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It is a haunting story shifting constantly and twistingly between two time lines, from a present-day reality to the alluring Tudor Era, but with only one place as its heart: Askerby Hall, the house of shadows.
The central character, Kate Vavasour, wakes up from a coma in a hospital bed and the reader can follow her confused, uncertain steps back to life from right inside her mind, where she is convinced she is someone else, Isabel Vavasour, and where there is no sign of recognition of any of the It is a haunting story shifting constantly and twistingly between two time lines, from a present-day reality to the alluring Tudor Era, but with only one place as its heart: Askerby Hall, the house of shadows.
The central character, Kate Vavasour, wakes up from a coma in a hospital bed and the reader can follow her confused, uncertain steps back to life from right inside her mind, where she is convinced she is someone else, Isabel Vavasour, and where there is no sign of recognition of any of the worried people surrounding her.
She can vivdly remember Isabel's life, her love for her handsome husband, Edmund, and the overwhelming tenderness she felt becoming the mother of their son, Kit. Kate realizes she is not Isabel, especially because that young woman lived under the reign of the other Queen Elizabeth, and perfectly knows that all she sees around her belongs to a totally different present. Still her mind goes on working very oddly and Isabel is a constant haunting presence. Kate find herself incapable of feeling anything for her own son, Felix, nor she recalls mourning her late husband, Michael. She has no memory of them, she has forgotten the feelings she felt for them and, definitely, she can't explain why she climbed up Askerby tower, from which she fell down and only miraculously survived.
I would give this 3.5stars if I could. The writing style was actually wonderful and the pacing was really nice. I found the protagonist in the current period interesting and enjoyable as well as the historical.
My issues with the book were the sheer gullibleness of the main characters and how obvious the plot was, within minutes of meeting the character I knew who 'dunnit' which really ruined it for me. I also found the secondary characters beyond them too wooden to hold.my interest, they felt l I would give this 3.5stars if I could. The writing style was actually wonderful and the pacing was really nice. I found the protagonist in the current period interesting and enjoyable as well as the historical.
My issues with the book were the sheer gullibleness of the main characters and how obvious the plot was, within minutes of meeting the character I knew who 'dunnit' which really ruined it for me. I also found the secondary characters beyond them too wooden to hold.my interest, they felt like thinning drawn tropes and which was sad. I also thought it was a shame there was less depth in the description and the historical characters scene and perhaps nit picking here are finding the rather anchronicistic personality of the historical female a little frustrating and tiresome. There must be ways to allow readers to relate to historical characters without making them all fit this mould of 'strong willed, independent, messy..
initially against marriage unless for love but who finds a great love despite not fitting the ideals of womanhood or wife's at the time.
Despite work and everything else going on today, I read this book in one day. Such an atmospheric and enchanting novel. I did predict much of what happened (hence the 4 not 5 stars), but nevertheless this was a truly delightful, compelling read.
I read this novel over the course of one day as I found I couldn't put it down. It's brilliant. Pamela is truely the queen of timeslip and I look forward to more from this fab author.
A good read, I enjoyed it. Thanks Nadia!
I absolutely adored Pamela Hartshorne's latest 'time slip' novel 'House of Shadows'. I enjoyed it so much that I began reading it last night and finished it first thing this morning - I really only put it down yesterday because I was so tired my eyes wouldn't stay open. Honestly, if I could have managed it I would have read through the night to finish this book.
I like 'time slip' novels anyway- 'Mariana' by Susanna Kearsley is one of my favourite books, but there's just something about the way I absolutely adored Pamela Hartshorne's latest 'time slip' novel 'House of Shadows'. I enjoyed it so much that I began reading it last night and finished it first thing this morning - I really only put it down yesterday because I was so tired my eyes wouldn't stay open. Honestly, if I could have managed it I would have read through the night to finish this book.
I like 'time slip' novels anyway- 'Mariana' by Susanna Kearsley is one of my favourite books, but there's just something about the way Pamela writes that for me makes her the best author of dual time stories out there. Her writing is extremely fluid and flowing - one minute you're in the present with the contemporary character, the next you have slipped into history to be with a character from hundreds of years ago without even fully realising it has happened. I think this subtle way of linking the time periods is a far more interesting, immersive way of telling both characters' stories than, say, the modern day protagonist fainting etc. everytime they're about to visit the past.
Pamela Hartshorne's stories do all follow similar 'recipes' with recurring 'ingredients' such as: the city of York and the surrounding areas as the predominantly main setting, strong female characters as the main protagonists in both the modern day and 16th century storylines, the 16th century female meeting an unhappy end, modern day characters almost echoing the personalities/behaviours of 16th century counterparts... But this is honestly not a criticism! I've read all of Pamela's work and despite having these features in common, each story has also been very different. In actual fact it's these things that, everytime I finish one book, make me so excited to read the next!
'House of Shadows' was definitely a very spooky, haunting read - the way Hartshorne described Askerby Hall (where most of the story takes place) and some of the more sinister characters sent a chill down my spine! I think Hartshorne also does a tremendoes job of really bringing the Elizabethan period to life without ramming too much historical information down your throat.
Kate Vavasour wakes in hospital after a devastating fall, she has no memory of what happened or, indeed,of who she is. People come to visit her in hospital and remind her that she is a young widow with a small son, but this means nothing to Kate, even her name feels wrong and as a tight band settles around her head, she begins to experience a life that has no reality in the here and now. Returning to Askerby Hall, a home she shares with her in-laws, Kate attempts to make sense of her surrounding Kate Vavasour wakes in hospital after a devastating fall, she has no memory of what happened or, indeed,of who she is. People come to visit her in hospital and remind her that she is a young widow with a small son, but this means nothing to Kate, even her name feels wrong and as a tight band settles around her head, she begins to experience a life that has no reality in the here and now. Returning to Askerby Hall, a home she shares with her in-laws, Kate attempts to make sense of her surroundings, but Kate's memories, which are frighteningly real, belong not to the present, but to Isabel Vavasour , some four hundred years earlier.
House of Shadows is now the fourth book by this talented author that I have read, and as always, as soon as my eyes light on the first opening sentence, I know that she will not let me down. I'm guilty of reading her books far too quickly, telling myself at the start that I should take it slowly and savor each word, but of course I don't. I gallop through at speed and read until my eyes ache and I become immersed in a story that flits effortlessly between past and present, with neither timescale outshining the other and always with a real sense of purpose and readability. I am taken into a world that is believable, frighteningly realistic, and more than a little scary and even as Isabel and Kate's worlds start to collide, you can't help but want to believe that somehow it might work, that voices can speak to us across centuries, and that stories left untold will be finished, and that resolution for troubled souls can be achieved.
Pamela Hartshorne has overwhelmingly cornered this niche in the dual time narrative genre. She is quite simply a master story teller, a weaver of words and her books are a joy to read. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next.
Premise: When Kate Vavasour wakes up in the hospital, she can remember nothing about the family gathered around her bed, or of her life before the accident. The doctors diagnose post-traumatic amnesia, following a terrible fall from the roof of her home, Askerby Hall. The doctors say the memories should start returning. Which they do . . . but these memories are not her own. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, who lived and died at Askerby Hall over four hundred years earlier . . .
Returning to her supposed home, Kate finds herself in a house full of shadows and suspicions. Unable to recognise her family, her friends or even her small son, she struggles to piece together her life. However, the memories of Isabel fight their way to the surface and demand to be known. Was Kate's fall really an accident? Can she trust her own mind? Can she trust those around her?
Kate as a character is fine. Not someone you instantly fall in love with but not someone too irritable either. I really liked Isabel as a character, fiery and insolent in a time period when woman were not allowed to be either.
A few reviewers have commented on the fact the author does little in the way to disguise who the "bad guy" is (for want of a better term). I think this is a deliberate move by the author and don't really think it detracts from the story. If anything, it gives Isabel a vulnerability in her otherwise strong-willed nature. If she didn't have this, I think as a reader you would potentially find her too arrogant. What I am trying to get at is, in some ways, this story is predictable, but for me, that didn't stop it being a really enjoyable story.
The settings of this book are primarily around York/ remote villages of Yorkshire. The author really does a great job to capture the slower paced country lifestyle, the visitors to a grand country hall and weave cleverly into the storyline how formidable that home could be to someone not born into the family.
I often think it's useful to see an extract of a book to get an idea of the writing style. I think in historical fiction this is particularly helpful to get an understanding of the language tone the author has chosen to write in.
I don't recognize either of them.
My eyes dart back to the nurse. I want to say, They're not my family, but I can't speak past the tube in my throat.
House of Shadows is a story of possession, betrayal, discovery, love and redemption. It is a ghost story without ghosts - or at least not in the way you might expect. This is possession, but not in the Exorcist, spinning head and strange voices way. The supernatural element of this compelling tale is much more subtle than that.
It is really the story of two women, separated by four centuries but united by their love and need to reconnect with their sons. Both women find themselves being manipulat House of Shadows is a story of possession, betrayal, discovery, love and redemption. It is a ghost story without ghosts - or at least not in the way you might expect. This is possession, but not in the Exorcist, spinning head and strange voices way. The supernatural element of this compelling tale is much more subtle than that.
It is really the story of two women, separated by four centuries but united by their love and need to reconnect with their sons. Both women find themselves being manipulated by those they trust with dramatic and tragic results.
When Kate Vavasour wakes in the hospital she remembers nothing of her life, her family or her friends. Everyone around her is a stranger. She doesn't even know why she is in the hospital and no one seems in a hurry to explain it to her. When her memories do begin to come back it is very quickly obvious that that can't be hers. In fact, they are the memories if Isabel Vavasour who had lived and died four hundred years before.
Kate now has to not only reconnect with her own memories, rebuilding her relationships with those closest to her but also try to make some sense of her visions of Isabel's ultimately tragic life.
As I said, this is not a ghost story as such Isabel's presence in Kate's life is a plea for help and as Kate begins to understand this, her fear is replaced by a dogged determination to find out all she can to answer Isabel's questions about her son. What she doesn't know is it was that very singlemindedness that landed her in hospital in the first place.
House of Shadows is a tense and thrilling novel that kept me gripped right from the start. It was easy to piece together what was really going on with all the characters. At the heart of the book are two young mothers, both married into the Vavasour family, and both driven by a deep and enduring love for their husbands and sons. But ultimately, both are blinded by unquestioning loyalty to friends who have their own agendas.
I really enjoy this kind of novel. I'm a fan of Kate Morton's work, and it reminded me of the obsessive way I feel that I need to finish. There is always a truth that needs to be known, and I end up desperate to find it. It's especially nice when the setting is an English manor home that's somewhat isolated, although making the protagonist, Kate, survive a fall off a tower and need a long recovery was actually a pretty effective way of isolating the action. Well, that and her amnesia. A protagon I really enjoy this kind of novel. I'm a fan of Kate Morton's work, and it reminded me of the obsessive way I feel that I need to finish. There is always a truth that needs to be known, and I end up desperate to find it. It's especially nice when the setting is an English manor home that's somewhat isolated, although making the protagonist, Kate, survive a fall off a tower and need a long recovery was actually a pretty effective way of isolating the action. Well, that and her amnesia. A protagonist with amnesia is always going to seem isolated because everyone else around her remembers what she's like except her. Even better is that we have a family obsessed with preserving the home as it was in their accepted history, down to letting in visitors to take tours. There's mysterious bones discovered, the ghost story of a servant girl who committed suicide by jumping off the same tower from which Kate also falls and sustains her injuries and some memories Kate regains that aren't hers.
A very good story but I cottoned on fairly early what was happening. It builds slowly so stick with it.
If you don't like time slip stories this one isn't for you.
Kate has an accident and loses her memory. However, she has other 'memories' as Isabel but how can these be memories when Isabel lived 400 years earlier? When she goes home her son, Felix, refuses to acknowledge her as his mum. The dog, Pippin, who was devoted to her prior to the accident, does not accept her and growls or snaps when A very good story but I cottoned on fairly early what was happening. It builds slowly so stick with it.
All'inizio mi ha commosso e coinvolto molto: Kate si sveglia in ospedale e non ricorda nulla, non riconosce nessuno. E' un inizio drammatico, e prometteva bene. Mi sono piaciute molto di più le parti ambientate nel passato, quelle di Isabel e del marito. Sono ben studiate, la trama è interessante e accattivante, bella l'ambientazione, che poi è la stessa casa dove adesso abita Kate.
Peccato che verso pagina 80 si capisca benissimo chi sia il responsabile della sorte di Isabel e dell'incidente di All'inizio mi ha commosso e coinvolto molto: Kate si sveglia in ospedale e non ricorda nulla, non riconosce nessuno. E' un inizio drammatico, e prometteva bene. Mi sono piaciute molto di più le parti ambientate nel passato, quelle di Isabel e del marito. Sono ben studiate, la trama è interessante e accattivante, bella l'ambientazione, che poi è la stessa casa dove adesso abita Kate.
Peccato che verso pagina 80 si capisca benissimo chi sia il responsabile della sorte di Isabel e dell'incidente di Kate, e tutto il resto del libro l'abbia passato frustrata perchè nessuna delle due protagoniste lo capiva, e agiva anzi con un'ingenuità ai limiti del ridicolo.
Come storia non è forse originalissima e poteva sicuramente essere fatta meglio, comunque sono riuscita a leggerlo senza abbandonarlo, nonostante le 400 pagine che si potevano benissimo ridurre.
The story winds its way between these two stories - complicated by the modern woman's traumatic memory loss. It meanders through the two stories until it reaches the rather obvious ending - no surprises there!
Tak tohle bylo trochu zklamání. Autorka má rozhodně skvělý vypravěčský styl, ale námět byl příliš průhledný, takže žádné překvapení, ani dychtivé pátrání se nekonalo. Hada, kterého si Kate/Isabel hřály na prsou, odhalí bystřejší čtenář velmi rychle.
Taky se mi to trochu vleklo, Kate mi přišla málo "akční" ve svém pátrání, zvlášť když měla všechny zdroje po ruce, a hlavně docela brzy pochopila, co se jí to děje. Isabel byla hrozně naivní, až to podle mě hraničilo s hloupostí.
Time slip novels are a guilty pleasure, much like my enjoyment of gothic mystery romances. This one was fast paced and mysterious... and I enjoyed it even though I figured out the central "who done it" in the first chapter or so (although the whys were a little harder to decipher). Perhaps not as good as Susanna Kearsley or Barbara Erskine, but still a fun read.
A solid 3 1/2 stars from me. This one is almost a new genre for me: it is a different subject matter to what I am usually drawn to, so I came in not knowing what to expect. I found myself quite engrossed by the end: I couldn't help but feel the gripping eerieness of the setting and found it quite hard to put down.
Great story that had so many facets to it. Love story, ghost story, mystery - all rolled into one amazing story. Sad that it ended. I wanted it to go on and on.
What a brilliant story. Just could not put it down. Similar themes I know to Tines Echo of experiencing a past life and resolving a characters issues from the past but different enough to be wholly engaging.
It was an interesting read but at the same time frustrating, because it was pretty obvious from the beginning what had happened in both storylines, but the main character seemed oblivious to it somehow.
House of Shadows was written quite well and is usually the kind of book I flip over, but despite the writing I couldn't get into it the way I wanted to.
After a haphazard early career spent working and travelling around the world, I started writing romance in order to fund a PhD in Medieval Studies. Naturally, that didn't turn out to be quite the easy option I thought it would be, but I did in the end complete a thesis on the street and the perception of public space in later medieval and early modern York in 2004. My research formed the basis of After a haphazard early career spent working and travelling around the world, I started writing romance in order to fund a PhD in Medieval Studies. Naturally, that didn't turn out to be quite the easy option I thought it would be, but I did in the end complete a thesis on the street and the perception of public space in later medieval and early modern York in 2004. My research formed the basis of TIME'S ECHO, and many of the individuals I encountered in the records of Elizabethan York appear in the novel.
I still live in York and continue to write romances as Jessica Hart in tandem with time slip novels for Pan Macmillan - and yes I *do* often get confused by my split identities!


