which constitute it at the time of, or near to, those events.
For wider history of Europe during this period, see links below.
The European Union is a geo-political entity covering a large portion of the European continent. It is founded upon numerous treaties and has undergone expansions that has taken it from 6 member states to 27, a majority of states in Europe.
As distinct from ideas of federation, confederation or customs union the main development in Europe depends on a supranational foundation to make war unthinkable and materially impossible and reinforce democracy enunciated by Robert Schuman and other leaders in the Europe Declaration. The principle was at the heart of the European Coal and Steel Community in the Treaty of Paris , following the "Schuman Declaration" and the later the Treaties of Rome establishing the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community. Both these bodies are now part of the European Union, which was formed under that name in 1993.
Large areas of Europe had previously been unified by empires built on force, such as the Roman Empire, Frankish Empire, Holy Roman Empire, the First French Empire and Nazi Germany. A peaceful means of some consolidation of European territories used to be provided by dynastic unions; less common were country-level unions, such as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
Largely due to the devastating effects of war many people turned to the idea of some form of unified Europe, notably William Penn, Abbot Charles de Saint-Pierre, Victor Hugo, Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and Giuseppe Mazzini. Such ideas became greater in Western Europe following World War I, with the massive loss of life it entailed, but it was not until after World War II that real steps were taken in Western Europe. The devastating impact of the World Wars did not create such an ideological effect in Russia, perhaps because it adhered to an ideology of its own, that of Communism.
An example of an organization formed to promote the association of states between the wars to promote the idea of European Union is the Pan-Europa movement.
World War II from 1939 to 1945 saw a human and economic cost which hit Europe hardest. It demonstrated the horrors of war and also of extremism, through the holocaust and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for example. Once again, there was a desire to ensure it could never happen again, particularly with the war giving the world nuclear weapons. The countries of Western Europe failed to maintain their Great power status leaving two rival ideologically opposed superpowers..
With statements such as Winston Churchill's 1946 call for a "United States of Europe" becoming louder, in 1949 the Council of Europe was established as the first pan-European organisation. In the year following, on 9 May 1950, the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed a community to integrate the coal and steel industries of Europe - these being the two elements necessary to make weapons of war. (See: Schuman declaration).
On the basis of that speech, France, Italy, the Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg ) together with West Germany signed the Treaty of Paris creating the European Coal and Steel Community the following year; this took over the role of the International Authority for the Ruhr and lifted some restrictions on German industrial productivity. It gave birth to the first institutions, such as the High Authority (now the European Commission ) and the Common Assembly (now the European Parliament ). The first presidents of those institutions were Jean Monnet and Paul-Henri Spaak respectively.
The attempt to turn the Saar protectorate into a "European territory" was rejected by a referendum in 1955. The Saar was to have been governed by a statute supervised by a European Commissioner reporting to the Council of Ministers of the Western European Union.
After failed attempts at creating defence (European Defence Community) and political communities (European Political Community), leaders met at the Messina Conference and established the Spaak Committee which produced the Spaak report. The report was accepted at the Venice Conference (29 and 30 May 1956) where the decision was taken to organize an Intergovernmental Conference. The Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom focused on economic unity, leading to the Treaties of Rome being signed in 1957 which established the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) among the members.
The two new communities were created separately from ECSC, although they shared the same courts and the Common Assembly. The executives of the new communities were called Commissions, as opposed to the "High Authority". The EEC was headed by Walter Hallstein (Hallstein Commission) and Euratom was headed by Louis Armand (Armand Commission) and then Etienne Hirsch. Euratom would integrate sectors in nuclear energy while the EEC would develop a customs union between members.
Throughout the 1960s tensions began to show with France seeking to limit supranational power and rejecting the membership of the United Kingdom. However, in 1965 an agreement was reached to merge the three communities under a single set of institutions, and hence the Merger Treaty was signed in Brussels and came into force on 1 July 1967 creating the European Communities. Jean Rey presided over the first merged Commission (Rey Commission).
After much negotiation, and following a change in the French Presidency, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (with Gibraltar ) eventually joined the European Communities on 1 January 1973. This was the first of several enlargements which become a major policy area of the Union (see: Enlargement of the European Union).
In 1979, the European Parliament held its first direct elections by universal suffrage (See: History of the European Parliament). 410 members were elected, who then elected the first female President of the European Parliament, Simone Veil.
A further enlargement took place in 1981 with Greece joining on 1 January, six years after applying. In 1985, Greenland voted to leave the Community after gaining home rule from Denmark (See also: EU territories). Spain and Portugal joined (having applied in 1977) on 1 January 1986 in the third enlargement.
Recently appointed Commission President Jacques Delors (Delors Commission) presided over the adoption of the European flag by the Communities in 1986. In the first major revision of the treaties since the Merger Treaty, leaders signed the Single European Act in February 1986. The text dealt with institutional reform, including extension of community powers - in particular in regarding foreign policy. It was a major component in completing the single market and came into force on 1 July 1987.
In 1987 Turkey formally applied to join the Community and began the longest application process for any country. In 1989, following upheavals in Eastern Europe, the Berlin Wall fell, along with the Iron curtain. Germany reunified and the door to enlargement to the former eastern bloc was opened (See also: Copenhagen Criteria).
With a wave of new enlargements on the way, the Maastricht Treaty was signed on 7 February 1992 which established the European Union when it came into force the following year.
On 1 November 1993, under the third Delors Commission, the Maastricht Treaty (Treaty on the European Union) became effective, creating the European Union with its pillar system including foreign and home affairs alongside the European Community. The 1994 European elections were held resulting in the Socialist group maintaining their position as the largest party in Parliament. The Council proposed Jacques Santer as Commission President but was seen as a second choice candidate, undermining his position. Parliament narrowly approved Santer but his commission gained greater support being approved by 416 votes to 103, Santer had use his new powers under Maastricht to flex greater control over his choice of Commissioners. They took office on 23 January 1995.
