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September 14, 2022 – Today the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) in the Asia Pacific and its member organizations have concluded the first step of a restorative justice process with the U.S.-based organization Ocean Conservancy (OC). The process aims to address the years of damage brought about by its "Stemming the Tide" report (now removed from OC's website) by correcting the narrative, and agreeing to restorative actions requested by communities and sectors most impacted by the report.
In contrast to the 2015 report which placed the responsibility for plastic waste solely on the shoulders of five Asian countries (China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) while ignoring the role of the Global North in plastic overproduction and waste exports, this process is leading to new common ground. Agreements include prioritizing plastic reduction policies, moving resources to Zero Waste solutions, denouncing false solutions like burning plastics in so-called "waste to energy" (WTE) incinerators and "chemical recycling," and accountability mechanisms.
"This unprecedented report retraction is an opportunity to interrupt decades of waste colonialism," shares Froilan Grate, GAIA Asia Pacific Coordinator. "Ocean Conservancy is in a position to raise awareness among other organizations and policymakers about the false narrative propagated by the report. We call on all organizations to adhere to democratic organizing principles when interacting with communities in the Global South, and to respect solutions that are grounded in the real situation of the communities." Grate encourages advocates to reinforce the restorative justice process.
First coined in 1989, waste colonialism is the process by which rich and developed countries show dominance over other lesser-developed countries through toxic waste exports, leaving the receiving (and often, ill-equipped) countries to deal with the waste, thus severely affecting their communities and environment.
Christie Keith, GAIA International Coordinator, expounds, "The five Asian countries mentioned in the report are not to be blamed for plastic waste. That fault lies with the corporations that make and push out ever-increasing quantities of plastic – and those fighting for Zero Waste community solutions deserve to be honored and celebrated, not attacked. We welcome OC's commitment to repair the harm done, and uplift Zero Waste solutions. "
Aditi Varshneya, GAIA US Membership Coordinator, adds, "'Stemming the Tide' also harmed communities in more ways than one. The report's findings have undermined long-standing community efforts to achieve sustainable policies on health, waste management, and funding."
Rahyang Nusantara of Aliansi Zero Waste Indonesia emphasizes that, "The report ('Stemming the Tide') has harmed our communities but we are not victims because we have the solutions." David Sutasurya of Yaksa Pelestari Bumi Berkelanjutan (YPBB) adds, "We have Zero Waste solutions to counter waste." Sutasurya shares that in the first year of YPBB's Zero Waste pilot areas in Bandung, the districts successfully diverted 950 kg of waste away from landfills daily and managed to save about IDR 63 million (USD 4,300) in waste transportation costs.
According to Satyarupa Shekhar, #breakfreefromplastic movement Asia Pacific Coordinator, "OC's report, which was drafted by McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm whose clientele includes some of the world's top plastic polluters, diluted existing restrictions on incineration and opened the doors to false solutions and controversial techno-fixes to deal with the plastic pollution crisis. Some of the glaring examples are: in the Philippines, where a national ban on incineration is threatened by new proposals to allow WTE incineration plants, and in Indonesia, where the government continues to push for waste incineration despite the fact that the Supreme Court ruling revoked Presidential regulation No. 18/2016, which speed up the development of waste-based power plants or incinerators."
Aside from retracting the report, OC acknowledged its mistake in focusing on plastic waste management and reconsidered its position on WTE incineration and other similar technologies to deal with the burgeoning plastic waste crisis. OC has also admitted its error in failing to look at the work of local communities and the subsequent effects of the report on them.
Welcoming OC's change of position, Aileen Lucero of Ecowaste Coalition in the Philippines and Daru Rini of ECOTON in Indonesia illustrated that the current plastic crisis is not a waste management issue, but instead, the problem should be addressed by looking at the entire lifecycle of plastic. Rini states that "the problem begins the moment fossil fuels are extracted to produce single-use plastics (SUP)."
Fighting False Solutions to Plastic Pollution
In recent years, several false solutions have been offered to counteract the plastic crisis, from burning waste to "chemical recycling," which in no way addresses the full lifecycle of plastic.
For Sonia Mendoza, Chairman of Mother Earth Foundation in the Philippines, "Each country should be responsible for the waste it generates and not export them under the guise of 'trade'. Burning waste is not an option as well. WTE could as well mean: waste of energy."
Looking at the current end life of SUPs, Xuan Quach, Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance chairman, highlights that, "WTE and chemical recycling are not sustainable." To which, Nindhita Proboretno of Nexus 3 Foundation in Indonesia adds, "Those technologies are not environment-friendly solutions and have no place in a world struggling against climate change."
Xavier Sun, the organizer of the Taiwan Zero Waste Alliance, agrees, stating that such strategies only "cause further toxic pollution (such as bottom ash, fly ash, and greenhouse gases (GHGs) that damages our climate and human health. Additionally, they encourage further plastic production, and undermine real solutions."
Moving toward Zero Waste
Meanwhile, Merci Ferrer of War on Waste-Break Free From Plastic (WOW-BFFP) – Negros Oriental in the Philippines, adds that "This process with OC would bring justice and recognition to the work of communities engaged in Zero Waste work."
Summarizing the sentiments of all key leaders, Nalini Shekar of Hasiru Dala in India, adds, "The report has influenced decision makers to divert valuable resources meant for decentralized Zero Waste solutions to centralized, highly-mechanical unsustainable practices and caused other harm to communities. However, the report retraction is a step towards healing and reversing the damages done – showing once again that Zero Waste is the only sustainable solution."
GAIA Asia Pacific is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries. With our work, we aim to catalyze a global shift towards environmental justice by strengthening grassroots social movements that advance solutions to waste and pollution. We envision a just, zero-waste world built on respect for ecological limits and community rights, where people are free from the burden of toxic pollution, and resources are sustainably conserved, not burned or dumped.


