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A.P. Merillat
Friends and most of you others who read this forum -- my literary agent, oops, uh, oh, excuse me, ahem, I mean my conscience, convinced me it's time to come clean: I am the one who leaked to the San Jose Tattle Tale the story that Anna Ayala found Jimmy Hoffa's boxers in a Corsicana fruitcake. Yes, I am the one the Tattle Tale reporter labeled CSI -- Confidential Source Incognito -- all the good nicknames were gone -- that's what I got stuck with. Anyway, I am ready to be recognized as a great patriot and American Hero, just like Dennis Rodman, Jose Canseco and I-can-keep-a-secret-Mark Felt. And if you believe that, I've got a real, authentic Alpine ski lodge in Ville Platte, Louisiana I'd like to sell you over the 'net.
I thought a hero was somebody who was willing to risk personal safety, comfort, security, reputation and all things beneficial to one's welfare in order to do what is true, right and honorable. I don't subscribe to the notion that a man is a hero because he took information he was privy to by nature of his job then snuck it over to a newsman, knowing that he was risking absolutely nothing in doing so. In fact, if Bob Woodward had leaked Deep Throat's identity, Mark Felt could have gotten much richer, much earlier than when he became a nine-o-genarian. I wish Mark would have outed himself while he was 89, because I could have used octogenarian, but alas, he waited until he became an age that I have no idea what class he is put into now. But,whatever nine-0s are classified as, I don't call Felt a hero, that's for sure.
I'm glad the truth about Watergate came out in the early 70's, even though I was barely out of puberty and only shaving twice a day back then. But I don't think funneling job-sensitive facts to the only people in the civilized world who are protected by more laws than regular folks, is heroic or proper to say the least. Felt, the Throat, could have done real heroics and taken the information to the people who are supposed to act upon it, then, if nothing happened, as some of you will say would have been the case, he could have resigned his lucrative position, stood on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial and proclaimed the ugly details to the world at large. Now, that would have been somewhat heroic -- not proclaiming details to the large world, the other part, about resigning from a high-paying, cushy government job.
Now I hear Felt's book deal could be worth at least a million. Mark probably won't be able to spend all of that, unless he makes it into centegenarian-hood, but his happy family will probably benefit much from DT's heroics of 30 years ago.
Actually, my hat's more off to Bob Woodward than it is to the Deep guy -- at least Bob kept his secret.
Posts: 751 | Location: Huntsville, Tx | Registered: January 31, 2001 IP
everyone knows it was Forrest Gump who revealed Watergate, not Mr. Felt.
Posts: 145 | Location: Bryan/College Station | Registered: April 23, 2003 IP
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Scott Brumley
I'm much less interested in who "Deep Throat" was (I had always thought it was a term associated with the transitional timeframe during which "stag films" became "adult films"), than in where I can land a "high-paying, cushy government job." Now that we know Mr. Felt's identity, and he has a book deal, will he reveal useful information of that ilk?
As an aside, I'm quite sure the WVBEA is completely uninterested, since the very term "Deep Throat" strongly suggests that Mr. Felt would be unable to yodel.
Posts: 1233 | Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA | Registered: March 15, 2001 IP
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JScroggins
My only problem with this whole Felt is Deep Throat, is he a hero or jerk discussion, is that I don't think he is knowingly revealing anything. It appears that his current mental state is not exactly on a par with having full mental faculties and that his kids and/or grandkids couldn't wait to cash in on this and didn't want to wait until after his death. That's when Felt wanted the information released. He just smiles feebly and waves at the cameras and probably has no idea what is going on. According to credible sources, he has no real memory of anything during the Watergate era. I think it is interesting that his "interview" was with Vanity Fair and not you know some really credible and reliable news magazine like Newsweek.
Posts: 83 | Location: Caldwell,Texas,USA | Registered: June 09, 2003 IP
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Jim Tirey
I believe the term is "nonogenarian."
Posts: 364 | Location: Plainview, Hale County | Registered: January 11, 2005 IP
Ignored post by Jim Tirey posted
Thanks, Jim -- at least I was close, phonetically anyway. Myself, I'm an oh-no genarian -- loosely translated: "Oh no, here comes another birthday."
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Rebecca Gibson
As my 18 year old daughter so succinctly put it, 'what was the big deal about Watergate anyway'. I think it's lost in translation if you didn't live it.
Posts: 319 | Location: Midland, TX | Registered: January 09, 2002 IP
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w.d. willis
I'm in Agreement A.P!
Felt is no more Noteworthy than any other Fed who, through evasion of his conscience and the OATH he swore set a precedent for the media to take the reins of what should have been the Bureau's Show from the beginning.
On the Bright side... Woodward and Bernstein appeared to have profited.
I liked the Latin Reference though!
Here's my 2 Cents worth!
multifariam unus BANJO-us praesto consortio leguleius
Posts: 19 | Location: Livingston, Texas | Registered: January 07, 2005 IP
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BLeonard
The poor guy and his family appear to be up to their eyeballs in debt. If they are trying to cash in now, who can blame them? Stop by the "Watergate section" of your local library sometime. Everyone from R.N. to Larry O'Brien's cat has made a buck off the deal.
Posts: 723 | Location: Fort Worth, TX, USA | Registered: July 30, 2002 IP
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At the danger of risking it all, i.e., another "you are not funny" admonition by John B., I must know what the following phrase means:
I didn't know the word BANJO was of latin origin.
My dad always hypothesized that it could have been Kissenger or Haig. I think that Felt is a hero, or at least a good guy, under the circumstances. His motives at the time may or may not have been heroic, at least according to what I have read, since he was disgruntled over not being selected to head the FBI. I wonder if he would have acted similarly had he been selected to be the Director instead of Gray.
Regardless, I had several history, government and poly sci professors in later years who developed the opinion that that entire phase of history was as close as this country ever came to turning away from democracy and transforming into something else. Their opinions of what could have occurred varied considerably, but the involvement of folks like Felt helped keep the worst from occurring.
So maybe Felt was an unintentional hero, one who did not intend to become a hero but did because of the way the circumstances and history played out.
And yeah, it's his family that wants to cash in on his fame, not him.
Posts: 2578 | Location: The Great State of Texas | Registered: December 26, 2001 IP
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Under the great President James Earle Carter, in the late seventies, Felt was indicted for and convicted of running illegal infiltration and surveillance of domestic political groups (Gee, maybe they needed it....remember the Weather Underground, Black Panthers and the Symbionese Liberation Army?). He left the Bureau in semi-disgrace. In 1981, President Reagan granted him a full pardon, saying that it was certainly just in light of the pardons Carter granted to draft dodgers. His daughter has cared for him for the last 15-20 years as he descended into Alzhiemer's dementia so I say I hope they get all they can. Woodward and Bernstien and Ben Bradlee and the rest have gotten rich as Croesus from the thing. The dadgum reporters sold their papers the other day to UT for a cool 5 million.
P.D. Ray
The expression "as rich as Croesus" comes from the legendary wealth of the king who reigned from 560 to 546 BC over Lydia in western Asia Minor. Gold from the mines and from the sands of the River Pactolus filled his coffers to overflowing. The Lydians in the time of Croesus, it is believed, were the first people to mint coins as money.
The fame of the splendid court of Croesus at Sardis attracted many visitors. One of these, according to a legend, was Solon, the lawgiver of the Greeks. The king proudly displayed his treasures and asked Solon who was the happiest man that he had met. Solon named two or three obscure men who had lived and died happily. Croesus was surprised and angry and said: "Man of Athens, dost thou count my happiness as nothing?" "In truth," replied Solon, "I count no man happy until his death, for no man can know what the gods may have in store for him."
There was indeed great misfortune in store for Croesus. Cyrus the Great of Persia, extending his vast domains, was soon threatening the kingdom of Lydia. Croesus consulted the oracle of Delphi in Greece. The oracle replied: "If Croesus goes to war he will destroy a great empire." So Croesus went out to meet the army of Cyrus and was utterly defeated, he destroyed his own great empire.
The old story goes on to relate that Cyrus ordered Croesus to be burned alive. When Croesus saw the flames creeping upward to consume him, he remembered the words of the wise Solon and cried out, "O Solon! Solon! Solon!" Supposedly Cyrus was so moved by the story of how Solon had warned the proud king that he ordered Croesus to be released. Cyrus asked to Croesus why he shouted Solon's name, and Croesus asked him another question "what your soldiers are doing now?", showing the Persian soldiers taking all the treasures and destroying everything; Cyrus replied "They are plundering your city"; then Croesus said "They are not plundering my city, it's your city now and your soldiers are destroying your city". After that short conversation Cyrus the Great stopped his soldiers.
Posts: 764 | Location: Dallas, Texas | Registered: November 04, 2003 IP
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<notalawyer>
Maybe I'm too cynical - and that's saying something considering most of the post on this board, but I'm not sure I believe it. Some nano..nono...nine-o...old guy, comes forth waving his hands saying "I'm deep throat" and we believe him? Where do we go from here?
Ring, ring
"Hello, FBI"
"Yes, FBI, I would like you to know that I'm Jesus"
"Okay sir. How old are you?"
"In this life I am just short of 100, but over all I am 2005."
"My, that's old. How is your health?"
"I have Alzheimer's, but it's not that bad really, at least I get to keep meeting new people."
"Sir, I am afraid I need someone to back up you're Jesus claim, because frankly it's kind of hard to believe."
"I got Woodward and Bernstein."
"Well, now that's a different story. I'll get the president."
And what high school marching band veteran from the past 30 - 35 years doesn't remember "Cyrus the Great" -- that great, lively tune played at parades, football games and pep rallies for years? Croesus the Rich would probably have made a good number, but it's much harder to spell, for me anyway.
And Bill, thanks for that Latin banjo phrase. It really encouraged me after a long day of fighting crime, corruption and/or evil. I'm nearly finished with a poem that borrows from your kind words, but I'm having a little trouble with my meter.
That same King Cyrus of Persia was a busy fellow. He actually freed the children of Israel from their Babylonian overlords. Cyrus has long been held in esteem by observant Jews and at least one wacked-out wanna-be preacher in Waco: David Koresh. "Koresh" is the ancient pronunciation of Cyrus.
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And later he went on to record such hits as achy, breaky, heart after dropping the "king" and opting for the first name Billy Ray instead.
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Nigel K (ru) wrote: I'm on my own here but I really rate this film, I love the story. Oh well, it's good to be in a minority!
Lavander B (it) wrote: I didn't know this movie was released in 2007, when I watched it I thought 1995-1999. It has that Empire State Records charm I guess. It's pretty adorable.
Sharon A (mx) wrote: Good film, have to admire Mrs Crawley,otherwise known as Becky Sharp. It is just a pity that sometimes those choices did not lead to the happiness she may have wanted.
Zurino O (au) wrote: uplifting. a little over done by swayze in parts, but quite good.
Matthew P (gb) wrote: maybe shocking for 1878 but slow and plodding.
Grami Tami N (ca) wrote: A few true-to-life chuckles... and Channing Tatum.
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One Billion Rising: An End to Violence Against Women
On Feb. 14 women across the globe are taking to the streets in a celebration of dance, calling for an end to violence against women
By Sorcha Pollak Feb. 14, 2013
SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images
Participants dance during Ahmedabad Rising in support of the nation wide 'One Billion Rising India Campaign' in Ahmedabad on February 14, 2013.
V-Day A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls V-Day
One Billion Rising and boldy going were no woman has gone before The New Statesman
One out of three women on the planet will be beaten or raped in their lifetime—that's over a billion women who will experience some type of gender-based violence, according to the United Nations. On Feb. 14, Valentine's Day, people in 205 countries across the globe took to the streets dancing in an attempt to increase awareness of the realities faced by women and girls as part of the One Billion Rising project.
One Billion Rising stems from the work of an organization called V-day that was founded in 1998 by Eve Ensler, author of the award-winning play The Vagina Monologues. Every Valentine's Day since, Ensler's group has allowed theater groups around the world to hold a production of the Monologues, while encouraging people to hold events promoting equal rights for women.
(MORE: Senate Approves Act to Limit Violence Against Women)
This year is the 15th anniversary of the V-day group, and the celebration has developed a far greater following than any other event. "Nothing we have ever done has spread so fast and happened so easily," Ensler told the Guardian. 2012 was a particularly dark year for violence against women, with the shooting of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan, the gang rape and death of Jyoti Singh in India, and the gang rape of a high schooler in Steubenville, Ohio. "All these stories have built the outrage and ignited a fire burning through the world," said Ensler.
She believes that this year's project could be the beginning of a real, lasting change for women. "In the last year, we've finally seen stories about violence against women breaking through in big ways, such as in India," Ensler explained to the Huffington Post. "One Billion Rising in fanning the fire and allowing that energy to continue so that real legislation and real laws, real action is beginning to happen."
(MORE: India's new Rape Laws Draw Flak from Rights Groups)
Violence against women is a universal problem and can take many forms – physical, sexual, psychological and economic. According to World Bank data, women aged 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and Malaria. These statistics apply to western countries as well as nations in the developing world. In the U.S., one-third of women murdered each year are killed by intimate partners, while in Canada a study of teenagers aged 15 to 19 found that 54% of girls had experienced "sexual coercion" in a dating relationship. In the Democratic Republic of Congo an average of 36 women and girls are raped every day; in Guatemala, two women are murdered each day.
Follow the One Billion Rising on Feb.14 in the Guardian's live coverage of events taking place across the globe.

