A tiny shrimp-like fossil has been discovered "frozen in time" by researchers in Herefordshire – and no, it's not yer dad. The 1 cm long arthropod is actually an ancestor of lobsters, shrimp and spiders, and has also been named after whispery-voiced national treasure David Attenborough to celebrate his 90th birthday.
The fossil, which was found buried in volcanic rock, has been dubbed 'Cascolus Ravitis – 'Cascolus' being a Latin version of the Old English name 'Attenborough' and 'Rativis' the Roman name for Leicester, where David grew up.
Sir David told the BBC that having a fossil named after him is "the biggest compliment that a biologist or paleontologist can pay to another" and that he has taken it as "a very great compliment".
The volcanic ash the fossil was found in meant that it was perfectly preserved, with one researcher involved in the project describing it as an "undersea Pompeii". This also allowed researchers to create a detailed 3D digital model of the fossil.
Cascoulus Ravitis isn't the first thing Dave had named after him, either. Fans of actually-kind-of-annoying-and-not-really-that-funny memes may remember that the polar research ship the public hilariously named 'Boaty McBoatface' was eventually named 'RBS Sir David Attenborough'.
He's also had flowers, reptiles, fish, locusts, spiders, trees and more shrimps named after him, as well as a whole species of reptiles and a whole genus of plants dubbed attenboroughosauras and sirdavidia respectively in his honour.


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Karima Bennoune
University of California, Davis - School of Law
Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall
Davis, CA CA 95616-5201
Secularism and Human Rights: A Contextual Analysis of Headscarves, Religious Expression, and Women's Equality Under International Law
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2007
human rights, headscarves, women's human rights, fundamentalism, secularism, separation of church and state
Terror/Torture
Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 1-61, 2008, Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Papers No. 032
Human rights, terrorism, torture, security, human security, armed conflict, religious extremism, fundamentalism, United Nations, international law, women's human rights, Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, non-state actors, universality
Remembering the Other's Others: Theorizing the Approach of International Law to Muslim Fundamentalism
Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 41, pp. 635-698, 2010, Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Paper No. 075
international law, human rights, universality, religious extremism, fundamentalism, Islam and human rights, religious discrimination, terrorism, victims
The Law of the Republic versus the 'Law of the Brothers': A Story of France's Law Banning Religious Symbols in Public Schools
HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY STORIES, Deena Hurwitz et al. eds., 2009
human rights, women's rights, fundamentalism, religious extremism, French law, headscarves, international law
Productive Tensions: Women's NGOs, the 'Mainstream' Human Rights Movement, and International Lawmaking
Non-State Actors, Soft Law and Protective Regimes: From the Margins (Cecilia M. Bailliet ed., Cambridge University Press, 2012)., UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 422

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Syria + 5 more
Finland pledged EUR 15 million to the victims of the crisis in Syria
Govt. Finland
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Finland will contribute EUR 15 million to help the victims of the Syrian crisis. Under-Secretary of State Anne Sipiläinen informed about Finland's support in the Third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Kuwait City on 31 March. High-level representatives from the donor countries and the neighbouring countries hosting Syrian refugees participated in the Conference.
EUR 10 million of the Finnish support is humanitarian aid and EUR 5 million development cooperation funds to support the neighbouring countries' resilience receiving Syrian refugees. The majority of the aid is channelled through UN agencies, such as the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF and the World Food Programme WFP, as well as via Finnish and international NGOs/CSOs.
The aim of the Kuwait Conference was to increase support to the victims of the Syrian crisis in the extremely dire humanitarian situation. The war that started as an uprising has already lasted for four years. As its consequence, about 12.2 million people, that is, two thirds of the current population of Syria are today in need of humanitarian aid. 7.6 million Syrians have been internally displaced within the country. More than 220,000 people have been killed.
The Syrian crisis is currently the world's biggest humanitarian aid operation. This year, the UN will need more than EUR 6.9 billion to be able to help the victims of the Syrian crisis both in the country and in the neighbouring countries. To date, more than 3.9 million Syrian refugees have fled mainly to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
The pledge raises Finland's total contribution to the crisis to over EUR 62 million. In 2011–2014, Finland granted over EUR 34 million in humanitarian aid and over EUR 13 million of development cooperation funds to support local communities, planning of reconstruction and peace building.
Additional information: Anna Gebremedhin, Director, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance and Humanitarian Assistance Policy, tel. +358 40 583 0149; Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen, Director, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, tel. +358 50 596 1516.
Government of Finland
UNICEF Iraq Humanitarian Situation Report (IDP Crisis): End-Year 2020
Jordan + 6 more
Jordan: UNHCR Operational Update, December 2020
Winter aid batch delivered to the displaced and Syrian refugees
Syria Arab Republic: Shelter/NFI Sector Whole of Syria Winter Assistance Update (As of 1 January 2021)
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Director: Richard Lester
Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell
In 1964 the biggest band on the planet made their big screen debut with this groundbreaking film that presented a 'typical' day in the life of The Fab Four. Directed by Richard Lester whose innovative techniques paved the way for generations of music videos, the film's frenetic mix of comic escapades, legendary one-liners and pop perfection captured a moment in time that defined a generation.
In Their Own Voices - a new piece combining 1964 interviews with The Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
You Can't Do That: The Making of A Hard Day's Night - a documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by The Beatles
Things They Said Today, a documentary about the film featuring director Richard Lester music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
Picturewise - a new piece about Richard Lester's early work featuring a new audio interview with the director
Anatomy of a Style - a new piece on Richard Lester's methods
New interview with author Mark Lewisohn
Audio commentary with cast and crew
New 50th Anniversary trailer
Available as download and on-demand from iTunes, Amazon and all major platforms
Catalogue number: 2NDBR4035
Region: B
Back to Blu-ray
Anna and the Apocalypse Double Disc Edition
Assault on Precinct 13 40th Anniversary Edition
Assault on Precinct 13 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Box Set - OUT OF PRINT


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Ethiopian Veterinary Journal
Seroprevalence of bovine leukemia virus infection in contrasting farming systems in Kenya
E.K. Kathambi
G.K. Gitau
G.M. Muchemi
J Van Leeuwen
S Kairu-Wanyoike
DOI: 10.4314/evj.v23i1.2
Keywords: Bovine Leukemia Virus, Cattle, Seroprevalence, Kenya
Enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) is a worldwide disease of cattle caused by the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and clinically characterised by occurrence of multiple lympho-sarcomas. In Kenya, cases of bovine lympho-sarcomas have been reported but limited information available on prevalence and distribution of BLV infection in the country. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to estimate the seroprevalence of BLV infection in Kenya and how the seroprevalence is affected by different livestock farming systems. In 2016, 1383 bovine serum samples were randomly collected from 14 counties which were purposively selected to represent 3 livestock farming systems in the country. The sera were tested for the presence of antibodies against BLV using the IDEXX anti–BLV indirect ELISA test. An overall seroprevalence of 7.6% (95% CI: 6.3% - 9.1%) BLV infection was estimated. A multivariable mixed logistic regression model, with county as a random variable controlling for clustering, identified age and farming system as significant risk factors associated with BLV seropositivity. Zero-grazing (0.6%), ranching (4.4%) and pastoral systems (18.3%) differed in seroprevalence. Cattle under 1 year of age had a prevalence of 6.4%, while cattle over 1 year of age had a prevalence of 7.9%. BLV infection was present across the three farming systems but in only five of the fourteen counties assessed. This information contributes to designing effort on control programs of BLV infection in Kenya. Further research should be carried out to determine the frequency of clinical cases of EBL and the impact on the livestock industry in Kenya.
Keywords: Bovine Leukemia Virus; Cattle, Seroprevalence; Kenya
Copyright is owned by the Ethiopian Veterinary Association


