NOAA Fisheries has issued exempted fishing permits, which allow each Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) state to set their own season for the red snapper private angling component in state and federal waters during 2018 and 2019. The 2018 fishing season for the federally permitted for-hire component will be 51 days in federal waters of the Gulf.
Private Anglers: Gulf states will set seasons through exempted fishing permits. Please read below.
Federally Permitted For-Hire Vessels: June 1, 2018, 12:01 a.m., local time, until July 22, 2018, at 12:01 a.m., local time.
The red snapper total recreational quota is 6.73 million pounds, allocated 57.7% to the private angling component and 42.3% to the for-hire component.
NOAA Fisheries has issued exempted fishing permits that allow each Gulf state (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida) to set the season for the private angling component for red snapper caught in state and federal waters that are landed in that state. Each state will be providing a separate announcement notifying anglers when their season will open and close.
Private anglers with the appropriate licenses from a state are exempt from the federal closure and are able to land fish caught in federal waters during seasons specified by the state.
States will monitor red snapper private angler landings and close their seasons if the state's assigned quota is reached or projected to be reached.
The 2018 annual catch target for the federal for-hire component is 2,278,000 pounds whole weight.
The number of days for the federal for-hire component to harvest its annual catch target was projected using recent catch rates and mean weights.
When fishing for red snapper in federal waters, private anglers will need a permit, license, or registration from the state in which they intend to land the fish.
Anglers can fish anywhere in federal waters, including in federal waters off a state with a closed season, if the state where they intend to land is open.
Private anglers must follow all other requirements for landing in the state and abide by the federal bag limit (maximum two fish per person) and size limit (minimum 16 inches total length) when fishing in federal waters.
The exempted fishing permits do not allow for-hire vessels to fish for or possess red snapper in or from federal waters without a federal for-hire permit.
Please see state regulations relative to fishing for red snapper in state waters.
Persons aboard a federally permitted for-hire vessel cannot fish for or possess red snapper in federal or state waters when the federal for-hire season is closed.
If the federal permit is transferred off the vessel, persons aboard the vessel cannot, any time during that fishing year, fish for or possess red snapper in federal waters when the federal for-hire season is closed.
These restrictions apply even if the vessel is not acting as a charter vessel, for example, the captain is taking his family fishing.
These restrictions apply regardless of any other permit on the vessel.
Relevant regulations: 50 CRF 622.39(c) and 622.41(q)(2)(iii)(B).
Persons aboard the vessel can recreationally fish for red snapper when the private angling season is open, if they declare they are recreationally fishing when they hail out through the vessel monitoring system (VMS) or call-in system.
While on a recreational trip, each person aboard is restricted to the bag limit, no commercial quantities of any reef fish species can be on board, and the fish may not be sold.
This does not apply if the vessel also has a Federal Gulf Charter/Headboat Permit for Reef Fish (see above).
Relevant regulations: 50 CFR 622.39(b), 622.28(e), 622.38(a)(2).
Why is NOAA Fisheries not setting a private angling red snapper season?
NOAA Fisheries issued exempted fishing permits to each Gulf state to set their own federal season for the private angling component.
To accommodate the exempted fishing permits, the private angling season will be closed all year in federal waters, but private anglers with the appropriate licenses from a state are exempt from the federal closure, and can harvest fish from federal waters during that state's season.
Why did NOAA Fisheries issue the exempted fishing permits?
Although red snapper are recovering quickly in the Gulf, the federal recreational fishing season for private anglers has been getting shorter each year.
Many fishermen are frustrated with the increasingly restrictive federal management of red snapper and see a need for increased cooperation between state and federal governments.
NOAA Fisheries recognizes new and innovative solutions are needed to manage the Gulf recreational red snapper fishery.
What are the quotas and annual catch targets for 2018?
The quota for red snapper in the Gulf for both the commercial and recreational sectors is 13.74 million pounds whole weight. The recreational sector is allocated 49% of that total, which is 6,733,000 pounds whole weight.
The red snapper total recreational quota is allocated 57.7% to the private angling component and 42.3% to the for-hire component.
The annual catch targets are 80% of the quotas. This 20% buffer helps minimize the potential for a quota overage.
Where can I find more information on the red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico?
For more information on red snapper management, please visit http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_fisheries/gulf_fisheries/red_snapper/index.html.
For more information on the exempted fishing permits for state management of red snapper, please visit http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_fisheries/gulf_fisheries/LOA_and_EFP/2018/RS%20state%20pilot/home.html.


