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More than 20,000 migrants died in Mediterranean since 2013
By InfoMigrants Published on : 2020/10/05
According to the United Nations, more than 20,000 migrants and refugees have drowned in the past seven years trying to cross the Mediterranean. Meanwhile the number of migrants arriving in Italy via the Mediterranean has risen dramatically from last year.
Chiara Cardoletti, UNHCR representative for Italy, said that it was unacceptable that people, including women and children, lost their lives while trying to escape persecution simply because there aren't enough means to save their lives available.
She made the announcement that a total of 20,400 people had died in Mediterranean waters since 2013 on the seventh anniversary of one of the first major shipwrecks on October 03, 2013, when at least 368 migrants drowned off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Memoria e accoglienza: il 3 ottobre – UNHCR Italia. Si può e si deve fare di più in Europa per evitare altri naufragi. https://t.co/Md14JcGOlW
— Chiara Cardoletti (@chiaraUNHCR) October 3, 2020
The actual number of dead bodies in the Mediterranean might be higher, as it can take a long time to recover corpses from the sea, with some of the bodies reportedly never being discovered.
Read more: Journeys that end in tragedy: Tunisians catalog bodies of drowned migrants
Cardoletti takes EU to task
Cardoletti said that the issue of sea rescue should not be relegated to a few organizations such as the Italian coast guard, a handful of NGOs and unprepared merchant ships that happen to be near a shipwrecked dinghy.
But she also stressed that it was not acceptable that nations located along the EU's Mediterranean coast were disproportionately tasked with saving the lives of boat migrants.
In her speech in Rome, Cardoletti launched a public appeal to build a comprehensive rescue and relocation plan involving all EU member states.
#refugees & #migrants.
On October 3, 2013, 368 people died near Lampedusa in one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. In their memory. pic.twitter.com/In9DfXuYya
— Valerio De Cesaris (@ValerioDeC) October 2, 2020
Dramatic increase in sea arrivals
Meanwhile the Italian Interior Ministry shared an update on the number of migrants who had arrived on Italian shores thus far in 2020. It said that nearly 24,000 asylum seekers had reached an Italian port since the beginning of the year.
Compared to the numbers for the same period last year, sea arrivals have risen by 300% (7,900 arrivals in 2019).
Read more: Germany: Five years after the refugee crisis, what's been achieved?
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At least 40 feared dead or missing in shipwreck off Libya, according to UNHCR
Fresh hope for SOS Méditerranée rescue missions in 2019
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The Villa Appetiser: Cardiff City v Aston Villa 2017
After an encouraging performance in the League Cup Villa head into the first away game of the season.
There are signs to suggest that our performances on the road will be an improvement on the poor showings last season, and it was good to see an inexperienced Villa side hold on for the cup win on Wednesday, albeit against a League Two side.
Still, Cardiff are a good side these days having risen up the table with Neil Warnock last season, and are, like most Championship teams, in with a realistic chance of reaching the playoffs.
Warnock having taken over Cardiff in the same week as Bruce did Villa, finished higher than his rival despite Cardiff starting off below Villa and spending a fraction on players than the Villa boss did.
After losing last season at the Cardiff City stadium, this is a good measure for Bruce in terms of whether his team have improved.
Certainly, a win will be a firm foot forward in terms of showing promotion intention.
Warnock on Villa
"It'll be another experience for (Zohore) because he won't have played against the quality of John Terry yet.
"There aren't any leaders anymore – John Terry's a dying breed and you need that on the pitch.
"As a young lad you want to see what it's about. You hit a brick wall and you think, 'wow, is it that good?'
"Ken's only just started his career really. I wouldn't say wasted it, but it's taken him a while to focus on what he can do in the game and now the sky's the limit, and this is a good test.
"In a couple of years he'll be playing against John Terrys every week, hopefully for Cardiff."
"The sort of money Steve has spent on John Terry we haven't spent on the whole squad.
"It's a fantastic signing, I know exactly where Steve is coming from. He'll be giving experience to those around him.
"All credit to him. Yeah he's on a good wage but he could have earned more abroad and I think it's great he's gone with Steve and another chapter to his story."
Bruce on Cardiff
"I'm hoping by the time the window finishes that we'll have an Aston Villa team in the same sort of mould (as Cardiff).
"The one thing you do know what you're going to get with Neil Warnock's team is that they'll be highly committed, they'll be up and at you with a physical presence in a lot of areas, very good at free-kicks, very direct and that's what the Championship is.
"We play the complete opposites in the next two away games.
"One's going to be physical, a typical Neil Warnock team and then we've got Reading who play a totally different way on Tuesday so that's what the Championship is and we've got two big challenges ahead."
2nd Jan 2017 Cardiff 1 Villa 0
A goal from Joe Ralls was enough to secure the points the last time the sides met.
Cardiff – Last five matches at home: W 3, D 1, L 1
Villa – Last five matches away: W 1, D 1, L 3
Kenneth Zohore –The Dane was Cardiff's top scorer last season with 12 goals.
Only Ipswich have drawn more games in the Championship since the start of last season than Villa
Facts to Sweep Under the Carpet
Firstly, the last time we won away at Cardiff was in 1974. But that's a bit misleading.
Encounters between the two teams have been few and far between over the past few decades, but we have failed to win at the Cardiff City Stadium during the last couple of visits.
Looking even further back, Cardiff have lost just two of their last 13 home league games against Villa, winning eight and drawing three!
Villa fans may not like Bruce's comments about how he wants his team to play, but he's right about Cardiff. They're a difficult side to beat and did very well in the second half of last season.
Amavi's departure this week was not entirely unexpected but it does raise questions about the stability of the side. We keep hearing from the club that 'stability' is needed, Bacuna looks outgoing too, producing another window with a mass switch around of players.
Talking of players, Cardiff have not splashed the cash in recent years but the signing of Zohore looks inspired. He's scored 12 Championship goals in 2017 – only prolific players Chris Wood (17), Yann Kermorgant and Lasse Vibe (both 13) have scored more.
There is also, of course, the fact that we were awful away from home last season, including this fixture. If we are to progress this season, this will have to change. Only Ipswich (with 16) have drawn more games in the Championship since the start of last season than Villa. Dropping points will cost us.
Cardiff will be eyeing the play-offs after the way they ended last season and there will be a tough atmosphere at the first home game.
The pressure is already on for Villa after a disappointing result at home to Hull, and key Villa players are still missing – Green could also miss Saturday's game.
"I'm hoping by the time the window finishes that we'll have an Aston Villa team in the same sort of mould (as Cardiff)" – BRUCE ON CARDIFF
Why Villa Have Got This Game in the Bag
For a while now Villa fans have been hoping to see some of the club's talented younger players, and to be fair to Bruce, we did see this on Wednesday.
While it was against League Two Colchester, there was a pleasing resilience about Villa's performance even with an inexperienced squad. Bruce made nine changes for the cup game, so squad depth can no longer be described as an issue.
As nice as Bruce has been about his opponents this Saturday, he has a good record against Warnock. He's won nine of his 11 previous meetings as manager with Neil Warnock, with the only defeat coming in the Villa defeat last season.
With plenty of grafters in the team such as Terry and Whelan, we should no longer be pushovers away from home.
There were positives in last weekend's game at Villa Park, and if we had taken our chances in the first half, it would have been a very different scoreline.
The history books seem confident anyway. Neil Warnock, who isn't the most popular figure among the Villa faithful, has won only two of his clashes as manager against Aston Villa in all competitions (winning twice, drawing four times and losing five times).
As well as that, Aston Villa have won seven of the last 10 league encounters with the Bluebirds…
Hopefully, we can get our first away win since March this weekend.
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● World Sailing held its annual conference in Mexico in November 2017 with a week of meetings involving several hundred delegates from all prominent sailing countries. There were many proposals to modify the racing rules discussed and voted upon, and for the most part, proposals that were accepted will not take effect until January 1, 2021, when the next revision of The Racing Rules of Sailing is published. However, there is a process for making "urgent" changes effective at an earlier date, and this year that process resulted in urgent changes to one definition and three rules. All of these changes become effective January 1, 2018.
The primary reason for the changes was to provide a fair method for handling incidents in which a coach, parent or other support person breaks a rule. Rule 64.4(b), which came into effect in January 2017, permitted the protest committee to penalize a boat — without a hearing — when the boat's support person broke a rule. Many sailors and race officials argued that penalizing a boat without a hearing was not acceptable. U.S. Sailing wrote to all U.S. Sailing judges strongly urging them to never penalize a boat under Rule 64.4(b) for a rules breach by her support person and, later, supported proposals to World Sailing to change the rules that permitted such a penalty.
■ A new rule, Rule 63.9, has been added, which specifies a process the protest committee must follow when it receives, under Rule 60.3(d), a report alleging that a support person has broken a rule. The committee must first decide whether the report is sufficiently convincing that a hearing should be called. If so, the committee must conduct the hearing following the procedures specified in Rules 63.2, 63.3, 63.4 and 63.6. This is the same procedure that is followed in a protest or redress hearing, but with one difference. For a hearing involving a support person, the protest committee may appoint a "prosecutor" — a person who will present the case against the support person. In the case of a protest or a request for redress, the role of prosecutor is played by the protestor or the boat requesting redress.
■ Section (e) of the definition Party has been expanded. For any hearing involving a support person, the parties to the hearing are: the support person alleged to have broken a rule, any boat that support person supports, and the prosecutor. This change means that if a hearing is held because a coach, a parent or any other support person may have broken a rule, every boat that that person supports is entitled to be represented during the hearing, and will have all the rights a protestee would have in a protest hearing. Boats can no longer be penalized without having the chance to defend themselves. The change to the definition Party addresses U.S. Sailing's primary complaint that under the previous rule a boat could be penalized without a hearing if her support person broke a rule.
■ Previously, Rule 64.4(b) referred to a penalty given to a competitor as a result of a breach of a rule by a support person. That did not make sense. A regatta is a contest between boats, and each boat entered is scored and can be penalized. When a competitor breaks a rule, his or her boat receives the penalty. Rule 64.4(b) has been reworded so that only boats, and not competitors, receive penalized. In addition, revised Rule 64.4(b)(2) states that the warning described in that rule must be given in writing.
■ There are now four types of hearings: protest hearings, redress hearings, hearings following reports under Rule 69 alleging misconduct, and hearings following a report under Rule 60.3(d) alleging that a support person has broken a rule. Because protest hearings and hearings under rule 60.3(d) are not the same, a technical change was necessary — Rule 64.4(b) was added to the list of rules in Rule 63.1.
The World Sailing Racing Rules Committee publishes The Case Book, which contains authoritative interpretations of the racing rules. Every year new cases are added to it, and occasionally an old case is revised. During 2017 meetings in Mexico, World Sailing made changes in an old case, Case 78, which will affect the tactics that can be used in major races for Olympic classes, as well as in some local races.
Case 78 concerns tactics, usually applied near the end of a series, in which one boat, without breaking any rule of Part 2, closely covers another for an extended period of time in order to drive the other boat well back in the fleet. The case addresses the question: When are such tactics "in compliance with recognized principles of sportsmanship and fair play" and, therefore, consistent with Rule 2, Fair Sailing?
From 2013 to 2017, Case 78 stated that such tactics do not break Rule 2 provided "there is a sporting reason" for using them. At recent major regattas for Olympic classes, that test has caused problems. For example, some national authorities use their sailors' scores at a continental championship to select members of their national team or to select a boat that will qualify to represent their nation at a future event. Often, the details of such a selection procedure are confidential, and as a result, it is not possible for the protest committee at the continental championship to decide whether a boat that used close covering tactics had a sporting reason for doing so.
Another problematic situation happened at a recent event in which Boat A had clinched first place before the last race of the series. After the start of the final race, Boat A drove Boat B, at the time second in the standings, way back in the fleet, with the result that B ended up in fourth after the last race. Boat B then protested A for breaking Rule 2, and the helmsman of A gave as his sporting reason for using the tactics: "I wanted to practice those tactics." The protest committee accepted A's reason as a sporting reason and did not find that A broke Rule 2, but many people thought A's tactics were not fair play.
Because of these issues, World Sailing has changed the criterion for deciding whether extended close covering violates Rule 2. Effective January 1, 2018, the criterion will be whether the covering tactics "benefit [the boat's] final ranking in the event." Clearly, Boat A's close covering of Boat B in the example above would break Rule 2 because there was nothing she could have done in the last race to benefit or improve her final ranking in the event. Also, boats will no longer be able to point to procedures for national team selection or qualification for a future event to justify extended interference with another boat.
This could affect you in your local sailing series. Many clubs combine the standings of boats in several weekend events to create a season or to pick a seasonal club champion. The implication of the change in Case 78 will be that a boat sailing in a particular weekend event may use extended close covering only when it will benefit her standing in that weekend event. Extended close covering that does not benefit her standing in the weekend event can no longer be justified on the grounds that it improves her standing in the season series.


