ZARA had a baby GIRL!
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Re: ZARA had a baby GIRL!
Do we know if Zara and Mike kept the money? It's possible they had the money donated to a charity or organization of some kind.
Personally, I see nothing wrong with this. Zara is an Olympic athlete, and Mike is a professional athlete. Those types of people do this all the time. Is Zara exempt from this because of who her grandmother is? And I imagine that she would rather do proper photographs with the magazine than having the paparazzi hounding them and trying to get pictures. I think Zara knows how to handle the press so that Mia (and any other children they may have) will recognize that the press will be a part of her life, but not an intrusive part.
While I have never been a fan of selling photos of kids, I'm not going to villainize Z & M for this. It makes way more sense to do a spread in a magazine than to have the paps in persuit of the first pic, putting you and the kid in danger. Besides, I see Z more as an international athlete that happens to have royal relatives than an actual royal.
Any hint of when we can expect the Christening of this darling, well-loved baby Mia??
The contrast with That One Royal Christening should be startling.
^^ It will be as different as night is from day and I can't wait.
Oh dear the girl looks like Mike I hope she grows out of it as she get's older.
When it comes to horse races Zara has no problem leaving her baby and at such a very very young age. I guess it is a Windsor thing to go on with life as if the child wasn't even there.
As long as she pumped enough milk (looks like she's nursing), I don't see a problem with her going out for a few hours. If she were in the US and had a regular job, she would be back at the 8 hour grind already because maternity leave usually ends after 6 weeks. It's good to see her getting out and not using the baby as an excuse to stop living.
I can't wait, either. I hope there's tons of photos with happy people all over the place and HM practically doing cartwheels. I'm betting on a night/day situation as well compared to the dirge of W/W's. Poor George, really. He looked displeased, too.
I would definitely be looking displeased if I had that lot as parents.


Sporting a tuxedo jacket with tails, Bugs Bunny often has given a maniacal portrayal of a symphony conductor, seemingly inspired by the late Leonard Bernstein, whose conducting often reached fever pitch.
Many folks view musical conductors with that stereotypical image in their mind -- as though a conductor's only job is to wildly wave a baton at a gaggle of orchestra musicians.
Were baton waving all the job entailed, Kirk Muspratt would be a well-rested man.
The Canadian-born maestro of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra comfortably may wear many adjectives, but "well rested" is not among them.
The music director and conductor's demanding schedule keeps him hopping, often logging in 16- to 18-hour days while preparing for a concert performance.
Interviews with the wild-haired Muspratt over the years, have taken place all hours of the day and night -- in person, on the phone and via e-mail -- because he is so difficult to nail down in one spot.
Muspratt has become a local celebrity in the region, during the five seasons that have passed since the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra wooed him away from a conducting job in Pittsburgh, Penn.
"There were two incentives for me to come to the region," he explained. "The first was because it gave me the chance to work with some very wonderful musicians. And the second, taking this job brought me closer to Chicago, which is a major cultural hub in America."
Muspratt's accessibility and warmth immediately endeared him to area symphonic music fans.
"I believe in personal contact with people, so I try to make myself available as much as possible," he said. "We have interactive intermissions now, where the musicians, the chorus and I go out into the audience and say hello to our patrons and answer questions if they have them."
At every concert performance, a violin case is placed on the corner of the stage and Muspratt encourages fans to fill out his "Ask Kirk" cards.
Fans are welcome to ask questions about music, instruments, his career or any related subject.
"I answer every card that comes in, either by phone or by e-mail. I answer three questions every day, but if I find that I have extra time on some days, I answer more," he explained.
Just prior to speaking with The Times, Muspratt answered questions for the mother of a little boy wanting to play the trumpet. Before that, he had spoken on the phone to an 8-year-old girl and her mother, explaining for the child why there are no guitars in the orchestra and why it is better for a child to start musical training on piano than on guitar.
Last year, Muspratt drew closer yet to Chicago, when he took the helm as music director/conductor for The New Philharmonic at the College of DuPage in the western Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn. In recent months, Muspratt also became artistic director of the DuPage Opera Theatre.
"These are professional musicians, not college students," stressed Muspratt of his musical charges in DuPage. "We actually have quite a few musicians from the Northwest Indiana Symphony that also play in the New Philharmonic. With the Opera, we put on two fully professional operas a year. We build sets, design costumes, we do the whole thing."
The opera company just wrapped up a 1930s version of "The Marriage of Figaro" and is gearing up for their July production of "Faust."
While his two new gigs aided in the burning of his candle at both ends, Muspratt stays busiest with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.
"We do eight major performances -- four Pops concerts and four classical concerts -- at the Star Plaza Theatre a year. Plus we do a variety of educational concerts at Star Plaza and at area schools; a couple of family concerts; and our series of free summer concerts in area parks," Muspratt said. "The Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra keeps really busy year-round."
Aside from talent-related work that he is involved with as music director/conductor -- auditions, hiring special musical guests, matching room acoustics to musical pieces, scheduling and assembling the repertoire for each program -- Muspratt also is responsible for the business side of things. He must secure the performance rights of the various musical pieces, bring each production in on budget, assist in fund-raising projects, and do assorted other important duties.
From the cozy perspective of an audience seat, conducting may seem like a cheesecake job. Not the case. It has taken a lifetime of dedication, including 11 years of formal university study, for Muspratt to earn the right to wave his baton at Chicagoland's finest musicians.
"I've loved music for as long as I can remember," Muspratt said.
"Music was a major part of my world growing up, because I was raised in a tiny coal-mining village (in Alberta, Canada), surrounded by mountains. We were pretty much isolated from the rest of the world."
With no television available to them, Muspratt's village got their entertainment from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company). The healthy dose of classical music programming that came courtesy of the CBC, coupled with the scratchy 78 rpm records his friends' parents and grandparents would play, gave Muspratt an early appreciation of music.
"Our village had a lot of immigrants come after WWII to work. They brought their cultures and their music with them. So I grew up in this little haven full of ethnic folk music and classical music. Music was as much a part of growing up in my village as having chickens in the back yard, curing sausage in the kitchen and making your own wine," he said.
One of Muspratt's earliest childhood memories is crawling around the floor while listening to his older brother playing hymns on the piano.
"My first day of school, my mom took me to my first piano lesson. I was 6 years old."
Muspratt learned theory, counterpoint, harmony, form, analysis and history before he hit his teens. "Had I not grown up in the little village I did, I would be a million miles behind where I am right now," he said. "Believe me, I hated being 12 years old and going to my harmony teacher's house on Tuesday evenings at 6 o'clock, but I am grateful now that I was made to learn that stuff at a young age."
Muspratt eventually mastered not only the piano, but also trombone, tuba and other instruments. Like most teens, Muspratt embraced rock 'n' roll for a while.
"I was about 14 when I started playing and singing rock music with these guys who were in their early 20s. They worked in the coal mines during the day and would play their guitars at the bar on weekends for fun. They were like 'Hey that little Muspratt kid can play keyboards' and there I was playing cover songs in a bar. Those guys were mostly hacking around and I was an educated musician, so I could learn the songs off a record by ear and show them how to play it."
Muspratt put rock music behind him once he finished high school. After attending Juilliard for a few years, Muspratt transferred to Temple University in Philadelphia to complete his undergraduate studies. He then went abroad to study at the Music Conservatory in Vienna.
"Some things are just destined to be, I think," he said. "I had never thought about being a conductor until I was about 27 years old. I couldn't have cared less about conducting, because I was a pianist. All I wanted was to practice piano seven hours a day at that point. I had as much interest in conducting as bowling."
A graduate school conducting course kick started what eventually would become Muspratt's career.
"I had just planned to get my A and move on," he said. "Then suddenly, I found myself getting more and more interested in conducting."
While studying in Vienna during the mid-1980s, Muspratt's instructors at the conservatory recommended him for a position that had opened up at a small German opera house.
"I really wasn't too sure, but they kept telling me that I was more than ready to start working," he said of the day he was reluctantly pushed out of the nest and made to fly. "So I went to Germany and auditioned. I got the job."
A series of better jobs followed, bringing the young wild-haired conductor to a variety of venues and cities.
Although Muspratt presently calls Northwest Indiana home, his musical story is far, far from over.


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2021 NFL free agency: A week after market opens, Patriots QB Cam Newton makes list of winners and losers
It has now been one full week since the NFL's new league year – and unrestricted free agency – officially commenced. Even before March 17, notable players like J.J. Watt and Kevin Zeitler had switched teams. But since then, the market has produced significant turnover – quite a few teams promising to look markedly different in 2021.
A few prominent players (Jadeveon Clowney, Leonard Fournette, Alex Smith and Melvin Ingram among them) remain available. But with the majority of those eligible for new contracts having already signed, this seems like an appropriate point to distinguish the winners and losers from this year's free agent period:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: QB Tom Brady signaled what would happen in a tweet earlier this month, saying "we're keeping the band together" as he signed a cap-relieving extension. The Super Bowl champs' frontman doing his part, the band has pretty much fallen in line, starting with the franchise tag's application to WR Chris Godwin. GM Jason Licht ensured OLB Shaq Barrett was back under contract just minutes after the league's legal tampering period began March 15, and it wasn't long before LB Lavonte David, TE Rob Gronkowski, DL Ndamukong Suh and even K Ryan Succop had re-signed. Changes on the keyboards and bass are still possible with Fournette and WR Antonio Brown still unsigned, but a team that peaked late last season seems poised to make a strong run at a Lombardi Trophy repeat.
