1.3. Legal form: ARI is an association as defined by the provisions S. 214 et seq of Act No. 89/2012 of the Civil Code (hereinafter the "CC).
support growth of ARI members' business and expansion of their business to foreign markets.
Aside from its main activity, ARI may develop business activities as defined by S.217 (2) of the CC, which, however, must be directly related to ARI's main activity in all cases, must be directed to supporting this main activity and also be limited by this purpose. Business use of the association's property, including intangible property such as developed know-how or any intellectual property rights, may be used in such secondary business activity. Income derived from such activity shall be used to cover ARI expenses.
Pursuant to decisions made by its management board, ARI may use the know-how and capacity of its members to provide services. The management board may decide whether the public sector will be charged for ARI Services on a case by case basis.
ARI may provide the services of the Centrum pro rozvojové trhy (hereinafter the "Centrum") to private and public entities. The Centrum is a coordination centre that actively acts as an intermediary for business opportunities, works with international financial institutions and arranges integration of Czech engineers, advisors and suppliers into the international environment, i.e. in relation to preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects in emerging markets.
The Centrum's activities constitute a business activity, which is an ARI secondary activity in compliance with 2.2 above and which is provided on a fee basis to both ARI members and non-members who express an interest in these services and order these services exclusive of the Main Activity pursuant to 2.1 and of ARI Services pursuant to 2.2.1.
Any legal or natural person from the private sector may be a member of ARI. The management board shall decide in the event of doubts as to whether a particular person is from the private sector or not. The management board may also grant exceptions to Honorary Members and Partners from the public sector.
the first membership dues have been paid in the stipulated amount.
upon the death of a member who is a natural person.
The ARI management board may grant honorary membership (hereinafter "Honorary Membership") to any person who has contributed or contributes in a significant way to attainment of ARI's goals, even if such person has not fulfilled the conditions of ARI membership set forth in Article 3.2 herein. Honorary membership is valid for the calendar year for which it was granted by the management board.
The ARI management board may grant partner membership (hereinafter "Partner Membership") to any person from the public sector which supports attainment of ARI's goals in b) through g) pursuant to Article 2.1, even if such person not fulfilled the conditions of ARI membership set forth in Article 3.2 herein. The status of an entity that has been granted Partner Membership is "Partner" and the establishment and cessation of Partner Membership is governed by Articles 3.2 and 3.3.
The management board makes decisions to grant Honorary and Partner Membership on the basis of a written application from the person intending to become an Honorary or Partner Member.
Decisions by the management board to grant Honorary or Partner Membership must be unanimously approved by the committee.
Honorary members do not have to pay membership dues and have no voting rights. Partners do not have voting rights. Both, however, have the right to participate in events held by ARI and meetings of ARI bodies as if they were regular members, including meetings of the General Assembly and meetings of any working groups that may be established by ARI. This authorisation does not extend to management board meetings, with the exception of cases in which an Honorary Member or Partner is expressly invited to a management board meeting.
Every member which is a legal person or a public institution shall authorise a natural person to act on its behalf in relation to ARI matters. Authorised individuals may also assign a proxy to represent them. This clause does not apply to members of the management board, in which execution of a management board member's position is bound to the specific person.
The supreme body of the ARI is the General Assembly, which has the right to decide on any ARI matter, even if it was previously under the decision-making authority of the management board. The General Assembly is convened by the chairman of the management board, the secretary, or jointly by at least one-third of ARI members. The regular General Assembly is held at least once a year.
General Assembly agendas will be sent with an invitation to the General Assembly at least 14 days in advance of the date of the General Assembly. The General Assembly may discuss and decide on matters other than those listed in the invitation only with the consent and participation of all ARI members authorised to vote on such matters.
General Assemblies without due convening of the General Assembly as stipulated herein and according to the CC may be held only with the consent and participation of all ARI members.
Decisions on the matters listed above require a 2/3 majority of votes by the ARI members present at the General Assembly.
An absolute majority of all ARI members must be present for the General Assembly to have a quorum.
Every member (with the exception of Honorary Members and Partners, which do not have voting rights) is entitled to the number of votes corresponding to its turnover level pursuant to 8.1 herein, according to which it pays membership dues for the year in which the General Assembly is held. Members in the first level are entitled to one vote, members in the second level are entitled to two votes and members in the third level are entitled to three votes. If a member pays a contribution corresponding to a higher turnover level in a given year, it will be entitled to the corresponding higher number of votes.
