On Tuesday evening in Turin, Ajax again confused all expectations by demolishing one of the biggest names in Europe & # 39; s football.
After a 4-1 victory at Real Madrid in the last 16, Ajax arrived in Juventus with an 1-1 score from the first match in Amsterdam. They were trailed by a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo before Donny van de Beek and Matthijs de Ligt scored to end another remarkable comeback. Now, the last four beckons and a draw against Manchester City or Tottenham.
The Cameroonian was honored from Barcelona with the promise of regular first-team football. He made the sweater of his own and is one of those that he is expected to stay at the club next season.
At the training complex De Toekomst van Ajax, a legend is never far away. Onana told Sportsmail in 2017: & # 39; In Barcelona I trained with the first team and even saved a few from Lionel Messi, but he even scores almost everyone in training! At Ajax we are very lucky with the support of club heroes.
& # 39; Every so often, Edwin [van der Sar] comes out on the training field, even though he is now the CEO. He gives me tips, he picks me up after a setback. He is one of the greatest of all time.
The full back has appeared in the Ajax books since the age of nine and represented the Netherlands in every age group from under 17 up to and including the senior team. His own personal story is inspiring in itself, because Veltman has overcome a serious cruciate ligament injury in the past year and is now firmly back in the image of the first team.
It is therefore no wonder that the 19-year-old is the target of the biggest clubs in Europe. Barcelona is at the front of the line and sees De Ligt as the natural sustainable replacement of Gerard Pique.
The potential of De Ligt has been clear for quite some time and he performed well as a 17-year-old in Ajax & # 39; s Europa League final defeat by Manchester United. He will control more than £ 70 million this summer.
The man who couldn't win a match in the defense of Jose Mourinho at Manchester United is, remarkably, the record record of Ajax in a deal that can go up to £ 18 million including add-ons. Blind is another product of the Ajax academy and its calmness and maturity gives confidence to the defense.
Ajax's full defense in Turin consisted of academic products and the Moroccan-born full-back in the Netherlands.
Mazraoui, who was transformed from a midfielder as a teenager, scored decisive group stage goals against both Bayern Munich and Benfica. He is the perfect modern wing-back, athletic and combative without the ball and with a high quality in possession.
The 21-year-old has already agreed to sign for Barcelona next season in a transfer of £ 67 million. In his home country he is compared to Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit and Johan Cruyff. No pressure then.
His guaranteed strokes make him a natural fit for Catalonia – and explains why Pep Guardiola and Manchester City have also pushed hard – but he is also able to mix his game and claim authority in midfield.
In the Dutch media, his mother promised to keep his feet on the ground, which explains why he still shops his clothes in H&M and has no tattoos. It is also said that he has rejected a stand in his name at his home club of ASV Arkel.
Group Stage – Drawn in Group E with Bayern Munich, Benfica and AEK Athens. Finished in second place with three wins and three draws.
The old head in the side scored the fourth for Ajax against Real Madrid and is known for its powerful attack and clever use of the ball. The Deen has been with Ajax for seven years now and the media have thought of him as the & # 39; boomerangman & # 39; of Ajax because of his explosive shootings from practice.
Although he is not Dutch, he has played in the Netherlands since he moved to Heerenveen as a teenager.
Searched for Sao Paolo, Ajax sports director Marc Overmars actually thought the club had paid the odds to support Neres in January 2017 for £ 10 million, but now the Dutch side expect to receive around £ 50 million this summer.
Neres has scored double goals and is assisting this season and scored a belt equalizer in the home game against Juventus.
He almost left the club in January. Ajax refused a £ 38m bid from a Chinese club, but they were willing to sell and hoped to replace it with 18-year-old Mexican Diego Lainez, who declined them for Real Betis. The Spanish side is in eighth place in their national competition, which indicates the extent of Ajax's financial constraints.
Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and Manchester United and now alternate summer steps for the player.
Fed at Ajax from the age of 11, Van de Beek is one of the six academics graduates who started the match in Turin. He scored the crucial equalizing goal in the night and may have disappeared under the radar in the midst of De Jong's rapid progress.
Tottenham, who previously raided Ajax for Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Davinson Sanchez and Christian Eriksen, are favorites to praise the midfielder from the Amsterdam area, while Chelsea is also interested.
The Moroccan is a member of the team that has been at a more conventional peak age and has 17 goals in Ajax colors this season. Leicester, Arsenal and Chelsea have all scouted a player who grew up in the Netherlands and previously played for Twente.
Mauricio Pochettino has been following Ziyech for a number of years and it will be interesting to see if his progress this season takes Tottenham out of a transfer this summer.
When Tadic informed Southampton last summer that he wanted to leave the club, there was no rush. Indeed, there was only one phone call and there was a surprise when Champions League-bound Ajax decided to go for a player who is now 30. Unbelievable to think of, really, when Tadic turned Real Madrid & Bernabeu into his own personal playground last month.
In Southampton, Tadic saw that his colleagues left him. There they went; Morgan Schneiderlin, Virgil Van Dijk, Sadio Mane and Toby Alderweireld all leave for more ambitious clubs.
He was the last to leave but he chose his exit well. He now has 28 goals for the season and his performance in Madrid earned a 10/10 rating from the French newspaper L&E Equipe, and only became the ninth player to receive a perfect rating in their 73-year history. He scored one and made two in a dazzling personal show.
Tadic has been an important voice in the dressing room and held three-hour conversations with manager Erik Ten Hag after the draw against Bayern Munich earlier in the season. At the Hilton Hotel in Munich, Tadic explained that the players had had enough of the manager's approach to training, where 11 out of 11 games would require reserve players to mirror the team's upcoming opponents.