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Sichuan's variety of world-famous dishes is one of the big draws for tourists coming to China's southwest region. In Chengdu, you can find many restaurants specializing in Sichuan cuisine, which has a reputation for being fiercely hot and spicy. Chengdu is also proud of hotpot, another trademark Sichuan dish that is equally as spicy and possilby more well known.The snacks and street foods that are…
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When it comes to leisure activities, Chengdu is the hands-down leader of China. Sichuan has a widely known reputation for being one of China's most laid-back provinces: from traditional teahouses to shopping malls, modern cafes, and pubs and clubs, there are one-hundred-and-one ways for you to enjoy the entertainment options here, and when you visit, you can feel the vitality of this city both day and…
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Politics & Government Politics
Have libs in Illinois finally found a way to ban guns without actually telling people they can't own them?
Illinois is working a bill that would require all gun owners to purchase $1 Million worth of liability insurance. If they don't purchase any insurance, it will be considered a felony and they'll go to jail. The insurance could cost several hundred dollars every month; the poor and middle class would have... show more Illinois is working a bill that would require all gun owners to purchase $1 Million worth of liability insurance. If they don't purchase any insurance, it will be considered a felony and they'll go to jail. The insurance could cost several hundred dollars every month; the poor and middle class would have to give up their firearms or face the possibility of real jail time. The bill also goes after people who've been the victim of burglary by requiring them to report stolen firearms. Some people may not have any idea their weapons were stolen and used in the commission of a crime but Illinois will find a way to make THEM the criminal.
Obama and the dems will ban guns simply by making their ownership too costly. It's their new gameplan to rid the nation of firearms without actually having to worry about going before voters. If businesses stop making guns because of litigation or people can't afford ammo/insurance, they'll sell them for scrap.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStat...
Best Answer: They will do anything they can possibly do to take our guns away no matter what. From ammo pricing to taxation, to your post. It's coming and there will be little we can do to stop them short of a coup. A violent one.
Edg1 · 1 decade ago
Yeah, I saw that too. There aren't any insurance companies that are willing to insure a person against judgements stemming from a clean self defense shooting. That effectively bans the firearm, and it's still a violation of the 2nd ammendment. I would definitely call it infringement, and if we are using the "You know it when you see it" thing, it doesn't pass the sniff test. Now, that said, I do there ought to be a safety course requirement, easily taken at any NRA sponsored gun club. Take the course once, and you're good for life to buy whatever you feel the need for. I am a big fan of firearms, but I do think it would help with basic, "How does this bolt-release work?" accidents. When most people privately sell a firearm used, the owner's manual isn't there. The novice is usually where such accidents take place. The course should show the folks how the most common designs of weapons work, and what types of ammunition are NOT suitable for home-defense, due to wall penetration. Frangible ammo is a really good thing, yet it is banned in some areas, simply because the people who ban guns and ammo have never fired a BB gun, nevermind a home-defense weapon.
Source(s): Criminals asking for tougher gun laws so they don't have to get shot while robbing us. Apparently, the armed citizen is working.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3kMuN8s...
bretsmith7876 · 1 decade ago
I live in Chicago. Everyone here is at least vaguely aware of Al Capone and the ruthless gang murders that took place in the 1930's. It's understood that law enforcement was paid off to look the other way. Chicago law enforcement is still bought and paid for by rival gangs. You will never see the Chicago police on a reality show because of that fact. They did so much damage to their image by beating up hippie's each night on the nightly news at the 1968 convention that they still haven't recovered. Law enforcement is so corrupt here that most people don't notice and don't care. It's kinda ho-hum that three of our last 5 governors have done jail time. Citywide nightly shootings amount to more than you have fingers...do you think that those doing the shooting care about a permit? Now you want any yahoo with a carry permit to get into the mix? So every bar fight that ended with an F_you will now be a bang, you're dead. Are you that naive to think that people with guns doing the shooting care about gun permits? What's wrong with you? Slip the cop a $20 bill, no problem.
Sally · 3 years ago
Good info Levan..
Thier attempting to sneek around the second amendment. Another way that some states are trying to do this is to serialize each individual bullet that is purchased at the retail level, and database buyer info. This will make purchase of ammunitions cost prohibitive. Several states have these bills at the congressional level right now.
Sad really...the sheep that are for gun control simply dont know thier world or national history. If they did...they would reconsider! They are also ill-informed as to the science of criminology and statistics...once again, if they were educated in these areas, they would realize that gun control does not control the criminals...but rather places average joe-blow at a disadvantage when confronting them.
These are the same sheep that will cry for help rather then act when the ____ hits the fan. Considering police response times nationwide..they may be cryin for a while.
hu · 1 decade ago
@ Robert E, who said: "nothing unconstitutional about it in principle..."
um.... hey dude, what about:
"...SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"
-2nd Amendment, Bill of Rights, US Constitution.
Bam, right there. Unconstitutional.
...then you try to make some analogy about auto insurance... what? Where in the Bill of Rights is the citizens' Right to Drive enshrined and protected? Hmmm???? WHERE??
So how is it the same?
It's not.
You want a valid analogy instead? Ok.
This is a lot like if you were required by law to buy a 1 million dollar insurance policy against the potential damages that might be caused by your FIRST amendment protected right to Freedom of Speech.
Do you want to have to buy insurance to cover any harm you might cause by mouthing off? This would cover any potential financial costs associated with slander or libel on your part, arising from your abuse of free speech.
Would that be Constitutional as well? By your logic, it would be.
But, by law, it is not.
Source(s): The most important thing that people need to understand about the Bill of Rights, particularly the 1st through 5th amendments, is this:
These rights are not 'granted' by the Constitution. They are INBORN, and UNALIENABLE.
That means that every human being, regardless of his nationality, is born with these rights. The Bill of Rights just PROTECTS them. It does not grant them.
The Bill of Rights is not really about granting us freedom, we already had those freedoms. We were born with them. The Bill of Rights is more about LIMITING the power of the government to INFRINGE upon those freedoms.
Anonymous · 1 decade ago
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Provides that a person shall be deemed the owner of a firearm after the firearm is lost or stolen until such loss or theft is reported to the police department or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the owner resides. Provides that the Department of State Police shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act if the Department finds that the person to whom such card was issued possesses or acquires a firearm and does not submit evidence to the Department of State Police that he or she has been issued in his or her name a liability insurance policy in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Effective January 1, 2010.
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These SOBs are not going to let up. We're going to have to battle them every step of the way!
Source(s): http://gunowners.org/
Here's a great article that every gun owner should read.
http://gunowners.org/guns-gun-laws-and-l...
L.T.M. · 1 decade ago
Sounds like the same ilk of people who made an end run attempt on separation of Church and State in CT by trying to require that lay councils would be appointed to oversee the finances of the Church; no input or control from the clergy. . . hmmmmmm.
Source(s): http://www.glennbeck.com/content/article...
Nana64 · 1 decade ago
The evil Illinois lawyers think they have found a way to legally steal our rights but they are wrong. This financial scheme is based on their saying that we must buy our rights, but rights are not for sale and there are many of us who will defend our God given rights. They will try, but they will lose an unnecessary fight.
porquemoi · 1 decade ago
It appears that they have and the other liberal controlled states will follow suit in short order. If that happens in my state, I'm moving to Texas. The population of Texas will probably double within the next five years because of nonsense like this.
nothing unconstitutional about it in principle, but there is no way a million dollars in insurance will pass, it makes some sense to me, you aren't allowed to drive a car without insurance. but a million worth of coverage is to expensive to be necessary. the second part makes perfect sense, and it's not going after people whose guns have been stolen, it's going after people who buy guns for criminals and then claim they were stolen. if you aren't paying enough attention and have it so easily accessible that your gun can be easily stolen and you won't notice, you shouldn't have a gun in the first place. it's a right, but not an unlimited one, just because it's a constitutional right to freedom of religion doesn't mean i can sacrifice virgins to Satan.
robert e · 1 decade ago
Illinois finally overturned conceal carry Gun Ban today.It's about time?
When libs refer to "Gun control" are they actually referring to banning guns?
Hmm ok frnds... finally my website is done and ready.. tell me how do you find it...???
Why is Obama telling gun owners not to stock up on guns and to trust him about not trying to ban hand guns?
Anti-gun tards owned, court tells Illinois to craft ccw law?
Did Ilhan Omar inbreed with her brother?
Why are there no Caucasians or Asian-Americans in "The Squad"? Are they racist and intolerant towards Caucasians and Asian-Americans?
Did you know that Trump is the only person to have their own Wikipedia page re their racism?
A storm capable of producing a tornado is approaching my current location. Your thoughts?
Should Trump's wife "go back to her country"?
Do you believe that Trump was racist when he criticized the 4 congresswomen? (Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Omar, and Pressley)?
Americans: Do you believe diversity is a strength or a weakness?
Should President Trump's likeness be put on Mt. Rushmore now or at the end of his term in 2024?
Why did Wisconsin vote for Trump in 2016 but voted Democrat in 2018?
If Republicans supposedly hate minorities and immigrants so much, why are they supporting a black immigrant Republican to unseat AOC?


Thirty-three years ago while traveling across parts of Canada, I spent a few muggy summer days in Winnipeg, a city that struck me as being a down and out place. It was coincidence that in a downtown book-store I came across an 840 page collection of George Orwell (1903-1950) writings. The volume started with Orwell's personal documentary "Down and Out in Paris and London". Ever since then, this book has been my favourite collection of short stories and other writings by the incomparable George Orwell. It always struck me as regrettable that most everyone I have talked to about Orwell, knows him only for his famous fable "Animal farm" and perhaps also for the his utopian story "1984", which was written in 1948. This is regrettable, as Orwell's primary literary quality as political writer, remains frequently unknown or under-appreciated. Likewise, it is intellectually tragic that many people, especially students (shame on all those pitiful curricula developers who ignore Orwell), have never heard of George Orwell at all.
The George Orwell volume I obtained was published in London by Secker & Warburg in association with Octopus books in 1980. The volume starts with three of Orwell's eye-witness documentaries, as already mentioned "Down and Out", followed by "The Road to Wigan Pier" and "Homage to Catalonia". Only starting on page 361 is the wide selection of Orwell's "Essays and Journalism" presented. They are presented chronologically, according to four distinct writing periods for Orwell. Each period covers a political epoch so to speak: 1931 to 1940 the years leading up to and the beginning of World War II, the peak War years from 1940 to 1943 when no war outcome could be foreseen, the final war years 1944 to 1945 and the post War period of 1945 to 1949.
Without doubt, Orwell is one of the most discussed political authors of the 20th century, and for good reason. Orwell's lines of thought extend to today's political world and his intellectual honesty and integrity are unquestionable.
Orwell remains astonishingly contemporary and remains of critical importance when selecting a capable literary, or rather a journalistic methodology for understanding contemporary global politics. In many ways it is tragic that his writing and commitment to democratic ideals is as necessary today as it was in is time. It had, for a brief historical instance, seemed that the Cold War had ended; empires were dissolving and global citizenship was emerging. Perhaps, the optimists amongst those of us of the multitude of global civil society democrats were too eager to see capitalist globalization give way to the ideals of the global commons (1). Today, as we filter through the daily news from the Middle East, Central Africa , Central America and from Eastern Europe to the Far East, these hopes seem to be placed on indefinite hold.
It is often said that 'we never learn from history'. Sadly, more and more people may not even have heard of that saying, let only know much of history (we are supposed to live in the moment, consume while it lasts and don't ask question of how things were why they are as they are now, and how they could be, if only we knew a little more, well, of how we got here in the first place, politically speaking). After the First World War (1914-1918, years in brackets as some may not know !!) 'Never again' soon gave way to the rise of fascism and World War Ii (1939-1945). The United Nations were soon transformed into a political contest between the Cold War powers, but doing what they could to prevent or at least contain political fires.
The end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall (built in 1961-1989) promised to see a "Peace dividend' shared around the world, but wars in what is now the former- Yugoslavia and in the Congo (former Zaire) did not materialize.
Wars on Terror followed, seemingly never-ending and igniting new violence and conflict zones in their aftermath. What started as an 'Arab Spring' has mutated into today's' ongoing upheavals throughout an entire region, spread out across continents. Truly, one step forward and more than two steps back. The only human constants throughout time it seems to me are love and music and the hopes, dreams and promises they trigger: individually and collectively. As John Lennon (1940-1980) sang in 'Imagine": "You may call me a dreamer, but I'm not the only one".
As a non-conformist writer, Orwell provided depth and literary quality in his essays and journalism, often in a form that resembles fictional short stories. He understood that in the struggle to dominate the political sphere, language is a powerful tool. Still today in a globalized world, language in the public sphere, in the mainstreamed and fully commercialised media, has been dramatically stripped of its potential to be a partner of truth. Sounds and images occupy the foreground of political communication; social media throw random bits of mostly useless information at the screen-addicted users, while language fragments serve to reinforce carefully crafted and technically produced, interest-laden corporate/political messages.
"Political language…is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind".
In Orwell's time, the fight against fascism dominated all spheres of life. A fight Orwell partook in not through his writing alone, but also as a combatant against the fascist forces in Spain in the mid-1930s. Many of the writings in the 1981 volume of collected works provide plain language accounts of political struggles such as the one in Spain.
Orwell provides insightful and well articulated views on topics as diverse as the wrongs of colonialism, the decay of language to yes, some political thoughts on the common toad. In today's world of omnipresent globalization and associated multitudes of political struggles, there is no doubt that George Orwell remains an important voice: his collected works ring out loud, still today.
The literary exploration in 2002 of "Why Orwell Matters" by the late Christopher Hitchens, provides an authoritative account of the principles that guided George Orwell in his writings. In his book, Hitchens steps out beyond the confines of academic literary criticism by uncovering how Orwell's lines of thought extend to today's political world.
The messages from faraway and nameless semi-desserts that reach us in the 'free world's evening news, during the intermissions of the countless reality shows we are fed, are construed by a propaganda machinery serving Empire. Inside the imploding countries and dissolving boundaries of legitimacy and accountability (2), violence in the name of an imagined divinity is providing a vague and fleeting sense of power to all too many people disenchanted with developmental standstill and political corruption, and who are in want of an escape from life in dead-end allies. It hardly matters which of these messages are consumed: both kinds dehumanise the senders as well as the audience. Challenging such messages becomes a central task for all upright democrats. Political writing in the tradition of Orwell can serve as today's flag-bearer for freedom of thought for an informed democratic citizenry. It is easy to agree with Hitchens that what matters is "how you think", as exemplified by Orwell in his work.
In our world of omnipresent capitalist globalization and multitudes of political struggles, far from all with the realization of the historic democratic project dear to them, there is no doubt that George Orwell matters today: very possibly, more so now than ever.
Back in 2005, a reflection of this enthusiasm is the online interview in Newtopiamagazine conducted with Michael Hardt, the co-author of 'Multitude'.


