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The Listowel BIA
We are sending out a very short newsletter to let you know that as of Saturday, April 3, the Ontario government is imposing a provincewide emergency brake. This is extremely disappointing for our community as we have done an excellent job of keeping our numbers low and our community safe. During this time, we will continue to promote our businesses in a safe manner. If you would like to reach us, contact Lisa at lschaefer@northperth.ca or 519-444-8233.
Ontario Implements Provincewide Emergency Brake
The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is imposing a provincewide emergency brake as a result of an alarming surge in case numbers and COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province. The provincewide emergency brake will be effective Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. and the government intends to keep this in place for at least four weeks.
The provincewide emergency brake would put in place time-limited public health and workplace safety measures to help to stop the rapid transmission of COVID-19 variants in communities, protect hospital capacity and save lives.
Measures include, but are not limited to:
Prohibiting indoor organized public events and social gatherings and limiting the capacity for outdoor organized public events or social gatherings to a 5-person maximum, except for gatherings with members of the same household (the people you live with) or gatherings of members of one household and one other person from another household who lives alone.
Restricting in-person shopping in all retail settings, including a 50 per cent capacity limit for supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, indoor farmers' markets, other stores that primarily sell food and pharmacies, and 25 per cent for all other retail including big box stores, along with other public health and workplace safety measures;
Prohibiting personal care services;
Prohibiting indoor and outdoor dining. Restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments will be permitted to operate by take-out, drive-through, and delivery only;
Prohibiting the use of facilities for indoor or outdoor sports and recreational fitness (e.g., gyms) with very limited exceptions;
Requiring day camps to close; and,
Limiting capacity at weddings, funerals, and religious services, rites or ceremonies to 15 per cent occupancy per room indoors, and to the number of individuals that can maintain two metres of physical distance outdoors. This does not include social gatherings associated with these services such as receptions, which are not permitted indoors and are limited to five people outdoors.
The current COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open will be paused when the provincewide emergency brake comes into effect. The impacts of these time-limited measures will be evaluated throughout the next four weeks to determine if it is safe to lift any restrictions or if they need to be extended. Schools will remain open for in-person learning with strict safety measures in place. The spring break will continue as planned for the week of April 12. Child care will also remain open during the shutdown.
For more information, and a list of businesses permitted to open you can visit the provincial website HERE.
For more information on Ontario's supports for businesses, you can visit HERE.
For the official press release of this announcement, you can visit HERE.
We are holding our AGM next week. If you have not signed up to attend virtually but would still like attend, please email Lisa at lschaefer@northperth.ca
Please reach out to us if you have any questions, comments, or require assistance. We will continue to promote supporting local during this time through various channels including social media, radio and print.
You can reach Lisa Schaefer, Coordinator, by email at lschaefer@northperth.ca or by phone at 519-444-8233.
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In 2014 the Treasurer in the UK announced major new projects for the road network but with unprecedented time scales to achieve them. One Director, said "We were trying to face up to change and deal with it but it was a bit nebulous. I didn't want to work from to down theories and models of organisational change, because making them real is so difficult."
In this case study, you will learn how to use practical approaches as an alternative to traditional change models. I combined lessons from complexity science that Ed Olson and Glenda Oeyang developed into a simple model of organisational change (2001) and combined it with the future focus and power of Solution Focus. I will take you through how I worked with them, how I made it easy to use agility principles through Olson and Oeyang's model and how I used Solution Focused questions to create a practical future that they could put into place. Agility can give you a framework for constant change, Solutions Focus gives you the content to put that future in place..
The result was a 200% increase in the number of schemes prepared with only a 15% increase in staff plus a 20% increase in staff engagement scores when the rest of the organisation was flat.
A presentation that is happily interrupted with discussion.
You will go away with a simple 3 step model to work with that enables agility to emerge. You will have ideas of how to use solutions focused questions to bring the constantly changing content to life, that an agile organisation fosters.
Anyone interested in learning how solutions focus and self-organising systems, focussing on change at the micro level of relationships, interactions and simple rules can be used for an agile organisation to emerge without disrupting the day job.
See the publications list in the "About Me" section of my website www.changewithease.com which links to the published article about this case study: "Moving Fast at Highways England"


Introduction: This study is to examine the impact of laparoscopic repair of large hiatal hernia on patient's respiratory function and quality of life.
Methods: From 2004 to 2008, 30 consecutive patients with large paraesophageal hernia defined as >50% of stomach in the intrathoracic cavity with a minimum follow-up of 2 years were included in this study. All patients graded theirdyspnoea severity asan index of 1=no dyspnoea, 2=dyspnoea with exertion, 3=dyspnoea with basic activities or 4=dyspnoea at rest. All patients had a formal respiratory function test 1 week prior and 3 months after their laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair. The patients had to rate their symptom severity and complete a quality of life questionnaire in the form of Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI) preoperatively and then at 3-month, 6-month and thereafter yearly intervals postoperatively.
Results: There were no hospital mortality and the morbidity rate was 10%. In 26 patients with preoperative dyspnoea, 22 had complete resolution while the remaining 4 had experienced improvement in dyspnoea severity postoperatively. The mean dyspnoea severity index reduced from 2.4 to 1.3(p<0.001). Overall, there was 1%, 3% and 3% postoperative increase in FEV1, FVC and DLCO values for the whole group, none of which reached statistical significance. For the patients with resolution or improvement of their dyspnoea after the laparoscopic repair, no significant changes in their respiratory function parameters were demonstrated. The GIQLI score improved from a preoperative value of 85.7 to 107.9 postoperatively(p<0.001).
Conclusions: We failed to show a significant change in patient's respiratory function despite a clearly demonstrated improvement of their respiratory symptoms. Alternative reasons for the reduction of dyspnoea severity should be sought. Laparoscopic hernia repair is also a safe procedure that can lead to better patient quality of life.