Trent Williams: His expiring contract precluded a franchise tag, and boy did that provision pay off handsomely for the eight-time Pro Bowler. Williams re-upped with the San Francisco 49ers for six years and $138 million, the richest contract ever for an offensive lineman – the average annual payout ($23.01 million) nudging him past the Packers' David Bakhtiari ($23 million). Yet Williams left enough on the table for the Niners to keep FB Kyle Juszczyk and add C Alex Mack, a pair of exceptional players who could also help pave the way for a bounce-back season in 2021.
Pass rushers: No sooner could teams begin negotiating with the QB hunters than they seemingly began flying off the board – this at a time when the salary cap regressed by nearly $16 million after COVID-19 depressed league revenues in 2020. Watt (2 years, $28 million) opened the floodgates earlier this month, joining the Arizona Cardinals. Barrett (4 years, $68 million) did even better, quickly followed by the Titans' Bud Dupree (5 years, $82.5 million), Bengals' Trey Hendrickson (4 years, $60 million), Jets' Carl Lawson (3 years, $45 million), Patriots' Matt Judon (4 years, $54.5 million) and Raiders' Yannick Ngakoue (2 years, $26 million). For good measure, the Giants stripped Leonard Williams' second franchise tag and locked him up with a three-year, $63 million extension. Even journeyman Kerry Hyder pulled down a three-year, $16.5 million bounty from Seattle on Tuesday. Lesson? If you can't be the quarterback, then learn to beat up the quarterback.
FREE AGENCY TRACKER:Keep pace with offseason's major moves
MIKE JONES:Matthew Stafford has Rams believing he can take them from good to great
MOCK DRAFT:Panthers trade with Jets to upgrade at quarterback
Dak Prescott: Four years ... $160 million ... no more contract questions in Dallas (until at least 2023) ... enough said.
Franchised players: Prescott and Leonard Williams weren't the only pending free agents to get tagged before quickly finding common ground on long-term extensions. Denver's Justin Simmons has also already raked in a new deal – for four years and $61 million, resetting the league's safety market in the process – somewhat unusual given franchise players are often negotiating well into July.
Patrick Mahomes: Ever since the Chiefs' Super Bowl 54 win to cap the 2019 season, the 2018 MVP's offensive line has been incrementally dismantled by injuries (OTs Eric Fisher, Mitchell Schwartz), free agency (G Stefen Wisniewski, C Austin Reiter) and a COVID-19 opt-out (G Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, who doubles as a doctor). However GM Brett Veach signed the top interior O-lineman in free agency, Joe Thuney, and added former Pro Bowler Kyle Long – amid expectations Duvernay-Tardif will return for the 2021 season. (Veach also re-signed veteran Mike Remmers, while Lucas Niang is also expected back after opting out.) There are still issues to sort through – Thuney, Long and Duvernay-Tardif can't all play guard – most notably the void at left tackle, though Fisher could be an option if his Achilles rehab goes well, and he and the team are open to a reunion. Still, overall, things seem to be looking up for Mahomes, who was last seen running for his life in Kansas City's Super Bowl 55 faceplant.
First-round castoffs from 2017: Four of the first five players (and six of the top 13) drafted in Round 1 four years ago had their fifth-year options declined last year. But QB Mitchell Trubisky (Bills), DT Solomon Thomas (Raiders), WR Corey Davis (Jets), WR John Ross (Giants), OLB Haason Reddick (Panthers) and LB Jarrad Davis (Jets) were all quickly granted fresh starts with new teams. Corey Davis (3 years, $37.5 million) and new Giants CB Adoree' Jackson (3 years, $39 million) – Jackson's option was activated last year, but then the Titans wound up cutting him after the season – both did especially well. Only unsigned Fournette is currently out in the cold, though it seems likely "Playoff Lenny's" market will develop following another strong postseason showing.
Ryan Fitzpatrick: Washington becomes the itinerant quarterback's ninth NFL team – though first stop in the NFC East – and provides the 38-year-old another chance to start ... perhaps for a playoff team, something he's never experienced in 16 NFL seasons.
Cleveland Browns: Second-year GM Andrew Berry continues to fine-tune this roster with quality, under-the-radar additions. DBs John Johnson and Troy Hill were quietly plucked from the Rams' top-ranked defense and should quickly bolster the secondary of the Browns' 22nd-ranked pass defense.
Jameis Winston: With QB Drew Brees finally deciding to retire after 20 seasons, there's a clear path for Winston, the top pick of the 2015 draft by Tampa Bay, to resurrect his career in New Orleans after a one-year apprenticeship under Brees and coach Sean Payton ... assuming Winston can beat out jack-of-all-trades Taysom Hill. Fortunately for everyone involved, despite what seemed like massive cap issues heading into free agency, the Saints didn't lose all that much off a roster that's won the past four NFC South crowns.
Kenny Golladay: For a minute, it appeared as if this year's wide receiver class was essentially in line for a collective, if relative, haircut. But Golladay's slow play of suitors that included (according to reports) the Bears, Bengals, Dolphins and Ravens ultimately brought him a four-year, $72 million deal from the Giants. So he'll be paid as one of the league's top-10 receivers even though he's reached one Pro Bowl and missed most of 2020 with a hip injury.
Cam Newton: Despite an erratic first season in Foxborough, the former league MVP gets a second chance with the New England Patriots – and the sequel's supporting cast already projects as more impressive. Bill Belichick made ample additions to the passing game, signing WRs Nelson Agholor and Kendrick Bourne plus TEs Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith while keeping RB James White – this after the Pats had a league-low 12 TD passes in 2020. C David Andrews (re-signed) and OT Trent Brown (trade) return to fortify the blocking in front of Newton. Throw in some nice defensive additions – Judon, DB Jalen Mills, OLB Kyle Van Noy, LB Dont'a Hightower (opt-in) – and Belichick, Newton and Co. appear good bets to return to playoff contention.
Cam Newton: Man ... how's a guy supposed to eat? Newton's little more than a year out from completing a five-year, $103.8 million deal with the Panthers that covered his 2015 MVP effort. This year, he's playing on what's essentially a $5.1 million contract that can balloon to $14 million if the Patriots win the Super Bowl and he garners a slew of individual awards. It's better than the incentive-laden deal with the $1 million base salary Newton settled for a year ago while coming off his injury-abbreviated 2019 campaign, but it's also on par with what new Dolphins backup QB Jacoby Brissett received. And the arrangement looks awfully team friendly considering Fitzpatrick and Andy Dalton both basically got $10 million to play for new teams in 2021 – and it certainly wouldn't deter Belichick from pursuing, say, Justin Fields or Trey Lance in the draft before ultimately deciding Newton is his backup ... which is pretty much how he's being compensated.
Chicago Bears: To their credit, they cut the cord with Trubisky after the ill-fated decision to draft him second overall in 2017. But unable to pry disgruntled Russell Wilson out of Seattle, GM Ryan Pace and Co. were forced to pivot to Dalton. A veteran of 10 seasons, he may be a more consistent passer than Trubisky ... but he also has the same number of career playoff wins – zero – in twice as many postseason starts (4). Accommodating Dalton's salary also essentially forced Pace to part with his best cornerback, Kyle Fuller, who was replaced by fading Desmond Trufant.
2011 draft class: Kinda sad to see the leading lights from this legendary draft – Watt, Patrick Peterson (Vikings) and A.J. Green (Cardinals) – join Newton, Dalton and (still unsigned) Richard Sherman in uniforms different from the ones in which they became superstars, but such is life in the NFL.
Jacksonville Jaguars: Despite going into free agency with more than $70 million in available cap space – tops in the league – Urban Meyer's first round of personnel moves haven't been all that inspiring. Maybe the decisions to pay CB Shaquill Griffin (3 years, $40 million) and tag LT Cam Robinson ($13.8 million) will prove prudent, along with several past-prime players headed to Duval County. Then again ... maybe not.
Derek Carr: The Raiders quarterback is coming off one of his best seasons, when he was only sacked 26 times – fewest he's taken since 2017. But Las Vegas GM Mike Mayock opted to trade 60% of Carr's offensive line (OT Trent Brown, C Rodney Hudson and G Gabe Jackson), so let's see how this all works out.
Baltimore Ravens: Zeitler was a nice, if unexpected, pickup. But the defense took a significant hit up front, and no first-rate receiver was forthcoming to assist in QB Lamar Jackson's development as a passer.
Running backs: Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be tailbacks. In a years-old trend, the majority of the guys who run the rock continue to be treated like spare parts. The Raiders' Kenyan Drake and Seahawks' Chris Carson landed the best offers, both averaging north of $5 million over two years – Carson with an opportunity to collect more than $14 million with incentives. But those figures are far cries from what this year's best available receivers and tight ends were commanding, to say nothing of the players paid to stop running backs. Good runners like Phillip Lindsay, Jamaal Williams and Mike Davis will play for roughly $3 million per season on their new deals, while veterans like Mark Ingram and Carlos Hyde settled for even less.
Aaron Rodgers: The Green Bay Packers managed to retain RB Aaron Jones (4 years, $48 million) but lost All-Pro C Corey Linsley to the Chargers and didn't bring in any additional help. Pretty hard to say matters have improved around Rodgers, last year's league MVP, in the wake of consecutive NFC championship game defeats.
Russell Wilson: He's still a Seahawk, and he better be OK with that. Good luck returning to a locker room that's been allowing you to get hit too often, Russ ... though hopefully Gabe Jackson's arrival helps in that department.
Houston Texans: New GM Nick Caserio has been unrelentingly busy, literally acquiring dozens of players – most of whom the average fan has never heard of. But the headlines in Space City have been dominated by the mounting allegations against QB Deshaun Watson, Watt's departure and the ongoing turmoil that seems to surround this organization.
