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1 Ebola outbreak in West Africa: a neglected tropical disease
Alcides Troncoso
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are remediable injustices of our times. Poverty is the starting point, and the ultimate outcome, of NTD. Ebola is just one of many NTDs that badly need attention. Ebola exacerbates West Africa's poverty crisis. The virus spreading in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has led to food shortages and neglect of other devastating tropical illnesses. A health crisis that was ignored for months until it was out of control is now beginning to get the attention required, if not the resources. So far, the world´s nations have contributed far less than the $ 1 billion. The U.N. estimates would need to control the epidemic before it becomes endemic. Past outbreaks of Ebola have flared up in remote, forested communities, disconnected from much of the outside world. But the outbreak in West Africa has not slowed yet, and it worsens there the chances of it spreading to other countries. Ebola draws attention to NTD. Ebola is not only a health emergency, but also it´s a poverty crisis. The current Global Ebola crisis presents a multitude of challenges in terms of our capacity to respond; the future is even less predictable. Ebola outbreak represents inequity in health as the occurrence of health differences considered unnecessary, avoidable, unfair, and unjust, thus adding a moral and ethical dimension to health inequalities. Health equity does not refer only to the fairness in the distribution of health or the provision of health care; rather, it is linked with the larger issues of fairness and justice in social arrangements.
2 Ebola viral disease: a review literature
Saeed Reza Jamali Moghadam , Negar Omidi , Samaneh Bayrami , Sepideh Jamali Moghadam , SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi
Ebola virus is transmitted to people as a result of direct contact with body fluids containing virus of an infected patient. The incubation period usually lasts 5 to 7 d and approximately 95% of the patients appear signs within 21 d after exposure. Typical features include fever, profound weakness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramping, nausea and vomiting for 3-5 days and maybe persisting for up to a week. Laboratory complications including elevated aminotransferase levels, marked lymphocytopenia, and thrombocytopenia may have occurred. Hemorrhagic fever occurs in less than half of patients and it takes place most commonly in the gastrointestinal tract. The symptoms progress over the time and patients suffer from dehydration, stupor, confusion, hypotension, multi-organ failure, leading to fulminant shock and eventually death. The most general assays used for antibody detection are direct IgG and IgM ELISAs and IgM capture ELISA. An IgM or rising IgG titer (four-fold) contributes to strong presumptive diagnosis. Currently neither a licensed vaccine nor an approved treatment is available for human use. Passive transfer of serum collected from survivors of Junin virus or Lassa virus, equine IgG product from horses hypervaccinated with Ebola virus, a "cocktail" of humanized-mouse antibodies (ZMapp), recombinant inhibitor of factor VIIa/tissue factor, activated protein C, RNA-polymerase inhibitors and small interfering RNA nano particles are among the therapies in development. Preclinical evaluation is also underway for various vaccine candidates. One is a chimpanzee adenovirus vector vaccine; other vaccines involve replication-defective adenovirus serotype 5 and recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus.
3 Control of pain with topical plant medicines
James David Adams Jr. , Xiaogang Wang
Pain is normally treated with oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents and opioids. These drugs are dangerous and are responsible for many hospitalizations and deaths. It is much safer to use topical preparations made from plants to treat pain, even severe pain. Topical preparations must contain compounds that penetrate the skin, inhibit pain receptors such as transient receptor potential cation channels and cyclooxygenase-2, to relieve pain. Inhibition of pain in the skin disrupts the pain cycle and avoids exposure of internal organs to large amounts of toxic compounds. Use of topical pain relievers has the potential to save many lives, decrease medical costs and improve therapy.
4 Toxocara infection in gardener
Beuy Joob , Viroj Wiwanitkit
5 Applications of snake venoms in treatment of cancer
Vagish Kumar Laxman Shanbhag
Snake venoms are folk medicines used since ages. The components of snake venoms have high specific affinity and actions on cells and cell components. Also snake venoms are largely cytotoxic to tumor cells than normal cells. In addition to these, they have several therapeutic actions that make them an attractive option in the management of cancer. The advent of modern technologies has greatly helped in extracting and identifying new components of therapeutic interests in short time. The article highlights the importance of snake venoms in the management of cancer, so as to motivate curious researchers to devote their skills in this fascinating area. This in turn may bring hope, smile and relief to several cancer patients in future.
6 In vivo sedative and muscle relaxants activity of Diospyros lotus L
Abdur Rauf , Ghias Uddin , Bina Shaheen Siddiqui , Haroon Khan
Objective: To evaluate the sedative effect of Diospyros lotus L (D. lotus) extract in mice using the open field and Rota rod tests. Methods: For the sedative and muscle relaxants activities of extract/fractions of the plant, in vivo open field and phenobarbitone-induced sleeping time were used, while the Roda rod test was employed in animals for the assessment of muscle relaxant activity. Results: Results from this investigation revealed that the extracts of D. lotus have exhibited significant sedative effect in mice (45.98%) at 100 mg/kg i.p. When the extract was partitioned with different solvents, the n-hexane fraction was inactive whereas the chloroform fraction was the most active with 82.67% sedative effect at 50 and 100 mg/kg i.p. On the other hand, the ethyl acetate and n-butanol fractions displayed significant sedative effects (55.65% and 40.87%, respectively) at 100 mg/kg i.p. Among the tested extract/fractions, only chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions showed significant (P < 0.05) muscle relaxant activity in the Rota rod test. Conclusions: In short, our study provided scientific background to the traditional uses of D. lotus as sedative.
7 Effect of lactic acid bacteria isolated from fermented mustard on immunopotentiating activity
Chen-Kai Chang , Shu-Chen Wang , Chih-Kwang Chiu , Shih-Ying Chen , Zong-Tsi Chen , Pin-Der Duh
Objective: To investigate the effect of lactic acid bacteria isolated from fermented mustard on immunopotentiating activity Methods: One hundred and fifty nine strains of lactic acid bacteria isolated from traditional Taiwan fermented mustard were evaluated for their immunopotentiating activity on a murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. Results: Of the strains, pronounced increases in the levels of nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 were observed in strains B0040, B0110 and B0145. Among them, strain B0145 had the highest NO and tumor necrosis factor-α generation in RAW 264.7 cells; strains B0040 and B0110 were also superior to that of Lactobacillus casei. These results demonstrated that NO and cytokines were effectively induced when the bacterial stimulants were treated with macrophages. In addition, strains B0040 and B0110 were identified as Lactobacillus plantarum, and B0145 as Weissella cibaria using 16S rDNA analysis. Conclusions: The results implicated selected strains may be regarded as a biological response modifier and had a broad application prospects in exploiting new functional food or as a feed additive.
8 Toxicity of Mexican native plant extracts against larvae of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Rosario Ruiz-Guerrero , Mario Alberto Rodríguez-Pérez , Mariano Norzagaray-Campos
Objective: To evaluate five indigenous Mexican plants [Hippocratea excelsa, Hippocratea celastroides, Argemone mexicana (A. mexicana), Tagetes lucida, and Pseudosmodingium perniciosum (P. perniciosum)] toxicity against the fourth instar larvae of the dengue primary vector, Aedes aegypti (A. aegypti). Methods: Each plant part was treated successively with hexane, ethyl acetate, acetone, and methanol to extract potential active components of the plants against the dengue vector. Results: There was a range of toxicity at 24 or 48 h post-exposure for the different plant parts and organic solvent used (LC50 values ranged between 20 and 890 μg/mL). Extracts from seeds of A. mexicana (hexane washing with methanol and acetone) and stem-bark of P. perniciosum (hexane) showed highest toxicity to Ae. aegypti larvae at 48 h post-exposure (LC50 values were 80, 50, and 20 μg/mL, respectively), thus making them potential candidates as biolarvicides. Efforts are on-going to characterize the bioactive components of the extracts, through chromatography, for their use as biological tools for the control of the primary dengue vector. Conclusions: A. mexicana and P. perniciosum are good candidates to combat the dengue vector, Ae. aegypti, as they were highly toxic to the larvae.
