What with some really very slick shooting it could have been anyones game, I am sure everyone had their moments... I know I did !!!-- I won't be forgetting Lucys brilliant shooting on the Deer walk or Ross' look of disgust as he took an early bath in the individual ( against the run of play I might add... ) or Joshs 3 spots on the "Dice of Death" game...or a proper sportsman handing the glory on to someone who had not done it before.. nice one Wayne..


7th century. Saint Theneva was a British princess, daughter of a British prince, Lothus (from whom the province of Lothian was called). When it was discovered that she had conceived out of wedlock, she was thrown from a cliff. Unharmed at the bottom, she was then set adrift in a boat on the Firth of Forth. It was expected that she would die at sea, but God had other plans for the young woman.
She landed at Culross, where she was sheltered by Saint Serf and gave birth to Saint Kentigern, named Mongo ("darling") by his foster-father, Serf. Kentigern remained with Saint Serf until he reached manhood.
Saint Theneva gave her name to Saint Enoch's Square and Railway Station in Glasgow, Scotland, where she is co-patron together with her son (Benedictines, Delaney).


So I gotta tell you, I thought about doing a list of all the best shows on Stan and Netflix but I realised the list would be huge and we would all get bored reading it.
So I have decided that instead of that I will be giving you weekly updates on binge worth shows on both streaming platforms.
Now I can already hear you all shouting at the screen; "But I have already seen Breaking bad!" Well thats good! But have you considered watching it again? The opening scene in Season 1 Episode 1 is worth a re-watch on its own and I bet you won't stop there.
I remember seeing ads for this all the time on TV when it first came to Australia. I remember thinking "That looks awful! I'll be 6ft under before I watch that!" Foolish, foolish man. This has become one of my favourite and most quoted tv shows. If you are anything like me and put this on the back burner, then it is about time you gave it a look. I can guarantee you'll get a laugh.
Straight away it must be said this is the BRITISH version! Do not bother with the joke of a remake the Yanks put out. This is a clever and well put together drama. The costuming and language is perfect. It looks great has a fantastic sound track is great and despite being a drama it's got some laughs. Highly recommended.
Next week come back for Netflix!
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Thai Army Lieutenant General Manas Kongpan (centre) is surrounded by police officers as he turns himself in at the police headquarters in Bangkok on June 3, 2015. -- PHOTO: AFP
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BANGKOK (REUTERS) - A three-star Thai army general has denied charges against him for offences related to human trafficking, Thailand's police chief said, the latest in a series of arrests aimed at stamping out people smuggling.
Thailand has issued 84 arrest warrants as it cracks down on smuggling and trafficking of humans through its territory.
The clampdown has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Southeast Asia as criminals have abandoned boats full of people rather than risk transporting them through Thailand.
Thai Lieutenant General Manas Kongpan is the most senior official to be charged to date in the operation. Police say they have made 51 arrests.
Manas was in police custody on Wednesday after turning himself in. He was suspended on Monday when police ordered his arrest. "He says he has no involvement, which is a denial (of charges)," Thai national police chief Somyot Poompanmuang told reporters on Wednesday.
Manas is the only soldier who has been charged with offences related to human trafficking, said deputy police chief Aek Angsananont.
More than 50 Thai police have been transferred from their posts over suspected links to trafficking and smuggling.
About 4,000 migrants have landed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh since Bangkok launched its crackdown last month.
The United Nations estimates some 2,000 migrants may still be adrift in the wake of Thailand's May sweeps, after traffickers chose to abandon them rather than take them ashore and risk arrest.
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As previously announced, PACT is conducting a series of community consultations about the future of the most influential labour agreement in Canadian Theatre, the CTA.
You may know that the PACT membership overwhelmingly rejected the proposed agreement at the last AGM. PACT members recognized the need to have a more diverse practice and to broaden the scope of partnerships from within equity seeking communities.
In a quest to create modernized and more inclusive working conditions in the practice of theatre, we are conducting these consultations across the country and hope to reach the widest possible swath of theatre practitioners, both within and outside the PACT membership. The consultations are open to PACT members and non-member organizations and producers.
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William Earl McLellin (18 de enero de 1806 - 24 de abril de 1883) fue uno de los primeros líderes del Movimiento de los Santos de los Últimos Días y uno de los miembros originales del Quórum de los Doce Apóstoles. Posteriormente McLellin rompió relaciones con el fundador del movimiento, Joseph Smith.

Biografía

McLellin nació en el condado de Smith, Tennessee, hijo de Charles McLellin. Se casó por primera vez el 30 de julio de 1829, pero su esposa, Cynthia Ann McLellin, murió joven y él era viudo en 1832. McLellin se casó con Emeline Miller el 26 de abril de 1832 en Hiram, Ohio. Emeline nació el 4 de septiembre de 1809 en Pomfret, Vermont, hijo de Martin Miller y Rebecca Jacobs. Emeline murió el 1 de noviembre de 1907 en el condado de Grayson, Texas. McLellin y Emeline eran padres de cuatro hijos y dos hijas: Charles William, Sarah E., James Martin, Helen Rebecca, Albert Eugene y Marcus Nelson.

Servicio religioso

McLellin tuvo contacto por primera vez con los misioneros de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días en París, Tennessee, durante 1831. Viajó a Missouri para investigar más a fondo la iglesia, y fue bautizado el 20 de agosto de 1831 y ordenó a un anciano. Durante 1831 también viajó con Hyrum Smith, y los dos predicaron en Tennessee. McLellin luego se mudó a Kirtland, Ohio.

Entre 1832 y 1833, McLellin sirvió en una misión para la iglesia, viajando con Parley P. Pratt. Sin embargo, en una revelación a Joseph Smith el 8 de marzo de 1833, se dijo que el Señor «no estoy contento con mi siervo William E. McLellin».

McLellin, maestro de escuela experimentado y autoproclamado médico, enseñó caligrafía en la Escuela de Educación Temporal de Kirtland en 1834. Sirvió como miembro del consejo superior de la iglesia en el condado de Clay, Missouri, también en 1834, y fue elegido y ordenado para ser uno de los doce apóstoles originales de la iglesia el 15 de febrero de 1835, a los veintinueve años.

Cuando el Libro de Mandamientos estaba a punto de ser publicado, algunos Santos de los Últimos Días criticaron la redacción de algunas de las revelaciones recibidas por Smith. Según Smith, el Señor lanzó un desafío para ver si el miembro más sabio de la iglesia podía escribir una revelación comparable a la menor de las revelaciones de Smith. Si pudieran, entonces los miembros de la iglesia estarían justificados al afirmar que las revelaciones no vinieron de Dios. McLellin, quien fue entrenado como maestro de escuela, fue seleccionado por los críticos para el desafío. Según la historia de Smith, McLellin no pudo producir un texto creíble, y la controversia se extinguió.