Theater: It was certainly lacking in a year when Brady wasn't in play, or Kirk Cousins wasn't striking a landmark deal, or when there just didn't seem to be as many big-name players available – despite the league-wide cap crunch. Watt's premature departure from Houston in February, followed by internet sleuths trying to divine everything he posted on social media, was more entertaining than anything that actually happened in free agency.
Follow USA TODAY Sports' Nate Davis on Twitter @ByNateDavis.

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I'm using Vertica JDBC 07.02.0100
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Since I don't have the source code of Vertica I can't debug this.
Did anyone encounter something like this?
What can I do?
Update
I updated Vertica driver to 7.2.3 and now I'm getting:

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Neil Griffiths will deliver a two day Top Fodder silage workshop in Malanda on the 14th and 15th November.
Dairy Australia has revamped the original Topfodder courses and have developed a 2-day workshop that covers the science of silage making.
Making and feeding high quality silage with lower fibre levels encourages higher feed intakes and better cow performance. This program highlights the steps for making high quality silage.
Two days 'up-front' classroom style delivery followed up with discussions and hands-on inspection and assessment of silage on farms post workshop.
The program will be delivered by Neil Griffiths, NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Technical Specialist – Pastures, based at Tocal, and TopFodder Silage Coordinator.


One of the first rules of effective communication is to "know thy audience." Climate change public communication and engagement efforts must start with the fundamental recognition that people are different and have different psychological, cultural, and political reasons for acting – or not acting– to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This report identifies Global Warming's Six Americas: six unique audiences within the American public that each responds to the issue in their own distinct way. The six audiences were identified using a large nationally representative survey of American adults conducted in the fall of 2008. The survey questionnaire included extensive, in-depth measures of the public's climate change beliefs, attitudes, risk perceptions, motivations, values, policy preferences, behaviors, and underlying barriers to action. The Six Americas are distinguishable on all these dimensions, and display very different levels of engagement with the issue. They also vary in size – ranging from as small as 7 percent to as large as 33 percent of the adult population.
The Alarmed (18%) are fully convinced of the reality and seriousness of climate change and are already taking individual, consumer, and political action to address it. The Concerned (33%) – the largest of the six Americas – are also convinced that global warming is happening and a serious problem, but have not yet engaged the issue personally. Three other Americas – the Cautious (19%), the Disengaged (12%) and the Doubtful (11%) – represent different stages of understanding and acceptanceof the problem, and none are actively involved. The final America – the Dismissive (7%)– are very sure it is not happening and are actively involved as opponents of a national effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This report introduces these Six Americas by briefly describing each audience and highlighting how they differ from one another; it concludes with detailed demographic, attitudinal, and behavioral profiles of each group. This research provides essential knowledge that can be leveraged by climate educators and communicators throughout American society, including local, state, and national governments, academic institutions, environmental organizations, businesses, faith groups, doctors and scientists, and the media. Successfully addressing this challenge will require a diversity of messages, messengers, and methods, each tailored to meet the needs of different target audiences. This research provides a solid foundation, grounded in social science, to facilitate the changes required to achieve a transition to a low-carbon future.


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Guinea-Bissau Population: 1,833,247
Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced considerable political and military upheaval. In 1980, a military coup established authoritarian General Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIEIRA as president. Despite eventually setting a path to a market economy and multiparty system, VIEIRA's regime was characterized by the suppression of political opposition and the purging of political rivals. Several coup attempts through the 1980s and early 1990s failed to unseat him. In 1994 VIEIRA was elected president in the country's first free, multiparty election. A military mutiny and resulting civil war in 1998 eventually led to VIEIRA's ouster in May 1999. In February 2000, a transitional government turned over power to opposition leader Kumba YALA after he was elected president in transparent polling. In September 2003, after only three years in office, YALA was overthrown in a bloodless military coup, and businessman Henrique ROSA was sworn in as interim president. In 2005, former President VIEIRA was reelected, pledging to pursue economic development and national reconciliation; he was assassinated in March 2009. Malam Bacai SANHA was elected in an emergency election held in June 2009, but he passed away in January 2012 from a long-term illness. A military coup in April 2012 prevented Guinea-Bissau's second-round presidential election - to determine SANHA's successor - from taking place. Following mediation by the Economic Community of Western African States, a civilian transitional government assumed power in 2012 and remained until Jose Mario VAZ won a free and fair election in 2014. Beginning in 2015, a political dispute between factions in the ruling PAIGC party brought government gridlock. It was not until April 2018 that a consensus prime minister could be appointed, the national legislature reopened (having been closed for two years), and a new government formed under Prime Minister Aristides GOMES. In March 2019, the government held legislative elections, voting in the PAIGC as the ruling party; however, President VAZ continues to perpetuate a political stalemate by refusing to name PAICG President Domingos SIMOES PEREIRA Prime Minister.
This small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
Geographic coordinates: 12 00 N, 15 00 W
Area: total: 36,125 sq km
land: 28,120 sq km
water: 8,005 sq km
Size comparison: slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
Land Boundaries: total: 762 km border countries (2): Guinea 421 km, Senegal 341 km
Coastline: 350 km
Climate: tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
Terrain: mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in east; numerous off-shore islands including the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos consisting of 18 main islands and many small islets
Natural resources: fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
permanent crops: 6.9% (2011 est.) permanent pasture: 29.7% (2011 est.) forest: 55.2% (2011 est.)
other: 0% (2011 est.)
Irrigated land: 250 sq km (2012)
Natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
Current Environment Issues: deforestation (rampant felling of trees for timber and agricultural purposes); soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
International Environment Agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
Nationality: noun: Bissau-Guinean(s)
adjective: Bissau-Guinean
Ethnic groups: Fulani 28.5%, Balanta 22.5%, Mandinga 14.7%, Papel 9.1%, Manjaco 8.3%, Beafada 3.5%, Mancanha 3.1%, Bijago 2.1%, Felupe 1.7%, Mansoanca 1.4%, Balanta Mane 1%, other 1.8%, none 2.2% (2008 est.)
Languages: Crioulo (lingua franca), Portuguese (official; largely used as a second or third language), Pular (a Fula language), Mandingo
Religions: Muslim 45.1%, Christian 22.1%, animist 14.9%, none 2%, unspecified 15.9% (2008 est.)
Population: 1,833,247 (July 2018 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 43.55% (male 400,666 /female 397,704)
15-24 years: 20.23% (male 181,286 /female 189,515)
25-54 years: 29.9% (male 259,762 /female 288,300)
55-64 years: 3.29% (male 27,621 /female 32,611)
65 years and over: 3.04% (male 24,331 /female 31,451) (2018 est.)
Net migration rate: -4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 558,000 BISSAU (capital) (2018)
25-54 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate: total: 54.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 61.4 years male: 59.2 years
Contraceptive prevalence rate: 16% (2014)
Physicians density: 0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2015)
Hospital bed density: 1 beds/1,000 population (2009)
urban: 98.8% of population
urban: 1.2% of population
rural: 8.5% of population (2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 3.4% (2017 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 40,000 (2017 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,900 (2017 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 9.5% (2016)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 17% (2014)
Education expenditures: 2.1% of GDP (2013)
female: 48.3% (2015 est.)
