employment and Economic Development Offices during February totalled 73,600, or 4,200 less than in February the previous year. In all, the number of unfilled vacancies at Employment and Economic Development Offices in February amounted to 164,400, which was 3,000 more than a year ago.
At the end of February, the number of persons covered by services included in the activation rate amounted to 119,200, down 6,700 on the previous year. These services include pay subsidies, labour market training, work trials and self-motivated studies.
At the end of February, the number of people laid off was 24,900 in the whole country; a year-on-year increase of 2,900. The number of people fully laid off totalled 18,800, representing an increase of 2,800 from February the year before.
Statistics Finland: Unemployment rate 6.9%
According to the Labour Force Survey issued by Statistics Finland, in February the number of people in employment was 20,000 more than on the previous year. The employment rate was 71.3%, which was 0.5 percentage points higher than in February the year before. According to the Survey, the unemployment total was 187,000, which is 13,000 less than a year ago. The unemployment rate was 6.9%, or 0.5 percentage points lower than the previous year.
Key differences between Employment Service Statistics and the Labour Force Survey
This information is based on the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment's Employment Service Statistics and the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland. The Employment Service Statistics of the Ministry are compiled on the basis of the information in the Employment and Economic Development Offices' customer register, while the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland is based on sampling.
In the Ministry's Employment Service Statistics, people that are not in an employment relationship or employed in business are listed as unemployed. Persons fully laid-off but not full-time students are also categorised as unemployed in the Employment Service Statistics. The Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland has a stricter definition for being unemployed: a person is unemployed if he or she has actively sought employment during the preceding four weeks and is available for work over the coming two weeks. The figures of the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland are internationally comparable and thus they are the official Finnish unemployment statistics.
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OLD PARKED CARS.: 1972 Ford Maverick Grabber.
I've had photos of this thing on my computer for years that I've never been happy with, yours are way better. What a relief!
yeah, i was surprised when i found it, 'cause i know you're always in that neighborhood and have canvassed it thoroughly. then i made sure to check the previously posted mavericks, just in case.
love the flat, oxidized orange paint, free of any pesky clearcoat. a pleasure to photograph.
I love those hood scoops, they are so subtle and yet give it a little attitude.
mini muscle at it's best.
Loved the Maverick Grabbers. This is is nice because it has the smaller bumpers. The big clunky safety bumpers weren't mandatory on Mavericks until 1973.
Excellent color combo as well.
This is probably my favorite Ford ever (US Ford anyhow). It is almost identical in appearance to the Aussie XB Falcon of the same time period. That rear angled glass, the front end with round lights, so very, very close to being a perfect American Mad Max Interceptor. Love it.
Needs slotmags. Hell, what car from the 70's DOESN'T need slotmags?


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Most of the time, success goes hand in hand with a person's net worth. Several South African athletes have been successful in their careers. Many are fan favorites for punters on the South African Betway Mobile app for their great performances.
We are going to look at those who have been ranked as the most successful:
Ernie Els is also known as "The Big Easy." He is a golfer who has won four times; two opens and two US opens. He is also a former World's no. 1, and he emerged victorious in 79 tours. He is known to have come up with designs for public golf courses around the globe. Apart from being a sports person, Els is also an entrepreneur. He owns a wine farm. His net worth is R1.3 Billion.
Jacques Kallis
Jacque Kallis is a cricket player. Kallis is the only player to make 10,000 runs and taken 250 wickets in both one-day formats and tests. He is also among the best all-rounders in the history of cricket. He has served as both a player and the manager in the Indian Premier League. His net worth is R980 Million.
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen is a golf player. He is also known as "The Goose." He has 41 tour victories and also won two titles in the US Open games. Retief has also ranked in the top 10 of the world golfers. This success has made him get two endorsements by Grey Goose and Rolex. His net worth is R654 Million.
Bryan Habana
Bryan Habana is a rugby player that is known to be very fast in the field. In 2007, he won the title of being the IRB Rugby player of the year. In the same year, he was the world cup winner. He was the top try scorer for Springbok with 67 tries. His performances gave rugby gamblers on Betway something to think about. He has played for the Bulls, Stormers and Lions. Later on, he signed a five-year contract with Toulon, which is a French club. His net worth is R614 Million.
Steven Pienaar
Pienaar is a soccer player who has played for Everton in the English Premier League. He made 150 appearances for Everton. He has also played for Dortmund, Ajax and Spurs. Later on, he went back to South Africa to play for Bidvest Wits. His net worth is R523 Million.
Louis Oosthuizen
Louis is a golf player. He has 19 tour victories came to the limelight after winning the Open Championships in 2010 at St Andrews. He also emerged first runners up in both the US Open and Masters. UPS and Mercedes Benz have endorsed him. His net worth is R496 Million.
Charl is a golf player. He has won in the Asian tour and the US Masters in 2011. In 2012, he scooped the sixth position in the World. He also has 11 European tour victories. Apart from the tour victories, he is also a multiple winner of the Alfred Dunhill at Leopard Creek. His net worth is R457 Million.