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If I were writing a sitcom in Iran, or Afghanistan, I think I would make a cartoon loosely based on the "Family Guy". But for a subtle twist I would call it "Daddy Jihadi".
It would be a gut bustingly hilarious cartoon about the daily life of a well manored, yet bumbling and ultimately unsuccessful fundamentalist terrorist.
Needless to say, his home life would be just as disappointing as his day at work. His wife would be a terrible woman, who went outdoors of her own volition, read science books and had girl friends over and complained about her husband.
He would probably have a pet goat that, unbeknownst to him, was a secret agent for Mosad and is vey sucessful at espionage and such like. Of course it goes without saying that the goat is also unaware that his master is the enemy who's plots are what he subverts every day.
And naturally each episode ends with Daddy Jihadi taking out his frustrations on the goat (in a method left to the imagination of the viewer , but it should result in much bleeting).
The goat probably would have some punchline about why his masters unfair behaviour legitimises his political views.
Anyway, that's the jist of "Daddy Jihadi ". Look out for it on Fox Sundays.


Socially Minded Participants in the 2015 Social Ventures Challenge attend an information session at Nita Lake Lodge.
Cheeying Ho admits the budding entrepreneurs who took part in the Whistler Centre for Sustainability's inaugural business mentorship program, the Social Ventures Challenge (SVC), surprised her.
"What was interesting last year was that we thought the applicants would be more business focused... but we found that all the applicants had a very strong social and/or environmental vision," said Ho, the centre's executive director.
That vision closely aligns with the ultimate goal of the challenge: to foster and grow new businesses or non-profits in Whistler, Pemberton, Squamish and Lillooet that offer a benefit to their communities. The three-month program provides coaching and mentorship to entrepreneurs hoping to bring their business idea from the conceptual to the pitch stage, and culminates in a Dragons' Den-style pitch session on June 29, with the winner taking home $5,000 and financial strategy advice courtesy of Squamish Savings.
Last year, eight applicants took part in the program, and, whether they took home the cash prize or not, each participant took something away that helped bring their business concept to the next level.
"(The SVC) allowed me to trim through all the fat," said 2015 participant Zac McHugh, who's Men's Resource Centre and Activity Centre in Squamish was conceived as a place for men to access much-needed resources to support their emotional, physical and mental growth. "They teach you how to refine your idea and make it work. They gave me some direction. I don't know I'd be where I am without (the program), but I was grateful because it gave me a little bit more direction and a little bit more momentum."
Successful applicants are given a business mentor to guide them though the developmental stages, and meet with guest speakers who offer advice on everything from marketing to honing a pitch. The program is also envisioned as a way to strengthen business ties across the Sea to Sky.
The Centre for Sustainability will kick off this year's course with an event on March 18 at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre called "Doing Good Through Business." Featuring guest speakers and socially-minded entrepreneurs such as Dion Whyte from Persephone Brewery, Bobby Lax from the Tofino Ucluelet Culinary Guild and Laura Barreca from junk removal service CleanStart, which employs marginalized individuals in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the event will offer "inspiration and (the knowledge) that you can run a successful business and still give back to the community," Ho said.
The event is open to all, not just those considering applying to the SVC. Tickets are $50 and include a full day of activities and meals prepared by the SLCC. They're available at www.eventbrite.ca.
Applications to the 2016 Social Ventures Challenge are open until March 31. More details can be found at www.whistlercentre.ca/social-venture-challenge-2016.