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Funding opportunity: Research the social sciences in the Open Research Area (ORA): round 7
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Scientists Study Atmospheric Waves Radiating out of Hurricanes
The red curve shows the leading edge of a packet of gravity waves radiating outward at the top of Typhoon Meranti on September 12, 2016.
Credit: Visible image the Himawari satellite, maintained by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and processed by Brian McNoldy, University of Miami.
By Special to UM News
Researchers believe they have found a new way to monitor the intensity and location of hurricanes from hundreds of miles away by detecting atmospheric waves radiating from the centers of these powerful storms.
In a new study, scientists from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) presented direct observations of the waves, obtained by NOAA aircraft flying in hurricanes and by a research buoy located in the Pacific Ocean. The waves, known as atmospheric gravity waves, are produced by strong thunderstorms near the eye and radiate outward in expanding spirals.
"These very subtle waves can sometimes be seen in satellite images," said David Nolan, professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and lead author of the study. "We were able to measure them in aircraft data and surface instruments."
In addition, says Nolan, computer simulations performed at the UM Center for Computational Science can reproduce the waves, showing that the wave strengths can be related to the maximum wind speed in the core of the storm. These findings suggest that hurricanes and typhoons could be monitored from hundreds of miles away with relatively inexpensive instruments, such as barometers and anemometers, much like earthquakes from around the world are monitored by seismometers.
The researchers analyzed data obtained from 25 different penetrations by NOAA P3 aircraft into five hurricanes in 2003 and 2004, as well as data from the Extreme Air-Sea Interaction (EASI) buoy deployed in the Pacific Ocean by UM Rosenstiel School scientists in 2010.
"The waves cause very weak upward and downward motions, which are recorded by the NOAA P3 as it flies through the storm," said Jun Zhang of the Hurricane Research Division, a veteran of many hurricane flights. "But we were surprised at how clearly the waves could be detected at the surface."
"Of course, hurricanes are very well observed by satellites. But these waves can reveal processes occurring in the eyewall of a hurricane that are obscured from the view of satellites by thick clouds," said Nolan. "Any additional measurements, even if they provide similar information as satellites, can lead to better forecasts."
The study, titled "Spiral Gravity Waves Radiating from Tropical Cyclones," was published April 30, 2017 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The National Science Foundation (grant #AGS1132646) and NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (grant #NA14NWS4680028) provided funding for the study.
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Guggenheim Investments Provides Innovative Financing Solution to LDC
Filed Under: Food Manufacturing
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Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners, in partnership with LDC Private Equity, announced one of the first Unitranche plus Asset-Based Lending (ABL) solutions in the European market. LDC, a UK mid-market private equity investor, has backed the secondary buyout of Addo Food Group, a chilled savoury pastry producer in a transaction that marks a successful exit for Vision Capital.
"We are pleased to have Guggenheim as our financing partner for our investment into Addo Food Group," remarked Victoria Mercer, Investment Director at LDC. "Guggenheim's flexible approach and credit decisions facilitated a pragmatic and efficient financing process. We look forward to working alongside the management team to support the next phase of growth for the company."
The business has been supported with a new Unitranche facility provided by Guggenheim with existing ABL facilities rolled forward by PNC.
"We're pleased to have worked on one of the first Asset-Based Lending plus Unitranche transactions in the European market," said Tara Moore, Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments. "Our creative structuring and flexible capital base will continue to allow us to provide innovative solutions to LDC and Addo as the business continues to grow."
Headquartered in Nottingham, Addo produces more than 287 million packs of chilled savoury pastry products every year. The business manufactures a range of own-brand and branded products, including sausage rolls, hot pies, slices, pork pies, scotch egg products, and quiches, which it supplies to the UK's leading names in food retail including all the major supermarkets.