Jacques Fourie
Fourie is a rugby player. He has played for the Stormers, Springbok and Lions. In the 11 year period that he played for Springbok, he won 72 caps for them. He also contributed to the winning of the World cup in 2007. Apart from rugby fans, even punters on Betway recognized the influence he had on games. He later on joined the Kobelco Steelers in Japan. His net worth is R286 Million.
Villiers is a cricket player who has many batting records. He has won the World's fastest One Day International (ODI) 50, 100, and 150 and has played for three Indian Premier League teams. His net worth is R265 Million.
Chris Morris is a cricket player who has played for the Indian Premier League with the Delhi Daredevils. He has scored 17 balls and holds the league's fastest half-century. His net worth is R222 Million.
Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley go head-to-head in the main event of UFC Fight Night 178 this weekend.
This will be final event before the world of UFC heads back to Abu Dhabi for a host of major fights.
Covington lost his last bout to Kamaru Usman at UFC 245 in December 2019.
Woodley, meanwhile, has suffered back-to-back defeats recently, losing to Gilbert Burns in May.
Both fighters will be eager to get their careers back on track this weekend.
Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone will be on the undercard as he looks to hit back from four straight defeats against Niko Price.
UFC Fight Night 178: Date and start time
The event is scheduled to take place in the early hours of Sunday, September 19 for UK fans and will be held behind closed doors.
The preliminary card begins at 11pm on Saturday night UK time. The main card starts around 1am with Overeem and Sakai expected to start at 4am.
The event is being held at the UFC APEX Center in Las Vegas.ttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.410.0_en.html#goog_1983551844Play VideoEddie Hearn doesn't think that he could promote Conor McGregor even if he is retired from UFC
UFC Fight Night 178: TV and live stream
BT Sport 1 will broadcast the event with their coverage of the prelims starting at 11pm on Saturday. Their main show starts at 1am on Sunday ahead of Covington vs. Woodley.
The show will be live streamed on BT Sport's website and app.
The early prelims will be shown on UFC's Fight Pass for subscribers as normal.
In the US, all prelim bouts will be simulcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ in English and Spanish.
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You can then cancel the trial at any time.
UFC Fight Night 176: Fight card
Main card (BT Sport 1, 1am Sunday)
Colby Covington vs. Tyron Woodley, Welterweight Donald Cerrone vs. Niko Price, Welterweight
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gerald Meerschaert, Middleweight
Johnny Walker vs. Ryan Spann, Light Heavyweight
Mackenzie Dern vs. Randa Markos, Women's Strawweight
Kevin Holland vs. Darren Stewart, Middleweight
Preliminary Card (BT Sport 1, 11pm Saturday)
Mirsad Bektic vs. Luiz Garagorri, Featherweight
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Mara Romero Borella, Women's Flyweight
Jordan Espinosa vs. David Dvorak, Flyweight
Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Sarah Alpar, Women's Bantamweight
Journey Newson vs. Randy Costa, Bantamweight
Andre Ewell vs. Irwin Rivera, Bantamweight
Darrick Minner vs. T.J. Laramie, Featherweight
UFC Fight Night 176: What has been said?
Woodley has warned Covington he is willing to hurt him illegally when the pair finally this weekend.
The welterweight clash is years in the making, with the two men first linked to one another when Woodley was champion in 2018.
Both men accused the other of rejecting the chance to make the fight, but the talking finally stops on September 19 at the UFC Apex.
However, 'The Chosen One' has taken the trash talking to the next level, by suggesting he will strike Covington in the groin if needs be.
"I agree with you, I will let my hands go," Woodley said. "You guys and you fans telling me 'let your hands go, let your hands go,'
"I need to let them go. You have that, you have my word I will let these hands go.
"I'll let them go upside his head, body. I might even punch in the sack for the warning, bap. I will take the warning or even the point deduction, I feel good guys."
Video gameplay has attracted negative attention in some parts of our culture. It has been seen by some as unproductive, time-wasting, and preventing people from going outside.
This has changed a lot in recent years, though. Video game players have turned pro, taking part in competitive leagues and tournaments. These esports events often have large pots of prize money that is handed out to the participants, depending on their final position. Are you ready to enter the world where top players can potentially earn millions of dollars?
The Early Days of the Professional Esports Player
Video game competitions are called esports and have grown into a billion-dollar industry in just a few years. Some of the esports tournaments and leagues that we know today began in the early 2000s and have developed strong followings.
These include multi-discipline competitions like Major League Gaming, the Intel Extreme Masters, and the World Cyber Games. A range of titles are played by their participants, including Dota 2, Hearthstone, CrossFire, FIFA, World of Tanks, and Super Smash Bros.
If a game is popular, it's likely to have an esports competition that uses it too, although some titles are more present than others. For example, Hearthstone, Fornite, and iRacing are commonly featured in competitions.