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
conventional short form: Guinea-Bissau
local long form: Republica da Guine-Bissau
local short form: Guine-Bissau
former: Portuguese Guinea
etymology: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel; "Bissau," the name of the capital city, distinguishes the country from neighboring Guinea
Government type: semi-presidential republic
Capital: name: Bissau
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama/Bijagos, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali
Independence: 24 September 1973 (declared); 10 September 1974 (from Portugal)
National holiday: Independence Day, 24 September (1973)
Constitution: history: promulgated 16 May 1984; note - constitution suspended following military coup in April 2012 and restored in 2014 amendments: proposed by the National People's Assembly if supported by at least one-third of its members, by the Council of State (a presidential consultant body), or by the government; passage requires approval by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly; constitutional articles on the republican and secular form of government and national sovereignty cannot be amended; amended 1991, 1993, 1996 (2017)
Legal system: mixed legal system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence and influenced by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), African Francophone Public Law, and customary law
Executive branch: chief of state: President Jose Mario VAZ (since 17 June 2014)
head of government: Prime Minister Aristides GOMES (since 16 April 2018)
cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term; election last held on 13 April 2014 with a runoff on 18 May 2014 (next to be held on 24 November 2019); prime minister appointed by the president after consultation with party leaders in the National People's Assembly; note - the president cannot apply for a third consecutive term, nor during the 5 years following the end of the second term
election results: Jose Mario VAZ elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Jose Mario VAZ (PAIGC) 41%, Nuno Gomez NABIAM (independent) 25.1%, other 33.9%; percent of vote in second round - Jose Mario VAZ 61.9%, Nuno Gomez NABIAM 38.1%
Legislative branch: description: unicameral National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional Popular (102 seats; 100 members directly elected in 27 multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote and 2 elected in single-seat constituencies for citizens living abroad (1 for Africa, 1 for Europe); all members serve 4-year terms)
elections: last held on 10 March 2019 (next to be held in March 2023)
election results: percent of vote by party - PAIGC 35.2%, Madem G-15 21.1%, PRS 21.1%, other 22.6%; seats by party - PAIGC 47, Madem G-15 27, PRS 21, other 7; composition - men 88, women 14, percent of women 13.7% PAIGC 46.1%, MADEM-G15 26.5%, PRS 20.6%, APU-PDGB 4.9%, PND 1%, UM 1%; seats by party - PAIGC 47, MADEM-G15 27, PRS 21, APU-PDGB 5, other 2
Judicial branch: highest courts: Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers); note - the Supreme Court has both appellate and constitutional jurisdiction judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the Higher Council of the Magistrate, a major government organ responsible for judge appointments, dismissals, and judiciary discipline; judges appointed by the president for life
subordinate courts: Appeal Court; regional (first instance) courts; military court
Political parties and leaders: African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde or PAIGC [Domingos SIMOES PEREIRA] Democratic Convergence Party or PCD [Vicente FERNANDES] Movement for Democratic Alternation Group of 15 or MADEM-G15 [Braima CAMARA] National People's Assembly – Democratic Party of Guinea Bissau or APU-PDGB [Nuno Gomes NABIAM] New Democracy Party or PND [Mamadu Iaia DJALO] Party for Social Renewal or PRS [Alberto NAMBEIA] Republican Party for Independence and Development or PRID [Aristides GOMES] Union for Change or UM [Agnelo REGALA]
International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, CPLP, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
National symbol(s): black star;
national colors: red, yellow, green, black
National anthem: name: "Esta e a Nossa Patria Bem Amada" (This Is Our Beloved Country)
lyrics/music: Amilcar Lopes CABRAL/XIAO He
note: adopted 1974; a delegation from then Portuguese Guinea visited China in 1963 and heard music by XIAO He; Amilcar Lopes CABRAL, the leader of Guinea-Bissau's independence movement, asked the composer to create a piece that would inspire his people to struggle for independence
Diplomatic representation in the US: none; note - Guinea-Bissau does not have official representation in Washington, DC
Diplomatic representation from the US: The U.S. embassy in Bissau suspended operations on 14 June 1998; the US ambassador to Senegal is accredited to Guinea-Bissau the US Embassy suspended operations on 14 June 1998 in the midst of violent conflict between forces loyal to then President VIEIRA and a military-led junta; the US Ambassador to Senegal is accredited to Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is highly dependent on subsistence agriculture, cashew nut exports, and foreign assistance. Two out of three Bissau-Guineans remain below the absolute poverty line. The legal economy is based on cashews and fishing. Illegal logging and trafficking in narcotics also play significant roles. The combination of limited economic prospects, weak institutions, and favorable geography have made this West African country a way station for drugs bound for Europe. Guinea-Bissau has substantial potential for development of mineral resources, including phosphates, bauxite, and mineral sands. Offshore oil and gas exploration has begun. The country's climate and soil make it feasible to grow a wide range of cash crops, fruit, vegetables, and tubers; however, cashews generate more than 80% of export receipts and are the main source of income for many rural communities. The government was deposed in August 2015, and since then, a political stalemate has resulted in weak governance and reduced donor support. The country is participating in a three-year, IMF extended credit facility program that was suspended because of a planned bank bailout. The program was renewed in 2017, but the major donors of direct budget support (the EU, World Bank, and African Development Bank) have halted their programs indefinitely. Diversification of the economy remains a key policy goal, but Guinea-Bissau's poor infrastructure and business climate will constrain this effort.
GDP (purchasing power parity): $3.171 billion (2017 est.) $2.994 billion (2016 est.) $2.817 billion (2015 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $1.35 billion (2017 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 5.9% (2017 est.) 6.3% (2016 est.) 6.1% (2015 est.)
Gross national saving: 8.6% of GDP (2017 est.) 10.1% of GDP (2016 est.) 10.5% of GDP (2015 est.) GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 83.9% (2017 est.) government consumption: 12% (2017 est.) investment in fixed capital: 4.1% (2017 est.) investment in inventories: 0.2% (2017 est.) exports of goods and services: 26.4% (2017 est.) imports of goods and services: -26.5% (2017 est.) GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 50% (2017 est.) industry: 13.1% (2017 est.) services: 36.9% (2017 est.)
Agriculture - products: rice, corn, beans, cassava (manioc, tapioca), cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
Industries: agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks
Labor force: 731,300 (2013 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 82% industry and
services: 18% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate: n/a
highest 10%: 28% (2002)
Budget: revenues: 246.2 million (2017 est.)
expenditures: 263.5 million (2017 est.)
Taxes and other revenues: 18.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.) Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): -1.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.1% (2017 est.) 1.5% (2016 est.)
Current account balance: -$27 million (2017 est.) $16 million (2016 est.)
Exports: $328.1 million (2017 est.) $278.6 million (2016 est.)
Exports - commodities: fish, shrimp; cashews, peanuts, palm kernels, raw and sawn lumber
Exports - partners: India 67.1%, Vietnam 21.1% (2017)
Imports: $283.5 million (2017 est.) $136.5 million (2016 est.)
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products
Imports - partners: Portugal 47.8%, Senegal 12.1%, China 10.4%, Netherlands 8.1%, Pakistan 5.4% (2017)
Debt - external: $1.095 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $941.5 million (31 December 2000 est.)
Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 605.3 (2017 est.) 593.01 (2016 est.) 593.01 (2015 est.) 591.45 (2014 est.) 494.42 (2013 est.)
Electricity - production: 39 million kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - consumption: 36.27 million kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - installed generating capacity: 28,300 kW (2016 est.)
Electricity - from other renewable sources: 1% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Crude oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Crude oil - exports: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil - proved reserves: 0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Refined petroleum products - consumption: 2,700 bbl/day (2016 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Refined petroleum products - imports: 2,625 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 397,900 Mt (2017 est.)
Cellular Phones in use: total subscriptions: 1,434,822
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 80 (2017 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: small system including a combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines, radiotelephone, and mobile cellular communications; 2 mobile network operators (MTN and Orange) (2018)
domestic: fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile cellular teledensity is roughly 70 per 100 persons (2018)
international: country code - 245 (2015)
Broadcast media: 1 state-owned TV station, Televisao da Guine-Bissau (TGB) and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, is operated by Portuguese public broadcaster (RTP); 1 state-owned radio station, several private radio stations, and some community radio stations; multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)
Internet country code: .gw
Internet users: total: 66,169
percent of population: 3.8% (July 2016 est.)
Airports: 8 (2013)
Airports (paved runways): total 2
Airports (unpaved runways): total 6
Roadways: total 4,400 km
(2018) paved: 453 km (2018)
unpaved: 3,947 km (2018)
Waterways: (rivers are partially navigable; many inlets and creeks provide shallow-water access to much of interior) (2012)
Merchant marine: total 9
by type: general cargo 5, other 4 (2018)
Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
Military branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy, National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional); Guard Nacional (2019)
Military service age and obligation: 18-25 years of age for selective compulsory military service (Air Force service is voluntary); 16 years of age or younger, with parental consent, for voluntary service (2013)
Military expenditures: 1.76% of GDP (2015) 1.94% of GDP (2014) 2.11% of GDP (2013) 2.46% of GDP (2012) 1.58% of GDP (2011)
Disputes - International: a longstanding low-grade conflict continues in parts ofCasamance, in Senegal across the border; some rebels use Guinea-Bissau as a safe haven
Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 10,000 (Senegal) (2018)
Illicit drugs: increasingly important transit country for South American cocaine en route to Europe; enabling environment for trafficker operations due to pervasive corruption; archipelago-like geography near the capital facilitates drug smuggling


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16 Jun Did You Know?
Posted at 04:43h in Community Update	by	Apeiron
Did you know that Apeiron owns 14 acres of land at the Jockey Club, including large portions of the property often referred to as the 'common area'?
Apeiron purchased 14 acres of land at the Jockey Club in 2014 and owns the property outright. This property includes the main guardhouse, the area encompassing the tennis courts, footprint of the previous Jockey Club clubhouse, internal roads, and the marina, among other features. Apeiron looks forward to making meaningful improvements to its property and to improving security and maintenance to the benefit of all Jockey Club residents.
Did you know that Apeiron recently made important improvements to the Jockey Club grounds?
Last week, Apeiron purchased and installed critical pump components to the long-neglected lift station, ensuring that units remain clean and free of sewage backups. This urgent repair was long overdue and was never properly addressed by previous management. Additionally, Apeiron made necessary repairs to potholes and the damaged catch basin and pavers at the driveway in front of Jockey Club II, which likewise were never addressed under previous management.
Did you know that the Apeiron at the Jockey Club development will include the complete reconstruction of the Jockey Club mega-yacht marina?
The Jockey Club marina is one of the only deep-water marinas in upper Biscayne Bay with no bridges to open water, but it has completely unusable for many years. Apeiron will fully rebuild the marina, delivering a brand new 50-slip facility capable of handling luxury yachts from 50- to over 150-feet and built to the highest industry standards.
Did you know that Apeiron has offered to build new swimming pools, gyms and community rooms for Jockey I and II?
Apeiron remains willing to pay for the construction of two new swimming pools – one for Jockey Club I and another for Jockey Club II – that will be at least as large as the existing pools and include the latest lighting systems and pool technology. Furthermore, Apeiron has offered to build a free-standing structure for each building that would house a new gym and club room. Importantly, the land where the pool and gym/club room would be built would be deeded over to the HOAs instead of the 99-year easements currently in place for their pools.
Did you know that Apeiron is legally entitled to build at the Jockey Club?
On July 5, the 11th Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County ruled that Apeiron is legally entitled to develop the land that it owns at the Jockey Club. Furthermore, the Court ruled that Apeiron is fully entitled to maintain the common areas at the Jockey Club, which fall within the property that it owns. Apeiron looks forward to delivering a first-rate project, new community amenities and improved maintenance services to the Jockey Club.
Did you know The Jockey Club was originally conceived – and in fact functioned for many years – as a hotel community?
In its heyday, The Jockey Club was a popular destination for Miamians and out-of-town visitors, alike, anchored by the social club. In fact, the majority of the units at Jockey Club 1 and 2 were designed with a lock-out room and two doors to each unit from the hallway so that owners could rent out a room while maintaining residence in the remaining portion of the unit.