On 30 March 1994, accession negotiations concluded with Austria , Sweden , Finland and Norway . Each country held a referendum on membership which resulted in a majority in all but Norway, which hence stayed out of the EU. However, Norway did participate with Iceland and Liechtenstein in the European Economic Association (entered into force on 1 January 1994), which allowed European Free Trade Association states to enter the Single European Market, created in 1993. Switzerland had planned to join but membership was rejected in a national referendum. The following year, the Schengen Agreement would come into force between seven members, expanding to include nearly all others by the end of 1996. The 1990s also saw the further development of the euro. The 1 January 1994 saw the second stage of EMU begin with the establishment of the European Monetary Institute and at the break of 1999 the euro as a currency was launched and the European Central Bank was established. On 1 January 2002 notes and coins were put into circulation, replacing the old currencies entirely.
During the 90s, the development EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) was given a strong impetus by the conflicts in the Balkans. The EU failed to react during the beginning of the conflict, and UN peacekeepers from the Netherlands failed to prevent the Srebrenica massacre (July 1995) in Bosnia and Herzegovina , the largest mass murder in Europe since the second world war. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) finally had to intervene in the war, forcing the combatants to the negotiation table. On 24 March 1999, the situation on Kosovo led to an EU CFSP declaration on Kosovo and prompted a NATO intervention in Kosovo and Serbia . While there was greater EU involvement in the Kosovo conflict than in the Bosnian conflict, the failure of the EU to prevent the conflicts in former Yugoslavia, or to bring them to a quick close, heightened the desire for greater EU effectiveness in foreign affairs. The early foreign policy experience of the EU led to it being emphasised in the Treaty of Amsterdam (which created the High Representative), which entered into force on 1 May 1999, and the 1997 declaration by Western European Union leaders on that organisation's role with the EU and NATO. In response, the Nice Treaty strengthened the High Representative and foreign policy cooperation.
However, any success was overshadowed by the budget crisis in March 1999. The Parliament refused to approve the Commission's 1996 community's budget on grounds of financial mismanagement, fraud and nepotism. Parliament established a committee to examine the situation, the results of which were published on 15 March 1999 and were highly critical of the Commission. The Socialists, the only major party supporting the executive, withdrew its support from Santer and, with Parliament ready to throw them out, the entire Santer Commission resigned the same evening of the report's publication.. The crisis severely damaged the Commission's position in the face of global crises such as Kosovo and the other institutions, with the Council increasingly distrustful of the Commission. The post-Delors mood of euroscepticism became entrenched with the Council and Parliament constantly challenging the Commission's position in coming years. In response, the anti-fraud watchdog OLAF was rapidly established by the following Commission.
In the following elections, the Socialists lost their decades old majority to the new People's Party and the incoming Prodi Commission was quick to establish the new anti-fraud body OLAF. Under the new powers of the Amsterdam Treaty, Prodi was described by some as the 'First Prime Minister of Europe'. On 4 June, Javier Solana was appointed Secretary General of the Council and the strengthened High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy admitted the intervention in Kosovo - Solana was also seen by some as Europe's first Foreign Minister. The Nice Treaty was signed on 26 February 2001 and came into force on 1 February 2003 while the European Convention began drafting the European Constitution. The Nice Treaty made the final preparations before the 2004 enlargement to 10 new members.
Enlargement of the Union from 1993 onwards.
On the 10-13 June 2004, the 25 member states participated in the largest trans-national election in history (with the second largest democratic electorate in the world). The result of the sixth Parliamentary election was a second victory for the European People's Party-European Democrats group. It also saw the lowest voter turnout of 45.5%, the second time it had fallen below 50%.
On 22 July 2004, José Manuel Barroso was approved by the new Parliament as the next Commission President. However his new team of 25 Commissioners faced a tougher road. With Parliament raising objections to a number of his candidates he was forced to withdraw his selection and try once more. The Prodi Commission had to extend their mandate to the 22 November after the new line up of Commissioners was finally approved.
A proposed constitutional treaty was signed by plenipotentiaries from EU member states on 28 October 2004. The document was ratified in most member states, including two positive referendums. The referendums that were held in France and the Netherlands failed however, something which halted ratification and lead to a "period of reflection" regarding EU institutional reform.
In 2007 the leaders formally ended this period and signed the Berlin Declaration on 25 March 2007 (which was the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome). The declaration was intended to give a new impetus to finding a new institutional settlement. Later in the year the European Council agreed that the constitution proposal would be abandoned, but most of its changes would be retained in an amending treaty. On 13 December 2007 the treaty was signed, christened the Treaty of Lisbon, and, after ratification in all member states comes into operation on 1 December 2009. The first President of the European Council to be appointed under its terms was Herman Van Rompuy.
In 2007, the fifth enlargement completed with the accession of Romania and Bulgaria on 1 January. 53 MEPs joined the Parliament along with two Commissioners, for which two new posts were created in the Commission. The post created for the Romanian Commissioner was Multilingualism, which was criticised by some for its narrow scope.
On the same day, Slovenia adopted the euro, after other candidates such as Lithuania were turned down due to inflation. Malta and Cyprus adopted the euro on 1 January 2008. Slovakia became the Eurozone's sixteenth member the 1 January 2009.


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These protocols provide guidance to employers in the health care industry. These employers may also benefit from reviewing protocols developed for health professions, in-person counselling and office spaces. Employers must also ensure they are abiding by any orders, notices, or guidance issued by the provincial health officer, and the appropriate health authority, that are relevant to their workplace.
November 6: Ministry of Health releases Policy: Mask Use in Health Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please see "Personal Protective Equipment" below.
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Every employer is required to have a COVID-19 safety plan that assesses the risk of exposure at their workplace and implements measures to keep their workers safe.
To help you develop your plan, this page provides information and resources on keeping workers safe in industries that have been providing essential services since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. For additional information, also see:
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WorkSafeBC will be reviewing plans of individual employers during their inspections of your workplace. Please be reminded that in accordance with the order of the provincial health officer, this plan must be posted at the worksite and posted to the website, if there is one. During a WorkSafeBC inspection, we will ask employers about the steps they have taken to protect their workers and to see their plan. To learn more, read Inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prevention officers are working with health care providers and others to support the direction of provincial and federal public health agencies in reducing the risk of COVID-19 exposure to health care workers. WorkSafeBC continues to engage in education, consultation and inspection activities to ensure health care employers are complying with OHS Requirements, orders and direction from the Provincial Health Officer, the Ministry of Health, and public health agencies.
