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Wall Street brokerages expect Columbia Banking System Inc (NASDAQ:COLB) to post $147.85 million in sales for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Three analysts have made estimates for Columbia Banking System's earnings. The highest sales estimate is $148.20 million and the lowest is $147.40 million. Columbia Banking System reported sales of $138.62 million during the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year-over-year growth rate of 6.7%. The firm is scheduled to announce its next earnings report on Thursday, April 25th.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Columbia Banking System will report full-year sales of $599.88 million for the current year, with estimates ranging from $594.33 million to $605.80 million. For the next financial year, analysts forecast that the company will report sales of $626.99 million, with estimates ranging from $619.88 million to $634.80 million. Zacks Investment Research's sales averages are a mean average based on a survey of sell-side research analysts that that provide coverage for Columbia Banking System.
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Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by ($0.06). Columbia Banking System had a net margin of 29.54% and a return on equity of 9.01%. The company had revenue of $144.29 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $148.88 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.54 EPS. The company's revenue was up 11.2% on a year-over-year basis.
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In related news, COO Clint Stein sold 657 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.32, for a total transaction of $25,176.24. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 24,644 shares in the company, valued at approximately $944,358.08. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.06% of the company's stock.
A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in COLB. Toronto Dominion Bank purchased a new position in Columbia Banking System during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund purchased a new position in Columbia Banking System during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new position in Columbia Banking System during the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. Advisor Group Inc. increased its holdings in Columbia Banking System by 9.2% during the 4th quarter. Advisor Group Inc. now owns 3,645 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $132,000 after purchasing an additional 307 shares during the period. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its holdings in Columbia Banking System by 18.3% during the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 4,896 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $179,000 after purchasing an additional 757 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 91.40% of the company's stock.
NASDAQ COLB opened at $34.57 on Tuesday. Columbia Banking System has a 1-year low of $30.65 and a 1-year high of $45.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.52 billion, a PE ratio of 14.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 0.98.
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Cold Feet | Teefa Says..
i don't know whether these are wedding jitters or what..
But i have these thoughts..
Like.. Is he REALLY the one for me?
Like are we doing the right thing, getting married?
God, what if after getting married we loathe each other?
Why didn't i date loads of guys before i settle down?
What if we never have children?
Should i stop the wedding??
All these stupid thoughts and we're 25 days away from the wedding..
If you are ex-brides-to-be, tell me, did you have all these stupid thoughts before getting married?
Ya Allah, please help us!
p/s: i did solat Istikharah before we decided to get married. After that, all signs showed that we should. But what if i misinterpret the signs? What if?????