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WSB: Two thumbs up for Colorado two-strike bear policy
By David Frey
The first time a problem is reported with a black bear in Colorado, it is captured, marked and relocated in hopes that it will not return. ©Rob Lucas
Since 1985, Colorado wildlife officers have had a two-strike policy in dealing with black bears.
One call about a bear in the trash, the car trunk or the kitchen, and wildlife officers capture it, mark it and relocate it to the wild, where it should be able to find food without pillaging from people.
If the same bear is caught a second time, it's euthanized.
In that time, nobody had looked at how well the system was working. How many of the bears that got a first strike came back and got a second? So a team of researchers from Colorado Parks and Wildlife examined 30 years' of data to find out.
"As far as I know, this is the first time anybody's looked at it," said Colorado Parks and Wildlife mammal researcher Mat Alldredge. "It's certainly something our biologists were wondering about and had asked about. So we decided we would take a look and see if we could figure anything out."
The policy "has been an effective management tool," the researchers concluded. Out of over 1,000 black bears (Ursus americanus) that got a first strike between 1987 and 2016, only 25% got a second strike. Hunters ended up harvesting 17% of them. Another 53% were never heard from again.
"How do you interpret that? I think that depends on the agency's management objective," said Alldredge, a TWS member and co-author on the study published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin. "For a state like Colorado with a lot of bear habitat, the take-home may be, it's working reasonably well."
The researchers also delved into which bears were most likely to be repeat offenders. Subadult male bears were the quickest to get a second strike. "The rowdy teenagers, as they're always called," Alldredge said. "I see that maybe the males are a little bolder, and subadults are trying to figure out where their home range is."
But it was adult females who were the most likely to get a second strike, even though the time between their strikes — an average of 496 days — was the longest.
"It's the adult female that's more nutritionally stressed out due to the cost of reproduction," Alldredge said. "It seems reasonable that they're going to seek out abundant food sources."
The first strike for all bears usually came in years when acorns and other mast the bears eat were in short supply.
Those statistics suggest ways that the policy could be adapted to meet different goals, researchers suggested. Other states with different priorities could shape the policy to meet their objectives, Alldredge said. If the goal is to reduce bear numbers, managers could give subadult males just one strike. If wildlife managers want to increase black bear populations, they could give adults one more shot in bad years.
"I'm not going to make suggestions that Colorado change its policy, but certainly in some states, a three-strike policy may be warranted in areas with low bear densities where problems may be few and far between," he said. "Euthanizing a bear is really falling out of public acceptance. Our managers don't like it either. It's a bad day when you have to put a bear down when it got into the trash."
Every nuisance bear situation gives managers an opportunity to educate the public about the importance of removing attractants, researchers concluded. "I hope when people hear that a bear's going to be put down because it's repeatedly getting into the trash that people put out, I hope people will say, 'That's awful. I can do something about it,'" Alldredge said.
This article features research that was published in a TWS peer-reviewed journal. Individual online access to all TWS journal articles is a benefit of membership. Join TWS now to read the latest in wildlife research.
David Frey is managing editor at The Wildlife Society. Contact him at dfrey@wildlife.org with any questions or comments about his article. Read more of David's articles here.
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Costa Rica - Puntarenas
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Manuel Antonio is a small village located on the edge of the ocean. It is mainly known thanks to the "National Park Manuel Antonio" located just next door. The village environment is a real treasure of biodiversity that attracts visitors from all over the world. The white sandy beach, the shimmering blue water make this place as a true paradise. Many housing units have emerged to meet an ever-increasing demand.
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Investing in Costa Rica is the best to make your money grow as the real-restate market is in full expansion. Setting up in Costa Rica, it is enjoying the Occidental comfort at attractive prices.
In the past few years, Costa Rica has attracted many foreign investors due to its social and political stability and its tourism sector which is considerably extending. Buying a property in Puntarenas is an affordable solution and it is the right time to try as the housing sector has an annual estimation of 20%. Either it is for private or commercial use, you will undoubtedly derive profits.
There is no legal restriction to buy a property in Costa Rica, even if you are a non-resident, who have the same rights than the native people in terms of property. Before purchasing, there is one fundamental element to consider: The most comprehensive form of property ownership in Costa Rica is fee ownership. Fortunately for foreigners, the conditions for this type of ownership are the same for Costa Rican nationals as they are for foreigners. The concept of fee simple ownership is the same in Costa Rica as in the US. Basically, fee simple ownership gives the owner of the property the absolute right to materially own the property.
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Thanks to its tempered climate all year long, temperatures are in average between 18 and 25 degrees. The months from August to October correspond to the rainy season. The Pacific Ocean is restless, which provides excellent surfing conditions. However, some roads are impracticable due to the waterways to cross.
From June to November, it is the rainy season, which is called "temporada verde". However, it does not mean rain for 24hours a day. The abundant rains only last for one to two hours during the afternoon. It is possible to enjoy sunny mornings. Roads can be muddy and there are less visitors. Therefore, you will enjoy less crowded places, in a more peaceful atmosphere at attractive prices.
From December to April, it is the dry season. It is the best moment of the year to travel to Costa Rica but it is also the most touristic period. Prices increase and most of hotels are full. But you will enjoy very good weather conditions. This is the best moment to sunbath and benefit from dream beaches.
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Manuel Antonio national park is a natural park with an area of more than 16,24km2 which is located south of the west coast of Costa Rica.It was created in 1972 by Costa Rica inhabitants who wanted to preserve one of the most beautiful and diverse regions in the world for future generations.Manuel Antonio National Park combines tropical forest, white sand beaches and coral reef. In addition, it houses more than 100 mammalian species and more than 180 species of birds. It is discovered by walk, following the paths provided for this purpose. It is easily accessible and is close to several restaurants, for a well-deserved break.
Playa Espadilla is the closest beach to the city center of Manuel Antonio. It extends over 3.6km and is divided into two part by the presence of an estuary.The northern area is a pleasant and accessible beach, while the southern part is located on Manuel Antonio park who is a black sand beach, characterized by a tropical forest that stretches right up to the beach. The mangrove which is located at the back of the latter is a preserved area from which it is possible to admire many animals.
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The etymology of the name of Puntarenas means "tip of sand". It is the largest provinces of Costa Rica, which extends from the northwest to the southwest of the country. Its many paradisiacal beaches have long been the region's first tourist attraction. However, the national parks "Cabo Blanco" and "Corcovado" and their very wild aspects are what impress visitors the most. The region is also known as "Pearl of pacific", since its origins, the port represents the most important export site of products. The settlers used it at the time as a starting point for transporting coffee and other products to the rest of the world.
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BREAKING: Appeal Court Vacates Judgement voiding 84(12) of Electoral Act
Hush Gist May 11, 2022
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, vacated the judgement of the Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka, held that the high court, acted without jurisdiction.
It held that the Plaintiff, Mr. Nduka Edede, lacked the locus standi to institute the action.
According to the appellate court, Edede, failed to establish any cause of action that warranted him to approach the court on the issue, noting that the plaintiff was unable to prove how he was directly affected by that section of the newly amended Electoral Act.
Consequently, it struck out the suit marked: FHC/UM/CS/26/2022, which Edede filed before the Umuahia court.
Nonetheless, the appellate court, while determining the appeal on the merit, held that the said provision of the electoral law was unconstitutional because it is in breach of Section 42 (1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, stressing that the section denied a class of Nigerian citizens their right to participate in election.
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The judgment followed an appeal marked: CA/OW/87/2022, which was filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
It will be recalled that the High Court in Umuahia, had in March, struck down section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022 and ordered that it should be deleted by the Attorney-General of the Federation for being inconsistent with the Constitution.
Barely 24 hours after the judgement was delivered, the AGF, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, announced his decision to immediately comply with the court order.
President Muhammadu Buhari had before he signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law, also expressed his reservations with that portion of the electoral law, which he described as discriminatory.
Specifically, section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022, made it mandatory that political office holders must firstly resign from office, before they could vie for any elective position.
It reads: "No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election."
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Organising Committee: Hunter Dukes (University of Cambridge); Marta Figlerowicz (Yale University); Padma Maitland (UC Berkeley); Christopher P. Miller (UC Berkeley); Hannah Rose Woods (University of Cambridge).
"Object Emotions: Polemics" continues a critical dialogue about new directions in humanities research and theory that began at UC Berkeley in 2013 and continued at Yale in 2015. This series of conferences is inspired by the heightened attention to objects and emotions as new points of entry into history, literature, art, architecture, area studies, and the social sciences. Through focused attention on the role of things and feelings, materials and affects, we aim to foster interdisciplinary reflections about the intersections between thing theory, affect theory, the histories of emotions, and new materialisms.
Papers presented at the two prior meetings addressed topics as varied as the ennui of poetic syntax, the felt traces of Chinese calligraphy, the mixing of pleasure and pain in the design of a nineteenth century girls' school, and the politics of castration and swordplay in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. These divergent projects were organised into panels around common threads of questions related to spatiality, temporality, personhood, cultural production, and historiography.
Object Emotions: Polemics seeks critical responses to the emergence of these intersecting discourses. For example, how do objects and emotions establish new intellectual grounds, complicate existing histories, and help us question the assumptions that motivate our disciplines? What are the limits to affect theories, object-oriented criticism, or speculative realisms and their local applications? What are the social and political origins of the current turns to emotions and objects? How do we account for the newness of "new materialisms" and how might the use of such theories change when we consider them within other contexts—cultural, social, political? Do these theories extend certain critical biases or discourses of power and how might we restore what has been left out, or occluded by, these new critical turns? How do these approaches to objects and emotions reflect broader struggles with the formation of departments and academic institutions as such?
The conference will be held jointly between Gonville and Caius College, and Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.