I've been sick. And too hot to use the computer. Life has been going slowly. I have my first sunflower bloom. Finally. The plants are much taller than I am, I had to stand on a chair to take this picture. My tomato plants are producing almost more tomatoes than I can eat or use, but I'm doing my best. Who knew four tomato plants would produce so much in a cement box in a south Philly yard? I didn't think anything would grow, the light's not the best. Nature sure proved me wrong!
Last week I made a great discovery in Chinatown. I went with my roommates to get bubble tea and run a bunch of errands, and we went to this bubble tea/bakery place (like most other places that sell bubble tea). My roommate got this weird looking thing called a snowball. It looked kind of marshmallow-y and was full of peanuts, the outside was covered with coconut. I asked the guy working there what it was made of and he told me it was rice flour, no wheat, safe for me to eat. I got a yellow one, which was full of fresh mango. It was amazing. Gooey but solid on the outside, perfect fresh sweet mango inside. Most Asian bakeries (I found from searching all over Chinatown a few days later) usually only carry coconut filled and peanut filled ones. Both are good, but not as good as the mango. YUM.
Yesterday I was craving carrot cake, and while these didn't turn out exactly as I had wanted, they were really good. Not sweet enough without the cream cheese icing, but still good. I made these from a recipe adapted from the Joy of Cooking into gluten-free.
spices - cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, ginger, your choice. I used cardamom, ginger and cinnamon, not having the patience to find the other ones.
Mix together dry ingredients, mix together oil and eggs and beat lightly, then combine. Add carrots, pour into cupcake tins, bake at 350 for about 25 minutes until a knife inserted comes out clean. These are really light. Frost them with your favorite cream cheese icing, I didn't write down how I made mine I just threw everything together in the food processor. Sorry!
**Due to monetary restraints, I have been making my brown rice flour mix with half (or more) white rice flour instead of all brown rice flour. I lose some of the nutritional value I'm sure, but it tastes and comes out fine.
oh wow! I want one of those marshmallow mango thingies ... I wouldnt mind sampling the cupcakes either. I just love carrot cake, but havent had any for a few years now!
My tomato plants are in 1/2 gallon pots on my balcony and most of them are about twice MY size too. Who would have thought they'd grow into being such giants???
carrot cake is so easy to make dianne! try it!
sea, it's been a few years since i've grown anything at all, I'm surprised at how well my little garden turned out! It's so great to have fresh tomatoes every day!
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LETTER: Apex hijinx continues in Somerset
Thanks for the assistance.
Yes, that's the message Taylor Quarles, Apex Clean Energy's project manager, sent to the Millwright's Local 1163 the day after Somerset had its public hearing on its new wind law. Quarles was thanking the union for sending 40 to 50 union men to occupy seats, so many seats that Somerset Town Supervisor Dan Engert had to ask everyone in attendance at our small town hall to get back into their cars and drive over to the Barker school cafeteria, to reconvene the meeting, so that everyone could have a seat. These guys marched into our meeting with new hats from Apex -- embroidered with orange wind turbines -- and "Fear Not the Wind" stickers on their jackets.
Quarles' letter of thanks of Feb. 2, the day after the hearing, to Brian Scruton, Millwrights Council Rep, stated that he was "personally grateful" for "our strongest showing ever for a public event." Quarles added "those who are opposed to progress in this area" (that's apparently anyone who opposes Apex's 620-foot industrial wind turbines here) "will stop at nothing in their attempt to keep renewable energy projects from coming to upstate New York. You heard the mis-information and the attacks on working people and the farmers of our area. Your ongoing support will be important as we move forward."
Wait. People who oppose this project will "stop at nothing?" Now there's an accusation. We are not The Mob. We're just residents who don't want our raptors chopped, our lands blighted, and our residents' health possibly affected by hulking towers amid our homes. Yes, our voices are strong, but hey, when you work hard for what you have, and suddenly some Virginia company comes around and tells you what's going to go down in your neighborhood, you will speak out strongly.
Quarles' letter also implies that if Somerset residents don't want wind turbines here that we are attacking "working people and farmers." We also work. We also appreciate the hard work of those who farm in Somerset.
Now the Town of Yates has scheduled its own public hearing April 21 on its own newly revised wind law. Two surveys in that town revealed that Yates residents are also strongly opposed to Apex. The letter mentions"continued ongoing support". Is this a hint that Yates will see these and more union guys at this next hearing? Anyway, the Yates Town Supervisor is prepared, since he has scheduled the public hearing at the Lyndonville school auditorium. This way there will be enough seats, both for residents of Somerset and Yates, and for any out-of-town Apex "guests". Apex is trying hard to create the illusion of public opinion beginning to turn in their favor.
There is good news in all of this: On March 28, former NYS Attorney General Dennis Vacco, presently the attorney for the Town of Somerset, has requested Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to begin a formal investigation of Apex Clean Energy for their deceptive business practices. There are more Apex hijinx. Anyone who wants interesting reading can view more of the accusations as well as the Exhibits -- like Quarles' letter -- on the NYS Public Service Commission's website, Case 14-F-0485.
It remains to be seen whether Apex will clean up its act and follow NY State's Code of Ethics for wind companies, or continue business as usual, just skipping the telltale thank you notes.
-- Christine Bronson is a Barker resident
Labels:apex clean energy,letter to the editor,Perspectives,Somerset,windmills

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Journal of Applied Polymer Science [ 0021-8995 ] ; 1996-09-06.
In the case of cold plasma fluorination we analyzed effects of the main processing conditions (power, exposure time, nature of gas, and number of fluorinated faces) on gasoline permeability of polyethylenes. Optimization of processing conditions gave us a permeability reduction of 30% compared to untreated polyethylene. XPS analysis of fluorinated specimens before permeation experiments shows the PE to be highly fluorinated at the surface with a F/C ratio up to 2. Fluorination appeared to be homogeneous over the disk surface with a concentration depth profile showing a step decline below the extreme surface. However, significant fluorination is achieved only up to a few tens of nanometers (20 to 30). A more interesting effect is the evidence for chain breaking during the process suggests the creation of short chain segments at the surface. These segments would be highly fluorinated but easily leeched out by the diffusing molecules. Leeching seems more important with alcohol containing gasolines. These data show clearly that fluorination by cold plasmas in the conditions under studies has not a permanent effect. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


This sequence comprises what no different examine courses can provide - wide first-hand interviews with the playwrights and their closest collaborators on all in their significant paintings, prepare through most sensible teachers specifically for the fashionable scholar marketplace. in addition to priceless synopses, biographical essays and chronologies, those courses permit the coed a lot toward the playwright than ever ahead of! In approximately Friel, instructor and playwright Tony Coult has chosen an intensive and stimulating variety of files and interview fabric that explores Friel's lifestyles, paintings and the reviews of his collaborators and fellow artists who positioned that paintings on degree, together with Patrick Mason, Connall Morrison, Joe Dowling and actors Catherine Byrne and Mark Lambert. that allows you to learn only one booklet on Brian Friel and the colossal energy of his paintings, this is often it.
In Shakespeare's time, the time period "comedy" didn't unavoidably denote anything humorous or fun. fairly, via such performs akin to A Midsummer Night's Dream and The service provider of Venice, the playwright examines different defining features of comedic drama—the social interactions of universal parents and attention at the contradictions inherent in daily life.
The Bauhaus stream used to be one among this century's such a lot bold experiments in arts schooling, and its impact on structure, layout, and the visible arts is celebrated. lots of its most vital rules are printed in Bauhaus writings approximately theatrical functionality and function areas. initially released in Germany in 1925--at the peak of the Bauhaus movement's influence--The Theater of the Bauhaus collects writings from the various movement's most crucial figures and describes a theater stripped of historical past, moralism, surroundings, and, for that subject, narrative itself.
Modes of Spectating investigates the questions posed through new creative and technological mediums at the viewer adventure. those new visible instruments effect not just how spectators view, but in addition how what they view determines what artists create. Alison Oddey and Christine White examine how gaming and televisual media and leisure are utilized by teenagers, and the ensuing mental demanding situations of figuring out how audience navigate those digital worlds and atmosphere.
Harriet Bosse, a fragile good looks with wealthy theatrical expertise, used to be an thought for the sought after and arguable playwright August Strindberg. After their three-year marriage collapsed, she turned his interpreter to the realm, mum or dad of the Strindberg legend. this primary biography of Harriet Bosse in English explores her personal very important occupation as an actress at the Swedish level, in addition to her impact on Strindberg's paintings.
Whatever the precise triggers that brought about disillusion, it is reasonable to speculate that a mind as questing and as willing to entertain uncertainties would not have found a regime of unquestioning faith either easy or congenial. At the very least the warmth and female companionship of his aunts and sisters would have seemed achingly absent in the austerity of the all-male priest college. He told one interviewer: 'It's a very disturbing thing to happen to anyone. I don't know if one ever recovers totally from an immense experience of this nature … I wasn't very happy at the time, but I was sixteen or seventeen and these are carefree years.
In practice, the defensiveness of that culture in regard to the South meant that change was not on the social agenda, from whatever source it came. In the South the gaze of writers and artists, anticipators and seismographers of cultural change, was habitually more focused on Europe than in the notionally more 'modern', industrialized North. Writers like Friel found themselves trapped in a kind of cultural no-man's-land – exiled from both communities by their creativity and their sensitivity to the profound psychological and social damage caused by patterns of living and feeling that failed to match up to the contemporary world.
The Boyne' and the 'Orangeman' were firmly embedded in Protestant mythology as powerful symbols of Catholicism's defeat, and they remain so today. Ireland effectively became a fully fledged colony of England. Paranoia about invasion from Europe through Ireland gave a pseudo-strategic justification for the unequal and potentially unstable relationship now established (and continued to do so until the end of the Second World War). Ireland was increasingly dividing into an ascendant, mainly Protestant, minority with wealth and political power and a discontented and politically disenfranchised Catholic majority.