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Client-focused lawyer abandons submerged Ferrari to get to hearing on time
By Alex Aldridge on Jul 11 2013 8:45am
Earlier this week photos of a Ferrari submerged in a flooded Toronto underpass went viral on Twitter and Facebook…
Can't believe someone dumped a Ferrari in the TO storm #drenchedTO #dibs pic.twitter.com/8x6PnQ8mFB
— Genevieve (@GenZingg) July 9, 2013
Yesterday it emerged that said Ferrari belongs to a lawyer — who abandoned it in order to get to a hearing on time.
Top employment lawyer Howard Levitt was driving through heavy rain to the airport — from where he was due to fly to a hearing in Ottawa — when his 2010 Ferrari California entered a large puddle in Toronto's Simcoe underpass. While other cars passed through fine, the extremely low-riding Ferrari — price: £129,000 — got stuck.
With the water rising fast, thanks not just to the rain but a burst sewage pipe in the underpass, Levitt was quickly forced to abandon ship. Opening the door, he let the sludgy water flow in — and then in a demonstration of great professional commitment, collected his bags from the boot and took a taxi to the airport (having been assured by police that his pride and joy would be towed away by a breakdown truck as soon as one became available).
There, Levitt discovered that all flights had been cancelled due to the weather. So he took a taxi to Toronto's other airport and managed to get on the last plane of the day to Ottawa.
The next morning, Levitt won the motion in his hearing.
His appraisal of the situation, as reported by US legal blog Above the Law, evidences an impressive ability to prioritise.
As for the Ferrari, its future remains uncertain. Not that Levitt, who leads the employment practice at Canadian firm Goldman Sloan Nash and Haber, is sweating such small stuff. "If I can't get it repaired, I'll get another one," he adds.


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Q: Interface to a webservice? I have two webservices that have exactly the same methods and signatures but point at different servers (specifically the Virtual Earth production and staging environments). I wish to switch between using the production and staging services on the basis of a config setting and don't want to repeat myself and replicate each method where I call one of the services.
So what I need in effect is to create an interface which both of the services can implement and program against that. But I don't know if this is advisable or even possible.
Or do I just need to reference one of the services and switch the url property depending on whether I want to use the production or staging environment?

A: If I understand you right, you have ONE webservice which is deployed in production and staging environments. In this case the only thing you have to do is to switch between them via the Url property.