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Black Hole - Land Of Mystery
\r\nThere are really many unfairly lost bands in the 80's. Bands with one or two releases, they accomplished to be cited by the mouths of their few fans, even today almost thirty years afterwards. \r\n
\r\nTheir creations, are simple insuperable, and as much as if some ''groups'' try to repeat their sound, they would never accomplish it, even if they have tons of new sound techniques and very expensive equipment.The reason? Maybe because that time \r\n
\r\nthe bands was releasing the album because they liked it themselves firstly and then the listeners, for this reason made "comet" albums and afterwards nothing at all. \r\n
\r\nSuch a band were also the Black Hole, formed in Verona, Italy in 1981 and after making some demos from 1983 until 1985, with enough changes in their formation, in the end of 1985 they released, the monumental for many people (I want to believe), the most "cursed", dark and cult disk of all times, the brilliant "Land Of Mystery" through City Records. \r\n
\r\nIf someone can find a copy of this album, in first phase you'll be obossesed with the artwork in combination with the title of the \r\n
\r\nalbum, and afterwards, in the back side of the cd, if you observe the back cover and watch carefully the band pics, you're sure if you will exclude the record from your hearings, or you will run immediately to put it into the ''illustrious'' MKII, and the listening will begin… \r\n
\r\nFirst track is "Demoniac City" with the sound of ecclesiastical organ, to welcome you in the demonic city of Black Hole, the satanic laughters and the sound of a band like Eloy, could only be inspired by, simply they ensure that your voyage in the Mysterious Country just began and you wish to come out alive from this because, it's sure that all your remainder life will be stigmatised from the sounds that you will hear. The main part of the track is an irreproachable mix of Heavy Doom, NWOBHM and a good dose from the psychedelic melodies of Eloy. \r\n
\r\nNext stop the "Land Of Mystery", a slow track, with a creepy wah wah riff, lurking ready to suck you in it's maelstrom. Many black Sabbath inspirations, in this piece, with a ''creepy'' drum parts. A psychedelic cut in the track comes to ''magnetize'' you in order to stay in this land, where the strange figures with purple cloaks live, while the discords in the keys simply travel with the precious help of the astonishing, mid tempo solo of the guitar. \r\n
\r\nAfter we accomplished to reconstruct our brain and to leave from this speelbound land, we pass in the third track of the album, "All My Evil". Here the intro is constituted from an incredible bass line, coming out from the depths of the progressive Italian scene, the Goblin. In the main part of the piece, we have again a slow riffage, with the singer of the band, to make his self-criticism and to deal with the posthumous human nature. FLAWLESS keys steal for one more time the show, and create this morbid atmosphere of the album. \r\n
\r\nLast track of the first side, is the "Bells Of Death" at the duration of which we become witnesses in a funeral, and the philosophical concerns of the singer, funereal riffs and duets in the guitars are the main characteristic of this sorrowfull sequence, as well as the ecclesiastical organ, accompanies the dead in his new residence. Perhaps the song would remind more from the collsosal Eloy. (a band that everyone who think that knows many things about music have to bow in front of them, and not to another band of the pile.) \r\n
\r\nChanging side we meet Sam, one young man that suddenly decided to make an innocent walk in the forest, but it confronted with the dark arts, and the result is the "Blind Men And Occult Forces". The track of the album, that is really sound more "sick" from the rest, with doom metal riffing and real lyricism, from the side of vocals. Many times the listener will believe that he's poor Sam himself, that wanted to face the dark forces. \r\n
\r\nNext piece, second in the second side, is the "Spectral World", a bass that's running wild, begins, while guitars dooming - in the most simple way, and at intervals, you listen to a paranoid invasion from the keys. Just like the subject of the song, we died and we march towards the other world, in this paranoid scary atmosphere. \r\n
\r\nLast tack of the album is the "Obscurity In The Ethereal House". Instumental with a dose of improvisation, with bulky riffs to altenate, but for one more time the rhythm section makes the difference. While the notes come after the other, the song and the album comes to the end, also and our trip in the Mysterious Country of the Italians Black Hole. \r\n
\r\nThe trip is over, back to the reality. The album as i said previously released from the unknown "City Records" the 85 only in LP, and later must have been released again in CD, from Black Widow Records. The CD contains also some bonus tracks, that are from the demos of the band.After this album, Black Hole, continued and they accomplished to release another album in 2000, but the magic is lost. \r\n
\r\nLampros Tennes \r\n
\r\nTranslation:Konstantaras Grigoris \r\n
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Demoniac City
Land of Mystery
All My Evil
Bells of Death
Blind Men and Occult Forces
Spectral World
Obscurity in the Etheral House
Autopsy - Morbidity Triumphant
THE LUCID FEAT. DAVID ELLEFSON TEASE NEW MUSIC FOR EARLY JANUARY RELEASE
THE LUCID FEAT. DAVID ELLEFSON RELEASE NEW SINGLE "RISK MACHINE"; AUDIO STREAMING
GUS G. ON THE FUTURE OF FIREWIND - "THERE WILL BE A NEW ALBUM IN 2023"; VIDEO
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT LAUNCH LYRIC VIDEO FOR "SPIRIT OF THE SEA" (RITCHIE & CANDICE ANNIVERSARY HOME SESSION)

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Lessons from Puerto Rico, mutant starfish, pictures of ships, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: October 9, 2017.
A fish scientist's 10 tips for surviving a hurricane: Lessons learned from Puerto Rico from our friends at the Fisheries Blog.
Commentary: For Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico, an Insider's Guide to Disaster Management by gCaptain.
oceanbites with another bite of science: Local disturbance and global warming unite to make seagrasses taste better to predators.
Mutant Sea Stars Can Take the Heat. A mutation conferring higher heat tolerance is common among survivors of sea star wasting disease.
Rolls-Royce to Use Google Machine Learning in Quest for Autonomous Ships. Apparently today we're just posting stately pictures of large boats.
Your cheap seafood was probably handled by slaves, and in some cases profits the DPRK. North Korean workers prep seafood going to US stores, restaurants.
What Went Wrong With the Right Whales? They were killed by ship strikes and entanglement. In other words, we killed 1/20th of the remaining North Atlantic Right Whales this year.
How the Squid Lost Its Shell.
Metal Shark Wins U.S. Navy PB(X) Patrol Boat Contract. Metal Shark is a great name for a boatbuilder. Look! another stately ship picture.
Cool, cool, cool. Mysterious Soviet buoy surfaces in South Florida.
More deep-sea mining news: Papua New Guinea Contests Experimental Seabed Mining and Nautilus finally admits 'limited benefits in Solwara One project'. One more boat, the make it an even 4.
Vad and friends (2017) Assessing the living and dead proportions of cold-water coral colonies: implications for deep-water Marine Protected Area monitoring in a changing ocean. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3705.
Tissier an friends (2017) Exceptional soft tissues preservation in a mummified frog-eating Eocene salamander. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3861.
Taboada and friends (2017) Mitochondrial genome and polymorphic microsatellite markers from the abyssal sponge Plenaster craigi Lim & Wiklund, 2017: tools for understanding the impact of deep-sea mining. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0786-0.
Disturbing allegations of sexual harassment in Antarctica leveled at noted scientist. I'm glad to see that the the university appear to be taking this seriously, for once.
Fieldwork Fail: the Messy Side of Science by Jim Jourdane, Featuring a delightful whale shark story by Deep Sea News's Al Dove!
Herring Wars: Quotas, Conflicts, and Climate Change in the North Atlantic.
What hybrid sharks mean (and don't mean) for climate change and evolution: fact-checking the media coverage.
Playing against the slaughter rule.
Documentation is the beating heart of open-science hardware: Help make ours better!
Long live sharks and rays!


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I-25 southbound closed north of Denver metro due to multiple-vehicle pile up
Update 4:33 p.m: The crash has been cleared and southbound I-25 is now open.
The southbound lanes of I-25 just north of Metro Denver, between CO 60 and CO 56, have been shut down due to a crash involving at least 23 vehicles, according to CDOT.
And, there could be more.
Colorado State Patrol spokesperson Master Trooper Gary Cutler says the cause of the crash is currently under an investigation.
"We consider and list them into separate crashes because if somebody runs into some other car, then another one comes in that's a secondary crash and a third crash," Cutler said. "So, we could have up to 10, 12, 13 different types of crashes all in this one area."
#I25 southbound: Road closed due to a crash between CO 60 and CO 56. https://t.co/SCGDDQ8VpW
— Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) (@ColoradoDOT) December 29, 2022
The crash initially occurred just after noon Thursday. CDOT says to expect significant delays in both directions.
So far, two people have been transported to the hospital with minor injuries. There have been no reports of major injuries. And there's no timetable for when southbound lanes will be reopened.