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Healing Your Emotional Self
A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame
Written by: Beverly Engel
Narrated by: Vanessa Hart
Categories: Self-Help, Motivational
The Gifts of Imperfection
Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Written by: Brené Brown
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives, we'd no longer feel inadequate. So most of us perform, please, and perfect, all the while thinking, What if I can't keep all of these balls in the air? Why isn't everyone else working harder and living up to my expectations? What will people think if I fail or give up? When can I stop proving myself?
Disappointing narration
By Stephanie L. on 2018-02-07
Smart Tactics for Overcoming the Problem People in Your Life
Written by: Gill Hasson
Narrated by: Katy Carmichael
Don't let problem people get to you! Whether it's a manager who keeps moving the goal posts, an uncooperative colleague, negative friend, or critical family member, some people are just plain hard to get along with. Often, your immediate response is to shrink or sulk, become defensive or attack. But there are smarter moves to make when dealing with difficult people. This book explains how to cope with a range of situations with difficult people and to focus on what you can change.
great listen
By Tatay JP on 2018-08-15
Still Procrastinating
The No Regrets Guide to Getting It Done
Written by: Joseph Ferrari
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone, Joseph Ferrari
There are all sorts of reasons people procrastinate. What are yours? This book draws on scientific research on procrastination conducted over more than 20 years by the author and his colleagues, to help you learn what stops you from getting things done so that you can find the solutions that will really work. Contrary to conventional wisdom, chronic procrastination is NOT about poor time management, but about self-sabotaging tendencies that can prevent you from reaching your full potential.
Useless and preachy
The Universe Has Your Back
Transform Fear into Faith
Written by: Gabrielle Bernstein
Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
In her latest book, The Universe Has Your Back, New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein teaches listeners how to transform their fear into faith in order to live a divinely guided life. Each story and lesson in the book guides listeners to release the blocks to what they most long for: happiness, security, and clear direction. The lessons help listeners relinquish the need to control so they can relax into a sense of certainty and freedom.
By jessicalauren on 2017-11-12
How to Get Back Up
A Memoir of Failure & Resilience
Written by: Neil Pasricha
Narrated by: Neil Pasricha
We all fail. We all fall. We all need to know how to get back up. Few know this better than New York Times best-selling author Neil Pasricha. Before selling over a million copies of his Book of Awesome series and touring the world to teach Fortune 500 CEOs, Ivy league deans, and members of the royal family how to unlock a positive mind-set, Pasricha's life hit rock bottom. In this Audible Original, you'll hear for the first time Neil's very personal story of failure and resilience - and you'll learn how you, too, can find the strength to get back up.
I couldn't stop listening
By Jaykie on 2018-10-24
The Courage to Be Disliked
How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Written by: Fumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi
Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness. The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future.
A change on your perspective
Mindfulness in Plain English
Written by: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
With over a quarter of a million copies sold, Mindfulness in Plain English is one of the most influential books in the burgeoning field of mindfulness and a timeless classic introduction to meditation. This is a book that people listen to, love, and share - a book that people talk about, write about, reflect on, and return to over and over again.
Really Good audio book
By James on 2019-03-22
How to Talk to Anyone
92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Written by: Leil Lowndes
Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Leil Lowndes
What is that magic quality that makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"
Great Insight
By Nathaniel on 2019-08-15
Level Up Your Life
How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story
Written by: Steve Kamb
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Christian Rummel, Jonathan Davis
For the past five years, Steve Kamb has transformed himself from wannabe daydreamer into a real-life superhero and actually turned his life into a gigantic video game: flying stunt planes in New Zealand, gambling in a tuxedo at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and even finding Nemo on the Great Barrier Reef. To help him accomplish all of these goals, he built a system that allowed him to complete quests, take on boss battles, earn experience points, and literally level up his life.
I hated it. A lot.
By Mak Kolybabi on 2019-08-18
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't)
Telling the Truth about Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power
Based on seven years of ground-breaking research and hundreds of interviews, I Thought It Was Just Me shines a long-overdue light on an important truth: Our imperfections are what connect us to each other and to our humanity. Our vulnerabilities are not weaknesses; they are powerful reminders to keep our hearts and minds open to the reality that we're all in this together.
The Effective Manager
Written by: Mark Horstman
Narrated by: Matthew Dudley
The Effective Manager is a hands-on practical guide to great management at every level. Written by the man behind Manager Tools, the world's number-one business podcast, this book distills the author's 25 years of management training expertise into clear, actionable steps to start taking today. First, you'll identify what "effective management" actually looks like: can you get the job done at a high level? Do you attract and retain top talent without burning them out?
Verbal Judo, Updated Edition
The Gentle Art of Persuasion
Written by: George J. Thompson PhD, Jerry B. Jenkins, Lee Fjelstad - foreword, and others
Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
When you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you're in control. Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager. For more than a generation, Dr. George J. Thompson's essential handbook has taught people how to communicate more confidently and persuasively in any situation.
Useful, though with a tad too much self-promotion
By P K on 2018-07-08
Mr Unavailable and the Fallback Girl
Written by: Natalie Lue
Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
Are you the Fallback Girl? If you've ever found yourself in a relationship that feels and seemingly looks like one, but you're struggling with commitment, or you've been in the ambiguous territory of a "casual relationship", you've likely tried to change them, wondered what you did to cause this, what you can do to win their love and commitment, or even whether you're going crazy.
By tayraven on 2019-11-07
The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Written by: Chris Anderson
Narrated by: Chris Anderson, Tom Rielly, Kelly Stoetzel
Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, spreading knowledge, and promoting a shared dream. Done right, a talk can electrify a room and transform an audience's worldview. Done right, a talk is more powerful than anything in written form.
Best advice for public speaking I've listened to
By Amazon Customer on 2019-03-19
The Joy of Less
A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify
Written by: Francine Jay
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Francine Jay pioneered the simple living movement with her self-published bestseller, The Joy of Less. In this fully redesigned and repackaged edition - featuring never-before-seen content - Jay brings her philosophy to more listeners who are eager to declutter. Rather than the "crash diet" approach found in other tidying up books, Jay shares simple steps to cultivate a minimalist mindset and form new habits, paving the way to lasting success.
Everyone should read this!
By Emily T on 2018-09-14
5 Steps to Assertiveness
How to Communicate with Confidence and Get What You Want
Written by: S. Renee Smith
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Nationally recognized self-esteem and communication expert S. Renee Smith distills what she's learned and taught about assertiveness over the past 20 years into five easy-to-follow steps. Built on her successful engagement with hundreds of organizations and individual clients, S. Renee has curated this actionable five-step how-to guide that will help you see the value of what you have to say - and gain the confidence to say it.
The Virgin Way
Everything I Know about Leadership
Written by: Richard Branson
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
While building the Virgin Group over 40 years, Richard Branson has never shied away from seemingly outlandish challenges that others (including his own colleagues on several occasions) considered sheer lunacy. He has taken on giants like British Airways and won, and monsters like Coca-Cola and lost. Now Branson gives an inside look at his strikingly different swashbuckling style of leadership.
A fascinating story by an inspirational man!
By Brad Goldthorpe on 2018-05-21
Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Ready to turn what you want into the life that you live? The number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back shows you how. In Super Attractor, Gabrielle Bernstein lays out the essential methods for manifesting a life beyond your wildest dreams. This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You'll learn how to co-create the life you want. You'll accept that life can flow, that attracting is fun, and that you don't have to work so hard to get what you want.
Get ready to take notes
Parents act as a mirror to show a child who she or he is. Throughout childhood there will be other mirrors, but children inevitably return to the reflection in that original mirror in order to determine their goodness, importance, and self-worth. In Healing Your Emotional Self, Beverly Engle offers her highly effective Mirror Therapy program to help you reject the distorted images your parents either intentionally or unintentionally projected onto you. She explores the seven types of emotionally abusive or neglectful parents and the seven most common parental mirrors, providing specific advice and recovery strategies for each one.
Helping you raise your self-esteem and improve your self-image, this innovative step-by-step program provides you with the skills you need to:
Create a positive self-image separate from your abusive parents' distorted picture
Separate emotionally from your parents and provide for yourself what you missed as a child
Discover who you really are – including your likes, dislikes, values, goals, and dreams – by creating a word self-portrait and using other Mirror Therapy techniques
Overcome your tendency toward self-blame, self-hatred, and self-destructiveness
Learn self-nurturing and set effective limits to help you control your tendency to overeat, drink too much, overspend, and/or overwork
Become the person you are meant to be by being more accepting of yourself
Learn to love who you see in the mirror with the breakthrough program found in Healing Your Emotional Self
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2006 Beverly Engel (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
What the critics say
"Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they cause significant damage to their children's self-esteem, self-image, and body image. In this remarkable book, Beverly Engel shares her powerful Mirror Therapy program for helping adult survivors to overcome their shame and self-criticism, become more compassionate and accepting of themselves, and create a more posititve self-image. I strongly recommend it for anyone who was abused or neglected as a child." (Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents)
"In this book, Beverly Engel documents the wide range of psychological abuses that so many children experience in growing up. Her case examples and personal accounts are poignant and powerful reminders that as adults, many of us are still limited by the defenses we formed when trying to protect ourselves in the face of the painful circumstances we found ourselves in as children. Engle's insightful questionnaires and exercises provide concrete help in the healing process, and her writing style is lively and engaging. This book is destined to positively affect many lives." (Joyce Catlett, M.A., co-author of Fear of Intimacy)
The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing
It Wasn't Your Fault
The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused - and Start Standing Up for Yourself
Speaking As a Leader
Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart
4.5 out of 5 stars 4.5 out of 5
Kimberley Handley
Everyone should read this book.
With this book and a journal you will become a better person, heal untold wounds, and become a better parent. I recommend it to everyone.
JPinBXL
I think this is a really worthwhile book, however the narrator sounds like a computer generated voice. It is distracting, and I wish I had just gotten the book in print version.
Reference Material Included is GARBAGE
Book said reference material would come with this book. I found the .pdf file but there is only one page of information attached. How can this be considered adequate reference material for a self help book of this nature?
Rebecca B
New narrator, please!
The book is a good follow up to Engels other books, although there is a lot of repetition for treatment. What really took away from this audiobook for me, however, was the narration. The reader sounds monotone and lifeless, I honestly spent the first 10 minutes of the book attempting to see if it was an actual person reading it, or a computer program. Very lifeless and monotonous.
Robert A. Pawlikowski
Presumes a damaged childhood
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
While this might make a list of recommended books, it would not be among the first on the list.
Would you be willing to try another book from Beverly Engel? Why or why not?
I believe the content is sound, and based on years of training and experience. I have no doubt that what is presented is accurate and has insight.
Would you be willing to try another one of Vanessa Hart's performances?
I might. The material in this book is somewhat dry. Ms. Hart's voice is sometimes too soothing - I wouldn't recommend this book while driving!
Do you think Healing Your Emotional Self needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Perhaps, but it was the wrong book for my particular needs.
This book assumes a person has problems with that stem from bad parenting. In listening to it, I found myself being thankful for my parents who were not abusive, inattentive, manipulative, narcissistic, hyper-critical, etc.
If that is your story, then I believe this book to be quite useful (and I wish you a succesful journey from such a dark place). If you have feelings of inadequacy that are not directly related to your relationship with your parents, this is NOT the book for you.
Great for anyone into self development
Would you listen to Healing Your Emotional Self again? Why?
Absolutely! I think you need to listen more than once as there is so much "work" to do with each chapter, internal reflection. Loved all the examples the author brought into the story telling.
What's an idea from the book that you will remember?
That parental abuse comes in many forms. I'd typically thought of abuse as physical, sexual or of neglectful parent ... hadn't really thought of critical, rejecting or emotional absentee parent would fall in that category.
At times I found hard to listen to as it brought up feelings I hadn't realized I'd been harbouring. But by the end of the book I felt I had my eyes opened and look forward to working on the exercises the author has at the end of each chapter.
Deadly Narrator
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Terrible narration. Couldn't finish it.
How could the performance have been better?
Another narrator
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Some useful stuff there....just couldn't stomach listening to the narrator, so I didn't get too far.
great book- eyes opening
you can really understand what drives many of your and others behavior, helps to have more empathy and self compassion. A bit too many different exercises.
Amber Akerman
Helpful!
super helpful, i read it in just 2 weeks and noticed an immediate difference in my thought patterns and daily life
Huge help
I didn't even understand my pain till I listened. Thank you. I honestly think that this book could help almost everyone to an extent.
Tia Weedon
I did find this book helpful. It does get a little dark In my opinion when she self discloses and if you have that sort of darkness in your past this could be helpful. In my case my childhood wasn't horrible and it's difficult to say that my parents were either neglectful or narcissistic so sometimes it was hard to relate.
My Emotional Self after many brain surgeries
Ms. Hart was difficult for me to listen to. I would have rather listened to the author. As for the content I have reviewed and listened to the audiobook multiple times and found her other book about emotional abuse, a better listen.
Andrea Almeida
the most helpful book that I ever read<br />
loved it ! this book and the exercise helped me so much to understand and accept myself in the caring , loving way. giving myself credit for so much accomplish that I didn't even realized before. if you have always struggle with your past and self-esteem do yourself a favor and read this book I guarantee it will change your life .