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Family Affair Friday(ish): Season 3, Episode 9, "Albertine," 12/2/1968
Written by: Ernestine Barton. Directed by: Charles Barton. (Any relation? I don't know; information about Ernestine Barton is scarce.)
We open once again in the twins' classroom. We've been here a lot lately, haven't we?
While the teacher's back is turned, Jody is fondling a baseball, which his friend Peter wants to see.
The baseball's route goes through Albertine, who sits between the boys.
Unfortunately, Albertine drops the ball, which clatters to the floor.
Miss Cummings is ticked.
She's clearly having a bad day.
Like the good boy he is, Jody confesses that the ball is his. After the crisis passes, Jody sends a friendly smile Albertine's way, but she ignores him. He and Buffy exchange bemused looks.
This expression has meme potential.
After school, Jody retrieves his baseball from the teacher and explains its provenance: Willie Mays hit it foul at a Mets-Giants game Jody and Bill were attending, and Bill caught it. (Later, we'll learn that he also got Mays to autograph it.)
Miss Cummings must be a baseball fan because she decides to go easy on Jody.
Before he leaves, she asks him how the new girl–Albertine–is getting along. Jody says he doesn't play much with girls, other than Buffy, but he's noticed Albertine sitting by herself a lot.
When the twins arrive at home, they are surprised to see Albertine in the lobby.
Albertine says she's waiting for her mother, who's attending an adults-only party upstairs until 5 o'clock.
Well, that sounds plausible.
She notes that she only has to wait alone because her father is out of town.
The next day at school, the twins join Albertine at lunch time.
Buffy is jealous that Albertine is eating "jelly bread." The twins have to make do with roast beef. (I think the presence or absence of protein is a class indicator. Remember the "bread and sugar" gang?)
They are surprised that Albertine knows how to play chess. Uncle Bill and Mr. French play, but the game is beyond the twins' intellectual capabilities. (In some episodes, it seems like "pin the tail on the donkey" would be beyond their intellectual capabilities.)
Albertine says her father, a world-champion chess player, taught her the game.
When they find Albertine in the lobby again that afternoon, the twins marvel that her mother attends so many parties.
They suggest that she come upstairs for a chess match with Mr. French, and Albertine agrees.
"Oooo-eeee!" Albertine exclaims upon seeing the Davis apartment.
Buffy introduces her to Mrs. Beasley, and Jody shows her the bridge model he made.
When he mentions that Bill is overseas a lot, Albertine says her dad is, too…because he flies airplanes…and he was a hero in the war. Yeah, that's the ticket.
"Which war?" Jody asks.
"You know, the war," Albertine replies.
Seeing Jody's autographed baseball, she also claims that her dad is a big league player.
If you aren't starting to feel uneasy about Albertine's father, you haven't watched much TV.
French and Albertine have their match. He's surprised when she makes a move that exposes her queen.
I know nothing about chess, but that sounds bad.
Bill and The Bowed One come home in time to see the match's suspenseful conclusion.
French is stunned when she declares checkmate.
The twins fill Bill in about Albertine's chess champion father and his many achievements. Albertine clams up, however, when Bill asks his name.
Trying out one of her psychology class words, Cissy speculates that Albertine is suffering from delusions.
As Albertine says goodbye to the twins, her tales grow even taller: Her family has a big car and a Japanese chauffeur, and her neighborhood is blocking off the street to celebrate her father's impending return from out of town. She also says her father loves kids like Bill does–it's touching that she picked up on that so fast.
The next day after school, Albertine leaves for home before Jody can give her his baseball–he wants her ball-player father to autograph it.
The twins convince French to swing by Albertine's place on the way home. How they know where she lives, I have no idea.
Once they are in the general vicinity, they ask the first black kid they see how to find Albertine.
He points out where she lives, but he is amused when the kids start bombarding him with questions about Albertine's amazing father.
(It seems like French should have twigged to what was going on at this point and found a way to avoid the unpleasantness to come.)
"Albertine don't have no father," he tells them.
The twins refuse to believe that Albertine's father abandoned his family a long time ago.
"Man, has old Albertine been laying it on you!" the neighborhood youth chuckles.
Because Buffy doesn't speak jive, French has to translate this into "telling a falsehood."
When poor Albertine emerges from her building, the boy mocks her cruelly.
He laughs about her "Chinese chauffeur." He also says "ooo-eee" at one point. Must be a favorite neighborhood expression.
That guy's a real jerk. He reminds me of almost every kid in my elementary school.
That night at dinner, the kids struggle to understand what happened.
Bill says Albertine wanted a father so badly that she made one up. He also suggests that they avoid mentioning the subject at school and just treat Albertine normally.
Buffy says that if she had to make up a father, she would make up one just like Bill and Mr. French. Aww. I saw the Bill line coming, but it's sweet that she included French.
TV's first same-sex parents?
Albertine fails to show up for school the next day, but later the kids see her waiting in the lobby.
Albertine is unresponsive, and Cissy cautions that maybe she would rather be alone.
"Nobody would rather be alone," Buffy says.
Jody, much too loudly, adds, "We don't care if her father ran away." Ouch.
That night, Buffy and Jody pour out their feelings to Bill.
This is an unusual camera angle.
They wonder whether Albertine couldn't just adopt Bill, as they did. Bill tries to explain that he can't do much to help Albertine, but eventually they convince him to try talking to her.
When Albertine sees Buffy and Jody at her door, she recoils in horror.
I know some Family Affair haters who would react the same way, for different reasons.
Albertine's mother demands to know why Bill is at her door.
He's understandably sheepish, admitting that the situation is none of his business, but explaining that Buffy and Jody have been worried about Albertine.
Mrs. Smith is shocked to learn that Albertine has been playing hooky from school for a week. Getting her daughter an education is very important to her.
(The Smith apartment proves one thing: Family Affair green transcends racial and class lines.)
Mrs. Smith reveals that her husband left the family because he couldn't handle being unemployed while his wife earned money doing laundry. She also says that it was a doorman at a building where she worked who taught Albertine chess.
(For reasons that aren't clear to me, she specifies that the doorman was a foreigner. Maybe he was Albertine's inspiration for the Japanese chauffeur?)
Bill asks to speak to Albertine, and Mrs. Smith agrees.
Bill compliments the girl on her "garden," but she says it's just a kitchen–an old, dirty kitchen.
Bill says he understands how she feels about not having a father because Buffy and Jody don't have a father or a mother. He talks about how unprepared he was for raising children when the twins arrived and how helpless he felt hearing them cry at night. All he could do was love them–the same way Albertine's mother loves her.
Albertine doesn't say anything, but she seems to think about his words.
The next day, Buffy and Jody come home from school in a good mood. Albertine came back to school and said hi to them.
When French wonders if that's a major development, Bill says it's a start.
This is a nice episode that handles potentially sensitive issues with grace. It's one of many episodes exploring the diversity of New York City. These "Buffy and Jody meet the poors" episodes have the potential to come across as patronizing, but the show's heart is clearly in the right place. The fact that Buffy and Jody have lost their parents gives them some kind of kinship with kids in other rough situations.
The show has really progressed in its use of African-American actors since Season One, when it was rare to see one, let alone hear one speak a line.
Jody's bridge is a call-back, and we get another French reference to "the playing fields of Eton."
Peter: Mike Durkin. Albertine Smith: Alycia Gardner. Mrs. Smith: Mittie Lawrence. Roy: Theodore Miller. Miss Cummings: Joan Vohs.
No one here had a very long TV career. Mittie Lawrence's most visible role was in Funny Girl as Barbra Streisand's personal assistant. She's most familiar to me, though, from an Adam-12 Christmas episode–the one where the kid wanted a dump truck. Lawrence was the life partner of prolific character actor Robert DoQui, who also made one Family Affair appearance.
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4 thoughts on "Family Affair Friday(ish): Season 3, Episode 9, "Albertine," 12/2/1968"
Orschel52 says:
Bill and "The Bowed One" – that's just brilliant!
My first thought on Mrs. Smith mentioning the foreigner was that maybe he was Russian – with chess being some sort of national pastime in Russia. And wasn't that the time of the big Fischer –Spassky game – or was that later?
Jody could have tried to catch up with Albertine – after all, he noticed he forgot to give her the ball right after she left the schoolyard. But then the plot wouldn't have worked out!
I like this episode. Bill's conversation with Albertine is quite touching, French's embarrassment at losing the chess game to her very nice.
The doorman being Russian makes sense. Maybe they thought an American of the doorman class would be unlikely to play chess so well.
Silver Screenings says:
Your reference to TV's first "same sex parents" made me laugh out loud.
A couple of screencaps you've posted seem to have unusual camera angles – the one in the bedroom and the one of the kids' hands passing the baseball. That's nice to see.
Alycia Gardner went on to play roles in the Bionic Woman, Gunsmoke and What's Happenin. Just watched this episode. Impressed as well as how the show handled the topic and racial diversity.
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# Copyright (c) 2012, Siu Kwan Lam
# All rights reserved.
#
# A simple swig interface writer from the header files with special constructs.
# Better to reduce amount of mistake.