Apeiron at the Jockey Club will revive this energy and excitement for existing Jockey residents and guests by offering unparalleled amenities, exceptional dining, exquisite design, and the promise of highly-customized services and experiences.
Did you know Apeiron is adding a new entrance and exit at 111th Street to improve accessibility for Jockey Club residents?
Apeiron will construct a new, resident-only entry/exit at 111th Street, further enhancing accessibility to the Jockey Club property for current residents. Additionally, Apeiron will set the main security gate further back from its current location to prevent backups onto Biscayne Boulevard.
Did you know Apeiron at the Jockey Club is proposing to build less than one-third of the residential units it is legally entitled to build in part to help preserve current residents' views of the bay?
Apeiron believes its current proposed site plan achieves an ideal balance for the Jockey Club community by adding a new residential condominium building and hotel on its property without losing the existing open campus feel of the community, and with the least impact on existing view corridors to Biscayne Bay. Although the County has confirmed Apeiron's ability to build more than 800 units on its property as of right, Apeiron's Phase I proposes only 120 residential units and 90 hotel rooms in a plan that has received the full support and recommended approval of County staff.
Did you know Apeiron has a representative onsite at the Jockey Club who can answer your questions and address any concerns?
Apeiron's professional property management partner, KW Property Management, has a representative onsite at the Jockey Club Tennis Pro Shop Monday through Friday from 2:00 to 6:00pm. Please stop by the Pro Shop and visit. If you have a question or concern but are unable to visit in person, you can also reach Apeiron's onsite manager at 305-742-1891 or via e-mail at pm@apeironmiami.com.


IMPORTANT: Please read first the CHECKLIST TO FLUSH at the end of the page and make sure you MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS before doing the flush.
We start prep month on Monday 15th October and the actual flush weekend is Fri-Sat 23rd and 24th November.
Cleanse the body, improve energy, regain vitality. Open for enrolment now!
Join one of the World's leading Naturopath's, Helen Padarin, as she mentors you to completely transform your health - and your life - in this online health program for 'Padarin Health'.
"Hi I'm Gabby and I'm your Gallbladder.
To feel clean, energetic and vibrant again.
I'm going to work with my friends Helen, Alice and Pip to make sure I can achieve these goals. But I must have your support!
Let's do The Gallbladder Flush together!"
This isn't your standard cleanse.
Liver and bile duct congestion sets the stage for production of gall stones and potentially more serious, seemingly unrelated, conditions, including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Most adults living in the industrialised world, and especially those suffering a chronic illness, such as irritable bowel syndrome, heart disease, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, cancer, or diabetes, have an accumulation of gall sludge - kind of like sand really, that, if left to settle can turn into gallstones (mainly tiny crystals that escape detection for they are invisible to x-rays, ultrasound, and CT scans) blocking the bile ducts of their liver.
This online program - The Gallbladder Flush - led by one of the world's most passionate Gut and Auto-Immune health guru's, Helen Padarin, will give us a thorough understanding of the gallbladder and its complex functions, what causes gallstones in gallbladder, and why these stones are related to so many of the most common chronic diseases prevalent in the world today.
Also and most importantly, what we can do about it!
The gallbladder flush has led to incredible improvements in health and wellness for so many.
Flushing your gallbladder can add years to your life, reverse or slow down the ageing process and support the healing of your body on a deeper level than you ever thought possible.
Many people who have done a series of these flushes see remarkable changes in all areas of their health, some even being healed of stubborn illnesses that they lived with for years.
See, the health of the Western World ain't what it's meant to be. And unfortunately feeling flat and being medicated has become the default of so many.
It's no wonder that we are experiencing an epidemic of compromised immunity, illness and obesity. Our toxin exposure and overload has never been higher and we've come to think of a weak constitution and immune system as normal (SPOILER ALERT: it's not!).
Who needs to do The Gallbladder Flush with us?
Those with a history of eating SAD (the Standard Australian / American Diet – applies to most countries now who have a reliance on processed, packaged and convenience foods).
Those with type 2 diabetes may benefit BUT need to ensure blood sugar levels are well controlled by following a low carb dietary approach. Consult with your health care practitioner to assess whether you are ready for a flush.
Little white "milk spots" / pimple type spots on eye lids.
Eyes have lost their natural lustre and shininess. Indicating the need for liver and kidney support.
Tongue is coated yellow or white, especially at the back.
Cracks in the tongue – a sign of longer term digestive issues.
Emotionally: easy to anger, resentment and / or frustration.
DID YOU KNOW YOU ALSO GET THE '9V9 VEGGIE CHALLENGE' FOR FREE WHEN YOU PURCHASE THE GALLBLADDER FLUSH?
These are some of the super simple and yet, incredibly delicious Winter 9V9 recipe images. We cooked our way through a mountain of veg so that we could deliver you an epic and tummy-warming update to our best-selling 9V9 Veggie Challenge Program.
Did you know that when you sign up for The Gallbladder Flush with Helen and myself, that as part of Preparation month you are going to receive the entire 9V9 Veggie Challenge for FREE?
We know that your body needs to be in the best shape to do The Gallbladder Flush with us. And their ain't no better way to start to shift those toxins, detox your cells and start the body regaining vitality than to flush it full of Mother Nature created anti-oxidants, phytonutrients, and fibre.
By the end of this nine day veggie detox in The Gallbladder Flush Prep month, you'll be shocked at how easy it can be to feel happy, healthy and confident.
A pretty good due these are to be we reckon'!
Do the meals in 9V9 support a ketogenic diet?
All of our recipes are focused on low carbohydrate, higher fat and super-anti-oxidants through vegetables. Fat we use include coconut oil, sesame oil, avo, nuts, seeds and ethically sourced, biodynamic animals fats (or can be easily vegan modified. In fact, if you currently do keto with high meat and dairy, these recipes will actually create a more optimum nutrition for you.
Can I do the gallbladder flush while pregnant?
Pregnancy or breastfeeding is a time of nourishing and not the best for cleansing. So we recommend you join us for the prep and the 9V9 Veggie Challenge and then do the Flush at a later stage.
What does the prep month include? Is it hard?
Can I do The Gallbladder Flush if I have no gallbladder.
YES! Go figure huh? The reason is that the flush actually works on our liver also, and the liver is where gall-stone formation actually starts. Come join us!
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like. When we run The Gallbladder Flush or 9V9 challenge again, we are going to give you a big shout-out so that you can prepare and get ready to rock it with us again or even challenge your flatmate, friends, family or colleagues to complete 9V9 themselves!
Are all ingredients accessible anywhere?
You will be able to buy vegetables from either the local farmers market, your vegetable supplier, the supermarket or from a delivery company, depending on what suits you. Organic vegetables are ideal so please buy these if you are able to.
The Gallbladder Flush involves one month of preparation starting Monday October 15th. (VERY SIMPLE daily tasks to break down the bile in the gallbladder + improve your overall health.
2 days of the actual flush itself. Keep the Friday night 23rd November free and at home and the entire day on the 24th November at home/somewhere comfortable that you can relax and get the most benefits from the Flush. AKA Please plan to be by a toilet ALL DAY.
Information and a framework to prepare for what is going to be one of the most impactful programs for your own health and wellness.
The complete 9V9 Veggie Challenge Program AND hold-your-hand walk through of this exact program within the preparation month of The Gallbladder Flush. [includes] *This round we have a book of brand new 'cold season ' recipes that are sure to warm your bell if you're in the Southern hemisphere.
Information and Recipe eBook, packed with simple, nutritionally-balanced and delicious recipes. A list of pantry staples (which will provide a framework to use long after the nine days is up). Facebook Live Q&A's with booked-out Naturopath Helen Padarin.
By the end of The Gallbladder Flush you'll be shocked at how much different you may feel.
The Gallbladder Flush Preparation month starts on October 15th. So enrol NOW.
CHECK LIST TO FLUSH - Ask yourself these questions and make sure you fit the requirements.
I agree not to partake in the weekend flush on OCTOBER **** if I have an acute illness at the time – such as a cold, flu, or other infection that is associated with fever (ok in chronic infections such as thrush / candidiasis or skin infections that are not accompanied with fever).
I agree not to partake in the flush if I am experiencing strong abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting, have frequent diarrhoea or blood in my stools.
I agree to keep myself well hydrated in the lead up to the flush and during the flush by consuming 2L of good quality water daily (herbal teas are counted in water intake).
If I am currently constipated, I agree to get support during the preparation month with a health care practitioner (a nutritionist or naturopath would be ideal) to address this so that I have complete daily bowel motions by the time it comes to do the flush.
Am not taking prescription medication (apart from Thyroid Hormone or other hormone replacement therapy, including the oral contraceptive pill). If you are on prescription medication, it is important to review with your health care practitioner and PadarinHealth naturopath Pip Smith before completing the flush. The preparation period however will be very beneficial.


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Highlights from Austin Food & Wine Festival
Addie Broyles
abroyles@statesman.com
What a difference a year can make.
The Austin Food & Wine Festival launched in 2012 with some hiccups, including a crowded grand tasting and sparse daytime programming, but organizers C3 Presents and Food & Wine magazine worked out most of the kinks for the second annual event, the bulk of which took place this year at Butler Park instead of Auditorium Shores.
Even though several pockets of the park remained open, including Doug Sahm Hill and the Liz Carpenter Fountain, several Austinites who live in the neighborhood contacted me over the weekend to express concern about the weeklong closure of Butler. C3 Presents co-owner Charlie Jones told me that it's too soon to say whether the festival will return to that park or Auditorium Shores in 2014.