Ruptura con la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días

La relación de McLellin con la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días se  quebró abruptamente en 1838, cuando declaró que no tenía confianza en la presidencia de la iglesia. Esto puede deberse a la mala gestión de la institución financiera de la iglesia, la Kirtland Safety Society. McLellin fue excomulgado el 11 de mayo de 1838 y desde entonces trabajó activamente contra los Santos de los Últimos Días. Según miembros de la iglesia, McLellin saqueó y robó la casa y el establo de Smith mientras Smith estaba detenido en la cárcel, en espera de cargos por problemas financieros de la Sociedad de Seguridad. Nunca se presentaron cargos contra Smith o McLellin.

Una historia publicada en el periódico Latter Day Saint Millennial Star en 1864 relató el incidente:

Antes de ese incidente, Smith escribió una carta a la iglesia de Liberty Jail el 16 de diciembre de 1838, en la que hizo alusiones a las acciones de McLellin que él vilipendió como pecados. En esa carta, Smith compara a McLellin con el mago bíblico Balaam, «cuyo asno  se negó a ayudar a Balaam a maldecir el liderazgo de la antigua iglesia israelita, en la era de Moisés». La carta pudo haber sido lo que provocó que McLellin intentara pelear a puñetazos contra Smith.

Después del asesinato de Smith en 1844, McLellin aceptó por primera vez los reclamos de sucesión de Sidney Rigdon y fue nombrado uno de los Doce Apóstoles en la organización de Rigdon el 8 de abril de 1845. En 1847, en Kirtland, Ohio, se unió a varios otros para crear una reorganización de la iglesia, denominada como la Iglesia de Cristo. McLellin pidió a David Whitmer que asumiera la presidencia, aseverando que Whitmer había sido ordenado por Smith como su sucesor el 8 de julio de 1834. Esta organización duró poco.

McLellin también estuvo brevemente asociado con el movimiento liderado por James J. Strang, y más estrechamente asociado en las últimas dos décadas de su vida con el movimiento dirigido por Granville Hedrick. Aunque solo fue brevemente miembro de la organización de Hedrick en 1869, los informes de los medios de comunicación de la década de 1870 describen a McLellin como un «guía turístico» entusiasta pero no oficial para la propiedad de Temple Lot, que los Hedrickitas compraron entre 1867 y 1877. McLellin murió en Independence, Missouri.

Escritos personales

McLellin mantuvo diarios y cuadernos durante y después de su afiliación en el Movimiento de los Santos de los Últimos Días. Debido a que era una persona destacada en la iglesia primitiva, estos diarios y cuadernos fueron de gran interés para los historiadores SUD. A principios de la década de 1980, Mark Hofmann afirmó haber obtenido la colección McLellin, la que describió como «vergonzosa» para la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días. Esto generó un interés que permitió a Hofmann venderlo a dos compradores simultáneos antes de ser expuesto como falsificador cuando mató a dos personas para cubrir sus crímenes.

A raíz de estos crímenes, la iglesia SUD descubrió que los escritos de McLellin ya estaban en su propia posesión, los que habían sido adquiridos y olvidados en 1908. Posteriormente se publicaron en dos obras, The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831-1836, editado por Jan Shipps y John W. Welch en 1994, y The William E. McLellin Papers, 1854-1880, editados por Stan Larson y Samuel J. Passey en 2007. Sin embargo, estas colecciones no contenían un cierto cuaderno, que era conocido por las fotografías publicadas en un periódico de 1920 de la Iglesia Reorganizada de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días, actualmente denominada como Comunidad de Cristo. En enero de 2009, este cuaderno fue localizado y adquirido por Brent Ashworth, uno de los coleccionistas originales interesados en la supuesta colección McLellin de Hofmann.