import sys, re
line_marker_regex = re.compile(r'//!swig-(.*)')
multiline_begin_prefix = '/*!swig-begin'
multiline_end_prefix = '!swig-end*/'

class SwigPrinter:
    def __init__(self, ostream):
        self.exporting = False
        self.multiline = False
        self.ostream = ostream

    def process(self, line):
        if not self.multiline:
            m = line_marker_regex.match(line)
            if m:
                token = m.groups()[0].strip()
                self.token(token)
                return

            if line.startswith(multiline_begin_prefix):
                self.multiline = True
                return

            if self.exporting:
                print>>self.ostream, line,
        else:
            if line.startswith(multiline_end_prefix):
                self.multiline = False
                return

            print>>self.ostream, line,

    def token(self, token):
        fn = getattr(self, 'do_%s'%token)
        return fn()

    def do_begin(self):
        self.exporting = True

    def do_end(self):
        self.exporting = False

def main(infile, outfile):
    with open(outfile, 'w') as fout:
        swigprinter = SwigPrinter(fout)
        with open(infile) as fin:
            for line in fin:
                swigprinter.process(line)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        infile, outfile = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
    except IndexError:
        print 'Usage: %s <input> <ouput>' % sys.argv[0]
        print
        print '<input>     C++ header'
        print '<output>    Swig interface'
        print
        sys.exit(1)
    main(infile, outfile)

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Rutan bids to build next space shuttle
Space 17 November 2004
COULD the private space pioneer Burt Rutan end up building the successor to the space shuttle? Rutan, who last month won the $10 million X prize for flying the first private rocket into space, is part of a consortium competing to build a prototype of the vehicle. And last week, their odds of winning improved dramatically.
In September, NASA awarded $3 million contracts to eight groups, including Rutan's, to plan a new "crew exploration vehicle" for future trips to the moon and Mars. Later next year, NASA plans to award contracts to build two prototypes. Following a "fly-off" in 2008, one of these will be picked for …


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In this book, students will find that the rules of English language have been explained in simple language and with clear explanations with proper examples. The book also teaches the students the right pronunciation of words. It also teaches the sounds and phonetics that are most essential for the right diction and for making conversation. The book is very helpful to all those who want to increase their confidence and speak correct English.
The book has separate chapters on Basic English Grammar, How to make Conversation, The Alphabets, and on Classified Vocabularies.
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The Northern Ireland Housing Trust was a public authority which provided public housing in Northern Ireland from 1945 until 1971, when its functions were merged into the newly created Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

The Northern Ireland Housing Trust was established by the Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1945. The Housing Committee of the Planning Advisory Board had published a report on housing in Northern Ireland in 1944, which estimated that 100,000 new houses were needed to meet Northern Ireland's housing needs. The Housing Trust was expected to build 25,000 of those, with the remaining 75,000 to be built by local councils. The Trust built 48,500 dwellings between 1945 and 1971, funded by government loans. Many used non-traditional prefab building techniques, like the concrete Orlit and No-fines and the steel-framed Easi-Form. However, these have since proved difficult to heat and insulate, prone to damp, and expensive to maintain. The Trust also built some high-rise tower blocks, partly because of green belt policies, but these had many problems, and most have since been demolished.

The Trust introduced a points-based system to allocate houses impartially, and was supposed to operate in conjunction with local councils. But because only ratepayers could vote in council elections, some councils, particularly in the west, were keen to control housing allocations in their areas for electoral advantage, and opposed the Trust's efforts, withholding planning permission and sewerage facilities and causing unnecessary delays. One Tyrone councillor explicitly stated, "we will not tolerate the Trust giving houses to Catholics." The number of houses the Trust built in western areas was thus low relative to need. They had difficulty building cheaply enough to keep the rent low, and there was a perception that they favoured better-off tenants. These factors had the effect of disadvantaging Catholic tenants, which was one of the grievances that led to the Northern Ireland civil rights movement in the late 1960s.

Following civil disturbances in 1968-69, a commission appointed by the Northern Ireland government and led by Lord Cameron found that "grievances concerning housing were the first general cause of the disorders which it investigated". The Housing Executive Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 created a unitary housing authority for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, which took over the functions of the Trust in 1971, the housing functions of the councils in 1972, and the housing functions of the New Town Development Commissions for Derry, Antrim, Ballymena, and Craigavon in 1973.

References

Public housing in the United Kingdom
1945 establishments in Northern Ireland
1971 disestablishments in Northern Ireland
Housing in Northern Ireland


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'Massage Boss' Convicted Of Sex Trafficking In White Bear Lake And Woodbury
Filed Under:Sex Trafficking, White Bear Lake News, Woodbury News
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 52-year-old White Bear Lake woman — nicknamed the "Massage Boss" — has been found guilty on multiple sex trafficking-related charges.
According to the Washington County Attorney's Office, it took a county jury less than an hour to convict Shuxin Lan on the charges. The jury also found that her illegal operation resulted in multiple victims.
The complaint says the East Metro Sex Trafficking Task Force (EMSTTF) began an investigation into a commercial sex operation that was occurring at a massage parlor in Woodbury owned by Lan. During the investigation, it was found out that Lan also owned a massage parlor in White Bear Lake.
After serving search warrants at both locations, law enforcement found "copious" amounts of evidence relating to prostitution. Law enforcement also recovered several victims at both locations.
"The fact that this brothel was active in two cities, in bustling shopping centers
open to the public, and in broad daylight is a testament of what these traffickers will do for money. Our office will continue to aggressively prosecute these cases to achieve justice for the victims with no voice," county attorney Peter Orput said.
Lan has yet to be sentenced, but many of the prostitution charges have a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and/or a $30,000 fine.