A: I just put my interfaces to wcf services into a separate assembly, and reference this assembly from the client as well as from the server.
I use this central interface for the wcf service, for mocking the wcf service, and for all clients, and can swap the connections out.
I guess you use SvcUtil to create your client classes? I don't. I have created the interfaces once, and use them to create a service using a ChannelFactory with this servicecontract.
Maybe putting your servicecontract into a separate assembly and use a ChannelFactory to create the proxy would help you?
Of course if just the service URL is changing, you can just change it in the config file.

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One cust_id have many listing_id. Each listing carry status such as O and R. There are thousand's of cust_id with the status of 'O' and 'R'. If the cust_id have all 'O' status and no 'R' status, the another table will be updated.. If have 'O' and 'R' in that cust_id it will be skipped.
What I need to do is to select cust_id that have all listing_id with the status of 'O' only and update in the another table.
Put an index on cust_id if you haven't already got one.
UNION which is all those in either, and INTERSECT which is only those in both.


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The Art of Germany: A Divided Land
Andrew Graham-Dixon begins his exploration of German art by looking at the rich and often neglected art of the German middle ages and Renaissance. He visits the towering cathedral of Cologne, a place which encapsulates the varied and often contradictory character of German art. In Munch he gets to grips with the earliest paintings of the Northern Renaissance, the woodcuts of Albrecht Durer and the cosmic visions of the painter Albrecht Altdorfer. Andrew also embarks on a tour of the Bavarian countryside, discovering some of the little-known treasures of German limewood sculpture.
Series: The Art of Germany
Travels with Vasari 1
On a spectacular journey through Renaissance Italy, Andrew Graham-Dixon searches for the shadowy figure who wrote one of the most important books on art and looks at some dazzling works, including masterpieces of the early Renaissance by Giotto, Masaccio and Donatello. Giorgio Vasari was the grandaddy of all art critics, travelling Italy in the 16th century for his definitive Lives of the Artists. It was a time of miracles that he named 'the Renaissance'.
Series: Travels with Vasari
How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you and should you portray the face of Christ? For over 1,000 years these were some of the questions which taxed the minds of the greatest artists of the early West. In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon sets out to unravel the mysteries of art from the pre-perspective era". In the first episode, Andrew traces the beginnings of Christian art in the declining Roman Empire, Egypt and medieval France, and reveals the ideas which lay behind the transition
Series: Art of Eternity
Hermitage Revealed
The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg is one of the largest and most visited museums in the world. Margy Kinmonth's film tells the story of its journey from imperial palace to state museum, investigating remarkable tales of dedication, devotion, ownership and ultimate sacrifice, showing how the collection came about, how it survived tumultuous revolutionary times and what makes the Hermitage unique today. Holding over three million objects and boasting more curators than any other museum, the Hermitage's story is Russia's history in microcosm and its art has lived to tell the tale
In the Shadow of Hitler
There is a tendency to deny German culture the equal reverence of Italy or Spain, and this enlightening new series provides a wonderful opportunity to explore a great, yet often neglected, artistic tradition whose influence has been just as profound. Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes his exploration of German art by investigating the dark and difficult times of the 20th century. Dominating the landscape is the figure of Adolf Hitler, failed artist, would-be architect and obsessed with the aesthetics of his 1,000-year Reich". In a series of extraordinary building projects and exhibitions, Hitler waged a propaganda war against every form of modern art as a prelude to unleashing total war on the whole of Europe. After the war the shadow of the Third Reich persisted, Germany remained divided and traumatised. How would artists deal with a past that everybody wanted to forget? Journeying through the work of Otto Dix and George Grosz and the age of the Bauhaus to the post-war painters Georg Baselitz, Hilla Becher and the conceptual artist Joseph Beuys is a long and strange journey, but the signs that art has a place at the heart of the new reunited Germany are clearly visible.
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With its sturdy plastic case, the Campingaz Portable Gas Stove can be easily and safely transported and stored, while its integrated piezo ignition system is simple to use and extremely reliable. Featuring an easy clean fixed enamelled pan support for additional stability. It also features a cartridge safety locking system for correct and safe cartridge insertion every time.