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PCMag Australia Reviews Consumer Electronics Digital Cameras Camera Accessories
XSories Weye Feye
The XSories Weye Feye turns your smartphone or tablet into a wireless remote control for your camera, but it can be slow to respond at times.
byJim Fisher Dec 23, 2014
Allows full control of SLR via smartphone app.
Full manual controls available.
Nikon and Canon compatibility.
Quoted performance range is ambitious.
Can be sluggish to respond.
XSories Weye Feye Specs
The XSories Weye Feye ($249.99) is a small box that connects to select D-SLRs from Canon and Nikon via USB, adding Wi-Fi remote control capablity. It's simple to set up, and works well as long as your connection is fairly strong—but it can be slower as the distance between your phone and camera increases. If you're looking for a wireless remote for your D-SLR, it's not a bad choice, but be prepared for some sluggishness at longer distances or when working in areas with crowded Wi-Fi signals.
The Weye Feye is a pretty simple device. It's a small black box with an orange rubber bumper, a micro USB port for charging (it's rated for 8 hours of use on a full charge), and a standard USB connector (the same type that's on a computer) to connect to a compatible camera. It measures 1.8 by 3.3 by 0.7 inches (HWD) and has velcro straps that make it easy to attach to the leg of a tripod. The device broadcasts its own SSID network which you connect to using your phone or tablet and the free Weye Feye app for iOS and Android. XSories publishes a list of compatible cameras, and I had no issues testing with the Nikon D4S.
Once I connected the device and launched the app, I was shown a Live View feed from my camera. It's possible to tap an area of the display to focus, and full manual controls are available—you can adjust aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, and white balance right from the app. You can also switch to movie recording mode to capture video. Everything is stored on the camera's memory card, but you can browse images stored in memory and copy them over to your phone via Wi-Fi.
The Weye Feye is rated to operate at distances of up to 262 feet, but that's very optimistic. Indoors I was able to get about 75 feet away before the signal became choppy, but that was in a Manhattan office building with many other Wi-Fi networks competing for bandwidth. The closer I was to the camera, the smoother the feed looked and the quicker the camera responded to my commands. As I ventured further away the feed became choppy, to the point where the Weye Feye became unresponsive to commands. If you're using the Weye Feye in an open space—for example, if you've got a camera set up in a blind to photograph wildlife—you can expect the signal to travel further, but for best performance it's a good idea to get as close as is reasonable.
Most newer cameras, SLRs included, integrate Wi-Fi, and most support remote control without an add-on device like the XSories Weye Feye. But high-end bodies, like the D4S and the Canon EOS-1D X, don't have wireless capabilities. The Weye Feye is a good option for photographers shooting with pro gear, but it's a tougher sell if you have an entry-level SLR, as $250 is a good part of the way to a replacement body with built-in Wi-Fi. But be careful, as some models with Wi-Fi, like the Nikon D5300, don't offer full manual control via built-in Wi-Fi. The Weye Feye can still come in handy, even if your camera integrates Wi-Fi, but it's a not a device that every photographer needs; remote control isn't a requirement for many types of shooting. But if you do feel like a wireless remote control will come in handy, it's a solid accessory, albeit one that's a little pricey. It performs well, as long as you don't stray too far from the camera, and is very easy to set up.
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Maybe the steam of your upset is what got you to the SP so quickly.
Sorry you had to do the extra walking though.
Enjoy your canoe trip! It is great fun here in Florida!
"can you please help us blaze the rest of the trail clearly?"
We do hope the rest of the trail is blazed more accurately.
Not sure which intersection you're talking about, I am guessing it was Bellamy and 315. I will get by there today and check it out. The power company has replaced a lot of the poles that were blazed along that section... As far as how we mark the road walks its true we don't mark as often as done in the woods, but we do try and get the intersections marked close to turns.
Why would you turn south when you're hiking north?
why turn south when hiking north???????
Give Ryan a break what about the volunteer that has orange paint staining every pair of hiking close they own so that Ryan doesn't have check his trail map until he's gone a mile in the wrong direction.