Minutes are taken at the General Assembly. Every ARI member has the right to view General Assembly minutes. This right may be exercised in the ARI headquarters.
The management board is the statutory and executive body of ARI which supervises ARI's activities and decides on ARI matters between General Assemblies, with the exception of matters that may be decided by the General Assembly.
The management board is a collective statutory body. It makes decisions through an absolute majority of all members of the management board, whereas voting by correspondence is permitted according to rules set by the management board.
In the event that the number of management board members decreases to less than half between General Assemblies, any one of the remaining management board members convenes an extraordinary General Assembly. In the event that none of the management board members convenes an extraordinary General Assembly without undue delay, the secretary or any member of ARI is authorised to convene the General Assembly.
The management board has seven members. They elect one member to act as chairman of the board. The term of office of the management board is two years. The term of office ends at the latest on the day on which a new management board is elected at the next regular General Assembly. In the event that a member of the management board was replaced during this period, their term of office ends at the same time that the term of office of the other members of the management board ends.
Management board members are elected by ARI members at the General Assembly.
In the event that a management board member's relationship (a natural person who represents an ARI member, which is a legal person, on the management board) to said legal person and said legal person does not consent to the continued membership of the authorised natural person on the management board, such member shall be replaced by the candidate who received the second-most votes in the elections.
In the event that a management board member's term of office (a natural person who represents an ARI member, which is a legal person, on the management board) expires, another person designated by the ARI member – legal person through a written notice addressed to ARI shall be co-opted to replace the exiting member. This individual shall become a management board member when the written notification concerning co-optation is delivered to the management board.
In the event that the procedure described above is not followed, the management board is entitled to co-opt a suitable person to fill the open management board member position, but only in the time period before the next General Assembly. The procedure described in 5.3. herein also applies in the event that a management board member resigns.
In the event that a management board member acts in a manner that harms the interests of ARI such member may be dismissed by the General Assembly prior to expiry of their term of office.
In the event that a member of ARI is expelled through a decision by the General Assembly, and such member was a member of the management board, the management board membership of the person related to the expelled member is automatically terminated. In such case the procedure described in 5.3 Replacement of a management board member is then followed.
The management board members select one of the members as the board chairman, who also represents ARI as its chairman. The chairman manages and coordinates the work of the management board, oversees the work of ARI employees between management board meetings and regularly communicates with the secretary.
The secretary is engaged by ARI to manage and secure activities aiming to fulfil ARI's goals. The management board sets the scope of activities and specific tasks for the secretary. The management board negotiates and approves the conditions of the secretary's engagement.
Working groups may be set up to reach ARI goals in specific areas. A working group shall have at least three members and shall choose a leader of the working group. Working groups are established through approval by the management board.
The secretary shall be notified of working group meetings and shall provide information about such meetings mainly through the ARI website and/or using other means. All ARI members have the right to attend working group meetings.
Working groups may prepare opinions on issues that are of common interest to ARI members. Such opinions, however, shall not be in conflict with ARI goals or with General Assembly resolutions and shall be made public only upon approval by the management board. The management board may set other rules for making opinions public.
The management board may decide to terminate a working group. Such decisions must be approved by an absolute majority of the management board members.
over CZK 500 million – level 3, annual membership dues of CZK 30,000.
Every member has the option of paying the annual membership dues corresponding to a higher turnover level on a voluntary basis. Partners' annual partner dues are CZK 40,000.
Unless the management board stipulates otherwise, annual membership and partner dues are due within a 90-day period from the beginning of the accounting period for which the dues are to be paid.
In compliance with 2.2. Secondary activity, ARI Services pursuant to 2.2.1. are not covered by membership dues. ARI members are required to pay ARI remuneration for ARI Services provided pursuant to 2.2.1.(i) in the extent and amount set through a decision of the General Assembly on an annual pre-paid basis.
In compliance with 2.2. Secondary activity, Centrum Services pursuant to 2.2.2. are not covered by membership dues. ARI members and non-members are required to pay ARI remuneration for Centrum Services in the extent and amount set through a decision of the General Assembly on an annual pre-paid basis.
The management board shall prepare the framework ARI annual budget. The General Assembly approves this framework ARI annual budget. The management board monitors specific fulfilment of the annual budget. Every member has the right to view the ARI accounting books and all related documents.
ARI members are not guarantors of ARI obligations nor are they accountable for ARI obligations in any other way. ARI members are required, however, to pay their membership dues on time.
In the event that an ARI member's membership began or ended during a year for which membership dues should be paid, such member shall be required to pay the membership dues in their entirety as if such member were a member for the entire year.