Uncle Sam got slapped on the side of the head last month when a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruled that multibillion-dollar subsidies by the US to domestic cotton producers violated international trade rules.
"This is big stuff," says Clyde Prestowitz, president of the Economic Strategy Institute in Washington.
That's because the WTO ruling might nudge forward reform of the world's costly farm subsidy programs.
The ruling - an interim one - found that American subsidies encouraged US cotton output, raised exports, depressed world cotton prices, and thus hurt Brazilian cotton growers.
• It pressures industrial nations to trim their farm subsidies.
• It may encourage the US to move forward in the Doha Round of world trade negotiations. A fight between the rich North and poor South over farm issues was a key reason a WTO meeting in Cancún, Mexico, last September failed to make progress.
• It may require the reopening of the US 2002 Farm Bill.
Rich nations "should find a way of helping their own farmers without hurting farmers in poor countries," says Gawain Kripke, a policy adviser in Washington to Oxfam America.
The cost to consumers and taxpayers in rich nations is enormous - nearly $1 billion a day, estimates the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Taxpayers shell out roughly a third of that sum in subsidies to farmers. The rest comes from higher prices that these programs force on consumers.
For example: one way to keep food prices high at home is to keep foreign food from coming in. So, not surprisingly, the average farm-product tariff in the OECD (essentially, the world's rich nations) is extremely high - 116 percent on dairy products, 78 percent on grains, 82 percent for livestock, and 64 percent for sugar and sweeteners.
Worse, the rich nations spend huge amounts to subsidize farm exports. The European Union, by far the worst offender in this regard, has been spending up to $6 billion per year.
US cotton is another case. America's share of world cotton exports is expected to reach 42 percent this marketing year, up from 24 percent in 1996. In 2002, cotton was exported from the US at 61 percent below its cost of production, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) found. That has hit cotton-dependent West African nations hard, including Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo.
By hurting the farm exports of developing countries, agricultural protectionism probably more than cancels out the positive effects of the $60 billion or so that rich nations hand out in foreign aid each year.
But there's a catch. Whatever economic case one can make against farm subsidies, there's a compelling political argument to continue them. Farmers and agriculture-related lobbies are powerful and well-organized.
The issues won't go away, however. Another WTO panel is expected to decide soon on a Brazilian complaint about the European Union's protection of its sugar-beet farmers. This could light a fire under the EU. The WTO would like to see a "framework agreement" on farm issues worked out by the end of June, with actual negotiations starting early next year.
The Doha Round is supposed to fully incorporate agricultural products into the world system governing international trade. But successful negotiation of a global trade round takes years. Mr. Prestowitz isn't sure the Doha Round will end even in the next presidential term.
Surprisingly, even some US farmers who receive the subsidies grumble. That's because most of the money goes to big farms, usually run by corporations. Between 1995 and 2002, for example, a total of $1.68 billion was paid to 285 cotton exporters and millers under one part of the cotton program, according to a study by the Environmental Working Group, using data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. A handful of corporations got an average of $80 million apiece. Allenberg Cotton Co. of Cordova, Tenn., was paid $106.9 million.
Prestowitz criticizes the administration for talking a free-trade line but acting in a protectionist manner by appealing the cotton case. The cotton decision, says Dale Hathaway, an expert with the National Center for Food and Agriculture in Washington, "will push in the direction of moving ahead with subsidy reform."