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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) has a highly variable phenotype even within families that ranges in age of onset, presenting symptoms, and severity from childhood through adulthood. Most mutations are unique and there is no recognized genotype-phenotype correlation within or across families, even with identical gene mutations.
As an X-linked condition, males are in general affected more severely than females. However, females carrying one ABCD1 mutation can develop symptoms.
The most severe form of X-ALD is childhood cerebral ALD (CCALD), impacting between 31-57% of hemizygous males and typically presenting between ages 2 - 12.
Adult males with or without CCALD may develop adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), often with onset after age 28-30.
An estimated 50-65% of heterozygous females can develop symptoms, usually of AMN, in mid- to late adulthood.
Adrenocortical insufficiency (AI, Addison's disease) can be the presenting symptoms of X-ALD in boys and men years or decades before neurological symptoms.
Women and men with X-ALD, with or without signs of AMN, should be evaluated yearly or bi-annual by a neurologist to screen for symptoms of AMN. In asymptomatic men, serum ACTH, cortisol, and a brain MRI without contrast should be done annually starting at age 18.
Interventions include MRI, screening of hormone levels, physical therapy, and potentially adrenal hormone therapy and hematopoietic cell therapy.
A diagnosis of X-ALD must be followed by extended family screening to detect 1) heterozygous women who can be offered prenatal/preimplantation diagnosis for future pregnancies and 2) boys or adult males who are asymptomatic but at risk to develop cerebral demyelination or adrenocortical insufficiency.
The full ClinGen Actionability report on X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy can be found here.
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China's Resource-backed Weapons Exports: Norinco
book cover: Harper Collins
My nighttime recreational reading these days is Richard McGregor's The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers. I've not seen much yet in the book that sheds new light on China's engagement in Africa, with one interesting exception. In a chapter on the Party and the military (in which McGregor notes that the "heroic frontier business exploits" of the People's Liberation Army are now "a thing of the past") he gives an example of a business deal forged in Iraq in connection with the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988).
Apparently Iraq bought weapons from China during the war, on credit, but couldn't repay. This unpaid debt and negotiations seem to have dragged on for years. Finally, McGregor reports, on p. 116: "it was paid in kind in 1996 by offering PetroChina a $1.2 billion oil concession in tandem with Norinco, a state-owned weapons manufacturer. The US ousting of Saddam Hussein delayed the project, and work did not begin on it until 2009."
The use of commodities to secure or repay export credits has a long history in China. As I pointed out in The Dragon's Gift, Japan used this system to finance its early exports and turn-key projects in China back in the 1970s.
We know that Norinco has been involved in military sales in Zimbabwe. Rumors are that the Zimbabwe government secured these military export purchases with chromium concessions. In 2006, Norinco formed a joint venture with Zimbabwe Defense Industries (20%) and ZMDC (20%) to explore for chromite in Zimbabwe's Great Dyke. A similar story crops up surrounding Norinco's arms sales in Burma which seem to have been paid for with a copper concession. Does anyone have evidence on Norinco (or other Chinese companies') involvement in other cases like this in Africa?
From what I can see, the Zimbabwe and Burma stories have consistent details and appear to be valid. The Chinese export finance model we have seen at work in places like Angola -- commodity-backed infrastructure loans -- should be seen as one option in a broader model of commodity-secured export and project credits. In the Iraq case, repayment in resources did not appear to be the first choice of either party, but rather something resorted to when conventional repayment failed.
Does Norinco now sell weapons in order to gain access to resources? I doubt it, given the complications and riskiness of this kind of deal. But the lack of transparency and the extreme weakness of governance in the countries where these contracts are being signed, add another problematic layer to the already odious combination of debt, weapons, and natural resources.
Discott said...
If you want to know more about Norinco's operations in Zimbabwe I suggest you contact Peta Thornycraft. She is a Zimbabwean journalist with decades of experience covering events in the country.
I have been trying to get hold of her about this very deal myself. I had a conversation with her about a month ago and she seems to have some information on this deal. However since then been unable to follow up with her on this.
Just to quickly expand, Thornycraft told me that Norinco has bought out Zimplats share in the Ngezi Platinum Mine in the Great Dyke area from the Zimbabwean Army. I have not yet been able to follow up on this but if it is the case it is noteworthy.
Interesting ... there is a lot going on in Zimbabwe right now and it's exceedingly difficult to follow. I expect we'll be seeing some new reports very soon.
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Past few days have been very long and very sore. Sore of course from capoeira which only means I worked hard during the class. It has been a long time coming - should be fine by tomorrow. So starting on friday, had work as usual, quieter day than usual. Finally given the priviledge of having the super-user password. Scary thought, that now I CAN damage the database and anything to do with it. So using it with great caution. Spent most the day on help desk and staring at my monitor trying to figure out binary code sets and using cursors in stored procedures. Still can't figure out the cursor bit - long story. So this week, I'll be having a meeting with a gentleman who wants the software for which I am doing the data conversion for. Thats on wednesday. Until then, i will have more meetings with the boss, hoping that everything I have done so far, is correct or along the right lines. Yesterday had a wedding on a scorcher of a day. Started at bride and grooms places, with tea ceremonies, then off to the Royal Botanical Gardens for the ceremony, some quick location shoots, and the reception in Chinatown. Here are some pics: So this one, I like, due to the vandalism work done to the sign (theres another sign one this week). I guess I was trying to show the "real"ness of the wedding This one is from the reception, a simple capture between the cake and glasses This one I just saw and had to take. The more reflections the better. Was using the car. This one is another one i like. Feels like something is missing, but the sign is great "keep moving" is what i'm getting at So another great wedding and there are more at http://www.vlphotography.com.au/weblog . Today, woke up hot and sticky. My room being a sauna since its carpeted, no air conditioning and too many appliances plugged in. Was able to get out of the house at 1 and went with a friend to parramatta westfields and shopped. Havn't been there in a while, its quite big, but nothing interesting to buy. As the shops closed, we headed back to his place to another few rounds of Generals, before I retired to come home to blog and sleep. Its still too hot to sleep.


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Investigation underway after programming issue causes widespread voting delays in Fort Bend County
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The lines are long for early voting at every polling location in Fort Bend County early Tuesday, but it's not just because of the increased turnout.
Fort Bend County voters face obstacles as early voting begins Tuesday
County officials are working to fix a technical glitch that prevented the polls from opening at their scheduled time of 8 a.m.
County leaders said the machines didn't have today's date programmed so they wouldn't work when the polls opened.
"They were not programmed to start this morning. And that had to be reprogrammed," Fort Bend County District Attorney Brian Middleton said.
He said they are investigating whether it was intentional, but said it could be because they're using "state-of-the-art machines" for only the second time.
The delays came on the first day of early voting.
"I was extremely disappointed with the technical issues," In a tweet
Computer Error Causes Voting Outages In Fort Bend County
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On the first day of early voting, widespread technical difficulties in Fort Bend County meant that no votes could be cast when polls opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Hundreds of would-be voters were queued up in massive lines at polling places across the county, many of whom gave up and went home after waiting for an hour or longer.
In an impromptu press conference posted live to Facebook, Fort Bend County Judge KP George acknowledged the "technical glitches" with the county's voting system Tuesday morning, and said that "half our machines are back online" as of 8:47 a.m.
Fort Bend County Judge KP George said he supports a full investigation into what went wrong with early voting's kickoff Tuesday.
KP George Twitter phoro
"We will make sure this won't happen again in Fort Bend County," George said, flanked by his fellow Democrats elected to countywide office. George said he will
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Funding opportunity: Transition Support Award for current MRC intermediate fellows: Oct 2020
Medical Research Council (MRC)
14 October 2020 4:00pm UK time
This scheme will provide short-term support of up to two years to fellows who have not yet achieved the outputs that will enable them to meet their full potential or be in a position to secure their next position, due to their research momentum being impacted. Costs include 50% of the fellows' salary, salary costs of key staff members and a small consumables budget for the duration of the award.
This scheme is open to current MRC intermediate fellowship holders – Career Development Award (CDA) holders or Clinician Scientist Fellows (CSF) only. Eligible MRC fellows (CDA or CSF award holders) will be in the final 12-18 months of their fellowship.
The Transition Support award is specifically designed for fellows whose research momentum has been impacted by multiple issues that have affected their productivity and subsequent outputs. They will have progressed their research and met many of the criteria for research leadership already (see assessment criteria), however due to genuine mitigating circumstances they will not yet be competitive for the next funding stage.
Financially, the MRC will support 50% of the fellows' salary, salary costs of key staff members and a small consumables budget for the duration of the award; the expectation is that most of the consumable and animal costs required could be absorbed by underspend of their fellowship incurred by delays. The host research organisation will need to provide the other 50% salary commitment for the duration of the award. This reflects our expectation of a commitment from research organisations to support talented researchers at this level. The expectation remains that 100% of the fellow's contracted working time is focussed on their research, training and development, as per MRC's standard fellowship terms and conditions.
Candidates will need to demonstrate the added value that a Transition Support award will offer them, providing evidence of their research potential, clearly articulating how their proposed plans for the resources and time requested would provide a platform towards research leadership.
A Transition Support award is NOT, in isolation, seed funding for new research projects or outputs not related to the overall aims of the MRC Fellowship award. Individuals who have already achieved the outputs required for being competitive in applying for the next funding stage, are unlikely to be successful.
The MRC already has a Post-Award Amendment (PAA) mechanism which allows costed or no-cost extensions to existing MRC awards. In addition to covering statutory requirements such as parental leave and sick leave, this mechanism supports requests for non-recruitment of staff and to cover exceptional unforeseen delays which were out with the control of the fellow. The PAA route tends to provide like-for-like no-cost extensions for discrete delays and in exceptional circumstances additional funding. Candidates who have previously had a PAA are still eligible to apply for Transition Support, but candidates should highlight why this support was insufficient and demonstrate why additional support via a Transition Support award is required.
Beyond a like-for-like extension, candidates should evidence the added value of a Transition Support award in regaining their research momentum, including factors such as research continuity (for example, retention of key staff, job security).
Candidates whose delays could be directly addressed by the Post-Award Amendment (PAA) process are unlikely to be competitive and candidates may be redirected to the PAA process.
A Transition Support award is not intended to cover delays or impacts solely due to COVID‑19. Candidates should ask their research organisation about access to the UKRI COVID-19 grant extension allocation instead.
Applications should be completed and submitted through the Joint Electronic Submission system (Je-S). When applying select:
council: MRC
document type: Fellowship Proposal
scheme: Fellowships, FEC
call/type/mode: Transition Support Fellowship September 2020
See 'MRC Transition Support Award 2020: Guidance for Applicants' supporting document for more information about submitting your application on Je-S.
Applications will be assessed in a two-step process. On submission the applications will be reviewed by the expertise of the Clinical and Non-Clinical Training and Career Panels. The applications will then be assessed further by a sub-group of these panels at a meeting to take place on 24th February 2021, where a funding decision will be made. There will be no external peer review. Announcements of the final decisions will be made in March 2021.
Has the fellow clearly made progress with their fellowship against the key deliverables and objectives of their intermediate award?
For example, does the current research delivery and outputs provide evidence that the fellow's career trajectory is on the path towards research leadership?
All achievements and outputs should be considered in evaluating the fellow's productivity, for example; Innovative collaborations and/or networks; an ability to identify and maximise potential in others; invitations to seminar/conferences; opportunities to access career development support, such as mentoring and professional training development, and relevant training courses; presentation at scientific conferences and public science fairs; influence their research field for example participation in peer review, committee membership, contribution to publications.
Is there clear evidence the fellow has been unable to consolidate their fellowship due to mitigating circumstances?
Has the fellow evidenced their productivity to date and any mitigating strategies to counter these circumstances;
Are these circumstances distinct from those covered by the current Post Award Amendment route for additional support?
Has the fellow made a strong case that without a Transition Support award they will not be able to fully establish themselves as an independent researcher and be competitive at the next funding stage?
Does the application provide evidence that additional funding will enable the fellow to maximise their potential and competitiveness by consolidating and expanding existing work?
Can outputs be achieved within the time frame requested?
Leadership, profile and influence
Has the fellow clearly articulated and evidenced their research leadership potential? For example:
Has the fellow established their research niche?
Is there evidence of building collaborations and networks and recognition of their research in the community and on an international level?
Is there evidence the fellow has learnt new skills or spent time within industry or in a second research centre, as described in the original award?
Has the fellow demonstrated awareness of their research field, providing evidence of how they have/are influencing the field and the wider agenda?
Have they clearly demonstrated they have been maximising potential of staff employed on their award?
Is there evidence of institutional support?
A strong letter of support outlining how they have supported the fellow to date;
Is the RO committed to supporting the fellow to become a research leader, continuing to provide the appropriate support and mentorship?
Is the fellow's research time protected to allow 100% of their contracted working time for research, training and development;
Confirmation of the commitment to salary, providing 50% commitment for the duration of the award;
Commitment to a secure position at the end of the award in line with their institutional policies. Where an open-ended position is not appropriate, (for example preventing applications to other funders) a justification should be provided.
fellows@mrc.ukri.org
Scheme objectives
facilitate the transition of MRC fellows into secure posts beyond their fellowship;
maximise MRC's investment in current intermediate fellowships (Career Development Awards – CDA and Clinician Scientist Fellowships – CSF);
increase the number of individuals establishing substantive research programmes in the period following their fellowship by supporting progressive career planning by fellows and institutions.
MRC Transition Support Award 2020: Guidance for Applicants
MRC Transition Support Award 2020: Guidance and Assessment Criteria
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/transition-support-award-for-current-mrc-intermediate-fellows