9 Ethnobotanical profiling and floristic diversity of Bana Valley, Kotli (Azad Jammu and Kashmir), Pakistan
Muhammad Shoaib Amjad
Objective: To document the medicinal and other folk uses of native plants of the Bana Valley of district of Kotli-Azad Jammu Kashmir with a view to preserve the ethnobotanical knowledge of this area and to develop an ethnobotanical inventory of the species diversity. Methods: The fieldwork was conducted during a period of one year. Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaire and interview of the informants including indigenous people, tribal people, and traditional health practitioners residing in the study area. Results: The present study documented etnobotanical uses of 86 plant species belonging to 81 genera and 47 families. This study revealed that most of the species were used medicinally (74 spp; 42.29%). Leaves found to be the most frequently used part (56 spp., 36.13%) for preparation of indigenous recipes and fodder purpose. Conclusions: The current research provides a huge lump of ethnobotanical knowledge and depicts strong human-plant interaction. It is an urgent need to document indigenous uses of plants for future domestication.
10 Ameliorative effect of Morus alba leaves extract against developmental retinopathy in pups of diabetic and aluminum intoxicated pregnant albino rats
Hassan El-Sayyed , Gamal Badawy , Sobhy Hassab Elnabi , Ibrahim El-Elaimy , Eman Al Shehari
Objective: To investigate the possible ameliorative effect of crude water extract of Morus alba (M. alba) leaves on retinopathy of rat pups maternally subjected to diabetes and/or Al intoxication. Methods: Both control and experimental groups were subjected to certain integrated approaches, namely, biochemical assessments, light microscopic investigation, transmission electron microscopic investigation, single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) and determination of DNA fragmentation. Results: The retina of pups of diabetic and/or Al-intoxicated mothers exhibited abnormal alterations in retinal cell layers including retinal pigmented epithelium, photoreceptor inner segment and ganglion cells. Increased incidence of DNA fragmentation and apoptosis were evident in pups of diabetic and/or Al-intoxicated mothers. However, retina of pups maternally received M. alba extract plus diabetes or Al-intoxicated alone or in combination showed marked amelioration. Less degree of ameliorations was seen in retina of pups maternally subjected to combined treatment. Furthermore, application of crude water extract of M. alba resulted in amelioration of the alterations of maternal serum glucose as well as Al concentration. Conclusions: Based on the results of the present study, M. alba extract is effective against experimentally diabetic and Al-induced developmental retinopathy.
11 In vivo anti-salmonella activity of aqueous extract of Euphorbia prostrata Aiton (Euphorbiaceae) and its toxicological evaluation
Donald Sédric Tala , Donatien Gatsing , Siméon Pierre Chegaing Fodouop , Charles Fokunang , Fabrice Kengni , Merline Namekong Djimeli
Objective: To investigate the in vivo anti-salmonella activity and the safety of aqueous extract of Euphorbia prostratra (E. prostratra), a plant commonly used in Cameroon by traditional healers. Methods: A Salmonella typhimurium-infected rat model was used for the study. The physiological, biochemical and histopathological markers of possible side effects of this extract were studied using standard methods. Results: The extract had a significant effect on the number of viable Salmonella typhimurium recovered from faeces, and could stop salmonellosis after 8 and 10 days of treatment for male and female rats, respectively, with non-toxic doses. However, the biochemical and histopathological analyses revealed that at relatively high doses (≥ 73.48 mg/kg for female and ≥ 122.71 mg/kg for male) the extract could induce liver damage, as illustrated by a rise of serum transaminases' levels and significant inflammation of the parenchyma and portal vein. Side effects were also observed on the kidneys, as shown by both serum and urinary creatinine, and urinary proteins. Conclusions: The overall results indicate that the aqueous extract of E. prostrata has the potential to provide an effective treatment for salmonellosis, including typhoid fever. However, it is necessary to extrapolate these results in large animals, in further studies.
12 Retention of testicular integrity and testosterone levels upon ingestion of garlic cloves (Allium sativum) in the Sprague-Dawley rat
Adejoke Elizabeth Memudu , Ibukun Dorcas Akinrinade , Olalekan Michael Ogundele
Objective: To investigate the effects of acute and chronic aqueous garlic extract ingestion on testicular cellular integrity and serum testosterone levels. Methods: Twenty (20) male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing an average of 120 g were used. Animals were divided into three groups. Group A served as control (10 rats for 28 and 56 d respectively), while treatment Groups B and C were given 200 mg/kg for Allium sativum (garlic cloves) extract for 28 and 56 d respectively. Results: Histological analysis revealed the presence of all spermatogenic lineages, appearance of proliferative activities in the interstitial cells, as well as increased serum testosterone levels. Conclusions: This study confirmed proliferative and restorative potentials in both acute and chronic garlic ingestion.
13 Synergetic effect of Egyptian propolis in immunization of BALB/c mice against bovine cysticercosis
Omnia Mohamed Kandil , Somia Ayesh Nassar , Soad Mohamed Nasr , Hatem Abdel Mawgoud Shalaby , Seham Hendawy , Faragalla Mohamed Moghazy
Objective: To evaluate the synergetic effect of an ethanolic extract of Egyptian propolis in immunization of BALB/c mice with Taenia saginata (T. saginata) crude antigen against bovine cysticercosis, with reference to its effects on liver and kidney functions. Methods: Sixty female mice BALB/c strain weighing 20 to 25 g and 6-8 weeks old were randomly allocated into six groups of ten mice each. Mice in groups 1 and 2 (G1 and G2) were immunized intraperitoneally with 100 µg of T. saginata crude antigen in 100 µL phosphate buffer saline emulsified in Freund's adjuvant. Besides, the mice in G2 were administered with propolis extract simultaneously with immunization. Control mice were either administered with propolis extract (G3) or injected with the same volume of phosphate buffer saline emulsified in Freund's adjuvant (G4). The mice in G5 were non-immunized infected control while, those in G6 were non-immunized non-infected control. Two weeks after the last immunization, each mouse was challenged intraperitoneally with 5000 oncospheres except those of G6. Ethanolic extract of propolis was prepared at a dose 50 mg/kg body weight. Results: After 24 weeks of challenge, the mice in G2 showed the highest level of protection (100%), with no cyst being detected rather than mice in G1 (33.3% protection). Additionally, the ELISA results, in this study, showed higher antibody titer in G2 with reduction the alteration in liver and kidney functions compared to G1. Conclusions: Egyptian propolis could increase the level of protection against experimental challenge infection with T. saginata eggs when administered simultaneously with immunization. Furthermore, it could enhance the production of antibodies to immunized antigen and decrease the alteration in liver and kidney functions.
14 Mycetoma at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia: correlation of histopathological and clinical findings
Shagufta Tahir Mufti , Hessa Aljhdali
Objective: To present the histopathological and clinical correlation of mycetoma among patients attending King Abdulaziz University Hospital between 1998-2013. Methods: The data of all histopathologically diagnosed mycetomas in the period between January 1998 and January 2013 were collected through a computerized database search of the anatomic pathology archives at King Abdulaziz University Hospital. The collected data were analysed. Identification of species were performed for five patients using 16S ribosomal DNA and internal transcribed spacer 2. Results: There were 19 patients with mycetoma with an average age of 44.26 years and male: female ratio of 4:1. Actinomycetoma were 63.15% and eumycetoma were 36.84%. All patients presented with the classic lesions; presenting as painless subcutaneous mass, sinuses and discharge containing grains. The swellings were of slow evolution, with preferential foot localization. Species specification performed for samples from five patients with active lesions revealed species of Actinomyces israelii and Madurella mycetomatis in respective cases. Conclusions: Actinomycetoma is more common than eumycetoma in this region. The fact that one of the patients with eumycetoma was a Saudi national raises the possibility of an indigenous species similar to Maduraella mycetomatis to be further explored for characteristics and pathogenesis. The disease has to be prioritized again and more robust and quick molecular diagnostic tools should be made available in order to save patients form disfiguring amputations.