It is only within the last decade or so that we have seen esports grow into a professional discipline. Like all sports, as the number of spectators has increased, businesses have become interested in sponsoring events to get their brand in front of excited fans. This has driven up the professionalism and commercialism of esports and led to large prize funds.
While in the first few iterations of Major League Gaming, the World Cyber Games, and the Intel Extreme Masters, competitors shared prize purses of a few hundred thousand dollars among their competitors, but this has grown to millions in 2020.
The International (Dota 2) tournament awards more than $30 million to its competitors, while it has been estimated that global prize money now equates to over $700 million each year.
Thiese huge payouts spawned some wealthy esports gamers. The Danish player Johan Sundstein, who goes by the name N0tail when is thought to have earned almost $7 million from esports. He earned nearly half of that just in 2019, bringing in more than $3 million of winnings.
Additionally, professional esports players can boost their earnings by broadcasting their gaming on streaming platforms like Twitch. A report by the Hollywood Reporter claimed that some are making as much as $15,000 per hour doing this.
This money is generated through donations, paid channel subscriptions and advertising, and sponsorship deals, similar to how YouTubers make money.
Anyone Can Get Involved
Unlike many traditional professional sports, there are a lot of esports tournaments where members of the public can qualify for a place. This is most common with esports that are organized by traditional sports leagues, that help run the marketing for the video games and the sport itself.
Although competition for a place is fierce, it is a genuine route into professional video game playing. So anyone who wants to have a career in esports may wish to consider one of these games.
Launched in 2018, the NBA 2K League is the official NBA esports league. It has teams that are affiliated with the teams in the real NBA, although the divisions remain independent of each other. Therefore NBA championship outcomes or betting odds are not affected by the performance of teams in the 2K League and vice versa.
Players can take part in the NBA 2K League Qualifier to earn a place in its draft. Those that get drafted go on to represent their team in the main league, with live events taking place across the US.
The 2019 qualifier rules required players to win at least 50 games and maintain a win percentage of at least 50% in online games during the qualifying period. Therefore, if they played 120 games, they would have to have won at least 60 of them.
They also had to complete an online application form, which was designed to test their understanding of basketball and the NBA 2K game, as well as their commitment to fair and respectful competition.
The draft then took place in four rounds, with a total of 75 players being picked by the teams. In 2019, teams didn't take up the option, but they also can forfeit a draft selection to retain a player from the previous season.
Racing simulation video games are perhaps the most realistic of esports. While the NBA 2K game has ballers controlled by joysticks, the Codemasters Formula 1 games are usually controlled using force feedback steering wheels and pedals that make racing as close as possible to the real thing.
This can be seen in Nissan's GT Academy that takes the best players of the Gran Turismo video game and turns them into professional race drivers. Past winners of this competition include Jann Mardenborough, who has been successful in Super GT and Formula 3.
While the Formula 1 game doesn't offer the chance to compete against Lewis Hamilton in real life, it does give you the chance to take part in the F1 Esports Series. Like the NBA 2K League, teams are affiliated with the official Formula 1 teams and players can be drafted into a driving spot through qualification.
There are multiple qualification routes with a time trial contest, the "challenger series," and a "playoff," all adding contenders to the draft event. Each team ends up with a total of three drivers, one for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC versions of the game.
The Dream Job?
For many people, playing video games for a living is a dream. Until recently, it wasn't something that many could believe would happen. However, with competitions like these that are open to the public, it's possible for truly talented video game players to earn a job as a video game player.
Competition is strong, though, and as the NBA 2K League has demonstrated, there's no guarantee that you'll be kept for future seasons. Instead, players will need to use the fame their position attracts to build more sustainable income sources, either through sponsored video game playing or entering into other tournaments.
Fight to Fame has been touring all over the world and planting roots wherever they can.
Ever since this show was launched, all you've probably ever heard about are the deals they've closed with big personalities in different continents and legends they've secured as ambassadors.
Entering different markets is definitely a tough process because producers need to understand how the market works and what appeals best to their customers. But the team behind Fight to Fame doesn't seem to be fazed, in fact, they're planning to enter one of the toughest markets in the world—Mexico.
Boxing Popularity in Mexico
Other than their great culture and beautiful destinations, Mexico is also known as the fighting country. People even say that boxing is surely a topic that will lead to meaningful friendships in Mexico. But why is boxing the most popular sport in the country? Let's start off with the legendary figures that hailed from this country.
This country has produced boxers such as Ricardo Lopez, Juan Manual Marquez, Julio Cesar Chavez, and Marco Antonio Barrera—all successful and legendary during their boxing time. These boxers serve as inspirations for a lot of Mexicans. Another is the kind of work ethic that ensues with boxing.
Boxing is a sport that allowed these boxers to pour their mind, heart, and soul into training which eventually led them to success. This is a trait that's innate in Mexicans which solidifies the sport's popularity in the country.
Lastly, this is a very patriotic country. Whenever there's a huge boxing fight, everybody will find a way to watch it. It's basically a sport that can clear the streets and make everybody sit tight on their seats while the boxing match is ongoing.
