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Snapshot Dispels Welfare Myths
Australia's "welfare blowout" is a myth, according to the Australian Council of Social Service which is calling for an end to media attacks on people who are unemployed.
Wendy Williams | 3 May 2017 at 2:45 pm
ACOSS has issued a Social Security Snapshot highlighting key facts on social security spending and policy in Australia, ahead of this year's budget, in a bid to correct the perception that large numbers of people receiving social security payments are "welfare cheats".
According to the snapshot, released on Wednesday, Australia's spending on income support is actually trending downwards and is low by international standards.
ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie said it was time for the federal government to tell the Australian community the "real story" about social security in Australia and prepare a budget that "genuinely helps lift people out of poverty", rather than disadvantage them even further.
"It is cruel for people affected by unemployment and low incomes to repeatedly wake up to sensational media headlines which accuses them of being 'dole bludgers, 'layabouts', 'welfare cheats' or 'welfare addicts'. The vast majority of people are doing everything they can to survive and improve their lives under extremely stressful, difficult circumstances," Goldie said.
"We're seeing repeated mean-spirited attempts to vilify and demonise people who are locked out of paid work, mostly through no fault of their own.
"This appears to be a deliberate government strategy to pave the way for further budget cuts on the backs of people doing it toughest in our community."
According to the Social Security Snapshot, inequality in Australia is the highest it has been since the 1950s.
Almost 3 million people, including over 730,000 children, live in poverty, comprising 13.3 per cent of the population.
Goldie questioned why the government was not talking about "the real problems" facing people who were unemployed.
She highlighted the lack of employment opportunities and "effective support" to get paid work, and the rise in long-term unemployment, which has almost tripled since the global financial crisis, as key barriers.
"Right now there is just one job available for every 10 people who are either locked out of employment or need more paid work," she said.
"Since the global financial crisis, the number of people receiving an unemployment payment climbed from 400,000 to 730,000 (in 2016).
"People affected by the impacts of the GFC, and changes in the economy, are doing it extremely tough. People who are unemployed or underemployed face poverty and desperation.
"As the Brotherhood of St Laurence said earlier this week, young people are job hunters, not dole bludgers. People receiving income support are parents, carers, people with disabilities, older workers and people of diverse backgrounds, facing major barriers to competing in the open labour market."
The snapshot showed that despite the rise in the number of long-term unemployed people since the GFC, overall spending on unemployment payments had flat-lined, rising slower than GDP.
Meanwhile spending on the age pension has remained the largest area of social security expenditure, quadrupling that spent on unemployment payments ($44 billion versus $11 billion in 2015/16).
Goldie said despite the lack of jobs, governments had "relentlessly targeted" social security for cuts.
"Billions have been slashed, including by pushing about 100,000 single parents and people with disability onto the much lower Newstart Allowance," she said.
"At the same time, people on these woefully slow social security payments can't afford to even house themselves. Last week, Anglicare Australia found that just 21 rental properties were affordable for a single person relying on Newstart and not many more for a single parent."
Goldie said the Social Security Snapshot was "compulsory reading" for anyone who wanted to talk about social security spending and policy in Australia.
"It dispels the great myth that there is anything resembling a 'welfare blowout' and that people receiving income support are 'welfare addicts'," she said.
"People affected by unemployment and low incomes, now more than ever, need a federal government that gives them hope, cares about their wellbeing, and takes seriously the challenges they face."
Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said the snapshot blasted a hole in the government's attempts to justify cuts to the "social safety net".
"For far too long the government has sought to drip feed stories to the media that paints people accessing the social safety net as 'dole bludgers'. They're not, they are carers, people with disability, students, families and jobseekers," Siewert said.
"Vilifying people accessing the social safety net makes it easier to erode the social safety net in the budget so the government's intentions are pretty obvious.
"Despite these attempts by the government, the facts speak for themselves."
The full snapshot is available here.
If you have a story about the not-for-profit sector email our news team at news@probonoaustralia.com.au
Wendy Williams | Editor | @WendyAnWilliams
Wendy Williams is a journalist specialising in the not-for-profit sector and broader social economy. She has been the editor of Pro Bono News since 2018.
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Petrah Flanagan says:
In all truth the REAL 'dole bludgers, 'layabouts', 'welfare cheats' or 'welfare addicts' are the politicians themselves, what do they really do to earn these exorbitant amounts, they have set up rules for themselves that make them exempt from the ones governing the rest of us, who else can own multiple houses, hold down a job and still be entitled to a publicly funded pension even before retirement age? They conveniently slide over the fact that their ill gotten gains are from the public purse which they have ensured they can continue to drain well after they are done in political circles, just disgusting the continued attacks on the public but the general population or sheeple believe it instead of turning all this hatred where it really should be, how much exactly do the politicians cost us a year as a cumulative amount?
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For young teens, they finally have ways of earning a little extra money, such as babysitting or mowing lawns in the neighborhood. As the amount of money they have access to increases, so does the amount of responsibility they have to handle that money. Here are some ways that young teens can learn how to budget, spend, and save sensibly.
Now that a young teen has a little more money, it's time to open a checking account. Cyprus offers teen checking accounts that feature no minimum balance requirements, free mobile banking, and access to more than 28,000 ATMs nationwide. Our debit card can be used anywhere that Visa is accepted.
If a teen hasn't already, they should open a savings account. This will help keep their money safe and also help them earn interest. They should come up with a savings goal, such as a car or college tuition, and start setting money aside as they earn it.