In order to study deregulated electricity spot markets, various models have been proposed. Most of them correspond to a, so-called, multi-leader-follower game in which an Independent System Operator (ISO) plays a central role. Our aim in this paper is to consider quadratic bid functions together with the transmission losses in the multi-leader-follower game. Under some reasonable assumptions we deduce qualitative properties for the ISO's problem. In the two islands type market, the explicit formulae for the optimal solutions of the ISO's problem are obtained and we show the existence of an equilibrium.


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New President visits Ninh Binh province
Newly-elected President Tran Dai Quang at the swearing-in ceremony (Photo: VNA)
NDO/VNA - Newly-elected President Tran Dai Quang paid a working visit to the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 3.
Tran Dai Quang, born in Kim Son district of Ninh Binh, was elected as State President at the 11th meeting of the 13th National Assembly on April 2.
At a meeting with local leaders, the President, as a member of Ninh Binh's 13th National Assembly deputy delegation, expressed his gratitude for the support from local authorities and voters so the entire delegation fulfiled entrusted tasks.
He said the new position is a great honour and a heavy responsibility for him.
The affection of people nationwide and in Ninh Binh in particular for him will be a motivation to help him accomplish all assigned tasks, the State leader added.
He also showed his hope that Ninh Binh people and army will strengthen unity and promote strengths to further develop the province.
Congratulating the newly-elected President, Secretary of the local Party Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh informed him of the province's socio-economic development situation and its building of the political system in the first three months of 2016.
The building of the Party and the political system was implemented synchronously, while the local economy continued growing, and defence security was maintained, she stated.
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Finland Explains Why Investment Crowdfunding is Needed
April 16, 2016 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois
As we recently reported, the Finland Ministry of Finance has published an updated regulatory environment designed to facilitate debt and equity crowdfunding. The goal is to "enhance financial intermediation and thereby economic growth." The Finnish economy posted GDP growth of 0.5% in 2015, after three years of recession so they are looking for additional methods to improve capital formation. The new rules are expected to become actionable on July 1, 2016. Alongside the regulatory update, the government of Finland has published an explanatory missive designed to educate interested parties.
While the size of the crowdfunding market in Finland is relatively small, estimated at €84.4 million in 2015 (48% increase over year prior), the shift of all forms of finance is a global movement.
The Finish market is divided as follows:
equity-based crowdfunding: EUR 15.5 million (equity capital collected from people for companies)
loan-based crowdfunding: approximately EUR 68.9 million (peer-to-peer loans mediated to consumers EUR 46.3 million and loans mediated to companies EUR 22.6 million).
The Finish government states they met with key stakeholders dozens of times in connection with the project. "Every effort has been made to take the feedback from consultations and statements into account in drafting the Act." The current proposal supports the growth of crowdfunding such that a prospectus needs only be published for a securities offer exceeding €5 million (the current national prospectus limit value is EUR 2.5 million), with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of crowdfunding in business financing more extensively than at present without the obligation to prepare a separate and often rather expensive prospectus.
The government of Finland explains that crowdfunding compliments traditional financing channels. The new form of finance has been of "particular interest" to seed and growth stage companies. For investors, crowdfunding offers higher-yielding and higher-risk investment opportunities than traditional investments. Finish government officials acknowledge the intrinsic risk in investing in early stage companies. Many will fail. Few will become a big success. Their "Crowdfunding Act" seeks to assure investors are aware of the risk while channelling the sector development in the right direction.
As to why crowdfunding evolved, Finland points to the financial crises of recent years. Banks have moved away from providing capital, both due to risk and regulatory compliance. While the availability of financing from banks in Finland is said to have not deteriorated as much as in many other EU countries, crowdfunding, or internet finance, has naturally become more important.
Their proposed law essentially applies to crowdfunding intermediaries but it also establishes obligations on the party collecting the financing through crowdfunding and, correspondingly, certain rights for investor-customer. It should be noted that authorised financial market operators may utilise the fact the Act as well.
Through registration of funding platforms, the government seeks to create a sufficient threshold for entry into the market. They view this as important from the perspective of the credibility of investor protection and the form of financing. But the intent is also to make it lighter than other forms of financial regulation that are all too often quite expensive. Disclosure obligations for platforms will be clarified and simplified, and this will apply both to the crowdfunding intermediaries and to the companies acquiring financing through crowdfunding.
Interestingly, the Act will have no effect on situations where a business entity seeking funding exercises its option within the scope of business freedom to obtain funds from people by independently offering its own securities. For example, securities may be offered through the business entity's own website in the form of a share issue. A crowdfunding intermediary is not used in such an arrangement. In such cases, the business entity seeking funding must independently ensure that it complies with legislation, for example the Limited Liability Companies' Act and Securities Market Act.
Under the new Act, crowdfunding for business activity can be collected by a business entity (limited company, cooperative, limited partnership, general partnership, European limited company, European cooperative, association) or a foundation. The party collecting crowdfunding cannot be in bankruptcy or other insolvency procedure. On the other hand, a restructuring procedure does not prevent the collection of crowdfunding as long as investors are adequately informed about the issue and the associated risks. The party collecting crowdfunding cannot be a listed company. The party collecting crowdfunding is not required to be a legal person; a business name is also possible.
The Finish government states that investor protection will be strengthened with clear rules and disclosure requirements. According to the Ministry of Finance, investor protection will be specified in a separate decree relating to the disclosure obligation of an entity acquiring financing through crowdfunding. The decree will include provisions on risk warning, among other things. The Act, for its part, has provisions on a crowdfunding intermediary's procedures and its obligations towards the investor. The Act will also lay down provision on supervision and sanctions.
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The ability of the organs to glide freely around each other is vital, not only for the physiological task of each organ, but also for overall movement through the torso. Exploration of these fascial layers surrounding organs starts with a 'topographical' tour of the anatomy: where are the organs, what is their shape and how are they accessed? Refining our palpation of soft-tissue structures is highlighted as a part of both assessment and treatment. Includes consideration of scar tissue as a possible limitation of movement. Learn techniques to release fascial restrictions in the following abdominal organs: liver, gall bladder, stomach, spleen, small and large intestines, bladder and kidneys. The lungs, bronchi and mediastinum are included. We'll work with the client in a variety of positions, to give us flexibility and versatility when approaching the organs. Manual treatment will focus on mobilization — rather than motility — using direct and indirect contact. We'll discuss how to gauge one's application of force to meet the restriction, so that we treat safely and effectively, without over-riding the body's limits. This is a good class for practitioners who focus on structural bodywork, deep tissue, sports massage and other biomechanical methods, and want to add this critical geography to your work. It's also a good class for those who have studied light-touch methods and want to clarify their palpation and widen their skillset.
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Now in its ninth year and well within its stride, the Hopscotch Music Festival returned to downtown Raleigh NC on Thursday September 6th. The annual music festival known for its diverse and wide-ranging lineups again featured more than 120 bands playing at numerous venues across downtown Raleigh, ranging from the intimate and aptly named "Slims", all the way up to and including the 6000-person capacity of Red Hat Amphitheater. The one deviation from last year's event was a slimming of the schedule back to three days, with the Sunday performances at Red Hat dropped from the official schedule. However, for those looking to enjoy a music-filled brunch and a "low-key" afternoon before easing out of the weekend, there were plenty of local venues filling the gap with post-Hopscotch day parties.
Speaking of day parties, Thursday afternoon kicked-off the Hopscotch weekend with a run of the now traditional Hopscotch Day Parties, which feature a variety of acts all playing at free shows around town leading into the evening festival proper. We started our weekend, as we often do at Hopscotch, at PotLuck's annual "Rock 'n Roll Pizza Party" at Slims. The party, now in its fifth year, treated the early bird Hopscotch partyers to performances from: Gardener, Knurr and Spell, The Dirty Little Heaters, Sun Studies, and more. Like the name suggests, Hopscotch, is all about hopping from venue to venue. So we bounced over to Foundation to check in on the Merge Records Hopscotch Happy Hour before heading to City Plaza for the kick-off of the Festival proper.
The opening main stage shows stuck to a similar genre format as last year, with the bands mixing a subtle country and indie vibe. Local singer/songwriter H.C. McEntire started off the proceedings by playing songs from her debut solo album, LIONHEART, released earlier this year. The set was enthusiastically received and garnered a warm reception from the hometown crowd. Heather was followed by New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate. The band Led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Martin Courtney, delivered a gorgeous laid-back set that shifted between being earnest, meditative, and melancholy, to moments of lush, psychedelic, pop-tinged sweetness. Closing out the evening on the main stage was the visual joyfulness of Grammy award winning band the Flaming Lips. Frontman Wayne Coyne was as much a showman and ringleader as he was a singer, as he emerged in a blue suit with fuzzy cuffs and sporting a sequin bedazzled eye patch. As the band played through some of their notable hits including, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" and "She Don't Use Jelly," they were at times showered in confetti, backed by a giant inflatable robot, and joined by dancing eyeballs. Coyne, ever the visual artist, pulled out all the stops including sporting giant hands that shot laser beams over the crowd, making his traditional journey over the crowd in a giant inflatable hamster ball, and even singing one song while riding through the crowd while being pulled on a glowing unicorn.
After the sensory overload that is a Flaming Lips performance, it was time to wander between venues and catch some of the assorted bands playing simultaneously at multiple venues. Some of the opening night standouts that we caught included, Sun Seeker and Dex Romweber, before closing out day 1 with back to back fantastic performances from Meg Remy's experimental pop outfit, U.S. Girls, who brought down the house at the Lincoln Theatre, only to be followed by the soaring melodic, and often anthemic, indie-pop of Love Language that simply razed the building and any members of the crowd still standing.