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In 2016, smugglers, migrants, and asylum seekers responded to policies and measures aimed at managing spontaneous migration flows, including the building of walls and closure of borders, by shifting routes and getting more creative in their attempts to reach their destinations. Migrant and smuggler perceptions of looming policy changes also played an important role in influencing flows and routes. Many migrants continue to rely on smugglers, who have become increasingly organized and sophisticated, to facilitate their journey. Together, these shifting flows and the government responses to them comprise an ever-evolving cycle of adaptation.
Beginning in 2015, migrants heading to the United States shifted routes, increasingly opting to travel through South and Central America to circumvent U.S. maritime enforcement in the Caribbean. A growing number of Cubans chose to make this journey in 2015 and 2016, motivated by the perception that U.S. "wet foot, dry foot" policies, which grant Cubans who reach U.S. soil asylum and a fast track to permanent residency, might end due to a thaw in diplomatic relations between the two countries. Traveling by land initially afforded Cubans increased access to the United States, as many transit countries either did not require them to get an entry visa or lacked consistent return policies.
Grappling with overwhelming flows, some transit countries in Central and South America began to introduce enforcement measures by early 2016 to deter Cuban migrants, leaving thousands stranded and opening new markets for smugglers. Ecuador—the entry point to the region due to its relatively lax visa policies—instituted visa restrictions for Cuban migrants, Costa Rica escalated enforcement along its southern border, and Nicaragua closed its border with Costa Rica.
In a short-lived regional response, Mexico and Central America suspended returns to Cuba and instead coordinated charter flights and ground transportation to send stranded Cuban migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border. By August 2016, however, transit countries had introduced or reinstated returns to Cuba, and nine Latin American countries had formally requested that the United States terminate its preferential immigration policy for Cubans, blaming it for the "disorderly, irregular, and unsafe" passage of Cubans through the region.
Following the route forged by Cuban migrants, an unprecedented number of Haitian and African migrants also made their way to the United States through South and Central America. This included many Haitians coming from Brazil, where they had resided since 2010. Haitian and African migrants traveling by land are less likely to be returned while en route than those traveling by sea, who are more likely to face U.S. maritime enforcement. Transit countries are often unable to establish contact with Haitian or African consulates, and/or lack return agreements with these countries. Additionally, Haitian migrants often identify themselves as Congolese to avoid being returned, owing to a perception that transit countries are less likely to prioritize the more-expensive return of African migrants, according to government reports.
An estimated 4,000 Haitian migrants and 11,000 African migrants reached the U.S.-Mexico border between January and October 2016, overwhelming the capacity of U.S. authorities to process their asylum cases and Mexican authorities and civil society to provide them with shelter and basic services. Citing intelligence reports and apprehension data from transit countries, U.S. officials have suggested that tens of thousands of Haitians could be en route to the United States.
At the same time, Haitians also migrated to Chile in large numbers in 2016, signaling the potential rise of the country as a migrant destination in Latin America. According to government reports, an estimated 34,000 Haitians migrated to Chile using tourist visas between January and September 2016, compared to 21,000 arrivals between 2013 and 2015. After arriving in Chile, primarily by air, many Haitian migrants seek employment contracts that would allow them to stay in the country and apply for legal residence after their nine-month tourist visas expire. Some migrants who are unable to find work purchase fake employment contracts—a trend that has caused increasing concern among Chilean authorities and legislators.
Ramped-up enforcement efforts in Europe have also led migrants, asylum seekers, and the smuggling networks on which many rely to change routes and tactics. Following an unprecedented number of arrivals in 2015, a series of coordinated restrictions on border crossings in the Western Balkans effectively closed the route by March 2016, dramatically reducing migration flows through that corridor. Whereas 128,000 illegal border crossings were detected along Western Balkan routes in January, fewer than 7,000 were detected in June. However, the drop in numbers has been accompanied by a splintering of migrant flows from one main corridor to a wider range of routes, as migrants seek new openings through the Western Balkans and into the European Union. The closure of the Croatian-Serbian border, for instance, made the route from Serbia to Hungary more popular. Others have attempted to cross fences and closed borders.
Traffic along the sea route through Turkey and into Greece—the maritime corridor that saw a major spike in arrivals in 2015—has dropped drastically following a deal between the European Union and Turkey aimed at reducing flows from Turkey to the Greek islands. However, while traffic through the Eastern Mediterranean has decreased overall, flows along the sea route have picked up slightly since July 2016, and the numbers traveling via land from Turkey to Bulgaria have also risen.
By contrast, migrants crossing the Central Mediterranean by sea from North Africa to Italy—the most dangerous route to Europe—increased both in number and as a share of overall flows to Europe in 2016. Nearly 171,000 migrants arrived in Italy via the Mediterranean between January 1 and November 26, surpassing 2014's record number. Casualties along this route have also risen: Approximately 4,200 deaths were recorded in the Central Mediterranean as of the end of November 2016, compared to 2,900 in all of 2015. Due either to changes in business models or efforts to evade detection, smugglers have used flimsier vessels—often made of rubber and unable to complete the voyage to Italy—and transported larger numbers of migrants at a time, complicating search-and-rescue efforts. Most migrants headed for Italy continue to depart from Libya, facing substantial risks on land as well as at sea due to insecurity in the country. However, an increasing number of migrants, mainly from the Horn of Africa and Egypt, have opted to cross from Egypt in 2016. Importantly, increased flows here are not a result of stricter measures in the Eastern Mediterranean; the nationalities of migrants traveling along the two routes continue to be distinct.
Some migrants have also attempted to reach Europe by circumventing the Mediterranean altogether. A spike in migrants traveling the so-called Arctic route through Russia into Norway or Finland surprised authorities. Though these flows were tiny compared to those traversing the Mediterranean, more than 5,000 migrants took advantage of border policy loopholes to cross into Norway on bicycles in 2015, before Russia reinstituted stricter controls and the flow shifted to Finland in early 2016. In the Atlantic, traffic along the Western African route to the Canary Islands also increased noticeably into 2016, albeit remaining at relatively low levels.
Dynamic flows and large numbers of spontaneous arrivals have prompted destination countries as well as an increasing number of transit countries, including Turkey and Mexico, to step up their enforcement efforts in 2016. Mexico has resumed returns of Cuban migrants, and Turkey, in addition to its agreement with the European Union, plans to complete construction of a wall along its border with Syria early next year.
Additionally, destination and transit countries are increasingly seeking the cooperation of origin countries to manage irregular migration flows. Mexican authorities are attempting to establish return agreements that would facilitate the return of Haitian and African migrants. Similarly, the European Union is working to facilitate returns and curb migrant flows to Europe through agreements with key origin countries in Africa, including Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.
As shifts in migration flows in Latin America and Europe—as well as subsequent policy responses—suggest, international coordination will likely continue to gain in importance as a tool for countries seeking to manage migration.
Adriasola, Lucía. 2016. En seis meses han llegado ocho veces más haitianos que todos los arribados durante 2013. El Mercurio, August 14, 2016. Available online.
Althaus, Dudley. 2016. Cuban Migrants, Seeking Asylum in the U.S., Cross Into Southern Mexico. The Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2016. Available online.
Associated Press. 2016. Ecuador Imposes Visa Requirements to Stem Cuban Migration. Associated Press, November 26, 2016. Available online.
Birnbaum, Michael. 2016. Migrant boat traffic from Libya to Europe is surging — and turning deadlier. The Washington Post, November 30, 2016. Available online.
Cambronero, Natasha. 2016. 95% de los migrantes irregulares son haitianos 'disfrazados' de Africanos. La Nación, August 9, 2016. Available online.
Chishti, Muzaffar and Sarah Pierce. 2016. United State Abandons its Harder Line on Haitian Migrants in Face of Latest Natural Disaster. Migration Information Source, October 26, 2016. Available online.
Coskun, Orhan and Daren Butler. 2016. Turkey to Complete Syria Border Wall Within 5 Months, Official Says. Reuters, September 28, 2016. Available online.
Ecuador Foreign Ministry. 2016. Nine Latin American Countries Sign Letter Urging the United States to Review its Policy on Cuban Immigration. August 29, 2016, Available online.
EFE. 2015. Latin American Nations Seek Solution for Cubans Stranded in Costa Rica. Agencia EFE, November 29, 2015. Available online.
---. 2016. Colombia to Deport Cubans Gathered Near Panama Border. Agencia EFE, August 1, 2016. Available online.
---. 2016. Cuba y Honduras dialogan para regular el flujo de Cubanos. Agencia EFE, November 22, 2016. Available online.
El Heraldo. 2016. Honduras: Alarmante llegada de africanos en su paso a Estados Unidos. El Heraldo, November 20, 2016. Available online.
Excelsior. 2016. Este es el protocolo que reciben migrantes Haitianos y Africanos en México. Excelsior, October 12, 2016. Available online.
Frontex. 2016. FRAN Quarterly: Quarter 1 January-March 2016. Warsaw: Frontex. Available online.
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---. 2016. Western Balkans Quarterly: Quarter 2 April-June 2016. Warsaw: Frontex. Available online.
Gómez Quintero, Natalia. 2016. 'México No Abrirá más Programas Para Trasladar Migrantes': Flores Liera. El Universal, August 7, 2016. Available online.
Guarascio, Francesco. 2016. EU Agrees to Boost Efforts to Tackle Illegal Migration from Africa. Reuters, October 20, 2016. Available online.
Higgins, Andrew. 2016. E.U. Suspects Russian Agenda in Migrants' Shifting Arctic Route. The New York Times, April 2, 2016. Available online.
International Organization for Migration, Missing Migrants Project. 2016. Mediterranean Sea. Updated November 28, 2016. Available online.
Kingsley, Patrick. 2016. Tens of Thousands Migrate Through Balkans Since Route Declared Shut. The Guardian, August 30, 2016. Available online.
Labrín, Sebastián. 2016. Fiscalía indaga presunto tráfico de migrantes haitianos en aeropuerto. La Tercera, November 11, 2016. Available online.
Marti Noticias. 2016. Desmantelan red de coyotes que movía a Cubanos desde Ecuador a Panamá. Marti Noticias, May 3, 2016. Available online.
Migrant Offshore Aid Station Foundation. 2016. Search-and-Rescue in the Mediterranean More Dangerous Than Ever as 2016 Becomes Deadliest Year on Record. Press release, November 16, 2016. Available online.
Millan Lombrana, Laura. 2016. America's Poor Turn South as Trump Looks to Block the Road North. Bloomberg, November 21, 2016. Available online.
Sánchez, Laura. 2016. Haitianos se hacen pasar por Africanos en Tijuana. El Universal, September 2, 2016. Available online.
Spindler, William. 2016. Migrant and Refugee Boat Tragedy and Irregular Departures from Egypt. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, news release, September 23, 2016. Available online.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2016. Mediterranean Death Toll Soars, 2016 Is Deadliest Year Yet. News release, October 25, 2016. Available online.
---. N.d. Refugees/Migrants Emergency Response – Mediterranean. Accessed November 15, 2016. Available online.
Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). 2016. Border Guard: Finland Could See 7,500 Asylum Seekers Enter from Russia. YLE, January 11, 2016. Available online.
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Caitlin Katsiaficas is an Associate Policy Analyst with MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy.
Ariel G. Ruiz Soto is an Associate Policy Analyst at MPI, where he provides quantitative research support across MPI programs.