Even if they don't have many expenses, they should still keep track of where their money is going. They should make note of all of their expenses, no matter how small. This is especially important when they are using a debit card or a check to ensure they don't overdraft on their account. Whenever they earn money, it should be a priority to budget paying themselves first and putting that money into their savings account.


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Georgia's Mark Richt says Todd Gurley will enter 2015 NFL Draft
Published: Dec 26, 2014 at 08:08 AM
Chase Goodbread
Original Content Writer
Georgia coach Mark Richt confirmed Friday that Bulldogs running back Todd Gurley will enter the 2015 NFL Draft as an underclassman.
In speaking with reporters as Georgia prepares for Louisville in the Belk Bowl, Richt said "he'll be moving on," according to dawgs247.com.
Gurley is considered one of the elite rushing talents in the college game. He was a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate and played his way into early season contention for the award until a four-game suspension, and subsequently a torn ACL, ended his junior season prematurely. Gurley rushed for 911 yards in just six games before the Nov. 15 injury against Auburn. Still, Richt believes Gurley will be able to show NFL scouts "some things" prior to the draft, and said UGA head trainer Ron Courson believes Gurley's rehabilitation is going "beautifully."
"He's rehabbing well," Richt said, according to dawgs247.com. "Ron thinks it's going beautifully. His spirits are great. I wouldn't be shocked to see him doing a lot of things for the scouts before the draft. I think he'll be a very high draft pick."
Few expected Gurley to return to Georgia. At 6-foot-1, 233 pounds, he has plowed through SEC defenses with his powerful style consistently for the last three years, at least when Gurley has been able to play. He missed four games as a sophomore with an ankle injury, and ultimately had his most productive college season as a freshman in 2012 (222 carries, 1,385 yards, 17 TDs). He is well-suited to run between the tackles as part of a downhill rushing attack and is effective as both a receiver and pass blocker, too. Gurley caught 65 passes for 615 yards and six scores during his Georgia career.
South Carolina running back Mike Davisannounced his intention to enter the draft as an underclassman on Thursday. Underclassmen have until a Jan. 15 deadline to declare.
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The EU Delegation in Mozambique undertook a mapping of Civil Society Organizations as part of the prepration of a Roadmap for civil society programs and the coming 11th EDF. The team consists of two international and three national consultants. The assignment started on 17.12.2014 and ran untill September 2015 with an overall input of 75 working days, of which most was spent in Mozambique during two extended field work periods. Field work included participatory workshops at provincial level and covered all provinces in the country.


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Hitting Tehran Where It Hurts
by Mark Dubowitz
The Wall Street Journal Europe
https://dubowitz.pundicity.com/5836/hitting-tehran-where-it-hurts
After three decades of an Islamic revolution that has neither upheld Islam's virtues nor brought revolutionary change from repression, many Iranians have had enough. But political transformation, if indeed that's what we're seeing the start of, won't necessarily be immediate. For instance, nine years elapsed between the first Solidarity strike at Gdansk and the collapse of communist rule in Poland. So while longer-term hope still exists for a free Iran, Europe and the United States must prepare for a more dangerous Iranian regime over the short- or even medium term. Their legitimacy wounded and their paranoia increased, Iran's leaders now may be more repressive at home and intransigent abroad.
This raises a pressing question: What can be done to stop the regime's march to a nuclear bomb? Leaders in Tehran are more likely to view a successful nuclear program as their best hope of winning back the international influence and domestic legitimacy they lost in the election debacle. For negotiations to succeed, supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei and his coterie must be made to pay a higher cost for their nuclear weapons pursuit.
To date, words have meant little. The U.N. Security Council has passed five ineffectual resolutions, and will do little more given Russian and Chinese veto power. President Obama has described an alternative path, "tough direct diplomacy," to curb Iran's "unacceptable" nuclear development. This, too, has yet to bear fruit.
So Europe and her allies must be willing to peacefully exploit Iran's economic Achilles heel: the regime's heavy dependence on gasoline imports. Due to limited refining capabilities, Iran imports approximately 40% of its domestic gasoline consumption. Iran is the second-largest importer of gasoline in the world. That gasoline is supplied primarily by five companies: the Swiss-Dutch energy trading giants Vitol and Trafigura, the Indian multinational Reliance Industries, the Swiss trader Glencore and the French energy firm Total.
Leaders in the West are starting to focus on the opportunities this Iranian energy dependence presents. Recently, members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives introduced legislation to impose sanctions on any entity that provides, or helps Iran obtain, refined petroleum, including suppliers, shippers, insurance and reinsurance companies. During the presidential election, Mr. Obama twice endorsed the idea of squeezing Iran's gasoline supplies to dissuade Tehran from proceeding with its nuclear program. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is due to discuss sanctions against Iran this week during a tour of Europe and the Middle East.
Then again, legislation might prove superfluous if gasoline suppliers take full stock of their own self-interest. At the top of the list are the reputational risks they increasingly take by doing business with Iran's current regime. Fairly or not, Iranians and others may come to believe that these companies are fueling the armored vehicles and motorcycles used to brutally repress those standing for freedom on the streets of Tehran. Ending their gasoline supplies to the Iranian regime would be a business decision worth making. BP reached this conclusion in 2008 after calculating that its U.S. business interests outweighed the importance of its Iranian gasoline profits.