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Betsey Downing – Awakening Wisdom
About Betsey
Spiritual & Personal Growth
Democracy, Economy & Politics
CLIMATE DESTABILIZATION & ENVIRONMENT:
Listen to Betsey's Yoga & Climate Talk, February 2015.
For inspiration: We Were Made For These Times by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
COUNTDOWN CLOCK for our CARBON BUDGET with buttons for 1.5 C and 2.0 C
Grief and Gratitude quote by Frances Weller
INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE FOR OUR CLIMATE:
ALIGN OUR BEHAVIOR WITH OUR VALUES
"If we don't change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed".
See link below to download these first several pages as a pdf.
1. Advocate for our climate:
End Climate Silence! Advocate for Climate with family and friends. Speak up!
See resources below to get up-to-date scientific facts
2. Educate yourself about climate science:
Mainstream/corporate media does not report on the urgency of climate change. 90% of corporate media is owned by 6 corporations who get huge advertising dollars from car companies and fossil fuel industries that prefer the status quo.
Check out independent media for another perspective: Democracy Now, CounterPunch, Nation of Change, Reader Supported Network, The Young Turks, The Guardian, Real News. Google for more information and links.
Become more knowledgeable of scientific facts; subscribe to one or more of these and receive regular updates about climate:
joboneforhumanity.org – can also sign a Declaration of Global Climate Emergency to express your sense of urgency
ecowatch.com – excellent source of the info about climate change and it's effects
thinkprogress.org – excellent source of info about climate and related issues
http://www.commondreams.org/ – excellent source of info about climate and related issues
climaterealityproject.com – great information on this website and opportunities to get training to become a volunteer climate presenter
greenworldrising.org – has 4 short excellent succinct videos on climate
climatenewsnetwork.net – latest climate science
unionofconcernedscientists.com – promotes the role of science
http://thesolutionsproject.org/ – Dr. Mark Jacobson's website with detailed plans to get us to 100% renewable energy
3. Get educated about the big issues facing our country:
Loss of our democracy, income inequality, corporate biases in mainstream media, social justice, racial justice, the economy, the "military-industrial complex", etc. All issues are connected, and all affect climate.
Read the Powell Doctrine: "A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy"
4. Deepen your commitment to decrease your carbon footprint:
Sign up for clean energy with Arcadia: this is done through your current energy company, but the energy comes from wind.
Divest from fossil fuel company holdings: http://www.greenamerica.org/fossilfree/
Gradually make environmentally sustainable choices: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle!
The U.S. uses the equivalent of 5 earths each year, so we all have room to improve! We can simplify and de-clutter our lives and in the process lower our footprint.
Compute how many earths you use each year with this Ecological Footprint Calculator. It's informative and easy to start with the "low-hanging fruit", whatever is easiest to change.
Decrease your use of plastic bags as much as possible. Stop using single-use plastic bottles!
Worldwide, a trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, nearly 2 million each minute. The amount of energy required to make 12 plastic shopping bags could drive a car for a mile.
Buy less! Ask yourself if you really need it. Get off junk mail lists. Simplify your life!
Consider how the product was made and where. Support local businesses. Buy local: it saves the carbon costs of shipping.
See greenamerica.org for info on how products are made.
5. Practice Self-Care to optimize your energy and health: take care of your most valuable resource: YOU!
Do everything you can to maintain your energy, enthusiasm, and joy of living by celebrating what you love and developing your open compassionate heart:
Yoga; social support; physical, mental, & emotional health; make healthy non-pesticide local food choices, etc. Continue your spiritual practices.
Consider learning to meditate; meditation changes your brain in significant ways:
Research shows it increases the frontal cortex functioning by 10%, the part of brain used to make wise choices.
Meditation teaches you how your mind operates.
Meditation encourages greater spaciousness and less judgment, while at the same time increasing your ability for discernment.
Meditation gradually transforms you from knowing yourself as a physical being having a spiritual experience to knowing yourself as a spiritual being having a physical experience!
COLLECTIVE ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE FOR OUR CLIMATE:
JOIN WITH ONGOING GROUPS TO INCREASE OUR STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
1. Support the return of our democracy; nothing will work correctly as long as the richest 1% controls over 99% of the global wealth and makes choices for all of us.
Because of the Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, unlimited money can now be given to political candidates, ads, etc. with no transparency or accountability.
Read Democracy in Chains: The Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Duke Historian, Nancy MacLean. If we don't know the extent of the Radical Right take-over, it will be difficult to know how to respond fully. Check here for an excellent book review.
"This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains. . . . If you're worried about what all this means for America's future, you should be" – NPR
"[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right . . ." – The Atlantic
Check out Movetoamend.org for more info to get Citizens United overturned.
Big corporations, such as the Koch Brothers and ExxonMobil, are a driving force behind climate denial; they lobby Congress with millions of dollars.
The Koch Brothers have spent over $80 million to discredit climate science. They fund dozens of "think tanks" that put out misinformation.
Book and documentary: "Oreskes and Conway tell an important story about the misuse of science to mislead the public on matters ranging from the risks of smoking to the reality of global warming. Watch Merchants of Doubt.
ExxonMobil makes $100 million profit every day!
2. Join an organization fighting for what you believe in and participate with your time, energy, and/or money.
http://www.eco-usa.net/orgs/nc.shtml List of North Carolina Environmental Groups
http://frackfreenc.org/home/ Info on Frack Free NC
http://eco-institute.org/ Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain, Chapel Hill, NC
http://www.ncwarn.org/ NC Warn; focuses on climate & energy justice
350.org Keep It In The Ground movement; Bill McKibben founder
Mobilization.org Switch to renewables ASAP; Pledge to Mobilize, to note urgency
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/ Activist group
http://www.citizensclimatelobby.org/ Citizens Climate Lobby
https://nextgenamerica.org/ Next Gen Climate America
http://www.sierraclub.org/ Sierra Club
http://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/ A religious response to global warming
3. Support a fee and dividend (not or tax) on carbon so polluters pay the full costs of doing business, rather than leaving it to the public to pay for their pollution clean up. The carbon dividend puts money directly into people's pockets every month to spend as they see fit, helping low and middle income Americans. For more information see Citizens Climate Lobby.
4. Support alternative energy sources such as solar and wind.
A Stanford University study shows wind, solar, water can supply 100% of the world's energy needs by 2050.
The amount of sunlight striking the earth's surface every hour has enough energy to power the world for an entire year!! And so why is it that we are still using the old and dirty technology of fossil fuels?
Renewables are growing exponentially and have reached cost parity with fossil fuels.
Download above suggestions as a pdf
RESOURCES: BOOKS, VIDEOS, WEBSITES, & ARTICLES
Post Carbon Institute:
"Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute's mission is to lead the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world." Excellent articles on all related topics!
"We envision a world of resilient communities and re-localized economies that thrive within ecological bounds".
Resilience.org website:
Features numerous articles written by experts in their fields, see Richard Heinberg's website for his excellent books, including The End of Growth; The Party's Over
Includes a 4-hour Resilience Training Course to better prepare ourselves for this time of political, environmental, and economic upheaval
Peak Prosperity website and Accelerated Crash Course
This is a condensed course of details and information on the trends most likely to shape our future.
It's Okay to Be Smart website
Great website with clear and succinct information. Many 6 minutes excellent videos on climate change, including these:
What's REALLY Warming the Earth?
Climate Science: What You Need to Know
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
"This book is one attempt to uncover how we got to this surreal political moment. It is also an attempt to predict how, under cover of shocks and crises, it could get a lot worse. And it's a plan for how, if we keep our heads, we might just be able to flip the script and arrive at a radically better future."
This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs The Climate by Naomi Klein
"Climate change is a civilizational wake-up call, a powerful message delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms, and droughts. Confronting it is no longer about changing the lightbulbs. It's about changing the world – before the world changes so drastically that no one is safe".
A powerful book that lays out our choices with clarity and insight. A must-read!
Klein's other books are also brilliant and insightful: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism; No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies
The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring on the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World by Paul Gilding
"This book offers a stark and unflinching look at the challenge humanity faces, yet also a deeply optimistic message".
Watch a great Ted Talk by Paul.
JOB ONE FOR HUMANITY – TO END GLOBAL WARMING* Includes a Petition to Declare a Global Warming State of Emergency.
Clearly to End Global Warming is our number one priority. If we don't tackle that successfully, and soon, we risk leaving an uninhabitable Earth for our children and grandchildren".
I've signed the petition and hope you'll join me!
The website includes an eBook you can download and also a current summary of the climate situation. There are also options to receive regular updates on the latest climate science plus a roadmap for what's necessary to reduce our Greenhouse gases.
"It's time to stop just worrying about climate change. Instead we need to brace for impact, because global crisis is no longer avoidable. We have come to the end of a world economy based on consumption and waste, where we live beyond our planet's means".
Unprecedented, Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis? by David Ray Griffin
This book …"is a tour de force of enormous importance for our planetary future. In his superb analysis of climate change through the lens of science, politics, economics, energy, morality, and religion, Griffin has provided a wealth of insight for how to move forward.
350 Org
Global movement to solve the climate crisis, emphasizing building no new infrastructure for fossil fuels and the program, "Keeping it in the Ground" and divesting from fossil fuels
NC Climate Solutions Coalition
"Organizing and advocating for 100 % clean, renewable energy and green jobs for North Carolina"
Climate Cooperators
We employ education, coaching, materials, opportunities, and rewards to leverage individuals and groups in taking effective actions to mitigate climate change. We have a special interest in electric vehicles due to their significant impact on climate change mitigation."
Climate Reality Project
Scientific information about climate change; founded by Al Gore, author of the documentary film An Inconvenient Truth, and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, and his book, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change
Time To Choose documentary
"Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced – and it is also our greatest opportunity. We have the solutions we need, but we are in a race against the clock to implement them in time. Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson captures the urgency and innovation of this critical moment in his new film, Time to Choose."
Reality Drop: Spread Truth. Destroy Denial.
The latest composite research on climate change due to human influence.
Merchants of Doubt, How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway
Book and documentary: "Oreskes and Conway tell an important story about the misuse of science to mislead the public on matters ranging from the risks of smoking to the reality of global warming."
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, Edited by Paul Hawken
"The stakes for our planet have never been higher. The world is warming, sea levels are rising, and the impacts of climate change are occurring faster and stronger than originally predicted… "
"We need a rigorous plan to "draw down" carbon, and Project Drawdown's team of two hundred scientists and researchers worldwide (and counting) has modeled and chronicled one hundred creative ideas".
This book is a message grounded in science; it also is a testament to the growing stream of humanity who understands the enormity of the challenge we face, and is willing to devote their lives to a future of kindness, security, and regeneration.
Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
"Story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media"
Don't Even Think About it, Why Our Brains are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall
"Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do nothing to stop it…."
Consumer Affairs Solar Energy Guide
This online guide produced by Consumer Affairs gives a plethora of helpful information and options in considering solar. It includes a comparison of brands, financing options, costs, and expert reviews.
The More beautiful World that Our Hearts Know is Possible by Charles Eisenstein
"An empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling…."
World on the Edge, How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse by Lester R. Brown (described as "one of the world's most influential thinkers")
Lays out a clear, evidence-based Plan B to change course and move onto a path of sustainable progress; very informative website: www.earth-policy.org
He shares what he considers are the four great goals to restoring civilization's equilibrium
massive cut in global carbon emissions
stabilization of world population
abatement of poverty
restoration of our planet's diverse natural landscape
The Great Transition, Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy by Lester R. Brown
* Details of the transition that is now unfolding; Brown's last book before retiring in 2015.
How to Change Minds about Our Changing Climate by Seth B. Darling and Douglas L. Sisterson
"Let science do the talking the next time someone tries to tell you …"
Info on a clean and safe environment; also link to Skin Deep info on safe cosmetics
Transition United States
Grassroots movement to make the transition to a more sustainable world
"Seeds of Death: Unveiling The Lies of GMO's" – documentary
Riveting, important documentary to understand the world food situation
Green Yoga by Georg Feuerstein & Brenda Feuerstein
A clarion call for yogis to pay attention and get involved in climate issues
Beyond Pesticides
Works with allies to protect public health and the environment and to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides
Advocate Precautionary Principle
Principle to minimize/eliminate potential hazards before agreeing to a course of action
All current GMO research is located on this site
Copyright 2019 Betsey Downing