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Two Sanitation Workers Save 10-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped By Sex Offender
Posted: 08 February 2021
Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine are being hailed as heroes after saving a girl who had been abducted from a family member's home.
Merrick and Antoine were working on their trash route when they spotted the car, about which they received an amber alert, a Gray 2012 Nissan Altima, in which the police say a 10-year-old girl was kidnapped last night.
The girl Jalisa Lasalle had gone missing from a family member's home on Sunday between 1 and 2 pm. An Amber Alert was issued later that night, she was found safe this morning thanks to Merrick and Antoine. Investigators believed that Jalisa was in "imminent danger." According to KATC, an amber alert detailed a gray 2020 Nissan Altima that Jesila had been seen getting into.
Pelican Waste workers Merrick and Antoine were on their route when they saw a silver sedan in the middle of a field about 30 kilometers away in St. Martin Parish.
They were quick on their feet and used the garbage truck to block the car from escaping and called 911. "I blocked the truck in making sure he couldn't get out."
Dion Merrick shared a live video on Facebook saying that he spotted a car in a field while working on his route.
"People act like they see stuff, but they don't say nothing. But she's safe now. Thank God man, because I got a little girl. I'm on my job doing what I got to do," Dion said. After an officer complimented them for their actions, Dion Merrick began to tear up.
In the video, the suspect Michael Sereal can be seen yelling "why are you doing this to me?" as he was escorted to a police car.
At the time Jalisa was last seen, she was getting into a gray 2012 Nissan Altima. The suspect Michael Sereal, 33 if New Iberia is currently being held at the Iberia Parish Jail without bond on charges of aggravated kidnapping of a child and failure to register as a sex offender. It is unclear that Seral has retained an attorney.
Initially, no amber alert was issued because there was no license plate number or any specific description of the vehicle she was in. Several hours later when police received a license plate number and description of the vehicle, and an Amber alert was issued.
According to Louisiana State Police, Jalisa was evaluated by medical officials after she was found, a photo shared on the sanitation company's Facebook page following the rescue shows Jalisa posing next to Merrick and Antoine.
""JALISA FOND SAFE!!! New Iberia police posted on Facebook.
Pelican CEO Poddie Matherne hailed the actions of his employees in a statement to ABC News: "We couldn't be prouder of Dion and Brandon," Matherne said in an email. "In fact, All of our Pelican Waste team have been heroically working without fail during the pandemic quietly, professionally, and consistently serving the communities where we collect garbage & debris. They often respond in other ways while on the road. This was an exceptional thing that may very well have saved a little girl's [life].
Pelican Waste Debris has organized a fundraiser for Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine for their heroic acts that led to the safe return of 10-year-old Jalisa. So far 18 people have donated and $635 has been raised for the noble cause.
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Brock prof honoured with national chemistry award
Thursday, March 04, 2021 | by Justin Steepe
Feng Li, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Brock University, has earned the 2020 Fred Beamish Award.
It is not every day that a technological advancement offers lower costs, faster results and increased portability, yet Associate Professor of Chemistry Feng Li has accomplished the innovation trifecta.
Li created a rapid and portable DNA sampling device that detects disease using simple technology and cost-effective materials. The invention — along with his broader body of work — recently earned him the Fred Beamish Award from the Canadian Chemistry Society.
Geared towards young researchers, the honour is presented to an individual who demonstrates innovation in research in the field of analytical chemistry, where the research is anticipated to have significant potential for practical applications. The recipient must be a recent graduate within six years of appointment.
"The award is the most significant national recognition to achieve," Li said. "It really means a lot to be selected."
Li began training in analytical chemistry at the University of Alberta with Distinguished Professor Chris Le. He joined Brock as an Assistant Professor in December 2014 and was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2019.
Analytical chemistry is a broad field that is broken down into focused subcategories. The award celebrates Li's achievements across his body of work including bioanalytical chemistry, DNA nanotechnology, biotechnology, disease diagnostics and cell imaging.
"One thing we do a lot, and something we're very interested in, is disease diagnostics," Li said. "This is primarily done through imaging or through bodily fluid samples."
Li's work began with blood and urine sampling. "We design and model dynamic DNA devices and machines amenable for ultrasensitive bioanalysis as well as for in vitro disease diagnostics," he said.
The DNA sampling device that was key in earning Li his award has already been deployed by Brock Health Sciences Professor and parasite expert Ana Sanchez in Honduras. She used the device to test samples from children, looking for worms that cause soil-transmitted helminth infection.
"Feng has proven his idea works," said Sanchez. "With incredible sensitivity and specificity, we can detect resistance and mutations that lead to resistances to drugs."
The standard signal readout to detect disease is primarily done with florescence, Li said.
"Our contribution to the science was to convert the florescent signal to colour or distance," he said. "In the field, you do not have the luxury of having a florescent reader, but our colour or distance test can be done at the point of care site rapidly and at lower cost."
Dean Ejaz Ahmed of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science believes that analytical chemistry is more important now than ever.
"During the pandemic, we have seen the need for accurate and efficient testing for viruses and disease," he said. "The work Li has produced adds to our body of knowledge and leads to faster solutions to imminent global threats."
Li acknowledged his lab team for their continued support and his collaborators at Brock, Sanchez and Health Sciences Associate Professor Adam MacNeil.
He also credited Leyla Soleymani from McMaster University, and Chris Le and Chuck Lucy from the University of Alberta for their support, collaboration and guidance.
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FCEM: Promoting and reinforcing women's entrepreneurial initiative worldwide.
FCEM is the pioneer association uniting women business owners from the world over. Founded in France in 1945 at the end of World War II by Yvonne Foinant, and months before the United Nations, the Association quickly spread into other European countries and the four corners of the globe.
FCEM brings together in solidarity and friendship, like-minded women who share a common interest, that of entrepreneurship.Today, the FCEM network includes over 70 different countries from the five continents. And FCEM membership is growing, with new demands for membership each year.
FCEM is the acronym for 'Les Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises Mondiales' which in English translates to: World Association of Women Entrepreneurs and which in Spanish is "Asociacion Mundial de Mujeres Empresarias".
Creating awareness and reinforcing the visibility of women business owners.
Lobbying and advocacy, before public and private institutions, policymakers and governments, on issues that impede women's entrepreneurial potential.
Promoting solidarity, friendship, cultural understanding and the exchange of experiences and ideas.
Facilitating the development of business, partnership, and trade.
Fostering professional growth and business skills perfection and encouraging women to create enterprise.
Missions and visits organized between different FCEM National Associations.
The FCEM world association Website.
To facilitate country visits to meet local members.
FCEM as an active lobbying and advocacy body is consulted for its views on major issues concerning women business owners and the participation of women in economic activity throughout the world by governments, private and public institutions and policy-making bodies. FCEM is the unique NGO of its kind to have consultative status to the United Nations (ECOSOC Roster status 1996/31) and with the Council of Europe as well as representation before the European Union, UNCTAD, UNIDO, UNDP, the OECD, and the International Labor Organization.
The FCEM caduceus with its winged staff and intertwined serpent represents the magic wand of Hermes from Greek mythology or his Roman equivalent Mercury, messenger of the gods and the patron of trade, diplomacy, prosperity and concord. Immediately recognized by FCEM members the world over, the FCEM brooch pin is an automatic reference opening the opportunity for contact and friendship.
FCEM membership is only available through membership in an affiliated National Association. For information on FCEM National Associations, simply click on MEMBERS.For countries that do not have a national association of women business owners or that are not currently members, you are invited to contact the FCEM Regional Commissioner for your region. FCEM welcomes the opportunity to be of assistance.


1951 Senate Bill 0160. An Act To Enable The Participation By Certain Towns In The Distribution Of State Funds For The Repair And Improvement Of Public Ways In Small Towns.
Title 1951 Senate Bill 0160. An Act To Enable The Participation By Certain Towns In The Distribution Of State Funds For The Repair And Improvement Of Public Ways In Small Towns.


Traveling as a family to Greece? Athens has a growing number of furnished short term vacation rental apartments within an easy walk of the historic center that provide a comfortable alternative to booking multiple hotel rooms.
Self-catering apartments offer extra space, and allow parents to rest easy knowing the kids are safely tucked away in a bedroom just off the living room as opposed to in another hotel room down the hall. A full kitchen offers money saving opportunities since you're not limited to eating three meals a day outside and laundry facilities mean you can pack lighter, saving on airline baggage fees.
Most important though, having your own home away from home in Athens means space to gather around the map of Athens with family as you plan your day's activities and a private place to put up your feet, sit back and enjoy a night cap overlooking the Acropolis or Mount Lykavittos without feeling cramped.
Greek Vacation Rentals' homes in downtown Athens range from cozy 2 bedroom, 2 bath duplex pied-a-terre to an historic Landmark status home to a spacious 4 bedroom, 4 bath (all en suite) contemporary Acropolis view apartment, with several other configurations in between. These homes are all perfect for groups of 4 – 12 guests.
Hotel alternatives Athens, a set on Flickr.
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Federal workers make twice as much as private sector workers
Turns out federal government workers haven't had it so bad during the recession... on average making nearly twice as much as workers in the private sector.
USA Today puts the average federal worker's pay at about $71,000... compared with about $40,000 in the private sector.
What's more - the number of federal workers making $100,000 or more went from 14-percent to 19-percent during the first 18-months of the recession... This at a time when more than seven million Americans lost their jobs in the private sector.
And, This increase in federal workers making 6-figure salaries is happening everywhere - big and small agencies, high and low-tech jobs. The reasons for the jump in pay are substantial pay raises along with new salary rules.
Consider this: Federal employees will get a two-percent pay raise in January 2010.
50 million Social Security recipients will get no cost of living increase next year for the first time in more than 30 years. But government workers are getting a raise. The reason is that social security increases are pegged to the cost of living. And that actually went down over the last 12 months - which means the cost of living is going down.
So… no increase for the nation's elderly on Social Security… but government workers get a raise - even though they already average almost twice as much as workers in the private sector.
Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Here's my question to you: What does it mean that the average federal worker makes almost twice as much as the average private sector worker?
Filed under: Government
Time to take aggressive action against Iran?
Iranian soldiers stand near a S-200 surface-to-air missile during military maneuvers. (PHOTO CREDIT: Ali Shayegan/AFP/Getty Images)
When it comes to Iran's nuclear program... the country just keeps thumbing its nose at the rest of the world.
The Times of London reports it has gotten its hands on secret documents that show Iran is working on testing a key final part for a nuclear bomb. The notes describe a four-year plan to test the component that triggers a nuclear explosion.
It's believed these documents are from 2007 - four years after Iran was thought to have ended its weapons program.
Tehran has repeatedly said that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but with these new documents, experts insist there's no possible use for what the Iranians are doing here - except for a nuclear bomb.
The latest revelation will likely increase pressure for tougher UN sanctions... not like it really matters. Iran has already pretty much ignored 3 sets of sanctions meant to curb its uranium enrichment program.
Meanwhile tens of thousands of students filled the streets of Iran for two days last week in the biggest anti-government protests in months. Many protesters shouted slogans against the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and chanted "Death to the Dictator."
The U.S. insists it won't sit by and ignore the protests in Iran... with one top diplomat saying the Iranian people "deserve decent treatment from their government."
Also today - Iran says it will try those three American hikers jailed since crossing the Iraqi border last summer. Iran has accused the Americans of spying - but the U.S. insists they were tourists. Some worry Iran could use them as bargaining chips in nuclear talks.
Filed under: Iran
Do you think the recession is over?
Depending on which member of the Obama administration you ask - the recession may or may not be over.
There were mixed messages coming this weekend from some of the president's top economic aides.
Larry Summers, head of the National Economic Council, said: "Today, everybody agrees that the recession is over, and the question is what the pace of the expansion is going to be."
He pointed out the U.S. was losing 700,000 jobs a month when the president took office - and last month we lost 11,000 jobs. He says there should be job growth by spring.
But wait... When Christina Romer - head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers - was asked if the recession is over, she said: "Of course not. For the people on Main Street and throughout this country, they are still suffering." Romer says she won't say the recession is over until the unemployment rate is back to about five percent. Right now - it's at 10-percent.
The Obama administration is doing a balancing act here. On the one hand - they want to show optimism that the economy is recovering - after all, there is an election in November. But - they also want to appear sensitive to the difficult time that millions of Americans are still going through.
However, saying both these things at the same time is confusing.
Here's my question to you: In light of mixed messages coming from the Obama administration, do you think the recession is over?
Filed under: Obama Administration • Recession