The volume ceilings and strategically placed windows and sliding glass doors provide nature sunlight to flow throughout this home. The joyful chefs kitchen offers top of the line cabinetry, wall oven, and stainless steel appliances. The sink area offers views of the tropical landscaped gardens. The fenced garden includes a circular shaped pool, covered patio, deck area and open sitting/entertaining areas.
This home offers a split bedroom plan, the master suite, located on the second floor includes a large walk in closet, massive sitting area and open-air balcony.
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MELVILLE, N.Y., March 23, 2018 – In recognition of the importance of a long-lasting vibrant image, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has announced two new media options for their imagePROGRAF Large-format printers: Canon Water Resistant Adhesive Matte Vinyl (330gsm) and Canon Water Resistant Matte Banner Vinyl (480gsm), both designed to withstand most weather elements for up to six months without lamination. Ideal for banners, posters and signage, these media types can find a home in a variety of different markets, including construction, beverage, education and retail. An exciting aspect of these new media types is their ability to be used in conjunction with aqueous imagePROGRAF printers, helping users produce bold colorful output for their outdoor displays.
Lending themselves well to Canon Large-format printers that utilize aqueous inkjet technology, Canon's new media offers the ability to produce vibrant applications through environmentally friendly technology. With an expanded color range and durable quality, users will notice the ability to print color posters without the fumes and orders associated with Solvent ink technology – making it a logical fit for schools and education environments.
These new media offerings feature a unique durable ink-receiving layer that sits on top of the base material, helping to protect absorbed ink from running when exposed. This layer helps provide resistance to ultraviolet photo degradation – a critical component for outdoor applications exposed to prolonged periods of sunlight. Canon's water resistant media contains a binder with low water solubility over the base material to help protect the ink-receiving layer, which is not found in conventional media – in turn causing the ink-receiving layer to dissolve in water.
The Water Resistant Adhesive Matte Vinyl (330gsm) features a peel away back to allow for easy application and repositioning. Air release grooves provides the ability to smooth out air bubbles when hanging directly onto a surface. This media type also features gray adhesive, helping prevent overlapping images when placed over a separate piece of media. The vinyl material easily conforms to curves and depressions, allowing for application on a variety of surfaces.
Canon's Water Resistant Matte Banner Vinyl (480gsm) lends itself to outdoor banners, tapestries and long displays, featuring attached grommets for rope or wire hanging. A three layer base material, consisting of vinyl and polyester on top of another layer of vinyl, provides much needed durability when confronted with certain weather conditions, such as rain and wind.
The Canon Water Resistant Adhesive Matte Vinyl (330gsm) and Canon Water Resistant Matte Banner Vinyl (480gsm) are both available in 24, 36, and 42 inches. The Water Resistant Adhesive Matte Vinyl is also available in 54" and the Water Resistant Matte Banner Vinyl in 60". Both media types are available now.
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package test.querypersist;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import java.io.StringReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.json.Json;
import javax.json.JsonObject;
import javax.json.JsonReader;