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Pavlina Hoti was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania.

See also
Politics of Albania

References

Living people
Democratic Party of Albania politicians
21st-century Albanian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the Parliament of Albania
Women members of the Parliament of Albania
21st-century Albanian women politicians

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Paula Dominguez Salas
Dr Paula Dominguez Salas
BSc, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Food-based Strategies for Nutrition
Food and Markets Department
P.DominguezSalas@gre.ac.uk
Dr Paula Dominguez-Salas joined NRI in July 2020. She has a background in veterinary sciences and in food technology (University of Zaragoza), and has an MSc in Agricultural Sciences (University of Zaragoza) and a MSc and a PhD in Global Public Health Nutrition (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LSHTM).
Paula started research at LSHTM in 2009 and worked until 2013 at the LSHTM Medical Research Council International Nutrition Group. She left LSHTM to work at a joint Royal Veterinary College (RVC)/ International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) position until early 2017. She re-joined LSHTM in 2017 as an Assistant Professor in Nutrition-sensitive agriculture, also as a joint position LSHTM-ILRI. Before working in in academia, she has worked in international organisations, such as Medecins du Monde or European federations.
Paula´s research has taken place in low- and middle-income countries (West and East Africa and South America), and has focused in maternal and child nutrition. She initially studied the effect of seasonality in maternal nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa and different outcomes, including epigenetic profiles of their offspring and aflatoxin exposure in The Gambia. She later merged her two main interests together and moved to the interface between agriculture, specifically livestock production and animal-source foods, and human nutrition, particularly focusing in livestock value chains, food safety and gender aspects. She is involved in several projects in Kenya and Tanzania related to Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) strategy design, and to women empowerment among pastoralists. She is also involved in work on urban livestock value chains in Kenya, including a randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of a dairy market intervention in Nairobi, on nutrition. She also participates in the UKRI GCRF Action against stunting Hub, to address the intractable global challenge of child stunting Applying a holistic, Whole Child Approach, and working with communities across India, Indonesia and Senegal.
Beyond working on a regular basis with multidisciplinar teams at LSHTM, ILRI, RVC and LCIRAH, she collaborates with researchers of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Emory University, Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, University of Nairobi in Kenya and with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Research / Scholarly Interests
Paula is an interdisciplinary researcher who has a food systems (production/safety/quality) hat, and a maternal and child nutrition hat, with a focus in the Global South.
Her interest is to overcome some of the challenges of the very complex problem of the provision of healthy diets to the most vulnerable populations, and understand which food-based strategies can be more efficient, within a One Health approach.
She wants to develop, adapt, test and promote science-based practices, tools and packages that are sustainable and scalable, which can then persuade decision-makers into action, including policies and investments for better nutrition. Examples of research areas are:
Dietary substitution effects of specific food-based strategies
How can value chains be adapted to prevent double burden of malnutrition
How can combinations of interventions enhance impact in nutrition
Trade-offs between food safety and nutrition and joint optimisation
Role of traditional and new food technology methods to increase access of the poor to healthy diets
How can food waste reduction systems contribute to better nutrition
Methods to capture diet and food environments and indicators that can assist in understanding these dynamics
Lessons from private business for value chain development and nutrition/health messaging
Current and Previous Funded Research Projects
DFID/BMGF Drivers of food choice grant: Drivers of demand for animal-source foods in low-income informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya 2019.
KRI GCRF Action against stunting Hub, 2018
Three separate proposals to DFID/BMGF "Agriculture-Nutrition Impact studies" grant that finally merged into one large dairy proposal: A large project funding RCT on improvement of food safety standards of informal sector milk, in Kenya and India; and two formative research in nutrition education to improve ASF consumption and one on the implications of bans in informal trading of milk, in Kenya and Tanzania) 2016
DFID/BMGF Drivers of food choice grant: 'Understanding the drivers of diet change and food choice among Tanzanian pastoralists to inform policy and practice' 2016
Lydia O'Meara: The role of food environments in enabling healthy, sustainable diets for rural women and young children: insights from Uganda
Recent publications by Dr Paula Dominguez Salas are available in the Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (GALA)
Brouwe, I.D., van Liere, M.J., de Brauw, A., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2021). Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations. Food Security (in press).
Ngutu, M., Bukachi, S.A., Muthiru, A.W., Lepine, A., Kadiyala, S., Dominguez-Salas, P. (2021) Food Safety and Animal Source Foods in Low-income Urban Settlements in Nairobi: A Qualitative Exploration of Consumers' Perceptions. BMC Nutrition, July
Alarcon, P., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2021) The importance of a food systems approach to low and middle income countries and emerging economies: a review of theories and its relevance for disease control and malnutrition. Frontiers in sustainable Food systems April
Muunda, E., Mtimet, N., Schenider, F., Francis, W., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2021) Can Kenyan dairy policy change affect milk allocation to infants? A Best-Worst Scaling approach. Food Policy, February
Watts, N., (…) Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2021) The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change responding to converging crises. The Lancet, review Vol 397, issue 10269, January.
Alonso, S., Dominguez-Salas, P., Grace, D. (2019) The role of livestock products for nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life. Animal Frontiers, Volume 9, Issue 4.
Galiè, A., Webb-Girard, A., Baltenweck, I., Dominguez-Salas, P et al. (2019) Women empowerment, food security and forage in pastoral communities of Tanzania. Global Food Sec, special issue
Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2019) Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel. Food Security
Watts, N., (…) Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2018) The 2018 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. Lancet, 392.
Enahoro, D., Lannerstad, M., Pfeifer, C., Dominguez-Salas, P. (2018) Contributions of livestock-derived foods to nutrient supply under changing demand in low- and middle-income countries. Global Food Security, Vol 19
Galiè, A., Teufel, N., Korir, L., Webb, A., Baltenweck, I., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2018) 'The women's empowerment in livestock index'. Social Indicators Research.
Watts, N., (…) Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2017) T. The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change – 2017 Report. Lancet.
Häsler, B., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2017) Where food safety meets nutrition outcomes in livestock and fish value chains: a conceptual approach. Food Sec Aug.
Alarcon, P., Murungi, M.K., Muinde, P., Akoko, J., Fèvre, E.M., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2016) Mapping of the beef, sheep and goat-source food systems in Nairobi: a framework for policy and identification of structural vulnerabilities. Agricultural Systems 152: 1–17.
Cornelsen, L., Alarcón, P., Häsler, B., Djesika, D.A., Ferguson, E., Fevre, E.M., Grace, D., Dominguez-Salas, P.//Rushton, J. (2016) Cross-sectional study of price and other drivers of demand for animal source foods in peri-urban Nairobi, Kenya. BMC Nutrition, 2:70.
Watts, N., (…) Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2016) The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32124-9, Lancet
Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2016) Nutritional characterisation of low-income households in deprived areas of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey. BMC Nutrition, 2:47
Kühnen, P., Handke, D., Hennig, B.J., Fulford, A.J., Waterland, R.A., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2016) Interindividual variation in DNA methylation at a POMC metastable epiallele is associated with obesity. Cell Metab, S1550(16)
Picchioni, F., Aleksandrowicz, A., Bruce, M.M., Cuevas, S., Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2015) Agri-health research: what have we learned and where to next? Food Security December
Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2014) Maternal Nutrition at Conception Modulates DNA Methylation of Human Metastable Epialleles. Nat Comms., 29;5:3746
Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2013) DNA methylation potential: dietary intake and blood concentrations of one-carbon metabolites and cofactors in rural African women. Am J Clin Nutr, 97:1217-1227.
Dominguez-Salas, P. (2012) et al. Maternal nutritional status, one-carbon metabolism and offspring DNA methylation: A review of current evidence in humans. Proc Nutr Soc, Feb; 71(1):154-65
Other publications:
Gordon, I.J., Alonso, A., Crump, L., Dominguez-Salas, P. and de Garine-Wichatitisky, M. (2020) Chapter 26 on Food Security and Nutrition. One Health: The Theory and Practice of Integrated Health Approaches. CABI Book
Dominguez-Salas, P., Kauffman, D. (2020) Harnessing the potential of livestock to improve nutrition of vulnerable populations. Technical guidance for program planning. FAO, Rome. http://www.fao.org/3/ca7348en/CA7348EN.pdf
Tarawali, S., Aronson, D., Baltenweck, I., Dominguez-Salas, P., et al. 2019.White Paper Meat: the future series. Options for the livestock sector in developing and emerging economies to 2030 and beyond. World Economic Forum. January
Dominguez-Salas, P., Galiè, A., Omore, A., Omosa, E. and Ouma, E. (2019) Contribution of milk production to food and nutrition security. In: Ferranti, P., Berry, E.M. and Anderson, J.R. (eds), Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, Volume 3. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp. 278–291 http://hdl.handle.net/10568/96305
Dominguez-Salas, P., Omore, A., Omosa, E. and Ouma, E. (2019) Agrifood systems in low- and middle-income countries: Status and opportunities for smallholder dairy in LMIC. In: Ferranti, P., Berry, E.M. and Anderson, J.R. (eds), Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, Volume 3. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp. 326–339. http://hdl.handle.net/10568/97599
Grace , D. , Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2018) The influence of livestock-derived foods (LDF) on nutrition during the first 1000 days. Chatham House report.
Grace, D., (…), Dominguez-Salas, P. et al. (2018) Working paper on Food Safety Metrics relevant to Low and Middle Income Countries. Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Academy (https://anh-academy.org/sites/default/files/Food%20Safety%20Working%20Paper%20Final_0.pdf; https://anh-academy.org/sites/default/files/FSWG_TechnicalBrief_Final.pdf ).
Awards and External Recognition
Member of Scientific Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week (2016-2020)
Member of Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy (2016-current)
Technical Evaluation Panel on Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems (2021)