The previously proposed changes have been merged into the plugin guidelines.
It's important to note that I do not think this is a 'complete' or 'finished' project. The guidelines are imperfect, in part because it's impossible to create a rule for every single possible variant of a possible conflict, but also because we cannot predict the future.
There are people who are unhappy we didn't go far enough with certain guidelines — like not saying "you may have 3 links to your own products on your plugin admin pages." Others are unhappy we've gone as far as we did in certain situations — such as the 9th guideline's prohibition against harassment.
Accepting the imperfection of English, as well as the flaws built in to creating guidelines for such a large audience, many of whom do not speak English natively, has led to situations where we have to settle. These guidelines are not perfect. They are not complete. They will be constantly evolving and adapting as we try to please and protect the majority of developers and users.
I encourage all of you to help us write them better. You can email us at plugins@wordpress.org or make pull requests on the GitHub repository. While we may not accept all requests, I promise we do listen to and read every last one.
I appreciate that these continue to improve! So first thank you for the effort here.
I do have a question about #7. How is "tracking" defined because it seems to me that loading remote hosted images, whether that be a tracking pixel or a banner ad, are common methods of tracking, yet this seems to be allowed?
I'm disheartened that there is still no guideline for the context in which notices (upgrade, up sell, update, allow tracking, ads, etc) are displayed. I'd like to see something along the lines of "notices for upgrades and upsells must be limited to displaying only on the admin settings page which the plugin creates or modifies".
Loading remote hosted images is absolutely not permitted. If people are doing it, please let us know and I'll explain that they are, indeed, violating the guidelines.
I'm disheartened that there is still no guideline for the context in which notices (upgrade, up sell, update, allow tracking, ads, etc) are displayed.
Upgrade prompts, notices, and alerts must be limited in scope and used sparingly, or only on the plugin's setting page.
1) Upgrades, upsell, and updates should be contextual. If you're slapping them on every single page, you're annoying your users, please stop.
2) Tracking and remote Ads are NEVER okay unless they are 100% opt-in by the user. Period. No exception.
Is there a way/place we can make that more clear?
Edit: I specify remote ads here because if you include the ad image locally, then it's not tracking.
"Offloading images and scripts when not acting as a service" doesn't scream to me "you can't load an image from your own server".
Maybe just need to ad "opt-in" before the word service, but being more explict here I think helps.
As for those doing it that I've seen it's most often a rotating ad banner, often on a settings page and for a premium version. Where devs want to be able to change the banner to advertise a sale or other temporary condition without pushing an update to the plugin. I usually find them because things break under HTTPS or locally with airplane mode enabled. I'll report them from now on to plugins@. I know it's hard to find reviewing code because it's easy to obfuscate (and best coding practice to put those domains in a define or function return).
On #11 – I swear I've read these a dozen times. Still pointing helps. I think 11 suffers a bit of confusion from the softening language and complex sentence structures in there. It's there, it's just still hard to parse and easy to interpret as a weak suggestion rather than a strong guideline. FWIW, I reviewed the changes in the last few commits and those helped strengthen it but I still feel it's not that strong or clear. I think more about how that can improve and maybe send a PR.
As I said up top, I think these are continuing to improve so thank you again for your work on these, it is appreciated!
Rotating ad banners are not okay UNLESS the banner images are all loaded locally.
FWIW, we've had only about three people try to argue that "the ad is a service." If the image is not related to the service THIS plugin is provided, then it's not a part of the service and therefore not permitted.
I'm not sure that spelling out 'tracking pixels are tracking!' is going to help much. After all, if someone can't connect that a 'tracking pixel' is tracking a user, then I highly doubt further explanations would help them (it has the word TRACKING in it for goodness sake). We already say opt-in in the paragraph above. If they didn't read it once, they're probably not going to read it twice.
As for 11… It's hard to spell that out for people in a way that I can draw a line, because every single time we've tried, some people just PUSH. This includes Yoast 😉 We've had some serious (and beneficial!) talks with them about how to phrase this right, and for the most part, annoying your users with spam all over the wp-admin dashboard hurts YOU more than them. Which IMO is fair. We're not trying to nanny-police people, we're trying to make sure everyone can actually use the plugins without feeling like they're driving down a US interstate.
Others are unhappy we've gone as far as we did in certain situations — such as the 9th guideline's prohibition against harassment.
Not sure anyone complained about your team opposing "harassment" but rather that the guidelines do not abide by U.S. law. TOS are an agreement between a service and its users, and are legally binding (calling it "guidelines" does not absolve either party). This continually dismissive approach is opening your team members and the WordPress Foundation (etc) up to serious liability.
The guidelines also seem to be applied inconsistently depending on who you are, or which WP.org moderator is involved.
Thanks for all your time and efforts, and please aim for all parties to be properly and reasonably protected. Otherwise, the notion that WP.org is being micro-managed entirely by Automattic and is overrun with favoritism will never be put to rest.
Thank you. It is an important and sometimes difficult task.
Personally, I would like the guidelines to go further, for example, to not allow prompts like the JetPack backup advertisement when core is being updated. Imagine if you used iThemes Security and they put an ad for BackupBuddy there … you could end up with a slew of ads for related services.


studio pictor - David on the illustrator stage during the Orange county book festival.
David on the illustrator stage during the Orange county book festival.
 Southwest desert native, David Lizanetz, is an award winning and published artist. In 2000, he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from Arizona State University. Since then, he's worked with art production companies, publishers and galleries all over the United States. David works with many different mediums and art styles.
In 2002, David started his own art company, and then branched out in 2011 by creating Sour Apple Gallery--his own retail store and contemporary gallery/studio. David currently shares his books and artwork at local libraries, book festivals and pop-culture conventions.
David still creates artwork everyday and currently writes and illustrates books about his original creation: The CANimated Critters, along with a brand new adventure series coming soon!


Pregnant Anna Maternity Deco is an online flash game who are supporting all the frozen games community. Here you have to decorate pregnant Anna's room where little Stuart will live. Choose the warmest atmosphere in the frozen world and use the seven tools below the game screen to decorate the room.


Alrighty all, here's a November special, in case I don't get the chance to do a Thanksgiving portrait for you guys! I've recently learned how to make star fields and I'm hoping to incorporate them some day so, we'll see. Thanks again!
*gasp* that's amazing!!!! How cool is that! Oh wow!


Your drawing has been begun to move, sing and dance in 3D!
This App would bring your drawing into life!Let's color and drew!
*This App requires printed coloring pages.
*Try coloring with colored pencil, crayon or pen.
*Dark color, such as black, dark brown or dark navy may cause ineffectiveness of recognition.
*Painting out borderline may cause ineffectiveness of recognition.
*Drawing, then pointing your device over toward coloring. Enjoy your master piece.
*Follow the guide line and direction.
*When recognition begin, red sign turn to blue.
*When ready, countdown sign will show up.
Corrected bug and supported VR content.