import org.junit.Test;

import iot.jcypher.domainquery.internal.JSONConverter;
import iot.jcypher.domainquery.internal.JSONConverterAccess;
import iot.jcypher.domainquery.internal.RecordedQuery;
import iot.jcypher.domainquery.internal.RecordedQuery.Literal;
import iot.jcypher.domainquery.internal.RecordedQuery.Statement;
import test.AbstractTestSuite;
import util.TestDataReader;

public class ConversionUtilTest extends AbstractTestSuite {

	@Test
	public void testConversion_01() {
		String input;
		Statement statement;
		TestDataReader tdr = new TestDataReader("/test/querypersist/Test_CONVERSION_01.txt");

		/******************************************/
		input = tdr.getTestData("CONVERSION_01");
		statement = convert(input);
		assertEquals(Literal.class, statement.getClass());
		assertEquals(2, ((Literal)statement).getRawValue());

		/******************************************/
		input = tdr.getTestData("CONVERSION_02");
		statement = convert(input);
		List<String> stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
		stringList.add("String nr. 1");
		stringList.add("String nr. 2");
		assertEquals(Literal.class, statement.getClass());
		assertArrayEquals(stringList.toArray(), ((List<?>)((Literal)statement).getRawValue()).toArray());

		/******************************************/
		input = tdr.getTestData("CONVERSION_03");
		statement = convert(input);
		List<Object> primList = new ArrayList<>();
		primList.add("PrimHolder");
		primList.add((int)2);
		primList.add((short)3);
		primList.add((long)4);
		primList.add((float)1.25);
		primList.add((double)7.765E8);
		primList.add(true);
		assertEquals(Literal.class, statement.getClass());
		assertArrayEquals(primList.toArray(), ((List<?>)((Literal)statement).getRawValue()).toArray());
		//assertArrayEquals(primList, (List<?>)((Literal)statement).getRawValue());

		/******************************************/
		input = tdr.getTestData("CONVERSION_04");
		statement = convert(input);
		Object[] primArray = new Object[]{
				"PrimHolder",
				(int)2,
				(short)3,
				(long)4,
				(float)1.25,
				(double)7.765E8,
				true
			};
		assertEquals(Literal.class, statement.getClass());
		assertArrayEquals(primArray, (Object[])((Literal)statement).getRawValue());

		/******************************************/
		input = tdr.getTestData("CONVERSION_05");
		statement = convert(input);
		int[] intArray = new int[]{
				2,
				3,
				4
			};
		assertEquals(Literal.class, statement.getClass());
		assertArrayEquals(intArray, (int[])((Literal)statement).getRawValue());

		return;
	}

	private Statement convert(String input) {
		RecordedQuery rq = new RecordedQuery(false);
		StringReader sr = new StringReader(input);
		JsonReader reader = Json.createReader(sr);
		JsonObject jsonResult = reader.readObject();
		JSONConverter jc = new JSONConverter();
		List<Statement> statements = new ArrayList<Statement>();
		JSONConverterAccess.readStatement(jc, jsonResult, statements, rq);
		return statements.get(0);
	}
}