Everybody loves and supports their national bet on any sport and boxing just happens to be on a global platform. With all these reasons, it's no wonder that boxing is indeed a popular sport in Mexico.
Will Fight to Fame's Sports Model succeed in Mexico?
Without a doubt, Fight to Fame banks on Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). It's not just simply boxing but it's a mixture of all other fighting sports which is not common in the country.
One of the reasons for MMA's unpopularity in Mexico is that there aren't that many schools or places where one can learn other martial arts. Since the country is quite focused on boxing, arts like wrestling or Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu might not ring any bells for most citizens.
Reality TV shows are one thing but Mexicans on reality TV shows are another.
As mentioned in the previous section, as much as Mexican boxers pour their heart and soul into training, Mexicans also go out of their way to support their national contenders. If there's a Mexican on any show, you'd be sure that Mexicans will support that person.
Not to mention, the show will grant the winner a role in a huge action movie in Hollywood. That's a ticket to fame that a lot of people, not just Mexicans, want to get their hands on.
This is one of the things that will make Fight to Fame succeed in Mexico. This could also be an avenue to introduce the entire population to MMA easily. Who knows, Fight to Fame might just start a whole new generation of MMA fighters in the country.
Succeeding in Mexico
If Fight to Fame plays their card well in Mexico, they could just be the next big hit in the country. Mexicans will be on the edge of their seats waiting for the next episode to support their contender.
And we all know that Mexicans will try their best to win everything they take part in, who knows, Fight to Fame Mexico might just be the next big thing.


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Amazon plans to create 3,000 jobs in Boston with new office expansion
Published Tue, Jan 26 20218:59 AM EST Updated Tue, Jan 26 20213:31 PM EST
Annie Palmer@annierpalmer
Amazon announced it will expand its Boston tech hub and create 3,000 new roles across its Alexa, cloud-computing, robotics and pharmacy teams.
The company will open a new office in Boston's Seaport district.
It comes as Amazon hired at unprecedented levels in 2020, buoyed by a pandemic-fueled surge in e-commerce demand.
Nikol Szymul staffs a reception desk at Amazon offices discretely tucked into a building called Fiona in downtown Seattle, Washington on May 11, 2017.
plans to create 3,000 jobs and open a new office in Boston, the company announced Tuesday.
The new hires — expected to be focused on software development, artificial intelligence, machine learning, management, HR and finance — will support its Amazon Web Services, robotics, Alexa and nascent Amazon Pharmacy teams. Amazon expects to add the jobs over the next several years.
Amazon said it leased a 17-story office tower in Boston's Seaport district to accommodate the new hires. The 630,000-square-foot office, which is set to be completed in 2024, will include working space, innovation labs and mixed-use common areas for employees, as well as two theaters and other spaces for the public.
The expansion builds on Amazon's growing presence in Boston. In 2018, Amazon said it would create 2,000 jobs in Boston and announced it would lease a separate 17-story mixed-use building in the Seaport district. Construction on the tower is expected to be completed this year.
Amazon has been hiring at unprecedented levels during the pandemic, buoyed by a surge in e-commerce demand, as stuck-at-home shoppers turned to online retailers for both essential and nonessential goods.
The company added more than 400,000 employees in 2020, which pushed its global workforce to more than 1 million. Last year, Amazon announced it will add thousands of jobs at tech hubs in major cities, including New York, Detroit and San Diego.
Amazon's head of devices on the future of Alexa
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Q: HOC and formik loosing focus I created a bootstrap form input component in which if you submit an icon, it will change it as a HOC component. the input is validated by Formik
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 placeholder="Digite su correo"
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HOC - the issue is here, where for any reason formik lose the focus
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i wanna know alternatives to fix this without create two component to render an input if they have icon or not
Here the code to reproduce

A: You can memoize the wrapper component so it isn't remade every re-render. So in your InputUi.js file have:
import React, { useMemo } from "react";

...

const Wraper = useMemo(() => ({ children }) => {
    return icon ? (
      <InputIconGroup children={children} />
    ) : (
      <FormGroup children={children} />
    );
  }, [icon]);

This should fix the issue in the short term, but it'd be good if you did some investigating and learning into why it was happening and practices to avoid this kind of stuff, otherwise it'll most likely happen again

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These custom animations were created using Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator. Each presentation was specific to the clients needs; and packaged in a clear plastic hard shelled container with a brief bio and business card attached. During this time, hundreds of presentations were created; this is just a small sample of what I created.


We support FINRA's revised position on the elimination of sub-vendors from the rule and view this as a positive development for the industry, as any requirements regarding sub-vendor notification would have made industry compliance overly burdensome (as we discussed in our April Outsourcing Alert). Of lesser note, FINRA will be tightening some of the proposed language of the rule to clarify some issues. For example, it will clarify that activities with third-parties in the ordinary course of business, such as government securities clearing banks (i.e., Chase and Bank of New York Mellon), foreign clearing banks (i.e., Euroclear) and custodians, are not intended to be within the scope of this rule.