If the major gasoline suppliers exited the market, either voluntarily or because of pressure, other companies might pick up the slack. But it is not clear that substitute suppliers could fulfill all of Iran's gasoline needs. They also could demand higher prices. Even if suppliers were willing to provide the gasoline, the legislation would make it hard for the shipments to reach Iran's shores. Shippers need insurance and reinsurance companies willing to underwrite shipments. Were those companies, many of which are based in Britain, Germany, Norway and Japan, willing to continue insuring shipments despite the U.S. legislation, they still could demand an increased political risk premium associated with this trade, leading to higher costs for Iran.
Iran's government definitely would feel the pinch if its current gasoline suppliers stopped trading with it. In the summer of 2007, riots followed Tehran's decision to ration gasoline supplies. Drivers torched gas stations. A concerned Iranian parliament pressed the government to scrap the rationing plan. While a gasoline embargo is not a "silver bullet," it may be "silver shrapnel," and shrapnel also wounds. This is especially so since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is already under immense pressure from the public, the opposition and even the ruling establishment for his economic mismanagement.
The recent Tehran Spring might lead to a future Iranian government that ends its illegal nuclear program, support for terrorist organizations and abuse of its own people. But it also may lead to a Nuclear Winter. Given the consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran, putting hope above experience is not a policy.
Europeans, in particular, need an effective policy response. With European companies heavily involved in the Iranian gasoline business, European policy makers need to stop this trade. If the regime faced damaging economic pressure from a significant reduction in gasoline supplies, Khamenei might decide that a nuclear bomb, instead of being the guarantor of regime survival, could be the catalyst of its demise. At that point, he might be in the mood to compromise. If not, no one could argue that countries threatened by Iran had ignored peaceful alternatives.


We are now beginning to send out invitations to interview and audition for places on our BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma courses in September 2016, so if you have returned your application form, you should be hearing from us shortly.
In addition to the time and date of their interview and audition (all of which will take place in one of the buildings within LIPA's Higher Education campus in Liverpool city centre), each applicant will receive a set of guidelines detailing the practical audition task required - a monologue for Acting, a solo performance for Dance, or a solo vocal/instrumental performance for Music Perrformance - and some advice on how to prepare.
Applicants will also receive advice on the questions to be asked at interview, so that they can think in advance of their answers to ensure that they are able to present themselves in the best possible way.
A overview of the structure of the day is also provided, along with guidance as to what to bring, what to wear, and what happens in the application process once the interviews and auditions are over.
Copies of the guidelines for Acting, Dance and Music performance can be found below, and within the course pages of this website. The guidelines for Music Technology and Production Arts will be added here by the end of January.


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OncoGenex Regains Rights to Custirsen from Teva
OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
BOTHELL, Wash. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 27, 2015 /CNW/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, OncoGenex Technologies Inc., executed a termination agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) under which OncoGenex will regain rights to custirsen, an investigational compound currently in Phase 3 clinical development as a treatment for prostate and lung cancers. This transfer of rights occurs in connection with the termination of the 2009 collaboration agreement between OncoGenex and Teva.
"OncoGenex is excited to move forward with the clinical investigation of custirsen in patients with advanced cancers who desperately need new treatment options," said Scott Cormack, President and CEO of OncoGenex. "The finalization of this agreement gives OncoGenex control of custirsen's development, including the ability to move forward with plans to modify the ENSPIRIT trial design and statistical analysis plan to enable the trial to continue with fewer patients, increased confidence in success and shorter time to regulatory submission."
The agreement between the two parties to terminate the collaboration includes a $23.2 million payment from Teva.
This payment reflects a $27 million advance reimbursement amount less $0.8 million for expenses incurred by Teva in 2015 prior to the termination date as well as a $3 million holdback amount that may be used to settle additional expenses incurred by Teva related to the continued development of custirsen as well as certain indemnity claims. One half of the then remaining balance of the holdback amount will be released to OncoGenex in October 2015 with a further half of the then remaining amount paid in January 2016. Any final remaining amount will be released in April 2016.
In addition, OncoGenex will take over responsibility for all custirsen expenses, including those related to the ENSPIRIT trial, as well as manufacturing and regulatory activities for custirsen programs that were previously managed by Teva.
The company recently reported that as of December 31, 2014, it had $47.1 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, excluding the advance reimbursement payment from Teva. OncoGenex expects that the $23.2 million payment from Teva and the Company's current resources should enable the completion of the AFFINITY trial through data readout in late 2015 or early 2016, allow for the continuation of the ENSPIRIT trial through the second interim futility analysis expected in mid-2015, and facilitate the achievement of key apatorsen clinical milestones, such as the completion of patient enrollment in the Borealis-2™ trial and final data from the Spruce™ and Rainier™ clinical trials.
Additional terms of the agreement with Teva can be found in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed today and available at http://ir.oncogenex.com.
About Custirsen
Custirsen is an experimental drug that is designed to block the production of the protein clusterin, which may play a fundamental role in cancer cell survival and treatment resistance. Clusterin is upregulated in tumor cells in response to treatment interventions such as chemotherapy, hormone ablation and radiation therapy and has been found to be overexpressed in a number of cancers, including prostate, lung, breast and bladder. Increased clusterin production has been linked to faster rates of cancer progression, treatment resistance and shorter survival duration. By inhibiting clusterin, custirsen is designed to alter tumor dynamics, slowing tumor growth and resistance to partner treatments, so that the benefits of therapy, including survival, may be extended.