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Gareth Jones is In Search of Taste
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by Jonell Galloway
Gareth Jones, editor of In Search of Taste
Gareth has an incredible network of people who follow his every move. His whole family – and most of his friends — share his fervor for food. His dedication to an honest cuisine is matched by few. He is the epitome of what the French call "passionné": unfaltering in his eternal search for the best quality ingredients at a fair price; willing to go to distant places and lose countless hours of sleep to find the perfect products. Whether it's cooking and scrubbing pans with a Nonna in a hidden corner of Italy or crossing the Channel on a Sunday morning to buy fresh shellfish in Boulogne – to be served up fresh on his lunch table in London — his devotion to his "cause" is virtually boundless.
But Gareth's blood can run hot when it comes to food and his vision of it. He is lucid about what he likes and what he doesn't like and his sense of ethics and justice make him look on this world like the Egyptian goddess Ma'at with her scales of justice, weighing the "hearts" of products to decide whether they are balanced and good enough to go to his version of food heaven.
Gareth Jones's tastes were not formed overnight. He grew up on a farm in Wales, in the middle of fragrant orchards and gardens. The surrounding woods and pastures were his playground. He is a man of the earth. The scents, tastes and sensory experiences of these days gone by make up an essential part of who he is and how he relates to the world, in particular to food: rustic yet refined, never losing sight of his roots.
Gareth lives through his senses. Proust may put some to sleep, but no one better describes the degree to which all the senses awaken when recalling taste http://www.theramblingepicure.com/full-sensory-taste-and-proust/. As Scott Horton http://harpers.org/blog/2009/06/proust-memory-and-the-foods-of-childhood/ points out, Proust explored this long before neurogastronomy even existed, and so did Gareth Jones, in the woods and fields and pastures of his happy hunting ground called Wales.
When from the distant past nothing remains, after the beings have died, after the things are destroyed and scattered, still, alone, more fragile, yet more vital, more insubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment, amid the ruins of everything else; and bear unfaltering, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the immense architecture of memory.
Yet again I had recalled the taste of a bit of madeleine dunked in a linden-flower tea which my aunt used to give me (although I did not yet know and must long await the discovery of why this memory made me so happy), immediately the old gray house on the street where her room was found, arose like a theatrical tableau…
–Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (1913) in: À la recherche du temps perdu vol. 1, p. 47
Proust's face engraved on a Madeleine
Gareth is a living temple of Proust's perception of the sensory experience that is life, with food as its altar. His devotion is boundless, and he surrounds himself with writers who share his zeal and dedication. There's no better recipe for editing a food magazine.
Yet, there's a lot of country gentleman mixed into his formula, which takes him a long way from Proust's decadence. Thus the term he coined, "Blue Collar Gastronomy," inspired by a visit to the Leclerc supermarket in Boulogne-Outreau – "often frequented by working class people the majority of whom are below average education and a town where unemployment is in the high teens if not +20%," says Jones. As he was filling his trolley, he noted how intelligently and carefully the locals were filling theirs. You might never have known it was a poor, run-down, even sad, place if you looked at the contents, fit for a minor Roman feast.
The smells and tastes of the world have indeed been poised for a long time in Jones's mind, but time has not been lost. His life has been a fine weave of the senses and food, which makes for dishes that have real taste, that are authentic and lacking all pretentions. He is a master at finding the crème-de-la-crème for even the simplest food purchase, even a chicken carcass for making soup and broth. In the words of Pete Seeger, "Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple." And this is what Gareth Jones has understood and mastered.
On a sunny day in August, Gareth made poulets de Bresse, the prince of all chickens. He and his family had made a special detour to Bresse on their drive from London to our mountain home in Villars-sur-Ollon just to buy the chickens. To start the work, he put on his chef's hat and apron – the one you see in all the photos — only to spend hours in the kitchen, smiling and giggling at their beauty all the while, patting them on the breast as if they were a much-loved child. His treatment of the "little princes" was itself princely and full of the respect they deserve. You would have thought it was a beast epic and that they were whispering to the chef, giving him instructions on how to proceed, but no. Gareth is the chicken whisperer and knows what they want and need. He knows the beauty of keeping it simple and letting the natural tastes come to the foreground. Bresse chickens will never be the same.
Gareth's personal website: Gareth Jones FoodHis new glossy magazine: In Search of Taste


CAIRO – 28 February 2018: After the panoramic artistic paintings done by members of "Mobde'oon" (Innovators) association, a corridor will be constructed to connect the Opera metro station's second line with the Cairo Opera House, Ministry of Transport told Egypt Today.
This initiative by the ministry aims to transform the corridor of the walls of stars, created by the eleven young artists, into an exhibition and a technical theater. It will be an art space where artists can display their paintings, songs and music.
Hesham Arafat, minister of transport, emphasized that this corridor will serve as a technical forum for artists and young talents, complementing what was started by a group of young innovators at the Opera metro station.
"I wish there would be Islamic and Coptic museums in metro stations," said the minister of transport, clarifying that the group of creative young people will continue to beautify the walls of the metro stations with their art and that the Ministry of Transportation will be removing any obstacles that may face these artists.
A group of eleven young artists that goes by the name "Mobde'oon" (Innovators), brought together by their love for art, colored Cairo's Opera metro station's walls to represent the solar system. Each "planet" carries the face of a famous Egyptian figure, as Egypt Today has previously reported.
"Mobde'oon" is a cultural association working under the umbrella of the Ministry of Solidarity and Social Affairs; it features the cultural arts of the new generation.