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The local elections this week produced a surprising result – the opinion polls got it right! The biggest results for the Tories were probably in Monmouthshire and Glasgow, where they took over Labour strongholds.
But on the Tamworth Herald website, the first thing about the election is the news that we now have six Tory county councillors, out of a possible six. Why? The editors put that news first, because that is what's most important to the readers in Tamworth.
We might also ask ourselves, why is Psalm 1 first? Why not Psalm 150, to help us learn about praise? Why not Psalm 103, to begin with God's mercy? What about Psalm 73, to speak to human troubles and deepest needs?
Psalm 1 is first, because its message is so important. It spells out two ways to live, two humanities, two destinies.
There are not many paths: there are two. There are not many destinies: there are two. Psalm 1 simplifies things right down, to help us understand this important message: nothing is so crucial as your belonging to the congregation of the righteous (p14).
The psalmist begins with the direction of the believer's life. And, ignoring all the rules for good marketing, he (or she) begins with a negative, a contrast.
The blessed and righteous person is not neutral (like Switzerland), but shuns evil in all its forms. They will have nothing to do with it – at all.
Not walking in step with the wicked is about rejecting the way of thinking, the mindset and outlook of the wicked.
Not standing in the way that sinners take is about rejecting their behaviour, actions and practices.
Not sitting in the company of mockers is about not settling into the attitude which mocks godliness and faithfulness.
The righteous person, then, is counter-cultural, is different. A lady aged 104 was once asked what the best thing about being 104 was, and she replied, 'No peer pressure.' The righteous person meets plenty of peer pressure, but does not give in to it, often at a cost.
and… meditates on his law day and night.
There is a better way, the psalmist says, and the righteous and blessed person knows it: the law of the Lord. The word there is torah – the torah of the Lord. Although it is usually translated as 'law', actually it is broader than that – it encompasses narrative and preaching, as well as laws. It really means teaching and instruction, or 'written-down scripture'.
We have a phrase in my family, which is 'fun sponge'. It means someone who soaks all the fun out of a situation. The righteous person is not a fun sponge, but knows where the true source of delight really is: in God's word. And this isn't a passing fancy, but something the righteous person meditates on day and night.
Do you ever talk to yourself? I've been known to do that, especially when I'm on my own. I'll mutter words of a sermon to myself, I'll rehearse conversations with people – sometimes I suspect I'm (going?!) quite mad.
I do it when someone gives me instructions or directions – I repeat them back to the person, and then mutter them to myself over and over, so I don't forget them.
That's a bit like what this word 'meditate' means. The word suggests muttering or murmuring in an undertone (p17). It's not about sitting quietly in a holy huddle, reading in silence, alone with our thoughts. It's about repeating, sharing the words with one another, allowing them to feed us, to delight us.
'Do not be afraid, I will save you.
I have called you by name – you are mine.
your troubles will not overwhelm you.
the hard trials that come will not hurt you.
and because I love you and honour you.
They are adapted from the first verses of Isaiah 43. And I clung to those words. I read them, repeated them, and slowly but surely they made their way into my heart.
There is still some work to do. I do not feel like I deserve to be precious to God, or honoured by him. But then, I don't deserve it – and yet I am precious to him anyway.
We have a choice: do we base our lives on the counsel of the wicked, or on the torah of Yahweh? What drives your life?
The righteous person has stability (planted), vitality (by streams of water), productivity (yields its fruit), durability (does not wither) and prosperity (whatever they do prospers).
This is a big-picture description of the life of a believer – it does not mean that nothing will ever go wrong. Many other psalms make that clear. This picture is about stability-with-vitality (p19).
Now, I don't know about you, but I would not normally put those two things together; they are often two opposite stereotypes.
Creative, artsy-type people go with the flow, are always late, spontaneous, full of life but not very reliable. They are the fun-loving, free spirit types who will make a decision last minute.
Methodical, ordered people are probably accountants, always on time, plan everything to the last detail, and are always dependable. They will have fun – but only after doing the dishes, paying the bills, making the bed and finishing the ironing.
But in the blessed person, you have the two combined: the one who says no to the world and yes to Yahweh's word is the one who is both rooted and lively; his stability is not monotonous and his vitality is not chaotic (p19).
I have huge admiration for people who have been Christians for decades. Their life speaks of God's faithfulness – they really are like a planted and watered tree. That's the sort of growth I long for here: deep-rooted, long-term, natural, slow but steady and lasting growth, alive and secure – exactly like a tree.
The contrast with the wicked could not be greater – they are like chaff (4): dead, lifeless dust which blows away in the slightest breeze. Again, this is big-picture stuff – it doesn't mean that the wicked never prosper (the psalmists often complain they do!).
Finally, v5 begins with a therefore. This is where it's all heading – and this is why the psalm is so serious, so solemn.
First we had the direction of a believer's life, then the description; now we have the destiny of a believer's life.
Would anyone like to hazard a guess what CHOGM means? It is the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting, and the Queen was visiting. People joke that to the Queen everywhere smells of fresh paint, like to a vicar everyone's lounge is neat and tidy – all over Kampala people were cleaning up the streets, fixing the roads, planting trees – they had to be ready, because the Queen was coming.
That is the urgency the psalmist is trying to stir up in us: are you ready? Are you ready for the judgement?
It is simply not true that the Old Testament is all about judgement and the New Testament all about love. It is a consistent message – though not always easy to understand.
Here Jesus says, like the psalmist, that even people who are outwardly members of God's family can be numbered among the wicked. There are people who are sound (they call Jesus 'Lord'), sincere (note the fervent 'Lord, Lord') and successful (performing powerful miracles) – and yet Jesus does not know them (see p22). Though outwardly they are in the assembly of the righteous, they were ultimately self-serving and did not do the Father's will.
In the same way, the psalmist is not talking about the people 'out there' but giving a warning to God's own people, that simply belonging is not enough. It is an uncomfortable truth, but one we need to hear – and one we need to heed.
In contrast to the judgement – where the wicked will not stand (5) – Yahweh watches over the way of the righteous (6). This is a continuous participle: Yahweh keeps watch over the way of the righteous. And it is intimate – Yahweh doesn't simply know; he is intimately and personally concerned about every step (p23).
This God will not stop caring for the righteous when they face him on judgement day. It's like Isaiah 43.1: God says to the righteous, 'Do not be afraid, I will save you'.
We might paraphrase the destiny of the blessed and righteous person by saying, he that has loved me all my life through will not forsake me now (p24).
Psalm 1 begins with the word 'blessed' and ends with the word 'destruction'. It is serious stuff, and a vital message for God's people to hear, which is why it is first in the Bible's hymn book.
It boils down to two ways to live, two humanities, a choice between two options: the counsel of the wicked, or the way of Yahweh?
Come to Jesus, and you will find the small gate and the narrow road, which leads to life (Matthew 7.14).


"Family Villa" offers you modern and comfortable recreation in Pervalka. The owners of this private property provide acommodation with all conveniences. The house with 4 bedrooms and a sauna is available for rent, as well as the apartments with 2 bedrooms in a fisherman's house.
Big families and friend companies are welcome to spend a vacation surrounded by nature of the Curonian Spit. Safe environment--fenced territory, a playground and a cosy recreation area--is perfect for having a relaxing time with kids. "Family Villa" can acommodate 14 guests at a time.
Pervalka is the smallest settlement in the 5000 year-old Curonian Spit. Founded in the 18th century by the villagers of sand-covered Naujieji Nagliai, Pervalka is famous for its scenic nature, private recreation and clean beaches.


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Q: TextInput Alignment Not Centered iOS React-Native Why does iOS not center the text input control?
I am including the render and stylesheet
code:
left android, right ios
render() {
  return (

  <View style={styles.container}>
    <TextInput
           style={styles.input}
           onChangeText={(text) => this.setState({text})}
           underlineColorAndroid='rgba(0,0,0,0)'
           value={this.state.text}
           placeholder= 'username'
           />
  </View>
)
}

  const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
  flex: 1,
  justifyContent: 'center',
  alignItems: 'center',
  backgroundColor: '#13493A'
}

 input: {
   height: 40,
   width: 250,
   borderRadius: 5,
   backgroundColor: '#598176',
   color: 'white',
   marginTop: 30,
   textAlign: 'center'
  }
});

Thank you in advance,
Anthonie

A: Looking on the issue tracker, this appears to be a bug in React Native on iOS: #11892 So your code should work but doesn't. There is a listed workaround which is to add alignSelf: 'center' to the TextInput's styles (see example).