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Q: Truncation and weighted orbital integrals in hyperbolic term of trace formula for $\mathrm{GL}(2)$ $\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\PGL{PGL}$I am looking at Gelbart--Jacquet's article in the first Corvallis volume (the article entitled Forms of $\GL(2)$ from an analytic point of view).
To wrap my head around exactly what is going on with truncation, I am working out the case where the test function is cuspidal (also because this is the situation we are in when we try to derive the Eichler–Selberg trace formula for traces of Hecke operators from the general trace formula for $\GL(2)$).
Basically, my question is about why truncation is necessary even when the test function is nice enough to make all the terms depending on the truncation parameter vanish (it seems to me like this is true: no matter what, you end up with a weighted orbital integral which doesn't depend on the truncation parameter but does involve the height function — the only way I know of how to think about this is as arising from truncation).
Let $G = \GL_2$, $N$ be the upper-triangular unipotent radical, $M$ the diagonal matrices, and $P = MN$ the upper-triangular Borel subgroup. Let $\varphi$ be the test function on $G$, which is assumed to be cuspidal, smooth, and compact modulo center.
In Gelbart--Jacquet, the truncated hyperbolic term (which is ultimately integrated over $g$ in $\PGL_2(\mathbf{Q})\backslash \PGL_2(\mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q})$) is
$$\sum_{\gamma \neq 1} \varphi(g^{-1}\gamma g) - \sum_{\xi \in P(\mathbf{Q})\backslash G(\mathbf{Q})} \int_{N(\mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q})} \sum_{\alpha \in \mathbf{Q}^\times - \{1\}} \varphi\left(g^{-1}\xi^{-1}\left(\begin{matrix}\alpha & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{matrix}\right)n\xi g\right)\chi_{[T, \infty)}(H(\xi g))\, dn$$
where $\chi_{[T, \infty)}$ is the characteristic function of being $\geq T$, $H$ is the usual logarithmic height function using the Iwasawa decomposition, and the sum is over non-identity hyperbolic elements $\gamma$.
Anyway, I know/thought that the point is that this thing is supposed to be absolutely integrable (thanks to the construction, which is essentially subtracting off the constant term in the Fourier expansion in a neighborhood except averaged so that it maintains automorphicity), and then one can use Fubini when integrating to end up with
$$(\log T)\mathrm{vol}(\mathbf{Q}^\times \backslash \mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q}^{\times, 1})\int_K \int_{N(\mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q})} \sum_{\alpha \in \mathbf{Q}^\times - \{1\}} \varphi\left(k^{-1}\left(\begin{matrix}\alpha & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{matrix}\right)nk\right)\, dn dk$$
minus
$$\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{vol}(\mathbf{Q}^\times \backslash\mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q}^{\times, 1})\int_K \int_{N(\mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q})} \sum_{\alpha \in \mathbf{Q}^\times - \{1\}} \varphi \left(k^{-1}n^{-1}\left(\begin{matrix}\alpha & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{matrix}\right)nk\right)\log H(wnk)\, dndk,$$
where $w$ is the matrix you conjugate a diagonal matrix by to switch the two entries. If $\varphi$ was nice enough to begin with, then the first term in this final result vanishes (not surprising -- the truncation doesn't matter, so any term depending on $T$ has to vanish). On the other hand, for the same reason, the truncation in the thing we started out with also has no effect. In particular, the correction term in the integrand (i.e. the thing being subtracted in the first display equation above) vanishes, and $\sum_{\gamma \neq 1}\varphi(g^{-1}\gamma g)$ is supposed to already be absolutely integral modulo center. But this can't be right -- then if you carry out the computation, the integral you end up with won't have anything to do with the height function $H$. Indeed, you end up with (by the Iwasawa decomposition)
$$\int_K \int_{N(\mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q})} \int_{\mathbf{Q}^\times \backslash \mathbf{A}_\mathbf{Q}^\times} \sum \cdots \, da dn dk,$$
the inside integral of which diverges badly if the sum on the inside ever doesn't vanish.
So am I mistaken that truncation has no effect on the integrand for nice test functions? I suppose that I haven't checked that you can commute the sum and the integral over $N$. However, it definitely has to be true that the final orbital integral doesn't depend on $T$ when the test function is cuspidal, which would suggest that I am right about the vanishing of both of the correction terms (that is, the terms that depend on $T$ in both the original integrand and final value of the orbital integral). All of this is made more confusing by the fact that Knightly-Li's book Traces of Hecke operators says multiple times that truncation has no effect on the thing being integrated, and that the use of truncation is purely pedagogical.
Apologies for the long question. I think there is something very simple that I do not understand, so hopefully an experienced person will easily be able to tell me where I am going wrong.

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Joss Stone has released a video for "Karma." The funky song is from her newest record, LP1. Check it out below.
Grammy Award winning singer Joss Stone releases her newest music video for her soulful and funky song "Karma." The video was made during the sessions of the recording of the song in Nashville, where Stone recorded her newest record LP1. The video features clips of all the musicians performing those spectacular sessions, with plenty of footage of them all having a great time piecing together this remarkable song.
"Karma" is one of many standout tracks on Stone's newest record, LP1. Stone recently established her own label, Stone'd Records, and has partnered with Surfdog to release LP1. This is the first album Joss has recorded with total creative freedom. She co-wrote and co -produced it with super-producer and Eurythmics co-founder, Dave Stewart. Together they immersed themselves into a rock n' soul musical odyssey in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Letter from the Minister on NHS Long Term Plan
Wednesday, 9 January, 2019
Warship HMS Duncan to be affiliated with Scarborough, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announces on visit to town
Thursday, 3 January, 2019
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson today announced that HMS Duncan will be affiliated with Scarborough, just months after the town was selected to host national Armed Forces Day in 2020.
CONFIDENCE VOTE, 12th December 2018
Constituents will be relieved to know that I will be supporting the Prime Minister 100% in the Confidence Vote tonight.
Robert Goodwill MP
Whitby's two secondary schools plan to form new federation
Monday, 10 December, 2018
Whitby's two secondary schools are proposing to federate so they can move forward together to create the best possible education and new sixth form provision for young people in the area.
Robert Goodwill MP visits Louise Florists to support Small Business Saturday in Scarborough
Tuesday, 4 December, 2018
Local Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby, has paid a visit to Louise Florists on Huntriss Row in Scarborough in support of Small Businesses Saturday 2018. The business has been running for many decades with a loyal clientele. Kate Wark, the proprietor has kept the name Louise Flori
WE MUST DELIVER BREXIT FOR THE PEOPLE OF SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY
Monday, 3 December, 2018
Next Tuesday the House of Commons will have to make an historic decision about the future of our great country. It was always made clear the result of the referendum would be binding on the Government. Indeed, when Theresa May took over as Prime Minister she pledged she would deliver on that de
Brexit Negotiations
Commenting after the Prime Minister's most recent announcement ahead of the Brussels Summit, Robert Goodwill said,
Robert Goodwill MP delivers school children's messages to the PM
Scarborough and Whitby MP, Robert Goodwill MP has delivered a petition to Number 10 Downing Street to highlight the UK coalition of the Global Campaign for Education 2018.
LOCAL MP ROBERT GOODWILL VISITS LOCAL PHARMACY AS THE NATIONAL PHARMACY FLU VACCINATION SERVICE GETS UNDERWAY.