Welcome to my Financial Tools Center. For answers to some of the most frequently asked financial questions, follow the links below for helpful tools and calculators.Or contact me to discuss your needs in more detail.
Just use this Mortgage calculator to run the numbers.
It will show your monthly payments for your home.Use your computers tab key to advance to the next data field.
not Currency amount – % of loan i. e. 10, 15, 20 etc.
i.e. "7.9", "8.3", "6.4" etc.
payment amounts may vary. This is only a guideline.


Jammu : J&K Public Service Commission (JKPSC) today declared the result of J&K Combined Competitive (Mains) Examination, 2016.
According to Khalid Majeed, Controller Examinations, JKPSC, out of 6427 candidates, who appeared in the said Examination, 963 candidates have qualified for Personality Test/ Viva-Voce.
He said the Examination was conducted from 2 July to 8 August 2018 and the result has been announced within a record period of about 4 months which is a maiden achievement in the annals of J&K Public Service Commission.
Khalid said the personality test/ interview shall commence from 20 December 2018 and detailed schedule in this regard shall be notified by JKPSC shortly.


CARFAX One-Owner. Clean CARFAX. 20/30 City/Highway MPG Certified. OPTIONS INCLUDE: Bose Sound System with Subwoofer, Cold Weather Package, DVD-Audio, Heated Front Bucket Seats, Heated Rear Seats, Heated Steering Wheel, Navigation System, Power Liftgate, Power moonroof, Traction control, Wheels: 8.0 x 19 5-Spoke V-Design.


Take a trip to the Zumwalt Prairie, one of the largest intact prairie ecosystems in eastern Oregon. The Nature Conservancy purchased 27,000 acres of the Zumwalt Prairie in 2000, and added an additional 6,065 acres in 2006. Combined, it is now Oregon's largest private nature sanctuary.
On this excursion, we will bus from Walla Walla to the Zumwalt Prairie where local naturalists and land managers will lead us on hikes through restricted parts of the preserve and help us learn about and identify the diverse flora and fauna. In addition to helping attendees identify the profusion of flower species on the Prairie, Bill Rodgers, local geologist and BMLT board member, will share the unique geological story of the Blue Mountains and Zumwalt Prairie.
Please note that this tour is a 12 hour excursion. The bus ride from Walla Walla to the Zumwalt Prairie round trip is roughly 7 hours.
For more information about this event, please contact Lauren Platman at lauren@bmlt.org or 509-525-3136.
If ticket information box will not display, click here to get tickets.
Suitability: Open to ages 12+.
Difficulty: Involves 1-2 mile hike on uneven terrain.
Things to Bring: Sturdy walking shoes, suitable hiking attire, hat with a brim, sunglasses and sunscreen, sack lunch and snacks, refillable water bottle, camera, journal, and sense of adventure.


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Joan Rivers Birthday
ThuJun 8
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, A.K.A. Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, T.V host, and writer born on June 8, 1933. Rivers was best known for her show called "The Late Show with Joan Rivers" and several other exploits. She has been in the industry since 1959 and had achieved enviable accolades. Join us in celebrating this matriarch on her birthday today!
Joan Alexandra Molinsky
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The story began with Joan Alexandra Molinsky on June 8, 1933. She was a Gemini born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian-Jewish immigrants. Hence, she's of Russian descent. Rivers attended Brooklyn Ethical Culture School and Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn. Within two years in the school, she performed in the Cavalcades and became vice president of their dramatic club in 1949. She graduated two years later and relocated with her family to Larchmont. Rivers attended Connecticut College for two years and then transferred to Barnard College. She graduated from the latter in 1954 with a B.A. in English literature and Anthropology. She worked several menial jobs before entering show business, where on the advice of her agent, changed her name to Joan Rivers.
Rivers appeared in an Off-Broadway play called "Driftwood" in the late '50s. In 1965, she appeared with Jim Connell and Jake Holmes in their cabaret act, '"Jim, Jake & Joan" in the motion picture "Once Upon A Coffee House" (1965). After her appearance on "The Tonight Show" hosted by Johnny Carson, who told her she would become a star, her profile rose significantly, as she made guest appearances on several more shows. From "The Ed Sullivan Show" to "The Mike Douglas Show," "The Dick Cavett Show," and "Girl Talk with Virginia Graham," Rivers displayed her funny talents everywhere. In 1972, she made her Broadway debut in a play called "Fun City." Rivers went on to narrate "The Adventures of Letterman" from 1972 to 1976. By 1974, she published her first book "Having a Baby Can Be a Scream." She made her directional debut in 1978 in the comedy "Rabbit Test." In 1983, Rivers released the best-selling comedy album called "What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?" which peaked at number 22 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and even got a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album. In 1986, Fox Television Network announced it was giving Rivers her late-night talk show called "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers" and by October, the show premiered. However, she got fired in May 1987. By 1989, "The Joan Rivers Show" premiered. Rivers' eponymous daytime show ran for five seasons and earned her an Outstanding Talk Show Host Daytime Emmy in 1990.
In the 2000s, Rivers did explicitly well. She hosted red carpet shows, appeared in television shows, and wrote more books before hosting "Fashion Police" by the E! Network in 2010. In 2011, she starred in "Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?" which ran for four seasons until 2014. Her 11th book, "I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me," was released in June 2012 and became a New York Times Best Seller. In 2013 she launched an online talk show, "In Bed with Joan," where she invited guests to have conversations with her in bed. As someone of such caliber, Rivers' personal life has also been public. It features two marriages and one annulment. Rivers was married to James Sanger in 1956, but the marriage lasted six months and was annulled. Her second marriage was to Edgar Rosenberg in July 1965, which lasted until his demise in 1987. They had one child, Melissa Rivers. Rivers had an eight-year relationship with Orin Lehman in the '90s. On September 4, 2014, Rivers died at Mount Sinai Hospital, having failed to wake up from a medically-induced coma. Rivers made a significant mark in the world and is missed every day.
First Big Screen Credit
Rivers got her first big-screen credit as part of the cabaret, Jim, Jake & Joan in "Once Upon A Coffee House."
Broadway Debut
Rivers made her Broadway debut in "Fun City."
She Published A Book
Rivers published her first book, "Having a Baby Can Be a Scream."
Rivers made history as the first woman to be given a late-night talk show on a major network.
Rivers hosted "Fashion Police" with Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne, and George Kotsiopoulos.
Why We Love Joan Rivers
She was hardworking
12 books, several albums, and endless television shows and appearances offer proof of Rivers' drive and resilience. She was incredibly hardworking.
She was hilarious
Rivers' sense of humor and hilarious personality kept her career afloat in the industry. She was talented and funny.
She was a philanthropist
Rivers was a philanthropist and supported multiple causes. Some of which include H.I.V./AIDS activism and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as its Honorary Director.
She was overweight
Rivers had revealed that she was overweight from childhood through adolescence.
She was a tour guide
Rivers worked as a tour guide at Rockefeller Center before fame.
Her husband committed suicide
After Rivers and her husband Rosenberg got fired from Fox, he committed suicide three months later.
She was on Celebrity Apprentice
Rivers and her daughter, Melissa, competed in Celebrity Apprentice Season eight, but only Rivers won.
She was licensed to carry a gun
Rivers got her gun license in New York City and was licensed to carry a gun.
Joan Rivers FAQs
What was Joan Rivers' last television appearance?
Before her demise, Rivers hosted the August 26, 2014 "Fashion Police" episode and the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
What cosmetic procedure did Joan Rivers have?
Rivers had several procedures from a nose thinning to an eye lift, tummy tucks, etc.
Is Melissa Rivers married?
Melissa was married to John Endicott from 1998 to 2003.
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Roadside animal farm may be casualty of Hawaii government
October 10, 2014 | by Rob Port
CAREGIVERS: The Coltons rescued more than 100 animals at their farm in Waimanalo, but they are in jeopardy of losing that property because of a government dispute.
By Malia Zimmerman |Watchdog.org
HONOLULU — A 10-year battle in state court over a 120-acre commercial property in Waimanalo is coming to an end, but an animal farm that's home to more than 100 abandoned animals and birds may fall as a result.
The property, owned by the state Department of Hawaiian Homelands, has been leased commercially by state to the Correa Ranch.
Hawaiian Homelands says Correa Ranch has been in violation of its lease because the leaseholders have built nine unauthorized structures, graded the property without a permit and conducted unauthorized commerical activities on the property, mainly hosting weddings.
While the department and state sheriffs to serve Correa's owners an eviction notice on Sept.25, the community is rallying to preserve a 5-acre roadside animal farm on a corner of the property.
Claude Colton, the nephew of the ranch owners, didn't plan to establish an animal farm on the site. He left his pet pig inside a fenced area along side Kalanianaole Highway, a main thoroughfare around the east side of Oahu.
When Colton returned to feed his pig a short time later, someone had left a second pig for him to care for.
HELLO: More than 100 animals now live at the Waimanalo Animal Farm.
Then a wild pig came down from the mountain and made his home there.
During the past five years, Hawaii residents from Oahu and Hawaii Island who could not care for their sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys, cows, geese, turkeys, rabbits, guinea hens and birds of all varieties have dropped off them at the farm.
Animals that live in the steep mountain range behind the farm also made their way down there, and now more than 100 animals call the Waimanalo Animal Farm home.
The animal farm has become an important part of the community, Colton said in an interview with Watchdog.org. Visitors from around the world have stopped by to see the animals.
Many residents bring their children and grandchildren to feed the animals or learn about them.
He also takes the animals to public and private schools that request a visit, so there is an educational component to the farm.
Sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys, cows, geese, turkeys, rabbits, guinea hens and many other birds of all varieties, now live at the farm
Claude Colton's wife, MaryRose, said another component of the farm is to educate individuals on the importance of old Hawaiian ways of farming.
"We enjoy teaching about caring for the land and farm animals," she said.
"We have received many of God's creatures through neglect of owners, some have been dropped as well as rescued. The farm is run solely on community contributions. We do not make any money of this farm."
Passersby make donations to the small operation so Colton can buy food for their menagerie.
The Department of Hawaiian Homelands, however, does not plan to let the Correas or Colton stay on the property. The deadline to vacate is this weekend.
The Coltons said they are unsure where to relocate the farm animals.
The community is rallying to keep the farm in place, calling and writing to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and posting request on the agency's Facebook page.
MaryRose Colton said the farm has been overwhelmed by "the support and prayers flooding in."
State Rep. Chris Lee, a Democrat who represents Waimanalo and Kailua, said he is doing what he can to help Colton find an alternative site for the animal farm.
Lee said he is optimistic, but said realistically, the search and relocation of the farm could take some time.
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"My Bag" is a song by British band Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, released in 1987 as the lead single from their third and final studio album Mainstream (1987). The song was written by the band and produced by Ian Stanley. It peaked at number 46 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 75 for three weeks.