About OncoGenex
OncoGenex is a biopharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of new therapies that address treatment resistance in cancer patients. OncoGenex has a diverse oncology pipeline, with each product candidate having a distinct mechanism of action and representing a unique opportunity for cancer drug development. Custirsen is currently in Phase 3 clinical development as a treatment in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer and in patients with advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. Apatorsen is in Phase 2 clinical development and OGX-225 is currently in pre-clinical development. More information is available at www.OncoGenex.com and at the company's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/OncoGenex_IR.
OncoGenex' Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our anticipated product development activities, such as expected clinical trial completion, statements regarding the potential benefits and potential development of our product candidates and statements regarding our expected financial results, expected cash resources and expected cash requirements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, among others, the risk that we will not receive some or all of the $3 million holdback under the termination agreement with Teva, the risk that the ENSPIRIT trial will be terminated prior to completion, either due to an interim finding of futility or due to us having insufficient funds to complete the study, the risk that we are unable to successfully complete other clinical trials or otherwise develop successful product candidates as and when expected, if at all, the risk that our product candidates do not demonstrate the hypothesized or expected benefits, the risk that new developments in the rapidly evolving cancer therapy landscape require changes in our clinical trial plans or limit the potential benefits of our product, the risk that our cash resources are insufficient to fund our planned activities for the time period expected and the other factors described in our risk factors set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained herein or to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof, other than as may be required by applicable law.
Borealis-2™, Rainier™ and Spruce™ are registered trademarks of OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
SOURCE OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
For further information: OncoGenex Contact: Jim DeNike, [email protected], (425) 686-1514, http://oncogenex.com
Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd.


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On September 30 ~ in Music History
Posted by MaryO on September 30, 2019
• 1852 ~ Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and organist
• 1908 ~ David Oistrakh, Russian violinist
• 1922 ~ Oscar Pettiford, Bass, cello. He played with Charlie Barnet, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, and Stan Getz
• 1933 ~ The theme song was Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here and it opened the National Barn Dance. The half-hour country music and comedy show, originally heard on WLS, Chicago since 1924, moved to the NBC Blue network this night. National Barn Dance was broadcast from the Eighth Street Theater in Chicago, where the stage was transformed into a hayloft every Saturday night. The host was Joe Kelly. Uncle Ezra was played by Pat Barrett who was known to say, "Give me a toot on the tooter, Tommy," as he started dancing. A few of the other Barn Dance characters were Arkie, the Arkansas Woodchopper; Pokey Martin; the Hoosier Hotshots; the Prairie Ramblers; cowgirl, Patsy Montana; Pat Buttram; Lulu Belle and the Cumberland Road Runners. Gene Autry and Red Foley were heard early in their careers on National Barn Dance. Although there were plenty of sponsors (Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day vitamins, Phillips Milk of Magnesia), the National Barn Dance was one of the few radio shows to charge admission!
• 1935 ~ Jill Corey (Norma Jean Speranza), Singer
• 1935 ~ Johnny Mathis, American singer of popular music
• 1935 ~ "Summertime … and the livin' is easy." Porgy and Bess was presented for the first time, at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. It was a flop! It was revived in 1942. It wasn't a flop that time. It ran longer than any revival in the history of U.S. musical theater.
• 1941 ~ The Larry Clinton Orchestra recorded their version of That Solid Old Man, on Bluebird Records.
• 1942 ~ Frankie Lymon, Singer: recorded at age 14
• 1942 ~ Dewey Martin, Drummer, singer with Buffalo Springfield
• 1943 ~ Marilyn McCoo (Davis), Singer with The Fifth Dimension, TV hostess of Solid Gold from 1981 to 1984 and 1986 to 1988, TV music reporter
• 1946 ~ Sylvia Peterson, Singer with The Chiffons
• 1953 ~ Deborah Allen (Thurmond), Singer
• 1954 ~ Julie Andrews, who would later become a household name in movies, TV and on records, opened on Broadway for the first time. The future star of The Sound of Music appeared in The Boy Friend this night.
• 1976 ~ Mary Ford passed away
• 1977 ~ President Jimmy Carter designated October as the official country music month.
• 1979 ~ Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist
• 1989 ~ Virgil Thomson, US composer/critic (4 saints in 3 acts), died at the age of 92
• 2003 ~ Ronnie Dawson, the rock singer known as the "Blonde Bomber," died. He was 64. Dawson was diagnosed in 2002 with throat cancer but continued to perform. One of his last gigs was an emotional performance at the Rockabilly Rave festival in England in February. He enthralled fans at the Big D Jamboree in the 1950s and at Carnegie Hall in the 1990s. Among Dawson's songs as a teenager in the 1950s were Action Packed and I Make the Love. He was famous for live performances where he would jump from the stage, run through the audience and play his guitar while standing on a table. In the late 1950s, Dawson recast himself as an R&B artist named Snake Monroe, signed briefly with Columbia Records, and then joined the local Western swing pioneers the Light Crust Doughboys. In the 1960s, he packed the Levee Club with the Levee Singers, a folk act that appeared nationally on "The Danny Kaye Show" and "The Jimmy Dean Show." After the Levee Singers broke up, he formed a country band, Steel Rail, and later sang television and radio jingles.