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Current: Major redevelopment is investment in the town's long-term future
Major redevelopment is investment in the town's long-term future
The start of construction on a major West Suffolk Council redevelopment in the heart of Bury St Edmunds town centre will begin next week.
Suffolk company, Barnes Construction, has been appointed to carry out the work at 17-18 Cornhill, the site of the former Post Office. Concertus Design and Property Consultants is the contractor appointed architect and Superstructures is the structural engineer for the scheme, which has been designed to keep the original historic Cornhill front. The rest of the building including parts which were added on at a later stage, will be demolished and replaced with two ground floor business units and 12 flats above. This in turn will enable the Council's and the public's ambition to widen the pedestrian walkway at Market Thoroughfare as well as creating a new front onto St Andrews Street South.
The redevelopment is in line with the aspirations of the town centre masterplan which was shaped by 8000 public comments and follows hugely positive feedback from a public exhibition of design concepts in 2018. Throughout the design process, the Council has continued to work closely with town centre partners, whose input has further shaped the scheme.
Market Thoroughfare will shut from Monday, 21 September to ensure pedestrian safety during the works. People can access the arc and the historic town centre via Brentgovel Street, Central Walk and Woolhall Street.
Central Walk will become two way once more. Social distancing will be managed with people encouraged to stay to their left-hand side as they travel between the arc and the historic town centre. Barnes will put up hoarding at Cornhill and St Andrews St South that will help direct people around the town centre and will also include design images showing the final development.
Councillor John Griffiths, Leader of West Suffolk Council, said: "It is a challenging time for many of our residents, businesses and the Council, but we are investing in the long term future of the Bury St Edmunds town centre as a place of continuing economic, social and cultural activity.
"Furthermore, we are delivering on what people asked for when they helped shape the vision for the town centre in the masterplan in 2017.
"Once completed this will deliver a much better and wider walkway between the arc and the historic town centre, as well as a new commercial frontage onto St Andrews St South and improved access to the historic Cornhill front. The new homes and commercial units, will hopefully also be creating a small level of income which will help toward the day to day services we provide."
As announced last month, The Council has secured external funding which provides cost certainty to achieving the public benefits of the scheme and means that site works must now begin in order to meet funding conditions.
The construction is scheduled to be completed in 2022.
Mark Bailey, Director for Barnes Construction said. "We are pleased to have been entrusted to redevelop this important site on Cornhill to become a long-term asset for the town. We are also looking forward to joining with the local business community to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum and the project goes as smoothly as possible."
Mark Cordell, chief executive of Our Bury St Edmunds Business Improvement District, said: "The widening of the walkway and improving the link between the original town centre and the arc has been a priority for our members and the public alike, throughout the ten years of the arc and it will be good to see this achieved, as well as retaining the wonderful façade of the Post Office. It is good to see that the Council is investing in the future of the town centre and we look forward to its completion."
Steve Bunce, manager of the arc, Bury St Edmunds said: "We fully support West Suffolk Council's redevelopment of the site which, once finished, will benefit the town centre businesses and we look forward to its completion."
For more on the project visit www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/cornhill
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The ability to give expression to the human form, to transmit and translate its language is a talent in which the sculptor Mario Dilitz is acknowledged to be a master. He combines traditional sculptural knowledge and technical skills with a contemporary viewpoint and thereby manages to create sculptures of great intensity and immediacy with their own powerful and unusual presence.
On the one hand Mario manifests the contradictions occurring in human nature, on the other hand he knows to unite them in his work. In his many sculptures using an African boy or girl as his subject the pieces have a still, calm and peaceful exterior but their neutral gaze suggests to some an inner anxiety or restlessness. Mario prefers not to explain too much and to leave the viewer to feel the powerful presence of his works and draw their own conclusions and enjoyment from his creations.
Even his choice of material reveals these contradictions. His sculptures, many of them life-sized, are created out of high quality laminated wood. After a process of destruction, as the wood is cut into lengths, and then construction, as the pieces are glued together, the wood has reached a new form of stability, which wouldn't have been possible in its natural condition. This whole process is made visible by the lines of red or black glue in the laminated wood. Signalling the new strength and permanence of the medium, as well as being an original Dilitz trademark. Uniquely pleasing in it's aesthetic.
His bronze sculptures, originally sculpted in clay by Mario, have the same commanding presence. The bronzes are often coloured in an unusual unpolished patina, which is original and completely beautiful, perfectly attuned to the subject.
Mario Dilitz was born 1973 in Innsbruck, Austria now works and lives in Axams near Innsbruck and Munich.


Whether your attraction is the famous Casino de Monte Carlo for exciting rounds of Quarante et Trente, an elegant meal at Alain Ducasse's 3 star Louis XV restaurant in the Hotel de Paris, or adventurous walks along the coastline to the wild coved beaches of Mala for lunch with your feet in the sand, you will be well-served at Villa Mont Charles.
Villa Mont Charles is a rare, 4,000 square metre property that may inspire you to stay put and take advantage of the numerous spots to eat, lounge and read on the elegant outdoor furniture. Enjoy the pampering from the full time staff, whether it's a full breakfast served on the patio with breathtaking views or sunset cocktails while the sky bestows its renowned colors.
Inside the villa is beautifully presented with state-of-the-art finishings. There are 4 fully equipped kitchens for complete independence amongst guests and staff. Just next to the main kitchen is the dining room with a table facing the sea and heated infinity pool.
Through the main kitchen and dining room you have access to a wide 200m2 terrace with numerous lounge and dining areas, Barbecue, and comfy lounge chairs for sunbathing.
The living areas are bright and modern with direct access to the terrace, pool and landscaped lawns. Enjoy convivial dinners around the long marmoreal table with space for up to 14 guests. Tasteful marble sculpted designs on the floor create an atmosphere of elegance and relaxation.
A well-equipped office located on the 3rd floor with a private balcony and inspiring sea views allows for business to continue as usual if required.
A separate guesthouse with 3 spacious bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms offer comfortable, independent living for personal staff and guests. An equipped kitchen and living area provides further independence.
Continue your fitness routine with a state-of-the-art fitness room. There are cardio machines, treadmill, stepper, upright fitness bike, and Satellite TV. A Philip Stark shower bathroom offers luxurious pampering after an afternoon workout.
Prices are based on exclusive use of the property including daily maid service and breakfast service. Groceries are charged locally.
● Possibility to make an extra double bedroom on the first floor next to the master bedroom for 2 extra children.