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BOOK REVIEW: Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Posted on August 14, 2012 by Paul Weimer in Book Review // 2 Comments
REVIEW SUMMARY: Kristoff offers an interesting debut novel set in a world reminiscent of an aggressive, expansionistic feudal Japan–with ecologically catastrophic steampunk technology.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In the land of Shima, a hunter's daughter on a quest with her father forms an unlikely bond with a Griffin and sets off a chain reaction of events to threaten the Shogunate.
PROS: Original blend of feudal Japan and steampunk. Excellent engagement with themes under-explored in Steampunk.
CONS: Writing needs a fair bit of polish and tightening, character development needs some fine-tuning.
BOTTOM LINE: Japanese Steampunk unafraid to engage with the dark side of the subgenre. The Lotus must bloom!
Most of the steampunk written in this day and age use British and American settings, characters and worlds. In those cases where the world is not explicitly our own, the secondary world's trappings are if not American or British, certainly Western European in flavor, tone, and delineation. With some notable exceptions (such as the work of Cherie Priest and Mark Hodder), much of the steampunk written is very much a mode or a skin that doesn't engage with the dark side and the consequences of Victorian society. The problems and challenges of nineteenth century industrialization are often unexamined or ignored, such as child labor, environmental degradation of the water and the air, the social problems of Empire and the role and status of women.
Stormdancer, billed as the first book in The Lotus War, aims to strike at the heart of those limitations. Set in Shima, a secondary world nation whose culture and society borrow from feudal-era Japan, Stormdancer features a Shogun, and several powerful Clans, named after spirit animals, who scheme and plot for power and influence, and samurai, who follow the bushido code. Plus steampunk chainsaw weapons, firearms, powerful armor, environmental armor, airships, and more. The melding of the feudal Japanese political situation with steampunk technology is impressive. However, the author takes on some of the issues mentioned above head on. The steampunk in this world is based on a toxic flower called the blood lotus; the nastiest sort of plant imaginable, poisoning the very ground that it grows upon. This results in a continual deforestation and turn over of land to the lotus, to fuel an expansionistic imperialistic war effort against an unseen and unspecified overseas gaijin antagonist. Lotus has other uses as well, including being the base of a powerful and addicting drug. "The Lotus must bloom" is the motto of the guild that sees to the care and growth of the Lotus, and they mean it at all costs. And those costs to the health and well being of the people and land of Shima are unflinchingly shown.
This exploration of themes and the costs of a society dominated by Steampunk are some of the best things I found in the novel. Stormdancer itself is the story of Yukiko, daughter of a hunter under the auspices of the Shogun. She winds up accompanying her father on a quest to find an arashitora, a griffin, long believed extinct. The Shogun has had a vision of leading the final victory against the gaijin on the back of one, and despite the fact that wild animals of any kind are scarce, the penalty for failing is extremely high. So Yukiko travels into the wild in search of the impossible, and finds it, but that is just the beginning of the problems for herself and those she loves.
Yukiko as a character is the other highlight of the novel for me, which develops her well. A 'coming of age' story, she grows from being the daughter of a hunter to a powerful force in her own right. The different enviroments we see her in, ranging from an airship to the intrigues of the Shogun's court, nicely show off, grow and develop different aspects of her personality. Some key flashbacks fill in the gaps and slowly reveal a complete picture. Her bond with Buruu, too, showing how her relationship with the griffin grows and changes, is another highlight of the novel as well.
However, this is a first novel and the inexperience does show in some key respects. The nuts and bolts writing of Stormdancer, in my opinion, needs some polish and working. Sometimes there is too much description, and too much repeated description, making the book not as lean and trim as it might be. Despite a flash-forward prologue with a bit of action, the novel itself does take some time to build and really find its footing in terms of the writing and story beats. Plus, some of the character beats feel underdone. Just why Yukiko gets to go on such a crucial mission is not really explained that well. The bond with Kuruu is understandable and well developed from her point of view, but from the Griffin's, much less so, especially given the circumstances of its formation. Also, a few characters beyond Yukiko are a bit too much caricature for my taste, especially the antagonists. Some key bits of the worldbuilding remain somewhat unexplained as well.
Even flawed, it's a worthy effort, and the novel was entertaining for the ride it provided. There are things I would like to see explored in a sequel, if and when the author writes it, especially with the experience of this novel under his belt.
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2 Comments on BOOK REVIEW: Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Fred Kiesche // August 14, 2012 at 11:42 am //
The wallet cringes…
Dina // August 14, 2012 at 5:01 pm //
I very much agree. I enjoyed the book but I'm even more interested what Jay Kristoff will do with the second novel. After all, a first novel being a bit clumsy is excusable. A second one should at least show improvement. And this world, intriguing as it is, counts among the places that I want to get to know better and in more detail.
Also, the Guild will get you for calling Buruu a griffin. He's a thunder tiger. 🙂
Very nice review, as usual.
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    "state", "active", "deleted");
END;
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

 CREATE TRIGGER deleted_user
    AFTER UPDATE ON public.user
      FOR EACH ROW
      WHEN (OLD.state IS DISTINCT FROM NEW.state)
      EXECUTE PROCEDURE delete_user();

Than after running:
update public.user set state = 'active' where fullname = '1234'

I get error:
> ERROR:  column "state" does not exist
> LINE 1: ...UPDATE public.user SET %I = %L WHERE state = %L', "state", "...
>                                                              ^
> QUERY:  SELECT format('UPDATE public.user SET %I = %L WHERE state = %L', "state", "active", "deleted")
> CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function delete_user() line 3 at EXECUTE SQL state: 42703

This is how state defined in user table:
state text COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'::text,

I'm new to Postgres so I guess it's a syntax error?

A: This would work:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.delete_user()
  RETURNS TRIGGER AS
$func$
BEGIN
  EXECUTE format('UPDATE public.user SET %I = %L WHERE state = %L',
  'state', 'active', 'deleted');

  RETURN NULL;  -- or OLD (for AFTER trigger)
END
$func$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Single quotes for string literals instead of double quotes (for identifiers). You don't need dynamic SQL for this and can simplify:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.delete_user()
  RETURNS TRIGGER AS
$func$
BEGIN
  UPDATE public.user SET state = 'active' WHERE state = 'deleted';

  RETURN NULL;
END
$func$  LANGUAGE plpgsql;

While the syntax works now, it results in an endless loop and makes no sense as is. I am not sure where you are going with this.
Related:

*

*Are PostgreSQL column names case-sensitive?

*How to pass OLD, NEW and identifiers to EXECUTE in a trigger function?
Aside: public.user works since the schema-qualification removes ambiguity, but the bare table name user always requires double-quoting: "user". Never use reserved words like user as identifier.