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Olympic Construction Continues as Games Approach
January 1, 2000 SKI Magazine Editors
Salt Lake City, Utah Oct. 23, 2001 (AP by Tim Korte)–Skeletal bleachers rise at the bottom of ski runs. Lights have been cleaned and brightened along the bobsled track. Miles of wires snake over hills and through freshly painted buildings.
With four months to go, organizers are hitting full stride in a $100 million effort to assemble stadium seating, trailers, tents, cables and other fixtures as they prepare to stage the 2002 Winter Olympics.
"It's just a massive undertaking," said Fraser Bullock, chief operating officer for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee.
And a massive effort that organizers hope will make the Salt Lake Games among the most organized and prepared. Most venues will be fully operational by the end of the year, comfortably ahead of the Feb. 8 opening ceremony.
"All of the venues, we're very confident, will be completed well ahead of schedule and ready for our technical rehearsal, which comes up at the end of October," chief organizer Mitt Romney said.
The most complete venue right now is Soldier Hollow, where Nordic skiing and biathlon will be staged. Bleachers are up, more than 60 trailers are in place and access roads are paved.
At Snowbasin, site of the downhill and super-G ski races, construction is almost finished on a 21,000-seat stadium. Parking lots and roads are ready, and work continues on privately built day lodges.
At the Utah Olympic Park, the venue for ski jumping, bobsled, luge and skeleton, workers removed and cleaned every light along the 4,300-foot sliding track to meet international broadcast standards.
The track has been operational for years, becoming a stop on the World Cup tours. But when scaffolding went up recently for a new electronic timing system, a buzz went through the Olympic Park's employees.
"Everybody knew these things were going to happen," said venue manager Craig Lehto. "But when the scaffolding went up, everybody said, 'Oh, cool. That's where the timing board is going to go."'
Evolving parking lots below the park are cluttered with dozens of broadcast booths that will be hauled up the hillside and secured on high scaffolds along the track and below the green ski jump landings.
Workers have poured footings for the 20,000-seat stadium that will be built on a steep hillside just below the jumps.
"That is a very complex structure," Bullock said. "We put in concrete footings and the fill had to be compacted properly. The engineers have double- and triple-checked it, and we're in good shape to start erecting scaffolding."
Some sites, like skiing and snowboard venue Park City Mountain Resort, are slightly behind schedule. Bullock isn't concerned, since crews will be reassigned as other projects are completed.
The Delta Center, the venue for figure skating and short-track speedskating, won't be available until just before the games. The arena is home to the NBA's Utah Jazz, who play there six days before the opening ceremony.
"We get that venue at midnight on Feb. 2," Bullock said. "To mitigate very difficult circumstances, our plan is to complete as much work elsewhere as we can. Then we can focus all our resources on the Delta Center."
The University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium, which is the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies, and the dormitories that will be converted into the athletes' village will be taken over by SLOC shortly before the Olympics.
The point, Bullock said, is to be ready ahead of time.
"This will really give us a leg up on being prepared for the games because we know we will have some problems," Bullock said. "Anything could happen with weather, late deliveries, those kinds of things. We need to build a cushion."
Bullock said Salt Lake organizers realized, after a trip to Sydney for the 2000 Summer Olympics, how important it is to have everything in place long before the world arrives.
"There was such a remarrkable calm in Sydney around the venues, compared to the last-minute horror stories, the rush jobs, we'd heard about," he recalled. "They built out their venues early. We came back and adopted that approach."
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Q: Laravel Cashier - Create New Subscription With Existing Customer Object I'm using Laravel Cashier along with Stripe to manage subscriptions. The user will supply their credit card information when signing up, but they won't be subscribed in a specific plan at this point. So I can successfully use Stripe Checkout to create a Stripe customer object and save the Stripe customer ID in my database. But when it comes time for the user to enroll in a plan, I can't see a way to use the Stripe customer ID to enroll them in the plan they want.
Of course, I could ask for their credit card information again and get a Stripe token to use with Laravel Cashier, but I'd like to avoid this since the app already created a Stripe customer object when they signed up and I'd like to simply use the existing customer object to charge their credit card rather than asking for their card number again.
To try illustrate what I'm trying to do, here is some sample code from the Laravel docs:
$user->newSubscription('main', 'monthly')->create($creditCardToken);