• 2003 ~ Robert LaMarchina, conductor of the Honolulu Symphony from 1967 to 1978, died. He was 75. Born in New York City, Robert LaMarchina began studying the cello at the age of 7. At 8, he made his first appearance as a solo cellist with the St. Louis Symphony. LaMarchina was 15 when famed conductor Arturo Toscanini hired him to perform with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. LaMarchina made is first appearance as a conductor in 1951 in Japan in the Fujiwara Opera's production of "Madame Butterfly". He later taught music at Indiana University, traveled with the Ambassadors of Opera and conducted operas on the West Coast.
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Happy Birthday Whenever You Want
You're legal now!
None of the companies that have collected royalties on the "Happy Birthday" song for the past 80 years held a valid copyright claim to one of the most popular songs in history, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled on Tuesday.
In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, the judge ruled that Warner/Chappell never had the right to charge for the use of the "Happy Birthday To You" song. Warner had been enforcing a copyright since 1988, when it bought Birch Tree Group, the successor to Clayton F. Summy Co., which claimed the original disputed copyright.
Judge George H. King ruled that a copyright filed by the Summy Co. in 1935 granted only the rights to specific piano arrangements of the music, not the actual song.
Read more at http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-happy-birthday-song-lawsuit-decision-20150922-story.html
The following version is in the O'Connor Music Studio library, if you wish to borrow it. It is also available on amazon.com
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automation, robotics, rockets, science, space, technology
Posted by troviusmos on July 24, 2020
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We can 3-D print toys, food, houses, PPE supplies, tools and a number o other things. What about rockets? That's the goal of Relativity Space, an American company trying to 3-D print something as large and complex as a controlled explosion. The company was started by engineers from Blue Origin and SpaceX who were interested in applying 3-D printing to space travel. Their first step in feasibly proving the concept they have developed is to launch their rocket. The first one that they will use is the Terran 1 and it will launch in 2021. The difference that Relativity offers is that their rockets are significantly cheaper than any other competitor. The Aeon 1 rocket engine they use is not as powerful as the Merlin engine SpaceX uses but is not a very complex engine and it can be made in just 20 days since it only has 100 parts. This also enables them to produce and launch rockets within 60 days, a turnover rate inconceivable to major government projects. They've already done over 100 test firings of their Aeon 1 engine in Mississippi at the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center.
To print their rockets, the company uses a specialized set of robots in more of a complex of 3-D printers to create everything. They use a laser to fuse metal layer by layer into finished projects through a process called selective laser sintering. The 3-D printing complex is called Stargate. The company currently has secured a contract to begin launching satellites at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in addition to their launch site in Cape Canaveral.
https://www.relativityspace.com/
Space News: https://spacenews.com/relativity-space-aims-to-3d-print-entire-launch-vehicles/
The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/24/21300782/relativity-space-launch-site-air-force-base-terran-1-rocket-3d-printing
Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/relativity-space-reveals-its-ambitions-with-big-nasa-deal/
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/relativity-space-series-b-round-3-d-printing-rockets-gets-35-million.html
The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/17/18185136/relativity-space-3d-printing-terran-1-rocket-cape-canaveral-florida
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Uroš Kodelja (born 15 August 1974 in Nova Gorica) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1992 to 2007.

Kodelja won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1998 European Championships in Roudnice nad Labem. He also finished tenth in the K1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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1974 births
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists of Slovenia
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When it comes to window decorating ideas, the difference between a window shade and a beautiful, stylishly decorated window covering is intention. Great window decorating ideas will mean the difference between a room that looks empty or drab and one that looks finished and pleasing to the senses. And…don't think you have to pay big money for stylish ideas. There are many inexpensive window covering decorating ideas that will catch the eye.
Windows are not just open or closed….they are one of the focal points of a room so decorating a window means more than just providing privacy or light diffusion. So we should be careful that the window coverings compliment the décor and characteristics of the room. For example, we wouldn't want to put bamboo shades in a formal living room or put plush, three-tiered draperies in a child's playroom. Window decorating ideas should compliment the décor of the room without taking away from or overwhelming it. There are as many ways to decorate a window as windows themselves so experimenting with different styles and attitudes can totally change the look and feel of your room.
"Simple" decorations do not mean "Plain" decorations. Simple window decorating ideas can involve bright-colored roller shades to liven up a room or a roman blind with embellishments – gathered half-way up. For feminine softness you can hang a sheer panel of lace from a pressure-mounted curtain rod, pull it to one side and tie with a beautiful piece of lace for a beautiful and inexpensive window covering decorating idea. Cafe curtains hang from the center of the window down and provide privacy while allowing light to enter the room through the top of the curtain.
One idea for a decorated window covering is to give your windows a designer look by layering different kinds of window coverings. Start with an interesting, colored shade or blind – or even a simple curtain panel. Then add lavish, small patterned drapes hung from a curtain rod or some window covering embellishments to dress up some older drapes. Try choosing fabrics in different colors and then layering them for a unique, exotic look for inexpensive window decorating ideas.
You can also consider attaching molding around your windows to make them stand out – setting them apart from the surrounding walls. A bright white frame is a perfect way to highlight and showcase your window coverings. You can pair them with woven wood shades or a roman shade if you wish to create window covering embellishments. This highlighting is especially appealing if the room's wall color is dark. You can also go the opposite way – pair dark framing with a bamboo shade and a light wall. And shutters are so versatile – placing them on either side of a narrow window will give the illusion of a wider window and add great interest to any room. This framing effect is an inexpensive window covering decorating idea.
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Evan's Story
Name: Evan
Who is Evan?