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Rishi Sunak
MP for Richmond (Yorks)
What I've Been Up To
Speeches in Parliament
Young people's voices need to be heard in rural homes debate, says Rishi Sunak
Young people wanting to buy homes in the countryside have to make their voices heard, Rishi Sunak has said.
The debate about building the homes needed to sustain rural communities was being dominated by those who didn't want them built near them.
The MP for Richmond said when proposals were put forward for new homes in rural areas opposition groups were often quick to mobilise. The needs of young people to find affordable homes in the area where they were born and brought up was often "drowned out".
He said: "I receive so much correspondence from people about planning and I never hear from the people who want more homes. I only hear from the people who want to stop homes being built.
"We need to find sites. Housebuilders want to build, councils want to build and the Government is encouraging them to do so. The problem is finding places to do so where the local people already living there say, yes, build more homes near mine."
"The reality is that as soon as a proposal comes forward the local councillors' inbox is flooded with objections, a residents' group forms and the message is 'Don't build here, don't develop here'."
Mr Sunak was addressing a Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs forum on rural opportunities for future generations.
He said: "What I would urge all of you who don't own your own homes to do is when developments come forward in your area is to make the case, to make sure your views are known. Go to the planning committee, be an active voice, say that this where you would like to live, where you want to build your life in your community."
Building in sensitive landscapes like the two national parks in his constituency would always be more challenging, Mr Sunak added.
"We have to protect the landscape, we have to protect our environmental heritage but the parks also have to be living, breathing communities and they can only be that if there are places for people to live. Ultimately, the only solution to the affordable housing challenge in rural areas is to increase the supply, to build more homes."
"The last thing I want to hear from young people with skills and enterprise is that I can't live here, homes are too expensive and I'm going to have to leave the place where I grew up and the place I love to live somewhere else."
The Government was assisting young buyers with a host of measures including the Help To Buy deposit scheme and stamp duty relief on cheaper homes.
And its Community Housing Fund was directing millions of pounds to local authorities affected by high numbers of second homes – like Richmondshire and, to a lesser extent, Hambleton.
He spoke of the community housing recently completed in Hudswell, near Richmond, as an example of the small-scale schemes that were now coming forward which were being assisted by the Government fund.
The YFC forum was held at Thirsk Auction Mart. Adam Bedford, North-East regional director of the NFU, and Lynsey Martin, chair of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, were among the panellists.
D&S column: taking the frustration out of parking
Many of us will have experienced the frustration of searching for a town centre parking space, finding one but then struggling for the right change to feed the parking meter.
Enterprise and Economy
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Rishi Sunak MP for Richmond (Yorks)
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Copyright 2019 Rishi Sunak MP for Richmond (Yorks). All rights reserved.


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Q: Raspberry Pi is taking the predefined values using the Python code import RPi_I2C_LCD
from time import *
import serial
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setup(19,GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setwarnings(False)

lcd = RPi_I2C_LCD.LCD()

lcd.set_backlight(True)
lcd.set_cursor(row=0)
lcd.message("DINESH SIR")
lcd.set_backlight(True)

ser=serial.Serial(port='/dev/tty1',baudrate=9600,parity=serial.PARITY_NONE,timeout=1)
while(True):
    x=ser.read()
    print(x)
    if x=="1" or x=="b":
        GPIO.output(19,True)
        print("on")
        lcd.message("ON")
    else:
        GPIO.output(19,False)
        print("off")
        lcd.set_cursor(row=1)
        lcd.message("OFF")

When I'm trying to connect hc-05 bluetooth module with my Raspberry Pi running Raspbian streach OS, then using the above code, I'm getting the output as follows
b ''
off
b ''
off
b''
off
b''
off
b''
off
b''
off
b''
off
b''
off
b''

and so on executing in a loop.


Thread: Help required with mill conversion / upgrade.
So.. after much trolling this and other cnc websites, youtube and all the other stuff you end up looking at whilst researching, I finaly ordered up some AC servos, a VFD and a CS Labs CSMIO IP/A with I/O expansion and MPG module.
Being that this lot cost a fair lump of cash, I want to be VERY carefull in getring the wiring correct.
I get the majority of the connections, but wanted to make sure that all was correct before I started.
I emailed CS labs for help, asking if they could do a quick connection diagram for a servo drive and for VFD ( literature supplied), as none on the diagrams on their web site, fully matched up with the drives I have.
The response was far less than I would have expected, for a company pitching their goods at industrial users.
It was basicly " busy, may be able to help in about 8 weeks".
Anyone got experience of wiring these in to an IP/A?
Last edited by swarf-boy; 03-12-2018 at 12:03 PM.
Ye, they *might* make good kit but never really been impressed with them post sale.
I can show you how to wire the stuff, not too difficult. Is that the driver manual / image of the connections page?
Is the VFD made by a company called ECOGOO ?
Yes that's what I was able to attach.
I have also just attached an xcel spreadsheet I did, showing everthing I have worked out so far.
Feel free to mark my homework...... LOL.
Last edited by swarf-boy; 03-12-2018 at 12:08 PM.
I dont see the spreadsheet. Can you put it on googledocs or dropbox or similar? Else I can pm you my address.
I did the same (excel) for one machine I retrofitted (IP-A with Mitsubushi servos).
Ah, didnt see you updated the original post. Ill take a quick look. Actually, send me your email address and Ill dig out what I did.
Last edited by swarf-boy; 03-12-2018 at 12:13 PM.
wont your new drives run position mode? step/direction?
would make it much easier to set up and would have saved getting the csmio.
i can help you with the ecogoo .