But what I'd like to be able to do is something like this (note the change to the create method:
$user->newSubscription('main', 'monthly')->create($user->stripe_id);

Any advice?

A: If there is a stripe ID for the user, you don't have to supply the token
$user->newSubscription('main', 'monthly')->create();

Have a look at the SubscriptionBuilder class.

A: You can try this.
$user->setStripeKey(env("STRIPE_KEY"));

# card details
$card = [
'card_number' => 'xxxxxxxx',
'card_cvc' => 'xxx',
'exp_month' => 'xx',
'exp_year' => 'xxxx',
'name' => 'xxx',
];
# generate token
$token = $this->generateAccessToken($card);

private function generateAccessToken($card)
{

    $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
    $url = 'https://api.stripe.com/v1/tokens';
    $pubKey = env("STRIPE_SECRET");
    $postBody = [
        'key' => $pubKey,
        'payment_user_agent' => 'stripe.js/Fbebcbe6',
        'card' => [
            'number' => $card['card_number'],
            'cvc' => $card['card_cvc'],
            'exp_month' => $card['exp_month'],
            'exp_year' => $card['exp_year'],
            'name' => $card['name']
        ]
    ];

    $response = $client->post($url, [
        'form_params' => $postBody
    ]);

    $response_obj = json_decode($response->getbody()->getContents());

    return $response_obj->id;
}
# main or primary
$subscription_obj = $user->newSubscription('subscription_name', 'stripe_plan_id')->create($token);

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"reflect"
	"strings"
)

// Configuration holds application configuration. Values will be pulled from
// environment variables, prefixed by keyPrefix. Default values can be added
// via tags.
type Configuration struct {
	Listen      string `config:"tcp://:8080"`
	Host        string `config:"localhost:8080"`
	MetaDB      string `config:"lfs.db"`
	ContentPath string `config:"lfs-content"`
	AdminUser   string `config:""`
	AdminPass   string `config:""`
	Cert        string `config:""`
	Key         string `config:""`
	Scheme      string `config:"http"`
	Public      string `config:"public"`
}

func (c *Configuration) IsHTTPS() bool {
	return strings.Contains(Config.Scheme, "https")
}

func (c *Configuration) IsPublic() bool {
	switch Config.Public {
	case "1", "true", "TRUE":
		return true
	}
	return false
}

// Config is the global app configuration
var Config = &Configuration{}

const keyPrefix = "LFS"

func init() {
	te := reflect.TypeOf(Config).Elem()
	ve := reflect.ValueOf(Config).Elem()

	for i := 0; i < te.NumField(); i++ {
		sf := te.Field(i)
		name := sf.Name
		field := ve.FieldByName(name)

		envVar := strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", keyPrefix, name))
		env := os.Getenv(envVar)
		tag := sf.Tag.Get("config")

		if env == "" && tag != "" {
			env = tag
		}

		field.SetString(env)
	}

	if port := os.Getenv("PORT"); port != "" {
		// If $PORT is set, override LFS_LISTEN. This is useful for deploying to Heroku.
		Config.Listen = "tcp://:" + port
	}
}

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I've known this fragment for a while, and it's actually fairly useful.
The combo does a total of around 160 damage.
The amount of damage here greatly depends on how much of the SFT you get in. With Gracy, the most damage I've been able to do is around 85, meaning almost 250 if you get all of SFT in. If not, it still breaks 200 fairly easily.
Very nice. I've never seen anybody use such a fragment before, but I've seen a replay of it you showed me. People instinctively go aggressive after getting hit by SFT, and basically anything but a block gets you killed by the alk, which is what makes it so lethal. If you can link stuff into SFT you can tack on plenty more damage. Very awesome.
Good proof that moves like SFT are much more useful than people think when you bother to explore their capabilities, and that nobody has fully explored all of the capabilities of any robot yet, Pyros being no exception.
There are a few downsides though... The succes really depends on the distance the opponent is at. otherwise LK has a good chance of missing, also even though its quite hard to do much against, HARs like mantis or Gargoyle can punish it severely with their immense Priority attacks.
I'll just point out that pyros can fragment if the opponent air evades in your combo, I'm just a noob and the long combos are as of yet boyond my reach, however RK RP LK A.LP A.FRK A.FLK A.RP right/super firespin, IF the opponent evades after A.LP wait a second and use A RP u will turn to face them and it resets combo allowing u to use A.LP again, A.RP tends to have this ability anywhere in a combo but it seems a little tempramental.
For future reference the combo counter resets any time the enemy evades a combo Cloudeh.
As for the SFT fragment, you can simply jump differently depending on the distance the enemy is at; flip jump forward, jump forward, or jump up can cover all the distances.
Personaly I like to use a.flp after sft because its multiple hits and an easy ground evade catcher.
RK doesn't lift you into the air, that's LK - and if it is LK you're talking about, then that's not a fragment, it's just a combo. Using a.fRK after RK goes over them, anyway. A fragment (short for fragmented combo) is when you hit an opponent after one of your hits, like a combo, and hits before the opponent can make any move whatsoever, but leaves just enough of a time gap so that the first combo ends and another begins. It's worthwhile because combos get weaker and weaker as they go on, but if you reset the combo counter with a fragment, it starts again at full damage.
Players always get a second or two of total invincibility when they're getting up. They have enough time to turn around and block you, if they're feeling merciful and don't decide to pull some acrobatics on you.
Plus, putting B before RK is redundant; pressing back doesn't change the move, only forward does that.
I dunno about fragments but Pyros is king of counter bait.