Evan lives alone in Melbourne, Australia, and has one adult daughter. He describes his ethnic background as 'Australian': like both of his parents, Evan was born in Australia. His primary source of income is a social security benefit for people living with a disability.* He has had hepatitis C for over 20 years but currently doesn't plan on having treatment.
Evan was diagnosed with hepatitis C around the late 1990s. He has had hepatitis C for over 20 years, but doesn't intend to have treatment at this point, as he doesn't feel unwell. In the years he has had hepatitis C, Evan has focussed on other health issues, including mental health concerns. Since acquiring hepatitis C, he makes sure never to share injecting equipment with others.
Evan's Story:
Evan recounts that he acquired hepatitis C in the late 1990s, when he was in his early twenties. He reused the injecting equipment of his mother, who had hepatitis C: 'I got it […] at my mum's, it [was] through one of her used needles. That's the only time I've ever shared equipment'. He says that he was diagnosed just under a year after sharing the injecting equipment. He recalls a night when he decided to go to the hospital because he was feeling sick: 'I was really unwell and […] I just said, "If I am still feeling like this tonight, I am going to the [hospital]". I was still feeling [sick] that night and, yeah, I went to the [hospital] and I think […] they admitted me straight away, and I stayed for about a week […] They did blood tests and everything, and they said, you know, "You have got a hep C flare up"'.
Due to his familiarity with hepatitis C at the time, Evan's diagnosis didn't concern him much: 'I suppose if I was going to pick a word, I would say, [the diagnosis] didn't appear to faze me much. [I] didn't think, "I am going to die" or anything, because I knew my mum [had] had it forever, so just thought, "Okay"'.
While Evan has had hepatitis C for over 20 years, he says that he doesn't have any plans to have treatment, because he doesn't feel sick and he doesn't drink alcohol. As he puts it: 'I am not sick, yeah, I feel all right, and I don't drink. The only thing I do, I don't know whether it's relevant or not, but the alcohol is probably relevant, but the only thing I do is I smoke cigarettes and I will use [heroin] twice a month'.
Over the years Evan has told a few regular doctors about his hepatitis C, and he says they haven't directly encouraged him to have treatment. He thinks he informed his current doctor about his hepatitis C in an early appointment but they have 'never discussed' treatment: '[I] probably told him [about the hepatitis C] at the start [… and] I have had blood test[s] for things, because six years ago I got type 2 diabetes, but nothing has ever been said about [hepatitis C treatment …] I don't think they have ever said, "Do a hep C test" or anything, yeah'.
While living with hepatitis C, Evan has primarily focussed on other health concerns, including some related to his mental health: 'With my previous doctor […] it was always severe depression and personality disorder, but I think I would argue that one and just say, 'We all have […some ups] and some downs'. But […] yeah, [the] mental illness thing has been there the whole time'.
*Services Australia Disability Support Pension.
Evan (M, 45, no treatment experience) describes spending around a week in hospital after being diagnosed with hepatitis C. He told his mother about the diagnosis and recalls that she didn't seem worried about it.
By memory, it was just in the emergency department, so I have gone in really sick, all yellow and admitted as being a drug user, and they have just said that, 'You have got a hep C flare-up, you just have a hep C flare-up, and we are going to admit you and we are just going to do blood tests and watch your levels and will let you go when you are all right'. So, I ended up there maybe a day over a week or just shy of a week, so like six or eight days […] I told my mum […] Didn't really seem to faze her, yeah, if I am honest.
Also focussing on injecting, Evan (M, 45, no treatment experience) describes being careful about using new equipment and making sure to keep it separate when injecting with other people.
Well, everything has to be my own equipment, everything has to be brand new, like, I won't, yeah, I won't share a spoon, you know, [or have] two people drawing out together, or any of that sort of stuff. I won't do anything like that, and [I] sort of got this from my mum, because I don't know, maybe you learn […] Why do we put two sugars in coffee? Because we saw adults do it, so we think two sugars have to go in a coffee.
Evan (M, 45, no treatment experience) explains that while he is unsure whether he agrees with his mental health diagnoses, his mental health is the focus on his meetings with his doctor. This means that, for him, hepatitis C is one of a number of health issues needing attention.
Yeah, mental health […] Yeah, it was always severe depression and personality disorder, but I think I would argue that one and just say, 'We all have […some ups] and some downs'. But let's say, it's usually been about that […] I remember when I was 23 or 24 […] it seemed to be mostly what we were dealing with every time I'd go see him – apart from doing my prescribing, when it needed to be done.


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What you accomplished Dan, by crossing Canada on your bike in 2014 to raise money for Chronic Pain, was a message of determination and perseverance. We will remember the cost of every mile and the pain you must of felt through the rain, the cold and the heat.
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Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James and more celebrate Kobe Bryant's 42nd birthday
Black Mamba forever.
By Cherise Johnson
Today is the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant's 42nd birthday. Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Allen Iverson are among the many fellow NBA players and entertainers who have taken the time to remember the Black Mamba on his special day.
Shaq, who played alongside Bryant while on The Los Angeles Lakers in the late 90s, posted a compilation video featuring some of the moments they shared between each other on the basketball court. Though they had their moments, Shaq and Kobe shared an unbreakable bond that went beyond the sport of basketball.
"Happy birthday Kobe," Shaq wrote. "They couldn't stop the REIGN."