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March 2021 was a busy month for SEO and the broader world of digital marketing. It saw as many as seven updates to the Google algorithm – all unconfirmed – as we wait for the next core algorithm update. It also saw several platforms like Yahoo Answers in Facebook Analytics announcing that they would be shutting down.
As Many as 7 Google Updates Happened in March
There were as many as seven unconfirmed updates to the Google algorithm that do not seem to target specific industries or characteristics of a site. However, one update in particular saw the return of several featured snippets for searches that had disappeared in mid-February. It's unknown at this time if the featured snippets disappearing were a technical issue or perhaps a misstep on Google's part.
The algorithm updates in March did not have a prevailing trait and remain unnamed at this time. This usually happens for small, wide-ranging updates to the algorithm rather than a major overhaul on how Google ranks and indexes specific niches or technical components of a site.
Yahoo Answers and Facebook Analytics are Shutting Down
Yahoo Answers announced that they will be shutting down the platform on May 4th and will not provide an archive of the site's content. While it has been a long time since posting on the platform was a viable link building strategy, it still played a small role in many organizations' content marketing. Users will no longer be able to post starting on April 20th and all content will redirect to the main Yahoo homepage starting May 4th. However, users can still access their own data until June 30th.
Similarly, Facebook Analytics announced they will be closing down the platform on June 30th. While this doesn't affect SEO directly, it may impact your broader digital marketing strategy. Specifically, digital marketers will have less accurate conversion rate data to work with, which can be a helpful metric to gauging the success of a campaign or piece of content. Unlike Yahoo answers, there are a few alternatives to accessing similar data like Facebook's Business Suite and Events Manager.
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Google's John Mueller clarified that the final batch of sites mostly consists of domains that didn't immediately qualify for mobile-first indexing. While Google confirmed that moving to mobile-first indexing will not cause any site to disappear entirely, it is expected that this move can (and will) impact rankings for sites that are not yet responsive.
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Aleandro starred in the Oscar-winning 1985 movie, The Official Story. She starred in The Truce (1974), Cousins (1989), Autumn Sun (1996), The Lighthouse (1998), Son of the Bride (2001) and Cama Adentro (2005).
For her role as Florencia Sánchez Morales in the 1987 movie Gaby: A True Story, she received a Golden Globe nomination and a Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
↑ Contemporary Authors Online (in Literature Resource Center). Detroit: Gale. 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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Social Media and TAC Serious Injury Claims | Burt & Davies TAC Lawyers Melbourne. Compensation. Transport Claims.
Social media is a term that has become familiar to us all over the past decade. It is the term used to describe the social interaction that occurs among people/users through the creation of a profile and then the sharing and exchange of information and ideas in virtual networks. Some of the most common social media sites include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn – the list goes on and many of us are members of at least one, if not several, of these sites.
Social media can be a wonderful forum through which to stay in contact with friends and family. It can be very useful to assist with developing networks relevant to our profession, vocation, recreational pursuits, sporting interests, hobbies, etc. However, the use of social media is not without risk. There are real concerns about things such as privacy, the ownership of material and content, inappropriate use and criminal activity to name but a few.
There are many stories concerning the use of social media by employers to make decisions about the hiring of potential employees and the firing of existing employees. By updating statuses and expressing personal opinions, individuals can be "judged" on the basis of their social behaviour. Sites like Facebook are often becoming the first port of call for employers and others to check on the activities and opinions of individuals.
As is the case with employers, the TAC and other insurers have woken up to the wealth of information that can be found on Facebook and in other social media forums. Not only is it contained in what people post about themselves in status updates, but also through photos, check-ins, locations services, etc.
Facebook in particular is now so popular that a surprisingly large number of people we represent have Facebook pages.
The natural tendency of those of us who have Facebook pages is to post information about social events, travel, interests and activities. Posting photographs of these activities is commonplace.
The natural tendency of most people is to post on Facebook when they are engaged in activities that are fun and enjoyable. The tendency is to portray things in a positive light. This is largely because posts on Facebook are going to be viewed by either family members or friends. Many Facebook users post photos or are 'tagged' in the photos of friends and family. Similarly, the natural tendency when being photographed is to smile and to appear to be having a good time. However, status updates, check-ins and photos on Facebook and other social media sites are often reflective of only a moment in time.
Posts on Facebook, be they status updates, photographs, etc. are often not representative of a person's real circumstances. This certainly applies in the case of people who are badly injured in transport accidents. Even though someone may be suffering with the disabling effects of an injury, it does not mean that the person will stop living life altogether.
Even though an injured person attends and celebrates birthdays and weddings of family and friends, it doesn't mean that they aren't suffering whilst doing so. An injured person might decide to take a holiday to escape temporarily to a warmer climate or to have a change of scene to escape the reality of their limited lifestyle, but it doesn't mean that the pain and discomfort isn't present. An injured person may be seen smiling in a photo. Their injuries do not prevent them from being able to smile. The pain does not cause them to forget how to laugh on occasions. However, beyond the moment that is captured, to laugh and smile is probably a very difficult thing to do, although not impossible in the right circumstances. In reality, Facebook and other social media sites often present an unrepresentative, one-sided account of life.
It is now commonplace when we make submissions to the TAC seeking a "serious injury" determination or when we run a common law damages claim, for TAC to routinely search Facebook to see whether the claimant has a Facebook page.
If the privacy settings are such that the public at large can access the Facebook page then the TAC is able to view all of the information on the person's Facebook page. This includes status updates, check-ins, photographs and posts and photographs where the person has been tagged by friends.
The TAC is able to learn quite a lot about the person's life by doing this, but as previously mentioned, it is an unrepresentative, one sided view of life – a brighter, more positive representation. Sometimes, what they see on Facebook raises their suspicions about whether the person is as badly injured as they claim. The perceptions created can make a claim much more complicated and difficult to prove.
Increasingly, we are finding that the TAC demands material from a client's Facebook account.
The Courts have not yet reached a final view about whether material posted on Facebook must be disclosed. However, it seems probable that material posted on Facebook will have to be disclosed where the privacy settings allow the public at large to view material contained in the person's profile. However, where a person has their privacy settings adjusted to only allow those who they accept as friends to view the information then the Courts tend to be leaning towards keeping that information private.
We recently had an insight into the Court's attitude in a TAC Serious Injury Application that we ran in the County Court of Victoria. The TAC claims lawyer had obtained from the Facebook account of our client's husband half a dozen photographs. Our client had been tagged in those photos. They were taken in Bali when she and her husband had attended the wedding of her oldest high school friend. She was on the beach. She was dressed for a wedding. She was smiling. However, the photos only told part of the story. Nevertheless, the TAC tried to use the photos to suggest to the Court that her injuries were not having the impact on her life that she was claiming. They also used these six photos to suggest that her own Facebook profile probably contained many more similar instances and she should be required to produce everything on her page to prove otherwise.
We knew this not to be the case. Prior to the wedding she had been bed-ridden for several days because the flight to Bali to attend the wedding had caused her to suffer with a severe aggravation of her pain levels. She had been taking strong pain killing medication to overcome this. Whilst she attended the wedding, she remained for only a little under two hours, not being able to cope with her symptoms.
We defended the TAC's application to obtain access to our client's Facebook page. We argued that the existence of the six photos that TAC had seen did not prove that there was anything else of relevance. We suggested that TAC was unreasonably speculating and merely 'fishing'.
Ultimately, the Court determined that TAC would not be given access to our client's Facebook page. It did so on the basis that there was no evidence that any further material would be found on that page that would be relevant to the issues being adjudicated upon. The Court determined that because our client had her privacy settings set to only allow those she accepted as friends to view material contained on her page, that to allow TAC access would be akin to allowing TAC to enter her house and look through her photo albums, diaries and other private information without her invitation to do so.
Accordingly, we think it would be sensible for those people with Facebook pages to adjust their privacy settings so that only friends can view their pages. In this way, the TAC will not be able to access material on a routine search and in the event that it seeks to compel the claimant to produce material from Facebook, there is an argument that the material is in fact private and should not be disclosed. Further, it would be unwise to accept a friend request from anyone not known to you.
For further information about how Facebook and other social media can harm a claim for TAC compensation, you should telephone either Peter Burt or Clara Davies, specialist TAC Compensation Lawyers of Burt & Davies, Level 11, 451 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. They are both Accredited Personal Injury Lawyers who practice exclusively in transport accident compensation & TAC Common Law Claims.