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G188 - Records of the Horseley-Piggott Group
Alt Ref No D1288, D3142, D4442, D4469, D4523, D4819, D5115, D5150, D5172, D5505, D6292, D6625, 7446
Title Records of the Horseley-Piggott Group
Administrative History Administrative History
Horseley Bridge and Engineering Company of Tipton amalgamated with Thomas Piggott and Company Limited of Spring Hill, Birmingham, in 1933, and the records cover both the parent firms as well as the combined firm Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott.
Horseley Bridge originated as the mining company of Dixon, Amphlett and Bedford, in 1792. Iron furnaces were built in 1808 and 1809. Aaron Manby joined the firm in 1813 and developed the engineering side and the company built the first iron steamship, `Aaron Manby', in 1822 and the Galton Canal Bridge at Smethwick for Telford in 1829. Under Isaac Dodds, the firm built locomotive engines, and in the course of the nineteenth century diversified into steel building of various types. The firm of P. D. Bennett, of Spon Lane Iron Works was taken over in 1878.
Thomas Piggott and Company was founded in 1822, and built iron canal barges. During the century they diversified into gas plant, particularly gasholders, lifeboats, piping, especially for waterworks, and pressed steel tanks.
The amalgamation of 1933 was followed by the transference of the Piggott works to Tipton. Among later works may be mentioned the Lamella roofing system, which enabled the erection of large curved roof spans, and in particular the Dome of Discovery for the Festival of Britain, 1951.
By 1968, the Horseley Group included associated companies Carter-Horseley (Engineers) Ltd., Horseley-Piggott (Process Engineers) Ltd., Horseley-Piggott (Coatings) Ltd., Mechans Ltd., George M Carter (Agencies) Ltd., and GH Whitehouse & Son Ltd.
There was a ("generally friendly") takeover by the John Thompson Group of Wolverhampton, and the company became known as Thompson-Horseley.
By 1972, a group was set up called Clarke Chapman Ltd. of Gateshead, which bought some companies including International Combustion of Derby and Thompson-Horseley, in an "unfriendly" merger, with some asset-stripping although a Horseley Division was maintained at Tipton under the company name Clarke Chapman-John Thompson Ltd., by 1975 called only Clarke Chapman Ltd.
By 1984 this became part of NEI Thompson Ltd. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (Northern Engineering Industries) locally based at Ettingshall, Wolverhampton. The group also incorporated Peebles Electrical Group, Parsons of Gateshead and Rolls Royce Engineering.
That company closed in 1992. The current successor company is presumed to be Rolls-Royce Engineering of Derby (information given by Mr John Allen in 2015).
Arrangement Arrangement
The Horseley-Piggott documents deposited include:-
A. Records of Thomas Piggott and Co. Ltd.
B. Records of Horseley Bridge and Engineering Co.
C. Records of Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd.
D. Records of companies taken over by Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd.
E. Miscellaneous
D3142. Plans by Wm Dempsey of Westminster
D4442, D4523, D5505 - John Thompson Ltd., Wolverhampton.
D4469, D4819, D5150 - Horseley - Piggott Ltd.
D5172 - Horseley Company Ltd., and its successors.
Extent 13 Sections
Access Conditions D1288 - Minimum of two working days advance notice is required for production
D5115 - Advance notice is required for access to documents in the uncatalogued accession D5115, which includes microfilm images of original plans, mainly for the later era of Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott up to 1975; annual customer indexes to the early 1980s including one of the earlier companies, not yet identified); drawing registers mainly 1950s; further publicity material including for the Festival of Britain; title deeds; rolls of drawings; papers relating to the Ince B power station
Related Material See history of Horseley by JS Allen held at William Salt Library: "A History of Horseley, Tipton: Two centuries of Engineering Progress", 1993


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Bartolomeo Berrecci (1480 Pontassieve, Italy - 1537 Kraków, Poland) was an Italian Renaissance architect who spent most of his career in Poland.

Studies and career in Poland

He learned architecture in Florence, first through apprenticeship with his father, who was also an architect. He was then probably taught by Andrea Ferrucci, his father's fellow Florentine architect. He moved to Poland in 1516 at the invitation of the bishop Jan Łaski to take over the work of rebuilding the Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków after the death of Francesco Fiorentino, working with Benedykt from Sandomierz. The castle had burnt down in 1499, and the rebuilding was commissioned by Sigismund I of Poland. He also took over Florentino's workshop, with the artists Bernardino di Gianotis, Giovanni Cini from Siena, Mikołaj Castiglione, and five members of the Soli family.

He worked in Kraków, Niepołomice, Poznań, Tarnów and most likely in Vilnius where the Royal Palace of Lithuania was reconstructed. He became very rich in Poland, owning a number of houses in Kraków and a brickyard. He was murdered in 1537 by another jealous Italian artist in Kraków and was buried in the Corpus Christi Basilica in Kazimierz by Kraków.

Legacy

The most important work of Berrecci is the chapel of the last Jagiellonians, the Sigismund Chapel for King Sigismund I the Old at the Wawel (1517–1533) in Kraków; It is considered to be the most beautiful piece of Italian Renaissance architecture outside of Italy. Some years later Santi Gucci built the tombs of King Sigismund II Augustus and Queen Anna Jagiellon (the son and daughter of Sigismund I) inside the chapel. His death in 1537 was the result of an infection caused by a worksite accident during work on the tomb of Piotr Tomicki.

Berrecci's other works include:
 rebuilding the Wawel royal castle
 extension of the Niepołomice Castle
 baldachin for the tomb of Władysław II Jagiełło
 tomb for the bishops Jan Konarski (died 1525) and Piotr Tomicki (died 1535) in the Wawel Cathedral
 tomb of Barbara Tarnowska and the tombs of the three Jans in the Cathedral in Tarnów.

He is one of the characters on the famous painting by Jan Matejko, Prussian Homage.

External links
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Sources

1480 births
1537 deaths
People from Pontassieve
16th-century Italian architects
Architects from Kraków
Renaissance architects
Italian emigrants to Poland
16th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors

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Aydın Archaeology Museum's ancient mosaics and excavated blocks from the ancient city of Orthosia, which include many gladiator patterns and shapes, have been presented on screens in the museum with a new project.
The screens are displaying the gladiator fights and reviving ancient traditions in the museum.
The mosaics and patterns of gladiator fights and their representation on screens have attracted the attention of visitors, Aydın Culture and Tourism director Nuri Aktakka said, speaking to Anatolia news agency. He added that this new application was attractive, and would make history more understandable.
The application started as a part of the ministry's new project and the mosaics are currently appearing live on the screens, he said.
The pieces of the gladiator blocks were unearthed in Orthosia's ancient city, located within the borders of the Donduran Village in the Yenipazar District of Aydın. The mosaics belong to the second century after Christ. Strabon, one of the authors of the Ancient Period, mentioned Orthosia as a Karia city. The city, which was attacked by the Kimmers in the seventh century B.C., passed under the sovereignty of Lydia after the victory of Alyattes, the King of Lydia, against the Kimmers; it participated in the Ionia Union in the sixth century B.C. and then passed under the sovereignty of the Persians as the other Anatolia cities. The theatre and the Byzantine buildings still remain standing. Well-protected tombs and graves on the necropolis show qualified workmanship.
The animations depict the gladiators and an ancient culture, according to Aktakka. The animations also show the fighting of gladiators. "Gladiator mosaics are the most important pieces of our museum. We have prepared these with the support of Culture and Museum General directorate," Aktakka said.
Noting that the visual effects were very important for the museum experience, Aktakka said these visual effects took the visitors back to another place in time.
Apart from the animations of the gladiators themselves, there are also 3D visuals that display the detailed pictures of gladiator fights and their daily lives.
Aktakka said that the works that are displayed in the museum, usually sculptures, display the economic, daily and religious life in ancient times. There are many clues how people lived during ancient times, he said.
The daily life and the religious life of ancient times have been reflected and revealed thanks to these works, according to Aktakka.
"That's why it is very important that these details are shared with the audiences via 3D works," he said, noting that this approach raised the interest in the ancient times and educated people about this subject.
After analyzing these 3d visuals, visitors can imagine the ancient times and know how these people have lived.
This makes the displays more interactive and people can remember more. Aktakka said they will be continuing to create 3 D visuals in the museum.


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Q: SSIS - SQL Command - Parameters I edited the question based on the solution that Hadi gave.
I am using SSIS in VS 2013.
I have a user variable called MyVariableList and Query.