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CgMs are pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring, in association with Bircham Dyson Bell and Property Week, a Planning Conference to be held on 15 October.
CgMs are also the sponsors of the "Midlands Town of the Year Award" at Property Week's Midlands Conference being held at the ICC, Birmingham on 15 July.
For further information about these two events please contact Mike Straw.
Our rural team will also have a stand at the Country Land and Business Association Game Fair being held at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, on 24- 26 July. For further details please contact Nathan McGlouhlin and also see our rural team's news entry below.
Our residential team recently secured planning permission for 92 residential units at appeal in respect of an area of Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) within the London Borough of Bromley on behalf of Goldcrest Homes (Piccadilly Limited).
Goldcrest Homes now have permission to construct the dwellings within an area of designated MOL. As the Inspector appointed to determine the planning appeal noted within his decision, the most important attribute of MOL is its openness, however, notwithstanding the impact of reducing the openness (usually enough to warrant the refusal of planning permission) he allowed the appeal to proceed on the basis the Local Planning Authority (LPA) could not demonstrate an adequate 5-year housing land supply.
Government guidance requires Council's to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites in order that set targets for new housing can be achieved. The inability of the LPA to do this at the appeal meant that a balance needed to be struck between the harm to the MOL and the need for additional housing in the borough. Consequently, the appeal was allowed on the basis that the need for housing (mindful of the lack of evidence of supply) outweighed the impact of the development upon the MOL.
This case highlights a number of key considerations, including (i) the importance of a LPA to have a deliverable five-year supply of identified housing land to meet their targets; (ii) the ability to secure a considerable uplift in land value where appropriate research and analysis is undertaken and (iii) clarifies some of the 'very special circumstances' required to demonstrate that development on Metropolitan Open Land (or similar) can in exceptional cases be appropriate.
For further information please contact Kevin Goodwin or Alun Evans.
The housing team are also advising Countryside Properties on a scheme for up to 450 homes plus A1, B1 and D1 community use, public open space and off-site highway works on the site of Mid Kent College in Chatham. A planning application was submitted on behalf of Countryside Properties in April 2009 for details of the first phase and access roads with all other matters reserved for subsequent approval.
There is currently a resolution by Medway Council to grant outline planning permission subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement. Due to the current economic situation this has not been signed, as the proposed development is no longer viable based on the existing terms of the S106 Agreement, which stipulates the provision of 25% affordable housing and significant financial contributions in respect of education and public open space provision.
A formal request has been made to revise the S106 Agreement to ensure the delivery of much needed new housing. Negotiations have been in progress since mid 2008 and it is hoped that the matter will now be determined by Committee in July 2009.
The development is important to Medway Council as the funds raised on the sale of the existing college is enabling the re-provision of a new £76 million campus elsewhere within the Borough.
Our residential team has also been actively involved at all stages in the production of the Forest Heath District Council Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). In addition to participating in Stakeholder/Housing Market Partnership meetings, CgMs has provided significant input into evolving the methodology, particularly with regards to the site sieving process. Acting on behalf of a major landowner, CgMs has undertaken detailed site-assessments for five sites, and has provided the Council with further information in support of these sites, particularly where environmental constraints exist. CgMs also provided feedback on the draft SHLAA report.
For further information contact Richard Tilley.
CgMs have been appointed to provide the Metropolitan Police Authority's (MPA) Property Services Department with town planning and historic building advice across its London Property Estate. This followed a competitive tender in which 60 other consultancies bid for the work.
"CgMs look forward to continuing to advise the MPA on planning and historic building issues as part of the systematic review of its accommodation needs, so that it has the right premises in the right locations suitable for modern day policing in London.
The 6 million square feet of existing floorspace within over 380 operational buildings in the Greater London area offer a diverse range of challenges. Its essential policing needs are a prime consideration in the planning of the 2012 Olympic Games and its legacy proposals and the Thames Gateway regeneration."
One particular aspect involves the redevelopment of existing police stations to provide modern policing facilities including custody centres. Two such sites are Wandsworth and Wood Green police stations which CgMs are currently in pre-application discussions with the Council. These are both historically sensitive and require both planning and historic buildings input.
A further site where CgMs have recently obtained planning permission for a policing facility is at High Road, Leyton and construction is due to commence this summer.
For further information please contact Matthew Roe.
Following on from the successes with the MPA, the Govt & PS team is also advising the British Transport Police on various sites both in and around London. Our instruction includes negotiating the re-location of their counter-terrorism unit and seeking planning permission for enhanced custody facilities, both within defined employment areas.
For further information please contact John Smith.
Acting as planning advisors to Helioslough Ltd, CgMs submitted in January 2009 a planning application for the development of an Inland Port (Strategic Rail Freight Interchange near Doncaster with rail and road served distribution units (562,000m2 in Use Class B8 including ancillary B1/B2 floorspace) and an intermodal terminal, with associated road, rail and other infrastructure facilities and works - including a revision to Junction 3 of the M18 and the first part of the Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS) and a link road to Rossington.
The application site is 397.4 hectare site comprising of 3 main areas of land. The planning application is due to be determined by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council this summer.
For further information please contact Erica Mortimer or Richard Tilley.
In April 2009 a revised application was also submitted by the team on behalf of Helioslough Ltd for Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) and Country Park at Radlett, St Albans.
The revised application was submitted following the dismissal of the previous appeal by the Secretary of State. The new application specifically seeks to re-address the outstanding issues identified by the Secretary of State - namely the assessment of alternative sites for the SRFI.
As before, the planning application seeks permission for the construction of a SRFI comprising an intermodal terminal and rail and road served distribution units (331,665m2 in Use Class B8 including ancillary B1/B2 floorspace) within Area 1, with associated road, rail and other infrastructure facilities and works within Areas 1 and 2 (the Development Site) and Areas 3 to 8 to provide publicly accessible open land and community forest. More than 86 hectares (50%) of the Development Site was proposed for landscaping. This application is due to be determined by St Albans on 20 July and a second inquiry is likely to take place in October.
The Commercial Team have also recently been successful in achieving planning permission for a new Regional Distribution Hub in East London on behalf of Royal Mail.
We were initially engaged to provide planning advice relating to a number of sites and their suitability to accommodate their East London Distribution Hub following the compulsory purchase of their existing site which was located on the Olympic Park. Following the review of a number of sites a preferred option was chosen which already benefited from a planning permission. Unfortunately this permission was challenged in the Courts and the resulting delays meant that RMG had to look for an alternative site.
A site was located on Oliver Road, West Thurrock which had an existing vacant warehouse building on it. CgMs carried out a planning risk assessment prior to the purchase of the site and a planning application was submitted within three months of the assessment being carried out.
We were able to achieve a resolution to grant planning permission within three months of the submission of the application and negotiated with the Environment Agency to remove their objection as the site is located within Flood Zone 3a.
The swift resolution of the planning application meant that the development could be completed on time and transition from the old site could occur without any disruption to the postal service.
The commercial team have also recently been successful in achieving planning permission at appeal for the redevelopment of the Freemasons Arms Public House, Lordship Lane, Wood Green on behalf of London and Newcastle (Wood Green) Ltd for a mixed use development comprising a commercial unit at ground floor and nine residential units above.
The appeal followed a refusal on the grounds of over-development, lack of an onsite loading bay and lack of a planning obligation for this development. The team successfully put forward the case at an informal hearing that the higher density thresholds should be applied because of the sites location in an urban area, were able to rebut the Council's request for an onsite loading bay through the provision of a new servicing bay on the adjoining street and agreed financial contributions.
For more information please contact Steve Forman .
- Grant of permission for a mixed use scheme comprising an Express store, office and residential accommodation in Hammersmith and Fulham. The redevelopment of an employment generating site for mixed use was supported by the introduction of high quality office accommodation, whilst the conclusions of CgMs' Retail Assessment supported the new retail floorspace in this out of centre location. Despite high level local opposition we managed to work closely with senior officers at the Council to convince the Members the scheme was acceptable and would have a positive impact on the adjacent Local Centre.
- Planning consent achieved in Middlesbrough for a redevelopment of the former car showroom to provide a mixed use development comprising a Tesco Express store on the ground floor with six flats above. CgMs guided the application successfully through the planning process first time and within the standard 8 week determination period despite considerable opposition from local residents and the Ward Councillors.
- obtaining permission for a change of use from office floorspace to retail in the London Borough of Lewisham. CgMs overcame the loss of employment floorspace by providing substantial information on the marketing carried out on the vacant B1 floor space to show there was no demand for B1 floorspace in the locality. CgMs demonstrated there was a retail need, there were no sequentially preferable sites and there would be no adverse impact on the nearby local centres. The application was unanimously approved by Members at committee.
The retail team have also recently completed an appraisal of a supermarket extension for Tewkesbury Borough Council. The assessment involved consideration of the applicant's retail case in terms of national guidance and retail capacity.
The team continues to work with retailers to address planning issues raised by their property holdings. This has included carrying out a series of appraisals for Marks and Spencer Simply Food sites across the UK. Further applications are being submitted for works to retail warehouse premises managed by Standard Life in Milton Keynes. Those submissions include an application for a Certificate of Lawful Use for an amended mezzanine floor.
A signage appeal for Toys R Us has been successful at Sprucefield, Northern Ireland. The Planning Appeals Commissioner agreed with CgMs that the sign would not be detrimental to highway safety. Appeals in Northern Ireland continue to be slow, this appeal took 18 months to decide although that was not too much of a problem for the company as the sign was already in place.
For further information please contact Malcolm Honour.
On behalf of the Sundial Group, CgMs obtained planning permission for a change of use for a grade II* listed building in the green belt, for a mix of conference, training and hotel uses at Barnett Hill, Wonersh, near Guildford.
The planning committee at Waverley Borough Council accepted that the change of use was compliant with green belt policy and that despite the site's location in the open countryside, through the provision of a travel statement, the development was sustainable. The development would also enable fuller use of the listed premises and also help to maintain local jobs.
We continue to have commissions from a number of wind farm operators across the country. In addition to those mentioned in the Historic Buildings team report, heritage inputs to Environmental Statements have been provided to clients for sites as wide ranging as Suffolk, the Midlands and North of England.
Building on our existing relationship with National Grid, CgMs has been commissioned to provide support to the company during the consenting process for strategic connections to the proposed new generation of nuclear power stations at Bradwell, Sizewell and Dungeness. The connections, which represent some of the most significant additions to the electricity transmission network since its inception, will take several years to develop and take through the consenting process. This will involve a range of preliminary studies and options appraisals, full environmental impact assessment of preferred options and a comprehensive submission to the recently constituted Infrastructure Planning Commission. CgMs staff will support the company's internal consents team and liaise with the engineering and environmental teams throughout the process.
For further information please contact Richard Atkinson.
In relation to waste projects, the team has also submitted an application for a 60,000 tonnes/annum Energy from Waste at Tockwith in North Yorkshire. The application was accompanied by an Environmental Assessment. The facility will provide electricity for the National Grid and reduce waste going to landfill. A decision is expected in the Autumn.
CgMs has in June submitted an application for a 100,000 tonnes/annum purpose built recycling facility at the London Waste EcoPark in Edmonton. The application was accompanied by an Environmental Assessment. A decision is expected in the Autumn.
In 2007 the CgMs Historic Building recording team at CgMs were instructed by the Lee Valley Estates redevelopment team to investigate buried structures at the Ferry Lane site in Tottenham Hale. An initial assessment revealed the survival of a 3000 person buried air-raid shelter that had been sealed and forgotten since 1955. The entire network, extending to 2.5km has now been fully recorded and analysed pursuant to the discharge of a planning condition. The shelters, built by the Harris Lebus Furniture factory and opened in August 1939, have sparked great local interest and specialist interest, leading to CgMs staff giving lectures on the findings. The findings are to be reported on in June 2009 as consideration now turns to suitable publication of this remarkable discovery.
The Director of the Historic Buildings team has recently acted as an expert heritage witness at an Inquiry regarding the proposed wind farm on land at Mynydd Y Betws, Carmarthenshire. The application was approved with the Inspector concluding, on the evidence given by CgMs, that the development would not directly affect any heritage assets and would not be significantly harmful to their setting.
The Director of the Historic Buildings team has provided heritage advice to npower renewables with regard to their proposed wind farm at Toft Hill, County Durham. This involved assessing the affect of the development on the cultural heritage around the proposed wind farm as well as the cumulative effect of several other proposed wind farms in the area. Having acted as an expert heritage witness at the Inquiry in May 2009, we are awaiting the Inspector's decision.
As a notable example of the skills and experience of our historic buildings recording team, we have been invited to lecture on Standing Building Recording at Birkbeck College and run the week long course at the prestigious London home to the Duke of Northumberland. This year marks the 4th year of the successful course which is open to the general public interested in understanding how to analyse and record our built heritage. The course runs in parallel with the Birkbeck training excavation of the former Syon Abbey.
In June 2009 experts from CgMs' Planning and Historic Building's section gave evidence at a public inquiry concerning the erection of three, two and a half storey buildings within a sensitive part of the Bartlemas Conservation Area, Cowley Road, Oxford. The College has owned the land since the 14th century. The focus of the conservation area is two, grade II* and a grade I listed building. In the Middle Ages these formed the nucleus of a hospital for sufferers of leprosy. Oxford City Council claimed the proposed buildings would adversely affect the setting of one of the listed buildings and neither preserve nor enhance the character and appearance of the conservation area. There was sizeable objection from local residents, local historic societies and English Heritage, but the application was recommended for approval. The Inspector's decision is awaited.
CgMs have been advising Places for People on archaeological issues on a large residential site in the eastern expansion area of Milton Keynes. Following negotiations with Milton Keynes Council (MKC) and Milton Keynes Partnership (MKP) various phases of evaluation and mitigation excavation work have been agreed and implemented leading to the completion and sign off of all works for Phase 1 of the scheme. Following further negotiations with MKC and MKP, CgMs are currently managing all archaeological mitigation excavation works for the remaining phases of the scheme. This work is due for completion by the end of the summer this year at which point all archaeological investigations will have been signed off removing all archaeological constraints for Places for People's Brooklands development.
The Carlyle Group has been granted planning permission for redevelopment of their 1.5 ha site between Redcliff Street and St Thomas Street in the centre of Bristol. The site sits within the Redcliff Conservation Area and what was historically part of the Medieval suburbs of Bristol. Archaeology was a key issue and CGMS' Cheltenham Archaeology team were able to negotiate with Bristol City Council to ensure a successful application. CGMS will continue to monitor the archaeological mitigation works required as a condition of planning permission.
CGMS work regularly for the energy sector and the Archaeology team in our Cheltenham office have recently helped National Grid with a planning application for a new 275Kv substation at Margam, South Wales. Deposits of peat recorded within the site have potential to preserve archaeological remains, however CGMS were able to agree a strategy with the LPA that minimised the impact of the development on the archaeological deposits and saved National Grid money and stopped potential headaches with the construction programme.
For further information please contact Rob Bourn.