The financial crisis that started in 2007 unveiled the fragility of the market for liquidity and how this was underestimated by market participants and regulators alike. Liquidity risk is particularly deceitful because it carries an externality with potentially large systemic implications. From the individual investor's perspective, while it may be rational to gain exposure to liquidity risk with a large mismatch in asset-liability maturities, many individual investors do not take into account that, when there is a liquidity crunch, the need to unload assets has adverse effects on others and forces them to sell their positions as well, causing a loss spiral of the kind that exacerbated the recent financial crisis (Brunnermeier 2009).
The problem may become even more acute in the future. The extraordinary measures taken by public authorities to prevent the collapse in the markets for liquidity are likely to amplify moral hazard and reduce banks' incentives to hedge against liquidity risks. There is a clear need for regulation that addresses the externality created by liquidity risk and reduces the need for public intervention.
The Basel Committee is proposing two concurrent quantity limits (BCBS 2009). The Liquidity Coverage Ratio posits that banks must hold enough high quality liquid assets to cover cash outflows (calculated under heavy stress scenarios) over 30 days. The Net Stable Funding Ratio requires banks to fund their assets, weighted according to their (il)liquidity, with equity, deposits and liabilities with an effective maturity of over one year.
An alternative proposal would impose liquidity risk charges or levies that penalise short-term funding (Perotti and Suarez 2009), i.e. a Pigouvian tax that could be calibrated on banks' funding structure, size, and interconnectedness. Another price-based suggestion is to apply capital requirement surcharges proportional to the size of the maturity mismatch (Brunnermeier et al. 2009).
These proposals may help reduce aggregate liquidity risk but share three main problems.
First, they might generate significant deadweight losses by inefficiently curbing the liquidity and maturity transformation function of banks.
Given the uncertainty about marginal costs and benefits of reducing maturity exposures of banks, the choice of a wrong instrument (i.e. a quantity versus a price mechanism) or its inappropriate calibration may imply large welfare costs (Weitzman 1974). While maturity transformation might have been excessive at some point, it remains a vital function of the financial system and its importance is unlikely to diminish in the future given the structural demand for short-term, safe assets from investors and of longer-term funds from firms and households (Caballero 2009).
Second, the proposed measures do not tackle the systemic dimension of liquidity risk.
The proposed measures are based on individual banks' asset-liabilities structure. But liquidity risk in the financial system as a whole may be very different from what can be inferred from individual mismatches (Hellwig 2008). They might therefore end up being neither necessary nor sufficient to prevent future crises.
Third, all the proposals are geared towards reducing the probability of a liquidity crisis, but should a crisis happen they do nothing to dampen it. Indeed, they may even worsen it.
For example, if quantity limits are imposed, a liquidity shock could push many banks below the minimum required; the need to restore the regulatory ratios would trigger sales of assets and/or a rush to "stable" sources of funds that may propagate the panic.
Ideally, since liquidity crises are rare systemic events, policy proposals to limit them should be directed at correcting externalities while minimising the deadweight loss in normal times. Policies should have a systemic perspective, be easy to implement and difficult to circumvent, and possibly provide relief when a crisis occurs.
the securities are rolled over with a yield that reflects both the credit-worthiness of the bank and the price of liquidity in the market at the moment of roll-over; for example it could be indexed to sector-rating class specific yield indices that are routinely published.
These ROOFs would allow banks to keep liquidity during a crisis, reducing their need to return to panicked markets to get funding or to "fire-sale" assets giving rise to price spirals. Given that the roll-over option would be activated only in the wake of a systemic crisis, in normal times the impact and the distortions in the market for liquidity would be contained (see Nicoletti-Altimari and Salleo 2010 for more detail).
We suggest that the incentive for banks to issue ROOFs is provided by regulatory relief. Within the context of the liquidity standards proposed by the Basel Committee, for example, the funds raised with this instrument could be considered as retail deposits. Issuing a ROOF would reduce the denominator of the issuer's Liquidity Coverage Ratio and increase the numerator of its Net Stable Funding Ratio, in both cases improving its liquidity position. At the same time, banks would have a disincentive to buy ROOFs as they would increase the denominator of its Net Stable Funding Ratio, worsening their liquidity position. This mechanism would thus provide incentives for banks to shift liquidity risk outside the banking sector, reducing interconnectedness.
Supervisory authorities should set a maximum value for the trigger, i.e. the value of the indicator above which the option could be activated. This is necessary to avoid that the value is set very high by banks and that ROOFs are issued only to circumvent liquidity requirements. Below this maximum the determination of the exact value of the trigger would be left to the contracting parties.
The cost of the embedded option in a ROOF should be low in normal times, since liquidity crises are rare events and the cost borne by the buyers, should the option be triggered, is the unavailability of the invested capital, while the return would reflect current market prices for liquidity and credit risk. This should limit capital losses and, given that liquidity crises usually do not last "too long", the inconvenience of not being able to dispose of funds should be relatively short. ROOFs should be attractive funding instruments for banks if one considers that liquidity crises are essentially about rationing: nobody wants to finance a bank even though returns would be very high, because of asymmetric information, while banks would be willing to pay very high spreads but there are no funds available.