Exclusive: Notes seen by BuzzFeed News show that European government officials raised questions about extending the transition period and were unhappy about fishing rights.
European Council president Donald Tusk and French president Emmanuel Macron.
Officials from the European Union's remaining 27 states have raised specific concerns about the draft Brexit agreement agreed this week, according to diplomatic notes seen by BuzzFeed News from meetings that took place in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.
As Theresa May faced a government crisis and a standoff with members of her own party in London, experts and diplomats from the EU27 expressed their own concerns about extending the transition period beyond 2020 and how to calculate the amount of money the UK should pay the EU in that eventuality. They also raised the issue of continued fishing rights in UK waters, and UK–EU customs arrangements.
Europe's capitals have officially welcomed the overall deal after months of fraught negotiations. At a meeting on Friday morning, EU27 ambassadors were keen to "not rock the boat".
"The vibe in the room was positive," one diplomat told colleagues.
However, the notes shared with BuzzFeed News reveal that the question marks over the details of the agreement are not just on the British side.
Spain, France, and Belgium were among governments to ask the European Commission at a working group of experts for greater clarity on the terms under which an extension of the transition, currently planned to last until the end of 2020, would be agreed and how exactly the UK would pay for it.
According to the draft deal agreed by the UK and the EU, prolonging the transition would be a joint decision, and the two sides would need to come to an agreement on the UK's continued financial contributions to cover the additional time.
Without an agreement on the financial contribution there will be no extension of the transition, according to one of the notes seen by BuzzFeed News. At the meeting, the Commission also explained that the transition could be extended once to an agreed date, and that both the UK and the EU could request an extension.
In her public statements about the arrangement so far, Theresa May has focused on the fact that the UK can request an extension, without mentioning that the EU could too.
The German government representative asked that the conditions be clarified in greater detail before EU leaders meet next Sunday to sign off on the deal, the note states.
A longer transition is one of the possible options set out in the draft agreement as part of the architecture of the so-called backstop, an insurance policy to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland under all circumstances.
Should a trade deal that avoids a hard border not be agreed by July 2020, another option would see the UK enter into a customs territory with the EU, and would require the UK to remain aligned to EU competition, state aid, and tax rules. As part of the backstop, Northern Ireland would remain in the EU's regulatory space for goods, as a customs union alone would not guarantee frictionless trade.
EU diplomats were clearly told at this week's meetings that neither side wanted to use the backstop, and the likelihood of it ever being used was not high.
But without a trade deal that solves the border issue or a joint decision to extend the transition, the backstop would kick in automatically.
A number of European governments, including France, asked for clarity on how the UK would dynamically align to EU rules years from now, and for assurances that the UK would not be able to undermine the EU in areas such as agriculture as it signed its own free trade deals with non-EU countries in future.
The European Commission noted that as part of the backstop agreement, the UK would need to align its tariffs to the EU's, could not introduce lower tariffs under any circumstances, and was obliged to follow EU rules and standards on state aid and competition, as well as some tax-related issues.
The EU would have instruments at its disposal, including the imposition of tariffs, should the UK not comply with its obligations.
But the hottest issue for many governments is the lack of an agreement on fishing rights in UK waters. British negotiators have demanded that the issue be excluded from the backstop and the withdrawal agreement, committing only for it to be part of negotiations about the future.
May is under intense pressure from her own MPs not to give ground on this issue. All 13 Scottish Tories, including Scottish secretary David Mundell, signed a letter to the prime minister ahead of Wednesday's crunch cabinet meeting on the deal warning that they would vote against any arrangement that tied the UK's hands on fishing rights.
A number of EU governments feel that a promise to negotiate about it doesn't provide the required legal clout, the notes reveal.
During Thursday's working group, French representatives noted that granting the UK access to the single market through the backstop without Britain reciprocating access to its waters in return was a problem for France.
Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, and Denmark also raised similar concerns, asking for greater clarity on how the British carveout for fish would work in practice, and how their respective industries would be protected should the backstop arrangements kick in.
The Commission explained that the July 2020 date — set out in the withdrawal agreement as the moment to take stock of the status of trade talks — was important as it was when the member states themselves would start discussing future fishing quotas.
Several governments also asked for further details on how social security systems would be coordinated after Brexit, and on the overall governance of the agreement, including dispute settlement mechanisms.
EU and UK negotiators will only have a few days to iron out all these wrinkles.
According to the note of Friday's meeting, ambassadors of the 27 member states will meet again on Sunday to go over the withdrawal agreement, while a beefed-up version of the political declaration outlining the future UK–EU relationship is due early next week.
The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has strongly indicated that the Nov. 25 summit should not be a drafting session, but simply the opportunity to endorse the agreement, the note says.


X-rays are popular imaging scans that are used every day to diagnose various medical issues within patients. While these scans may be well known, their interesting history is certainly not. I know what you're thinking, "You're a radiology group, you're being biased. X-rays aren't interesting." We're ready to prove you wrong – here's 5 interesting facts about X-rays that you'll want to pass along to your friends.


American Atheists announced Friday that it will send the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GADNR) enough popular atheist books to place one in every state park cabin in the state. The atheist books will be placed alongside Gideon Bibles already in every state park cabin as directed by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Wednesday.
"We appreciate the governor's invitation to place atheist books in the cabins and look forward to providing visitors with the opportunity to learn more about atheism when they visit Georgia's beautiful state parks," said Managing Director Amanda Knief.
The issue of the Bibles in the state park cabins came to light after former American Atheist President Ed Buckner rented one of the lodges last month and filed a complaint on April 28 after finding nine Bibles in his cabin.
"American Atheists does not believe the State of Georgia should be placing Bibles or atheist books in state park cabins; however, if the state is going to allow such distribution, we will happily provide our materials," said President David Silverman.
Books to be donated include "Why I Am Not A Muslim," by Ibn Warraq, "Why I Am An Atheist" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair, "god is not Great," by Christopher Hitchens, and "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins.