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HomeReviewsAlbum ReviewsPaul Bond "Sunset Blues"
Paul Bond "Sunset Blues"
Concerto Records, 2021
December 21, 2021 Jonathan Smith Album Reviews, Reviews 0
Debut solo outing full of warm sound and natural charm.
Paul Bond is an artist who has been around for a while, working on his musical chops as a session pianist with many acts on the Dutch music scene, notably Van Wyck. He formed his own band, Dandelion, in 2014, and they have released two full albums, 'Everest' (2016) and 'Laika, Belka, Strelka' (2019).
Now comes 'Sunset Blues', his debut solo collection, a 7 track mini album that showcases songs in classic singer-songwriter mode, with a distinctive Americana feel. This is work that carry echoes of Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, and perhaps most of all, the late, much-missed, Neal Casal.
Opening with the catchy title track, reviewed elsewhere in Americana UK by Jonathan Aird, it sets the scene, both musically and lyrically. Bond notes that much of this record was influenced by him adjusting to the prospect of becoming a new father, and it begins with the words "It was near the snow-peaked mountains, only yesterday, when you told me that our lives would change". The music is souffle-light; with gorgeous, rippling acoustic guitars, and the lightest of bass and percussion, it's possible to sense the sun-dappled light through the trees on a mountain slope. A really lovely introduction to the record.
Bond has been working Ed Brooks, a mastering engineer who has also worked with the likes of the Fleet Foxes, and this seems a really worthwhile partnership, as the record has a warmth, lightness and space that compliments the songs beautifully. There is much of the natural world in Bond's lyrics, and this is captured in the audio of the record – the picked acoustic and subtle harmonica touches in 'Season of the Acorn', the dancing piano lines in 'Same Song, Different Groove' and 'Sweet Marie'.
'The Young and the Cheap' brings a touch of New Orleans-swagger to the music, and an unusual and plaintive call for good up-and-coming bands to get their just financial rewards. Thankfully, it is wrapped in an entertaining story rather than a soap-box rant, with some choice, wry lines – "The owners left hand praised them, while his other hand jeered at their guts to ask for a beer".
Final track 'Goodbye My Love' closes on a delicate note, with a delightful rhythm, and the most yearning of melodies and orchestration, bringing the collection to a richly satisfying conclusion.
'Sunset Blues' is like a walk in nature, cloaked alternately in springtime and autumnal tones; Bond's writing and voice contain the deftest of touches, making it a truly inviting prospect to join him on his journeys.
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Case Update: A Case of Mistaken Intention
At the outset of any transaction, it's important that all of the parties involved have a common purpose i.e. the outcome of their transaction should be agreed. The recent case of FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v GLAS Trust Corp Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1361 offers guidance for parties who find themselves subject to an agreement which doesn't reflect their intentions.
Knowing the outcome is normally the first step to any legal transaction and will often form the basis of a legally binding agreement drafted around this common purpose. While the terms of an agreement might be heavily negotiated, the underlying purpose will usually remain the same. For example, in a sale transaction where Party A sells a product to Party B, the sale terms may be negotiated but the end-result of Party A selling a product to Party B remains the same.
The case of FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v GLAS Trust Corp Ltd has recently been heard in the Court of Appeal offering guidance for parties who find themselves subject to an agreement which doesn't reflect their intentions. This is known as 'common mistake'. The remedy for common mistake is rectification and this remedy allows the Court to amend the agreement to the extent to which it does not reflect what was originally intended by the parties. The party seeking this remedy from the Court must show that:
The parties had a common intention, whether or not it amounts to a complete prior agreement;
The common intention continued at the time when the parties entered into the contract;
There was some outward (express or implied) manifestation of accord between the parties; and
Due to a mistake, the document did not reflect the common intention of the parties.
As part of a wider transaction, FSHC Group Holdings Ltd (FSHC) had agreed to provide security over a shareholder loan. Following completion, lawyers reviewing the documents could not find any document containing terms granting the security. The parties attempted to resolve the omission by FSHC acceding to two existing security agreements. This did provide the missing security, however, also placed FSHC subject to additional onerous obligations. FSHC sought rectification of the two additional security documents which went beyond what the parties had understood they were entering into.
The Courts will consider what the parties' intentions were at the time of entering into the agreement, for which they are seeking rectification. Whether the Court should apply an objective or subjective test in deciding intention has been contested in previous cases. However, the Court of Appeal in this case held that different principles would apply depending on the reason for the rectification.
The Court stated that where the parties had a binding agreement to execute a document which they understood to contain certain terms, but the final agreement actually contained different terms, then the basis for rectification is the need to respect the parties' original agreement. The Court held that this original agreement should be determined objectively following the general principles of contractual interpretation and granted rectification of the two documents.
If you require help and advice regarding a commercial agreement, then please contact BHW's commercial team on 0116 289 7000 or email info@bhwsolicitors.com.
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Tags: Commercial Agreements, Company Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Arbitration


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Demonstrate a broad knowledge and understanding of statistical theory and practice as applicable in the health sciences.
Take a leadership role in the design and implementation of a health science project.
Assume responsibility for the design and implementation of analyses for health science investigations.
Assist with the design and implementation of data management systems for large health science studies.
Prepare reports and publications resulting from health science studies.
Serve as an advocate for good statistical design in health science investigations.
The application process for the M.S. in Biostatistics is an online process. Detailed instructions on how to apply are posted on the Department of Biostatistics website.
A bachelor's degree in statistics, biostatistics, mathematics or applied mathematics from a regionally accredited institution documented by submission of an official transcript indicating the degree has been conferred before entering the program. Official transcripts from institutions attended post-baccalaureate are also required.
Research experience (beyond labs associated with lecture courses) is recommended, but not required.
The M.S. in Biostatistics degree program consists of 36 credit hours including collaborative research experience, annual evaluations, and the successful completion of the master's general examination. The course plan consists of 27 credit hours from required biostatistics core courses which includes 3 credit hours of Collaborative Research Experience. This requirement ensures the completion of a research component through collaborative effort within or external to the department. Students also complete 9 credit hours of elective coursework.
Degree requirements are normally completed within 2 years of admission to the program although a maximum of 7 years is allowed.
Completion of a minimum of 36 credit hours.
Enrollment in a minimum of one credit hour the semester the student will graduate.
Successful completion of a general examination the semester the student will graduate. The general examination is given upon completion of the following courses: BIOS 820, BIOS 830, BIOS 835, BIOS 840, BIOS 871 and BIOS 872. The examination has three purposes: to assess the student's strengths and weaknesses; to determine whether the student should be awarded the M.S. degree; and, if it is a degree goal, to determine whether the student is prepared to continue into the Ph.D. program.
Successful completion of a minimum of 9 credit hours of elective coursework. Specific courses are determined in consultation with the student's advisor.
Successful completion of a minimum of 3 credit hours (maximum of 6) of elective coursework from courses offered by the department.
Successful completion of a minimum of 3 credit hours (maximum of 6) of elective coursework from courses offered outside the department.
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After six years of Barack Obama and his Democrat allies in Congress pledging to "fix" every sector of the economy with one-size-fits-all Washington "solutions" (and failing miserably), you will never guess what some Republicans in Washington are planning to do in January when they get complete control of Capitol Hill. If you guessed that they're planning to join the White House legislate a government takeover of another sector of our economy, you would be right.
After the attempts to "fix" health care and our financial system through big government overhauls, some are looking to rush into "patent reform" that would overhaul the entire system of patents, which is a critical part of our constitutional protection of property rights. There has been a great deal of speculation in the media and among pundits that Republicans may move quickly on this issue to demonstrate that they are willing to work with the president on an issue.
America's position as a superpower on the global stage is tenuous, we continue to sputter through a recovery, our foreign policy is in shambles, the promise of Obama's executive amnesty is looming, the VA is rebuilding, the IRS has continued to roam without accountability, and the EPA is devising new ways to crush American business and jobs. That patent "reform" is anywhere near a list of priorities for the new Republican majority is mind-boggling.
The push for patent reform has been loudest from a few powerful companies – like Google – who would benefit from a weakening of our patent system. If you haven't been paying attention, Google has probably been President Obama's staunchest ally in corporate America and there has essentially been a revolving door in this administration of Google executives taking high profile tech positions. Patent reform is another example of crony capitalism.
Ronald Reagan said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Why then are Republicans so eager to ally themselves with Barack Obama to pass a bill that is the worst example of crony capitalism they claim to oppose?
The most vocal supporters of "patent reform" on the Republican side cling to tort reform as the reason for their support. Really? You're going to sell this to conservatives as tort reform when patent litigation has decreased over the last year and overall litigation has remained low and steady at two percent for the last two decades? The protection of property rights is one of the most fundamental conservative principles and we cannot surrender them to deal with a supposed litigation crisis that does not exist.
Rather than address specific, valid concerns about patent troll abuse, Republicans in Washington are linking arms with liberals to weaken American innovation and dismantle a patent system designed by the founders that has been an engine for economic growth in this country. Current proposals by "reform" advocates do not distinguish between so-called trolls and legitimate patents and this is a huge mistake. Just like the other big government overhauls we have embarked on in recent years, this would target the whole incentive structure for innovation – with unintended consequences – rather than address specific areas needing reform. Weakening property rights to pursue a pyrrhic victory is in no way conservative.
Intellectual property theft is rampant in China, yet Republicans are supporting a plan that would emulate their patent protection models. Our patent system and our protection of Intellectual Property is what sets America apart. We should be protecting our inventors from theft and ensuring American innovation is on the cutting edge, not undermining property rights. The fact remains that strong patents are essential to encouraging investment and innovation. American has led the worldwide innovation revolution. To surrender our advantage to the Chinese makes absolutely no sense.
Does the phrase "first, do no harm" ring a bell? That should be the motto for conservatives going forward. In the next congress, Republicans should promote an agenda focused on economic growth, job creation, and American innovation. "Patent reform" does not fit that mold.
Congressional Republicans should not be an accomplice to the unwise and destructive goals the current proposals represent. "Patent reform" in its present form is not conservative. It represents everything conservatives despise, namely big government and crony capitalism. Republicans should oppose all efforts to violate the fundamental property rights our founders envisioned.