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WorkSafeBC has engaged BC Emergency Health Services to ensure they are meeting their obligations for worker health and safety.
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Exposure control plans must consider both patient care and non-patient care areas and workers. It is imperative that these plans are communicated to and fully understood by workers, and that they continue to adapt as conditions evolve. Employers must also consult with Joint Health and Safety Committees and worker representatives on issues that impact worker safety.
Ensuring the safety of health care workers is critical to BC's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health care employers must ensure appropriate PPE is provided to workers and train workers on the mode of transmission of COVID-19 and the correct use of the personal protective equipment (PPE).
The office of the provincial health officer has issued policies around Infection Prevention and Control for COVID-19. These policies will change as the situation evolves and must be consulted regularly for updates. The BC Centre for Disease Control website will also be an online resource to check in on regularly for updates.
Health care facilities must comply with the policy issued on November 4, 2020 by the Ministry of Health on Mask Use in Health Care Facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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If the matter is not resolved, the worker and the supervisor or employer must contact WorkSafeBC. Once that occurs, a prevention officer will consult with workplace parties to determine whether there is an undue hazard and issue orders if necessary.
For more information, see Occupational Health and Safety Guideline G3.12.
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SafeCare BC is the Health and Safety Association for long-term care and home support workers in the province. They have a number of resources to assist employers in managing the risk of COVID-19 exposure, including a new Care for Caregivers resource to provide mental health support for health care providers. This initiative represents a partnership between the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division and SafeCare BC, and is proudly supported by the BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions.
Health care workers with concerns about COVID-19 exposure should contact their manager, their joint occupational health and safety committee or worker representatives, their union reps, and their corporate health and safety department. Representatives from the relevant health authority and SafeCare BC may also have resources and information.
Workers and employers with questions or concerns about workplace exposure to COVID-19 can call WorkSafeBC's Health and Safety Information line at 604.276.3100 in the Lower Mainland (toll-free within B.C. at 1.888.621.SAFE). You'll be able to speak to a prevention officer to get answers to your questions, and if required, a prevention officer will be assigned to assess the health and safety risk at your workplace.
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Other|February 01, 1982
Wave propagation and sampling theory; Part I, Complex signal and scattering in multilayered media
J. Morlet
ELF Aquitaine, Rueil Malmaison, France
G. Arens
E. Fourgeau
D. Giard
Geophysics (1982) 47 (2): 203-221.
J. Morlet, G. Arens, E. Fourgeau, D. Giard; Wave propagation and sampling theory; Part I, Complex signal and scattering in multilayered media. Geophysics ; 47 (2): 203–221. doi: https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1441328
From experimental studies in digital processing of seismic reflection data, geophysicists know that a seismic signal does vary in amplitude, shape, frequency and phase, versus propagation time. To enhance the resolution of the seismic reflection method, we must investigate these variations in more detail.We present quantitative results of theoretical studies on propagation of plane waves for normal incidence, through perfectly elastic multilayered media.As wavelet shapes, we use zero-phase cosine wavelets modulated by a Gaussian envelope and the corresponding complex wavelets. A finite set of such wavelets, for an appropriate sampling of the frequency domain, may be taken as the basic wavelets for a Gabor expansion of any signal or trace in a two-dimensional (2-D) domain (time and frequency). We can then compute the wave propagation using complex functions and thereby obtain quantitative results including energy and phase of the propagating signals. These results appear as complex 2-D functions of time and frequency, i.e., as 'instantaneous frequency spectra.'Choosing a constant sampling rate on the logarithmic scale in the frequency domain leads to an appropriate sampling method for phase preservation of the complex signals or traces. For this purpose, we developed a Gabor expansion involving basic wavelets with a constant time duration/mean period ratio.For layered media, as found in sedimentary basins, we can distinguish two main types of series: (1) progressive series, and (2) cyclic or quasi-cyclic series. The second type is of high interest in hydrocarbon exploration.Progressive series do not involve noticeable distortions of the seismic signal. We studied, therefore, the wave propagation in cyclic series and, first, simple models made up of two components (binary media). Such periodic structures have a spatial period. We present synthetic traces computed in the time domain using the Goupillaud-Kunetz model of propagation for one-dimensional (1-D) synthetic seismograms.Three different cases appear for signal scattering, depending upon the value of the ratio wavelength of the signal/spatial period of the medium.(1) Large wavelengthsThe composite medium is fully transparent, but phase delaying. It acts like an homogeneous medium, with an 'effective velocity' and an 'effective impedance.'(2) Short wavelengthsFor wavelengths close to twice the spatial period of the medium, the composite medium strongly attenuates the transmission, and superreflectivity occurs as counterpart.(3) Intermediate wavelengthsFor intermediate values of the frequency, velocity dispersion versus frequency appears.All these phenomena are studied in the frequency domain, by analytic formulation of the transfer functions of the composite media for transmission and reflection. Such phenomena are similar to Bloch waves in crystal lattices as studied in solid state physics, with only a difference in scale, and we checked their conformity with laboratory measurements.Such models give us an easy way to introduce the use of effective velocities and impedances which are frequency dependent, i.e., complex. They will be helpful for further developments of 'complex deconvolution.'The above results can be extended to quasi-cyclic media made up of a random distribution of double layers. For signal transmission, quasi-cyclic series act as a high cut filter with possible time delay, velocity dispersion, and 'constant Q' type of law for attenuation. For signal reflection they act as a low cut filter, with possible superreflections.These studies could be extended to three-dimensional (3-D) binary models (grains and pores in a porous reservoir), in agreement with well-known acoustic properties of gas reservoirs (theory of bright spots).We present some applications to real well data. Velocity dispersion may explain: mistying between sonic logs and velocity surveys; mistying between synthetic seismograms and seismic sections.Effective velocities lower than mean velocities may explain: very low velocities for P- and S-waves, especially in weathered shallow layers; anomalies on the values of the ratio V s /V p ; mistying between P and S seismic sections.Finally, the Gabor expansion provides a tool to obtain sampled instantaneous frequency spectra, and to carry out a suitable recording and processing method in high-resolution seismic, especially to preserve the phase information. Such a processing will involve complex signals, complex traces, complex velocities and complex impedances.For practical purpose, this paper comprises two separate parts. Here, we present some interesting features on the scattering of seismic signals obtained by a simulation method using simple models. We show the usefulness of the notions of complex signals, complex velocities, and complex impedances, and overall of the Gabor expansion, by simulation on very simple models.Morlet et al, (1982, this issue) will be concerned with the development of fundamental notions useful to handle seismic data from the sampling method of recording to processing methods. There we give theoretical and practical tools to sample and handle these data in the time-frequency domain, using complex functions.