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Hispanic Heritage Month Day of the Dead
Dia de los Muertos is a holiday where family and friends gather to remember family and loved ones who have died.
Join us for Day of the Dead: Culture, Tradition and History to learn more about this holiday that is celebrated throughout Mexico and in other parts of the world.
Hispanic Heritage Month Latin Caribbean Concert
It's the end of the day... come celebrate the many sounds of Latin Caribbean music.
Who knows, you may even bust out a few dance moves.
Hispanic Heritage Month Muestra de Arte
Muestra de Arte (Art Show) featuring work by actor and artist Paolo Andino. Join us in the Great Hall from 3 to 8 p.m. for this one-day exhibit.
Hispanic Heritage Month Hispanic vs. Latino Chat & Chew
Take part in a conversation about the differences between the Hispanic and Latino identities within the community. Snacks will be provided.
Hispanic Heritage Month Latin Fete
Join us for live music and dance performances in the Winnet Courtyard.
Diversity and Civility Week
Join us for Community College of PHiladelphia's Diversity and Civility Week from April 7 - 11, 2014.
Elaine Del Valle
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Room C2-28
2014 Women's Leadership Conference
The Woman: Mind, Body and Spirit - Developing and Refining the Leader Within
Location: Winnet Student Life Building, The Great Hall, Room S2-19
Join us and learn how Mind, Body and Spirit intersect to define the leader within. We'll explore what it means to be a leader, how to overcome barriers that hinder women from assuming leadership roles, what differentiates a woman who identifies herself as a leader, and more.
Registration and continental breakfast
African American Heritage Festival
The African Culture and Traditions Club invites you to the 2nd Annual African American Heritage Festival
Schedule of events:
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.: Meet the Artists - Painters will speak about their art
2:30 to 3:00 p.m.: African fashion showcase
3:00 to 7:00 p.m.: The Evolution of Dance - From African to America. Featuring Afro Cuban, B-Boy, Hip-Hop, Traditional African and Featuring a Greek Step Show by the Brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. $3 with Student I.D.
Music Department Performance Week - Jazz Ensemble
The Fall Performance Series will conclude on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m, at 2:00 p.m., in the College's Creative Commons, (located in the Architecture, Design and Construction suite), W2-1, with a performance by the College's Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Anthony Ferrara, featuring standards and modern jazz classics.
All performances are free of charge and open to the public.
For more information, contact Robert A.M. Ross, chair of the Music Department, at ramross@ccp.edu.
Music Department Performance Week - M.A.R.S. Ensemble
The M. A. R. S. Ensemble, under the direction of Paul Geissinger, will present their unique blend of multimedia Electronica on Thursday, December 5, at 4 p.m. in the Bonnell Large Auditorium, Room BG-10.


The particular one we designed in November 2016 was originally going to have a drainage similar to that of the toilet. Being in Vanuatu we could not find a shower trap which fitted so we decided on a drainage platform which due to the soil etc would be absolutely fine (no flooding issues). Plants will then simply grow up naturally around the shower upon each use.
We dug a hole and then filled it with old broken bits of cement (recycling). A standing platform is then built over the top and around the sides to stand on.
Built housing around the sides for a little privacy using local wood and bamboo is the next step.
We did think about leaving the top open for star gazing but this wouldn't be suitable for rainy days while you are trying to dry off and change inside the cubicle.
The shower will be fed on rain water. We chose water saving shower heads which increase pressure without using extra water. They will be connected to the water tank which collects water from the Earthship roof. (roof below).
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Nielsen leaving DHS after White House meeting with Trump
Department of Homeland Security secretary Nielsen announces her resignation
President Trump announced Sunday afternoon that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen "will be leaving her position" after 16 months in the job.
Trump also announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan will replace Nielsen, tweeting: "I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!"
Nielsen met with Trump at the White House Sunday amid an ongoing influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border that has been taxing America's immigration system and sparking frustration within the White House. The Associated Press, citing two sources, reported Sunday that Nielsen had been frustrated with the difficulty of getting other departments to help deal with the growing number of families crossing the southwestern border.
Nielsen skipped last week's meeting of interior ministers from the Group of Seven in Paris to deal with the migration crisis, which she compared to the aftermath of a Category 5 hurricane.
She also has taken to social media in recent days, tweeting that Congress must give border and immigration officials the tools and resources needed to "fulfill our humanitarian and security mission."
She visited El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, marking her first stop on a border tour aimed at assessing the surge of migrants and the department's response. "Our system and facilities were never structured to withstand the current influx of immigrants," she said.
On Friday, Trump confirmed he had withdrawn the nomination of acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Ron Vitiello to become the permanent head of the agency, telling reporters that "Ron's a good man, but we're going in a tougher direction, we want to go in a tougher direction."
Trump nominated McAleenan as CBP commissioner on the first day of his presidency, but McAleenan was not sworn in until March of 2018. He was previously appointed CBP deputy commissioner in November 2014 by President Barack Obama.
This is a developing story; check back for more updates. Fox News' John Roberts and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Steven Mark Firth (born 1 February 1965 in Halifax, England) is the bass guitarist for the English band Embrace.

He studied art at Liverpool University, and also completed a psychology degree.

Firth admitted that he only found out about Embrace by chance, as he was looking in the music adverts section of a local paper as an old habit and had temporarily given up due to several failures in bands. He replaced the band's original bass player J Senior in 1995.

In spite of the band's affiliation with football through the release of the 2006 World Cup song, Steve is believed to be the only member of the band who is largely interested, and supports Leeds United. He also holds an affinity for Leicester City

Firth is also a founding member and bassist of Land Sharks, formed in 2018. The band also features Embrace drummer Mike Heaton.

In 2018, Steve Firth joined forces with Preston-based songwriter, Mark Whiteside [Evil Blizzard] to record album "Between Light and Space" under Mark's pre-existing solo project, One Sided Horse. Embrace members Richard McNamara, Mike Heaton and Mickey Dale also featured on the album which was also produced by Mickey Dale and released on UK Independent Label, Butterfly Effect.

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Conservative members of the Australian Uniting Church will meet in Sydney this month to discuss forming a new denomination.
The move was made following last week's refusal by the Uniting Church Assembly Standing Committee (ASC) to reverse the decision permitting local presbyteries to approve openly gay or lesbian clergy. The ASC did, however, apologise to members that the recent decision had caused suffering, hurt, pain [and] confusion.
The apology was in response  to a petition presented by the conservative Evangelical Members of the Uniting Church (EMU), whose members will meet in Sydney later this month. The meeting is likely to be the first step towards a new network of churches, according to the Age.
The church did not have a sexual ethic written down because its ethic was perfectly clear, and had been for centuries, Mary Hawkes, EMU national spokesperson wrote on the the EMU website. They no more felt the need to write that homosexual acts by its leaders were not acceptable, than to write that greed and murder were not acceptable.