Background
Musically, "My Bag" was written as a group effort by the band and originated from several other song ideas which were never fully developed. Cole's lyrics were largely inspired by the cocaine-addicted narrator of American author Jay McInerney's 1984 novel Bright Lights, Big City. In a 1987 interview with Sounds, he revealed,

Bassist Lawrence Donegan told The Journal in 1987, "It's about a cocaine freak. There's no message, it's just an observation type song. The band is definitely anti-drugs and I think the song makes it clear that the guy is an idiot."

Release
The B-side "Jesus Said" was originally recorded as an outtake in 1985 but did not see a release until its inclusion on the "My Bag" single. For the 12-inch formats of the single, a "Dancing Remix" of "My Bag" was made by François Kevorkian. Cole has described it as the "only good" 12-inch remix of all the band's work.

"My Bag" was considered a commercial disappointment after it failed to reach the UK top 40. Cole told Record Mirror in 1987, "We knew that coming back after all this time was going to be difficult, especially with a tricky single, though that had always worked for us in the past. It normally meant that people were more interested. 'My Bag' seemed the right one for us to come back with because we didn't want people to hang this reticent, thoughtful pop group thing on us and 'My Bag' was more upfront than people would normally associate us with."

Music video
The song's music video features some altered lines as the band's record label feared it would either not get played or be banned for its drug references. The video achieved breakout rotation on MTV.

Critical reception
Upon its release as a single, Hue and Cry, as guest reviewers for Smash Hits, picked "My Bag" as the magazine's "single of the fortnight". Pat Kane noted the unexpected appearance of "wah-wah guitars" and "funky clipped chords" on a Lloyd Cole and the Commotions record, and stated, "It's a pop record that strives to be individual within the confines of pop music and doesn't surrender to the clichés just to make money." Andy Rutherford of the Gateshead Post noted that it had a "funkier sound than before" which "add[s] strength" to the band's "usual guitar-driven jangle". Mat Snow of Sounds commented that the song, with its lyrics where the narrator is "in the throes of a king-size nose-candy paranoid psychosis", "hardly suits Cole's made-to-measure cool" and, despite its "dramatic scenario", felt it to be "second-hand The The". Birmingham Daily News described it as "fast pop-rock" but added it is "hard to pick out the tune".

Pan-European magazine Music & Media picked "My Bag" as their "single of the week" and described it as a "driving pop single which still leaves their lyrical base fully intact". They noted the "crisp and accessible production" by Ian Stanley and added that it is "the most commercial single of their career so far". In the US, Bill Coleman of Billboard praised it as a "bopping rock piece" which "could move [these] cult faves into the mainstream". Hard Report believed the song had strong potential on alternative radio and noted the "hook" and "bright dance melody". They added, "Gone are the rather cumbersome and self-conscious lyrics, although lyrical intelligence is still the key, but without weighing the record down."

Track listing
7–inch single (UK, Europe, Japan and Australasia)
"My Bag" – 3:54
"Jesus Said" – 3:10

7–inch single (US and Canada)
"My Bag" – 3:54
"Love Your Wife" – 3:59

12–inch single (UK, Europe and Australasia)
"My Bag" (Dancing Remix) – 6:22
"Perfect Skin" (Commotions Meet the Irresistible Force) – 5:33
"Jesus Said" – 3:10

12–inch limited edition single (UK)
"My Bag" (Dancing Remix) – 6:38
"My Bag" (Dancing Remix Dub) – 5:35
"Jesus Said" – 3:10

12–inch single (US and Canada)
"My Bag" (Dancing Remix) – 6:37
"My Bag" (Dancing Remix Dub) – 5:34
"Love Your Wife" – 3:59

Personnel
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
 Lloyd Cole – vocals, guitar
 Neil Clark – guitar
 Blair Cowan – keyboards
 Lawrence Donegan – bass
 Stephen Irvine – drums

Production
 Ian Stanley – producer ("My Bag")
 Paul Hardiman – producer ("Jesus Said", "Perfect Skin")
 Femi Jiya – recording ("My Bag")
 Bruce Lampcov – mixing ("My Bag")
 Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – producers ("Love Your Wife")
 Kenny MacDonald – producer ("Love Your Wife")
 The Irresistible Force – re-producers ("Perfect Skin")
 Serge Glanzberg – engineer ("Perfect Skin")
 François Kevorkian – remixer ("My Bag" – Dancing Remix/Dancing Remix Dub)