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Educational access in south Africa: country analytic review
Motala, Shireen, Dieltiens, Veerle, Carrim, Nazir, Kgobe, Paul, Moyo, George and Rembe, Symphorosa (2007) Educational access in south Africa: country analytic review. Project Report. Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE), Falmer, UK.
Official URL: http://www.create-rpc.org/publications/cars/
Meaningful access to education requires more than full enrolment; it requires high attendance rates, progression through grades with little or no repetition, and learning outcomes that confirm that basic skills are being mastered. This Review describes and explains patterns of access to schools in South Africa for children between the ages of 5 and 15 years. It outlines policy and legislation on access to education and provides a statistical analysis of learners enrolled in school, out-of-school children and learners vulnerable to exclusion. The quantitative data is supported by a review of research which explains the patterns of access and exclusion. The Review also analyses the way in which educational access is conceptualised, and identifies areas for future research.
Reports and working papers (Project Report)
Country Analytic Review (CAR), South Africa / ISBN: 0-901881-14-7
international education, educational access, South Africa, exclusion, inclusion, education policy, governance
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The website of the city
Useful addresses and telephone numbers
Getting Cholula
Traditions and legends
Cholula in Pictures
Sights › Cholula Archaeological Zone
Its name derives from the pre-Hispanic Cholollan word meaning "place of flight". It has also come to be interpreted as "Falling water in place of flight", which refers to the arrival of Toltec groups in the region following their expulsion from Tula around 1000 AD. The site also was recognized as Tlachihualtepetl , ie, "handmade hill"
The pre-Hispanic city of Cholula is 7 km. to the current City of Puebla de Zaragoza in the State of the same name.
It is a city with a long cultural history that dates back at least to the Late Preclassic, but it is up to the Classic that the city becomes important to be part of the commercial network of Teotihuacan to the southeast region where it came from the thin orange pottery, commercially important at the time.
According to some authors the population then lived in Cholula and much of the territory was dominated by a Ñuiñe culture carrier, native to the southwest of Puebla and Oaxaca northeast in what is now known as Mixteca region.
After the Teotihuacan decline is likely that Cholula it has been repopulated by people from Gulf Olmec-Xicalancas, but without having the importance as a city was during the Classic.
Subsequently the Toltecs conquered and dominated the territory, which the city experienced a revival until the arrival of the Mexica, Cholula that turned in their tax and ally against the Tlaxcaltecas.
The importance of the city of Cholula lies mainly in its strategic location as an important node in Mesoamerican trade networks and cultural pluralism that its population had throughout time.
The Great Pyramid of Cholula, dedicated to Tlaloc, is the largest area in Mesoamerica (450 meters per side), its construction took advantage of a natural elevation to go superimposing constructions in different stages over time and in which top Spanish They built a church in honor of Our Lady of Remedios. It also has a set of murals that are recognized as the most important in Mesoamerica: Los Bebedores and Los Chapulines.
Chronology: 650. C. to 1521 d. C.
Location main chronological: Classic, 200-800 d. C.
Cholula Archaeological Zone has three areas equipped for public visits:
- first the site museum of the archaeological zone of Cholula with its three permanent exhibition rooms.
- the second inside the tunnel inside the Great Pyramid consisting of approximately 280 meters long in the same plane, artificially lit without risks that the visitor can get lost.
- and finally the so-called open area of the archaeological site Cholula ceremonial courtyards formed by the south and west of the Great Pyramid of Cholula.
From Mexico City you can access the site by taking Highway No. 150 (Mexico-Veracruz), then take the road that leads south to Cholula.
Following the Ecological Peripheral is necessary to continue westward taking Quetzalcoatl Route, artery that communicates with the streets around the site.
The ticket office and access to the tunnels are located on the south bank of the Av. Morelos, while the site museum is located on 8th Street North.
To reach the site from the city of Puebla, you must take the exit leading to the straight road Cholula, westwards, same as when walking 3 km., Becomes the path Quetzalcoatl. From this road the street May 5 is taken to the south and then Av. Morelos to the west. Visitors can reach the site by public transport.
Services at the archaeological site of Cholula
In the archaeological area there are restrooms, locker, rest areas in the open area of the archaeological site, guide service accredited by the Ministry of Tourism but have a fee for their services (Spanish and English) tourists.
Every day of the year from 09:00 to 18:00 hours
Cost of access
General admission: 65 pesos / 3.50 US$
Contact: Cholula Archaeological Zone +52 01 (222) 2 47 90 81
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Each year, "Shop with a Cop" provides a joyful holiday for underprivileged children who, without this event, may not experience one. The participating children are identified by schools, law enforcement officers, and social services agencies. The purpose of this event is to provide a happier holiday season to these children and to have the children interact with law enforcement officers in a positive setting. On December 13, 2014, we had the opportunity to partner up with Inyo County Probation Department and participate in this event.
On the day of the event, uniformed officers from various local, state and federal agencies volunteer their time to be with the children at Whiskey Creek in Bishop for breakfast. After breakfast, the children participate in a law enforcement procession with lights and sirens and head to K-Mart for a morning of shopping with their law enforcement partner. Each child is provided with a K-Mart gift card to spend on themselves and their family.
Funding for this event is provided by community sponsors and donations. If you wish to support this cause, please provide your donations to Mammoth Lakes Police Department who coordinate this event every year or visit the following link for further assistance.


Courts Bill, 1963: From the Seanad.
Courts Bill, 1963—Committee and Final Stages.
Committee on Finance. - Courts Bill, 1963—Committee and Final Stages.
Committee on Finance. - Courts Bill, 1963—Money Resolution.
Newspaper Report: Question of Privilege. - Courts Bill, 1963: Instruction to Committee—Motion.


Epithelial cells help to protect or enclose organs. Most produce mucus or other secretions.
Certain types of epithelial cells have tiny hairs called cilia, which help remove foreign substances.
Epithelial cells are arranged in single, or multiple layers, depending on the organ and location.
Kierszenbaum AL, Tres LL. Epithelium. In: Kierszenbaum AL, Tres LL, eds. Histology and Cell Biology: An Introduction to Pathology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 1.


I am thrilled to offer a series of workshops this summer in collaboration with the Mansfield Art Center called The Art of Yoga.
The disciplines of art and yoga share much in common: clear-eyed vision, an exploration of the creative impulse, and a deep sensitivity to all of life. In The Art of Yoga, we'll explore these themes both on our yoga mats and in the art studio, considering how movement, breath and meditation can fuel and enliven the creative impulse that lies within each of us.
Our first workshop, on June 17, will explore images of light and color, first through a guided yoga class and then through time in the art studio working with fused glass. Talented local artist Irene Maginniss will lead the art session. Participants will be invited to make a sun catcher, a coaster, or another form of light-fueled art, inspired and enriched by visions that emerge from within.
Our second workshop, on August 5, will explore possibilities of shape, form and embodiment, first through a guided yoga class and then in the pottery studio. Instructor Brittany Jackson will guide our time in the art studio. Make a vessel to hold anything you love, or a totem that inspires you, or any other beautiful shape out of clay.
You can learn more about these workshops and my other summer offerings here and you can register online at the Mansfield Art Center's website. No previous yoga or art experience is required, so I hope you will consider joining us even if you feel yoga-challenged, art-deficient, or both!


Jagga Jasoos actress Bidisha Bezbaruah's husband, Nisheet was arrested after her father lodged a complaint against him, reported news agency ANI.
Bidisha Bezbaruah was well known TV personality who had hosted many stage shows as well.
Assamese actress and singer Bidisha Bezbaruah, who acted in Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Jagga Jasoos, was found dead at her residence in the posh Sushant Lok area of Gurgaon on Monday evening, police said. Her husband, Nisheet was arrested this morning after Ms Bezbaruah's father lodged a complaint against him, reported news agency ANI.
Bidisha Bezbaruah was a native of Assam was well known TV personality who had hosted many stage shows as well, they said.
She had recently come from Mumbai to Gurgaon, the police said. "Bezbaruah was found hanging from a ceiling fan of her recently acquired rented apartment," Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Deepak Saharan said.
He said the father of the actress had informed the police that she was not taking his calls. "Her father suspected something foul as she was not picking the phone on Monday evening. He approached the police and gave details of her local address," Mr Saharan added.
When the police reached the spot, the main gate and the door were locked from inside. The police team broke open the door and found her hanging.
"The victim's father claimed in his complaint that she had a love marriage but often had quarrels with her husband," Mr Saharan said.
Her mobile phone, Facebook and social networking site conversations are being examined by investigating teams.
No suicide note was recovered from her possession.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today spoke to his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar seeking proper probe into the death.