Five of the six finalists for the Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball Awards are from North Region teams - Ian McIntyre, Taylor Schildroth, Terion Moss, Kolleen Bouchard and Emily Wheaton.
McIntyre leads the Hampden Broncos into the Class A state game Thursday night. Schildroth leads George Stevens Academy into the Class C state game Saturday. Moss has been a four year standout for Class AA North Portland. Bouchard is a 2,000 point career scorer for Houlton and will play in the Class C state game Saturday. Wheaton is the Big East Conference Class B Player of the Year from Presque Isle.
Page Brown from Boothbay Region HS is from the South Region.
The Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards will be announced during the McDonald's Senior All Star banquet on Friday, March 9th in Bangor. The four All Star games will be played at Husson University on Saturday, March 10th.
Net proceeds from All Star Weekend benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine.
The Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards began in 1988.


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Tormenting Gaza
(Prefatory Note: the Israeli military operation, code name Operation Protective Edge by Israel, being carried out in the Gaza Strip continues, and seems poised to mount a ground attack that will further intensify the suffering of the Palestinian people, and lend additional credibility to the accusation of 'collective punishment,' both a grave breach of international humanitarian law and a crime against humanity. The post below is a somewhat edited republication of an opinion piece published in AlJazeera English several days ago at the start of Operation Protective Edge.]
For the third time in the last six years Israel has cruelly unleashed the full fury of its military machine against the defenseless 1.7 million people of Gaza, inflicting heavy civilian casualties and further devastation on the long besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. With cynical disregard of the realities of this latest one-sided confrontation between Israel and Palestine, instead of condemning such recourse to massive violence as 'aggression' that violates the UN Charter and fundamental international law principles, the reaction of Western diplomats and mainstream media has so far perversely sided with Israel, citing the bland rationalization repeatedly stressed by Netanyahu that 'every nation has the right to defend itself.' And so it does, but not by way of aggression! From the UN Secretary General to the President of the United States, the main insistence has been that Hamas stop must all rocket attacks while Israel is requested ever so politely to show "maximum restraint."
Up to now, the Israeli attacks have caused some two hundred deaths (more than half of whom are women and children; 80% civilians) and more than a thousand physical injuries (plus countless more injuries to mental health). In this period hundreds of rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza, but have yet to cause a single death. The only reported serious injury to Israelis has been suffered by a person on his way to a shelter, making one aware that there are no shelters for Gazans subjected to much more lethal forms of firepower. Granted that such rocket attacks, indiscriminate in nature, are unlawful forms of resistance, to single out this lesser type of violence out and overlook the greater violence distorts the context in biased and unacceptable ways, and helps explain the distorted discourse in Western diplomacy. Surely, the greater occasion of terror is that being inflicted on the hapless Gazans as disclosed by comparing the casualty disparity, and surely the political condemnation by responsible governments and even more so by the UN should be directed at the aggressor, who also happens to be the only political actor with the means to end the escalating violence, yet defiantly lacks the will. This international reaction to this latest crisis confirms for all with eyes to see that geopolitical alignments, not law or justice, dominates the diplomacy of leading Western states and the UN, when it comes to the Middle East, and especially if it concerns Israel-Palestine, and never more so than in relation to Gaza.
After several days of the Israel attack, self-servingly code-named Protective Edge by Israel, President Obama made a low profile offer to mediate a return to the 2012 ceasefire that had been arranged through the good offices of Egypt after this earlier onslaught on Gaza. Whether the U.S. Government, the undisguised patron and unconditional supporter of Israel, has the credibility to play such a mediating role rather doubtful, but in any event, Israel showed no interest. It is possible that Hamas, weakened by developments in Egypt and elsewhere in the region, and facing the desperation of a terrorized and totally vulnerable people entrapped in the Gaza Strip, with a health system on the verge of collapse, might accept such a move even if excluded from participating directly in the negotiations, which would mean depending on the Palestinian Authority to represent Gaza's interests. After all, Hamas, although prevailing in fair elections back in 2006, remains 'a terrorist organization' according to the Western diplomatic establishment, even though it has been in recent years mostly on the receiving end of Israeli state terrorism, and should be allowed to act diplomatically on behalf of Gaza and enhance its credentials as a political actor. At present, the issue may be moot as Netanyahu belligerently insists that no amount of international pressure will lead Israel to stop its attack until the ambitious political goals of the military operation have been attained. These goals include as a priority the elimination of Hamas influence in the West Bank, which is the prize that the current Israeli leadership covets in its quest to complete the Likud maximalist version of the Zionist Project.
An aspect of the distorted approach to responsibility for the violence in Gaza is the refusal of the West to take note of the connection between Protective Edge and the June 12th kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli settler teenage children and the surge of public and private sector revenge violence culminating in the grisly murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a 17 year old Arab boy a few days later in the Shuafat neighborhood of Jerusalem. Without ever disclosing evidence linking Hamas to such an atrocious crime the Netanyahu government and Israeli media reacted hysterically, immediately inciting a vicious campaign against suspected Hamas militants throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including air strikes in Gaza. In this atmosphere many Israeli officials and media stalwarts were provocatively calling upon the Israeli citizenry to strike back at the Palestinians. It was in this inflamed atmosphere that the Israeli government undertook a massive campaign of collective punishment, itself a war crime: hundreds of Palestinians thought to be associated with Hamas were arrested and detained; house demolitions of the homes of suspects; killings of at least six Palestinians; lockdowns of entire cities; air strikes against Gaza.
All this was done despite the mounting belief of independent observers that the crime against the Israeli youths was carried out by two Palestinians unaffiliated with Hamas, perhaps with an initial plan to bargain for the release of Palestinian prisoners in an exchange. Never has it been asserted in high profile diplomatic circles of the West that the horrible crime provided Netanyahu with a pretext for unleashing an anti-Hamas campaign to complete the process of de facto annexation of most of the West Bank. This campaign seems far less motivated by a response to the kidnapping/murder than by the political objective of punishing the Palestinians leadership for defying the Netanyahu government for recently achieving a measure of reconciliation as between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Further in the background, but part of the context, is the Israeli interest in shifting responsibility away from themselves for the failure of the Kerry direct negotiations that collapsed at the end of April. And in the foreground, are the settlers and the settlements with their avowed intention of incorporating Samaria and Judea into the state of Israel once and for all, whatever the consequences.
So far, Israel has met calls for restraint and a ceasefire with contempt. Rumors of Hamas's receptivity to a ceasefire have not been tested. Israel's leaders have responded defiantly, suggesting that Protective Edge will not cease until the Hamas' infrastructure is destroyed, whatever it takes, supposedly to ensure that no rockets will ever again be fired from Gaza, which would imply that Gaza was totally subjugated and completely helpless. When Palestinian civilians are killed and terrorized in the process of pursuing such an elusive goal, this is rationalized by Israeli officials as a regrettable side effect of what Israeli leaders are claiming to be a legitimate military undertaking. In a characteristic warped statement Netanyahu declared: "We are not eager for battle, but the security of our citizens and children takes precedence over all else." Some Israeli top officials were clearer about Israel's objectives than was the prime minister. The Defense Minister, Moshe Yalon, called for the total destruction of Hamas, which is tantamount to seeking a genocidal hunting license in relation to the entrapped people of Gaza and the oppressed population of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Deputy Minister of Defense, Danny Dayon, publically urged Israel to cut off fuel and electricity to Gaza. If such a policy is implemented it would virtually guaranty a grotesque humanitarian crisis; he was later dismissed by Netanyahu for publicly declaring that Israel was humiliated because it allowed Hamas to set the terms for a ceasefire, an allegation that is obviously false as Hamas, so far as we know was excluded from the negotiations that led to the announcement that Israel had accepted a ceasefire. As it turned out, this unilateral ceasefire, rejected by Hamas, only lasted for six hours, and has been followed by intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza, especially targeting the residences of Hamas leaders.
While Gaza burns, the fiddlers at the UN content themselves by worrying about the text of a proposed Security Council resolution, which never materialized. Israel and the United States were reported to be using all the leverage at their disposal to avoid condemnations of the Israeli air strikes on civilian targets in Gaza and even hoping that the final text of a resolution, if any, will include their preferred language about every sovereign state having a right to protect itself. It now seems that there will be no resolution as the United States is refusing to accept the language of the drafters, and only a rather innocuous non-binding Security Council 'statement.'
On the basis of this disillusioning global response to Israeli aggression, it should become clear that the Palestinian struggle for self-determination and justice needs to be waged worldwide primarily at the grassroots level. It has never seemed more reasonable and morally necessary for persons of good will to lend maximum support to the BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaign that has been in any event growing rapidly. It is also time to demand that governments adopt sanctions seeking Israeli withdrawal from the occupation of Palestine. An appropriate furtheresponse would be for the UN General Assembly to recommend imposing an arms embargo on Israel, as well as a boycott on Israel's arms exports. This would be, at first, a largely symbolic gesture as Israel has become a major weapons maker, exporting arms to many countries with a tasteless sales pitch that stress the benefits of Israeli weaponry because it is 'field-tested.' There is a special challenge to American governmental institutions and its taxpaying citizenry that have been providing more than $3 billion of military assistance aid, coupled with special arrangements beneficial to Israel, for many years.
It is painfully evident that state-to-state diplomacy and the UN have failed to produce a just peace despite decades of fruitless talks. It is time acknowledge that these talks have been carried on in bad faith: while the diplomats sat around the table, Israeli settlements relentlessly expanded, apartheid structures deepened their hold on the West Bank and Jerusalem, and Gaza was cordoned off as a hostage enclave to be attacked by Israel at will whenever a bloody sacrifice seemed useful from the perspective of national interests.
At least, the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil ElAraby, condemned the "dangerous Israeli escalation," urged the Security Council to "adopt measures to stop Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip," and warned of the humanitarian consequences. Turkish and Iranian issued official statements along similar lines. There is so much regional turbulence at present that it is unlikely to hope for anything more than scattered verbal denunciations from authorities in the region preoccupied with other concerns, but given the gravity of the situation, attention needs to be refocused on the Palestinian ordeal. Pressure on Israel is urgently needed to protect the Palestinian people from further tragedy, and the Arab neighbors of Israel and the European states that long held sway in the region, are challenged as never before to do the right thing, but it is doubtful that any constructive action will be taken unless regional and global public opinion becomes sufficiently enraged to exert real pressure on these governments, and hence on Israel itself. To pursue this goal now should be made a top priority of the Palestinian global solidarity movement.
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Tulsa's Working in Neighborhoods approves demolition of 4 homes as city faces backlog
Long process before homes are demolished
By: Brian Miller
TULSA--The city recently gave the green light to demolish four blighted properties.
On Johnstown Avenue on the city's north side, three homes-- all next to each other—are in violation of city code. But just one of the properties is in the demolition stage. It's a process that often takes longer than neighbors hope it would.
Behind every house set for demolition, there is a story. For Steven Robinson, it was early in the morning July 4th when his house went up in flames. The damage led to a recent demolition order.
"They put a lien on the property because they want their money and I don't have nothing to give them," Robinson said.
Robinson has three years to pay the bill for demolition and clean up. According to a city spokesperson, the typical demolition costs about $5,000.
"I had 15 years of my kids pictures and you know things like that destroyed everything I owned destroyed and they want to take everything else from me," he said.
The process begins with a complaint. The city works with owners to address problems-- but if the violations aren't fixed, a hearing is set. After the hearing, the owner gets 30 days to comply. After that it takes three or four months before the property is razed, according to the city.
Tulsa has 2 grant-funded demolition ispectors who handle all the cases in the city.
The city has completed 314 demos the last three years. There are still 268 open demo cases.