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Donna creates room with several views
Preston Photographer Donna Clifford with her first landscape and cityscape collection she has given to the SPACE centre for their Garden View Room.
Published: 13:31 Thursday 02 February 2017
Iconic images of Preston are set to brighten up a new facility at the city's Space Centre.
The 10-piece visual tour of Preston has has been created by photographer Donna Clifford, and is the first time she has displayed her work.
She chose the Space Centre - a charity for people with a wide range of disabilities in Pedders Lane- having charted it's progression over 15 years while working for the Lancashire Post.
The 35-year-old, who is now self-employed, said: "I wanted to give something back, having worked with the charity for so long."
The photographs, which include Preston Bus Station, The Harris Museum and The Splash, now adorn previously-bare walls in the Garden View Room, which is soon to be hired out as a conference venue.
The prints are all printed on A2 aluminium boards.
Donna added: "It really brings the vibrant colours out and that's what I wanted - that's what the Space Centre is all about."
One of the images chosen is an autumn scene of Haslam Park.
Donna said: "That was my very first landscape and it was shared over 100,000 times on social media.
"It's basically Haslam Park all in orange, but it's the first thing that really got me attention.
"Since then I've been really enjoying experimenting with my work, using things like different filters. As a photographer, you're constantly learning."
Alison Birch, centre manager, said: "We're delighted to have such gorgeous pictures in our gorgeous room.
"It's nice that the charity has such a nice connection with Donna too."


Having worked really hard over previous weeks to get to the required level on the L3 maths assessment I arrived with some trepidation on day 1. I realised that I had not done all the pre-induction tasks but will go home tonight and go back over what we have covered in the ICT session. I thought I knew ICT but even I have found this quite difficult to follow all the links. However, this is getting clearer as the session is progressing.
I have now got home and settled a bit with a cup of coffee and I am now thinking a little clearer away from the hustle and bustle of today. We covered loads during the day today and I now feel that I need to spend time finding my way around this and making sure I fully understand what is expected of me in the coming weeks.
I am excited but also full of trepidation. Even having studied recently on a level 5 course does not mean that this course will be easy. It is set up in a very different way to the course I have just finished and, of course, it has different tutors with different expectations. I feel that I might feel more confident when I have had some work marked and received feedback. This should then enable me to appreciate more fully what is expected of me by those delivering the course. Only time will tell.


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Ismaël Mickael Bouzid (Arabisch: سماعيل بوزيد), (Nancy, 21 juli 1983) is een Algerijns voetballer (verdediger) die sinds 2011 speelt voor de Griekse eersteklasser PAS Giannina. Eerder speelde hij onder meer voor het Duitse Kaiserslautern, het Turkse Galatasaray en het Schotse Hearts. Met MC Alger won hij de Beker van Algerije in 2006 en met Galatasaray werd hij landskampioen in 2008.

Bouzid speelde sinds 2007 dertien interlands voor de Algerijnse nationale ploeg.

Zie ook
Lijst van spelers van Heart of Midlothian FC

Bouzid, Ismael

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Q: My Navigation got corrupted after hiding and showing some subsite links I am working on a sharepoint server 2016. and i have created a new site collection of type team site and i enable the publishing infrastructure features. and inside the navigation i define to show the subsites links as follow:-

now i have 6 subsites and everything was working well, until i do the following:-

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*i edit the navigation links from the Quick Launch links.

*i specify to hide some links as follow:-

Now after that i got a lot of duplicate items showing as shown in the first picture... ...so not sure if there is a way to reset my navigation links to only show 6 links represents my sub-sites without any duplicates ?


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China Threatens to Nuke Japan in Video
The nation breaks with its no-first-use policy of deterrence to extort its neighbors.
by Samuel Mangold-Lenett
China's President Xi Jinping in meeting, Beijing, China, December 2020 (Naresh777/Shutterstock.com)
The Chinese Communist Party posted a video online Monday warning Japan that they would face retaliation by nuclear bombardment if they interfere in China's growing reunification efforts with Taiwan.
"We will use nuclear bombs first. We will use nuclear bombs continuously. We will do this until Japan declares unconditional surrender for the second time," the video declares.
The Baoji Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party shared the video on its Xigua page. Xigua is a video hosting platform similar to YouTube, and its parent company has extensive connections to the Communist Chinese Party.
The video has since been taken off of Xigua but can still be found across the internet. Jennifer Zeng, human rights activist and refugee from the Chinese Communist Party, reposted an excerpt of the video on her Twitter page:
#CCP Vows to Nuke #Japan if Japan defends #Taiwan. As Japan is the only country that has been nuked, so nuking Japan "will get twice the result with half the effort."
中共軍事頻道威脅對日本實施連續核打擊,直到日本第二次無條件投降。 pic.twitter.com/dp45R2LXtD
— Jennifer Zeng 曾錚 (@jenniferatntd) July 13, 2021
The video continues, "When we liberate Taiwan if Japan dares to intervene by force — even if it only deploys one soldier, one plane or one ship — we will not only return fire but also wage full-scale war against Japan itself."
This video is a deviation from China's stated policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, to which the country has adhered to the policy since 1964, when it became the fifth nation in the world to have a nuclear arsenal. The Chinese government said that year that "China will never at any time or under any circumstances be the first to use nuclear weapons." China has repeatedly affirmed the policy and did so as recently as 2011.
The no-first-use policy enabled China to amass a moderate nuclear arsenal nominally for the sake of deterrence. It appears, however, that the Chinese Communist Party is now more interested in using nuclear weapons to extort their neighbors.
In a major speech delivered on July 1 celebrating the Communist Chinese Party's centennial anniversary, President Xi Jinping said that the 21st century will be defined by China's increasing presence on the international stage. Xi emphasized that China will no longer continue to "accept sanctimonious preaching from those who feel they have the right to lecture us."
Xi emphasized his dedication to establishing control over Taiwan, saying that "realizing China's complete reunification is a historic mission and an unshakable commitment of the Communist Party of China" and "We must take resolute action to utterly defeat any attempt toward 'Taiwan independence.' "
On July 6, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan Taro Aso said that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would present Japan with an existential threat and that if it should occur, the United States must intervene alongside them.
Aso said, "If a major incident happened (over Taiwan), it's safe to say it would be related to a situation threatening the survival (of Japan). If that is the case, Japan and the U.S. must defend Taiwan together."