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News - John Kerry Reveals Biden's Devotion To Radical 'Great ...
By Justin Haskins, Viewpoint Contributor 12/03/20 11:30 AM EST The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill.
Post-COVID-19 pandemic initiative by the World Economic Online Forum The Great Reset is the name of the 50th yearly meeting of the World Economic Online Forum (WEF), kept in June 2020. It combined prominent company and political leaders, convened by the Prince of Wales and the WEF, with the style of restoring society and the economy in what is declared to be a more sustainable method following the COVID-19 pandemic. Klaus Schwab, who founded the WEF in 1971 and is currently its CEO, described 3 core components of the Great Reset. The very first involves creating conditions for a "stakeholder economy"; the 2nd part consists of structure in a more "resistant, equitable, and sustainable" waybased on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics which would include more green public facilities projects.
In her keynote speech opening the dialogues, International Monetary Fund director Kristalina Georgieva, listed three essential aspects of the sustainable reactiongreen growth, smarter growth, and fairer growth. A speech by Prince Charles at the launch event for The Terrific Reset, noted key areas for actionsimilar to those listed in his Sustainable Markets Initiative, introduced in January 2020. These included the re-invigoration of science, technology and development, a move towards internet zero shifts globally, the introduction of carbon rates, re-inventing longstanding reward structures, rebalancing financial investments to include more green investments, and encouraging green public facilities jobs. In June 2020, the style of the January 2021 51st World Economic Online Forum Yearly Fulfilling was revealed as "The Great Reset", linking both in-person and online worldwide leaders in Davos with a multi-stakeholder network in 400 cities around the globe.
According to, the BBC,, and Radio Canada, "unwarranted" conspiracy theories spread by American far-right groups connected to QAnon, resurged at the beginning of the Great Reset online forum and increased in fervor as leaders such as the newly chosen U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister incorporated concepts based upon a "reset" in their speeches. By mid-April 2020, against the background of COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus economic downturn, the 2020 stock market crash, the 2020 Russia, Saudi Arabia oil price war and the resulting "collapse in oil costs", the former Guv of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, described possible basic modifications in a post in.


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Metapopulation Structure of CRISPR-Cas Immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Its Viruses
Whitney E. England, Ted Kim, Rachel J. Whitaker
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Viruses that infect the widespread opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been shown to influence physiology and critical clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. To understand how CRISPR-Cas immune interactions may contribute to the distribution and coevolution of P. aeruginosa and its viruses, we reconstructed CRISPR arrays from a highly sampled longitudinal data set from CF patients attending the Copenhagen Cystic Fibrosis Clinic in Copenhagen, Denmark (R. L. Marvig, L. M. Sommer, S. Molin, and H. K. Johansen, Nat Genet 47:57–64, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3148). We show that new spacers are not added to or deleted from CRISPR arrays over time within a single patient but do vary among patients in this data set. We compared assembled CRISPR arrays from this data set to CRISPR arrays extracted from 726 additional publicly available P. aeruginosa sequences to show that local diversity in this population encompasses global diversity and that there is no evidence for population structure associated with location or environment sampled. We compare over 3,000 spacers from our global data set to 98 lytic and temperate viruses and proviruses and find a subset of related temperate virus clusters frequently targeted by CRISPR spacers. Highly targeted viruses are matched by different spacers in different arrays, resulting in a pattern of distributed immunity within the global population. Understanding the multiple immune contexts that P. aeruginosa viruses face can be applied to study of P. aeruginosa gene transfer, the spread of epidemic strains in cystic fibrosis patients, and viral control of P. aeruginosa infection. IMPORTANCE Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a widespread opportunistic pathogen and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis patients. Microbe-virus interactions play a critical role in shaping microbial populations, as viral infections can kill microbial populations or contribute to gene flow among microbes. Investigating how P. aeruginosa uses its CRISPR immune system to evade viral infection aids our understanding of how this organism spreads and evolves alongside its viruses in humans and the environment. Here, we identify patterns of CRISPR targeting and immunity that indicate P. aeruginosa and its viruses evolve in both a broad global population and in isolated human "islands." These data set the stage for exploring metapopulation dynamics occurring within and between isolated "island" populations associated with CF patients, an essential step to inform future work predicting the specificity and efficacy of virus therapy and the spread of invasive viral elements and pathogenic epidemic bacterial strains.
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England, W. E., Kim, T., & Whitaker, R. J. (2018). Metapopulation Structure of CRISPR-Cas Immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Its Viruses. mSystems, 3(5), [e00075-18]. https://doi.org/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00075-18
Metapopulation Structure of CRISPR-Cas Immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Its Viruses. / England, Whitney E.; Kim, Ted; Whitaker, Rachel J.
In: mSystems, Vol. 3, No. 5, e00075-18, 10.2018.
England, WE, Kim, T & Whitaker, RJ 2018, 'Metapopulation Structure of CRISPR-Cas Immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Its Viruses', mSystems, vol. 3, no. 5, e00075-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00075-18
England WE, Kim T, Whitaker RJ. Metapopulation Structure of CRISPR-Cas Immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Its Viruses. mSystems. 2018 Oct;3(5). e00075-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00075-18
England, Whitney E. ; Kim, Ted ; Whitaker, Rachel J. / Metapopulation Structure of CRISPR-Cas Immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Its Viruses. In: mSystems. 2018 ; Vol. 3, No. 5.
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Manchester Twp. chemical spill prompts hazmat response
A photographic developing solution leaked into a stream that runs near Manchester Twp.'s industrial park, officials said.
Manchester Twp. chemical spill prompts hazmat response A photographic developing solution leaked into a stream that runs near Manchester Twp.'s industrial park, officials said. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2019/03/19/manchester-twp-chemical-spill-prompts-hazmat-response/3214898002/
Liz Evans Scolforo, York Dispatch Published 5:00 p.m. ET March 19, 2019 | Updated 3:43 p.m. ET March 20, 2019
Area near Manchester Twp.'s industrial park where county officials say a chemical leaked from large drugs and made its way into a tributary that leads to Codorus Creek. (Photo: Courtesy of Google.com)
A chemical spill near Manchester Township's industrial park ended up in a stream that leads to the Codorus Creek, county officials said.
Crews were dispatched to the intersection of Church Road and Interchange Place about 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, after a woman walking her dog noticed a red film in the stream, officials said.
A York Area United Fire and Rescue crew responded, contained the spill and summoned the York County Hazardous Materials Team and the state Department of Environmental Protection, according to YAUFR Chief Dan Hoff.
Dan Santoemma, the county's hazmat planner, said the dog-walker called 911 immediately after noticing a red film on the water.
The deputy chief of the county's hazmat team checked the water's pH level and found it to be normal, he said.
"Then (crew members) spread out and tried to find out where the chemical was coming from," Santoemma said. "We were out there for several hours trying to locate the spill."
The search ended when they found two large drums — each capable of holding between 275 and 300 gallons of liquid — on the property of Mistras Asset Protection Solution, he said. That business is located at 2 Interchange Place.
"We have no way to tell how much (liquid) was in them," he said, but he guessed the drums were possibly half full.
Photographic solution: Santoemma said he was told the liquid is something called D-128 and is a photography developing solution that's not hazardous.
"DEP did notice some dead fish in the water, but it was in one isolated location," he said, adding that a DEP crew took water samples.
DEP also is investigating what caused one or both of the drums to leak, he said.
Santoemma said that because the chemical is water-soluble, it doesn't float atop water and therefore there was no way for the hazmat team to contain it.
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"By the time we found the source, it was moving pretty quickly through the stream and got diluted pretty quickly," he said.
It's unclear whether the chemical made it to the Codorus Creek in any significant concentration. Santoemma referred that question to DEP. He said DEP would be in charge of any cleanup efforts.
Ongoing investigation: DEP spokesman John Repetz said the agency continues to investigate the spill.
He said early information indicates an "uncertain amount of an acetic acid solution used as a film developer was spilled at the scene."
He said DEP emergency personnel spotted about 25 dead fish in the tributary.
By the time DEP got to the scene, the spill was no longer active, according to Repetz.
— Reach Liz Evans Scolforo at levans@yorkdispatch.com or on Twitter at @LizScolforoYD.
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Series: Cities of the Imagination (No. 3)
Mexico City is a place of superlatives. The oldest city in the Americas, it is now the world's largest urban area. Formerly the centre of the Aztec and Spanish empires, this vast modern metropolis is home to over fifteen million people, mirroring Mexico's mixed cultural identity. Rapid growth and industrial expansion have created dramatic environmental problems, turning Mexico City into what has been called the first 'post-apocalypse' city. Polluted and congested, it is slowly sinking into the lake on which the Spanish founded their symbol of conquest. Nick Caistor explores this city of extremes, revealing its turbulent past and chaotic present through its urban landscape. Looking at Aztec ruins, baroque monuments and modernistic complexes, he traces the history of a volatile and vibrant city, where conquest, revolution and natural disaster have left their marks. THE CITY OF ARTISTS, WRITERS AND REVOLUTIONARIES: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes, Zapata, Villa and Trotsky. THE CITY OF INDIGENOUS MEXICO: the living legacy of the Aztecs' Tenochtitlan; museums, festivals and markets; modern indigenous culture. THE CITY OF MODERNITY: skyscrapers, highways and flyovers; the stock exchange and industrial sprawl; where the Third World meets the First.
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Publication date: Nov. 1, 1999