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Anxiety Disorders in University Students – Part One
Posted byasilmoussa November 11, 2013 June 2, 2016 Posted inBlogTags:anxiety, article, disorder, journalism, panic, school, story, windsorite
This is part one of a two part series looking at Anxiety Disorders in University Students
Uwindsor Campus (photo by Owen Wolter)
Her heart pounds madly as her hands fidget. "Susan" checks her pulse without anyone noticing. It's too fast. She can't breathe and she feels faint– she grabs the edge of her desk. The writing on her exam is too blurry now and she can't make it out. She checks the time– she has three pages of multiple-choice left. Her thoughts run ramped, all pointing to one thing: she needs to get out of here. She grabs her pencil and haphazardly fills in the bubbles, not bothering to read the questions. She submits it and quickly leaves the room. Calm down, she tells herself. It was just another panic attack.
Susan, who doesn't wish to use her real name because her friends don't know she has an anxiety disorder, is just one of many university students who suffer from this mental illness. Her anxiety started in 2007 from a fear of dying. It decreased when she left Canada for Dubai to try to control her anxiety. When the 19-year-old came back to Canada to study Nursing at the University of Windsor last year, her anxiety issues returned.
"I get so dizzy sometimes and blurred vision and I can't walk– I feel so weak. I can't breathe and I just don't want to talk to anyone," Susan says. "That's how my panic attacks are.
"If I'm in class, I have to leave. I don't care if the president is there – I have to leave." Susan also works as a waiter and said that she gets panic attacks while she's serving.
The number of university students with anxiety disorders is rising due to increased stress and pressure.
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in Canada. They affect over 12 per cent of Canadians, about 9 per cent of men and 16 per cent of women during a one-year period, says Statistics Canada.
Among Canadians aged 20-29, 5.8 per cent are affected. A study of about 63,700 college students found that five times as many young adults are dealing with high levels of anxiety compared to the late 1930s, said MSNBC in 2010.
Anxiety disorders are characterized by intense, prolonged periods of distress or fear. They are frequently accompanied by other symptoms such as depression, substance abuse, or physical problems. They are often treated with drug therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy or a combination of the two, says the Canadian Mental Health Association of Ontario.
"The amount of pressure on students coming into university is high," says Mohsan Beg, a clinical psychologist at the University of Windsor's Student Counseling Centre.
"There's the pressure to succeed, the competitiveness of people trying to get into competitive programs and onto professional schools," says Beg. "They have the pressure of finances, as many students are working and some have families that they're responsible for. There's more stress in terms of getting jobs, managing jobs, school, relationships, and family. For many of them, this is their first time away from home.
"This is the age that they are developing their own identity: who am I, what do I believe in, what do I want to stand for, what do I want to be when I grow up?" says Beg.
"University in particular, there's no hand holding now– you don't go to class, no one's going to call you up or wonder where you are and take attendance," says Beg. "You're left to managing yourself. There's definitely a transition period. Some students do well, some have difficulty.
"They also don't always have the best coping strategies," says Beg. "They aren't sleeping enough, they're not exercising enough, and their eating habits may not be the best. So those issues contribute to even when they are stressed out they don't optimize some of the best coping strategies so they don't develop some kind of mental health issue.
"The messages we receive today tell us we should be worrying about many things. For example: you need to worry about your health, weight, the air you breathe, and the water you drink," says Beg. "For people who are already vulnerable to that, this can amplify their worry and anxiety."
Zina Chaker, a third-year Psychology student at the University of Windsor, says, "These days, the individual has a lot more control over their life and that opens up a lot of doors to developing anxiety.
"As you go further in your university studies, you feel that there's no security in whatever you're doing, regardless of what you're studying, and it makes you constantly worry," says Chaker. "It separates you from having a sense of purpose and, for a lot of people, not having a purpose can affect them in a lot of different areas.
"If you're working for something that your parents expect you to do or a career that you're just in for the money, then the anxiety that you'll get is more bitter and may lead to depression," Chaker says.
"With technology, each person is living their own life and you're more prone to developing your own thoughts without knowing if that is something that's healthy or abnormal," says Chaker.
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The expanded set of loci in megaplex kits facilitate increased confidence in database matches. However, with the addition of more loci in a limited number of dye channels and smaller amplicons comes new concerns. Our laboratory has observed a number of alleles that are designated as outside marker range (OMR) or appear to fall into the marker range of adjacent loci. These alleles are often denoted as tri-alleles in the adjacent locus, but can also appear as a heterozygote, usually with poor peak height balance. This problem does not appear to be limited to a single megaplex amplification system.
In a preliminary study using Fusion® 6C and Fusion® amplification kits, the Wisconsin DNA Databank observed instances of alleles designated as outside marker range or appearing to fall into the marker range of adjacent loci in approximately 0.1% of offender DNA profiles. Further analysis revealed that D1S1656, D2S441, D10S1248, and D12S391 were most frequently impacted using these amplification kits.
Based on self-reported information, it appears that many of these specific alleles are observed in non-European populations (e.g. Native American, African American). Additionally, although the order of many loci are unchanged between Fusion® 6C and Fusion®, differences in the initial allele designation were observed, which can likely be attributed to variation in spacing between loci.
Alleles inadvertently designated into the adjacent, incorrect locus may increase the complexity of profile comparisons with different amplification kits, have an impact on statistical analysis and CODIS eligibility, or create the potential for missed matches in CODIS.
Our laboratory has observed a few situations that have resulted in procedure modifications to minimize genotype errors. In a two person mixture sample, the laboratory observed a situation where an outside marker range allele from D2S441 was attributable to the major contributor genotype in D1S1656 when the true genotype of the major contributor genotype was actually a homozygote. Based on peak height ratios, the outside marker range allele could have paired with the major allele in D1S1656 or D2S441. While this incorrect genotype designation did not impact the conclusion because the buccal standard was amplified in the same amplification kit and the change in statistical analysis of the major contributor was minimal, this type of error could have a significant impact on a partial profile or mixture profile statistical analysis.
Because many different amplification systems are used for the generation of DNA profiles for entry into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), our laboratory has chosen to enter offender DNA profiles to incorporate both possible iterations of the DNA profile. Most of the amplification kits will have loci in a different order so it may be possible to identify the correct locus for an outside marker allele utilizing multiple amplification systems. Our analysts have been instructed to closely evaluate CODIS matches when there appears to be an outside marker range allele involved so that a true match is not missed due to the use of different amplification systems. Additionally, for the analysis of offender DNA profiles, the GeneMapper® ID-X expert system minimum heterozygote peak height ratio PQV was increased to ensure analyst evaluation of possible outside marker range alleles.


The tri-state area could be left without an NHL playoff participant for the first time since the New Jersey Devils relocated from Denver for the 1982-83 season to make it three teams within a few miles from each other all packing golf clubs.
The squad suddenly surging, ready to take a bite out of the Big Apple: the Florida Panthers.
Despite an ugly setback to Ottawa last week to end a red-hot 9-0-1 streak, snapping a franchise-record home-ice winning streak at BB&T Center, the Panthers are poised to overtake the Devils by going 16-5-1 since Jan. 30 despite performing in front of a near-empty building every home game.
It actually may be the key for Florida, which just started a 7-of-8 stretch on the road before closing with three home contests – every outing seems like a road game. Plus, among Florida's final 11 opponents six are against the Atlantic Division and none with first-place Tampa Bay.
With few well-known goal-scorers it's the goalie tandem of James Reimer and Roberto Luongo who keep the Panthers winning. For nearly seven years, Reimer often shared blame for a lack of success in Toronto, yet the Maple Leafs never made him their No. 1 goalie, gaining more than 29 starts yet no more than 37 while always being considered the No. 2.
In Florida, Reimer immediately gained the starting nod and posted a solid 39-18-16 record, with prospects of topping 39 victories again this season. Luongo has been in the news lately because Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury reached the 400-win plateau. Luongo is fourth all-time in wins, including more than 200 with the Panthers, and is on a 7-0-0 run at home.
Holding the Panthers together among the skaters is D Keith Yandle, a two-time All-Star in Arizona who has posted 40-plus points over 10 consecutive seasons. Yandle is the current NHL ironman for most consecutive games played.
Florida is also healthy with the return of winger Frank Vatrano, while winger Dennis Malgin's return (knee) is imminent. With Florida's moderately not-so-tough schedule and a defense-first attitude, NYC might need to ignore the Stanley Cup Playoffs and instead focus on the NBA… oh, never mind.
At one point in the NBA last week, the Western Conference playoff race found eight teams within two games of each other, all battling for the final six postseason berths. And the media goes wild over it.
It's too bad the wild card race in the NHL doesn't seem to deserve as much attention, also with eight contenders for five postseason berths, one in the Central Division, two in the Pacific Division, and a pair of wild-card spots.
With San Jose starting to pull away from sluggish Los Angeles, the Kings are in a dogfight with Anaheim, Colorado and Dallas for wild card berths. The key to breaking the deadlock is another club that thought it should be there, too, but fell on their face: Edmonton.
The Oilers just don't possess enough speed on the wings to keep up with their standout centers. Oilers management knows what its homework assignment will be this summer. Meanwhile, once returning from an eastern swing, Edmonton will play many of their playoff prospects… and they would love to leave a calling card for next season by knocking them out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Oilers also play this week in Tampa Bay, who only lead Boston by two points in the Atlantic Division.
All of the above about playoff races could become moot if NHL general managers have their way.
There is talk the GMs will forward to the Board of Governors a proposal to expand the postseason from 16 or 20 clubs, with the bottom eight playing a one-game play-in similar to Major League Baseball's wild card game.
For those from the United States asking why, remember some history. "Back in the day," especially among youth leagues, all teams traditionally made the playoffs no matter what, similar to the Indiana state high school basketball championships.
Those growing up in Canada think nothing about a playoff expansion; Americans think otherwise, unless you're among those left-wing (political) thinkers who believe everyone deserves a participation trophy. Plus, four additional GMs could claim, "We made the playoffs," and avoid getting fired.
Just hope the League governors are smarter than that.