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We are so happy to now be officially apart of the WMNZ Music Group as well as RFOM Publishing and the WMN Video Sharing Site. We hope and pray that as we all walk together, we can continue to work together as one unit in the body of Christ.
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Step 1: Open layer properties manager, type shortcut command is LA > press Space.
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Jim Ryun | ACWT Interview 8.26.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCDrXasLwVo American Patriot Jim Ryun, Congressional Medal of Freedom Winner, Star Olympian & Former Member of Congress, joins me Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of America. I talk about the top issues...
Victor Avila | ACWT Interview 8.25.20
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James Carafano | ACWT Interview 8.19.20
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Hans von Spakovsky | ACWT Interview 8.6.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASv8p9AVNW4 Heritage expert Hans von Spakovsky joins me to talk Forcing Fair Housing AND Vote Fraud by Mail Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of America. I talk about the top issues of...
Mike Gonzalez | ACWT Interview 8.5.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jvhIvons18 Author Mike Gonzalez Joins me to talk his new book "The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free" Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of...
Abigail Shrier | ACWT Interview 7.29.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T7wnte-aqI Abigail Shrier, Author, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing our Daughters Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of America. I talk about the top issues of the day facing America, often with...
Fred Fleitz | ACWT Interview 7.23.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oca_nohkkHI Fred Fleitz President of Center for Security Policy Joins Me Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of America. I talk about the top issues of the day facing America, often with insightful...
Lloyd Marcus | ACWT Interview 7.22.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-KkCgr1Euk Lloyd Marcus Joins me to talk Trump Support Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of America. I talk about the top issues of the day facing America, often with insightful guests, always...
Dr. Richard Bartlett and COVID Patient Stories | ACWT Interview 7.16.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aau129a22bk Dr. Richard Bartlett and COVID Patient Stories Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of America. I talk about the top issues of the day facing America, often with insightful guests, always from...
Dr. Richard Bartlett and Congressman Ralph Abraham | ACWT Interview 7.15.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUOCo9KZTWg COVID: Dr. Bartlett AND Louisiana Congressman Abraham join me in studio Follow Debbie Georgatos! WEBSITE: http://americacanwetalk.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericaCanWeTalk America Can We Talk is a show with a mission — to speak up for the extraordinary and unique greatness of America. I talk about the top issues of the day facing America, often with...


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"""Tests for tensorflow.ops.tf.cast."""
from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import tensorflow.python.platform

import numpy as np
import tensorflow as tf

class CastOpTest(tf.test.TestCase):

  def _toDataType(self, dtype):
    """Returns TensorFlow data type for numpy type."""
    if dtype == np.float32:
      return tf.float32
    elif dtype == np.float64:
      return tf.float64
    elif dtype == np.int32:
      return tf.int32
    elif dtype == np.int64:
      return tf.int64
    elif dtype == np.bool:
      return tf.bool
    else:
      return None

  def _cast(self, x, dtype, use_gpu=False):
    with self.test_session(use_gpu=use_gpu):
      val = tf.constant(x, self._toDataType(np.array([x]).dtype))
      return tf.cast(val, self._toDataType(dtype), name="cast").eval()

  def _test(self, x, dtype, use_gpu=False):
    """Tests cast(x) to dtype behaves the same as numpy.astype."""
    np_ans = x.astype(dtype)
    tf_ans = self._cast(x, dtype, use_gpu)
    self.assertAllEqual(np_ans, tf_ans)

  def _testTypes(self, x, use_gpu=False):
    """Tests cast(x) to different tf."""
    if use_gpu:
      type_list = [np.float32, np.float64, np.int64]
    else:
      type_list = [np.float32, np.float64, np.int32, np.int64]
    for from_type in type_list:
      for to_type in type_list:
        self._test(x.astype(from_type), to_type, use_gpu)

    self._test(x.astype(np.bool), np.float32, use_gpu)
    self._test(x.astype(np.uint8), np.float32, use_gpu)
    if not use_gpu:
      self._test(x.astype(np.bool), np.int32, use_gpu)
      self._test(x.astype(np.int32), np.int32, use_gpu)

  def _testAll(self, x):
    self._testTypes(x, use_gpu=False)
    if x.dtype == np.float32 or x.dtype == np.float64:
      self._testTypes(x, use_gpu=True)

  def testBasic(self):
    self._testAll(np.arange(-10, 10).reshape(2, 10))
    self._testAll(np.linspace(-10, 10, 17))

  def testSmallValues(self):
    f4 = np.finfo(np.float32)
    f8 = np.finfo(np.float64)
    self._testAll(np.array([0, -1, 1, -f4.resolution, f4.resolution,
                            f8.resolution, -f8.resolution]))

  def testBfloat16(self):
    a = np.random.uniform(-100, 100, 100).astype(np.float32)
    with self.test_session(use_gpu=False):
      b = tf.cast(tf.cast(a, tf.bfloat16), tf.float32)
      self.assertAllClose(a, b.eval(), rtol=1/128.)
    with self.test_session(use_gpu=True):
      b = tf.cast(tf.cast(a, tf.bfloat16), tf.float32)
      self.assertAllClose(a, b.eval(), rtol=1/128.)

  def testRandom(self):
    self._testAll(np.random.normal(0, 10, 210).reshape([2, 3, 5, 7]))
    self._testAll(np.random.normal(0, 1e6, 210).reshape([2, 3, 5, 7]))

  # Special values like int32max, int64min, inf, -inf, nan casted to
  # integer values in somewhat unexpected ways. And they behave
  # differently on CPU and GPU.
  def _compare(self, x, dst_dtype, expected, use_gpu=False):
    np.testing.assert_equal(self._cast(x, dst_dtype, use_gpu=use_gpu),
                            dst_dtype(expected))

  def testIntToFloatBoundary(self):
    i4 = np.iinfo(np.int32)
    i8 = np.iinfo(np.int64)

    self._compare(i4.min, np.float32, i4.min, False)
    self._compare(i4.max, np.float32, i4.max, False)
    self._compare(i8.min, np.float32, i8.min, False)
    self._compare(i8.max, np.float32, i8.max, False)
    self._compare(i4.min, np.float64, i4.min, False)
    self._compare(i4.max, np.float64, i4.max, False)
    self._compare(i8.min, np.float64, i8.min, False)
    self._compare(i8.max, np.float64, i8.max, False)
    # NOTE: GPU does not support int32/int64 for casting.

  def testInfNan(self):
    i4 = np.iinfo(np.int32)
    i8 = np.iinfo(np.int64)

    self._compare(np.inf, np.float32, np.inf, False)
    self._compare(np.inf, np.float64, np.inf, False)
    self._compare(np.inf, np.int32, i4.min, False)
    self._compare(np.inf, np.int64, i8.min, False)
    self._compare(-np.inf, np.float32, -np.inf, False)
    self._compare(-np.inf, np.float64, -np.inf, False)
    self._compare(-np.inf, np.int32, i4.min, False)
    self._compare(-np.inf, np.int64, i8.min, False)
    self.assertAllEqual(np.isnan(self._cast(np.nan, np.float32, False)), True)
    self.assertAllEqual(np.isnan(self._cast(np.nan, np.float64, False)), True)
    self._compare(np.nan, np.int32, i4.min, False)
    self._compare(np.nan, np.int64, i8.min, False)

    self._compare(np.inf, np.float32, np.inf, True)
    self._compare(np.inf, np.float64, np.inf, True)
    self._compare(-np.inf, np.float32, -np.inf, True)
    self._compare(-np.inf, np.float64, -np.inf, True)
    self.assertAllEqual(np.isnan(self._cast(np.nan, np.float32, True)), True)
    self.assertAllEqual(np.isnan(self._cast(np.nan, np.float64, True)), True)

  def _OpError(self, x, dtype, err):
    with self.test_session():
      with self.assertRaisesOpError(err):
        tf.cast(x, dtype).eval()

  def testNotImplemented(self):
    self._OpError(np.arange(0, 10), tf.string,
                  "Cast.*int64.*string.*")

  def testGradients(self):
    t = [tf.float32, tf.float64]
    for src_t in t:
      for dst_t in t:
        with self.test_session():
          x = tf.constant(1.0, src_t)
          z = tf.identity(x)
          y = tf.cast(z, dst_t)
          err = tf.test.compute_gradient_error(x, [1], y, [1])
          self.assertLess(err, 1e-3)

class SparseTensorCastTest(tf.test.TestCase):

  def testCast(self):
    indices = tf.constant([[0], [1], [2]])
    values = tf.constant(np.array([1, 2, 3], np.int64))
    shape = tf.constant([3])
    st = tf.SparseTensor(indices, values, shape)
    st_cast = tf.cast(st, tf.float32)
    with self.test_session():
      self.assertAllEqual(st_cast.indices.eval(), [[0], [1], [2]])
      self.assertAllEqual(st_cast.values.eval(),
                          np.array([1, 2, 3], np.float32))
      self.assertAllEqual(st_cast.shape.eval(), [3])

if __name__ == "__main__":
  tf.test.main()