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CMA raises concerns over LN-Gaiety's planned MCD acquisition
A Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) investigation has raised competition concerns over Live Nation-Gaiety's proposed takeover of Irish promoter MCD Productions. While the deal was cleared last week by Ireland's Competition ...
Viagogo faces contempt of court action
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to proceeding with contempt of court action against Viagogo following concerns it has failed to comply fully with a court order. The move ...
CMA to investigate AEG-SMG merger
The Competition And Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the proposed merger between AEG Facilities and SMG. The venue giants announced their intention to join forces to form ASM Global, a new ...
'It feels like the right time': Bauer Media's Gary Stein gets ready for the launch of Country Hits Radio
Just weeks after launching classical station Scala, Bauer Media today (April 5) debuts another national digital station, Country Hits Radio. It goes live at 10am via DAB digital, ...
"We have to shift perceptions": Milly Olykan on the Country Music Association's global masterplan
In the new issue of Music Week – and ahead of the return of C2C Festival this weekend – we take an in-depth look at the world of country music for our ...
CMA prepares further legal action against Viagogo
The Competition And Markets Authority (CMA) is preparing further legal action against Viagogo, saying the resale site is still failing to comply with a court order to overhaul its practices. ...
The Country Music Association announces 2019 CMA International Awards nominees
The Country Music Association has today (February 7) announced the nominees for the 2019 CMA International Awards, which honours executives and artists who have supported and made a difference to the growth ...
CMA threatens Viagogo with further court action
The CMA has threatened Viagogo with further legal action amid concerns the resale site is failing to comply with a court order to overhaul its practices. The body launched court action ...
CMA secures court order against Viagogo
Viagogo has been ordered to overhaul the way it does business following a landmark ruling in the High Court. The development follows legal proceedings by the Competition And Markets Authority ...
'It's an untenable situation': Google urged to take action on Viagogo
A coalition of anti-ticket abuse campaigners has written to Google to demand action on Viagogo's ability to dominate ticket searches through paid advertising. The open letter by the All Party ...