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Queenstown Fire Department
Queenstown, MD
As a result of the devastating fire in Queenstown in 1892, there had been an active interest in developing a firefighting program. As early as 1894 an old hand truck had been purchased from the Aberdeen, MD. fire department for $225. An organized group existed from 1894, operating initially under the name of "The Queenstown Company". Two of the leaders were William S. Delahay, Chief of the Engine Dept., and George Lane, Chief of the Ladder Dept. There were also several other "Active Members". The alarm system was simply an iron triangle (with a bar for striking it) hung near the center of town in front of the current bank building. The hand truck was only six feet long from hub to hub and only four feet wide, made of mahogany with brass fittings. It carried twenty five to thirty metal buckets, six fire axes, several feet of ladders, three roof ladders, 300 feet of two inch hose and two ten foot lengths of three inch suction hose. Twelve men, six to a side, manned the pump handles and when going full steam it could produce a stream of 50 to 75 feet at a rate of 150 gallons per minute. The suction hose was placed in a stream, barrel or well.
For some reason, reluctance to increase the tax rate, lack of interest, disagreement, absence of major fires or general decrease in business activity of the town, none of the proposed plans for a water supply and fire fighting equipment were developed to the point where they were very useful. By the first World War, or sooner, the company had apparently disbanded. In March of 1934 there was a meeting at community hall to discuss the possible formation of a fire company. Many fundraisers were held to support this endeavor. Finally on January 28, 1935, the Queenstown Fire Department was incorporated. The company purchased a lot in town for $200 and ground was broken that same year for the building of a new firehouse at the price of $3500. The firehouse still stands on that site today.
In November 1942 an ambulance was placed into service. It was replaced in 1952 with an ambulance donated by the Queenstown Lions Club. A new Cadillac ambulance was purchased in 1956 and replaced in 1963. A New Chevrolet box type ambulance was purchased in 1979. In 1957 the group became a part of the Ambulance Assoc. of Queen Anne's County.
In 1952 the fire dept. purchased an $8000 GMC pumper. During that same year the first addition was built onto the firehouse. In February 1955 a new International pumper was delivered and in 1968 a new GMC truck was ordered costing $19,128. In 1976 a Dodge minipumper was obtained. In 1980 a new Ford Pierce was purchased for $80,000 and had a water tank capacity of 750 gallons. In 1983 a tanker was obtained and carried 2500 gallons of water and could pump 500 gallons per minute.
The front of the firehouse was remodeled in 1960. In 1965 a central alarm system was place into operation, with calls being handled by the Maryland State Police.
Since it's founding, the fire department has served the town and surrounding areas in an excellent and efficient manner. It has fought many difficult fires at any time of night or day, as well as provided quick and efficient Ambulance services for the sick and victims of accidents. The department members have always kept themselves well prepared for the job by participating in courses and training on the most proficient and latest technology. It should be remembered that all of these members are volunteers and give unselfishly of their time.
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by Office of Sen. Kamala D. Harris April 9, 2018
April 9, 2018 – Yesterday, in recognition of National Dog Fighting Awareness Day on April 8, Senators Kamala. D. Harris (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Help Extract Animals from Red Tape (HEART) Act, bipartisan legislation that would expedite the disposition process for animals seized in federal animal fighting cases, hold offenders financially responsible for the care of animals in custody, and allow courts to take into account the animals' welfare when considering legal delays.
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"Rescuing animals from dogfighting operations is a priority for the ASPCA, but their necessary sheltering and care can last months or even years. Assisting law enforcement in this way can be very expensive for shelters and rescues, and the long federal process can take a toll on animal victims as well as cause local agencies to think twice before intervening in new cases," said Matt Bershadker, President and CEO of the ASPCA. "We commend Senators Harris and Collins for championing the HEART Act to streamline this process and help victims of cruelty transition more quickly from lives of suffering and uncertainty to safe and loving homes."
The HEART Act has been endorsed by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Humane Society, the National Sheriffs' Association, and the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys. The companion bill in the House of Representatives was introduced last year by Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27) and John Katko (NY-24) and has received widespread bipartisan support with 66 co-sponsors.
Specifically, the HEART Act:
Accelerates the disposition process by reducing from 60 to 30 days the amount of time the government has to notify interested parties following the seizure of animals under the federal animal fighting or gambling statues.
Requires the court to consider the animals' welfare and the cost to the government when seeking to extend the notice period.
Requires claimants to reimburse the costs of caring for animals seized in federal animals fighting cases when the government prevails in civil forfeiture proceedings.
Gives judges the discretion to allow the consideration of the claimant's culpability, financial condition, and other factors when requiring and determining the reimbursement.
As Attorney General of California, Senator Harris fought to defend California's animal protection and welfare laws against out-of-state interests who sought to overturn them.
Text of the bill can be found here.


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"You can't blame shoppers," Amazon adviser Elad Goldenberg told Haaretz. "They expected to see good deals and low prices."
By World Israel News Staff
Disenchantment is reportedly growing with Amazon's operations with Israel, just weeks after the much-anticipated launch of the e-commerce giant in the Jewish State.
A senior representative of a large Israeli manufacturer, which is said to have invested hundreds of thousands of shekels in anticipation of a boom in business, complained to Ynet that Amazon is "not doing anything to advance or bring in traffic," adding that it was "disappointing" that the website was not even in Hebrew.
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It has been two months since the launch of what was supposed to be an Israel-specific outlet for Amazon. After an earlier delay, the operation began in time for the crucial Jewish holiday season.
After an initial period of some excitement, the last couple of weeks have been very quiet, say vendors, according to Ynet.