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Mobile and Carnival Cruise Lines will celebrate a three-year extension of its partnership on Monday, one day before the 15-year anniversary of the grand opening for Alabama's only cruise terminal.
The celebration is set begin around noon aboard the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy, which was lured into Mobile in 2016 following the city's five-year hiatus from cruising at the Mobile, Alabama Cruise Terminal.
"The city of Mobile and Carnival have a good partnership, and I expect it to continue," aid Mobile City Councilwoman Gina Gregory.
Said Council Vice-President Levon Manzie, "This agreement shows that (Carnival) has a continued confidence in us as a viable cruise port, and as a city with hospital amenities to appease the people who come onto the ship. I would predict bigger and better things to come."
Economic boost
A proposed addendum to agreement – first signed by the city in 2015 – has not been authorized yet by the City Council. As proposed, the agreement extends Carnival's relationship in Mobile to provide cruises out of the city's downtown terminal from Nov. 30, 2019 to Nov. 30, 2021.
The proposal includes an opt-out clause after the first year and says Carnival can terminate the agreement at any time after Nov. 30, 2020 – without incurring any liability — so long as it provides a 120-day prior written notice to the city.
It is the first multi-year pact Carnival has entertained with Mobile since the Miami-based company decided to return to cruising from the Port City four years ago. Since the inaugural Carnival Fantasy cruise occurred on Nov. 9, 2016, the city and the company have approved one-year agreements only.
"I think we've been fortunate to have them as long as we have had," said Councilman John Williams. "It's certainly an enhancement of a quality of life to Mobilians, and it's a boost to our economy and any continued relationship with Carnival is a good thing."
The three-year addition to the agreement was supposed to be approved by the council during a special meeting on Thursday. But that meeting was canceled after three council members – Fred Richardson, Bess Rich and C.J. Small – did not attend. The agreement, along with a vote on the city's fiscal year 2020 budget, were the only two items on the council's agenda.
The city's lack of a budget for the fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1, stems from ongoing legal squabbling between Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson's administration and the council. The budget and the Carnival agreement are unrelated.
George Talbot, spokesman for the mayor, said he hopes the council can get the agreement approved soon.
"The administration has worked hard for the past several months to negotiate a new agreement with Carnival Cruise Lines," Talbot said in an email to AL.com. "Those negotiations were successful and so we have submitted a contract for approval by the City Council. We are hopeful that the contract with be approved without further delays so we can continue this great partnership and keep Carnival cruising from Mobile for years to come."
Rich, in her weekly newsletter update, said no contract had been provided to her ahead of the special-called meeting, and Richardson also said he had not seen a contract.
He said he believes that a representative with Carnival should sign the contract first before the council approves it.
But Manzie said he anticipates the council approving the addendum without any concerns during Tuesday's regular-scheduled meeting.
"You got eight elected leaders in Mobile who appreciate the continued relationship with Carnival Cruise Lines," said Manzie, referring to the seven council members and Stimpson.
The agreement would establish a legal document that would allow Mobile to continue receiving more revenue that will assist in paying off more than $1.8 million in annual debt for the cruise terminal. The bond on the terminal – which opened officially on Oct. 15, 2004 – isn't expected to be paid off until 2030.
Cruising into Mobile does produce a financial boon for Mobile. According to the city, approximately $6.1 million was generated in gross revenues during the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30. The money was generated from wharfage and parking fees.
Dave Clark, president/CEO of Visit Mobile, said the cruise ship is responsible for generating approximately 25,000 hotel room nights. At an average rate of around $110 a night, the revenue generated from hotel stays is around $2.5 million, he said.
"That's not counting meals and recreation and meals and those kinds of things," Clark said. "You're looking at a huge economic impact with no fancy multipliers. It's a big number."
Vacation destination
The cheery Lido Deck aboard the Carnival Fantasy is always a popular hangout for hundreds of cruisers. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).
The council's vote on the Carnival contract will take place one day after a media event occurs aboard the Carnival Fantasy, which is part of the Miami-based company's fleet of vessels branded as "Fun Ship 2.0" featuring top chefs, swimming pools, casino gambling, and spas.
The Fantasy, however, is the oldest cruise ship in Carnival's fleet entering service for the first time in 1990. And among Mobile area cruisers who have embraced the vessel since 2016, there are questions on whether the company will change things up by either adding a second cruise ship in Mobile or replacing the Fantasy with something else.
The itineraries remain similar to what they were in 2016: Five-day excursions from Mobile are to Progeso and Cozumel, with four-day trips to Cozumel.
"Hopefully, Carnival will try some other itineraries," said Steve Cape, a longtime travel agent in Mobile.
He said Carnival has experimented with other excursions before with voyages including trips to Costa Rica and Honduras. The ship was damaged last month while sailing through the Panama Canal as part of a 10-day cruise to Central America.
"The people who are repeating (trips) out of Mobile are repeating out of convenience or because their friends are going on it and they want to go on it," said Cape. "Because of the convenience of the ship sailing out of Mobile, and for the price, they might go on that extra vacation on the ship out of Mobile."
Cape said people can get a good deal sailing on the cruise ship – less than $100 per person per day for accommodations, food and entertainment – or around $800 per couple. That doesn't include drink packages or gambling, he said, but still offers a "better value" than a beach vacation to a city such as Gulf Shores.
He, along with city officials, believe Mobile should also push to see if it can lure a second ship to the cruise terminal.
Mobile city officials have talked about bringing two cruise ships for years dating back to 2006, when former Mayor Sam Jones saying that voyages should be offered to the Caribbean and to Mexico.
Said Cape, "I still think that for Mobile, having a second ship is an important step and that competition is just a very important part of the game here. Until then, Carnival can pull out and no lose any market share and that's not a good position to be in."
Stewart Chiron, CEO of cruiseguy.com and a long-time industry analyst and insider, said he doesn't anticipate anything changing for Mobile outside the existing three-year agreement.
"It's uncommon for a Port like Mobile to get a multi-year deal," said Chiron. "So the fact that they are willing to commit to the potential three-year deal is great. It's certainly a good move for Mobile. But they won't be bringing in something larger. They are not changing up the ships."
Cape said it will be important for Mobile to continue pushing to brand itself as a vacation destination similar to other port cities in the Southeast like Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., among others.
"Mobile has to establish itself as a vacation destination city in order to attract more of the cruise business," said Cape. "It's going to be overcome by other port cities that are considered vacation destinations in the future. Mobile has a good head start. The way we handle things will definitely affect our future."
Clark, with Visit Mobile, said the city has been aggressive in meeting with representatives from the cruise industry about promoting Mobile's terminal through direct and digital marketing.
A study is currently underway that will analyze the demographics of the cruisers from Mobile that will help the city "develop a story" about what cruising looks like compared to the last study that occurred in 2011.
Clark also said there are ongoing discussions to provide additional tourist attractions along the city's waterfront, such as riverboat cruises.
"We have the infrastructure," he said. "We are all working hard on this every day to make sure we are being innovative and keeping up with things and thinking ahead with what the future is and can be."
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Publisher to mentor three Creative Writing students
An editor from a respected publishing company is to mentor three Priory A-Level students before publishing one of their novels.
Linda Bennett, Commissioning Editor at Salt Publishing, announced the prize when she revealed the winners of a crime-writing competition among Sixth Formers studying Creative Writing.
The entries from James Blanchard, Fatmira Vulaj and Katie Stones were judged in first, second and third place respectively. Now Linda will mentor the three Year 12 students between now and Christmas as they each produce an 80,000-word novel - and will then publish the best story.
One of Our Own, by James Blanchard (opening chapter)
Nightmare, by Fatmira Vulaj (opening chapter)
Impending, by Katie Stones (opening chapter)
Mrs Oliver, who teaches the Creative Writing A-Level, said: "It's like The X-Factor - the students have jumped about 10 years of hard slog!
"It is extremely rare for a commissioning editor to offer so much personal time, but it demonstrates how much talent and potential we have among our students.
"It is an incredible opportunity for them, but a very challenging task at the same time."
Linda, who writes crime thrillers under the pseudonym Christina James, works for Norfolk-based Salt, which published a Man Booker Prize shortlister in 2012.
She said: "The students' entries were exceptional. They were better than 75 per cent of the material I get sent every week at Salt."
The students had each written a story synopsis of about 300 words and a single chapter of about 500 words. Linda and her husband Jim, a former English teacher, judged the entries on: consistency; internal credibility; the opening sentence; the quality of the plot; characterisation; the accuracy of the writing; and the quality of the writing.
Linda said: "We can see that you have all put your heart and soul into this. You all have the potential to be successful writers - you should be very proud of yourselves."
Competition winner James said he was looking forward to getting started on the remaining 75,500 words of his crime novel. "I couldn't believe it when Linda announced the winner. Now we have an incredible opportunity to be able to work, with her guidance, towards having a book published."
Christina James: My Day at The Priory