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Today I'm going to introduce you to Liz, who finished the 10-series a few months ago.
Hopefully you'll find her story as interesting as I do! And if you'd like to tell your story, I'd love to hear it and share it if you're willing!
I began receiving the Rolfing 10 Series with Theresa last fall. I had been hearing about Rolfing for the last 20 years and was curious about pursuing Rolfing as a career. Although I had a little informal experience with a sport coach who was a Rolfer, I really wanted a more complete experience with the 10 series.
Right away, at my first session, I felt comfortable and at ease with Theresa and her approach. I spaced my sessions about every two weeks and found that I very quickly began to eagerly await the next session. Theresa always seemed to find those special spots that needed a bit of extra attention despite the fact that I either didn't know they did or didn't mention them to her!
I'm sure other Rolfers are good, but the true value in seeing Theresa is Theresa herself. Her spirit, energy, caring, and experience create an incredibly healing atmosphere. While the Rolfing is exceptional, it's what Theresa brings to the table that makes it transformative. You wouldn't just go to any mechanic or pick any vet out of the directory; the same goes for bodywork. You want someone who brings a little something extra and that is definitely what Theresa does!
It's like what Theresa says on her website. "Rolfing lets you be more yourself." When I first read that I thought "what the heck does that mean???" But then around session 7, I got it. I felt it. I knew what that meant, but not in a verbal way. All I know is that I feel better after sessions with Theresa, and not just in my body, but also in my heart and soul.
From Theresa:I'd really love to hear your story about why you decided to try Rolfing! If you'd like to be featured in my newsletter and on my blog, please reach out!


This is our NHS...Our beloved GG sadly suffered a huge stroke a few weeks ago, she fought hard but subsequently passed away 2 weeks later. Before this she was in great health, we all had big plans with her, holidays, celebrations etc ... She is the glue of our family simple put so it was a big shock to say the least. From the minute GG arrived to Cramlington Hospital ward 7, we couldn't have faulted a SINGLE thing, staff or facility's though. Firstly she was given a private ensuite room its not funny but my GG desperately needed to get her hip replaced and her biggest fear was being on a unisex ward with a shared bathroom ..the horror, she wasn't being old fashioned she just said 'Men never pee IN the toilet!' so although she didn't really get to 'enjoy' the room we did have a giggle at the irony. We couldn't have seen how a private hospital could have done any better either.
We couldn't have asked for anymore for our amazing GG and this will give us all peace of mind forever which is priceless.
Ash this is so so lovely! The world definitely needs more Carols! It's funny how people whinge and moan about the NHS but then at times like this you realise how lucky we are to have them. It must be a great comfort knowing that GG was being so well cared for in her final moments.


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Kaufland starts DC build in Australia
Kaufland has started the construction of its first Australian distribution centre in Mickleham, on the northern edge of Melbourne.
Schwarz Group 2018/19 results: +7.4% to €104bn
Schwarz Group released its financial year 2018/19 results, reporting a strong sales increase of 7.4% to €104.3bn. The growth was driven by Lidl and the group's international operations. Lidl's turnover increased by 8.8% to €81.2bn while Kaufland's sales grew by 1.6% to €22.6bn. Tönsmeier Group, the waste disposal company acquired in 2018, generated sales of €500m.
According to Schwarz Group's CEO, Klaus Gehrig, sales were driven by 'new stores' openings and attractive prices'. The group now operates more than 12,100 stores across 30 countries, thanks to 400 stores opening in 2018, of which, most were under the Lidl banner.
Lidl's good performance in Germany
Lidl's sales increased by 5.9% to €22.7bn in its home market. Despite a more competitive environment, especially in terms of consumer's prices, Lidl's posted a stronger growth than the previous financial year (+5.2% in 2017/18). The discounter's investment in remodelling its existing stores, in private labels and the fast expansion of online sales contributed to these overall good results in Germany.
Kaufland's growth slows
Kaufland posted a growth of only 1.6% in FY2018/19, -1.4pts compare to the 2017/18 growth. The retailer has been affected by a challenging environment for hypermarkets in the markets where it operates. But the group is currently investing in its stores to improve the shopping experience and in its categories to offer more solutions.
Lidl's international operations driving the group's growth
Outside of Germany, Schwarz Group sales increased by 9.1% to €67.3bn. In October 2018, the group entered Serbia where it opened 23 Lidl stores. In the US, Lidl acquired 27 Best Market in November 2018 as it looks to build its presence in the market. Lidl sales remained strong in Spain (+11.5% to €4bn), while in Italy it opened its highest number of stores for many years, adding more than 40.
2019: investments to continue and focus on digital
In 2018, Schwarz Group invested €7.5bn, mainly in store upgrades and openings. The group anticipates a similar level of investment for 2019, with strong development plans for Lidl across Europe.
Digital is becoming a focus for the group. Lidl now offers online food or non-grocery in a growing number of countries. In 2018 its online sales grew by 56% globally. Lidl also continues the roll out of its loyalty app, Lidl Plus.
Keep up-to-date with the latest developments of international retailers, sign up for our newsletter. For subscribers wanting to know more about Schwarz Group, please have a look at our Lidl and Kaufland Strategic Outlook for 2019.
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Strategic outlook for Lidl
As Lidl continues its rapid expansion across Europe and the US, it is looking to build stronger relationship with its shoppers. As Lidl invests in its stores and expands the ranges and services it offers, identify your opportunities with the retailer as we explore the latest strategic priorities that will influence its future performance.
Kaufland Poland six ways it is enhancing its ranging
We visited Kaufland stores in Krakow, Poland, to look at its latest developments in the country. We were impressed by the initiatives it was taking to create a more relevant range for shoppers and to help it differentiate itself from the competition.
1. Retailer partnering with start-ups to develop new products
Kaufland allocated a gondola-end for new product developments from several start-up companies. This is part of its incubator Startup initiative. It illustrates the retailer's keenness to support new product developments by helping small suppliers launch products in the market. Keeping in line with its sustainability initiatives, the range included eco-friendly laundry detergent, Sansin, bamboo toothbrushes and reusable sanitary products by Loffme.
2. Extending private label lines
The Bevola private label began as a personal care-focused range, but now extends into the baby category. Kaufland has also rolled out standard-priced own brand Favourites in pet care and extended healthy range Take-it veggie and K-free to compete with brands. Source: IGD Research
3. Premiumising its range
The retailer is using both ranging and category management initiatives to improve shoppers' perception of the quality of its range. One way it is doing this is with a premium dry-aged meat offer at the fresh meat counter. It has also refreshed the whisky category with an aisle design that illustrates a premium 'look and feel'. It does so by using a black glossy look and digital screens to attract and engage shoppers around brand selection.
4. Support the main shop mission with a wider non-food offer
There is a strategic move to enhance its range to become more of a one-stop shop retailer. It is helping shoppers achieve more from their shopping missions by adding relevant non-food categories, such as eye ware, magazines and electronic accessories. This indicates the retailer's interest in adding new categories to attract further shopper spending. Source: IGD Research
5. Showcasing the food-to-go and ready meal offer
Placing the food-to-go category near the front of the store means it is one of the first packaged food ranges shoppers come across. Relatively high footfall in this section will help raise awareness of the category. A wide and strong assortment of ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook meals, with local and international dishes, are available. Source: IGD Research
6. Helping shoppers eat and live healthily
The Aleja Zdrowa 'Healthy Aisle' and fitness accessories sections are located near each other. Kaufland offers shoppers several free from and organic foods alongside sport supplementary products and apparel. By bringing the ranges in close proximity to each other, it is positioning itself as a health-focused retailer. Source: IGD Research
Subscribers wanting to find out more about retailer's strategic priorities can look at Strategic outlook for Kaufland.
Kaufland Australia appoints new CEO
Kaufland has appointed Richard Umbers as its new CEO.
New CEO at Kaufland
Umbers, who left Australian department store chain Myer 12 months ago as CEO, will be based at Kaufland's headquarters in Germany. Umbers has previously held management roles at Woolworths Group and was Managing Director at Aldi North West UK & Republic of Ireland.
Preparation to launch in Australia
While Umbers will not be directly involved in Kaufland's launch into Australia, he will lead international buying and sourcing operations. Kaufland received planning permission for three stores last month and further investment has been secured.
Kaufland Snapshot
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It seems as though the weather is not in our favor for tomorrow, so unfortunately DIDC will not be participating in the Rye Parade. As much as we were looking forward to marching in the parade, we have our dancer's best interest in mind with these cooler temperatures and the anticipated 90-100% chance of rain.
If you have any further questions, pleases don't hesitate to email Mollie@DanceInnovationsNH.com. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!