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Reaction to YG KSH receiving a lifetime ban from Epulze for scripting in DPC Qualifiers
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December 22, 2022 #News#Opinion
Here are the thoughts of Dota 2 casters and the community on the lifetime ban of KSH and the disqualification of Yangon Galacticos.
Just as the 2023 Dota Pro Circuit Southeast Asia (DPC SEA) Winter Tour: Closed Qualifiers was about to come to an end, Epulze announced the disqualification and ban of Yangon Galacticos.
Yangon Galacticos and KSH at the 2023 DPC SEA Winter Tour
Before the start of the lower bracket finals, Epulze announced on Twitter that Yangon Galactico's carry, KSH, "has been found guilty of scripting and receives a lifetime ban from Epulze, remaining teammates are banned until further notice, pending a more extensive investigation."
A similar disqualification happened back in 2018 during the qualifiers for The International 2018 (TI8), when Dota 2 player Juan "Atun" Ochoa was disqualified for using a macro. A combat log showed Atun playing Meepo using the Poof ability on three separate Meepos at the exact same time. Under typical conditions this would be impossible to do.
Yangon Galacticos deny allegations and say they "will fight for Ksh"
Yangon Galacticos responded to the news of the Epulze ban on their Facebook page:
"Our professional Dota team was announced in the following link that our players committed scripted plays by the official organizer. We have never been acknowledged with evidences ahead of this post and never been provided contact information to further investigate. It's something we have no knowledge of.
We wanted to investigate if there is anything that is causing the misunderstanding. All of our players from Yangon Galacticos have always been playing with our own morality and dignity. Additionally, Ksh is the youngest players who have achieved 10K MMR in the whole SEA region.
He is our hope, our country's rising star. We will fight for him. We will fight this nonsense.We, our brothers will fight for Ksh to get the justice till the end. Our truth shall be revealed soon. For now, further notices will be updated in the mean time."
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Dota 2 community reacts to Yangon Galacticos situation
Following the ban, Epulze announced that the two teams from the lower bracket semi-finals will face each other. Team Drink Water and Lilgun faced each other once again in hopes of securing the final spot in Division II of the 2023 DPC SEA Winter Tour.
Team Yangon Galacticos. Image via Yangon Galacticos on Twitter.
What are the professionals saying about the ban?
We reached out to several Dota 2 experts and casters formed opinions on their reaction to the ban.
"This should affect nobody else on the team going forward," Muriëlle "Kips" Huisman told Esports.gg. "Obviously, they are now disqualified from the tournament since they got to this position using an unfair advantage, but this should impact [zero] of the others unless it can be proven that they knew about this script. I have no idea how they would have known, and it's borderline impossible to prove that they did."
There's a precedent of career-ending rulings for these cases, most famously during Atun's disqualification for using scripts during The International 8 qualifiers. "Looking back, he'd been using scripts like these for months already," Kips told us. Based on that past incident, we can say that both the organization and the players turned out just fine despite his cheating."
"A case like this proves that the ones who are foolhardy enough to try it anyway will sooner or later fly too close to the sun."
Meanwhile commentator Sean "Snare" Rihlamvu felt the pressure to succeed in the DPC could be one factor in what he believes to be a rise in cheating.
"I think it speaks to how the scene is now basically impossible to thrive within unless one goes deep into DPC. I don't think it's a coincidence that since the DPC system began, we've seen a huge influx of cheating especially in the qualifiers. Players don't see another way to make a living in the game anymore."
When asked about his thoughts on the ban he did not hold back.
"It was the biggest f**kup ever," said Snare. "Because based on the overall ability of the squad they could have qualified heads up; and the player himself is actually quite decent."
Yangon Galacticos playing Dota 2. Screenshot via Streamable.
On the topic of bans Nikola ''hairy_freak'' Babic said he believed the latest clean up in Dota 2 was a move in the right direction to discourage the players from breaking the rules.
"Big penalties are needed so that players in the future don't even think about doing something that is against the rules. YG as a team has had a lot of hardships in the past years, internet dropping down, no electricity, but I have personally worked with [tournament organizers], mostly Moonstudio that would make exceptions for their current situation and help them have a competitive environment, even though that would mean changing the schedule just for them.
So if the allegations against KSH are true, it is a big disrespect for everyone in the scene who has tried to previously help the team and he deserves the ban coming his way."
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Hairy_freak added that when it comes to the rest of the team, that's a different matter. "It is hard to come up with a good punishment and hard to determine if the other players were in on it or not," he told Esports.gg. "So for the future, we will be needing a consistent set of rules and then the players and the teams will be able to take the needed steps so something like this doesn't affect them as much."
Dota 2 caster aponzeus also weighed in on the situation. "From an [outsider's] look, it is always sad to see things such as scripting, maphacks, account sharing etc. in the scene," he said.
"The rules are pretty clear about that though, and punishment has to be there as long as sufficient evidence has been found. I personally don't like lifetime bans on first-time offenders, especially in the esports scene, as a lot of players can be very young. The exception being, of course, egregious cases. Without having precise knowledge of what exactly happened and what the evidence is, I don't know if this is an egregious case."
Singaporean analyst and caster Sean "Hades" Goh on the other hand, said he felt KSH's permaban was "deserved", and that if his team-mates knew about it they should also receive a similar punishment. "I just hopes this doesn't negatively affect the Myanmar Dota 2 community," he added.
Will Yangon Galacticos come back from this? Will we see them at the next tour?
Stick around on Esports.gg for more Dota 2 news and updates.
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The military coup in Thailand last month is the 12th successful coup since the country became a constitutional monarchy in 1932. Counting attempted coups, it is the 19th. So, why is this one significant?
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While coup supporters celebrate - some of them, dressed in military-style T-shirts, partied at expensive restaurants in Bangkok - a sense of fear and intimidation prevails among others. And the junta has given no sign of rapid return to civilian rule. 'Give us time', the army chief, Prayuth Chan-ocha said when announcing that the junta would need at least 15 months to undertake necessary reforms. In this respect as well, the present coup resembles an earlier era of Cold War coups when the military ruled directly, or with only the thinnest of civilian veneers.