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Q: What is the format for Query parameters in cache policy for cloudfront What is the format for query parameters in the cache policy form of Cloudfront/AWS to allow cache busting. I want to have a parameter with any number.
image.jpg?5(any number here) OR
image.jpg?v=5(any number here)
Cache policy form field here.

A: You need to add the name of the query parameter. In your case, it's v. Make sure to add it with the "Add query string" button. You cannot restrict that only number values can be defined there.

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Adoption incentives could curb wild horse population
January 10, 2019 LV Tribune EDITORIALS 0
Thomas Mitchell is a former newspaper editor who now writes conservative/libertarian columns for weekly papers in Nevada.
By Thomas Mitchell
Unless some self-appointed "wild horse lovers" step in and manage to quash the idea, the Bureau of Land Management is seriously considering still another method for reducing the wild horse and burro population on the open range and in pens.
The idea was floated in a report to Congress this past April. Instead of charging people $125 a head to adopt a wild horse or burro, pay people $1,000 a head to adopt and care for the feral animals instead of letting them starve on overgrazed range or languish in pens.
The report predicted, "If the incentive proves to increase adoptions beyond the planned 5,000, the BLM could decrease the use of permanent sterilization and increase removals to match adoption/sale totals.
While this incentive would increase costs in the initial years, it will quickly pay for itself by lowering off-range holding expenditures," adding that the program could reduce the 83,000 horses and burros on the open range to the goal of 27,000 by 2030.
The idea was endorsed in the latest issue of PERC Reports — a magazine published by the Property and Environment Research Center, a nonprofit institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through markets and property rights.
Writers Hannah Downey, the policy and partnerships coordinator and a research fellow at PERC, and Tate Watkins, a research and publications fellow at PERC and managing editor of PREC Reports, reported that under the current plan the BLM would pay adopters a $500 first installment 60 days after adoption. Once new owners demonstrate they are providing quality care after a 12-month probationary period the new owners would get another $500 payment.
"The plan has the potential to help improve the lives of wild horses while also benefiting taxpayers," the PERC Reports article states.
"Owning and caring for a horse is not cheap. The $1,000 payment should promote adoptions as the stipend can help cover veterinary and training costs. This sort of approach has been widely used by animal shelters that offer free adoptions or waivers for veterinary care to help get pets placed in loving homes, and it has potential to make a real difference in the lives of wild horses and burros."
Why not treat wild horses and burros in a manner comparable to dogs and cats? "Adoption is clearly a better outcome for a wild horse than starving
on the range or living out the rest of its days in an overcrowded corral," Downey and Watkins argue. "For taxpayers, the per-horse savings is undeniable. Spending $1,000 to find a mustang a good home is orders of magnitude cheaper — and likely much more humane — than caring for it in a government holding facility for the rest of its life."
The BLM now spends more than $50 million a year to warehouse wild horses and burros, about 60 percent of its budget for protecting the beasts.
It's worth a try.
Thomas Mitchell is a former newspaper editor who now writes conservative/libertarian columns for weekly papers in Nevada. You may email Mitchell at thomasmnv@yahoo.com. He blogs at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.
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Trainer went through everything at a good pace and answered all our questions.
Instruction Was good, but was not able to complete some of the exercise due to time.
Felt a little to much to get through but over all a good course.
Very knowledgeable & friendly instructor!
Excellent course 3 days providing me with new ways to build models and covering lots of advanced items I've never used before.
Great venue and training facility which provides everything you need.
Owen was a great teacher, very confident and clear.
After a number of last minute cancellations I was the only only one attending the course, but it meant that everything was taught at my pace and there was plenty of time to cover specific issues and tools. Owen Griffiths was professional in teaching the course and very easy to get on with 1-to-1, so I would highly recommend the Advanced Part Modelling course.
Another very good course with a decent structure and useful content. Owen the instructor was helpful and knowledgeable and was able to provide a reasonable pace to suit a mixed ability group.
Very good trainer who was willing to give extra support to anyone who needed it.
Our trainer, Kyle, was very good and highly approachable. He delivered the content in a very structured and practical manner which is excellent for a training like this. The course was extremely well organised and the delivery was very detailed.
The course was quite intense but extremely interesting.
The trainer was very knowledgeable and helpful.
Spencer was a very enthusiastic instructor and always answered any questions. He also took time out in his spare time to research any query's that any of the class had.
The course was excellent with a very small class so all questions could be asked along the way. Any time we needed help it was on-hand.
I had a one to one training course which really helped as I was able to go at my own speed rather than trying to keep up with the other students as on previous courses. The trainer was very understanding & kind. I really enjoyed the course.
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Also willing to help on specific job related questions.
Jazz and Chris delivered the course in thorough and professional way that we could easily follow.
Yet another extremely informative course with the usual Solidsolutions professional delivery!
Owen had the patience of a saint. Had to rush through the last lesson due to one member of the group not quite getting to grips with the basic elements of Solid Works which slowed things down a lot but Owen tried to keep the course moving forward whilst helping the chap who was struggling with it. Owen encouraged us to look into the certification days too which I will! A really helpful few days and will go back to the exercises that we brushed past.
Chris was really knowledgeable about the software and was in a good position to help on any issues that anyone within the group came across. He was personable and approachable on any issue at all.
I found Tom to be very helpful and also very knowledgeable. He seemed to understand why certain steps were required rather than just knowing which button to push in which order. If there was something he didn't know he said but also tried to find out.
Content was good and trainer was excellent!
Tom was a great coach, covering everything quickly and in sufficient depth, but also willing to explain things or go into more detail when asked.
Another good tutor, patient and always prepared to help.
The course content was great. I did not award 5 stars because on a few occasions, questions were asked with the response of "I'm not sure, I don't know". I would have preferred to hear "I'm not sure but I will look into this and get back to you on that one before the end of the course".
As stated above the course content was great and Ben did a good job delivering/explaining everything.
I thought the course was excellent, the pace just right and the support was second to none. All our questions were answered and those that weren't were researched.
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New Jaguar F-Type to make UK debut
Posted on 22nd June 2012 3rd April 2019 by Perrys Content Team
The stunning Jaguar F-Type concept car, the two-seat successor to the legendary E-Type, will appear as a prototype at the popular event this year in the grounds of Goodwood House.
The roadster will be tested on the iconic hill climb, where a prototype using either a supercharged V6 or V8 engine – the choices it will be offered with when it goes on sale.
It means Jaguar can test its new roadster on the tricky corners and narrow roads of the hill climb prior to the full production version's launch in 2013.
Sitting below the Jaguar XK in the range, the Jaguar F-Type is a spiritual successor to a host of iconic British sports cars from the manufacturer.
These include the E-Type, a car once described by Enzo Ferrari as the most beautiful in the world thanks to its curved lines and sleek body shape.
The new model is set to add equipment, safety and luxury to the roadster market, says Jaguar.
This includes a lightweight build using modern technology including aluminium to reduce weight and improve performance in the roadster.
Based on the stunning C-X16 concept car revealed in 2011, the F-Type will come with a fabric roof initially but a coupe version with a fixed roof is expected to follow.
It will be built in the UK at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich factory, joining the likes of the Jaguar XJ luxury saloon, Jaguar XF executive saloon and Jaguar XK coupe on the UK production lines.
Jaguar F-Type prices have not been revealed – a full production model of the car has still not arrived – but its appearance at Goodwood proves Jaguar is close to creating a finished model.
When it arrives, the new Jaguar F-Type will be available to buy at Perrys Jaguar of Huddersfield.
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Q: Counting Sort infinite loop I am writing a counting sort function and when I run it, a window pops up saying "filename.exe has stopped working". After debugging it looks like it is getting stuck in the second for loop. What really confuses me, is if I set maxInt to any number greater than 130000 it works, but if its 130000 or lower than I get that error message. The file I'm using to sort only has about 20 numbers.
#include <iterator>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