They couldn't stop the REIGN @z_ro
A post shared by DR. SHAQUILLE O'NEAL Ed.D. (@shaq) on Aug 23, 2020 at 11:49am PDT
LeBron James, who currently plays for The Lakers, paid tribute to Kobe with a throwback clip from their Team USA days. In the clip, James is seen grabbing a slice of cake off a table. He then loudly proclaims to a room full of people that they're about to sing "Happy Birthday" to iconic shooting guard.
"Alright, like I said, today is Kobe Bryant's 30th birthday and we're about to sing him 'Happy Birthday,' James is heard saying as he directs the crowd to sing on three.
Happy Bday my brother!! Miss you man!! #LongLive🐍 #GoneButNeverEverForgotten💜💛
A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Aug 23, 2020 at 10:56am PDT
Bryant lost his life on Jan. 26 in the helicopter crash in Calabasas, California along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others.
Vanessa Bryant also celebrated her late husband's birthday today with a heartbreaking post.
"Natalia, Gianna, Bianka, Capri and I wish you a happy birthday my love," Vanessa captioned her post. "I love you for now, forever and for always."
Natalia, 17, also made a separate post of her own in his memory.
"Happy Birthday Dad I miss your smile, laugh and big bear hugs," she captioned. "Happy Birthday to the best movie buddy I could have ever asked for."
Check out more NBA players and entertainers paying tribute to Kobe Bryant for his 42nd birthday below.
It's 8:24 on his #Birthday. Its the first time I will not be able 2 say #HappyBirthday I will never get use tothat. We think about you often To Vanessa & the girls we r always here for you I know U will be strong because he is part of you. To Joe & Pam I understand. We ❤U #Kobe pic.twitter.com/Uy0tdZlpd8
— TheBillRussell (@RealBillRussell) August 23, 2020
We miss you Kobe Bean Bryant! Happy Birthday💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛#mambaforever
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Did u see how he walked away like it wasn't shit?! Hard!!! Serial Killa!!! Happy Birthday Bro Bro. Miss you. Love 4 Life. #LongLiveMamba @kobebryant
A post shared by Allen Iverson (@theofficialai3) on Aug 23, 2020 at 8:26am PDT
Happy Birthday Legend @KobeBryant!!#MambaMentality #RIP
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Happy Mamba Day Kobe Big 42!!
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Me performing in the Kobe jersey. Happy Birthday King
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Vanessa Bryant shares touching tribute for late husband Kobe Bryant's 42nd birthday


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Gunmen kidnap 8 government employees in Pakistan
Published Friday, March 11, 2016
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday kidnapped eight government employees in Pakistan's troubled northwest while they were heading to inspect an under construction dam, officials said.
The incident took place in Toi Khula area of the South Waziristan tribal district along the Afghan border where unidentified gunmen intercepted their vehicle and took them to an unknown location.
Zafrul Islam, the top government official in South Waziristan, said project director of Chao Tangi small dam, two geologists and other technical staff of the dam were among those kidnapped at gunpoint.
"Gunmen kidnapped these eight government employees when they were heading to the dam site," Islam told AFP.
A second senior government official confirmed the abduction and told AFP that a search operation had been launched to locate the abductors.
No group has yet claimed responsibility.
South Waziristan is one of Pakistan's seven tribal districts which border Afghanistan and have been home to Al-Qaeda and Taliban led militants.
The Taliban blew up a girls' school in South Waziristan in February saying the school had been targeted because it was run by the military and the group was opposed to female education.
Pakistan's army stepped up its offensive in the region after the Taliban's massacre of 153 people, mostly children, at an army-run school in Peshawar in December 2014, and has killed or pushed hundreds of militants to Afghanistan.


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Lecturer in data-driven decision making for sustainable technical transitions of urban space
Environmental ScienceMachine learningManagement Studies
Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Netherlands
Are you an expert in using and developing data-driven decision-making tools?Are you interested in integral social-technical transition of urban systems? Do you want to help metropoles to deal with climate, water, resource security, health, sustainable energy and other urban challenges, by inclusion of advanced technology and system innovations? Would you be committed to educating young talents to support these sustainability transitions of urban environments? If yes, you may be the lecturer candidate we are looking for!
To further strengthen our group, we invite applications for the lecturer position in the area of Urban System Engineering team (USE), part of the Environmental Technology group (ETE), where data-driven decision-making using machine learning and optimization algorithms is an emerging and growing area in education and research.The Department of Environmental Technology of Wageningen University is led by Prof. Huub Rijnaarts and provides education and conducts research on the topics of System Engineering and Environmental Technologies. It is our aim to help create a sustainable society with a focus on circular resources (such as water, nutrients, and organics), non-fossil energy supply systems, and climate adaptation and mitigating approaches in the urban, industrial and agro-industrial environment (https://www.wur.nl/en/research-results/chair-groups/agrotechnology-and-food-sciences/environmental-technology.htm). Your work will focus on:
Coordinating and teaching an advanced MSc course in planning urban transition via data-driven decision-making tools, and providing lecture modules and teaching assistance in other advanced MSc courses related to data-driven environmental modeling and that are coordinated by other USE colleagues (ca. 60% of your time)
Supporting research activities that enable the development and use of data-driven research tools by MSc's, PhD's and Post Docs in interaction with societal stakeholders (ca. 15%)
Participating in acquisition/proposal writing and contributions to the execution of scientific research projects of the USE team (ca. 15%).