Philip Mordue was born and brought up in the Northumberland countryside. He's previously done all the usual life requirements: school, university, travelling the world and working the day job.
During this time, he's always enjoyed reading across a plethora of genres. He took a particular shine to crime fiction and began expanding his collection of books until he thought about trying to write a story himself.
Since then, he's faked his understanding of the world and started writing crime stories. He lives in Northumberland with his two blind dogs. They occasionally work with him on a consulting basis, but unfortunately adding "bark" into Philip's writing has proven unproductive so far.
Philip is the writer of the series of crime fiction novels featuring the Machiavellian anti-hero Victor Trimm. The debut novel of the series "The Writing's on the Wall" is available now! Available from Amazon, B&N and Kobo. Check out his free short story here!
Feedback on my writing (or the site) is always gratefully received. You can contact Philip here or follow him on Twitter @PhilMordue and facebook.


Hey ya'll! So I am here today to talk a little bit about Chick-fil-A, not that it needs much introduction.
I am sure everyone knows all about Chick-fil-A and their amazing Chicken Sandwiches, moist flavorful chicken breasts fried to perfection before being nestled in a buttery bun garnished simply with 2 pickle slices, heaven!!
Or maybe you are more a nugget person who loves opening that box and finding perfectly moist Chicken Nuggets made with all white meat chicken, no cookie cutter nuggets here! Real chunks of chicken fried crispy with so many dipping sauces to choose from!! My favorite is Polynesian!
Now these are our family's go-tos, but there are so many other options too! Salad and wraps, Grilled Chicken Sandwiches, nuggets and even soup!!
Their salads are a favorite of mine in the summer when it is too hot to even look at a stove!
Everything is so fresh and fabulous from Chick-fil-A that it is our favorite place to stop by when we are too busy to cook or just plain hungry for something delicious!
Now that I have two little boys, the time I get to spend in the kitchen has significantly diminished. That means more than ever, I am looking for quick meals that we all love.
Anytime I have just given up on trying to get dinner planned, I ask Dean what he wants, and he always says Chick-fil-A!!
I feel good about taking them there because I know their food is the highest quality, super fresh and above all, delicious!!
Plus, nothing soothes my nerves after a busy day with the boys like piping hot Waffle Fries!
As if Chick-fil-A could be more of a lifesaver, they have now come out with a handy dandy app! The Chick-fil-A One app!
Now using my phone, I can easily order and pay in advance, which makes things so much easier when I am beyond busy and one kid is screaming while the other has a project due tomorrow, the cupcakes for the bake sale are due and my husband needs to eat before work.
I also love that I can customize my meal, so when my picky son doesn't want pickles, it is no problem, or my husband wants to really load up his sandwich, no biggie! I love it!!
Not only do I save time by paying and ordering in advance, but I also get to the skip the line at the register which means less wait time, which means less time for my boys to destroy the place lol.
And since we are at Chick-fil-A oh so frequently, they are now rewarding us for that!! Their unique membership program surprises me with our favorite food for free!! They base it on our previous orders so we get rewards we really want! I love it!
Plus, the app makes it so easy to look up nutrition information and allergens so you can customize your meal perfectly!
This Chick-fil-A app is my new favorite thing, I know it is going to be such a lifesaver once school starts and is going to make those crazy busy evenings much easier. This app is my new best friend!
You can download the app on Android or Apple phones so, download it for yourself and start saving time, getting rewards and eating super delicious food!!
From Sept. 3 through Sept. 10, all Chick-fil-A One users will be able to claim an offer for a Chick-fil-A breakfast menu item, which they can then redeem that you can redeem between Sept. 3 and Sept. 30. All you have to do is download the app!
I know a free breakfast on those busy mornings before waiting in the school drop-off line will be super welcome lol!
So download the Chick-Fil-A One app today!!!