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Government IT security 'worryingly poor'
UK government IT security is "worryingly poor" and needs significant improvement, according to research by a security testing firm. NTA Monitor said that almost half of the government IT systems it examined had more than 10 vulnerabilities which "exposed them to considerable risk". Roy Hills, technical director at NTA Monitor, warned that government sector organisations are surprisingly insecure in comparison to other sectors. "What worries me most are the implications for citizens' records if the government manages to get all planned services online at current levels of security." "I was concerned at how far behind they have fallen, especially given the current focus on e-government," he said in a statement. "With such poor security performance, the government will find it extremely difficult to meet its targets. Full Story


WeSC (short for "We are the Superlative Conspiracy") is a Swedish clothing brand that is primarily influenced by skateboarding and snowboarding.
Triangle was the exclusive advisor to WeSC as it sought a US partner.
We ran a highly targeted process created to identify the right partner for WeSC. The transaction with OVED Group was completed in 91 days from the time of engagement.


This week 5 years ago, Christian and I first laid eyes on each other and we've basically been smitten ever since!! We're not really ones to celebrate anniversaries but we DO get a bit extra snuggly around this time because we know what it means...yet another year together! And yet another year since we were so lucky to jetset off to Finland and find each other. I could never imagine life with anyone else but you...and now we're engaged! I'm so excited to see what adventures we'll encounter in our many more years together.
*P.S. Can we go get tapas next week? Please please pleeeease?!
Arghhhh, I LOVE you guys. I can't wait to get "on the road" again!!!!
Ah! These photos are marvelous!! Gosh, i love traveling so so much!!!
You have been to so many great places together. I love how you put the countries/cities over the photographs. Very unique.


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Panic! At The Disco's "High Hopes" Breaks Record for Longest-Running Number One
The track has topped Billboard's Hot Rocks Songs chart for 31 weeks
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Panic! At The Disco's "High Hopes" is one of the biggest songs of the decade. The song gets constant play everywhere from graduation parties to in the car on the drive to work- so much so that even these kids are slightly annoyed about hearing it on the radio all the time.
Related: Kids React to Panic! At The Disco: "It's Very Very Very Emo"
After breaking a decade-old radio record as the longest-leading Adult Pop song of the past 10 years, they're back to notch an even more impressive feat.
"High Hopes" now holds the record for the longest-running No.1 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs Chart. 31 weeks at number one beats Twenty One Pilots' previous record of 30 weeks at the top spot with "Heathens."
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot Rock Songs Chart
31 (to date), "High Hopes," Panic! at the Disco (2018-19)
30, "Heathens," twenty one pilots (2016-17)
29, "Believer," Imagine Dragons (2017)
27, "Shut Up and Dance," WALK THE MOON (2015)
24, "Thunder," Imagine Dragons (2017-18)
Panic! also holds the Hot Rock Songs chart's number two spot with "Hey Look Ma, I Made It," another inspiring jam from the Brendon Urie-lead band. Urie is changing pop with his unconventional hits that still appeal to all ages and span across genres.
Is the secret to their incredible success the trumpets? Or just the overwhelming talent?
Read More: Brendon Urie Explains Religion's Role in New Panic! At The Disco Album 'Pray for the Wicked'
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Off Like A Herd Of Turtles!
Posted on January 4, 2023 by ElsaJanuary 4, 2023
Mercury is currently retrograde in Capricorn, creating hardship and delays of all kinds. Case in point, a teenager we know got stuck a couple hundred miles away. My husband took off this morning to pick him up. The idea is to relay him back to his mom, in another state, by the weekend? This was all unexpected of course.
So my husband took of at 6:30 am. The mother contacted me so I contacted him, right as he was pulling off the side of the interstate with a blown engine. This is all par for course, considering Mars is retrograde in Gemini.
Someone asked me why I missed weekly videos over the holidays. It was because it was the holidays, and also because we had house guests. So now we have another house guest and some vehicles to shuffle around. I'm just really sorry I've sort of disappeared. As soon as I start something, I'm interrupted by just regular life.
I am progressing on the zoom / relationship idea, though. I wonder if someone wants to volunteer to get on zoom with me and have a recorded session? You could be anonymous of course. It's just one idea of many floating around.
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Off Like A Herd Of Turtles! — 26 Comments
Priya Tuli on January 4, 2023 at 10:20 am said:
Haha, that herd of turtles!! I didn't get to make it onto the rock yet…
"As soon as I start something, I'm interrupted by just regular life." aaaargh, are we echoes?! My story for practically my entire life, no matter how I try to change that darn script 😖
You are allowed to disappear!! Holidays and houseguests a valid reason. So is 'just because' 😬
I disappeared too, sick for a couple months so I missed that zoom post, please link it here? Sounds intriguing.
Happy New Year to you and all the happy/struggling/triumphant campers here 🤗
BellaDonna on January 4, 2023 at 10:47 am said:
Zoom relationship idea? Not sure I know about it but I'd be open to it.
Elsa on January 4, 2023 at 10:54 am said:
For people asking, the zoom thing is here:
https://www.elsaelsa.com/astrology/identifying-challenges-in-relationships-via-your-natal-chart/
Ellen on January 4, 2023 at 10:57 am said:
Love love herd of turtles.
I'd be happy to zoom with you, re relationships. I'm all about relationships and what happens in them with me and others.
Allie on January 4, 2023 at 11:25 am said:
We got our daughter ice skates for Christmas but she wants to exchange for a different size. She'd texted us Monday asking if we'd be around. I said, sure in about 45 minutes as I was shopping. Texted her when I got back. Left her a message. She never got back to us. Our son-in-law's birthday is today. She'd sent out an invite on Sunday for pizza and cake today. We followed up but nothing. Very unlike her.
My husband got in touch with our son-in-law to say Happy Birthday and he mentioned our daughter's phone was having big problems. I think the birthday dinner is still in and we can do a pop in. Not typical of us but it's the last we'd heard!
Even just to drop off the card and gift, at the very least. The granddaughters will be 🤩😍
I don't know what I'm doing yet. For example, what about a pair of charts and a couple in trouble or clashing in some way, where they can't figure out how to fix it?
Ellen on January 4, 2023 at 12:04 pm said:
I like that idea.
What about starting with when two people meet? What connects them? What doesn't?
What do the charts show?
Then when people are having trouble or clashing, what is the challenge? Why? And, how to fix it.
soup on January 4, 2023 at 6:20 pm said:
You can do us Elsa. You are familiar with the charts.
ConfuzzledFish 🐠 on January 6, 2023 at 5:15 am said:
Yesss!!! Mememeee, I volun-tear!!! You come up with so many genius ideas, may I borrow your magik hat please?!
Elsa on January 6, 2023 at 5:40 am said:
Hi, ConfuzzledFish. Welcome! 🙂
Lili on January 4, 2023 at 1:22 pm said:
Happy 2023 Elsa! id like to volunteer for that zoom!
Viyan on January 4, 2023 at 2:26 pm said:
If you need a volunteer I'm here 👋🏻
Karen on January 4, 2023 at 3:39 pm said:
Good to know. I thought it was just me!
I can be a volunteer.
Kate on January 4, 2023 at 6:43 pm said:
I think you're really on to something here Elsa! I'd love to see that Zoom convo and I'm also happy to be your volunteer (although it seems like you already have a lot of willing participants). Ellen's ideas all sounded great btw.
Guess it's a good problem to have – that people miss you too much for you to take a holiday 😉
Elsa on January 4, 2023 at 6:45 pm said:
I'm sorry. We keep having events. I hope to be clear next week.
Suzanne on January 5, 2023 at 12:08 pm said:
Elsa, you've written enough on enough topics over the last 20 years to keep us busy learning & contemplating for the next twenty!
I wrote 1000 words every other week for a newspaper, full & new moon forecast & 12 horoscopes. I did it 5 years. What you do is an unbelievable drill!!
A Holiday movie had me thinking about how hard it is to simply be human…how hard we are on ourselves & each other. And how amazing it is when we soften & allow ourselves & each other to simply be human. That's my New Year's focus "Be okay with being human".
And Elsa, you are so that!! Lead on!
Elsa on January 5, 2023 at 12:47 pm said:
I have the text for a video, written. I am going to try to film it when our house guest leaves. I think people will like it. It's intended to light this thing – let's go!
Samantha on January 5, 2023 at 10:46 am said:
I'll throw my name in the hat for relationship tribute. My husband and I are trying to figure out if we can stay together. It's been challenging so some help would be greatly appreciated 💓
JR on January 5, 2023 at 12:01 pm said:
I volunteer! I might be an interesting case…
Hope all the trials and tribulations get resolved soon!
Tara on January 5, 2023 at 3:59 pm said:
The zoom idea is great, if you need any more volunteers I'd do it. I like Ellen's ideas and then to expand on that.. maybe add in things like longevity potential (or not) of a relationship, potential strengths and weakness lending to a strong partnership or weakening due to imbalances, what areas two people may compliment each other and areas of possible learning from the other via the chart.
Alice the cat on January 5, 2023 at 7:14 pm said:
it seems (feels) i have bigger experiences in the dream world. i woke up thinking about you, elsa. maybe relations to the self would be best use of time. you allow a person to feel and then see the feeling, allowing a best use of their time. i like the idea of soul mates;how about twin flames?
oh my, it seems i'm healing from a time of pain, it's been amazingly painful.but it resembles a stone ripple in a pond-it's rippling out from here
Miguel Melchizedek on January 6, 2023 at 1:12 am said:
Ahahah you're so funny Elsa, spectacular! 👏🏼
Question: might a herd of turtles be a hurtle?!
HuGGGz coming @soup… just becaws ❤ and also because I came across some of your old posts
Susan Steffen on January 6, 2023 at 12:06 pm said:
I was born on Oct. 11, 1961, at 2:32AM, in San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, and if my horoscope lends itself to the theme you are proposing, I would happily volunteer for a zoom fest!
Pan on January 6, 2023 at 5:06 pm said:
A friend of mine had a court appearance on the opposite coast. Flew halfway there, then all further flights canceled because of the storm! He turned around and came back! Merc Rec on steroids. And because of the change of plan, there was no one to pick him up from the airport at midnight, an hours drive from home.
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Whenever I work with wood, I feel it is the most precious thing I do. I give the maximum respect for the life of trees, and make concession to the wood as the beauty of the wood is revealed. I never design for my own self- satisfaction . I never force the wood to my will as just one kind of material. Besides, the design must be refined for everyday life. These ideas are based on a traditional sense of beauty and nature which has been cultivated in Japan. As you can see in Japanese traditional houses and gardens, accepting nature, being in symbiosis with nature and expressing the natural beauty in daily design, used to be the most important thing.