We had a team of writers covering the festival, and here are some of the highlights (see more at Austin360.com):
Live Fire! at Salt Lick Pavilion
Thursday's unofficial kickoff to the Austin Food & Wine Festival was all about the meat.
Beef and fire were the theme of Live Fire!, an annual event from the Austin Food & Wine Alliance, the beneficiary of the Austin Food & Wine Festival.
Pitmaster Aaron Franklin's line was rivaled only by the queue for beef ramen from Tatsu Aikawa of Ramen Tatsu-Ya, whose beef tongue chashu in a rich beef broth was one of the most tender bites of the night.
Austin chefs Kristine Kittrell, Jeff Martinez and Josh Watkins also served some of the best dishes of the night. Kittrell, who has settled in nicely at Mulberry, served a coconut beef that had been braised, seared on a grill and then topped with a salad of blistered green beans and thinly sliced shallots. The Carillon's Watkins served a crispy beef cheek as well as a melt-in-your mouth beef rib that he paired with a strawberry gastrique. Martinez, who returned to El Chile Cafe y Cantina earlier this year, served a taco made with beef tongue and a mango pico de gallo.
— Addie Broyles
Taste of Texas at Republic Square Park
The rains stayed away and San Diego rockers Delta Spirit delivered a thunderous set at Friday night's Taste of Texas kickoff event at Republic Square Park, as some of Texas' best chefs served small bites to the VIP crowd.
My favorite dishes of the night came from Houston (Danny Trace at Brennan's), San Antonio (Jason Dady) and Austin (Contigo and Olivia). Brennan's served up a sweet and spicy friend shrimp with Crystal hot sauce. The affable Dady featured a playful take on the Mexican street food elotes, serving cotija cheese and corn pudding atop a half of lime.
Olivia and Contigo scored in different ways, with Olivia's James Holmes playing to a familiar strength and the ranch-style Contigo going a bit against type. Holmes served a smoked oyster topped with a rich bacon jam, tangy housemade mustard, creme fraiche and, maybe the night's most imaginative touch, a "blood pearl," a small teardrop of duck blood and blood orange. There's a lot going on there, but all of the flavors blended into one sensuous bite.
Contigo makes one of the best takes on beef tongue in the city, but Friday night they surprised with their deft touch on a light and refreshing dish. They offered a puffed rice chip topped with fresh shaved fennel from Austin's Johnson Backyard Garden, pine nuts, and a complex, Thai-inspired vinaigrette of coconut water, ginger, fish sauce, kaffir lime juice and mint.
— Matthew Odam
Susan Feniger talks street food
Wearing her signature dyed apron and brightly colored headband and chef's coat, Susan Feniger took the stage Saturday at 10 a.m. with champagne in hand and swearing she never drinks before 11 a.m. The enthused crowd burst into applause as the first full day of the festival started.
Feniger introduced the audience to the essence of street food from around the world. After all, that's what her Los Angeles restaurant, Street, is all about. Feniger's back-and-forth banter with fellow "Top Chef Masters" contestant and emcee of the session, Tony Mantuano, of Chicago's Spiaggia, was a great complement to the food Feniger serves — lively and inspired.
Before Feniger began working on the basics of an Egyptian street food dish made with rice, pasta and lentils (or "Egyptian bus stop food" as she calls it), she created a Canton Ginger Cocktail using ginger simple syrup, ginger vodka and muddled lemon.
Feniger packed in more dishes during her 45-minute demo than most of the chefs at the festival, showcasing a puffed millet dessert from India, which she likened to Rice Krispies treats, chicken kabobs marinated in a red pepper puree, a salsa and her famous Malaysian black pepper clams.
— Courtney Sebesta
Texas wines ready for the main stage
If the sparse crowd Saturday morning was any indication, 10 a.m. might be too early for most people to start a wine tasting. But people steadily trickled in to fill the tent for Texas Wine: Ready for the Main Stage as the tasting progressed, and by the end, almost all the glasses were claimed.
Local sommeliers June Rodil, Craig Collins and Devon Broglie, as well as author Russell Kane and Food & Wine wine editor Ray Isle, talked about the state of Texas wines and offered six of the state's most promising wines.
"We have areas that are equivalent to the south of France and Spain, all the way to conditions needed to grow grapes for Riesling, that would typically be from northern European countries," Kane said. For this reason, wines like viognier can be produced at a quality level that is equal to that of the same grape grown in some European countries. The Pedernales 2012 100 percent viognier, for example, has won a handful of awards statewide and scored a double gold medal at the Leon competition in France — a high honor, considering Pedernales is the only American winery to win the award.
As wine producers start to pay attention to the variety of Texas' micro-climates, they're branching out beyond the standard Mediterranean-style grapes to other grapes that were once considered impossible to foster here.
We tasted Brennan Vineyards 2011 Lily, the Pedernales Cellars 2012 viognier, Llano Estacado's tempranillo, the Kiepersol Estates 2010 cabernet, a 2010 tannat from Bending Branch and Messina Hof's Father and Son Cuvee, a Riesling from one of the state's longest-running wineries.
— Emma Janzen
Tyson Cole wins Rock Your Taco
Tyson Cole conquered the Rock Your Taco contest for the second year in a row. Cole wowed the judges (and crowd) at one of the signature events of the festival with his Uchi-inspired interpretation of a taco: hamachi, roe, apple and chopped Marcona almonds folded in a thin sheet of dried yuca. The defending champ had the longest line of the night, by far, but he and pastry chef Philip Speer handed out tacos — and graciously posed for photos with fans — for most of the 2 1/2 hour event.
Cole's taco won over the judges, which this year included TV personality and chef Andrew Zimmern and special guest Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, but from the chatter in the crowd, it seems several other chefs' tacos must have been in contention for the win.
Congress chef/owner David Bull unofficially won presentation of the night with his banh mi taco served in a lime with a wedge cut out of it, while Marc Murphy, a "Chopped" judge and chef behind Benchmarc, brought a taste of New York with his pastrami taco. Bryce Gilmore of Barley Swine was the only chef offering a vegetarian option: a lightly dried slice of beet served as a shell around a filling made with goat cheese and crisped rice.
My favorite taco of the night was probably from Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo of Animal and Son of a Gun in Los Angeles, who turned a top-selling dish at the restaurant — a hamachi tostada — into a hamachi and avocado taco, topped with a hefty cabbage slaw, Thai basil and fish-sauce vinaigrette.
Grilling demo with Tim Love
Bloody Marys, tequila and cold wine. What more could you want from an 11 a.m. grilling session during Sunday brunch?
After an hourlong wait, we were expecting a show from chef Tim Love, and boy, did we get one.
Love demonstrated his mastery of the grill with ease and, of course, alcohol. The Fort Worth-based chef wanted his attendees to have fun while grilling, and he didn't hold back. We were welcomed with Bloody Marys before the demonstration, and two bottles of wine waiting at the cooking stations proved why he is a crowd favorite.
Prepping a perfect pork chop and beautiful New York strip steak was easy when following Love's instructions. Basic pork chop seasonings (peanut oil and a cayenne, rosemary, sugar, salt mixture) and New York strip (a generous amount of salt, pepper and peanut oil) were easily manageable in between sips of white wine. The ease of placing the meat on the grill, flipping and prepping vegetables were evident in the final presentation of the meat.
Depending on how hot your charcoal grill was, most attendees ended up with the perfect steak and slightly pink pork chop. Vegetables are evidently not Love's specialty, but the heavily seasoned cauliflower and asparagus were a hit among the crowd. The amount of food attendees walked away with was well worth the wait in line.


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By Michael Grossman April 2, 2018 Reading Time: 3 minutes
Home Texas Dram Shop Law Bars and Stores The TABC Investigated for Improper Alcohol Service
Texas Bars Are Often Under Investigation But The Public Never Hears About It
Open the local section of any newspaper and a fair bit of the content is supplied by local law enforcement. When the police accuse someone of breaking the law, even before they get their day in court, the accused's name appears in the paper for all of the public to see. The idea at work is that we're all safer knowing who the alleged bad guys in our community are.
But there's one group of alleged law breakers whose name rarely appears in the paper. Of course, I'm talking about bars, restaurants, liquor stores and other licensed providers of alcohol. These offenders often break the law by doing things like serving alcohol to children, failing to cut people off once they're dangerously drunk, etc. Yet when these entities are investigated, fined, have their licenses suspended, or are even arrested, it's all a big secret. It happens outside of the public eye and no one knows anything ever occurred.
Well, not any more.
Until now, the guy who gets pulled over and arrested for DUI can be certain that his name will appear in the paper, but the bar that broke the law and over-served him, they get to go about their business as if nothing happened.
Now don't get me wrong, I have no problem with alleged drunk drivers having their name thrown up in a virtual stockade, for all to see. It's my contention that they could use a little company. And using the platform that I have available to me, that's exactly what I intend to do.
The point of this page, therefore, is to name and shame bars who have been investigated for breaking the rules.
What Does It Mean if a Bar's Name Appears on this List?
It's important to note that just because a bar's name appears on this list doesn't mean that they have been found guilty of a crime. Just like when someone's mug shot appears in the newspaper, they still have the benefit of the presumption of innocence, but the mere fact that an investigation or arrest took place is enough to warrant public scrutiny. Here's 3 things I can guarantee about each bar I name.
In order for a bar, restaurant, or liquor store to make my list, there must have been an official TABC investigation into some wrong-doing. I'm not in the business of publishing rumors or innuendo. I only deal in facts.
Information about these investigations is available to the public through a TABC database that anyone can access. It would be nice to think that news organizations, who have access to the same information that I do, would do something with this information, but they haven't.