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Q: Plaid: how to create public token in the front end (Ionic/angular) and send to server I am follow this tutorial in order to get a transactions/accounts detail from the plaid API. Plaid'd quickstart guide user ejs in order to send to the server with the onSuccess function. How do I create this token using ionic?
Plaid quick guide also suggests that we use code blow
var linkHandler = Plaid.create({
  env: 'sandbox',
  clientName: 'Client Name',
  key: '<PUBLIC_KEY>',
  product: ['auth', 'transactions'],
  token: '<GENERATED_PUBLIC_TOKEN>',
  onSuccess: function(public_token, metadata) {
    // You do not need to repeat the /item/public_token/exchange
    // process when a user uses Link in update mode.
    // The Item's access_token has not changed.
  },

and also suggest to use this code
// Create a public_token for use with Plaid Link's update mode
client.createPublicToken(ACCESS_TOKEN, (err, result) => {
  // Handle err
  // Use the generated public_token to initialize Plaid Link in update
  // mode for a user's Item so that they can provide updated credentials
  // or MFA information
  const publicToken = result.public_token;
});

in order to create a public token and get the access token. I can't use this function because I'm getting an error 'Plaid and/or client is not defined
How do I create this public token using Ionic front end and node back end?
What's the workflow here?
Thanks in advance

A: On the server side, you'll need to initialize the Plaid node client library first. You will also want to make an exchange token call, to exchange the public_token from Link for an API access_token. You'll then save the access_token and use it to retrieve transaction and account data:
// Initialize the Plaid API client with your API keys (https://dashboard.plaid.com/account/keys)
// Use plaid.environments.production, plaid.environments.development, or plaid.environments.sandbox
const plaid = require('plaid');
const client = new plaid.Client(client_id, secret, public_key, plaid.environments.sandbox);
client.exchangePublicToken(PUBLIC_TOKEN, function(error, tokenResponse) {
  if (error != null) {
    var msg = 'Could not exchange public_token!';
    console.log(msg + '\n' + error);
  }
  const ACCESS_TOKEN = tokenResponse.access_token;
  const ITEM_ID = tokenResponse.item_id;
  console.log('Access Token: ' + ACCESS_TOKEN);
  console.log('Item ID: ' + ITEM_ID);
  // Now retrieve transactions or account information with the access_token
});

For the client-side in your Ionic app, you'll need to include the link-initialize.js script before calling Plaid.create. Specifically:
<script src="https://cdn.plaid.com/link/v2/stable/link-initialize.js">
</script>

Here's a full client-side HTML example:
<button id="link-button">Link Account</button>

<script src="https://cdn.plaid.com/link/v2/stable/link-initialize.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var handler = Plaid.create({
  clientName: 'Plaid Walkthrough Demo',
  env: 'sandbox',
  key: '[PUBLIC_KEY]', // public_key is at https://dashboard.plaid.com/account/keys
  product: ['auth'],
  onLoad: function() {
    // Optional, called when Link loads
  },
  onSuccess: function(public_token, metadata) {
    // Send the public_token to your app server.
    // The metadata object contains info about the institution the
    // user selected and the account ID, if `selectAccount` is enabled.
    $.post('/get_access_token', {
      public_token: public_token,
    });
  },
  onExit: function(err, metadata) {
    // The user exited the Link flow.
  }
});
</script>

A: An Angular library was recently created: click here and here
I had some issues implementing Plaid successfully at first; these tips should help:

*

*Implement the library as shown in the second link above. Make sure for step two you import in your app.module.ts file. Don't use the jQuery provided in the documentation.

*Using this library, a button will be automatically created within the Angular element <mr-ngx-plaid-link-button>. This button will act as a submit button unless you use DOM or other methods to change it to type button on ngAfterViewInit()

*All five events in step three are listeners for various events. The onSuccess() callback will return the public token - only after you have (a) successfully submitted bank credentials (user_good / pass_good on Sandbox) and (b) clicked the Continue button to exit the Plaid Link

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Home > Magazine > Cover Story > Opinion: A Grand Charade
Opinion: A Grand Charade
It is one grand game of charades! At the helm is the economic and political establishment of the country and its institutions such as the grandiosely restructured federal agency now called the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services). Caught in the game, and sporting along, are immigration attorneys and their clients.
One can only imagine the sagacity of these practitioners and their clients – in having to painstakingly submit the umpteenth piece of document to satisfy the myriad requirements of the immigration law? while living daily amidst a veritable sea of those who are technically referred to as EWIs (Entered without Inspection) who seem to enjoy a system-wide immunity. The minutiae that these practitioners and their clients have to so diligently pursue seems like mockery by a system that has for years looked the other way in a "nod, nod; wink-wink" fashion when it comes to those who have outright defied it.
Granted, it's no picnic for the EWIs either. The national mood is increasingly against them. As a group, they may exist blissfully under an implied, system-wide immunity; yet, individually, they are constantly at risk. They better not find themselves in the tangle of the law with so much as even a speeding ticket. Their constant fear of deportation and a status of persona non grata are not humane or healthy, either for them or the nation. Moreover, this is not about passing judgment over hard working individuals who sought to better their lives by responding to a nation that implicitly condoned, and even encouraged, their illegal crossover.
Rather, this is to highlight the flaws of a defunct system. The "establishment", of which the immigration system is a major part, has, even if through acts of omission, encouraged more than 12 million illegal aliens into the country over a couple of decades. Principally, this fact alone renders the department of USCIS a grand farce. However inadvertently, the system has ended up rewarding those who flaunted the law while punishing those who abided by it. It is a system that, for no other reason than sheer expediency, has condoned those who have undermined it while simultaneously increasing the vigilance and scrutiny of those who have played by its books. The later are imposed an increasingly fickle, complex, and inconsiderate set of rules that are then executed at the whims and spuriousness of officials in an environment of distrust.
- Parthiv N. Parekh
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Jason "Ol' Dirty" Ballard has been working on Project #JFKRide, which is his 1967 Lincoln Continental. ODB's Blog.
Mike "The Mayor" Murray has been working on his Chevy Tahoe, which was built by Jimmy's Rod n Customs. In 2013, the air management system was updated to AccuAir along with hardlines by Gulf Coast Customs.
Vic Figueroa has continued to update his 1997 Nissan Hardbody pickup to earn the title of one of the cleanest mini trucks on the show circuit. See his Truckin' Mag feature here, which was shot by GrinderTV's Brian Goude and written by our very own ODB.