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There are many myths and tips on how to get bigger breasts. Here we have tried to distinguish the true from the false.
There are a lot of myths about how to get bigger breasts as a woman, and we have therefore chosen to look at them a little later. We try to distinguish the legitimate methods from the crowd, trying to mock the untrue in the earth. For example, many people think that you can get bigger breasts of eating chocolate and by using certain types of creams. We are looking into the matter!
False: You do not get bigger breasts of chocolate, but you should get stiffer breasts of it. The nutritionist, Professor Arne Astrup, Head of the Department of Human Nutrition at the University of Copenhagen declared in 2007 that dark chocolate can give solid breasts: "Half of the fat in chocolate is stearic acid, which has a solid consistency. The fat we eat is embedded in our fatty tissue, and if we eat dark chocolate in small quantities over a long period of time, it will be hard, "explained Arne Astrup. However, it should only be the dark chocolate that is giving solid breasts, while it is illuminated otherwise good qualities are spoiled by cream and sugar. The only reason you can get bigger breasts of eating chocolate is if you eat so much that you gain weight in general.
True: You can have bigger breasts to gain weight, as the breasts consist largely of fat. However, one of the side effects of this method is that you also touch on other parts of the body. In addition, your breasts will most likely be smaller again if you lose weight.
3 - You can get bigger breasts of hormones?
True: It is possible to get bigger breasts by consuming the female hormone estrogen, although the result varies. This is also what happens during pregnancy - the pregnant woman's body produces more estrogen while her breast glands grow, which together gives bigger breasts.
True: If you use contraceptive pill with a high level of estrogen, your breasts may grow bigger. However, it varies from woman to woman, and many experience no increase in breast size at all. There are also some who generally take on weight of birth control pills, and this can of course be associated with the larger breasts.
False: You do not get bigger breasts by training them. According to iForm.dk's expert, you can only train your chest muscle and the tighter it becomes, the less your chest becomes. So you actually risk getting less breasts by training them.
False: Your breasts will not look bigger even if you use a larger bra. On the other hand, your breasts will look flat and unharmonic because the bra is filled with air. However, you can choose either to use a push-up bra or a wrinkled bikini top under your clothes to make your breasts look bigger.
True: You can actually get a little bigger breasts of drinking a lot of milk. All dairy products such as milk, cheese and yogurt contain the hormones estrogen, progesterone and prolactin. All three hormone types are part of the lactation period in all kinds of mammals that help increase and maintain the breasts. By drinking milk you take more of these hormones, which in some cases may make your breasts bigger.
False: There is no evidence that one can not get bigger or less breasts using massage, although there are more providers of this particular. On the other hand, you can get more stubborn and sensual breasts by massaging them regularly - but they will not get bigger.
Apparently true: There are different "breast enlargement devices", including Venus Medical and Breast Enhancer. These manufacturers tell you that if you use the device for 20-30 minutes each day, you will see a clear difference in the size of your breasts after a month's time. Through vibrations they massage the breasts and increase blood circulation that activates cell renewal and hormone production in the breasts. If you search for the products on the internet, you can only find very positive reviews and recommendations of the products from different individuals - almost for positive review, in fact. However, there are no cases or more scientific reviews of the product, so it's not to know if it really works.
Doubtful: There are different creams that contain natural phytoestrogens, which should obviously help the body to produce new breast tissue. However, this has never been scientifically proven, and it seems doubtful that a cream should increase the size of the breast from the outside. If you look for it on Google, you'll find a lot of praise for the product from the manufacturers, while for the most part, individuals do not believe that a cream can give bigger breasts.
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The Berkeley Beacon • November 4, 2021 • https://berkeleybeacon.com/bones-day-or-no-bones-day-emerson-alum-pug-achieve-tiktok-fame/
'Bones day' or 'No Bones day': Emerson alum, pug achieve TikTok fame
Courtesy of Jonathon Graziano
Jonathon Graziano '13 and his pug, Noodle.
By Campbell Parish, Magazine Editor & Operations Managing Editor
Forget horoscopes or weather forecasts, there's a new way to figure out what kind of day you're going to have—Noodle, a 13-year-old pug.
Thanks to Jonathon Graziano '13, a former marketing communications major, Noodle has gone viral as millions of users, including Emerson students, rush to open TikTok at 11 a.m. to see what the world has in store for them by means of the adorable pug.
The premise of each video is to see if Graziano's 13-year-old pug wakes up with "bones" or "no bones," which can be identified by whether Noodle stands up, or according to Graziano, "gets mushy."
"Noodle has done [bones or no bones] ever since I've adopted him," Graziano said in an interview. "Noodle has always done this, in the morning, he'll just be really mushy and won't want to go on a walk."
Each morning, Graziano's bright and cheery face greets millions of people on TikTok, with each of his daily videos receiving an average of three million views. His own account has racked up 4.3 million followers and over 46.4 million total likes.
First-years Stella Del Tergo and Andy Ambrose said they look forward to seeing Graziano's videos each day. The roommates in Little Building report whether it's a bones or no bones day on their door's whiteboard.
They said they have been following Noodle's journey since the beginning—September 2020.
"[Graziano] probably doesn't even realize the impact he has," Del Tergo said. "I get texts from my friends at 10 a.m after we already had our 8 a.m.'s and we'll go 'I knew it was going to be a bones day, today is going so well.'"
Both Del Tergo and Ambrose said checking in on Graziano and Noodle has become a ritual—and were often relieved to find out a day that wasn't going well, was, in fact, a "No Bones" day.
"Everyone looks forward to seeing how he and his pug are doing," Del Tergo said.
Sometimes, it's possible to feel Noodle's vibe before he greets your social media thanks to Twitter account @NoodlesBonesDay, which has accumulated over 290,000 followers and reports the bones forecast for the day.
The brain behind the fan page is Alexandra Carbayo, a third-year medical student at Michigan State University's school of Human Medicine. With her busy schedule, she looks forward to Graziano's videos and shares the news with thousands of fellow fans.
"I'm a huge advocate for protecting one's mental health and I think it's a fun way to relate to taking care of yourself and doing what's right for you depending on how you feel and your moods," Carbayo said.
Graziano's relationship with Noodle started around six years ago, when a woman he worked with showed him a picture of Noodle. She shared that she was fostering an older dog who needed a good home, and two weeks later, Noodle was his.
Before starting his workday, Graziano shares his morning routine with Noodle for the internet, but Noodle can be a stubborn dog and sometimes just won't get up.
"He would just go totally limp if he didn't want to do something and since the pandemic, TikTok is my favorite place to be," Graziano said. "[Videos of noodle] are something that the old pug community will relate to, and lo and behold, it's the whole world."
Carbayo is an older pug parent as well, to a pug named Stella, who she said behaves much like Noodle. She said the videos are relatable for those who struggle with chronic medical conditions and employ 'Spoon Theory;' a common way to identify how much energy they have that day to complete certain tasks. With each task taking a 'spoon,' it's a metaphor to share how people who struggle with disabilities or chronic illnesses plan out their day.
"I'm a huge advocate for protecting one's mental health and I think it's a fun way to relate to taking care of yourself and doing what's right for you depending on how you feel and your moods," Carbayo said. "It's cool to have people without chronic conditions to now have something to relate to and practice empathy to others on 'no bones' days."
On "no bones days," Graziano encourages fans to relax—to treat themselves and be kind to themselves. On "bones days," he promotes getting things done and being proactive.
"No bones days are my favorite, I will be transparent about that." Graziano said. "On a bones day my favorite thing to do is to call my mom, dad, and aunt."
Graziano said taking time out of his day to call his family makes him feel better, and how a "bones day" is all about doing what's best for you.
Carbayo said "bones days" are days where she can dedicate extra time to herself, especially when she's busy with school. "No bones days" are ones where she takes a break, maybe sleeps in a little, and tries not to read too much of her medical textbooks.
"In med school, I don't always get to pick and choose which days will be bones or no bones days," Carbayo said. "But, there are little things I think we can do in those instances where you can take a little extra care of yourself after a long day on a no bones day or run some extra errands on a bones day."
The student body lit up with the news that Noodle's owner was an Emerson alumni; proud that a creator that gives so much joy to others have walked the same halls as them. Graziano said he loved his time at Emerson.
"The people you meet [at Emerson] are nuts, they're crazy, but they are the best," Graziano said.
Graziano spoke to The Beacon from a wedding with friends that he met at Emerson. He expressed how the community at Emerson is one of his favorite parts.
"A lot of Emerson students can relate to, regardless of your discipline, the need to create something," Graziano said. "That drive to create, to be productive. More than anything I started doing this TikTok because I was so down in the pandemic."
His favorite part of these videos is that he made something out of his year and this uncertain time in the world we live in. Noodle is our constant reminder to check in, be kinder to ourselves, and to slow down when necessary, Carbayo said.
"I'm all about checking in with myself and figuring out if I need a no bones day," Carbayo said. "Has it been too many bones days in a row in reality? Okay, time to slow down and take a break or I'm going to burnout."
Graziano shares the importance of the community at Emerson and the ability to create and foster a creative environment.
"That thing that makes you want to create that spark will set you apart from any industry that you're in," he said. "There are a lot of people who lose it and let it go, and it's just important not to. People may think it's what makes you weird, what makes you odd, I think that's what makes you special."
Graziano gave some advice for those 21 and older on their next "bones day."
"Go to Maria's Taqueria, bring your burrito into the Tam and have Lyn make you a Manhattan," he said. "She knows what she's doing behind the bar."
"Bark bark woof," Noodle said of his accomplishments.


QUETTA (92 News) – Unknown assailants killed five people, including a man and his son, in Quetta's Bacha Khan Chowk area on Sunday evening.
Police sources said suspected militants opened fire at two shops near Bacha Khan Chowk, the city's commercial hub.
Police stated the deceased belonged to the Hazara community. Four people had died on the spot while there was one injured who was rushed to Hospital. However, he later succumbed to his injuries.
Soon after the incident, markets and businesses were closed and panic gripped the area. Traffic vanished from the roads.
Balochistan Chief Minister Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch taking the notice of the incident has sought the report from Inspector General Police.
Balochistan Chief Minister Dr. Malik Baloch strongly condemned the incident and directed the police to bring the perpetrators to justice. The chief minister expressed sympathy with the bereaved families and promised all possible help to them.
All the political and religious parties of the province condemned the incident and demanded the perpetrators be arrested.