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According to long-term weather forecaster, Accuweather, it's due to snow for the first time on December 18, just before Christmas Day. There will also be rain showers on that day and it will be pretty chilly, reaching highs of 7C and lows of -1C. Snow is expected again on three other days in December
Technically, 2017 was the last white Christmas in the UK, with 11% of weather stations recording snow falling. However, none reported any snow lying on the ground. This was also the case in 2016, when 6% of stations recorded falling snow, and in 2015, when 10% of stations saw snow
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Will it snow at Christmas in 2020? Technically, 2017 was the last white Christmas in the UK, but no snow settled on the ground. This also happened in 2016 and 2015 By. Whatslooking.com. -. December 10, 2020. 0. 262. Paddy Power has cut odds on the chances of a White Christmas across Britain. Odds in London are now sitting at 4-1, down from 11-2 yesterday. A Paddy Power spokesman said: The odds for snow on Christmas day have shortened in a few different areas due to the recent cold snap Find out your chance of seeing a White Christmas 2021 anywhere in the world! Forecasts use the latest GFS and CFS model and updated every single day right up until Christmas The latest odds. Coral has cut its odds on there being a White Christmas - snow anywhere in the UK on Christmas Day - to 5-4. It is evens for this winter to be the coldest ever in the UK. Those. Of course, the answer depends on where you live. The smarty pants meteorologists at AccuWeather released their Christmas 2020 weather predictions, and they broke down the chances of snow for several regions. Here's what Lead Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok has in mind. This content is imported from Twitter
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Welcome to the Christmas Day 2021 countdown. Update: Not started. The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was in 2010. December was an extremely cold month that year and according to the Met Office 83% of stations recorded snow on the ground on December 25th. Christmas 2020 brought a technical white Christmas to a few locations
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A white Christmas is defined as having 1 inch or more of snow on the ground Christmas morning. The graphics provide a general sense of the likelihood of a white Christmas over the entire country and the Midwest. They are based on the latest (1981-2010) U.S. Climate Normals from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
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Snow is much less likely to hit London than almost anywhere else in the UK, as it tends to fall thick and fast in the North and Scotland. However, it's still definitely a possibility, and any snow-lovers out there will be glad to know we're forecast to see some flakes fall from the sky this side of Christmas
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Christmas 2019 had the second-lowest snow cover in the Lower 48 in the last 10 years, with 28.1% of the contiguous U.S. experiencing a white Christmas, according to an analysis from the NOHRSC
The Met Office said that Christmas Day will be cold, crisp and sunny up and down the country, with showers likely to turn wintery over higher ground in the north and Scotland, causing snow
The high temperature averages 34F degrees and the low 21F degrees on Christmas. The greatest precipitation recorded on Christmas Day was 1.49 inches, which fell as a mixture of rain and snow in 1978. The 18.0 inches of snow measured in this Christmas storm of 1978 was also the greatest snow for Christmas Day
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The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was in 2010 with snow on the ground at 83% of the Met Office's stations - the highest amount ever recorded. Tokyo 2020 Olympics Coach Dean Boxall. Seasonal weather, London, UK - 20 Nov 2018. Must See 'Nasty' weather on way for Ireland with bets on for Christmas day snow. By. Emma Costello - 14/12/2020. Facebook. Twitter. Email. WhatsApp Scotland may already have had a taste of snow earlier this month, but as we get closer to Christmas the Met Office is already looking ahead to the festive season to see if we'll have a white. Christmas Weather in the United States. According to our famous long-range predictions, snow is indeed in store for Christmas week in a good part of the U.S., but looming rain threatens to make it a wash elsewhere.. Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart If temperatures overachieve, then the snow is at risk to melt by Christmas. Also, the snow depth decreases to the south and east and areas towards the St. Lawrence have a higher risk of losing.
This means we'll know if we're in for a white Christmas around December 20. However, according to the Met Office it's not looking likely it will snow on Christmas Day, as there has only been a white Christmas four times in the last 51 years. 'The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was in 2010 Snow warning for UK as Birmingham to feel like -4C in Bank Holiday chiller. Birmingham weather. Met Office latest says it could feel as cold as -6C on Tuesday in Birmingham Snow fall on Liverpool City Centre opposite the Empire Theatre. A snowflake has fallen on Christmas Day, somewhere in the UK, 38 times in the last 54 years
The perfect Christmas scene is always accompanied by a dusting of snow. But it's been nearly a decade since we had a decent snowfall, with most weather stations recording a covering of the white. Disruptive snow is forecast for the country, as well as bitter temperatures as low as -7C. Met Eireann have issued a five-day weather advisory, warning: Exceptionally cold weather will occur. Will It Snow for Christmas? is a film directed by Sandrine Veysset with Dominique Reymond, Daniel Duval, Jessica Martínez, Alexandre Roger. Year: 1996. Original title: Y'aura t'il de la neige à Noël?. Synopsis
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Lebanon, located near the New Hampshire/Vermont border, is a picturesque town in which to celebrate the holidays, and a sparkling coat of snow is a terrific bonus. The NCDC says Lebanon has at least an inch of snow for Christmas 85 percent of the time, and there's a 30 percent chance there'll be 10 inches of snow or more on December 25
It wasn't a white Christmas, but the first snowfall of the new year is here for some parts of the UK.. Temperatures have dropped as a cold snap has brought widespread frost and some snow, with Scotland and the north of England the worst of the wintry conditions
Technically, 2015 was also a white Christmas in the UK with 10 per cent of weather stations recording snow falling, however none reported any snow lying on the ground, it adds. When asked how likely there will be a white Christmas, the Met Office explains: We can accurately forecast if snow is likely on any given Christmas Day up to five.
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Bozeman is the second city located in Yellowstone National Park to make this white Christmas list. It receives the lowest average December snowfall in this compilation (11.9 inches), but thanks to December lows in the 10 F to 15 F range, snow tends to linger around the landscape regardless of whether or not new snowfall falls on Christmas day 11. Christmas Crossfire (2020) Average Tarantino-esque German crime comedy thriller. 12. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) Musical fantasy about a disillusioned toy maker and his granddaughter who comes to stay with him before Christmas. Decent enough if overlong, songs (apart from Make it Work Again) not particularly memorable. 13 Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Will It Snow for Christmas? (sandrine Veysset 19 (uk Import) DVD Region 2 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products Forecasters have predicted Kent will be hit by snow in the last week of January. Accuweather says a cold snap is due in the next fortnight and will bring the first flurry of the year.. In Canterbury, 4.4 cms of snow are expected on Sunday, January 27, with 3.9 cms predicted for Tunbridge Wells.. This cold spell could be the prelude for the return of the Beast from the East, forecasters have.
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Will it Snow in Winter 2019-2020? In the U.S., this winter will be remembered for strong storms bringing a steady roofbeat of heavy rain and sleet, not to mention piles of snow. And more snow. Nearly all of Canada should expect above-average precipitation this winter, much of it falling as snow The op chart for Christmas Day on 13/12 shows the UK in a returning N'ly regime. Heavy rain spreading in to SW and S. Temps in London about 12C and a low of 6C. Best chance for anything wintry in the far north. The op chart for Christmas Day on 14/12 shows the UK in a returning N'ly regime. Starting dry in the SE but rain spreading in later
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Rain changes to snow on Christmas Eve FILE PHOTO (Source: Michael Dakota) By Jason Nicholas | December 22, 2020 at 8:06 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 4:05 P Christmas 2020 will take a spot in the top ten coldest of all time, tying with 1995 for the sixth coldest Christmas on record. Records go all the way back to 1892. 2020 ties 1995 for the 6th
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It is snowing (with some on the ground) and strong winds are blowing this morning... affecting a number of higher lifts and gondolas.
We may get some more fresh snow by tomorrow morning too. Might it be the last of the season? It may well be - conditions from the weekend are due to calm down and get brighter with sunny skies on the forecast into next week.
Come on let's get some more cm!
Most course areas remain open. Some lifts affected by weather this morning.