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April 21, 2009 / 9:34 PM / 10 years ago
Global music sales down 8 percent in 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global recorded music sales fell by more than 8 percent in 2008 to $18.42 billion (12.56 billion pounds) led by a sharp drop-off in sales in the United States, according to the world music trade body IFPI.
The global music industry has seen recorded music sales tumble in recent years due to the twin impact of a transition by consumers to cheaper digital song formats such as MP3s and rampant piracy in many countries.
While digital music sales are growing, they have failed to make up for the shortfall of compact disc sales.
Overall, U.S. music sales fell by 19 percent last year while sales in Europe were down by 6 percent. Latin America was also down by 5 percent but Asia was the one positive regional bright spot with sales up slightly by 1 percent.
Sales of physical music formats like CDs fell 15 percent globally to $13.83 billion, led by a drop of nearly a third in U.S. physical format sales and an 11-percent fall in European physical sales.
Digital music sales, which include song downloads, mobile music, online subscriptions and streaming via advertising supported services, grew by 24 percent globally to $3.78 billion. Global digital music sales were dominated by the United States where sales grew 16.5 percent to $1.78 billion.
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8.2. Medical Genetic Services in Russia
V. I. Ivanov.
Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia
Russia occupies an area of some 170 millions sq. km. populated by about 150 million inhabitants belonging to more than 120 national and ethnic groups, some of which differ essentially in language, life style, culture, religion, etc. (Table 1). About a quarter of the total population belongs to rural residents. Overall birthrate is about 1.2 millions of newborns per year. The European part of Russia is by an order of magnitude more densely inhabited than the Asiatic one is. Especially scarce is the population of North-East Asiatic arctic and subarctic regions. The above features, as well as uneven and scarce geographical distribution of settlements, great distances between them set serious problems in communication and provision of services.
Genetic counselling was started in Russia by S.N. Davidenkov in late 1920s. However, since mid 1930s to late 1950s the genetics service and the teaching of genetics in medical schools had been totally stopped. Ultimately genetic service was re-introduced into national health care system only in 1969, when genetic counselling units were organized at the local, provincial and regional hospitals. The staff of such units included a physician (usually a pediatrician or an obstetrician-gynecologist, specially trained in genetic counselling and clinical diagnosis of genetic diseases) and laboratory specialists in cytogenetic analysis of chromosome diseases and selective biochemical screening for main classes of metabolic diseases. Every genetic unit, providing the service in a respective district, might refer to better equipped clinics in large cities, mainly in Moscow and St.-Petersbourg (former Leningrad). According to some estimates only about 1 to 10 % of families, who actually had certain genetic problems, did actually apply for genetic care.
Current medical genetic service in Russia is provided by some 600 physicians, trained in genetics, including about 300 of genetic counsellors, about a hundred of biochemists and molecular geneticists and up to 200 of cytogeneticists. The service is co-ordinated by Mother and Child Care Department of the Russian Federal Ministry of Health with the aid of a Council of 18 experts presided by E.K. Ginter. Primary genetic care, i.e. preliminary counselling by a general practitioner, based on visible morbid traits in patients and ultrasonographic survey of pregnant women, is provided by genetic units in 70 local hospitals (Table 2). The bulk of routine medical genetic procedures, such as detailed counselling, post- and prenatal cytogenetic, biochemical and ultrasound testing is provided by 10 of the genetic units having the status of Regional Medical Genetic Centres. The topmost level of the Federal Service includes 7 Federal Medical Genetic Centres, the activities of which cover molecular analysiss of genetic disorders, allele and mutation identification in monogenic diseases, fine cytogenetic analysis of complicated chromosome rearrangements in families at risk, the procedures of prenatal sampling and testing,, teaching the personnel for all levels of the service, executing quality control, etc.
Table 1: Some data on the population of Russia
Population size	about 150 millions
Birthrate/year about 1.2 million per year
Number of ethnic groups above 120
Area occupied about 170 millionn. sq. km
Table 2: Medical genetics services in Russia.
Dept. Mother and Child Health, Federal Ministry of Health
7 Federal Medical Genetics Centres
10 Regional Medical Genetics Centres
70 Medical Genetics Units in local Hospitals
Average data on the yearly amount and level of genetic care recently provided in Russia were reported by Drs. D.I. Zelinskaya and P.V. Novikov, responsible officers of the Russian Ministry of Health. Within the last three years about 80 thousand families asked for genetic help, of which above 80 (were referred to by district physicians. To 23 thousands counsellees routine karyotype analyses were performed and in about 9.5% of the cases chromosome disorders were found. Up to 75% of newborns were screened for PKU and a half of them for hypothyroidism, as well. Selective screening for metabolic disorders included about 22 thousands of newborns. Up to 300 thousands of a million of pregnant women in 60 of 89 regions of Russia applied for US prenatal diagnosis. 73% of the counsellees received detailed US-examination, of which 1,590 women were selected for karyotyping and DNA-testing of fetuses for mendelian disorders. In 3.6% of the examined fetuses serious anomalies were found, including 0.72% with chromosome disorders.
Table 3: Genetic diseases diagnosed by DNA-analyses in Russia (V.S. Baranov, O.V. Evgrafov et al.)
1. Cystic fibrosis M SPB T N
2. Phenylketonuria M SPB T N
3. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy M SPB T
4. FraX-A, fraX-B M SPB
5. Hemophilia A M SPB
6. Hemophilia B M SPB
7. Hunter Syndrome M SPB
8. Huntington Chorea M SPB
9. (-Thalassemia M SPB
10. von Willwbrand Disease M SPB
11. Adrenogenital Syndrome M
12. Agammaglobulinemia X-linked M
13. Alport Syndrome M
14. Ataxia Teleangiectasia M
15. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease M
16. Friedreich Ataxia M
17. Spinal Muscular Atrophy M
18. Wilson-Konovalov Disease M
19. Antitrypsin Deficiency SPB
20. Diabetes Mellitus, type I SPB
21. Hypercholesterolemia Familial SPB
22. Kennedy Disease SPB
23. Lesh-Nyhan Syndrome SPB
24. Myotonic Dystrophy SPB
25. Polycystic Kidney SPB
M - Moscow, SPB - St.Petersbourg,	T - Tomsk, N - Novosibirsk
Beyond the ultrasonography, molecular genetic, biochemical and cytogenetic diagnoses of genetic disorders based on chorion villi sampling, amnio- and cordocentesis are available in some Medical Genetic Centres of Russia, mainly in Moscow and St.-Petersbourg and have, also, been recently started in Tomsk and Novosibirsk.
In 1996 prenatal diagnostic procedures were carried out on 1743 fetal samples, including 1483 cytogenetic, 279 biochemical and 364 molecular investigations. A list of diseases diagnosed by DNA-investigation in the four above mentioned Centres, either pre- or postnatally, is presented in Table 3. Beyond the above mentioned centres prenatal diagnostic sampling is occacionally made in some two dozens of regional and local medical genetic units.
Invasive sampling procedures (CVS, amniocentesis, placentocentesis, cordocentesis) are available now in 10 regional and 13 local genetic units. Rather available are the ultrasound fetal monitoring (covering some 80 (of pregnancies) and mopther serum screening for congenital anomalies. Widely applied in all the genetic units are the cytogenetic studies; and in a few centres fine FISH analysis of chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y is available since 1996 (N.P. Kuleshov et al.).
Some dozens of metabolic diseases are diagnosed in all regional genetic centres, but elaborated biochemical programmes are carieed out only in some Federal Centres, especially in our Research Centre for Medical Genetics in Moscow. For example, about 40 lysosomal storage diseases are accurately diagnosed here, both prenatally and postnatally (Table 4).
Table 4: List of LSDs diagnosed in RCMG, Moscow (K.D. Krasnopolskaya et al.)
Mucopolysaccaridoses, types I - IV and VI, Mucolipidoses II and III, Multiple sulfatidosis, Glicoproteinoses (alpha-mannosidosis, sialidosis), Sphingolipidoses (Tay-Sachs disease, Sandhoff disease, Gangliosidoses GM1 and GM2 , Krabbe disease, Metachromatic leukodystrophy, Gaucher disease, Niemann-Pick disease, types A and C, Fabry disease, Farber disease, Wolman disease, Cholesterol ester storage disease).
To help the clinical syndromological diagnosis of multiple malformations a set of computer Russian language software had been elaborated, which is available now in regional genetic centres (V.I. Ivanov et al.).
Undergraduate and postgraduate training in medical genetics is practiced now at a number of universities and academies in Moscow, St.-Petersbourg and Tomsk (N.P. Bochkov, V.I. Ivanov, S.I. Kozlova, V.P. Puzyrev et al.). Funding of Medical Genetic Service in Russia is now carried out via Federal Foundation for Invalides and Handicapped Persons strengthened by injections from regional and local budgets and voluntary donations. Multisource funding permits one to suggest only a rough estimate of the overall funding as 6.5 millions USD (PKU project included). This sum is really insufficient. Therefore, of essencial help is the income from some federal research foundations, such as Human Genome, Peoples' Health, Fundamental Research, Priorities in Medicine and Genetics, especially for fine technological studies.
People of Russia , including both the lay people and the medical professionals, are not, as yet, well accustomed to medical genetic services and modern procedures. Respectively, ethical and legal aspects of the service are now in statu nascendi. Up to now, only ethical and legal issues included into RF Basic Legislation on National Health Care and Ministry of Health Guidelines on Medical Genetic Service are available. However, due to current progress in reproductive and genetic technologies, the legal and ethical implications of the latter are being widely discussed in the society and by the professionals and authorities. The Federal Low, regulating the handling of non-human genetic material and constructs, is already in action. The draft-bills concerning the human reproductive rights and the bioethical regulation of application of modern biomedical technologies are now at the stage of professional and social expertise.