Who would buy a ROOF? A ROOF would be an attractive proposal for an investor willing to bear systemic liquidity risk, i.e. to face the possibility of not being able to cash in a security during a liquidity crisis, although possibly without suffering capital losses by the end of the crisis. We believe that this is a case of diversifiable systemic risk since there are many possible investors that routinely invest a share of their holdings in liquid assets but that are not necessarily interested in selling them during relatively short-lived liquidity crises: pension funds, mutual funds, sovereign funds, hedge funds, and even households. ROOFs should be relatively attractive for these investors as the return would be higher than that of alternative assets with equivalent maturity, while the extra risk attached to them would normally be low.
The adoption of ROOFs, combined with regulatory reform, would provide a tool to address the systemic dimension of liquidity risk while limiting market distortions. It could help shift liquidity risk outside the banking industry, reducing the inter-connectedness of banks and spreading liquidity risk among a larger variety of investors. Moreover, since liquidity risk has a self-fulfilling component triggered by runs and fire sales, by containing funding requirements during episodes of financial turmoil it would make banks more stable ex ante, decreasing the likelihood of a crisis. Furthermore, it would help contain the costs of a crisis if banks can secure sufficient liquidity thanks to the widespread use of this contingent claim. Finally, this instrument would generate an additional form of market discipline as buyers would have the incentive to monitor more carefully general liquidity conditions in the markets.
Disclaimer: the views expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Italy.
Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (2009), "International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring", Bank for International Settlements, Basel, December.
Brunnermeier, Markus (2009), "Deciphering the Liquidity and Credit Crunch 2007-08", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 23(1): 77-100.
Brunnermeier, Markus, Andrew Crockett, Charles Goodhart, Avinash Persaud, and Hyun Shin (2009), "The Fundamental Principles of Financial Regulation", Geneva Reports on the World Economy n. 11.
Caballero, Ricardo (2009), "The "Other" Imbalance and the Financial Crisis", Baffi Lecture, Bank of Italy, 10 December.
Hellwig, Martin (2008), "Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector: An Analysis of the Subprime Mortgage Financial Crisis", Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, n. 43.
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Perotti, Enrico, and Javier Suarez (2009), "Liquidity Charges as a Macroprudential Tool", CEPR Policy Insight 40, London.
Weitzman, ML (1974), "Prices vs. Quantities", Review of Economic Studies 41(4):477–491.


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490 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Sunday in Port Harcourt said that the Federal Government would rehabilitate and empower 490 Nigerians evacuated from Libya.
Tailor commits suicide after husband sends her out of their home
A young woman, has reportedly taken her own life after an issue with her husband.
According to reports, the said woman, a tailor by profession committed suicide at No 4, Adebiayae street, Yaba, Lagos, after her husband kicked her out of their matrimonial home.
Reports have it that the woman and her kids had been sleeping in her shop situated in Yaba, for many days, before her dead body was discovered this morning.
Her corpse has since been evacuated by some police officers.
Father, uncle allegedly rape daughter, 16, for four years
A father, Segun Durojaiye, and his brother, Emmanuel Durojaiye, who allegedly raped his 16-year-old daughter for four years were on Monday charged with incest before a Yaba Chief Magistrates' Court, Lagos State.
Segun, 52, who resides at Baba-Benja Street, and Emmanuel, 44, of No. 10, Durojaiye St., all in Oreyo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, are facing a charge of defilement.
Man gets 21 years jail term for abducting four-year-old albino boy
A Court in Malawi on Monday sentenced a man who kidnapped a four-year-old albino boy in absentia to 21 years in prison.
The court in the Southern City of Zomba handed sentenced Jafali Ligomba, even though he is still at large and the child is yet to be found, in the hopes that the punishment would be a deterrent to others.
Ex-VP Atiku Atiku threatens to sue NEF chief Paul Unongo for libel
A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday threanted to sue a leader of the Northern Elders Forum, Paul Unongo, for accusing him of being a financier of the Miyetti Allah, an association of cattle breeders.
Atiku issued this threat in a letter by his lawyer, Mahmud Magaji (SAN), asking Unongo to retract "the blatant and malicious falsehood" within seven days.
Photos of The All New 2019 Mercedes Benz G Class Revealed Ahead Of Its Debut
After several years, the Mercedes Benz G Class still remains true to its heritage. And this might not be changing soon as the all new 2019 Mercedes Benz G Class has just been revealed.
Mercedes-Benz has planned the unveiling of the G-Class around January 15. Nevertheless, we can already view it today. Thanks to autoweek.nl who leaked the photos.
How President's Son, Yusuf Buhari Allegedly Acquired Power-bikes, DSS Officers Sacked Over Incident
The controversies surrounding the ghastly accident of President Muhamamdu Buhari's son, Yusuf Buhari, who crashed his BMW powerbike while racing in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja, few weeks ago, has reportedly led to the sacking of some DSS operatives. Details surrounding how the young man acquired the luxury motorcycle has also been revealed in a new report.