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As Somalia's drought and famine worsened in recent months, the Shabab militia in the south seized families' crops and livestock and imposed taxes that made it almost impossible to survive, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch.
The militia banned international humanitarian agencies as "infidels" and told the desperate population to depend on God instead. And it stopped many hungry people from fleeing the country for survival.
"I think they wanted the people to die," one refugee from the Shabab-controlled Sakoh district told researchers with the rights group in an April interview in a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya.
"The impact of Al Shabab's total prohibitions on food aid in areas under its control has been devastating for affected communities," the report says.
"No humanitarian aid is accepted by those guys," said another refugee, identified as DS from Afmadow district in southern Somalia. "They say, 'These are infidels who are distributing food and we don't want anything from them.' "
"They were telling people to just depend on God and forget about depending on the agencies," said TF, from Bay province, who was interviewed at a Kenyan refugee camp. He fled Somalia after nearly all of his 40 goats and 20 cattle died of starvation.
The refugees were identified by their initials for security reasons.
The Shabab, which controls much of southern Somalia, announced last month that it was lifting a ban on food aid, but it later backtracked.
"Al Shabab has violated international humanitarian law by prohibiting food aid to many areas under its control. It has banned about 20 humanitarian organizations, whom it accuses of pursuing religious or ideological motives," the report says.
The report offers a chilling picture of a desperately hungry population in the grip of the region's worst drought in decades, caught between ruthless armed groups fighting for control. The Shabab as well as Somalia's weak transitional government, militias allied with the government and African Union peacekeepers are all guilty of serious abuses, according to the report. Those incidents include killings, recruitment of children to fight, illegal detentions and indiscriminate attacks.
The government has launched attacks in recent months to expand its control.
The United Nations has declared famine in five regions of Somalia and has predicted the crisis will worsen in coming months. The world body, humanitarian agencies and Human Rights Watch have demanded that the Shabab provide access for humanitarian agencies, particularly in the south, where the famine is hitting hardest.
According to Human Rights Watch, the hunger crisis was worsened by the Shabab's "taxes" in the south, where it demands zakat, the charity required of all observant Muslims.
"If you have goats, they take your goats. Whenever the corn is ready, they come," said DS, the refugee.
Other families suffered because women were denied the right to work under the Shabab's radical interpretation of Islam.
Human Rights Watch interviewed Somali refugees in Kenyan camps in April, and humanitarian groups and Somali, Kenyan and U.N. officials in May and June.
Some refugees described the plight of family members who had repeatedly tried to flee drought-stricken areas only to be blocked by Shabab militants.
Any vehicle laden with refugees and their belongings was turned back, said one refugee, JK. Another refugee, identified as KF, said: "We were arrested several times by Al Shabab and they were refusing that we cross into Kenya. They told us, 'As teenagers you cannot leave the country. Who is going to defend the country?' We pretended we were going back to Bula Hawo, and then took [back] routes."
In some cases, humanitarian aid in Mogadishu, the capital, was blocked by soldiers of the transitional government, the report says.
"Theft and blockage of food has exacerbated food insecurity in an already tense, drought-affected and increasingly resource-scarce environment," the report says, adding that the agencies still operating were overwhelmed or hindered by violence.
It also cast light on the suffering of civilians in recent fighting in Mogadishu, with refugees accusing the Shabab of using civilians as shields by firing on government positions from residential areas. Counterattacks by troops caused indiscriminate civilian casualties.
"Al Shabab doesn't let people go when an attack is coming because they want to be with them and use them as a human shield," said one refugee, OL, from Mogadishu. "You don't know who to blame. Do you blame Al Shabab for hiding among the public, or the government for hitting back at the same place from where they were fired on?"


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Q: How to deny root SSH login + require SSH key for user? After reading this similar question I'm unclear how to require SSH keys for user, while denying SSH access to root (key or password). I'll use sudo after logging in as a user if I need to be root.
I know how to require SSH keys:
PermitRootLogin without-password

I know how to disable user 'root' from logging in:
PermitRootLogin no

I know how to whitelist a user:
AllowUsers user

I don't know how to put this all together (or if it's even necessary? - SSH key may be good enough). I would normally solve an answer like this through trial and error, but I'm afraid I'll lock myself out of this server...

A: If you want to disallow password logins then just set PasswordAuthentication no in the sshd_conf on the server.
I don't recall exactly, but I think at least no root login is the default.
Attempting to log in as any user on the system, who does not have your public key in their ~/.ssh/authorized_keys will ask for the password, whether or not a password is set, or a shell is available, if password login has not been disabled.
I think what you want is simply:

PasswordAuthentication no
PermitRootLogin no

This will disallow any root login, either with ssh key or password, and will require users to login with a valid key, as included by having the public key in that user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.