There are several reasons for this apparent throw-back to an earlier era of crude military intervention in Thai politics. In part, this is the behaviour of an institution that is scared. The military leadership knows fully well that the country has undergone fundamental structural social change since the 1970s. Democratic institutions and practices have taken root. Large segments of the population that previously ranked among the most poor and powerless have become political mobilized. These are above all the rural population in the North and Northeast, and the lower classes in Bangkok, many of them employed in the city's vast informal sector. Their votes brought the controversial populist Thaksin Shinawatra to power in the elections in 2001 and 2005, and – when he went into exile after the military coup in 2006 – the party he had established again won a sweeping victory in 2011, now led by his sister.
The military is up against not only the forces released by the populist movement of Thaksin – buoyed by the very real improvements in health care and education that his regime brought – but also a broad swath of civil society and the intelligentsia that have developed as an adjunct to the fast-growing middle class, in itself a result of decades of rapid economic growth and development. While Thaksin is deeply controversial among them, democratic principles and associated freedoms are not.
Internationally the coup is likewise viewed as a regression to an earlier era and a departure from the path of political democracy that Thailand seemed to follow. The US government initially denounced the military seizure of power – explicitly using the term 'coup' – and called for rapid return to civilian, democratic rule. The EU did likewise.
Arrayed against this opposition, the military has reached for the tool it knows best - force and threats of force - to established compliance and order. But what prompted the military to seize power in the first place?
The immediate trigger was, of course, six months of demonstrations and unrest in Bangkok, orchestrated by the 'old classes' – the traditional economic and political elites and the minor aristocracy - in order to force out the elected government headed by Thaksin's sister. The deeper agenda was to curtail democratic elections that had brought to power the populist tiger that Thaksin was riding. In this respect, the old classes and the military had shared interests.
Both nurtured a deep mistrust of 'the people', a mistrust framed by a blend of ideas that in their totality serve to justify a social order where an expanding and vigorous entrepreneurial elite co-exist with the traditional elites as long as the former does not threaten the latter (Thaksin's mistake was to appear to cross that line). In this social order, guarded and represented at its apex by the King, social change is controlled and in an ideological sense guided by the Buddhist concept of 'merit'. In this order, the king is King by virtue of his accumulated merit; in a vulgarized form, it suggests that powerful persons likewise have gained their position through merit. In an even more vulgarized and politicized form, it translates to the notion that poor farmers or workers without education can be manipulated by people without merit to upset the social order.
These are not idle musings of the traditional elites. The political agenda of the demonstrations during the past six months has been reforms to effectively limit the electoral, democratic process, initially through an appointed government and a new constitution that, for instance, constrains the power of an elected Lower House as against an appointed Upper House. Demonstrators have talked of a weighted voting system that favours the propertied, urban classes.
The authority of the King has been invoked by color – the demonstrators have wrapped themselves in yellow, the birthcolor of the King – and by slogans. In his speeches to the nation, the King used to talk of order as a balance between two kinds of people: the good people (khon di) who have accumulated much merit, and bad people (khon mai di) who have not. Order and prosperity reign when khon di rule. In recent months the message has been aired on TV stations more frequently than before as a ticker-tape message between programs.
The military as an institution is deeply royalist (and also owns several TV stations). In institutional terms, the military views the present 'red shirt' populists as a threat to the existing social order not only because they may lack merit. Rather, the red shirts appear to the military as a new version of the previous serious threat they combatted, namely the insurgency waged by the Communist Party of Thailand in the 1970s.
The junta now talks of 'unity and harmony' in a way that, according to some analysts, provide the final pointer to why the military seized power and seems determined to retain it. The terms 'unity and harmony' were also used by Thai kings during the first part of the 20th century to rally support at a time when the monarchy was threatened. At the present time, Thailand faces a possible succession crisis. The King is old (86 years) and ailing; his son, the Crown Prince, is controversial and mercurial. Will the succession spark a deeper crisis that could jeopardize the institution of the monarchy as it functions today?
The Thai kings in the early 20th century who invoked 'unity and harmony' did so to defend the absolute monarchy. They lost out in 1932, when the country became a constitutional monarchy. Today, it seems the military has seized power under the banner of 'unity and harmony' to defend the constitutional monarchy. In the short term, they have won. In the longer run, the outcome is much less certain.
AS 31.5.2014
Everyday Maneuvers: Military - Civilian Relations in Latin-America and the Middle East
Jan 2013 - Jun 2016
Also on this project:
28 Nov 2016 | Prize winning Master´s thesis to CMI student
Taming the war machine: Police, pacification and power in Rio de Janeiro
Honduras slipping back into authoritarian rule


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Heinrich Stulberger (* 1902 in München; † nach 1970) war ein deutscher Landwirt und Kommunalpolitiker (Bayernpartei).

Werdegang
Stulberger hatte in München das humanistische Gymnasium besucht und das Studium an der Hochschule Weihenstephan als Diplomlandwirt abgeschlossen. Er arbeitete zunächst als Gutsverwalter, bevor er 1925 in Amerang einen eigenen Hof erwarb. Bereits vor 1933 war er in dieser Gemeinde kurzzeitig als Bürgermeister tätig, wurde aber bald von den neuen Machthabern von seinem Posten enthoben. 1945 stimmten die amerikanischen Besatzer seiner erneuten politischen Tätigkeit zu, im März 1946 wählte ihn die Bevölkerung erneut zum Bürgermeister von Amerang und er blieb dies bis zur Wahl zum Landrat.

Im Juni 1948 wurde er mit einer Mehrheit von 26 zu 19 Stimmen durch den Kreistag zum Landrat des oberbayerischen Landkreises Wasserburg am Inn gewählt. Bei den Kommunalwahlen 1952, 1960 und 1964 wurde er im Amt bestätigt. Das landwirtschaftliche Anwesen führte in der Zwischenzeit sein Sohn.