This is Expression in user variable Query: "SELECT cola, colB FROM myTable WHERE myID IN (" +  @[User::MyVariableList] + ")"

I have a Script Task that set the value of @[User::MyVariableList].
Dts.Variables["User::MyVariableList"].Value = sList;

After that, I have A Data Flow Task with OLE DB Source (from 1 database) to another OLE DB Destination (another database on another server).
In the OLE DB Source Editor, I set
Data access mode: SQL Command from variable
Variable name: User:: Query

In the OLE DB Source connection, I have set the DelayValidation to True

Before I even can run the package, I am getting this error

How can I fix this issue ? Thank you

A: First of all, you are working with a project parameter not a project variable
You cannot achieve this using a parameterized sql command, you have to build the whole query inside a variable, and use it as source (SQL Command from variable)
Parameters are used to specify a single value, not concatenating the query string
Create a SSIS variable (User::Query), change the variable Evaluate As Expression property to True and write the expression in the variable Expression property. Like the following
"SELECT cola, colB FROM myTable WHERE myID IN (" + @[$Project::MyProjectVariable]  +   ")"

Note: to use a project parameter inside an expression use the following syntax : @[$Project::MyProjectVariable]


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Georgia Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Athens Orthopedic Clinic Data Breach Lawsuit
Home » Legal News » Georgia Supreme Court Overturns Ruling on Athens Orthopedic Clinic Data Breach Lawsuit
Posted By HIPAA Journal on Dec 27, 2019
A lawsuit filed against Athens Orthopedic Clinic over a June 2016 cyberattack by TheDarkOverlord has been revived by the Georgia Supreme Court.
The cyberattack in question involved the theft of patient data from the clinic. A ransom demand was issued and the hacking group claimed the data would be returned if the ransom was paid. The clinic refused to pay the ransom and, in response, the hacking group claimed to have sold some of the data. Later, the hacking group published a portions of the stolen data on Pastebin, where it was downloaded by others.
Three victims of the data breach, Christine Collins, Paulette Moreland, and Kathryn Strickland, alleged that since their personal data had fallen into the hands of cybercriminals, was offered for sale on the dark net, and had been downloaded by some individuals, they were placed at risk of identity theft and other types of fraud.
One of the plaintiffs, Christine Collins, alleged there were fraudulent charges made to her credit card shortly after the cyberattack and that she had to spend time getting those charges reversed. She also had to place fraud alerts on her credit file to prevent further harm.
The plaintiffs sought damages based on the costs they had incurred arranging credit monitoring and identity theft protection services – which were not offered by the clinic – attorneys fees, and also sought injunctive relief under the Georgia Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
The lawsuit was granted standing by the lower court, but Athens Orthopedic clinic filed a motion to dismiss, which was granted by the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals found the negligence claim was invalid, as the plaintiffs were attempting to recover damages for "an increased risk of harm." This was considered speculative harm and did not constitute a cognizable injury under Georgia tort law.
The Supreme Court has now overturned that decision and has ruled that the plaintiffs had alleged sufficient harm for the case to survive a motion to dismiss.
"The plaintiffs allege that criminals are now able to assume their identities fraudulently and that the risk of such identity theft is "imminent and substantial." This amounts to a factual allegation about the likelihood that any given class member will have her identity stolen as a result of the data breach. As this case comes before us on a motion to dismiss, we must accept this factual allegation as true," wrote the Supreme Court in its ruling.
The Supreme Court determined the Court Of Appeals based its ruling on two other cases that were far different from the Athens Orthopedic Clinic cyberattack. In both of the cases there was no evidence to suggest that any stolen data had been obtained by cybercriminals, therefore there was no imminent and substantial risk of identity theft and fraud.
In the case of the Athens Orthopedic Clinic cyberattack, the plaintiffs' data was stolen by a cybercriminal who threatened to sell the data, attempted to do so, and the data was downloaded by others. "At this stage, we must presume that a criminal actor has maliciously accessed the plaintiffs' data and has at least attempted to sell at least some of the data to other wrongdoers." Consequently, there is an "imminent and substantial risk" of identity theft and fraud. The Supreme Court ruled that "These allegations are sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' negligence claims."


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Fitzpatrick Eager To Begin Canada's NASCAR Era
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Set to Begin Its First Season
Fitzpatrick's championship-winning #84 from last season. (CASCAR Photo)
J.R. Fitzpatrick already has a NASCAR race under his belt this season – an entirely forgettable 33rd-place run in the NASCAR Busch Series event in Mexico City – but he is ready to get to the meat and potatoes of his 2007 race season, the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.
"I am pumped up and so excited," said Fitzpatrick, 19, who hails from Cambridge, Ontario. "Everybody is. There is a feeling in the air with every team that I know of."
The anticipation and excitement is stemming from the fact that the inaugural event for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is now nearing the center of the radar screen. The Dodge Dealers 200 is scheduled for Saturday, May 26 on the 5/8-mile oval of Cayuga Speedway Park.
Some teams, including Fitzpatrick's, tested their cars at Cayuga on May 11-12. The biggest change to the cars for the former CASCAR Super Series competitors is moving to a wider Goodyear Eagle tire on par with those used by the NASCAR Grand National Division.
"In my mind, it was going to be much faster and stickier than our old tires," said Fitzpatrick. "It was a little faster, but it did not have the grip that I was expecting. There will be a bit of a learning curve with these tires and we're all in the same boat for the most part. We did real well, though. We were able to adjust on the car and make it better, so we came out of it feeling pretty good overall."
Aside from having several laps of practice on the new tires; Fitzpatrick feels that he has another tactical advantage over many in the field for the Dodge Dealers 200. With the NASCAR Busch Series start in Mexico City, he has a familiarity with many of the nuances of NASCAR.
"I don't know that I would call it an advantage, but it is definitely a familiarity," Fitzpatrick said. "The technical process for the cars and how the whole event will unfold will be new to most of the teams, but is something that we have been exposed to. It'll help in these first few races, no doubt."
Coming off a championship in the final season of the CASCAR Super Series, the Fitzpatrick camp heads into Canada's NASCAR era with high expectations, but he knows that winning the first NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship will not be an easy proposition. In winning the final CASCAR Super Series title, Fitzpatrick garnered a win at Barrie (Ontario) Speedway and notched five additional top-five finishes, but the NASCAR banner and new series brings a clean slate to everybody.
"We're all rookies, I guess," says Fitzpatrick. "I can assure you, though; the desire to win that first [NASCAR Canadian Tire Series] championship is real. With the way that everybody has stepped up their programs, I just hope to be competitive race-in and race-out."
Who is Fitzpatrick looking out for this season?
"My teammate Don Thomson Jr. is one, along with Kerry Mix and D.J. Kennington, but the guy who no one is talking about – and I think will be a factor this year – is Jason Hathaway. He's a good driver and has made some key changes to his team."
Fitzpatrick also believes that NASCAR's venture in Canada will change the landscape of racing in the country.
"A lot – and I mean a lot – of talented young drivers who in years past may have automatically jumped into open-wheel cars, will consider and turn to stock cars," Fitzpatrick said. "Look at Andrew Ranger, for instance, he was in open-wheel stuff and he has made the switch. It's not the easiest thing to do, but stock car racing is a credible and viable option with NASCAR's involvement."
The business at hand, though, is the Dodge Dealers 200 and Fitzpatrick feels that it is a great place to get the new season underway.
"It's a 5/8-mile track, it's fast and there is room to maneuver," he said. "It was a little green at
the test session earlier this month, but come race time it will have plenty of rubber down on it and be fast. I like the high line there. Not many guys like to venture out there, but the car will stick if you've worked on it."
It seemed difficult for Fitzpatrick to quell his excitement for the new season.
"At that [NASCAR Busch Series] race in Mexico City, those guys run 100 percent all the time and this is exactly what we're going to have to do," Fitzpatrick said. "This series is going to be huge. We're going to have more cars, more competition, more enthusiasm, more everything. I can't wait. It's going to be fun!"
Ticket information for the Dodge Dealers 200 can be obtained by calling Cayuga Speedway Park at (866) 670-1958 or by logging onto www.cayugaspeedwaypark.com.
FIVE DRIVERS TO WATCH IN 2007
As the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series drivers and teams prepare for their season-opening race Saturday at Cayuga Speedway Park, here are five drivers to watch:
J.R. Fitzpatrick: The 19 year-old Cambridge, Ontario resident won the final CASCAR Super Series championship, but the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series brings an empty record book into the 2007 season. His experience in the NASCAR Busch Series event in Mexico City is undoubtedly a feather in his cap and provides familiarity with NASCAR procedures, both on and off the track. He will also compete in the NASCAR Busch Series event later in the season at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
D.J. Kennington: This 30 year-old out of St. Thomas, Ontario has two NASCAR Busch Series starts (Richmond, Va. and Phoenix, Ariz.) under his belt this season. Like Fitzpatrick, he will have a level of comfort with the NASCAR way. The multi-victory CASCAR veteran with solid backing from Castrol looks to use his NASCAR experience to his advantage with a Dodge Charger that he knows very well. He, too, will compete in additional NASCAR Busch Series events throughout the season.
Andrew Ranger: It's hard to believe, but at 21 years of age, the Roxton Pond, Quebec native will not be the youngest regular competitor, but he did make the biggest splash in announcing his intentions to race in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He has made the jump from the CHAMP Car World Series where he finished 10th in the 2006 point standings.
Don Thomson Jr.: The 45 year-old veteran racing out of Ayr, Ontario is a hard man to pick against in Canadian stock car racing. He is a five-time CASCAR Super Series champion. And, by the way, those five titles came consecutively from 2001-05. He also collected the CASCAR eastern series crown in 1999 and 2000.
Dave Whitlock: This 41 year-old veteran from Petrolia, Ontario is also a former CASCAR Super Series champion, having won the titles in 1997 and 1998. He is looking to get the early jump on the competition having a great deal of recent success at Cayuga. Also like Thomson Jr., Whitlock has a 1991 CASCAR eastern series title to his credit.
Fitzpatrick (NASCAR Touring Photo)