Developing yourself into a university lecturer following the Educational Career Path (ECP) of Wageningen University (ca. 10%)
Our Education Career Path offers teachers an attractive career perspective. With this, WUR indicates the importance of high-quality and innovative academic education. We offer you a versatile job in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere. For more information please visit this page:
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You are an ambitious and enthusiastic lecturer devoted to excellence in education in urban environmental management. Further, you have:
A PhD degree in environmental science/technology/engineering/management, with proven knowledge and practice in operations research and/or machine learning, applied mathematics, computer sciences or related fields
Enthusiastic approach in teaching and coaching MSc and PhD students and strong orientation towards an educational career path in a university,
Good didactic qualities and enthusiasm for teaching and working with students
The Dutch University Teaching Qualification (UTQ; in Dutch "BKO") or willingness to complete this within three years after starting this position.
Advanced knowledge and/or willingness to develop in geo-spatial analysis and programming skills (e.g., Python) and in data, method and model management and maintenance
Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams
This position requires an excellent English language proficiency (a mininum of CEFR C2 level). For more information about this proficiency level, please visit our special language page.
Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:
sabbatical leave, study leave, and paid parental leave;
the option to accrue additional holiday hours by working more, up to 40 hours per week;
In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive gross salary of between €2.836,- and €4.474,- for a full-time working week of 38 hours, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreements for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU) (scale 10).You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and at a university that has been chosen as the "Best University" in the Netherlands for the 16th consecutive time.
Coming from abroad Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees. Applicants from abroad moving to the Netherlands may qualify for a special tax relief, known as the 30% ruling. Our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family.
Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees and students coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, we can assist you with any additional advice and information about helping your partner to find a job, housing, schooling, and other issues.
For more information about this position, please contact Dr. Shahab Shariat Torbaghan (shahab.shariattorbaghan@wur.nl) and for the application and selection procedure Joes van Meurs (joes.vanmeurs@wur.nl)
Do you want to apply? You can apply directly using the apply button on the vacancy page on our website which will allow us to process your personal information with your approval.
This vacancy will be listed up to and including the 27th of January 2023. We hope to schedule the first job interviews in the first three weeks of February 2023.
Equal opportunities Wageningen University & Research (WUR) employs a large number of people with very different backgrounds and qualities, who inspire and motivate each other. We want every talent to feel at home in our organisation and be offered the same career opportunities. We therefore especially welcome applications from people who are underrepresented at WUR. For more information please go to our inclusivity page. A good example of how WUR deals with inclusiveness can be read on the page working at WUR with a functional impairment.
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.With its roughly 30 branches, 7,200 employees (6,400 fte) and 13,200 students and over 150.000 participants to WUR's Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of Wageningen's unique approach. WUR has been named Best Employer in the Education category for 2019-2020.These are the points our employees list as good reasons to come work at WUR: read the 5 reasons to come work at WUR
Senior Lecturer (tenured) in Machine Learning
Associate senior lecturer in Environmental Science at the School of Science and Technology
Senior lecturer in Computer Science with specialization in Machine Learning


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Little Fish to support Placebo and unveil new music video!
aaamusic | On 13, Sep 2010
Little Fish have announced a series of live dates in the Autumn, including several festival appearances, as well as a run of headline shows. They will also be supporting the one and only Placebo at their Brixton Academy date this month. The band have experienced a crazy ride in the last year or so since legendary songwriter/producer Linda Perry heard their demos, flew to the UK to see them play at a pub in Oxford, signed them on the spot and took them out to LA to produce their first album. This was followed by a hectic touring schedule supporting a who's who of rock bands including Placebo, Them Crooked Vultures, Hole, Juliette Lewis and, most recently, Blondie. Little Fish also recently headlined the BBC Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds festivals.
Little Fish also release new single 'Whiplash' this week and have just unveiled a video to accompany the track. Singer JuJu explains the process of making the video –
"For me, the video had to have a strong feeling of paranoia and loneliness, to be intense and have some live performance in it as well as be grainy, black and white. We ended up shooting the video in the grounds of a huge abandoned mill-factory out in the docklands, East London. The story of the video is not a direct metaphor for the lyrics in the song. It is largely based on the feeling it gives. We not only perform the song live in it, but within that, there is a crazy story where I wake up from a dream, or in a dream even, or not even in a dream, and Nez (the drummer), is like my paranoia, he is everywhere, playing the drums, getting more menacing. I can't get away from it all."
Onstage, Little Fish are sensual thunder, drawing you in with dangerous warmth. Juju's self taught guitar style blazes through as Nez vigorously propels himself and beats his way through the songs. The band's visceral live show is intensified by the addition of a Hammond organ which helps the band to convey more fully what they laid down on the album with producer Linda Perry at the helm. Listening to their music, either live or on their debut album, you can really hear the band's intense creativity in all its glory. JuJu explains the process – "I have to be by myself in a room when I'm writing so no one can hear me shouting and screaming like an exorcist. Some people can write in public, but not me. For me it's a solitary experience, so I can unlock my lyrics and bare my soul and inspiration."
See Little Fish live at the following dates:
8 Sep Proud Galleries Camden Town
18 Sep Southsea Festival The Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth
26 Sep Underground Festival Gloucester
27 Sep Brixton Academy with Placebo London
22 Oct SWN Festival Cardiff
2 Nov Old Blue Last London
4 Nov Roadhouse Manchester
5 Nov Kasbah Coventry
13 Nov O2 Academy 2 Oxford
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