std::string file = "";
std::vector<int> numbers;

void CountingSort(vector<int> &numbers);

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Which file would you like to sort?\n";
    std::cin >> file;

    std::ifstream in(file.c_str());

    // Read all the ints from in:
    std::copy(std::istream_iterator<int>(in), std::istream_iterator<int>(),
            std::back_inserter(numbers));

    CountingSort(numbers);

    // Print the vector with tab separators:
    std::copy(numbers.begin(), numbers.end(),
            std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, "\t"));
    std::cout << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

struct CalcMaxInt
{
    int maxInt;
    CalcMaxInt () : maxInt(0) {}
    void operator () (int i) { if (i > maxInt) maxInt = i; }
};

void CountingSort(vector<int>& numbers)
{
    CalcMaxInt cmi = std::for_each(numbers.begin(), numbers.end(), CalcMaxInt());
    //int maxInt = cmi.maxInt + 1;
    int maxInt = 130001;

    vector <int> temp1(maxInt);
    vector <int> temp2(maxInt);

    for (int i = 0; i < numbers.size(); i++)
    {
        temp2[numbers[i]] = temp2[numbers[i]] + 1;
    }

    for (int i = 1; i <= maxInt; i++)
    {
        temp2[i] = temp2[i] + temp2[i - 1];
    }

    for (int i = numbers.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        temp1[temp2[numbers[i]] - 1] = numbers[i];
        temp2[numbers[i]] = temp2[numbers[i]] -1;
    }

    for (int i =0;i<numbers.size();i++)
    {
        numbers[i]=temp1[i];
    }
    return;
}

A: You are trying to access an element out of proper range.
temp2 has range [0...maxInt-1] but the following code uses temp2[maxInt] which is out of range.
for (int i = 1; i <= maxInt; i++)
{
    temp2[i] = temp2[i] + temp2[i - 1];
}

You'll have to fix temp2 to have maxInt+1 elements or i < maxInt to not to see the error.

A: Isn't the whole point of you doing this:
 CalcMaxInt cmi = std::for_each(numbers.begin(), numbers.end(), CalcMaxInt());

To get the max element?
I'd change your code to the following.
void CountingSort(vector<int>& numbers)
{
    CalcMaxInt cmi;
    std::for_each(numbers.begin(), numbers.end(), cmi);
    int maxInt = cmi.maxInt;

    vector <int> temp1(maxInt);
    vector <int> temp2(maxInt);

    // then the rest the same starting with the for loops
    // but with the fix that @kcm1700 mentioned to the for loop
}

A: Shouldn't temp1 be dimensioned numbers.size()+1?


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from contextlib import contextmanager

import mock
import pytest
import staticconf.testing
from thriftpy.transport.socket import TSocket

from clog import config
from clog.loggers import ScribeLogger

HOST = 'localhost'
PORT = 1234
RETRY = 100

class TestScribeLoggerTimeout(object):

    @pytest.yield_fixture(autouse=True)
    def setup_config(self):
        with staticconf.testing.MockConfiguration(
            namespace=config.namespace,
        ) as self.mock_config:
            yield

    @contextmanager
    def construct_scribelogger_with_mocked_tsocket(self, timeout=None):
        with mock.patch('thriftpy.transport.socket.TSocket', spec=TSocket):
            if timeout is None:
                yield ScribeLogger(HOST, PORT, RETRY)
            else:
                yield ScribeLogger(HOST, PORT, RETRY, logging_timeout=timeout)

    def test_unset_logging_timeout_with_global_conf_set(self):
        config.configure_from_dict({'scribe_logging_timeout': 100})
        with self.construct_scribelogger_with_mocked_tsocket() as mock_logger:
            mock_logger.socket.set_timeout.assert_called_once_with(100)

    def test_unset_logging_timeout_with_global_conf_unset(self):
        with self.construct_scribelogger_with_mocked_tsocket() as mock_logger:
            mock_logger.socket.set_timeout.assert_called_once_with(1000)

    def test_logging_timeout_set_0_overwrite_global_conf(self):
        config.configure_from_dict({'scribe_logging_timeout': 100})
        with self.construct_scribelogger_with_mocked_tsocket(timeout=0) as mock_logger:
            assert not mock_logger.socket.set_timeout.called

    def test_logging_timeout_set_arbitrary(self):
        with self.construct_scribelogger_with_mocked_tsocket(timeout=20) as mock_logger:
            mock_logger.socket.set_timeout.assert_called_once_with(20)