Listen HR 1 HERE. HR 2 HERE. Geopolitical journalist and author David Watts is with us again on Far Out Radio. We discuss major points in David's recent book, Journey to a Brave New World, Part Two: US Civilian Labor Camps, the Trojan Horse for the Communist Takeover of the United States, and a Plan to Stop It.
Our conversation continues on his 45 points to counter the communist agenda.


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Rock Shuffle the Deck
Toronto – Friday afternoon the Toronto Rock made a roster tweak prior to their matchup with the Boston Blazers at Air Canada Centre this evening at 7:30pm.
Drew Petkoff has been moved to the Physically Unable to Perform List leaving a roster spot open.
As a result, Glen Bryan has been moved to the active roster and will be available for tonight's game against the Blazers.
Bryan was selected in the 2nd round of the 2010 NLL Entry Draft by the Rock. Prior to playing for the Rock, Bryan was the captain of the Orangeville Jr A Northmen leading them to 3 straight Ontario Championships from 2008 to 2010 as well as Minto Cup titles in 2008 and 2009.
For tickets to tonight's game log on to www.torontorock.com.


Shirt is monogrammed using high quality HTV (heat transfer vinyl) that is professionally adhered with a heat press, not an iron, to give it a permanent finish. Glitter vinyl is available at an additional charge. Please note if you purchase the glitter the cheerleader or dancer will be done in glitter.
Please make sure to include the font choice, style and HTV colors. List the initials in the order first LAST middle.


This EZ Curl Bar offers biomechanically angled dual grips allow you to help avoid injury and achieve maximum gains. Each set of grips strategically target the inner and outer bicep heads.
ideal for home use, high school and personal training studios.


Ahhh summer. Perfect for straw beach bags and peach linen shorts that make me want to get some sherbet yogurt right now. Or some of the homemade peach ice cream I have in my freezer right now left over from our Memorial Day festivities at Amy's house. I'm obsessed with this white cotton top because it covers the less than flattering parts of my arms – I'm not Kelly Ripa. What happened with Kelly and Michael Strahan anyway? *Tear* I was watching the episode where he announced his departure and my jaw dropped. I miss him already!
Anyway, back to this top…. I've been pairing it with everything from these peach linen shorts to jeans and it's now my "go-to" white top. I have it in black too 🙂 You know it's a good thing when you have something in 2 colors.
This beach tote was also perfect for our anniversary trip to Emerald Isle last month and I love the large size and colorful stripes. It's also really structured which I think is a must for a good beach bag. I wish I were going to the beach soon! The next big trip I have planned is down to Jackson, Mississippi for Lindsey Brown's wedding in a few weekends 🙂 She and I worked at MTV in Santa Monica together and lived in an apartment the size of your guest bathroom for a summer in college. Those were the days! We used to walk to the Santa Monica Pier and ride the ferris wheel and I tried to surf a handfull of times. I still remember how bad it would hurt when I face planted in the water, which was ice cold might I add… ouch. Lesson learned: stay on the beach, preferably with a cute beach bag.
Hope you are having a good SHORT week and thank you so much for reading!