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Fortress Global Enterprises Inc.
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VANCOUVER, Oct. 22, 2019
TSX: FGE
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VANCOUVER, Oct. 22, 2019 /CNW/ - Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. ("Fortress" or the "Company") (TSX: FGE) (OTCQX: FTPLF) announces that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has notified the Company that it is reviewing the eligibility of the Company's securities for continued listing on the TSX pursuant to the requirements of the TSX Company Manual (the "Manual").
The Company is being reviewed under the TSX's remedial review process and has been granted 120 days to comply with all requirements for continued listing. If the Company cannot demonstrate that it meets applicable TSX requirements set out in the Manual on or before February 18, 2020, the Company's securities will be delisted 30 days from such date. The Company's listed shares (TSX – "FGE") and convertible debentures (TSX – "FGE.DB.A") will continue to trade on the TSX during the remedial review process. There can be no assurance that the Company will successfully regain compliance with the TSX listing requirements within this time period, in which case the Company's common shares and convertible debentures would cease to trade on the TSX; however, the Company is exploring alternative listing platforms but there is no assurance that such securities may be eligible to trade on any other trading platform.
The TSX notification and review does not affect the Company's business operations or applicable Canadian reporting requirements.
Fortress operates its dissolving pulp business at the FSC Mill located in Thurso, Québec, which also operates in the renewable energy generation sector through its cogeneration facility. Fortress operates its bioproducts business through Fortress Advanced Bioproducts Inc., which has laboratory and pilot plant facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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J.League Excite Stage '96 is a Sports game, developed by A-Max and published by Epoch, which was released in Japan in 1996.
Released in 1997 for the Sega Saturn.
J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!
Released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn. First title of the "Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!" franchise.
Released in 1998 for the Game Boy. Known as "Nihon Daihyou Team France de Ganbare! - J.League Supporter Soccer".
Released in 1995 for the PlayStation. First title of the "J-League Winning Eleven" series.
J-League Pocket is a soccer game that was a launch title in Japan for the Game Boy Advance.
J.League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97 is a 1996 Japan-exclusive soccer simulation video game, which was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation.
The title was based on the 1996 J. League, being published on November 22, almost two weeks later after the end of that season. At the time of its release J.League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97 was considered to be the most realistic soccer game for the PlayStation or any other console. It featured narration by Jon Kabira and commentary by Yasutaro Matsuki, a former Japanese football player and manager.
The 1996 season can be included in the "Golden Age" as in back then J.League was at its popularity peak, and many likeable superstars were playing in it: Guido Buchwald, Uwe Bein, Dragan Stojković, Salvatore Schillaci, Ivan Hašek, Dunga, Edílson, Jorginho, Mazinho, Careca, Ruy Ramos, Hidetoshi Nakata, among many others.
Both the playstyle and the league format (double stage with Victory Goal and Final match at the end) were very characteristic and promoted overly offensive, stylish and spectacular football.
Up to two players can compete in a series of games that include: Exhibition, full J.League season, Hyper cup, All-Star match and Penalty Kick modes. It is also possible to view the players' profile.
J.League Soccer: Prime Goal 2 is a Sports game, published by Namco, which was released in Japan in 1994.


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NXT Capital Closes Credit Facility in Support of Platte River Equity's Acquisition of Belt Power
Chicago, Illinois – NXT Capital announced today that it closed a credit facility in support of Platte River Equity's acquisition of Belt Power.
NXT Capital acted as the Administrative Agent, Sole Lead Arranger, and Sole Bookrunner on this transaction.
Headquartered in Marietta, GA, with 12 facilities strategically located across the U.S., Belt Power is the industry's largest, independent distributor and fabricator of conveyor system components, including conveyor belts, equipment, accessories, rubber hose and gasket products. The Company sells into a diverse set of end markets, with a focus on the food, packaging, industrial and material handling segments. Belt Power supports the high-touch needs of its customers and serves as a value-added partner by offering rapid 24/7 on-site installation, maintenance and repair services to maximize uptime and productivity for mission critical automation applications.
Founded in 2006 and based in Denver, CO, Platte River Equity is a private equity firm focused on investments in established lower middle market operating companies within targeted industrial sectors where it has substantial operating and investing experience. Platte River utilizes conservative capital structures in order to invest in future growth opportunities and withstand changing economic environments. The firm also provides significant ongoing support to its portfolio companies through dedicated resources across functional areas.
The firm has raised funds with committed capital in excess of $1.3 billion and is currently investing out of its $625 million fourth fund. The Platte River team is the largest collective investor across its funds, deeply aligning the firm with its investors and portfolio company management teams.
NXT Capital provides structured financing solutions through its Direct Lending group and is based in Chicago with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, and New York. NXT Capital is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA.


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The Alhambra, Eight Tips on Visiting Spain's Most Beautiful Palace
Visiting the Alhambra is like a strange hybrid between going to Disneyland and eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant. You have to prepare months in advance, buy your ticket, reserve your table. Everyone and anyone is there and wants to be there. You stand in lines, you fight the crowds. But by the end, you're rewarded with a magical, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
I messed up hard by not realizing that the online purchase only gives you a ticket confirmation. You have to pick up the actual tickets in person (so annoying! get with the online times, guys!). You can pick up the tickets at a tourist centre in Granada the day before, but since we didn't realize we had to do this, cue Mom and I waking up at before the crack of dawn. So, Tip #1, get your tickets (not just the confirmation!) in advance.
Holy moly was there already a lot people at the front gate. This is my experience on how they herded us through:
The first line. Right before getting in, there was a line for people who had their tickets and/or ticket confirmations, and one for people who were hoping to get last minute tickets for that day.
The second line. Picking up our actual tickets because we only had a confirmation. If you already had them, you could go skip to ...
The third line. Once we had our tickets, we waited to get into the general grounds.
The mad dash/rush to get to ...
The fourth line. Our entry time for the Nasrid Palaces was at 8:30 am, not 8, so the security wouldn't let me line up until later... but many people were already loitering around because you only have a designated 30-minute window of time to enter.
Madness, I tell you. Tip #2, get there early. And get ready to stand in lines on lines on lines.
Tip #3, book the earliest Nasrid Palace time. Don't cringe cause it's at 8 am. Just do it. The longer you wait, the more insane the crowds are.
Tip #4, learn Photoshop. There's almost no way to avoid the crowds and people and tour groups in very popular places, like the infamous Court of the Myrtles. Set up your camera in one spot, take a succession of photos, and photomerge in Photoshop for a people-free landscape shot. In less popular areas though...
Tip #5, stay in each room/area as long as you can. As annoying as the hordes are, you've got something they don't – time. As they're quickly shepherded from one room to the next, snapping their photos and selfies in rapid quickfire, you can find a safe, peaceful corner, and just wait for their exit. Mom and I enjoyed nearly-empty areas, a peace and calm, and the opportunity to not have to use that photoshop tip up above.
Tip #6, stop and stare at the details. They're insane. The colours, the handiwork, the carvings... it's crazy to believe this was all handmade centuries and centuries ago. But it was. And it's stunningly been conserved and protected and restored to perfection.
Tip #7, take in the bigger picture, too. It's easy to get angry with the stress of millions of other people. The lines. But slow down. Listen to the water bubbling. The leaves on the palm trees playing against one another. Take in the sky. Run your hands over the carvings. Feel it. Enjoy it. Transport yourself to the 13th century when the highest of royalty lived here. And now, the unimaginable, you're able to see it even though you're (probably) not royalty yourself.
Tip #8, don't underestimate the rest of the Alhambra. People go gaga over the Nasrid palaces (obviously, I mean, just look at the fairytale in the previous photos). But the Palacio, Alcazaba, and Generalife are worth a good, long look too.
The Palace of Charles V is either a sore thumb or a Renaissance masterpiece. Built hundreds of years after the original complex, it never housed any monarchs, and didn't even have a roof until recently.
On the west-most part of the Alhambra complex is the ancient fort, the oldest part, known as the Alcazaba, built in 800. From the top of its towers, you get a sweeping view of the grounds and a look out onto the city.
Waaaaay on the opposite side of the Alhambra is the "summer palace", the Generalife, built by the same Nasrid emirs responsible for the Palaces. Because you know, palace life is so hard, you need a retreat a few minutes away.
Even though it was late summer/fall in Southern Spain, the gardens were bursting with smells, colours, and strangely beautiful flora. Walking through the relaxing bubbling sounds and greenery really did feel like a "de-stress" from the crowds of the Nasrid Complex.
Everything looks so close on the map, but it really wasn't, haha! It's about 1 km from one end to the other, and almost as much from the entrance to the Nasrid Palaces. Plus, Mom and I walked all the way uphill to get there in the first place, and all the way back down! In total, we walked 12 km this day... but it was worth it!
Hope these tips help you through your crazy, hectic, beautiful, time at The Alhambra!
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This letter should be printed in all the Nazarene magazines.
The message of holiness and true holy living has been lost on the Church of the Nazarene for many years. It's unrecognizable as a denomination. Appreciate the words of Dr Jenkins, but unfortunately it's too little too late. My parents gave their entire lives to the ministry of the church and I miss them every day as they have been in Heaven now for many years. I am so thankful they are not here to witness what is becoming of their beloved denomination. They would be completely heartbroken. Our whole family parted company with the Nazarene's twenty two years ago and went non-denominational. Smart move.
Ezekiel describes those who come with a different agenda other than the gospel. Ezekiel [33:31] "So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain." The LGBT community fits Ezekiel's description of those who do not wish to be changed but to change the church to their way in pursuit of their own gain.
Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, England, very recently invited a guest speaker by the name of Tony Campolo. He shared stories of "challenge & inspiration" with faculty & guests. To me, this is very concerning given Mr Campolo"s past emergent views.
Would you raise this issue (sound the alarm!) on your blog, and maybe examine his documented views in recent times?
PS. Look @ NTC Manchester twitter feed for confirmation of his visit.
Thank you Manny. I very much appreciate you raising this very important issue.
Orville, Thank you! I almost did my PhD thesis on a unique approach God gave me and I use with Clients. Especially with Clients "thinking they are gay" and who may have had sexual incidents in their pasts that follow them like "ghosts".However, I did not do my thesis. At some point I would like to share with you somethings that you might find helpful. I think though taking different paths, we both would arrive at similar destinations.