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Visit the award-winning Workshops Rail Museum.
Browse Ipswich Antique Centre & Cafe located in a heritage-listed 1895 building.
Climb Denmark Hill, inner city bushland reserve for panoramic views over the city.
Sample some beers at Pumpyard Bar & Brewery.
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Wander around the CBD taking in landmark heritage buildings, funky café scene and grand old pubs.
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What You Should Know Before Buying a Mountain House to Rent on Airbnb
These secrets will ensure your rental's always booked.
By Candace Braun Davison
Skylar Christensen
It's a dream most of us have at some point: What if I bought a place in a buzzy, tourist-driven destination, and listed it as a vacation rental? It could be a nice side hustle to earn extra cash—after all, the average person makes about $924 a month off of listing a home on Airbnb, a June 2017 study found. It's a tempting proposition, but it can also be intimidating. There's the whole issue of figuring out how to buy a house (thankfully, we have a guide for that), and then, determining how to choose a place—and promote it in a way—so that it's booked often enough to cover its bills and line your pocket.
For the latter, we turned to luxury property specialists Natalie Cregger and Scott Maizlish. At Summit Sotheby's International Realty, they focus on home listings in and around Park City, Utah—one of the top ski resorts in the country, according to TurnKey Vacation Rentals' 2018 report—where they focus on listing the most sought-after properties the area has to offer. Using a recent listing of theirs as an example (a Stonebridge Circle property you can check out in depth—or request more info on it, in case you're in the market to buy right this second—here), Natalie revealed what makes a mountain rental that always gets booked.
Prioritize Your Location, Location, Location.
Choosing a home downtown—within a 5-10 minute walk of restaurants and bars—is crucial. "A lot of people who are on vacation are taking Ubers to get around, so anything within walking distance of things to do at night is very desirable," Natalie says.
Think of things you can play up in that area. In Boulder Creek, where the Stonebridge house is listed, for example, a nearby amphitheater hosts weekly music festivals, giving the four-bedroom, three-bathroom greater appeal, beyond drawing in people who love to ski.
Consider One Backyard Investment.
Think about it: People are vacationing at this house, so making the backyard its own destination can go a long way. You may not be able to install a pool that could double as a water park, a la HGTV's Christina Anstead, but maybe you could add a hot tub.
Don't Fall for Any Vacation Rental Cliches When Decorating.
Just like a beach house can easily skew cheesy when it's covered in sand dollars and sea glass, a mountain home can get a little too folksy. These days, people crave homes that feel more contemporary, Natalie says, particularly homes with white walls, wood floors, gray tones, and modern finishes. "People are attracted to clean lines, and fresh, bright interiors," she explains.
Try to add a detail that will make the space memorable—you've got to stand out amid the competition, after all—without going over-the-top. Graphic, black-and-white tile in the kitchen of the Stonebridge house instantly grabs your attention—and makes you envision yourself hanging out there.
Budget for the Off-Season.
November through April tend to be busy months for mountain homes. You may get fewer bookings in the summer, which is why other draws—like the aforementioned music festivals—can be a huge help to maintain a steady rental income.
On that note, marketing your home as the place to spend the holidays (Is the kitchen nice and open, inviting people to cook together? Is the living room spacious enough for people to gather comfortably?), can be another way to command more for your listings during peak season.
Consider These Keywords.
Stating that the home's in meticulous condition, is close to recreational activities, has ski-in and ski-out access (if it truly does), and is "turnkey"—AKA totally renovated and sold fully furnished—are huge draws, if and when you decide to sell, Natalie says. A lot of what works when you're buying and selling are also draws for rental listings, too: specifically name any major landmarks, buildings or trendy restaurants and bars your home is near, as well as any amenities that could help someone imagine having a relaxing getaway at your home.
Even sought-after brands can be part of the appeal: Are those Casper mattresses in the bedrooms? Are you fully stocked for entertaining, down to keeping a slow cooker on hand? Do you have an ice bucket and bottle of champagne waiting for people when they arrive? Those details can make all the difference.
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