Chesapeake Light Craft Boatbuilding Projects: Blogs, Galleries, Videos.
Chris Harlan's Passagemaker Dinghy - A neat blog with excellent building photography!
Geoffrey's Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid - A beautiful boat!
Donald's Wood Duck 12 - Donald from Connecticut documents his build.
Jean's Skerry - Jean Poirier from Quebec is building a Skerry from plans.
Paul's Annapolis Wherry - Paul Deering blogged all about building his Annapolis Wherry.
Dave's PocketShip - Dave Curtis from Winnipeg is building PocketShip from Plans.
Jerry's PocketShip - Jerry McManus in Arizona is building PocketShip from a kit. He also built an Eastport Pram.
Mill Creek 13 Build Slideshow - Bart Bakelaar from New Jersey put together this great slideshow.
Shearwater 17 Hybrid Blog - Danny from Texas documents his Shearwater 17 Hybrid build. Flawless finish, beautiful photos!
Passagemaker Dinghy Construction - Excellent account of the Passagemaker building process. Great pics, detailed description, and a running total of time spent.
Paddleboard Touring Blog - Check out George Weetman's adventures in the Pacific Northwest.
Oxford Shell Blog - Eric from Spokane, Washington builds an Oxford Shell (and some other things). Scroll down for the Shell.
A Jimmy Skiff Blog - Ron Paro builds a Jimmy Skiff from plans. Beautiful work!
An Eastport Pram Blog - Steve from Colorado builds a lovely pram named Geall.
Chesapeake Kayak Build - Some great photos from Scott's Workshop.
Chesapeake 17LT Construction - Curtis from New Jersey documents his build.
Boat Building by the Bay - 30 Annapolis youths build Peace Canoes. Also documented here.
Chesapeake 16 Expedition Windsurfer - Trey Wauchula from Tampa built a custom expedition windsurfer from a set of Chesapeake 16 plans!
Oxford Shell Build - A great collection of photos from Patrick in Minnesota.
Peace Canoe Blog - Follow the blog of a family building a Peace Canoe. Great pictures.
The Chronicle of a Mill Creek 16.5 Construction - Peter Eipers, of the Passagemaker blog above, has another one detailing his Mill Creek 16.5 build. He's even got videos of many of the steps.
Viking Boat Shop - A teacher in Grand Island, New York documents his after-school boatbuilding projects for middle and high school kids. They are working on a Chesapeake 17 and two Mill Creek 13s.


This is a Old English BC Switched Lampholder with a 10mm Baseed fixing in the base.
This Old English Switched Lampholder comes with an internal earth connect rather than one on the side. It also has a shade ring to hold a lamp shade with a 28/30mm diameter hole.


Vietnam is fast becoming aware of the laws that protect the bears, with many officials now working closely with our Vietnam Director Tuan Bendixsen. These past couple of weeks are no exception as, together, Tuan and the authorities joined in a public-education programme in Ha Long Bay Vietnam — scene of many bear farmers clearly flouting the law.
Posters in Vietnamese, Korean and English were put up in local hotels and on the wharf where boatloads of tourists arrive (400 boats at any one time) and are persuaded to buy "fresh bile" as part of their holiday experience.
Tuan and the authorities also met with the bear farmers in a tense meeting where compensation was demanded..... and refused, considering that the farmers know that they are engaging in an illegal practice and have had every chance over the past 20 years to move into alternative businesses.
Congratulations to Tuan and team for helping the authorities and keeping this issue well and truly in the public eye.
As most people know, the politics are endlessly complicated, but our campaign continues to push for the final resolution and plans are already under way to repeat the whole exercise next May during peak tourist season.


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Traveling with this crew and NEVER stressing about food/workouts is the best thing ever.
This is the first time I've traveled internationally and not once worried about how I would maintain my weight. This last year I learned how to actually LIVE, travel, eat out and lose weight at the same time. I really never thought it was possible.
It blows my mind how much more I can enjoy our travels now. I'm positive I'll come home and be in my range by just following some simple rules I've learned.
I've gotten some messages about jumping in after Easter so Im thinking about opening up a few spots in my bootcamp. Want deets? Message me or comment below! I'll teach you the simple things that helped me lose 26 lbs in 2.5 months and keep it off!
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Il passato non equivale al futuro... eppure ci sono cose che rimarranno eterne.
Good Friday? More like bloody excellent Friday.
Easy Gourmet team are celebrating Easter Friday, preparing our amazing food for our two lovely wedding on this weekend at @clissoldhouse and @wiltonsmusichall ! .
Good morning, happy bank holiday 😃 alcohol, cigarettes, snacks & grocery delivery open 24hrs.
Final countdown towards @londonmarathon ! It'll be my 8th marathon. Flashback. Marathon 1 out of 7. My debut @leidenmarathon , May 2012.
It all started as a joke actually, a bet. After years of inactivity on the track, due to lack of motivation and increasing study-time (and beer-time 🍺) I thought it was time for a challenge. "Let's run a marathon", I said! "Let's run it in sub 2h30", I said. Some months later, as a bolt from the blue, my mom died. Just like that. She was the marathon runner of the family, PB of 3h09' as a master. She knew I was going to make my debut, so I'd better give it my all. Train. Run. It was my way to mourn. In the hard K's of the marathon I still think of her. My buddy Stein Van Es paced me till halfway in 1h11'07", from there on it was just me against the strong winds in Leiden. I struggled, thinking I could never finish it. At 41k I was still thinking I would never finish. At 41,4k I suddenly saw an African runner in front of me, suffering even harder! I forced myself into something that I thought that looked like sprinting. YES! Finish in 2h25'32", 2nd! My only podium on a marathon so far, by the way. It was sub 2h30, it was epic, it was emotional. It got me, and from that day on I became Dennis Laerte, the marathon runner.