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On Saturday 4 July, the Ramblers Cymru, Academi, Bridgend Regeneration, Valley and Vale and Caerau Communities First joined together for a fun community walking event.
Thirty five adults and children enjoyed a ramble around Caerau collecting images using mobile phones and other digital media during the walk and talking about their movements and thoughts prompted by the changing experience of their neighbourhood.
The group interviewed a broad range of individuals about their wider experiences of the neighbourhood, outdoor activities and patterns of movement. Local author, Robert Minhinnick recorded facts and stories told along the way and produced the piece of writing below.
Valley and Vale provided a number of digital cameras for the young people to take their own pictures of the environment. They also recorded the tour themselves and projected the images in the Caerau Pavilion whilst participants enjoyed refreshments.
The Great Caerau Expedition
We were a motley crew. Ramblers, councillors, local government and arts officers, the Ogmore MP, his wife and family, schoolchildren, parents, a writer and two police officers left Caerau Parc community centre in bright sunshine, and walked through the estate. The tips of Dyffryn Rhondda were visible to the west, the outline of Pwll yr Hwch, known as 'The Lion's Head', clear in the south west.
Cllr. Steve Smith pointed out that we were close to the underground Caerau Parc reservoir. Also, he said, there was a considerable underground rail tunnel – the 'Cymer tunnel' – that ran south-north. This had taken coal and passengers to and from Cymer and Abergwynfi. The train on this tunnel line was known as the 'Gwdihw' (the Owl). The tunnel's northern end in Cymmer is now a turning circle for buses, although the Caerau exit is sealed.
Still the sun shone. But clouds were massing. July's flowers were all around us, and some people said the tall pink ones were foxgloves. They were right. But there were other tall, pink flowers, called rosebay willowherb all over the mountain slopes.
One of the girls, in foxglove pink herself, said that foxgloves are poisonous. That's true. Another said that poisonous or not, a Welsh word for foxgloves, 'Ffion', is now a popular girl's name.
The police officers held up traffic for us and our expedition crossed the A4063. Not far away to the north, but hidden by the hills, was Croeserw and the wind turbines. But we turned east and came to the site of the old Blaencaerau Hotel, known as 'The Monkey'. It was called this, it's thought, after the 'powder monkeys' from Caerau Colliery, men who worked with gunpowder and therefore had special appreciation of a pint.
What a spectacular view we had. The Llynfi Valley spread out to the south, broad and green, narrowing almost to a bottleneck at Nantyffyllon, then widening once more. Mrs Huw Irranca-Davies claimed a bird hovering above us was a red kite. Others, more sceptical, suggested it was a buzzard. But as kites have now been glimpsed in the Garw, perhaps she was correct.
Councillor Smith, a local boy and next Mayor of Maesteg (for 2010), described how he once brought his children to The Monkey in summer for a glass of lemonade and to play outside. We all trooped across the site, but there was not a trace of the burned-down pub. It seemed to several of us that this was a terrible loss, because The Monkey was once a focal point for the community. I think some of us raised an imaginary glass in melancholic salute, and passed on down the new tracks, looking at the tormentil and scabious that grow there now.
Steve Smith, a Caerau man to his fingertips and source of much local lore, said the two spoil heaps at Caerau colliery had been known as 'Black Amy' and 'Billy's Tip'. They had been removed and there was almost now no evidence that there had ever been a Caerau colliery.
The Afon Llynfi ran, it seemed, straight through the middle of the site. When the coal was being worked, the Llynfi had been black with slurry, but now was clean again, flowing through new culverts. Two miles to the north, beyond our expedition, lay the source of the Llynfi. That is an area where several ancient cairns have been discovered.
The Ramblers described how tracks and cycleways now permit the adventurous to walk from the Afan into the Llynfi Valley, then over to the Rhondda Fawr, or to cross to Blaengarw, and journey south as far as Bryngarw Park. These footpaths, the Ramblers explained, are a fantastic resource that must be used, as on these high slopes or 'blaenau', and other mountains, can be found some of the earliest traces of human settlement in the area. (For instance, 'Y Bwlwarcau' near Llangynwyd).
The irony was not lost on us. For those prepared to look, there is possibly more evidence of Iron and Bronze Age life than recent landmarks such as the 'Ivy House', 'The Monkey', and Caerau colliery.
Therefore it was important for the walkers to meet Mr Williams of Bryn Hyfryd, who has a wonderful collection of historic photographs, including several of Caerau Colliery. The Williams garden extended down the hillside, where meadowsweet and evening primrose also flourished.
Walkers described how in 2007 the Llynfi, here only a brook, had 'disappeared' into a hole in the riverbank, to re-emerge hundreds of yards downstream. It is thought this hole, now blocked, might have been one of the colliery shafts or 'voids'.
Caerau colliery opened in 1889. By the 1920s there were almost 2500 men mining steam and house coal, an astonishing figure. The pit was closed in 1977, and thirty years later the site is a very quiet place.
Almost no trace can be found of the immense labour and activity of the miners who once made this mine (in 1913) the most productive in Wales. Without this vanished colliery, the village of Caerau would not exist.
By now, the clouds were black. Some bright spark said it can be sunny in Maesteg but raining in Caerau. Right on cue, the heavens opened, and we were all quickly soaked in the downpour.
There was nothing to do but make our way as best we could back to the community centre. After an excellent indoor barbecue, the intrepid walkers were treated to a slideshow of photographs of their expedition, taken by staff from Valley and Vale. This was a memorable occasion, and perhaps this film could form the basis for another meeting of all those who took part in 'the Great Caerau Expedition'.
Robert Minhinnick