Nigerian Actor, Yul Edochie Declares Presidential Ambition
Anambra born actor cum politician Yul Edochie, who is the son of the veteran Actor Pete Edochie has indirectly indicated interest in President Muhammadu Buhari's job ahead of the 2019 general elections.
"2018 is just unfolding, we pray for more blessings. Let us just keep our fingers crossed. I may just decide to run for president of Nigeria and I will win" he stated in a viral video on his social media page.
Almost N6 billion worth of contraband intercepted by Customs in 2017
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone 'A' Ikeja of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), intercepted contraband goods with Duty Paid Valued (DPV) of N5.96 billion between January and December 2017.
The Public Relations Officer of the Unit, Mr Jerry Attah, made this known on Monday in a statement in Lagos.
Arsenal, Manchester City interested in West Brom captain Evans
Arsenal and Manchester City have made contact with West Brom about the potential signing of Jonny Evans.
Gunners manager Arsene Wenger may be willing to ask his club to pay £25m to take the 30-year-old Northern Ireland international to Emirates Stadium.
Jurgen Klopp urges Liverpool to move for Riyad Mahrez
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is urging the club's board to sign Leicester City's Algerian star Riyad Mahrez.
Le Buteur reports that Klopp has identified Mahrez as his side's top transfer priority, with the North African regarded as a replacement for Philippe Coutinho.
Leicester's Kelechi Iheanacho needs to improve – Claude Puel
Leicester City manager Claude Puel has challenged Kelechi Iheanacho to "improve aspects of his play".
The Nigerian forward has been rarely used since he moved from Manchester City to Leicester.
U.S Set To Expel Around 200,000 Immigrants
The US government is expected to rule on Monday that hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans living in the country as "temporary" immigrants since 2001 must return to their country.
Last year the Trump administration decided to stop renewing Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for 59,000 Haitians and 5,300 Nicaraguans residing in the United States for decades, and is expected to make the same decision for an estimated 200,000 Salvadorans covered under the same program.
Kalu declares intent for senate bid
Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday declared his intention to run for Abia North Senatorial seat in 2019.
Kalu, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists at his Igbere country home, regretted that the people who represented the area in the past were concerned about "self- aggrandizement" at the expense of people's welfare.
Air Force Helicopter crashes
The Nigerian Air Force has announced the crash of one of its helicopters while on a mission in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in the Northeast.
The Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya however said no live was lost in the mishap.
Jerusalem should be a shared capital – U.K
Jerusalem should ultimately be shared capital of Israeli and Palestinian states, British Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, told his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al-Malki on Monday, a statement from Britain's foreign office said.
"I reiterated the UK's commitment to supporting the Palestinian people and the two-state solution, the urgent need for renewed peace negotiations, and the UK's clear and longstanding position on the status of Jerusalem," Johnson said.
How My Mother In-law Seduced Me - Man Confesses After Impregnating Wife's Mother (Photo)
A 45-year-old farmer and carpenter identified as John Ulaha, is reported to have impregnated his mother-in-law, the 42-year-old mother of his wife.
Their relationship started last September when the 42-year-old Ashetu Igbasue, relocated to Awe, Nasarawa to harvest her farm.
How Fraudsters Duped Former House Of Rep Member Of $1.3 Million
According to a PremiumTimes report, the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday re-arraigned four suspected fraudsters who allegedly obtained the sum of $1.362 million and N46. 533 million under false pretence, from a former House of Representative member, Eseme Eyiboh.
Appearing before Muslim Hassan of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court were Izekor Osatohanmwen Ogiemonyi, alias Prince Joshua Akenzua; Stephen Victor, alias James Ajayi; Bolade Babatunde, alias Honourable Lawal Adewunmi; and Jimoh Saka, alias Tola Ajayi.
How 20 Nigerians Were Sold In Libya For $730 - Returnees Tell Of Harrowing Experience
According to a report by Vanguard, the Nigerian returnees from Libya have continued to recount the harrowing ordeal they experienced while in the country, including a day when 20 of them were sold for just $730.
The Nigerians gave their accounts in interviews with BBC at a hotel in Benin, where they are being accommodated by the Edo State government.
Why Arsenal Lost 4-2 to Nottingham Forest - Wenger Cries Out as Gunners Crash Out of FA Cup
Arsene Wenger admitted he was hurting after Arsenal surrendered their grip on the FA Cup with 4-2 defeat to Nottingham Forest.
The Frenchman lost a third-round tie for the first time as his much-changed side lost in an action-packed clash at the City Ground.
Usain Bolt Gets Open Invitation To Play With Borussia Dortmund
Usain Bolt, Olympic legend, had an open invitation to train with German Bundesliga power Borussia Dortmund for a year, and he is finally going to take the club up on the offer.