New York University Press, 9780814708163, 256pp.
Explores how politicians, screenwriters, activists, biographers, jurists, museum professionals, and reenactors portray the American Revolution. The American Revolution is all around us. It is pictured as big as billboards and as small as postage stamps, evoked in political campaigns and car advertising campaigns, relived in museums and revised in computer games. As the nation's founding moment, the American Revolution serves as a source of powerful founding myths, and remains the most accessible and most contested event in U.S. history: more than any other, it stands as a proxy for how Americans perceive the nation's aspirations. Americans' increased fascination with the Revolution over the past two decades represents more than interest in the past. It's also a site to work out the present, and the future. What are we using the Revolution to debate? In Fighting over the Founders, Andrew M. Schocket explores how politicians, screenwriters, activists, biographers, jurists, museum professionals, and reenactors portray the American Revolution. Identifying competing "essentialist" and "organicist" interpretations of the American Revolution, Schocket shows how today's memories of the American Revolution reveal Americans' conflicted ideas about class, about race, and about gender--as well as the nature of history itself. Fighting over the Founders plumbs our views of the past and the present, and illuminates our ideas of what United States means to its citizens in the new millennium.
Andrew M. Schocket is Director of American Culture Studies and Associate Professor of History and American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University (OH). He is the author of Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia.


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Special Forces soldier charged with allegedly killing three in bowling alley shooting
Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree...
By Haley Britzky December 27, 2020
An Army Special Forces soldier has been charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder after allegedly opening fire in an Rockford, Illinois bowling alley complex on Saturday night, leaving three dead.
Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb, 37, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to the Rockford Register Star.
The Army confirmed on Sunday that Webb, who was on leave on Saturday, is a special forces assistant operations and intelligence sergeant assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Camp Bull Simons, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He previously served as a Special Forces Engineer Sergeant, and Parachute Rigger.
Webb joined the Army in 2008, the Army statement said; he has deployed to Afghanistan four times — in Aug. 2009 to Dec. 2009, Oct. 2013 to April 2014, Oct. 2014 to April 2015, and Jan. 2020 to July 2020. His military awards include two Bronze Star Medals, two Army Commendation Medals, the Army Achievement Medal, and four Army Good Conduct Medals.
Col. John W. Sannes, commander of 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), said in a statement on Sunday that they are "shocked and saddened to learn about this tragic event and our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and wounded."
Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb. (Photo via U.S. Army)
Webb allegedly killed three men who were 73, 65, and 69 years old. He is also accused of shooting and injuring a 62-year-old man who is in critical condition, a 16-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old boy who "was shot in the face," according to the Rockford Register Star.
Webb was "taken into custody within several minutes of officers arriving on the scene" and is being held without bond, according to the Rockford Register Star.
Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea said at a news conference that they believe the shooting was "a completely random act" and that Webb had "no prior meeting or any kind of relationship" with the victims.
While the bowling alley was closed because of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, a bar upstairs was open.
According to the Associated Press, up to 25 people were at the complex at the time of the shooting but "most escaped or hid." The two teenagers who were injured were picking up food at the bowling alley's carryout section.
"The alleged actions of Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb are abhorrent and are absolutely not representative of the Special Forces Regiment," Maj. Gen. John Brennan, commander of the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) said in a statement on Sunday night. "The vast majority of men and women Green Berets live up to their storied reputation and earn their beret every day.
"The actions described in reports are shocking and are completely out of character with Webb's twelve years of honorable service … Our heavy hearts and prayers are with the families affected."
Featured photo: Duke Webb. (Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)
Update: This post was updated on Dec. 28 to include more information about Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb's service history.
Haley Britzky is the Army reporter for Task & Purpose, covering the daily happenings in the Army as well as broader national security issues. You can reach her at haley@taskandpurpose.com, or haleybritzky@protonmail.com. Contact the author here.
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The new law otherwise known as The Philippine Standard Time (PST) Act of 2013 is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3284 and House Bill No. 164 that was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 4, 2013.
The Act mandates all national and local government offices to display Philippine Standard Time on their official time devices, including bundy clocks, in accordance with the official time provided by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) using its network time protocol.
All of these offices shall coordinate, at least once a month, with the PAGASA to synchronize their official timepieces and devices.
The PAGASA's Time Service Unit, in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), shall be tasked to monitor, maintain and disseminate the PST throughout the country. The PAGASA shall operate and maintain a timekeeping system to perform these functions and shall endeavor to install and maintain sufficiently large and prominently displayed synchronized time devices in all their field stations and in key public places.
The procurement of equipment necessary for the automatic dissemination of time with global positioning system (GPS) shall be in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 9184 (Government Procurement Reform Act). The DOST shall be the procurement overseer of the said equipment.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will also require the participation of all government and private television and radio stations to ensure synchronization of timekeeping devices even in the most remote parts of the country.
Owners of private television and radio stations who shall fail to calibrate and synchronize their time devices with the Philippine Standard Time during their broadcast shall, upon hearing and due proceedings, be penalized with a fine of not less than P30,000 but not more than P50,000 in the first offense. A subsequent offense will merit a revocation and cancellation of their franchises to operate.
The fine to be collected as penalty for the violation of this Act shall be deposited in the general fund of the National Treasury.
The PAGASA, in coordination with the DOST, the NTC, the Department of Transportation and Communications, the Department of Interior and Local Government, the Department of National Defense, Department of Health, the Department of Education, and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), shall promulgate the necessary guidelines for the effective implementation of the calibration and synchronization of the timekeeping devices and implementation of this Act within 90 days from the effectivity of this Act.