Literatur
 Jaromír Balcar: Politik auf dem Land: Studien zur bayerischen Provinz 1945 bis 1972, München 2004, ISBN 3-486-56598-2

Landwirt (Deutschland)
Landrat (Landkreis Wasserburg am Inn)
Mitglied der Bayernpartei
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes 1. Klasse
Deutscher
Geboren 1902
Gestorben im 20. oder 21. Jahrhundert
Mann


Traditional economics is based on the assumption that humans are rational beings, that we evaluate our situation in a logical way, making decisions based on cost-benefit analyses. Behavioural economics turns this on its head and suggests that, actually, we are myopic creatures whose choices are loaded with emotions and cognitive bias. We make mistakes too – lots of them!
Behavioural economics brings in ideas from psychology, neuroscience, sociology and microeconomics to explain the way that decisions are made. Although primarily focussed on economic decisions, this way of thinking has interesting implications for learning design.
Behavioural economics, as the name suggests, is all about behaviour and behaviour change – the Holy Grail for learning designers. Recognising that humans won't necessarily do what you want them to, or even do what they say they're going to do, is the first step to understanding behaviour and ultimately being able to change and improve it. The context that people make decisions in also has a bearing on the choices they make, as does the influence of people around them.
So what lessons can we take from behavioural economics when designing digital learning?
1. Context is important - learners make decisions comparatively and relatively, so it is vital that the learning is put into context. This might be via a business simulation or a realistic scenario.
without making it so easy that it's not a challenge and they get bored or feel patronised.
3. Don't give learner's too many options. If you give people five options they will invariably go for the middle one. We're programmed to avoid extremes.
4. People tend to prefer instant gratification over future benefits. Immediate feedback, badges, points and other gamification tools can provide this.
and representativeness. We are more likely to remember vivid examples, so learning with impact that tells a good story is more likely to stick.
6. People like to conform and cluster together. Including some form of social learning will play well to these traits and encourage participation.
7. Everyone makes mistakes and imperfect choices. Embrace this in your learning design and give people the chance to repeat activities until they get the right answers.


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"I'm not perfect…" : Lewis Hamilton Compares Himself With Roger Federer
The 36-year-old is currently chasing a eight world championship as he looks to further establish himself as Britain's most successful ever racing driver. But Hamilton, who has been caught up in controversies away from the track during different stages of his career, says he is not perfect.
Instead, the Mercedes driver believes the ideal role models are the likes of Roger Federer and boxing great Muhammad Ali.
READ DEEPER Max Verstappen could face 2022 race ban if Lewis Hamilton tussles continue
"By far! Look at Muhammad Ali or to make an example, Roger Federer. These athletes are much closer to perfection than me. The word 'perfect' makes me think to a musician that finds the right tone at every concert."
"And then perfection is a concept that constantly changes. It's evolving. You evolve when you get older, when you gain wisdom. And when our strength decreases, I suppose that our perception towards perfection changes again."
"It will be about being able to play sport."
Federer has racked up 20 Grand Slams during his illustrious career and is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever to play the sport.
READ DEEPER Mercedes F1 React as Nicholas Latifi Breaks His Silence After the Controversy in Abu Dhabi
Similarly, Ali is considered one of the best to ever step into the ring, and was known as an inspiring figure without the gloves on, donating millions of his earnings to charity.
Hamilton is no stranger to speaking highly of Federer in the past, describing him earlier this year as a source of inspiration.
READ DEEPER Max Verstappen brings back F1 tradition that Lewis Hamilton has rejected since 2015
"I always come back to talking about Roger Federer, but he's a great example," Hamilton said. "He has managed to become the world No 1 again. He is a happy family man, he is very wealthy, but still, he has this tremendous inner drive to reach new heights."
"Maybe that's really a sign of greatness."
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Watch: Wellesley Firefighters Appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
A video of the team saving a dog from the Charles River went viral, so Ellen invited them on her show.
By Yiqing Shao·	 1/14/2014, 4:00 p.m.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCIkQaa6z4c
Celebrities aren't the only ones who get to have fun on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The talk-show host also invites everyday people with inspiring stories. Ellen is well-known for her love of animals, so her visitors today—Wellesley firefighters who saved a dog from the Charles River in December—were perfect guests for the show.
Last month, after a golden retriever named Crosby fell through the ice on the Charles River, the firefighters successfully rescued the dog by donning protective suits and entering the water to shepherd Crosby out.
The four Wellesley firefighters recap the story on Ellen (clip above), explaining that they were celebrating their office holiday party at the time of the owner's frantic call, and that it turned out Crosby ended up in his predicament after chasing a squirrel out onto the ice. (Way to confirm stereotypes, Crosby.)
The dog's owner, Amy, was in the audience, and expressed her gratitude toward the first responders for their heroism. Since the video of their rescue went viral, the team has received a lot of national attention and was even given a special award from PETA.
Ellen decided to say thanks by giving each firefighter a trip to the Caribbean (to escape the bitter cold of Boston). Not a bad reward for a heroic dive into the Charles.
Dave, Paul, Joan, and Jim were the most recent of several local guests whom Ellen has invited to be on her show in the last few months.
In December, two boys from Bridgewater appeared on the show after an entire youth football team wore suits, ties, and fedoras to support their six-year-old teammate after he was bullied. Ellen's reward? More fedoras, plus a personal invitation from Tom Brady to attend a Pats game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCHkZoD_dLU
In October 2013, Ellen invited an engaged couple on the show. Ellen presented the pair, who were injured in the Boston Marathon bombings, with $20,000 from Shutterfly.
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In fulfillment phase, we may have multiple (e.g. 4) fulfillment assignees to fulfill a request.
When the form meet certain condition (e.g. all checkboxes are ticked), I want the request to push to next status.
We don't want to use ITPAM task list function as it needs to introduce another interface..
An action to call an ITPAM task that makes the check and acts accordingly is almost certainly the way to go - with the process being automated, the end users wouldn't need to use another interface at all.


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PRE-ORDER "ONE GOD" NOW!
Vids and Battles
BIO/EPK/LINKS
Shows and Pics
'Show Me State' native, Bates, has been setting booths on fire and blazing stages since she started her music career. Soon, Bates' edgy demeanor and nonconformist attitude would give her the extra edge needed to gain respect in a male-dominated and often misogynistic hip-hop industry.