Everything printed here is a matter of public record, a public record that bars are all too happy to sweep under the rug.
Many of these allegations come from citizens who file reports with the TABC, others from behavior witnessed by TABC agents, and still more are referrals from local law enforcement.
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Here are The Bars that Have Been Investigated by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission:
Addison Point
Austin Avenue
Bliss Lounge
Bucks Cabaret
The Bunny Club
Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
Chuy's Tex-Mex Restaurant
Club Onyx Houston
Concrete Cowboy
Corsets Cabaret
Cowboys Dance Hall
Cowboys Red River
Knockout Sports Bar
Lush Ultra Lounge
Memphis Bar & Grill
Mustang Sally's
Pizza Hut/Wingstreet
QuikTrip Convenience Stores
Razzoo's Cajun Cafe
River City Saloon
Saltgrass Steakhouse
Sherlock's
Spec's Liquor Store
Stuttgarden Tavern
Terminal Six
Tipsy Tavern
Valero Corner Store
Xoticas
Wingstop
Texas Law Says Accident Victims Can Sue Bad Bars
If you would like to learn more about Texas "dram shop" law (i.e. liqour liability law / lawsuits against bars who play a role in injurious or fatal accidents), please visit our Texas Dram Shop Law Info Page.


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'Mr. Trump will not be president': Obama unloads on the entire Republican 2016 field
Feb 17th 2016 5:29AM
President Barack Obama harshly criticized the entire slate of Republican presidential candidates during a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
"I think foreign observers are troubled by some of the rhetoric that's been taking place in these Republican primaries and Republican debates," Obama said when asked what foreign leaders thought of Donald Trump.
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Obama emphasized that his comments were not directed solely at Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner.
The president listed multiple issues, including climate change and immigration, on which he thought all of the GOP candidates were out of step:
"I find it interesting that everybody's focused on Trump primarily just because he says in more interesting ways what the other candidates are saying as well. So he may up the ante in anti-Muslim sentiment but if you look at what the other Republican candidates have said, that's pretty troubling too. He may express strong anti-immigration sentiment, but you've heard that from the other candidates as well.
They're all denying climate change. I think that's troubling to the international community since the science is unequivocal. And, you know, the other countries in the world, they kind of count on the United States being on the side of science and reason and common sense. ... But this is not just Mr. Trump. Look at the other statements that are being made by the other candidates."
By linking Trump's provocative statements and policies to the other GOP candidates, Obama echoed the Democratic Party's broader messaging.
Click through for a behind-the-scenes look at Obama's tenure as president:
44 behind-the-scenes images of Barack Obama's tenure as president
White House photographer Pete Souza took this photo of President-elect Barack Obama moments before Obama took the oath of office.
(Photo by Pete Souza/The White House)
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama shared a moment at the Inaugural Ball on January 20, 2009.
The next day, Obama entered the Oval Office to begin his first full day as America's 44th president.
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 22: In this handout provided by The White House, President Barack Obama, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and First Lady Michelle Obama talks with Prince George at Kensington Palace on April 22, 2016 in London, England. The President and his wife are currently on a brief visit to the UK where they attended lunch with HM Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle and later dinner with Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at Kensington Palace. Mr Obama visited 10 Downing Street this afternoon and held a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron where he stated his case for the UK to remain inside the European Union.
(Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)
Obama reads a letter that former President George W. Bush left for him in the Oval Office's resolute desk. Leaving a letter for the incoming president has become a White House tradition.
Obama toured the White House grounds with curator William Allman, chief usher Adm. Stephen Rochon, and presidential personal aide Reggie Love.
Here's a photo of Obama meeting with senior advisers in the Oval Office during the third week of his presidency.
Wearing an embroidered crew jacket, Obama waited for the first of many flights aboard Air Force One.
Obama gave his first State of the Union address on February 24, 2009.
The Obamas walked to Marine One on the South Lawn before heading off on one of their first trips to Camp David.
In this handout from the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama works on his Newtown speech at The Music Center at Strathmore auditorium on December 16, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. Obama later visited Newtown, Connecticut to speak at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The Obamas were welcomed by Queen Elizabeth II to Buckingham Palace in London while in town for the G20 summit.
Obama gave a fist bump to a US soldier while visiting troops at Camp Victory in Iraq on April 7, 2009.
President Obama and Michelle smiled at each other inside a White House elevator after a Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden practiced their putting skills on the White House green.
Obama tours the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt for the first time during his 11th presidential trip abroad.
In this July 2009 photo, Obama attended his first G8 summit, which was held in L'Aquila, Italy.
Over the summer of 2009, Obama visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Obama laughed at a picture of himself during an interview on the "Late Show with David Letterman."
The Obamas welcomed children from local schools for Halloween festivities at the White House.
The Obamas posed for their first holiday portrait in front of the official White House Christmas tree.
At the beginning of the new year, White House photographer Pete Souza took this photo of Obama meeting with members of his cabinet. The president's chair is marked with a plaque engraved with his inauguration date.
The Obamas danced during the Governors' Ball held in the East Room of the White House.
Obama reads some documents while waiting for Marine One at the Westchester County Airport in New York.
Obama speaks with a congressman about the healthcare-reform bill. "In those final days before the vote, the President made hundreds of calls," wrote White House photographer Pete Souza.
Alongside White House staff and Vice President Joe Biden, Obama clapped while watching the historic House vote to pass the Affordable Care Act.
Obama boarded Air Force One while the sun set at Miami International Airport.
The Obamas pretended to sing with an a capella group after a holiday tour of the White House.
"A lighter moment during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House," Souza wrote.
Obama shook hands with US soldiers at Bagram Airfield after an all-night, unannounced flight to Afghanistan in December 2010.
The Obamas stared at Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer statue while visiting Brazil in March 2011.
Obama saluted a Marine while walking toward Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House.
Taken on May 1, 2011, from the White House Situation Room, Obama's national-security team monitored the real-time mission against Osama bin Laden. Souza took approximately 100 photographs during this confidential meeting.
"The president was ready to announce the news about the mission against Osama bin Laden and was putting the finishing touches on his statement in the Outer Oval Office. As he did so, the networks broke in with bulletins confirming that bin Laden had been killed and a photograph of him appeared on the television screen in the background near the Vice President and Press Secretary Jay Carney," Souza wrote.
"One of the most memorable moments of the year was when the president hugged Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as he walked onto the floor of the House Chamber at the US Capitol to deliver his annual State of the Union address," Souza wrote in January 2012. Giffords was shot in a 2011 mass shooting in Arizona.
"The President hugs the first lady after she had introduced him at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. The campaign tweeted a similar photo from the campaign photographer on election night and a lot of people thought it was taken on election day," Souza wrote. When the campaign tweeted it on election night, it became the most retweeted photo of all time.
Obama kissed the first lady for the "kiss cam" during the US men's Olympic basketball team's game against Brazil in Washington, D.C.
Obama sang "Happy Birthday" to Michelle in the Blue Room of the White House in 2013. Her new hairstyle attracted a lot of attention.
In this photo, Obama sits in front of cameras taking images that will later make a 3D portrait for the Smithsonian Institution.
"We were at the NATO Summit in Wales when someone mentioned to the President that Stonehenge wasn't that far away. 'Let's go,' he said. So when the Summit ended, we took a slight detour on the way back to Air Force One," Souza wrote in September 2014.
Obama laughed as he and Michelle recorded a holiday video message in the Map Room of the White House.
This March 2015 photo shows Obama delivering remarks during an event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil-rights marches.
Obama shook hands with President Raúl Castro of Cuba during the Summit of the Americas on April 11, 2015. The US and Cuba have moved toward a historic thaw in relations over the past year.
U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughters Malia (L) and Sasha, watch on television as first lady Michelle Obama takes the stage to deliver her speech at the Democratic National Convention, in the Treaty Room of the White House in Washington September 4, 2012.
(REUTERS/White House/Pete Souza/Handout)
However, it was clear from the press conference that Obama viewed Trump with particular disdain. Obama predicted that Trump would not win the 2016 presidential race because the American electorate is too sober to place him in such an important position.
"I continue to believe Mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people. And I think that they recognize that being president is a serious job," Obama said.
"It's not hosting a talk show or a reality show," he added. "It's not promotion. It's not marketing. It's hard. And a lot of people count on us getting it right. And it's not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day."
At a rally on Tuesday evening, Trump fired back, saying that Obama was "lucky" the reality-television star didn't run for president in 2012.
"This man has done such a bad job, he has set us back so far. For him to say that is a great compliment, to tell you the truth," Trump said. "You're lucky I didn't run last time when Romney ran, because you would've been a one-term president."
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Perth Glory share top spot in the Hyundai A-League with Brisbane Roar after Sunday's 2-1 win away to Melbourne Heart.
Perth Glory share top spot in the Hyundai A-League with Brisbane Roar after Sunday-s 2-1 win away to Melbourne Heart.
Two goals from marquee man Shane Smeltz made it two wins from two games for Perth Glory, here are the post-game reactions.
PERTH GLORY COACH IAN FERGUSON
"It's only two games and we've had two wins but we've got to take each game as it comes, one game at a time.
"I know it's an old cliche but that's the way it's got to be.
"Last year we went five unbeaten and a lot of people were tipping us to win the league.
"We sort of got carried away.
"This year I've tried to keep the boys' feet on the ground."
On the squad:
"I think we've got depth in the squad.
"Last year we could have went out there and been in the lead and then, all of a sudden, we get beat two-one."
"It's the quality of player that we've picked to come to Perth Glory.
"We've got great energy and mobility now in the team which is fantastic."
Shane Smeltz:
"It wasn't a great game, there wasn't a lot of chances and that's the difference that Smeltz can make.