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Loads of people stay at this campground when going to Wakonda State Park. The fine variety of local attractions and such an incredible array of things to do are fine causes to come.
Buck and Doe Run Camp is esteemed by people in Canton. The caring operators of the campground and the perfectly taken care of facilities are in themselves cause enough to come here. Camping out sure is a great thing to do, and Buck and Doe Run Camp is a great local campground if you happen to be in Missouri.
next to Buck and Doe Run Camp, and campgrounds like these are great. Outdoors recreation is plentiful, some of the fun stuff you can do is playing golf, hiking, and whitewater paddling, so you won't run out of things to do.
could race go-karts at nearby T N T Kartways. Why not spend some time golfing at a close by golf course like Elks Fairview Golf Course.
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The drummer rose to fame as one quarter of the Beatles.
The Beatles drummer, one of the last two surviving members of the band, is recognised in the New Year Honours list for his services to music.
Starr – whose real name is Richard Starkey – would have been knighted years ago if Sir Paul McCartney had had his way.
After he was missed off the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2011, Sir Paul told Absolute Radio it was "about time" that Starr was knighted.
Sir Paul, who received his honour in 1997, said he would have told the Queen "look, love, Sir Richard Starkey – it's got a ring".
Starr, 77, is undoubtedly one of the nation's most eminent musicians as a member of the band that took the world by storm in the early 1960s.
Although often overshadowed by the utter star quality of his co-stars McCartney and the late John Lennon and George Harrison, his impact on the band's music was vital and he is regarded as one of the most talented drummers of his generation.
Lennon often used Starr's common original expressions – fondly referred to as Ringoisms – such as A Hard Day's Night and Tomorrow Never Knows and turned them into songs.
Starr was born on July 7 1940 in the working class Dingle area of Liverpool.
Much of his childhood was affected by illness and his frequent visits to hospital, for appendicitis and tuberculosis among other ailments, caused his education to suffer.
It was during his blighted youth that he developed a love of music and a knack for playing the drums.
Starr met The Beatles in Hamburg in 1960 and two years later he replaced the band's drummer Pete Best, a takeover that was controversial at the time.
Following the band's split in 1970 after a decade of recording pop classics and touring the world, Starr released two albums before the end of that year, Sentimental Journey and country-style effort Beaucoups Of Blues.
He achieved success with his 1973 album Ringo, which peaked at number seven in the UK and number two in the US, although he is the only Beatle to have failed to top the UK singles chart as a solo artist.
Over the years, Starr has continued with his solo career and has released 19 studio albums, the latest being 2017's Give More Love.
In 1984, Starr became the narrator for children's TV series Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends, an effort that went on to become a huge success.
Starr's knighthood comes more than half a century after he and the other Beatles received MBEs in 1965.
Another accolade bestowed upon Starr was his election into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2015, after previously being inducted with The Beatles in 1988.
Starr lives in Los Angeles and rarely visits Liverpool, the residents of which he upset several years ago when he said that he did not miss anything about his home city, prompting a statue of him to be vandalised.
In 2011, Starr apologised for his comments, telling the BBC that he was sorry to Liverpudlians.
He added that he thought "no real Scouser took offence" to his remarks and that it was "silly that whoever took offence took offence".
Starr has three children with his first wife Maureen Cox, to whom he was married from 1965 until 1975: Zak – a renowned drummer in his own right – Jason and Lee.
In 1980, he met actress Barbara Bach on the set of the film Caveman, and they married in 1981.


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LISTEN: Minor Science Remixes Scott Walker
The Quietus , July 23rd, 2012 09:20
Download free EP, Train Window Girl, featuring remixes of a number of Walker tracks
The last time we gave mention to Minor Science - aka a musical project of Quietus scribe Angus Finlayson - it was for his free Valentine's Day rework of Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away'.
More recently, he has taken to reworking Scott Walker's music, cutting it to ribbons, looping it and allowing it to play out gracefully above drowned arrangements. Now he's giving away a free six-track EP gathering together his full set of Walker reworks, entitled Train Window Girl (a title taken from the lyrics of Walker's 'It's Raining Today', a version of which features on here). It's a rather lovely, drizzly and soporific listen, with certain aspects of the originals remaining in place, while others vanish into the surrounding aether. You can download it here, and listen to the title track below.
In terms of process, Train Window Girl is not too dissimilar from Oneohtrix Point Never's well-known Sunsetcorp tracks, which looped short segments of pop songs until they acquired an uncanny new resonance.
But sonically they share a little more with Berlin-based musician Leyland James Kirby, whose work both under that name and as the Caretaker explores the emotional memories held in older pop and ballroom records. The artwork by Ross Bennett, which you can see below, gives a nice visual representation of what you're likely to hear - Walker's face, scrambled around in the manner of Kai's Power Goo.
For more on Minor Science, head across to his site.
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