A new US study has found that a Mediterranean diet may significantly reduce the risk of chronic kidney disease.
The study, "The Association between a Mediterranean-Style Diet and Kidney Function in the Northern Manhattan Study Cohort" by Dr Minesh Khatri of Columbia University Medical Center and his colleagues, was published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
While the Mediterranean diet has long been associated with a decrease in cardiovascular risks, the researchers of this study aimed to find out if the diet can also encourage a positive change in kidney function and a lower risk of kidney disease. A Mediterranean diet includes fruits and vegetables, fish, legumes, and healthy fats like extra virgin olive oil.
This study followed 900 multiethnic participants for close to seven years, monitoring the degree of their adherence to the Mediterranean diet through a points system.
For every point in the Mediterranean diet score, the doctors noted a 17 percent lower likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, kidney disease is the 9th leading cause of death in the US, with 1 in 3 Americans at risk of developing the disease.


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"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master."
The Columbia Review
Atlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill
Jerry Brow
As a father, environmentalist and humanitarian he feels passionately that he can't let this travesty of environmental injustice to go unnoticed. He wanted, and has successfully, through the pages of this extremely interesting, shocking book, exposed the City of Atlanta and State of Georgia's incredible lack of scruples, and derelictions of duty both to their people and the environment. This is a story which needed telling and he has done so, for the sake of the health and wellbeing of generations to come and our planet.
Atlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill
Reviewed By: Susan Keefe
Susan Keefe reviews and promotes poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and is also author of the Toby's Tails series of children's books.
Shocking revelations of neglect and disregard of public health and safety in the State of Atlanta.
If I could turn back time…. I wonder how many of the people who have worked and are still working for the City of Atlanta, in the State of Georgia have this thought during recent times. As the saying goes, they had "Bitten off more than they could chew" when they forced Jerry Brow to accept their compulsory purchase of four investment properties he owned, located near the dumpsite, now known as Baby Gun Club Landfill.
Jerry Brow is the author of this shocking book which details the terrible disregard for public health and safety throughout decades which the State of Georgia and the City of Atlanta, have sanctioned just to satisfy their greed and to solve a problem quickly and with total disregard for environmental and public health. The location? Northwest Atlanta, Georgia, about five miles from downtown Atlanta.
However the story begins back in the 1940's when the civil rights of the "black" people were non-existent, however, the effects are haunting the lives of people to this day, in both health, environment and financially. The "white" people way back then didn't want their copious amounts of waste on their back doorstep, so they simply dumped it on the doorsteps of the "black" people, who had at that time no voice and no rights. The site, The Gun Club Landfill.
Through thorough research, the obtaining of official documents and talking with those who know, or remember, Jerry Brow describes in detail the permitted landfill trickery which took place over time, which allowed the city to accomplish their task of making the Baby Gun Club Landfill site disappear into or within the Gun Club Landfill! Jerry found a living witness, Mrs. X who, in the 1960's remembers the dumping of waste over the years, and is an eye witness to the injustices which have been perpetuated over the years by a government who just didn't care. Now a grandmother, she has watched the continual development of housing project homes for "black" people adjacent to the dump, where the residents not only had to see and smell the waste, but also suffer illnesses, skin lesions, and respiratory problems because of it. Health problems are no surprise when there are toxic gasses being released, cocktails of chemicals, asbestos and hazardous waste, and not only that but it is also adjacent to Procter Creek which leads directly into the national Chattahoochee River.
Deception and deceit, and total disregard for public health has continued through the years. In the early 90's the city shut down Gun Club Landfill due to complaints, however, nothing was done to Baby Gun Club Landfill, and no attempt was carried out to inform citizens or investors like Jerry Brow, who bought four parcels near there with an eye to the future. They had no idea Baby Gun Club was a dumpsite, and how what lies beneath their homes would come to affect their lives in every way.
So, why did Jerry write this book? Well, he is not only a licensed builder and international developer, dedicated to preserving the environment, he is also a husband and father. He was the founder of the Humanitarian Medical Relief and Ayuda Medica Humanitaria and was cofounder in Exxposed.org. The experience has motivated him to found the new movement called OUR PUBLIC TRUST (OurPublicTrust. com), which has been designed to get the people of our world to unite and start talking freely about the dependence upon our government for the public's air, water, and land.
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John Turturro Talks 'Fading Gigolo,' Women, Sex, Woody Allen and That Elephant in the Room (TRAILER)
John Turturro Talks 'Fading Gigolo,' Women, Sex, Woody Allen and That Elephant in the Room (TRAILER)
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Director John Turturro arguably is the only filmmaker who'd ever think of casting actor John Turturro as an attentive escort who's handsomely paid for his sexual favors by exceptionally attractive — and extremely grateful — women.
"Fading Gigolo" is the newest addition to his list of directorial credits, an inventory that also includes "Mac" (1992), his affectionate portrait of a workaholic building contractor not unlike Turturro's own dad, and "Passione," which was screened with Turturro in attendance at the 2010 Houston Cinema Arts Festival.
Turturro called a few days ago to discuss his work on both sides of the camera for "Fading Gigolo." The 57-year-old multihyphenate sounded justly proud of the movie's early success during bookings in New York and Los Angeles — and seemed optimistic that audiences elsewhere also would embrace the film, offbeat casting and all.
Highlights from Joe Leydon's interview with Turturro for Culture Map below. Read the rest of the story here.
Joe Leydon: As a director, you've never been afraid to simply present something as a given, without undue explanation. Like in your first film, Mac, there's that moment of magical realism where the lead character's father simply sits up at his wake, and complains to his son about the shoddiness of his coffin. In "Fading Gigolo," you have Woody Allen suggest that you should become a gigolo, you think about it just a bit — and then you're in business.
John Turturro: Well, I did have more things about the character originally — even in the stuff we shot. Like, at one point we find out that his dad left his mom, just walked out and never came back, and now he doesn't trust love. But by the time we got to that, in a later scene with Vanessa Paradis, I figured, "Wow. He's already implied that." We already know Fioravante obviously was close with his mother, and he never talks about his father. And I mean, who knows? Maybe he lost his mom when he was very young. We have a couple of hints about that. But like I say, I actually took out a couple of things [in the script] during the shooting, because when the time came to film them, I figured we were already past that.
Joe Leydon: They always say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But there's also another element to consider in movies: You actually have to make an audience believe a character is who he or she is supposed to be. You have to convince the audience.
JT: Well, you know, there are a lot people in movies who are very sexy — but are not really beautiful. Jeanne Moreau is a great, classic example. And to be honest again: In life, I've had many beautiful girlfriends. I have a beautiful wife. Now, I never felt like a cocky guy. But I've always felt confident. I have lots of friends who are confident in all kinds of ways. We're all different. In this case, I knew I had to be in good physical shape. And I had my hair cut really nicely.
Joe Leydon: OK, let's address the elephant in the room. Woody Allen recently has been in the papers a lot, for all the wrong reasons. Were you ever afraid audiences would be distracted by that while watching "Fading Gigolo"?
JT: Yeah. Well, audiences aren't, I find. But some of the reviewers are. It's like they're covering stuff that's on a different page in the newspaper. There's nothing I can do about it. I know she wrote her opinion, he wrote his. Woody is my friend. I've worked with him in the theater and this and that. But I don't know anything about it. I have nothing to say about it. Sure, people are going to write about it. But I watch audiences — and they just go with the movie.
Our review of "Fading Gigolo" is here. Also, watch an hour-long conversation with Turturro here.
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Rahul Gandhi's limitations as a leader of the masses have been highlighted and debated constantly since he plunged into politics.
Mahatma Gandhi?s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi today said Rahul Gandhi has taken a ?huge? risk by plunging into politics.
Rahul Gandhi's limitations as a mass leader have been highlighted and debated constantly since he plunged into politics. In around 15 years of being at the top of Congress' affairs, he has failed to impress or give signs of improvement. Most of the times he speaks in public, his words are taken as jokes. His efforts at reaching out to people result in diminishing returns for Congress party.
While one finds it baffling that no Congress leader has dared to question Rahul's inefficiencies, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson and former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has no doubts about it. Gopal Gandhi, who has consciously stayed away from politics, today said Rahul Gandhi has taken a "huge" risk by plunging into politics. "I was playing safe by not joining politics whereas Rahul Gandhi has taken a huge risk by joining politics," Gopal said at an India Today's South Conclave 2017 in Chennai.
The former Governor, who was approached by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to contest Delhi Assembly Elections 2015, said he doesn't personally know Rahul, nor does he intends to do so as the latter is a "busy" man. However, Gopal said he would like the Congress vice-president to tell people, what no other party leader would ever suggest him to do, that he is leaving the dream of becoming Prime Minister of India.
"I do not know the young man. I have no intention of taking his time because he is a busy person. But I would still say this that as a person who cannot speak for a particular community, because he doesn't belong to any particular majority community or minority community, but he is completely, he is as mixed up, as a wonderful 'khichdi' of India can be, I would like him still to tell India, something which nobody will ask him in the Congress party to do," Gopal said.
"If he was to stand up like Charlie Chaplin in 'The Great Dictator' and say I am expected to lead you to become Prime Minister of India, I am announcing today that I will not be Prime minister of India. I do not want to be Prime Minister of India," he added.
The Congres vice-president has been in news recently for his scathing attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation decision and charges of personal corruption.