Other
 Alastair Thain – photography
 Michael Nash Associates – sleeve

Charts

References

1987 songs
1987 singles
Lloyd Cole songs
Songs written by Neil Clark (musician)
Songs written by Lloyd Cole
Song recordings produced by Ian Stanley
Polydor Records singles


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Coordinates: 48°53?N 12°34?E / 48.883°N 12.567°E / 48.883; 12.567Coordinates: 48°53?N 12°34?E / 48.883°N 12.567°E / 48.883; 12.567
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Markus Pannermayr (CSU)
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(2018-12-31)[1]
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710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
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Straubing is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held.
The city is located on the Danube forming the centre of the Gäuboden.
Straubing in the 16th century
Gäubodenvolksfest, Straubing
The area of Straubing has been continuously settled since the Neolithic. The conquest by the Romans in 16-14 BC had a dramatic impact on the whole region. Even today many traces of the 400-year Roman occupation can be found: for example, the famous 'Römerschatz' (Roman treasure) which was excavated in 1950 and which is shown in the Gäubodenmuseum. Sorviodurum, as the Romans called it, was an important military support base.
After the fall of the Roman Empire Straubing became a centre of settlement of the Bavarii, mostly around St. Peter's Church (built in the 9th century) between Allachbach and Danube. According to the customs of the Bavarii the settlement was named after their leader Strupinga, which later evolved into the name Straubing.
In 1218 a new part of the city (called 'new town') was founded by Duke Ludwig I Wittelsbach of Bavaria. Straubing became the capital of the Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing under Duke Wilhelm I when Bavaria was divided among the sons of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor in 1349. In 1429 Straubing passed to Ernest, Duke of Bavaria-Munich, who ordered the murder of Agnes Bernauer in Straubing. The grave of Agnes Bernauer cannot be found. But in the graveyard of St. Peter's Church is a chapel built by Duke Ernest.
In 1633, during the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish army successfully besieged the city.[2]
Nowadays, this new town is the centre of Straubing with many shops, offices, restaurants and a pedestrian area. Most buildings there still have medieval style. The nightlife of Straubing, with many pubs and discothèques, is concentrated in this area.
The most important buildings are the beautiful Gothic cathedral-like Basilica of St. Jacob, the Romanesque St. Peter's Church, the Carmelite monastery with its Baroque church and library, St. Vitus's, where you can find a life-size personification of "state and church" joined in holy matrimony.
Between 1933 and 1945 most of the members of the then small Jewish community of Straubing were murdered or forced to emigrate. In 2006, Straubing had a lively Jewish community with around 950 members.
During a rally in June 1940, when Straubing and Bogen held its Kriegskreistag, some 20,000 people gathered at the Großdeutschlandplatz. Among the speakers were Gauleiter Wächtler and Gauamtsleiter Erbersdobler.[3] In July 1940, the Donau-Zeitung reported that the Straubing Kreisleiter, Anton Putz, had flown toward France and not returned.[4]
In 1944 and 1945, Straubing suffered from several American air raids. The local military hospital was destroyed to the extent of 80 percent with a loss of 45 patients.
In November 2016 a fire destroyed a greater part of the medieval town hall.
Straubing has many industrial areas and a port at the river Danube with access to the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, a connection from the North Sea to the Black Sea. It is the centre of the Bavarian high tech offensive in biotechnology.
As one of five ducal residences of medieval Bavaria (besides Landshut, Munich, Ingolstadt and Burghausen) the old town of Straubing especially features many Gothic buildings.
Romanesque Church of St. Peter
Gothic City Tower (Stadtturm)
Gothic town hall
Basilika St. Jakob in Straubing
The Romanesque Church of St. Peter (12th century) [1]
The Gothic City tower (begun in 1316) [2] [3]
The Gothic town hall (large parts have been destroyed by a fire on November 25th 2016)
The medieval ducal castle or Herzogsschloss [4]. Duke Albert I began the construction in 1356.
The Gothic Basilica of St. Jacob (present-day church begun in 1393) [5]. The Basilica of St. Jacob is a gothic hall church and the largest main church of Straubing. The church was built according to plans of the architect Hans von Burghausen.
The Church of St. Vitus (St. Veit) - home of the oldest still existing confraternity in Germany, the St. Salvator-Confraternity [6]
The Carmelite monastery and Church of the Holy Spirit (since 1368, by Hans von Burghausen; the only monastery which survived the dissolution of 1802) The monks especially support Palestinian Christians. [7]
Church of St.Ursula (Ursulinenkirche) by the Asam brothers
The Baroque Trinity Column at Theresienplatz
Sossau pilgrimage church
Straubing Zoo (the only zoo in East Bavaria)
Festivals and main cultural events
Straubinger Frühlingsfest - a spring festival(annual)
Gäubodenvolksfest and Ostbayernschau
Museum containing Roman artifacts.
Agnes-Bernauer-Festspiele - a historical play to remind of the murdered Agnes Bernauer
Straubing Zoo
A Jazz festival - bluetone (former name Jazz an der Donau) - one of the greatest jazz-festivals in Europe with special guests like Seal, Aretha Franklin or Mousse T. (annual)
Bürgerfest (burgher festival) is held every two years in the historical centre of Straubing
Historical residents
Emanuel Schikaneder as Papageno
Agnes Bernauer (1410-1435), mistress of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
Mathias Flurl
Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826), physicist and optician
Jakob Sandtner
Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812), impresario, actor, singer, and composer
Ulrich Schmidl (1510-1580), explorer and councilman
Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885), romanticistic painter
Sons and daughters of the town
Arthur Achleitner (1858-1927), writer
Arthur Achleitner 1922
Hans Adlhoch (1883-1945), member of the Reichstag
Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826), optics and physicists
Joseph von Fraunhofer
Christian Gerhaher (born 1969), Baritone
Rex Gildo (1936-1999), pop singer
Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), politician (CSU), Vice-President of the Bundestag, former federal minister
Oliver Hein (born 1990), football player
Gerold Huber (born 1969), pianist
Michael Karoli (born 1948), guitarist
Ewa Klamt (born 1950), CDU politician
Margot Mahler (1945-1997), actress
Siegfried Mauser (born 1954), pianist and musicologist
Thomas Naogeorgus (1508-1563), playwright of Reformation Time
Claus Richter (born 1948), journalist
Otto Ritter von Dandl (1868-1942), politician
Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812), actor, director, theater director and librettist of The Magic Flute
Ulrich Schmidl (1510-1580 / 1581), Patrician, mercenary, explorer, chronicler and councilor
Thomas Stellmach (born 1965), director and Oscar winner
Michael Stumpf (born 1970), systems biologist
Markus Weinzierl (born 1974), former football player and current coach
Ice hockey: Straubing Tigers - DEL (Highest German League)
American Football: Straubing Spiders - founded in 1985
Harness Racing: Trabrennbahn Straubing (Highest German Level)
The Technical University of Munich has one of its campuses in Straubing. It is specialised on renewables.
A Fraunhofer Institute for boundary and biodiversity engineering is also located in Straubing.
Straubing has four "Gymnasiums" (German for grammar school):[5]
Anton-Bruckner-Gymnasium
Gymnasium der Ursulinen
Johannes-Turmair-Gymnasium
Ludwigsgymnasium
Straubing is twinned with:
Romans-sur-Isère, France
Tuam, Ireland
Wels, Austria
^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
^ Helfferich, Tryntje, The Thirty Years War: A Documentary History (Cambridge, 2009), p. 287.
^ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 247f
^ "Schulen". Adressenverzeichnisse. Stadt Straubing. Retrieved 2013.
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The illustration sits alongside two reviews about plastic pollution.
and Time and Tide by Oliver Tickell – a review of No. More. Plastic: What You Can Do to Make a Difference.
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