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One of the promoters of this gold mining project in French Guiana, the Nordgold company, promises to promote local employment and respect the environment. But in Guinea, where the company already operates a mine, very few buildings are used and animals die mysteriously.
"We have built the Montagne d & # 39; Or project in a responsible manner, from an economic, social and ecological point of view, and the protection of nature, as well as health and safety, are important values for us." These are the words of Igor Klimanov, the development director of the Russian company Nordgold, which plans to exploit a gold mine in French Guiana in the middle of the forest within the company Montagne d & # 39; Or. Amazon, and wait for the green light from the French government to start.
Jobs for the local population, respect for the environment … does Nordgold have these promises in the other mines that the company maintains? Research in Guinea, where the Russian group has managed a gold mine since 2010.
"We had the hope that young people would be accepted"
Located in northern Guinea, in Siguiri prefecture, 700 km from Conakry, the Lefa mine runs 24 hours a day. The factory continually processes hundreds of millions of tons of a red mine, which is extracted gold by tanks filled with cyanide. Discarding goes to a large settling basin that is consolidated. And all this at a hundred meters from a village, Fayala-Carrefour, where the locals live. Nordgolda acquired the mine in 2010 by purchasing it from a local company, theSMD. After some expansion work, this mine became the most productive of the Russian group in Africa.
While Nordgold promises to use local in Guyana to help economic development, this is not the case in Guinea. After eight years of Russian management 900 positions were eliminated and the jobs of machine operator or security officer were outsourced to foreign companies. "It was hoped that some young people would be hired, but some posts were occupied by foreigners, while they had to be occupied by Guinean men, regrets KhaledKeita, the new prefect of the region. We would have liked to see that, with equal competence, we could give priority to local skills."
But why does Nordgold recruit so little locally?
Officially, the inhabitants would not be well educated enough. An argument that does not change to the subprefect. "To say that it is a problem of skills is a little bad will, growls Siaka Camara. There are many scholars here, we can train them at the mine and have them work. "
The company recruits Canadians, Australians, Indonesians or South Africans who have an older mine experience and who promises all the comfort that local Guineans who live in the village without water do not have. nor electricity.
But even trained and employed, Guinean workers are not treated in the same way: wage differentials can range from 1 to 100 between locals and expats, while the mine code in Guinea imposes equal pay for equal competence. However, Nordgold claims to pay an average salary that is twice the national average. "Some expats of the mine would be paid about $ 7,000 to $ 10,000 per month, says Momo Bangoura, trade union leader of the factory. On average, Guinean employees who work here are rarely paid more than $ 1,000 per month. And with the subcontractors it is even worse. Some do not even get $ 150 a month. "
A hundred and fifty dollars a month affects a large proportion of the 135 Lefaissus mine workers in the local community, out of a total of 1,225. A salary that is largely insufficient to live: some then turn to wild gold panning.
Nordgold harvests high-quality gold on the surface, scoops the top layer of the earth with gigantic mechanical shovels and fills the holes that have been dug. Once the countries have been abandoned, despite Nordgold's attempts to prevent them, the miners, with women and children, dig around the mine, at the foot of the lake in the residues and mud, or at the abandoned sites of the others. mining companies, looking for the golden gram that gives them enough money to buy a bag of rice.
While the production of the Lefa mine yields six tonnes of gold annually, the wild gold tension makes it possible to extract ten tonnes, taxed by the authorities. And the phenomenon is growing: they are now almost 150,000 to try their luck. Locals, but also many foreigners who have entered Guinea legally and have found no work.
Although craft gold mining is legal, this causes many problems.
The effect is initially disastrous for the forest, where wood is cut in mass to place the beams in the galleries of the mines. But above all, it is extremely dangerous for the miners themselves, in a region where the tropical climate and the heavy rains cause frequent landslides, in the tunnels dug with the resources of the edge. There are techniques to quickly pump water in case of flooding, but there are still dead.
Gold miners also use mercury to separate the gold from the ore, which is as toxic as the cyanide used in the Lefa mine. This gold from Guinea is then resold in the form of blocks, mainly in Dubai, to make jewelry.
Are these problems in Guinea likely to return to Guyana with the Montagne d & # 39; Or project?
Russian society claims to do a lot for the local community of Guinea. The company finances drilling, renovates schools, gives a monthly scholarship to each teacher, maintains mosques and pays three trips each year to villagers to Mecca.
Some are already convinced that Nordgold will act differently in Guyana, inspired by models from other mining groups that are active elsewhere. "In New Caledonia training has been given to ensure jobs in all sectors occupied by the local population, says Senator LaREM of Guyana Georges Patient. This is what I advocate for Guyana and I believe that the French state would be in favor of getting inspiration from what was set up there. "
Even if the French legal framework is more restrictive than in Guinea, how can it be ensured that these recommendations are properly applied in Guyana? "We respect French regulations and we have strict rules, says Pierre Paris the director of the company Montagne d & # 39; Or, 55% owned by Nordgold, head of the Guyanees project. We can only hire people who are legally on the territory and we have repeatedly pledged to have more than 90% of local employment for this project. " More than 700 positions will be available, for salaries of which, we are told, will be the average of what is practiced in French Guiana.
"Many animals have drunk water from the cyanide lake are dead"
In French Guiana, Nordgold and Montagne promise d & # 39; Or respect for the environment. But what about Guinea?
When the mining history of Guinea began, the environment was not really a subject. "There was no protest about the arrival of these industrial mines, explains Ludovic Dupin, chief editor at Novethic, media and advice in responsible economy. Companies that have moved to these countries have distributed money around them. When a farmer receives two, three or ten years' wages in one go, he gives up his field and his forest, his exploitation, that is no problem. "
But today the concerns about the environment are real. The cyanide waste lake near Lefa Mine is about to overflow and the embankments are worn out. One of these dikes is just above Fayala-Carrefour, the village of 1,700 inhabitants, and they are worried: for five years the cattle dies while drinking water from the lake. Despite slope work, no barrier impedes access.
"No inhabitant died of cyanide in the village, explains Fabala Keita, the village chief. But many animals that have drunk water from the cyanide lake are dead: cows, goats, sheep or chickens. " The villagers could receive compensation from Nordgold, but not systematically. "All animals are not reimbursed, complains about Fabala Keita. Those who died a few meters from the lake were not considered dead because of cyanide. "
Even if the company agrees to compensate for the death of animals, it should be noted that cyanide is not responsible for the death of these animals, even if there is a strong suspicion.
"Sometimes we feel the poisonous gas at night falls on the village"
Is the cyanide mud retention lake still waterproof and safe for the inhabitants of the village of Fayala-Carrefour?
In contact with water, cyanidesis changes into toxic gas. Some testimonials collected on the spot mention odors that reach the houses. "Sometimes we feel the toxic gases that fall on the village at night, says Hamadou Camara. We see many people who cough. "
In rainy weather, this resident could see mud flowing from the mine lake through an open breach over a football field. "When it rained, the cyanide passed, and when it rains a lot, it goes to the village " He says. Since the end of the summer of 2018, a dyke has been installed to control these excesses, but it has not yet been completed. The trees that dive into this mud have lost their leaves and are all dead.
Since the installation of the mine, the game around the village has disappeared. For sub-prefect Siaka Camara, it is a complete ecosystem that has changed. "People were busy farming, breeding, hunting … But now, with these machines in the bush, the animals have fled, the species have disappeared, the environment and the ecosystem have been achieved. We are afraid of the consequences in the long run. "
The company also considers it necessary to move the village, which is likely to be rebuilt elsewhere, but"Only for reasons of growth and expansion of the mine". Nordgold also says that he respects international regulations and says he is very attached to environmental issues.
A dike to close a breach in a cyanide lake, animals that die, residents who cough … all the elements of care and interrogation for the Montagne d & # 39; Or project in French Guiana.