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Indian Ocean: The repercussions for France of Chagos islands battle
Saturday 22 June 2019 , by SARTRE Julien
Great Britain (UK)
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Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (Taaf)
Scattered Islands
In May this year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a motion that condemned British rule over the remote Indian Ocean archipelago of the Chagos Islands and which gave London a six-month deadline to return their sovereignty to Mauritius. That followed an advisory judgment in February by the International Court of Justice that Britain's annexation of the islands after Mauritian independence in 1968 was illegal. Central to the case is the brutal deportation of islanders to make way for a US military base on the archipelago, at Diego Garcia. As Julien Sartre reports, the developments also have ramifications for France, whose occupation of Indian Ocean islands, notably those surrounding its former colony Madagascar, is under heightened dispute.
During a visit to France last month by Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, he and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron announced that a bilateral commission of experts is to study the future statute of a group of small and distant islands that circle Madagascar – which has long laid claim to them – and which are currently under French rule.
The Scattered Islands are made up of five small coral islands, three of which (Juan de Nova, Europa and the atoll Bassas de India) lie in the Mozambique Channel, between the African continent and Madagascar, and two others, Glorioso (made up small islets) and Tromelin, are situated, respectively, to the north and north-east of the island state.
The Scattered Islands, sitting above oil and gas reserves in an ocean rich in fishing resources. © Creative commons - Wikimedia
At a joint press conference at the Élysée Palace on May 29th, President Macron said that the expert commission would find "a solution for common development in the current economic zone" by the end of next year.
In Madagascar, itself a former French colony, the media have already begun speculating about a future "common management" of the islands or even their "restitution" to Malgache rule. The islands have been under French administration since 1896, when Madagascar came under French rule, but Madagascar's claim to them was officially launched in the 1970s, and the dispute was first taken to the United Nations (UN) in 1979.
France has long kept a small military presence and scientific bases on the islands, which are otherwise uninhabited by civilians, and claims an exclusive economic zone around each – which by UN convention represents a circle of 200 nautical miles. Importantly, the Scattered Islands are believed to sit above significant oil and gas reserves in this south-west quarter of the Indian Ocean which is also rich in resources for the fishing industry.
The optimistic calendar set by Macron and Rajoelina is a timely one. On February 25th, the UN's highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in the Hague, ruled that Britain's occupation of the Chagos Islands, a group of seven Indian Ocean atolls, was illegal, and that they should not have been annexed from Mauritius after it gained independence in 1968.
The ICJ ruling was an advisory one, and prompted a new debate on the issue by the UN General Assembly in May, which again found against Britain.
In March 12th, two months after his election, the Malgache president, visiting Mauritius during its celebrations to mark the 51 years since its independence, congratulated his Mauritian counterpart, Barlen Vyapoory, over the ICJ ruling, telling him: "The victory of your combat serves us as an example of courage and reinforces our will to lead the same combat for the restitution to Madagascar of the Scattered Islands."
By the early 1970s, around 1,500 Chagossian islanders were deported by Britain, principally in order to lease the Diego Garcia atoll to the US for use as a vast military base. After years of legal challenges by Chagossian groups seeking to return to, their homeland, the February 25th judgement was their first legal victory. In 2016, the British government rejected a demand by Chagossian campaigners for the right to resettlement in their homeland – which London officially describes as British Indian Ocean Territory –, citing "feasibility, defence and security interests and the cost to the British taxpayer".
The case was heard by the ICJ after its referral there in 2017 by the UN General Assembly, after an overwhelming vote in favour of a resolution submitted by Mauritius. A number of EU countries abstained in that 2017 vote, including France.
One of those who testified before the ICJ was Chagossian Lisby Élysée. "I was four months' pregnant when the boats came to collect us, she told the court. "We were treated like animals. I was ill during the journey all the way to Mauritius."
The brutal deportation of the islanders on Diego Garcia, men, women and children sent mostly to Mauritius and also the Seychelles, gave the US a strategic military base that has become one of its most important outside America, lying in the middle of the Indian Ocean at equal distance between Yemen and Indonesia. Apart from the airbase on the atoll, there are also naval facilities that can handle nuclear submarines and surface vessels the size of aircraft carriers. During the two Gulf Wars it played a key military role, and there is evidence it was used in extraordinary rendition flights during the secret abduction of terrorist suspects after the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US.
While staff of various nationalities work at the base, which has a staff of several thousand, the expelled Chagossians have never obtained the right to return. Some of those deported ended up in poor social conditions, whether in the Mauritian capital Port-Louis or London, where a large Chagossian community resides.
"The advice that the International Court of Justice pronounced on February 25th 2019 is very clear and represents real thunderbolt," commented André Oraison, a specialist in international law and a lecturer at the University of La Réunion, the French Indian Ocean island. "The court has decided that the process of decolonisation was not managed properly during the [passage to] independence of Mauritius in 1968. By separating the Chagos Islands from Mauritius with the creation of the British Indian Ocean Territory, the United Kingdom violated the principle of the [respect] of colonial borders, which prohibits a colonial power from detaching a part of the territory for its own ends. Great Britain must stop administering the Chagos archipelago and restore the sovereignty of Mauritius over these islands."
On May 22nd, The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, drafted by Senegal, which, following the ICJ ruling, gave Britain six months to withdraw from the Chago archipelago and hand it over to Mauritius. The resolution was supported by 116 countries out of the assembly's 193. Only five – Australia, Hungary, Israel, the Maldives and the US – voted with the UK against, while 56, including France, abstained.
If Britain does not abide by the resolution, which appears highly likely, there will be a fresh debate by the General Assembly in November.
"We are going to return home," said Olivier Bancoult [1], leader of the Chagos Refugee Group, commenting on the recent developments. Bancoult was four-years-old when he was deported from his island home to Mauritius, where he is now based. "We are working with several international specialists on questions of re-housing and we will submit propositions to the Mauritian government after our general assembly. The plan which we are elaborating, and which we will also submit to the United Nations, includes an important part on protection of the environment."
One of the issues still to be agreed is the question of political organisation after a return. "Autonomy, council, independence, all options are on the table," said Bancoult. Our victory is not complete but our example will serve other peoples. We are the hope for those who live apart from their land."
The fact that the recent advances in the Chagossians' campaign have inspired the president of Madagascar in his own campaign over the Scattered Islands is significant for France whose continued administration of the islands is similar to the status of the British Indian Ocean Territory; the islands, a vestige of French colonial rule of Madagascar, are part of French territory known as the "French Southern and Antarctic Lands", or TAAF, which has its administrative base on France's Indian Ocean island of La Réunion.
As in the case of the Scattered Islands, the claims of sovereignty over Indian Ocean islands that were unlawfully annexed by colonial powers from territories they granted independence to is a highly sensitive issue for Paris as well as London. Well before the recent success of the Chagossian refugees' case at the UN and the ICJ, France was condemned in numerous resolutions adopted by the UN over its continued rule of Mayotte (which is officially a French département, administratively equivalent to a county). Sovereignty over this fourth major island in the Comoros island chain, lying north-west of Mozambique, is claimed by the Union of the Comoros, the neighbouring three-island state itself once ruled by France.
Contacted several occasions, neither the TAAF administration nor the French foreign ministry agreed to answer questions submitted by Mediapart. The scientific and military missions on the Scattered Islands also declined to offer any comment.
Julien Sartre
• MEDIAPART. JUNE 22, 2019 :
https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/220619/repercussions-france-chagos-islands-battle
The French version of this article can be found on ESSF (article 49507), Les bras de fer diplomatiques et postcoloniaux reprennent dans l'océan Indien.
This English version includes added reporting.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/jul/13/guardianweekly.guardianweekly1
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