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Mrs Balaoura Olga has been working in management positions in the health care industry for several years. Her significant experience and expertise consist fundamental factors for the effective development and implementation of entrepreneurial plans and projects with a strategic perspective.
Her managerial positions have been of utmost importance for the development of new sustainable practices and the conduct of the formation and execution of a trustworthy policy for the management of the Hospital.
Mrs Balaoura Olga graduated from LSE with a master's degree in Health Economics Policy and Management. She has been a World Health Organization advisor and a healthcare expert in the hospital management pillar for Giz (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) in the Health Reform and Support Program for health care in Greece. She has been working as a Chief Executive Officer of the Konstantopouleio Hospital of Athens and as a Ministerial Advisor for four years and a year ago she founded MedinMed.
MedinMed is your trusted partner in organising your trip to Greece from the selection of the doctor and hospital to your stay and itinerary in Greece. MedinMed works with Greece`s leading medical professionals, hotels and concierge services and creates unique packages that are adjusted to our customers' individual needs and preferences.
Dr. Epaminondas Christopoulos qualified as a doctor in Medical School of University of Athens, Greece. Following the completion of his medical studies he extended his scientific field on cosmetic medicine and anti-ageing medicine in France and Belgium. During his work in public and private health sector, he had the opportunity to treat patients from all over the world.
Since 2007 he is responsible at "Aesthetic Anaplasis" (a reputable plastic surgery center in Athens, Greece) for the coordination and serving patients outside Athens. Wishing to provide a multitude of benefits to international patients, using his experience in medical tourism and his medical knowledge, Dr Christopoulos founded "Med Elite", a company dedicated to provide elite medical services to medical travelers for any kind of health issue. By using a network of elite, field experts, Med Elite aims to help medical tourists to get access to personalized, top quality medical services. Willing to master a holistic approach to his health tourism customers, he underwent postgraduate studies in this special field. Therefore, he followed the International Medical Tourism Facilitators Training Program.
Dr. Christopoulos is a member of the Athens Medical Association (I.S.A.) and the World Society Interdisciplinary Anti-Aging Medicine (WOSIAM). He is also a Founding Associate member of the Greek Nutritional Society. He speaks English, Italian, French and Greek.
Mrs Elda Georgara is the Client Service and Marketing Manager of the Research and Therapeutic Eye Institute "Ophthalmos". She graduated from UCL with a bachelor's degree in economics and from LSE with a master's degree in management. She speaks English and French. She has experience in advertising and marketing, and had run her own company with handmade decorative items. She is raising three kids.
In 2014 she joined Ophthalmos institute, which is one of the leading and most well known Eye care centers worldwide. She is in charge of the company's communication and advertising strategy. The institute's president Professor S. Georgaras' worldwide reputation, the high end technological equipment and the application of the most advanced techniques in the field of ophthalmology in Ophthalmos, motivated her to follow the international Medical Tourism Facilitators training program.
As an accredited Medical Tourism Coordinator Executive her intention is to promote Ophthalmos exceptional medical eye services to international patients and facilitate them in combining unique vacations in Greece with high end eye therapies.
Mrs Maria Gioti was born in 1969 in Cephalonia, Greece. She has an extensive experience of 23 years in private health industry. She worked for Diagnostic Centers, Private clinics and Rehabilitation Centers. Her job includes sales visits, maintaining accurate records, negotiating contracts with insurance companies, as well as approaching potential customers with the aim of winning new business.
She attended and completed the Executive Diploma in Healthcare Management. She can speak English, French and Italian. She has also attended annual certified seminars on Administration and Management of Health Facilities, Sales & Marketing.
She works at Sales Department of FILOKTITIS Medical Rehabilitation Center, member of IASO- Group of Companies.
Mrs Martina Kalokairinou was born in 1988 in Athens. She graduated from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, with a bachelor degree in Economic and Regional Development.
During her studies she organized and participated in many seminars concerning the regional development and how we can use important tools, such as tourism, to develop our regions. Furthermore, she was chosen among all Greeks because of her entrepreneurial spirit for a European voluntary internship program in a big company in Greece. She can speak Greek, English, French, Italian and Spanish. Since tourism and its alternative forms have always been within her interests, she currently works in a travel agency taking care of reservations, excursions and generally of whatever comes with the idea of an unforgettable and pleasant stay of any traveler.
Mr Petros Karaminas is the co-owner and general manager of the nursing home "ELIA" in Athens. He graduated from National Kapodistrian University of Athens, with a bachelor degree in Communication and Media Studies and then he underwent postgraduate studies in the field of Marketing in Univeristy of Nottingham, UK.
He has also extensive experience in real estate development and one of the last projects is the construction and running of a tourist villa especially designed to accommodate medical and wellness visitors in Athens.
He has also attended annual certified seminars on "Administration and Management of Health Facilities" and "Financing and Business administration" from National Kapodistrian University of Athens e-learning programmes.
Mr John Kazoglou was born in 1983 in Athens, Greece. Currently, he works as an employee at the International Patient's & Insurance Department (I.P.D.) at IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL in Athens. His main objectives are to develop excellent relations with and provide services of highest quality to the hospital's international (as well as national) patients during their hospitalization or One-day Clinic care at IASO GENERAL.
Furthermore, considering the Insurance division, his is entitled to communicate with international/ national Insurance companies and Organisations so as the latter proceed to the coverage of the patients' expenses. In general, his position at the I.P.Department serves as a liaison among patients, doctors, insurance companies and the hospital stuff.
Regarding his education, following the completion of his Bachelor degree in Social Policy & Social Anthropology at the Panteion University of Social and Political Studies, he underwent postgraduate studies in the field of International & European Relations in the University of Piraeus. He served as a legitimate researcher/ author in the sector of Energy, Economy and Environment at the Centre of Russia, Eurasia and South-east Europe (CERE), entailed in the International Relations Institute (I.I.R.) of Athens/ Greece.
As an accredited Medical Tourism Coordinator Executive by the Q Certification H&R Ltd, he aims to widen his horizons in the fields of Medical & Health Tourism with the most promising market of Greece as a starting point and reaching out the far edge of the world. He speaks English, French, German, Russian and Greek.
Mrs Tzortzaki Theodora is the Public Relation Manager of DIAPLASIS rehabilitation center located in Kalamata, Greece.
She was born in 1989 in Athens. She graduated from TEI of Athens with a bachelor degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management.She attended seminars for the potentials of medical tourism and the hospitality section .She can speak english, spanish and french.
Becoming a certified medical tourism executive coordinator gave her the potentials to promote DIAPLASIS rehabilitation center as a unique destination for international patients,combining the highest quality services in rehabilitation with carefree-restful vacation in sunny Greece.


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Here's Where the Ocean's Trash Comes From
Ocean trash is one of the world's biggest pollution problems. Although there's a long way to go, increased awareness and local action might just turn the tide on this global crisis, as photographer Zak Noyle explains.
Biology, Conservation, Earth Science, Ecology, Oceanography
Recyclable Waste Philippines
Recyclable waste is collected at the edge of a river in the Philippines. Recyclable waste often goes unused and turns into dangerous ocean pollutants.
Photography by: Jay Ganzon/Alamy Stock Photo
Outdoor photographer Zak Noyle has seen his share of marine debris, but he was shocked by what he discovered on an assignment in a remote spot off the coast of Java. There to cover Indonesian surfer Dede Suryana in 2012, Noyle found himself literally swimming in a sea of garbage. "It was overwhelming," he recalls. "I really thought we were going to see a dead body in the water."
Roughly eight million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. That's according to a 2015 report, which also identified where the bulk of this trash originates. At the top of the list: China, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Sightings of junk-filled waters are common—and not only in Southeast Asia, says marine biologist Nicholas Mallos, who runs the Ocean Conservancy's Trash Free Seas program. "Accumulations like this are unfortunately the norm," he says, particularly in developing parts of the world where there are "rising middle-class populations along coastlines, and spending and consumption have increased, but waste management has not."
Though trash remains a global problem, Mallos sees reasons to be hopeful. In the United States, for example, California voters in 2016 upheld a statewide ban on plastic bags. And in Indonesia, he says, there has been a shift in awareness: "We're seeing an eager and willing group of stakeholders who are trying to step up and tackle these issues." Put another way: The tide may be turning.
Originally published by National Geographic Magazine and by natgeo.com in April 2017.
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