According to Yahoo News, Bolt revealed last weekend that he would participate in a trial with Dortmund as he looks to pursue a professional soccer career at age 32.
How Young Girls Were Saved from Fulani Herdsmen - Singer, Jon Ogah
Former BB Naija housemate and singer Jon Ogah has revealed how some girls were saved from attacks by Fulani herdsmen.
Ogah in a post shared on his Twitter applauded soldiers who saved girls travelling from Benue to Abuja.
CHAN Eagles Depart for Morocco Today
Nigeria's trophy-hunting Home-based Senior Team will fly out of the country in the night today for the 5th African Nations Championship taking place in Morocco, 13th January - 4th February 2018.
A few days ago, Head Coach Salisu Yusuf named a 23-man team to fly Nigeria's flag at the finals, where the 2014 bronze medalists will play 2014 champions Libya, Rwanda and Equatorial Guinea in Group C.
Why Kogi Dismissed 1,774 Workers, Sacked Eight Perm Secs
The Kogi State Government on Sunday confirmed the retirement of eight permanent secretaries, some directors and the dismissal of 1,774 employees from the state civil service.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered in Lokoja that the affected members of staff were served their letters last December.
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Coronavirus: 10pm pub and restaurant curfew could cost venues tens of thousands a month, hotel boss warns
The chair of the Bristol Hoteliers Association has hit out at the new restrictions which came into force on Thursday
Hannah BakerSouth West Business Editor
Pubs and restaurants in Bristol close at 10pm on the first night of the new Covid-19 curfew (Image: Tom Wren SWNS)
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The 10pm curfew could cost pubs and restaurants tens of thousands of pounds a month, the head of a hotel association is warning.
Raphael Herzog, chair of the Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA), has hit out at the new restrictions which came into force on Thursday (September 24) in England and Wales.
Mr Herzog, who is general manager of a major hotel in the South West, says the new rule caused his restaurant to lose at least £1,000 on the first night.
The curfew was announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday, along with a number of other rules, in a bid to curb rising rates of Covid-19 in the UK.
"The problem with the curfew at 10pm is everyone is forced to leave at the same time and then they are on the street and not social distancing," said Mr Herzog.
"A lot of people will go and carry on in houses and flats, and spread the virus. This won't do any good for the R rate.
"A restaurant is a secure environment. People are seated, there is table service and everyone is socially distanced from one another.
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"By closing at 10pm rather than 11pm we lost at least £1,000 last night. That's £30,000 a month we won't have in the bank."
Mr Herzog said chancellor Rishi Sunak's announcement yesterday was welcome but he believes the Government needs to go further to support the hospitality sector.
Measures unveiled in Mr Sunak's ' Winter Economy Plan ' include a new Jobs Support Scheme, an extension to the cut in VAT for some sectors, and support for businesses and workers.
It comes after increasing pressure from business groups, MPs and unions to extend the furlough scheme amid fears tough new Government restrictions will damage the economy.
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Mr Herzog added: "It is welcome but it just not enough unfortunately. We don't see the scheme as a driver for businesses to keep people in their jobs."
He also hit out over the new 'rule of six', saying it was now "very difficult" for hotels to operate - and it was likely to have a "serious impact" on events.
"We have made significant investments and implemented many procedures to make our hotels safe for guests," he added.
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Faces of Menlo
Husband/wife veterinarians continue personalized animal care at Peninsula Pet Hospital
by Linda Hubbard on April 25, 2012
East Coast native Harish Narayanaswamy met South Bay local Husna Ulla at veterinary school at Tufts University in Boston. Once a couple, Husna began her campaign to get back to California. "It's really the best," she said in the office they share at Peninsula Pet Hospital, which they took over from longtime vet Dr. Charles Cortesi in 2009.
Known as Dr. Harish and Dr. Ulla, their path to becoming vets was a bit different. For Dr. Ulla, it was something she wanted to do since childhood. Dr. Harish came to the idea more slowly.
"I was always interested in science and studied microbiology at the University of Miami when I was an undergrad," he said. "But it was my experience working at an emergency vet hospital during those undergrad years that got me interested in pursuing it a career."
The two vets met Dr. Cortesi through a mutual acquaintance. With many vet practices becoming corporate, Dr. Cortesi very much wanted to keep Peninsula Pet Hospital a locally-owned, private practice with an emphasis on treating dogs and cats, and the couple filled the bill. The two vets are now completely entrenched in Menlo Park, having moved their family — three children, a Doberman named Anchor and Bengal cat named Kit Kat Candy — here in December.
"Living and working locally gives us great flexibility," Dr. Harish said. "Between the two of us someone is available to pick up the kids."
Veterinary practice has, of course, evolved over the years. Dr. Harish said that spaying is now done mainly laparoscopically, which "allows the cat or dog to be back to running and jumping around much more quickly." He also performs ACL repairs as well as stem cell therapy on canine and feline joints.
As with most people, each has their canine/feline preference. "I'm the cat person and she's the dog person," said Dr. Harish.
Photo by Scott R. Kline
Pets of Menlo


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