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Huawei Y9 (2019) With Dual Rear, Front Camera Setups to Launch in India Today
TechnologyJanuary 10, 2019
Huawei Y9 (2019) is set to be launched in India today. Huawei is hosting a press event in New Delhi to announce the launch of Y9 (2019). The smartphone was previously planned to arrive in the country on January 7. However, the Chinese company reschedule its launch event and sent out the updated media invites on Monday. The Huawei Y9 (2019) comes as a successor to the Huawei Y9 (2018). The new smartphone features a traditional display notch. Key highlights of the Huawei Y9 (2019) include a 6.5-inch display, dual rear and front cameras, HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC, and a 4,000mAh battery.
The online listing also confirms that the Huawei Y9 (2019) will come bundled with Boat Rockerz Sports Bluetooth headphones worth Rs. 2,990.
Announced in China back in October last year, the Huawei Y9 (2019) comes as the successor to the Huawei Y9 (2018). The smartphone features a traditional display notch design that sports two front-facing camera sensors. There is also a vertically-aligned dual camera setup.
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Well December is finally here and it's time to choose my Amazon First Read from the 8 books that will be published in January 2020. Wow it seems so strange saying 2020.
It didn't take me long to decide which book I'd choose. I didn't even need to read any of the synopsis's this month because as soon as I saw "The Emerald Affair" by Janet MacLeod Trotter I knew that would be this months choice. As I've read the Indian Tea Saga series and just loved them, so it was a no-brainer I just knew I had to have it.
I Choose You by Gayle Curtis, Pages: 262, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
I Choose You
Synopsis: When a killer chooses you, what choice do you have?
Thirty years ago, Elise and Nathaniel shared a horrific trauma that united them in grief. Now, grown up and married with a young family, they feel their worst nightmares are behind them. Until the day their daughter is abducted and murdered.
Both Elise and Nathaniel lost their mothers to a notorious killer who manipulated innocent victims into taking their own lives. Could it be that 'the Watcher' has returned for another round of the same sadistic game? Why now? And why are Elise and Nathaniel being targeted again?
When Elise's family falls under suspicion, her world crashes down around her. Is there anyone she can trust, or is her whole life built on lies?
Only one thing is clear: someone left their cruel game unfinished all those years ago. This time the Watcher intends to win – once and for all.
Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey, Pages: 296, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
Synopsis: Inspired by a terrifying true story from the author's hometown, a heart-pounding novel of suspense about a small Minnesota community where nothing is as quiet—or as safe—as it seems.
Cassie McDowell's life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves school, and has a crush on the nicest boy in class. Yes, there are her parents' strange parties and their parade of deviant guests, but she's grown accustomed to them.
All that changes when someone comes hunting in Lilydale.
One by one, local boys go missing. One by one, they return changed—violent, moody, and withdrawn. What happened to them becomes the stuff of shocking rumors. The accusations of who's responsible grow just as wild, and dangerous town secrets start to surface. Then Cassie's own sister undergoes the dark change. If she is to survive, Cassie must find her way in an adult world where every sin is justified, and only the truth is unforgivable.
Psychological Suspense
Can You See Me? by Lynne Lee, Pages: 346, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
Synopsis: Would you know if someone was watching you?
In the dark days since the sudden death of her surgeon husband, Julia's main worry has always been Tash. Her student daughter was broken—she worshipped her father. But six months on, Julia thinks the light is returning. She is about to find out that she's wrong.
When she saves the life of a boy who's been hanging around her beach cottage, the questions start. All she has to go on is the butterfly tattoo on his wrist, but who is he? What was he doing there? And why was her late husband's watch in his bag? Julia wants to believe it's a casual theft, but an ominous arrival in the post confirms her suspicion that there is more to it than meets the eye.
As Tash remembers a string of strange incidents she had previously brushed off, Julia realises they are both being watched. Someone's been toying with them, trying to frighten them, but why?
Determined to protect her daughter, Julia races to discover the boy's identity. But what she doesn't realise is that the truth is right in front of her. Will she see it before it's too late?
The Emerald Affair by Janet MacLeod Trotter, Pages: 551, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
The Emerald Affair
Synopsis: In this evocative tale of life in India between the wars, friendships will be tested and loyalties torn. But can love win the day?
In Scotland in the aftermath of the First World War, nurse Esmie McBride meets handsome Captain Tom Lomax at her best friend Lydia's home. Esmie is at first concerned for Tom's shell shock, then captivated by his charm, but it's effervescent Lydia he marries, and the pair begin a new adventure together in India.
When marriage to Tom's doctor friend Harold offers Esmie the chance to work in India, the two sets of newlyweds find themselves living wildly different lives on the subcontinent. Esmie, heartbroken but resolved, is nursing at a mission hospital on the North West Frontier. Lydia, meanwhile, is the glamorous mistress of the Raj Hotel, where Tom hopes his sociable new wife will dazzle international guests.
As Esmie struggles with her true feelings for Tom and the daily dangers of her work, Lydia realises the Raj is not the centre of high society she had dreamed of. And when crisis strikes both couples, Esmie faces a shattering choice: should she stay the constant friend she's always been, or risk everything and follow her heart?
This Is Not How it Ends by Rochelle B Weinstein, Pages: 342, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
This Is Not How It Ends
Synopsis: From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes a moving novel of hearts lost and found, and of one woman torn between two love stories.
When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Soon they're settled in the Florida Keys with plans to marry. But just as they should be getting closer, Charlotte feels Philip slipping away.
Second-guessing their love is something Charlotte never imagined, but with Philip's excessive absences, she finds herself yearning for more. When she meets Ben, she ignores the pull, but the supportive single dad is there for her in ways she never knew she desired. Soon Charlotte finds herself torn between the love she thought she wanted and the one she knows she needs.
As a hurricane passes through Islamorada, stunning revelations challenge Charlotte's loyalties and upend her life. Forced to reexamine the choices she's made, and has yet to make, Charlotte embarks on an emotional journey of friendship, love, and sacrifice—knowing that forgiveness is a gift, and the best-laid plans can change in a heartbeat.
This Is Not How It Ends is a tender, moving story of heartbreak and healing that asks the question: Which takes more courage—holding on or letting go?
Toward The Midnight Sun by Eoin Dempsey, Pages: 266, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
Toward The Midnight Sun
Synopsis: From the bestselling author of White Rose, Black Forest comes a page-turning epic of adventure, suspense, and romance set against the rich and ruthless backdrop of the Klondike gold rush.
Seattle, 1897. Anna Denton is not like the other prospectors traveling to the Yukon on the promise of riches. It's duty—not profit—that calls her into the wild unknown. With her family nearing financial ruin, Anna has agreed to marry Henry Bradwell, the wealthy King of the Klondike.
She meets Will and Silas, childhood friends, on the steamer north. After the ship docks in a lawless Alaska town, Anna's chaperones run afoul of local criminals, leaving her stranded. Will and Silas agree to escort her the hundreds of treacherous miles to Dawson City—the gateway to the goldfields—and her betrothed, a man she doesn't know.
Upon their arrival, Bradwell warmly welcomes them all. But as a brutal winter sets in, relations sour, and Anna is caught between the promise her family made to the power-hungry Bradwell and her feelings for Will. Anna and her companions soon find themselves in a deadly game where few can be trusted and where the greatest danger in the frozen wilderness of the Klondike is man himself.
Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg, Pages: 237, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
Synopsis: "Lost Hills is Lee Goldberg at his best. Inspired by the real-world grit and glitz of LA County crime, this book takes no prisoners. And neither does Eve Ronin. Take a ride with her and you'll find yourself with a heroine for the ages. And you'll be left hoping for more." —Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Thrills and chills! Lost Hills is the perfect combination of action and suspense, not to mention Eve Ronin is one of the best new female characters in ages. You will race through the pages!" —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author
A Beginner's Guide to Free Fall by Andy Abramowitz, Pages: 392, Publication Date: 1 January 2020
A Beginner's Guide to Free Fall
Synopsis: Husbands and wives. Brothers and sisters. Mothers and daughters. Okay, everybody. Hold on tight.
Davis Winger has it all. A respected engineer who designs roller coasters in theme parks across the country, he is deeply in love with his wife and has a beautiful young daughter and a happy home. Until an accident strikes on one of his rides. Nothing fatal—except to his career. And to his marriage, when a betrayal from his past inadvertently comes to light. In one cosmically bad day, Davis loses it all.
His sister, Molly, is at a crossroads herself. She's coasting through a dire relationship with an incompatible man-child. And she's a journalist whose deeply personal columns about mothers and daughters are forcing her to confront the truth about her own mother, who abandoned Molly and Davis years ago and disappeared.
For these two siblings, it's just a matter of bracing themselves for one turbulent summer in this redemptive and painfully funny family drama about making the best of the sharp turns in life—those we choose to take and those beyond our control.
*** Which book will you choose? Let me know if you've also chosen The Emerald Affair. ***
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The profound silence of the entire medical community regarding the sale of body parts by Planned Parenthood is stunning. Through silence, the American medical community at large acts as a willing accomplice to these widespread and horrific crimes. The involvement of highly trained physicians in this scandal, with quiet approval of most of the scientific community, is a testimony of our—the medical community's—willingness to break the law and resort to inhumane brutality in order to suit our scientific agenda.
Not long ago, physicians swore by the Hippocratic Oath, which prohibits abortion.2 This oath and its tenets have been widely disregarded and ignored in recent years. What are we to expect next if we ignore the collaboration of physicians in the murder of live, born infants?
The never-ending controversy on abortion in the United States ignores the "victims" and looks mainly at personhood, constitutional rights, and women's rights, while the recent Planned Parenthood medical scandal shows sheer disrespect for the "victims," namely, the despairing mother and the living vulnerable fetus.
To date, more than 58 million genetically distinct, uniquely created American citizens have been unjustly killed in the wombs of their mothers by the expertise of the medical community.3 This "feticide" is an ongoing tragedy in this country, showing us that the most dangerous place for any American citizen is not Iraq, Syria, Libya, or Afghanistan, but the womb of the pregnant mother.
Bowing my head in shame as a physician, I am challenging the entire scientific community to apologize to all the victims of this scandal and for our utter disregard of human dignity. We need to work together as a responsible community to stop this brutal, violent, and criminal medical scandal. We are obligated to treat these cases for what they are: criminal. Our medical boards should immediately revoke the medical licenses of all physicians implicated in these scandals. We owe it to this country to stand up and show our disgust at this manipulation, in the worst possible way, of our medical skills. We must adopt a national medical ethics that clearly condemns these actions and we must swiftly prosecute anyone who violates them.
Planned Parenthood is a private organization specializing in chemical and surgical abortions. At the recent congressional hearings, reports on Planned Parenthood showed profits of $125 million, although the organization continues to claim that it needs another $500 million of taxpayer donation.4 Informed Americans such as the President of the USA and the current Miss America have lied about Planned Parenthood providing mammograms.5 The other well-woman services provided by Planned Parenthood can be easily provided for all women by other clinics and institutions in their state regardless of financial status.
Most Americans are now aware of these lies and injustices, but only time will tell if this latest movement to defund Planned Parenthood, which started with the release of the Center for Medical Progress videos, will result in David defeating the Planned Parenthood Goliath.
1. Normile, Jocelyn Kaiser and Dennis. Chinese Paper on embryo engineering splits scientific community. April 24, 2015. news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2015/04/chinese-paper-embryo-engineering-splits-scientific-community.
2. Tyson, Peter. The Hippocratic Oath Today. PBS. March 17, 2001. pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/hippocratic-oath-today.html.
4. Mackowiak, Matt. 4 things Planned Parenthood's president admitted under oath. October 1, 2015. thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/255579-4-things-planned-parenthoods-president-admitted-under-oath.
5. Lee, Michelle Ye Hee. The repeated, misleading claim that Planned Parenthood 'provides' mammograms. October 2, 2015. washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/10/02/the-repeated-misleading-claim-that-planned-parenthood-provides-mammograms.
Gerard Abreo, MD, is a certified cardiologist and a managing partner at Southeast Houston Cardiology. He is certified by the American College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is also a certified Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is a published author in multiple medical journals. Dr. Abreo resides with his wife Nicole and their nine children in Houston, Texas.
This article has been reprinted from American Life League's Celebrate Life Magazine and can be found at clmagazine.org/article/medical-scandal-at-planned-parenthood/.