"He had two chances today and scored the two of them."
The penalty:
"I was a bit worried about 'Coyney' because he's a little bit undercooked at the moment.
"I felt as though he needed more games before we could throw him in there, but he's an old warrior.
"He reads the game well and he'll get Van Den Brink around about him and Todd Howarth around about him with good energy and good pace.
"I was delighted, he marshalled the defence really well."
With a goal in each half, Smeltz also broke more Hyundai A-League records with his 50th and 51st goals in the competition.
Here is what the star striker had to say about his first Perth Glory goals.
SHANE SMELTZ
"I am pleased I-ve hit the 50 mark and I-ve scored in my second game for my new club and it-s contributed to another three points.
"Collectively, I thought it was another good performance again. It was a different kind of performance to last week but that-s what you need if you are going to do something in this league. Different games are going to throw up different challenges.
"The pleasing thing is that we-ve won and it was on the road."
Perth Glory plays Wellington this Sunday at nib Stadium, Perth. Kick-off is 4.30pm
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Grand Final Gallery - Members and Fans in Focus
We've collated some of the best member and fan shots from the Hyundai A-League 2019 Grand Final when Optus Stadium was well and truly painted purple! #OneGlory
AQWA Action!
Some of the highlights from the early bird member renewals day at AQWA in Hillarys Boat Harbour. A big thank you to everyone who came along and made it an event to remember! #OneGlory
What a Night! A look back at our glamour clash with Chelsea
A record attendance for a football match in WA, the biggest crowd ever to watch Glory and a commendable performance against the EPL giants and FA Cup holders. Our clash with Chelsea at Optus Stadium truly was a night to remember! #OneGlory


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No Time for Writer's Block: Writers of Southern Nevada Perseveres During the Pandemic
2017 Crystal Bookmark Award - WSN
As the pandemic has granted more time and opportunity to writers of both fiction and nonfiction, it has also increased the need for those writers to understand the writing industry's legal and business aspects. Which, is one of the goals of the local writing group, Writers of Southern Nevada.
Writers of Southern Nevada (WSN) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit literacy organization made up of both fiction and nonfiction wordsmiths of varied backgrounds working to advance their writing careers and businesses.
Eric James Miller, the President of WSN, shared how the group is equally split between fiction versus nonfiction members. They also discuss topics related to corporate writing, copywriting, and journalism.
Eric James Miller
Founded in 2010, WSN became a membership-based organization in 2014, changed its charter to accept members, and become a collective of like-minded authors. According to Miller, almost all 30 members they presently have are published, full-time working authors.
He also shared that the group won the 2017 Las Vegas Book Festival's Crystal Bookmark Award. They won this as recognition for their community service through their 'Painted Stories' program, where authors read from their work while an artist paints what they hear, as the audience absorbs both the words and the art.
According to Miller, what sets WSN apart from other writing groups is that they focus a little more on nonfiction, whereas most writing groups predominantly lean more toward fiction writing. Miller himself, and some of the other board members, have a background in entertainment arts and law, legal writing, and accounting, and have used that experience in the organization to provide resources to writers on the business aspects of writing, in addition to the craft of writing.
"[We] have done workshops on basic contracts, discussions on the business of writing, how to file your LLC, the benefits of becoming a sole proprietor, how to run your business, how royalties work, [and so on]," Miller said. He added that running your business as a successful writer goes beyond whether you're traditionally published or self-published.
"With writers having extra time to write in recent months, it's more important than ever to understand the business aspects that come with being an author," Miller said. "You have to have those cards stacked in place - it doesn't matter how you're published."
As a result of the pandemic, WSN had to slow down or halt some of their programming; they lost some of their revenue streams, lost a few members, and started holding their 'Writers Roundtable' monthly meetings virtually. These meetings are usually moderated by the Programming Director and UNLV journalism professor, Greg Blake Miller (no relation).
They also look for outside guests to bring in who cover specialized topics. "Last year we had Minnesota Public Radio meteorologist Paul Huttner lead a discussion about different types of weather systems, weather phenomena, and weather jargon," Miller said. "We plan to have more expert presenters on topics in the future so that writers can add new and interesting levels and language to their writing."
Miller said that they are doing the meetings via Zoom now and that they have seen both a negative and positive outcome from that change. While they lost the person-to-person aspect, they now have members who can now join them who were unable to before.
"We have members across multiple states who weren't previously able to join in on the in-person meetings, but with Zoom, they are now," he said, adding that this ultimately has helped them expand their reach to their members.
One of the programs affected by the pandemic that presently would not be effectively transferred to a virtual setting is their 'Painted Stories' series mentioned previously. "Watching a person paint while listening to someone else read doesn't have the same visceral magic in a virtual setting as it does in a live setting," Miller said.
Miller also spoke of their 'Dueling Artists' program, where two different artists were painting simultaneously.
"What the artists hear is what they paint, and they interpret the words they hear differently which is what makes it so interesting to the audience," he said, adding that they would then pay the artists for their time and give the painting to the author. This program has also been put on hold for now.
During the pandemic, WSN didn't program any events or workshops, but they are actively keeping people optimistic about next year and have responded by looking to the future.
"We have to form a new path," he said, adding, "We've adapted for this year, moved what we can online, and we're reevaluating and looking at the future."
Regarding the group's outlook, Miller said that they are working on a new three-part publishing workshop series through their Writers Roundtable, called, "Publishing During The Pandemic", where people can access working authors who are "making it happen during the pandemic" and learn how they're getting published. The first part of the series launched on October 20th.
Usually, the Roundtables are members-only or allow non-members to join by making a $5 donation. This series, however, is free.
"We want to use it as a membership drive," Miller said. Writers can join WSN for only $45 for a twelve-month membership.
Memberships include perks like access to the WSN newsletter, discounts on workshops and seminars, inclusion in their Speaker's Bureau, preference to be a 'Painted Stories' author, access to the monthly Roundtable, input on programming, and much more.
Until things can reopen and go back to a sense of normalcy, Miller said that arts organizations have to take the initiative to go out and "ask those with deep pockets - politely and with a plan" for support.
Some will be willing to donate, but you have to be organized, Miller explained, adding, "You have to make yourself known to those people and not be afraid to ask."
"Keep on persevering and find new ways to adapt," he said. "Turn the challenges into opportunities."
Regarding how the community and others can support WSN's endeavors, Miller said that becoming a member is the best way to help.
"We're trying to be an organization where you help shape the writing community you want to see, and by getting involved, you can help shape things," Miller said, adding that members get to share initiatives and ideas for activities, and practice their presentation skills if they have a workshop or topic that they want to present.
The Writers Roundtable usually meets at 6 PM on the second Tuesday of the month.
To learn more about WSN, you can visit http://nevadawriters.org/ or email them at nevadawriters@gmail.com. Follow WSN and get interesting writing information from them through their Facebook and Twitter.
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Culture is the way of life of the particular society. Since culture gives birth to language, its clear that translation and culture go hand in hand. This means that culture affects both target and source languages. The word can be easily translated in one language for a certain meaning and same word is likely to bring the different meaning in different language. This is because cultures of the two languages may not be the compatible. Therefore, it's better to critically understand the culture of the people to avoid translation blunders.
Quality translation is always in line with the culture of the people. Its advisable for the translator to deeply understand the culture of the people. This will enable him/her to clearly understand the cultural context of every statement before translating. The translator must also seriously understand the idle meaning, he/she must scrutinize whether the translation conveys the intended meaning in the way it makes clear sense in the target language and in the context of the target culture. Otherwise failure to pay serious attention to the cultural context of the translation greatly affects the quality of the translation. This possibly leads to rejection of the translation, loss of popularity and very huge losses.
Is culture important in translation?
Yes, culture should not be underestimated in translation. A moment one tries to under look culture in translation, the negative results are always overwhelming. Since every culture has its own words that are perhaps direct opposite from other cultures, one has to first understand culture when translating. Mentioning certain words in certain cultures might be acceptable which might be a taboo in other languages. So, when extending your translation without greatly scrutinizing the culture of the people, its possible that your efforts will just be futile.
Different cultural settings use different terminologies. Also, various cultures have various offensive words. A word can be used with ease in different culture and perhaps opposed in other cultures. Correct use of such words requires proper cultural experience. So, its better to take culture as a matter of urgency in translation. Otherwise, it may lead to frustrations and embarrassments.
Whenever you're thinking of opening any business in any location in the world, please consider the culture of the intended market. Ensure that you translate all your business names, logos and all marketing materials using native linguists with thorough knowledge of the culture. Otherwise your first impression to the market may lead to negative reception. Case in point, in 1960s Pepsi took their famous slogan to China "Come Alive with the Pepsi Generation'' which was translated in Chinese as "Pepsi brings your dead relatives back'' This message was not warmly welcomed by the Chinese. Also, when KFC launched their business in China, their famous slogan "Finger-Lickin'good'' was translated in Chinese as ''Eat your fingers off". This brought a lot of doubts to the products of KFC till the translation was withdrawn. All these mistakes came because cultural context was not considered. Such blunders cost the organizations millions of money, popularity and pride. So, its better for translators to translate the cultural context to minimize such blunders.
All in all, carrying out a translation with out considering the culture of the people is like digging the grave to your organization or business. So, its better to first consider the culture of the people before effecting the translation. Also, native translators should deeply understand the cultural context of the words when translating. Such ideas will bring a lot of joy to the organization.
Henry Ogwang is an Account Manger at Global Gate Translations. Our company provides various translation services like Document Translation, Interpreting services, Transcription, Localization among others. We offer all our services using well trained native linguists with thorough knowledge of their cultures.