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(series review) [STREAMING] - Better Call Saul: Season 5
Where the hell do I start?
First of all, I tried to start this show 4-5 years ago and I failed. I tried again numerous times and kept failing. Distractions. Falling asleep. Other shows. I need to get back to 'The Walking Dead' AND 'The Blacklist' but because I keep hearing of Better Call Saul and how good it is getting AND the fact that Breaking Bad had me clapping at the end in it's final season finale, I've forced myself to watch all 5 seasons of Better Call Saul. It meant that a lot of the time I rewatched episodes due to falling asleep and losing my position in the narrative, but I've got to say, Better Call Saul is such an experience, you have to push yourself through it to understand how great it is.
You see, with Breaking Bad, you are given a school teacher who is getting basic pay, but isn't enough to support his wife and family. He gets into making drugs to turn a profit and then becomes a Drug Kingpin over time. James McGill aka Slipping Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) is the younger brother or Charles McGill (Michael McKean), a successful lawyer for a big law firm. James is a con man turned Lawyer in order to clean his life up and do whatecer it takes for his clients. James idolises his brother Chuck and inspires to be like him, but James aka Jimmy struggles with a lot of things in life due to the choices he makes.
Over the course of the series though, through season 1 to 5, we start to see the formation and change in James McGill to becoming the character he is in Breaking Bad as well as the characters around him and in his world, such as Mike, Hector and Gus (also characters in Breaking Bad). As this is a prequel, you begin to bridge the dots in Breaking Bad from this show (of you have already watched Breaking Bad), however this show stands on its own two feet than relying on the predecessor.
We get a more in-depth look at Jimmy's personal life and his relationship with his older brother who has a condition leaving Jimmy to look after him and care over him. What's funny though, I believe it was THIS relationship and the things which were said by Jimmy's friend, Kim (in which I'll get onto next) regarding his relationship with his brother is what caught me offguard and had me fully invested at this point.
Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) was a strange one for me. She is Jimmy's friend and they really get on. It's like an on-again off-again situationship where her character eventually grew on me, especially after what she had said in relation to Chuck and Jimmy's relationship. It was at that point, I saw her differently because she saw Jimmy differently and that really mattered to me. I didn't like how she would sometimes treat Jimmy, when he would have given her the world, but at the same time, Jimmy's influence is what makes Kim ultimately the tragedy of this story.
The earlier seasons focus more or Jimmy, Mike, Chuck and Kim but as their stories expand, the more the world opens up and more characters get introduced as well as story points, ie Gus Fring, a drug lord from Breaking Bad and his beef with the people he is in business with, the Salamancas or at least, their rivalry.
Needless to say, Better Call Saul is about the characters and the writers do an absolute amazing job in giving every single character some depth with scenes these actors can chew on. Bob is amazing and I loved his voice acting work in The Incredibles 2, but where he takes his character and what he does with him are excellent. Imagine I disliked Kim near the start, but she grew on me and Rhea does a real good job especially when she has those moments to shine. I didn't really care for the relationship between Jimmy and Chuck, but then I started to dislike Chuck and felt sorry for Jimmy. I mean, two brothers who are brothers but don't really see eye-to-eye, but one would do anything to help the other whilst the other just wouldn't.
Everything about this show is great and at times, moved me emotionally. The way they build these storylines and the tension is nothing short of great. If you have seen Breaking Bad, you'd be familiar with the odd usage of camera angles and extreme close-ups of ants on an ice-cream cone or a bird's eye view shot with a character doing multiples things in different locations within the scene over time, but it all adds to what Better Call Saul is. The flashbacks and Flash Forwards can be confusing at times, but with the different levels these guys are playing on in telling us James' story, you will get there in the end and you will appreciate how they get you locked in.
Try not to compare or think too deeply about Breaking Bad though, as this show is just a prequel to it, but stands on its own two, neatly. I believe what Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould do more than anything, is make you sympathise with specific characters and if anything, I could really relate to Jimmy. Sometimes, things can be all messed up and nothing works, but you still put on that brave face and face the world.
When it's all said and done, I'd like to see the future of this character, if there is one, because the black and white Cinnabon moments must be after Breaking Bad and if you have seen that, you know what happens to Jimmy.
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Take a virtual tour to where you live and see what abandon mine may exist. What waterway is close by?
Courtesy of SkyTruth.org
It's best to use in full-screen mode to maneuver in the map. Click on arrows icon (right below the + and – signs) in the upper right hand corner of the map.
While headlines across the country point fingers, hundreds of thousands of similar abandoned and inactive mines lie scattered across the nation.
With all the attention on the problem of abandoned and inactive mines we thought we would try to map some of these other mines that haven't made headlines (yet).
However, "most extensive" is a relative term. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States hosts anywhere from 100,000 to 500,000 abandoned mines , while third party reports from the early 1990's compiled from state-by-state data put the number at over 557,000. While the USGS data contains plenty of information about the type of minerals once produced by these mines, it says little-to-nothing about who is responsible for the site or the status of site reclamation.
Read more on the SkyTruth Blog Page
20 year saga at Gilt Edge
EPA changes clean-up plan at Gilt Edge mine
Tom Griffith Rapid City Journal staff
LEAD | To reduce the volume of contaminated water at the former Gilt Edge gold and silver mine in the Northern Black Hills, the Environmental Protection Agency is changing its method for cleaning up the site.
The Superfund site in the Northern Hills known as the Gilt Edge was abandon in the late 90s that left "acidic heavy-metal-laden water," along with tons of waste rock. For 20 years it continues to sit idle while the U.S. Government inches out remediation options. "Historical operations at the site contaminated surface water and groundwater with acidic heavy-metal-laden water. [The] EPA divided the site into three areas, also known as operable units (OUs). OU1 addresses surface contamination. OU2 addresses management and treatment of the acid rock drainage that threatens surface water in the area. OU3 addresses the Ruby Gulch Waste Rock Pile."
Source: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.cleanup&id=0801668#Done


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Q: $\int _{C} (z^3 + 2z +{\bf Re} z)\,dz$ where C is a triangle of vertices $z=0$, $z=1+2i $ and $z=1$.
How do I compute
  $ \int _{C} (z^3 + 2z +{\bf Re} z)\,dz$ where C is a triangle of vertices $z=0$, $z=1+2i $ and $z=1$.

The solution given is $i$
Anyone showing me how to deal with these problems will be extremely helpful, as this entire subject quite unclear to me.

A: The function $z^3+2z$ in triangle is analytic so it's integral over $C$ is zero. With paramerization of $C$ we have
\begin{cases}
C_1:~t+2it&0\leq t\leq1, \\
C_2:~1+2i(1-t)&0\leq t\leq1, \\
C_3:~1-t&0\leq t\leq1.
\end{cases}
this parametrization is counter-clockwise (according to the vertices in the question), so we split the integral over $C$:
\begin{align}
\int_{C} (z^3 + 2z +{\bf Re} z)dz
&= \int_{C} {\bf Re} z\,dz  \\
&= \int_{C_1} {\bf Re} z\,dz+\int_{C_2} {\bf Re} z\,dz+\int_{C_3} {\bf Re} z\,dz \\
&= \int_0^1t(1+2i)\,dt+\int_0^1-2i\,dt+\int_0^1(1-t)(-1)\,dt \\
&= \int_0^1(2t+2it-2i-1)\,dt \\
&= \color{blue}{-i}
\end{align}
if we change the direction of path, we will have $i$ as answer instead of $-i$.

A: Alternatively, you say that $z=x+yi$ and rewrite the integral as $\oint_C\left[(x+yi)^3+2(x+yi)+x\right]\,\left(\mathrm{d}x+i\mathrm{d}y\right)$. This is a simple closed curve on the complex plane therefore we can use greens theorem (who's complex equivalent I cannot remember)
\begin{align*}
\oint_C\left[(x+yi)^3+2(x+yi)+x\right]\,\mathrm{d}x+ \left[(x+yi)^3+2(x+yi)+x\right] i\mathrm{d}y&=\iint_Di\left(3(x+yi)^2+3\right)-\left(3i(x+yi)^2(i)+2i\right)\,\mathrm{d}A\\
&=i\iint_D 3(x+yi)^2+3-3(x+yi)^2-2\,\mathrm{d}A\\
&=i\iint_D\,\mathrm{d}A
\end{align*}
The triangular region we are integrating along is simply a right triangle with a height of 2 and base of 1 so the area is simply $\frac12(1)(2)=1$ Multiplying this by $i$ we get the final answer of $i$

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Both units are equipped with Wi-Fi internet connection and they both have: oven, iron and ironing board, washing machine and dishwasher, television with satellite, barbecue, small showcase with farm and local products. Outside, the furnished garden is equipped with deckchairs and umbrellas, swimming pool (12 x 6 m – maximum depth 1.8 m open from 01/05 to 30/09) to be shared with the owners.
The access to the villa is via a road in excellent condition (50 m). Covered parking inside the property. Small pets are allowed. All windows have mosquito nets. Extra services: domestic help available at € 10, – / per hour (to be paid locally). Cot available on request. In winter heating is on consumption, but the large fireplace can be lit with wood available.
Both units have access to the pool with outdoor furniture.
Both units have a washing machine, dishwasher, electric kettle, microwave, oven, hairdryer, iron and television.
Both units have free Wi-Fi.
Both units have access to a convenient and practical barbecue for cooking on the grill.
We offer tastings with farm products and local traditional Tuscan cuisine: each dish is combined with our own combination of our extra virgin olive oils and our wines.
Inside the structure there are also covered parking spaces.
OUTSIDE THE STRUCTURE WE HAVE A VAST SPACE ADOPTED TO GREEN TO BE OUTDOORS AND ENJOY THE SPLENDID PANORAMA. INOOFTERLY WE HAVE A POOL WITH BEDS AND UMBRELLAS AT YOUR DISPOSAL. WE HAVE ALSO A CORNER EQUIPPED WITH A BRACERE TO COOK IN COMFORT 'GRILLED WITH YOUR DEARS.
A showcase with local products to buy to taste the delights of our territory.
On request it is possible to have an extra cleaning compared to those provided for in the contract.
An additional supply of clean towels inside your apartment on request.


The 5th annual E-Cigarette Summit was held at the Royal Society in London on Friday 17th November 2017. Speaker videos and presentations are now available on the "Resources" page.
Further details about the speakers and the programme for 2018 will be available here in the forthcoming months – in the meantime registration is open if you would like to reserve your place, please click here to register.


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Q: flask image not displaying using img tag I am trying to display an image that is not in static folder but inside a logos folder.
The folder where my app.py is situated is this
app.py
static
logos <--- I want to access image from this folder.
{% for company in companies %}
          {% if company.logo %}

          {% endif %}
{% endfor%}

In HTML inspect element it comes properly as

The file actually exists but the image is not displayed in webpage

A: The logos directory must be inside the static directory, in order to allow python to find the image and return that to the browser. In fact, if you check the console, you will see error 404: Not Found
So, put logos directory inside static and replace the url with:
src="logos/logos/{{company.logo}}.jpg"

Another way could be using url_for function (always inside your html file):
{{url_for('static', filename = f'logos/{company.logo}')}}

Let me know if it works.

A: Essentially what barbax has said, but your images to be rendered need to be within a static folder, and give this as the root directory when providing the path in html, e.g if this is your folder structure:
<ROOT>
  └── app
       └── static
           └── logos

This should be your src value:
src='static/logos/{{ company.logo }}'


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