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Behavioural thermoregulation and climatic range restriction in the globally threatened Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni
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Deng, J
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Green, Rhys
Bladon, A., Donald, P., Jones, S., Collar, N., Deng, J., Dadacha, G., Abebe, Y., & et al. (2019). Behavioural thermoregulation and climatic range restriction in the globally threatened Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni. Ibis, 161 (3), 546-558. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12660
Climate may influence the distribution and abundance of a species through a number of demographic and ecological processes, but the proximate drivers of such responses are only recently being identified. The Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni is a corvid that is restricted to a small region of southern Ethiopia. It is classified as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of globally-threatened species. Previous work suggested that this range restriction is almost perfectly defined by a climate envelope that is cooler than surrounding areas, but the proximate mechanism remains unexplained. The heavily altered habitats which the species inhabits are widespread across Africa, and recent work has shown that the Bush-crow is behaviourally adaptable and has a catholic diet. We assess whether its enigmatic distribution can be explained by behavioural responses to the higher temperatures that surround its current range. Using environmental niche models and field observations of thermally-mediated behaviour, we compare the range restriction and behavioural thermoregulation of the Ethiopian Bush-crow (a starling-like corvid) with those of two sympatric control species that are similar in size and ecology, but have much larger ranges that include hotter environments. The White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus and Superb Starling L. superbus occupy similar habitats to the Ethiopian Bush-crow and all three frequently forage together. We found that the Bush-crow's range is limited primarily by temperature, with a secondary effect of dry season rainfall, whereas the ranges of the two starling species are better predicted by wet season rainfall alone. Bush-crows exhibited panting behaviour and moved into the shade of trees at significantly lower ambient temperatures than did the starlings, and their food intake declined more steeply with increasing temperature. These results suggest that the Bush-crow's limited geographical range reflects an inability to cope with higher temperatures. This suggests that a species' response to climate change might not be easily predicted by its ecological generalism, and may represent an inherited debt from its evolutionary history.
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South Western Railway boss admits 'service has not been good enough'
Mark Hopwood promises 'honesty' for strike-hit commuters following a long-running dispute with unions about guards
Kirstie McCrum
New South West Railways boss Mark Hopwood
The new boss of embattled South Western Railway has undertaken to make 'slow and steady' improvements - admitting that the "service has not been good enough in recent months and years".
Mark Hopwood, who has taken over as managing director of the strike-hit company, admitted that there are issues which have brought misery for commuters in the region.
But he has promised honesty as one of his commitments to those who, among other disruptions, saw 27 days of strike action in December and had their journeys halted by landslips near Guildford and Epsom last month.
Hopwood's appointment comes as a long-running dispute with unions about guards rumbles on.
This week the company launched its new timetable aimed at improving the service.
He says: "It's my mission to drive through change and make a positive impact for South Western Railway passengers. Frankly, our service has not been good enough in recent months and years.
Rail fares rise like 'slap in the face' for commuters after South Western Railway strike
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"I also know that the recent strikes have had a very significant impact on our passengers and staff and I am determined to find a resolution.
"We will focus on changes that can make an immediate difference to the number of trains running on time."
In addition to Mark joining the business, SWR has brought together performance, operations and customer experience functions under the Chief Operating Officer Mike Houghton.
Mike, whose last job was at Melbourne Trains in Australia, says he is confident that his plans can make a difference for passengers.
The appointment of Hopwood comes as a long-running dispute with unions (Image: Getty Images)
Mark has five key commitments which he is making to passengers:
To increase the number of trains running on time, and address problems like trains running with fewer carriages than they're supposed to and trains missing out stops to make up time. "This will be a slow and steady improvement - I'm sorry to say there's no silver bullet to solve these issues overnight, and I expect we'll still have bad days like everyone else," he says.
To introduce new and refurbished trains, to roll out more Wi-Fi, toilets on trains and other things passengers want.
To be "open and honest" with the public, "cutting out the jargon and railway-speak."
To enable staff to provide the help and advice passengers need and want.
To be "approachable and accountable", adding: "I'll report back to you regularly on progress against these promises so you can hold me to them."
Mark adds: "We can't achieve all this alone. Many of the problems we face are caused by the infrastructure, so I have agreed with Network Rail at the very highest levels that we will work hard together to address these issues.
"My previous experience tells me that a strong, collaborative relationship is key. I know that passengers don't want to hear parts of the industry blaming each other for issues they just want to see fixed. So my approach is that it might not be our fault, but it is still our problem."


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The first part of the US Dept. of ED's Investing In Innovation (I3) Fund is out. It's a little disappointing because it only funds school districts, or non-profits in partnership with districts or school consortia, and it requires a 15% match from the private sector. But, it does have a $138 million budget to play with. The current solicitation under this fund focuses on "development grants."
Note: In order to receive an Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) Development grant, an entity must submit a pre-application.
effective solutions to serve substantially larger numbers of students.


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Tackle Cancer
Keep a close eye on yourself
After a skin-cancer scare, Ryan Gruenenfelder advises everyone to check for changes.
By Sandra Guy Dec 4, 2021, 8:00am CST
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Carefree days soaking in the sun conjure memories of our teenage days filled with fun, friendships and festivities.
For Ryan Gruenenfelder, they were also major sunburn events. At age 16, he suffered "second- going on third-degree burns" after spending a hot July day shirtless, wearing no sunscreen, at a water park.
He knew he was in trouble when he buckled into a roller coaster the next day at Six Flags Great America and friction from the ride's shoulder straps tore his skin.
"I was in such pain," Gruenenfelder said. "That learning moment has always stuck with me."
Still, after spending his adult life working indoors in offices, Gruenenfelder was surprised when the skin on his left temple turned white about three years ago. Soon -after, a scab began to form.
"I never recalled being sunburned on my temple," said Gruenenfelder, who works as the director of advocacy and outreach for AARP Illinois in Springfield. "It was kind of scary to me."
Initially, his doctor suspected Gruenenfelder's skin condition was an extension of a scalp condition and sprayed it with liquid nitrogen. After a couple months, his temple turned white again, and the condition worsened. Gruenenfelder twice tried a cream that a dermatologist recommended, to no avail.
Gruenenfelder had vivid memories of his maternal grandfather, a farmer, whose arm was amputated 30 years earlier after his skin cancer grew into melanoma and spread throughout his body.
A biopsy revealed basal cell carcinoma that was malignant. And just last month, Gruenenfelder, 46, had surgery to remove a portion of his left temple. The doctors believe they've removed all of the cancerous cells.
So just as Gruenenfelder has leveraged his master's degree in gerontology to advocate for quality health care, support unpaid caregivers and secure retirement savings for older people, he hopes to use his personal experience with cancer to convince everyone to be hypervigilant about changes in their skin, including a new mole or any unusual freckles.
Gruenenfelder conceded that he once felt invincible but now knows caution is key.
"Everyone needs to be obsessively careful when you spend time in the sun," Gruenenfelder said. "Do everything you can to protect this vital organ we know as skin."
Although the fear of his cancer returning or spreading is ever-present, Gruenenfelder has maintained confidence over the last three years that he will win his fight with the disease.
That's partly because of what he describes as "the daily positive mental mindset and gratitude for life" that he has embraced, and partly due to the incredible advancements in treatment that didn't exist in his grandfather's time.
Still, he wants everyone to know that the best weapon against cancer is early detection.
"Pay attention when you're looking in the mirror," Gruenenfelder said. "Be mindful of what you're experiencing."
Learn more at suntimes.com/tackle-cancer.
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As your organization grows, managing leads and customers can become quite the undertaking. For a smaller business, using spreadsheets or smaller, subscription-based off-the-shelf software may be enough to get the job done. However, at a certain point, using these tools may do more to slow down your organization than keep it moving in the right direction.
If you're looking to greatly improve your customer relationship management, making an operational CRM a part of your business processes may be the best next step. Here are 10 ways you'll benefit from integrating this type of operational software into your business practices.
Possibly the most obvious, but also the most valuable component of a CRM, is its ability to help you with contact management. Not only does a CRM record your customers' contact information, but it helps you to track where they are in the marketing funnel.
2. Easily track and capture your leads.
CRMs aren't merely for your existing customers but your future customers as well. Maybe you have an eBook that some of your leads have downloaded. To turn those leads into customers, you can use lead management to ensure that you follow-up.
3. Organize your contacts into categories.
Using customer data, you can organize your contacts into useful categories through list management and segmentation tools. By categorizing your customers, you can send the right people, the right messages, and at the right time.
4. Strengthen your marketing processes.
Another great feature of CRMs is their ability to improve your marketing processes. From campaign management to marketing automation tools, you can easily target specific segments, while saving time.
5. Record your customers' preferences.
If you're in ecommerce, perhaps your customers can make an account on your website, and from there, input their preferred form of payment to their preferred form of communication. By tracking your customers' preferences, you'll be able to quickly serve your customers and in the way they choose.
6. Track quotes, proposals, and more.
For those in the service industry, quote-to-order management may be a significant help in tracking customer preferences to the quotes, proposals, orders, and other items you provide them with.
Your customers certainly won't be happy if you fail to respond to their emails or, conversely, call them too many times. To provide the best customer experience, your CRM can help you to track and schedule your communications with customers.
With your customer segments and their preferences all in one place, you're setting your CRM up to easily produce sales forecasts.These forecasts can help to let you know how to best continue serving your customers.
If you have a high volume of customer calls, it can create delays and frustration when they call the wrong line. Instead, you can use call management automatically direct your customers' calls to the appropriate line and, as a result, provide better customer service as well.
10. Regularly assess your KPIs.
To determine if your company is doing its best to turn those contacts into conversions, you can use service-level management. Through this feature, your CRM can help you to track your KPIs and determine your sales revenue, cost per lead, and more.
How Can a CRM Best Serve Your Needs?
Depending on your business's needs, you may benefit from adding, or subtracting, some of these features from your new operational CRM. Likewise, your business's size will likely influence if a subscription-based CRM, like Zoho, will do the trick, or if you'll need something more.
For the most effective operational CRM, you may consider supplementing your off-the-shelf software with custom software or building an entirely custom system altogether. The more custom the application, the more it can be tailored to meet your unique needs.
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