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State Police: Explosion in storage bunker at Camp Minden
By BILL FULLERSeptember 29, 2016 GMT
The National Guard says a bunker full of "clean-burning igniter" exploded at Camp Minden, where a company went bankrupt and abandoned about 160 tons of the substance and 7,800 tons of potentially explosive artillery propellant.
Authorities say nobody was hurt in Thursday morning's blast. It occurred more than 6.5 miles from the site where a contractor is burning the M-6 propellant and will burn the remaining 100 tons of igniter.
Before they were able to get close to the site, Louisiana State Police had said a bunker of M-6 exploded.
State Trooper Matt Harris called Thursday's explosion minimal compared to one in 2012 that touched off an investigation of Explo Systems Inc., which went bankrupt the following year.
Col. Ed Bush, spokesman for the national guard, said the area is safe. "That bunker system that's out there did exactly what it's supposed to do" — contain and control the explosion, he said.
Explosive Services International of Baton Rouge is operating a 24-hour burn operation at Camp Minden to destroy the propellant — used for firing heavy artillery — that was left behind when Explo Systems Inc. went bankrupt in 2013. The company says it has destroyed more than 3,100 tons.
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The owners and four officials of Explo Systems pleaded not guilty to federal charges earlier this month. They are accused of lying to get contracts to "demilitarize" the propellant, storing it unsafely and obstructing inspections.
This story has been corrected to reflect that the explosion happened in one of 61 bunkers where 7,800 tons of propellant is stored, and that police are now saying clean-burning igniter, not M6 propellant, exploded.


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Ted Cruz: Republicans Are 'Winning The Argument,' But Some GOP Senators Have 'Defeatist Attitude'
By Nick Wing
US Senator Ted Cruz R-TX, speaks as Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, looks on during a press conference on defunding 'Obamacare' on the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2013. Even as he set out to woo lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including Republican foes, President Obama called for an approach that restores fiscal stability but also protects healthcare for the poor and the elderly and shields the middle class. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told the Dallas Morning News in an interview published this weekend that the aggressive stands he and a few of his Senate colleagues have made are proof that Republicans "are winning the argument." It was refreshing, he said, because some of the more seasoned GOP senators had been acting worn down.
"The biggest surprise has been the defeatist attitude of many Republicans in Washington," Cruz said. "A lot of Republicans felt beaten down, and that there was nothing they could do to stop the erosion of liberty in this country. I have been encouraged that the last several weeks have demonstrated that there is a great deal we can do to turn things around. Indeed, if you look at the vote on sequester, the filibuster on drone strikes and the vote on defunding Obamacare, for three weeks in a row, Republicans have stood together for principle. And in doing so I believe we are winning the argument."
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month, Cruz hailed Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster on drone strike powers and a Senate vote on repealing Obamacare -- which ultimately failed -- as signs that the party was on a winning streak.
In his interview with the Morning News, Cruz said Paul's filibuster had forced the administration of President Barack Obama "to concede in writing that it lacks the authority to kill a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil." That suggestion isn't entirely accurate, as Attorney General Eric Holder actually responded to the Kentucky Republican's protest by clarifying that the limitation on domestic drone strikes of American citizens only applied to targets not "engaged in combat," or who didn't constitute an "imminent threat."
While Cruz insists that his undertakings and the trend of Republicans "standing together on principle" have led to conservative victories, the combative tone he has adopted in his first ten weeks on Capitol Hill has already led to a number of scuffles with Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Earlier this month, he clashed with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) during debate over the constitutionality of an assault weapons ban. Feinstein responded a question from Cruz by telling the freshman that she was "not a sixth-grader." Cruz told the Morning News that he "can't control her reaction."
Cruz reportedly faced another round of criticism from Senate colleagues this weekend, after he proposed an amendment that would have stripped United Nations funding to China and other nations over their abortion policies.
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U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) (L) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with his wife Cheryl Flake (C) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


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Published: 12:02 AM February 23, 2010 Updated: 8:16 AM October 14, 2020
THE East End received a cash boost this week as it became home to one of only two centres for cancer research in London. Experts at Queen Mary, University of London and Barts and The London NHS Trust which runs the Royal London will be leading the way
THE East End received a cash boost this week as it became home to one of only two 'centres' for cancer research in London.
Experts at Queen Mary, University of London and Barts and The London NHS Trust which runs the Royal London will be leading the way in its research into pancreatic, breast, ovarian and prostate cancer as well as leukaemia and lymphoma.
It will be the only network in the country to focus primarily on these specific forms of cancer after receiving �2m from Cancer Research UK and being named a research 'centre'.
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