The Seattle biotech community got an energetic new leader this week, but there was also some more grim news about budget cuts coming at one of the biggest local life sciences employers.
—Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), the Thousand Oaks, CA-based biotech giant, is looking to "improve focus" and "re-allocate resources" in its $2.9 billion R&D budget, according to a company spokeswoman. The company will have more to say in its quarterly earnings report on Oct. 24. Sounds like there will be some long days of grim speculation for the people at Amgen's Seattle R&D operation.
—Seattle-based NanoString Technologies rolled out the next-generation version of its genetic analysis instrument at a big scientific conference in Montreal. The new tool is supposed to be able to churn out 50 percent more data, and it's paired with a more flexible software program. The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, one of the world's leading centers for genomics research, has signed on as the first customer for the Version 2.0 tool from NanoString.
—For the first time, I made an early morning call to Iceland for a story. This was to talk with Kari Stefansson, the prominent geneticist and CEO of deCODE Genetics. The company made the news this week by announcing by announcing a partnership with Pfizer to look for new lupus drug targets. The Seattle angle here is that Arch Venture Partners and its indefatigable managing director Bob Nelsen helped rescue deCODE from bankruptcy in 2010 in a wager that deCODE could thrive in the era of ultra-fast, ultra-cheap gene sequencing.
—Seattle-based Qliance Medical Management, the company that provides direct primary care services on a monthly subscription basis, said this week it has done some management shuffling. Co-founder Erika Bliss, a primary care physician, is stepping up to become president and CEO, while co-founder Norm Wu is stepping aside to serve as a "strategic advisor" working on partnerships. Qliance probably has the investment syndicate with the highest television Q-rating in town—Jeff Bezos, Drew Carey, Michael Dell, and Nick Hanauer are among its backers.
—This week in BioBeat, I offered up a list of five things that the pharmaceutical industry could (and should) do to help the FDA reform itself and restore public confidence in the agency. There are some good comments piling up at the bottom of this story, and you're always welcome to add your own two cents there.
—Thong Le, the well-wired venture investor at WRF Capital, is going to take on a higher profile in the community next month when he becomes chairman of the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association. Le is replacing Tom Clement, the founder of Pathway Medical Technologies, who is now working to get a couple new startups off the ground—Aqueduct Neurosciences and Cardiac Insight.
—Drew McUsic, a University of Washington graduate student in bioengineering, offered up his view of the opportunity for biotech startups in the world of stem cell R&D. This post was based on a WBBA event in which officials from Geron and Fate Therapeutics offered their view from the trenches.
—Lastly, we had a guest post for the biotech crowd inspired by the life of Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who died last week at 56. Christopher Bowe, a healthcare analyst with Informa, sees some lessons in Jobs' life that might be healthy for a life sciences industry that's starving for some really exciting new innovations.


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Medal Quest : A Vancouver Double
Eighty days to go before the Darwin Outgames, and Medal Quest returns to the subject of medal design with one lgbt artist who has designed medals for both the Winter Olympic-Paralympic Games and the Outgames that have been held in Vancouver, Corrine Hunt. I mentioned Corrine briefly in my article last year on the Vancouver Outgames. Here is a closer look at her Olympic-Paralympic medals.
A major factor in the decision to award the Vancouver Olympic medal design to Corrine was her work in traditional First Nation art of her native Vancouver Island and heritage. Her artistic background is as influential as is her cultural background. Four of Corrine's uncles from both sides of her family are First Nation artists in their own right, and it was one of these uncles who gave Corrine her first interest in jewellery making in metal.
It was also this uncle who introduced Corrine to the history and use of art by the people of her First Nation ancestry, the Kwak-waka'-wakw nation. Through her grandmother Corrine also has ancestry from the Alaskan Tlingit nation which also has an influence on her work.
From her home on Vancouver Island Corrine went to study anthropology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver City. In 1985, inspired by her uncle, she began making her own engraved metal jewellery. Personally, I find Corrine's style pleasing to the eye and gives an organic nature to the metalwork which makes it come alive.
So, how did Corrine come to design the Olympic medals? In 2008 the Vancouver Organising Committee (VANOC) asked for design proposals. Corrine was one of 48 artists who submitted ideas. This group was then short-listed to 8. No actual designs were submitted at this time. Corrine's idea that each Olympic and Paralympic medal should have a unique design taken from a larger work appealed to VANOC, as was her idea of using the orca as symbolic of power and strength, and the raven as an expression of speed. Both the orca and the raven are major emblems in her First Nation heritage.
Another Vancouver artist was chosen to help bring Corrine's designs to reality. Omer Arbel is an industrial designer who developed the process by which each of Corrine's medals was cast with individual undulations, reflecting the individual design on the medal faces and reminiscent of the rolling Canadian landscape on the ski slopes. This made all the medals doubly(!) unique – no two medals had the same design or the same undulations.
The Paralympic medals were made in exactly the same way, each one individual and unique. They were more square in shape than the Olympic medals and went through the same 30-step process of manufacture. In total there were 615 Olympic and 399 Paralympic medals struck. Incidentally, all of them were made from recyclable materials. The metal came from old computer circuit boards and televisions which would otherwise have gone to land-fill sites. There is an excellent short video on this website which describes the creation process of the medals.
Shortly after the Paralympic Games ended Corrine received the Aboriginal Achievement Awards for the Arts.
Less than six months later she was asked to design more Vancouver medals – a Vancouver Double. This time the request came from the organising committee of the 2nd North America Outgames. Once again the symbolic representation of the orca and raven, joined by the wolf's tail, were used.
Turning Corrine's artwork into the design to be struck onto the medals was a fellow lesbian artist from the Vancouver area, Carol Weaver. I hope to write more about Carol and her work later in the year, as she also fits in nicely with the overall theme for 2014 of music with her being a musician and music therapist.
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