"The company promises that the retention basins will keep the cyanide separated and that it will not escape" says Ludovic Dupin, from Novethic. For him, Nordgold is not interested in behaving in the same way as in Guinea. "If a cyanide leak in nature is leaking, the French state can attack it and it has to pay huge sums. On the other hand, the image would be catastrophic and investors could turn away. & # 39; The mediatization and the possible pressure of the local population can thus play against the image.
At the end of August 2018, the company changed its Guyanese project: the remaining sludge from the plant, which will be discharged into a 190-hectare lake, will be rejuvenated before being discharged into the open air. A non-existent process in Guinea. " We have already indicated that we are introducing a responsible model, says Pierre Paris.The project we carry out in Guyana is 50 kilometers from each house and each farm. "
"There is little chance that the promises of the operator will be fulfilled"
In 70% of the cases, according to Philippe Marion, geologist at the ENSG in Nancy, the accidents are the result of the dykes of the reservoirs that yield. A problem on the Montagne d & # 39; Or site would affect all downstream villages and fishing and tourism activities, according to Laurent Kelle, head of WWF French Guiana office.
Can the commitments made by Nordgold be fulfilled? "As always in this kind of projects, there are the promises of the operators, and then there is real life, is worried by Pascal Canfin, Director General of WWF France, opposed to the project. I am afraid that, given the sensitivity of the ecosystem to hundreds of protected species, there is very little chance, if we look at other mining projects in the world, that the promises made by the operator are kept. "
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Our many members who live in the Bronx know their borough has not yet experienced the explosion of hotel development many neighborhoods throughout the other boroughs have. But a recent posting in Streetsblog makes clear that Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. continues his efforts to bring a world-class hotel to the Bronx.
He has identified this as one of his goals in both the State of the Borough speeches he has made to date. In speaking of the importance of this effort, Borough President Diaz has consistently emphasized the benefits that employment in the hospitality industry would bring to the community. He stated in his 2010 State of the Borough Speech, "A new hotel would create hundreds of good-paying jobs offering health benefits, pension plans, and a chance for its workers to have a better life."
He noted his office has been working with both the New York Hotel Trades Council and the New York City Economic Development Corporation and is in discussions with multiple developers. In addition, according to Streetsblog, he is currently considering the possibility of converting one of the older Yankee Stadium parking garages into a hotel as there is a surplus of parking space in the area and the garages are not doing well.
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Ed Miliband's problem is not policy but tone – and increasingly he seems trapped
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Early one morning in September 2012 I visited Ed Miliband at home in north London. He had just returned from holiday in Greece and this was to be his first interview of the new political season, his big re-entry. He remembers the interview as the one in which he was photographed "sitting in the bushes". I remember it as the occasion on which he showcased his new Big Idea – "predistribution", a concept adapted from the Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker.
Having commendably held his party together when many had predicted it would split into warring factions, Miliband had grand plans. His mission was to change the rules of capitalism and to direct markets for the common good. Inequality was the scourge of our age, he told me. People felt the system was rigged against them. But the financial crisis and the Great Recession had created a social-democratic moment.
"For me it's a centre-left moment because people think there's something unfair and unjust about our society. You've got to bring the vested interest to heel; you've got to change the way the economy works. That's our opportunity." Not once did he mention Ukip or even countenance the possibility that a right-wing populist insurgency would erupt into the space that progressive politics hoped to occupy.
Miliband has a deterministic, quasi-Marxist analysis of our present ills. The Ukip insurgency, Scottish nationalism, the hollowing out of political parties, Islamist radicalisation, the loathing and distrust of elites: all are manifestations of a failed economic model.
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He is a politician of unusual self-confidence. Considering his appalling approval ratings and the lack of enthusiasm many of his MPs have for him, he has exceptional resilience. It's as if he is driven by a sense of manifest destiny, always dangerous in a politician. But what if he is wrong? What if the majority of people do not share his world-view? What if they want something more prosaic: economic competence, prosperity for themselves and their children, social justice and their government to protect them against the havoc being wreaked by globalisation? Miliband would argue that this is what he is offering through "responsible capitalism". Yet there exists a gulf between the radicalism of his rhetoric and the low-toned incrementalism of his policies.
From the beginning Labour was always an uneasy coalition of the organised working class and the Fabian or Hampstead intellectual. Later it also became the party of public-sector workers, social liberals and dispossessed minorities. Miliband is very much an old-style Hampstead socialist. He doesn't really understand the lower middle class or material aspiration. He doesn't understand Essex Man or Woman. Politics for him must seem at times like an extended PPE seminar: elevated talk about political economy and the good society.
At present, he and Labour seem trapped. His MPs sense it and the polls reflect it. Ukip is attracting support in the party's old working-class northern English heartlands and winning converts in key Home Counties swing seats that Labour would once have hoped to win. In Scotland the SNP has become the natural party of government.
In a recent interview, Alex Salmond was scathing about Miliband, describing him as "more unelectable" than Michael Foot. He had none of "Foot's wonderful qualities or intelligence. He's more unelectable than Neil Kinnock was; and Kinnock had considerable powers of oratory, and didn't lack political courage." One would expect Salmond to be dismissive of a Labour leader but it is worrying for the party that even allies now speak similarly of him and his failings.
Miliband is losing the support of the left (to the SNP, to the Greens) without having formed a broader coalition of a kind that defined the early Blair-Brown years. Most damaging, I think, is that he seldom seems optimistic about the country he wishes to lead. Miliband speaks too often of struggle and failure, of people as victims – and it's true that life is difficult for many. But a nation also wants to feel good about itself and to know in which direction it is moving. Reflecting many years afterwards on Labour's landslide victory in 1945, Clement Attlee said: "We were looking towards the future. The Tories were looking towards the past."
Labour wins well when its leader seems most in tune with the times and can speak for and to the people about who they are and what they want to be in the near future: Attlee in 1945, Wilson in 1966, Blair in 1997.
Miliband does not have a compelling personal story to tell the electorate, as Thatcher did about her remarkable journey from the grocer's shop in Grantham and the values that sustained her along the way or Alan Johnson does about his rise from an impoverished childhood in west London. I went to Oxford to study PPE, worked for Gordon Brown, became a cabinet minister and then leader of the party does not quite do it. None of this would matter were Miliband in manner and approach not so much the product of this narrow background.
He understands and has analysed astutely capitalism's destructive potential but not perhaps its resilience and ability to absorb shocks. As Lenin said, there are no "absolutely hopeless situations" for capitalism, as we are again discovering. There are deep problems for Labour and for all social-democratic parties that transcend any one leader. But as we enter an unstable era of multiparty politics, the fragmentation of the British state and intensifying Euroscepticism, Miliband's chief problem is not policy but tone. He needs to find a distinctive voice to articulate people's feelings about the present moment. And he might have to accept before long – or the electorate will force him to – that Europe's social-democratic moment, if it ever existed, is fading into the past.
Jason Cowley
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The Conservation Column By Pepper Trail Well, the election is over – right? Despite the outrageous attempts by the Trump administration to contest President-Elect Biden's clear victory, we WILL have a new president on January 20. Unfortunately, there are plenty of anti-environmental decisions being rushed through in the meantime. I start this Conservation Column with [...]
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September 2020 Conservation Column
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The Conservation Column By Pepper Trail Welcome back from summer! I hope you all got out and spent plenty of time enjoying the wild birds and wild places of our beautiful region – maintaining social distancing, of course. So, what do you want to hear first – the good news or the bad news? I [...]
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