The pivot in Bates' career occurred when she me R&B singer, Notes, who introduced her to T.R.U.E., an indie producer who was also striving to establish his own record label. Soon after, Bates joined STL's super-charged group, H.A.R.D Asylum. Together, the group released Tha Front (2012) and followed it with Tha Committed(2014) - a double-disc of bold and beautiful bars packed with aggression, cockiness and struggle.
The group became popular almost as fast as it lost wind. Life matters sent members in different directions, leaving Bates rebranding herself for another solo career. At the start of 2015, she was awarded 'Best Female Hip-Hop Artist' in the St. Louis Underground Music Awards and was featured in many STL publications. She followed her success with The Great DeBates (2015), a subject-by-subject mixtape that addressed everything from the commercialization of hip-hop radio stations, to the shooting death of Mike Brown at the hands of the Ferguson police.
That following Fall, Bates made another powermove. She released "Tell Jesus," a video with great direction, raw emotion, six vocalists and TRUE On Tha TRAC on the beat. The video became an STL underground staple.
At the turn of the year, Bates was awarded 'Best Video' for "Tell Jesus," 'Best Female Hip-Hop Artist' for the second time and became the first woman to take home 'Artist of the Year' in the history of the Slumfest Awards. This sent Bates on a creative frenzy, making sure her next project would wow her fans.
Summer 2016 Bates released For Colored Folk. The project took the city by storm. Every local paper and magazine covered the project before and after its release.
"For Colored Folk is a navigation through spiritual, social and political minefields — a crossroads of intersectional issues that she attacks head-on while aiming straight for the gut. Throughout its fifteen cuts, Bates never meets the audience halfway. Not a single track comes sugar-coated, and she spits with a brash vibe that respects the time and intelligence of her peers and fans alike." - Riverfront Times
90For Colored Folk went on to win 'Album of the Year' in the 2017 Slumfest Music Awards. The project also topped ULSTN Radio's best projects above some serious competition. Everything from the packaging to the production raised the bar for St. Louis rappers.
Strange Woman has quickly become one of the most replayed, no-skip albums of the decade. Hiphop Dx called it the best album they've heard in the last five years after they made Bates the first indie artist from St. Louis to be premiered on their wide-reaching platform. Many other music critics and bloggers have nothing but great things to say about the project. It's filled with bold, fearless and festive bars while Bates lyrically dances all over beats from TRUE On Tha TRAC, Muzic Boy, Groundbreaking Beatz and a few other hip-hop heavy-hitters. Almost in total contrast to For Colored Folk, Bates proves how much of an unpredictable, unrestricted Strange Woman she is.
Bringing it up to present-day, Bates recently releases a free mixtape called 1990 Raw that showcases Bates' lyrical flexibility on all instrumentals from the 90's, ranging from Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It" to NWA's "Express Yourself." Each track has its own flavor, while still encompassing those gritty and analog sounds of the 90's. Bates didn't compromise one for the other. Instead she brought in features from songstress Kourtney Nicole, Mz Tigga and even a surprise feature from her in-house producer TRUE On Tha TRAC - their intricate styles helped make 1990 Raw a nostalgic and historical landmark in her career.
On the wings of 1990 Raw, Bates is sure to have a smooth flight toward the release of her much anticipated LP, One God. Produced entirely by national super-producer Major 88 Keys, One God is set to shock the world with its relentless delivery and amazingly versatile beat selection. The 10-track album embodies what it's like to be a female emcee at the top of your career. It's powerful, energetic and a catchall album that has something for all ages and creeds. One God will be available on all online stores and streaming services August 30th 2018.
CHECK OUT BATES' DIGITAL EPK:
https://spark.adobe.com/page/goCu08Wu09DmK/
THE GOD OF ALL LINKS - Fanlink (IG, Facebook, Youtube etc):
https://fanlink.to/Bates


I had heard about Volt Kitchen's hugely popular sister concept, Volt sometime ago and on one Saturday afternoon when I was scouting for a place in Jumeirah for lunch, I came across Volt Kitchen. That's how I ended up dining at this place.
Volt Kitchen is the new restaurant/cafe by Volt Group of Restaurants. This trendy place is located in the beautiful district of Jumeirah. It is an international restaurant offering various kinds of dishes from different cuisines.
This home-grown concept is a black themed restaurant with funky and aesthetically appealing decor. In the daytime, the restaurant looked bright and cheerful. The latest radio hits in the background enhanced our dining experience.
After being seated, we were given their iPad menu. The menu is simple and concise. It consisted of starters, salads, sliders, sushi, mains and desserts. Their drinks menu has a variety of mocktails and fresh juices. And they also serve specialty coffee.
We ordered Mix Berry Mojito and Passion Fruit Mojito. Both the drinks were refreshing, cool and had a great flavor. Perfect way to cool off on a sunny afternoon.
Feta Corn Salad was excellent, I can't tell you how fresh, crunchy and tasty it was. This salad had a mix of sweet corn, feta cheese, wild rocket, baby spinach, red chard lettuce and cherry tomatoes drizzled with pomegranate sauce.
Their Rainbow Fries is every French Fries lovers dream come true. It had crisp potato fries mixed with four kinds of cheese, that was served with their special house sauce.
Potato Bravas made with crunchy Holland potatoes was another delicious starter that was slightly spicy and very yummy.
Crispy Mac and Cheese bites were served with creamy tomato sauce. Mini Macs was another standout dish, we devoured it in couple of minutes.
Sadly they don't have veg sliders nor veg mains, but they do have veg sushi. We were not in a mood for sushi, but we requested the staff to make us Sliders with just cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, plum tomato, white onion with their special homemade sauce. Even that simple thing was pretty good, with an addition of patty, it would have been awesome.
We liked their dessert selection, and we ordered their signature dessert- Chocolate Bomb. It had chocolate sphere filled with vanilla ice cream and was served with small bits of brownie and fudge. Hot chocolate sauce was poured over it. I don't have words for this divine tasting dessert, felt like I went to chocolate heaven after eating it.
We ended our lunch with their freshly brewed specialty Coffee. Liked the latte art whipped up by their barista.
We went to Volt Kitchen without any expectations and came back as their fans. Loved the food, the drinks, the service and the atmosphere. My only request to them is to add a veggie slider and a veg main course dish. I'll be going back again to try their newly launched breakfast menu.