The chairman of the management board is authorised to act on behalf of ARI in relation to other entities by himself/herself; two members of the management board may also act jointly on behalf of ARI in relation to other entities.
The secretary is authorised to act on behalf of ARI in regard to ordinary matters. The management board is authorised to define the scope of ordinary matters more specifically. The management board may grant a power of attorney for particular legal actions as necessary.
In the event that a member which is a legal person ceases to exist, the ARI membership of said member passes on to the member's legal successor.
In the event that ARI ceases to exist, the proceeds of liquidation shall be distributed in the manner agreed upon in writing by the remaining ARI members. In the event that it is not possible to decide in such manner on the use of the proceeds of liquidation, the liquidator shall decide on distribution of the proceeds of liquidation in the manner presumed by the CC.
These statutes replace the existing version of the statutes, effective as at 21 February, 2017.


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Daily police violence is the new norm in Issawiya — with no end in sight
For the past six months, Israeli police have subjected Issawiya's residents to daily raids and arrests. No one seems to know the goal of the operation — including the police.
By Oren Ziv November 13, 2019
For Jerusalem police, even directing traffic is a form of terrorism
One of East Jerusalem's most prominent political activists was arrested for supporting terrorism — while trying to solve a traffic jam in his own neighborhood. Israeli police arrested a well-known Palestinian activist in East Jerusalem earlier this week, accusing him of encouraging drivers to run over Israeli officers while he directed traffic in his neighborhood. Muhammad Abu…
By Oren Ziv August 29, 2019
In one East Jerusalem neighborhood, summer vacation has become a war zone
For children in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, summer vacation means dodging rubber bullets and watching their fathers and brothers arrested and humiliated every day. By Yuval Abraham At the entrance to Issawiya in East Jerusalem, eight children are laughing as they chase one another in circles. I take out a camera and a few of…
By +972 Magazine August 22, 2019
In East Jerusalem, nightly raids leave Palestinian neighborhood reeling
For the past six weeks, Israel has been sending paramilitary police forces to raid the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya every evening. The raids, a severe form of collective punishment, have left one young Palestinian dead and hundreds wounded. By Aviv Tatarsky It's 5:30 p.m. and some 10 large police vans rumble into the East Jerusalem neighborhood…
By +972 Magazine August 4, 2019
Israel deports 14-year-old girl to Gaza — without telling her parents
Ghada had spent her entire life in the West Bank, yet somehow found herself deported to the Gaza Strip after being arrested by Border Police officers. Israeli authorities deported a 14-year-old epileptic Palestinian girl from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip earlier this month, without notifying her parents, and despite the fact that she…
By Edo Konrad January 31, 2018
Is Jerusalem forcing a new direction for the Palestinian struggle?
'This is the least expensive occupation in history,' says one Palestinian resident. What he wants in return are equal rights in a democratic state. Could this be the future of the Palestinian national movement? When I first met Osama Essawi in the summer of 2014, Israel's "Operation Protective Edge" had claimed its 500th Palestinian…
By Samer Badawi December 8, 2017
WATCH: This is what it looks like when Israel demolishes your home
Israeli authorities demolish homes, car repair shops, and businesses in four different East Jerusalem neighborhoods — in a single day. By Eli Bitan Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, police officers, and municipal inspectors made their way to the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on Tuesday mornin, to demolish two large apartment buildings, an agricultural business, and…
Police admit arresting Palestinian man to prevent him from protesting
Police arrested Muhammad Abu Hummus to prevent him from peacefully demonstrating against the Jerusalem Marathon — then lied about it. By John Brown* In March of this year, Israeli police arrested Muhammad Abu Hummus, a resident of the village Issawiya in East Jerusalem, where he serves as a member of a community organizing committee. He was arrested along…
By +972 Magazine September 15, 2016
Dispelling the myths about building in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem, construction of Jewish neighborhoods continues unabated, while Palestinians are still struggling for basic infrastructure. By Aviv Tatarsky There is no construction freeze. As opposed to declarations by right-wing politicians such as Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat or Education Minister Naftali Bennett, construction in Jerusalem was never frozen, while the cranes and bulldozers keep working…
By +972 Magazine July 7, 2016
WATCH: How a single checkpoint affects an entire neighborhood
Ever since the eruption of the latest round of violence, the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya has been essentially blocked off from the rest of the city by a single checkpoint. Dozens of residents, along with students from Hebrew University and members of Knesset, held a demonstration calling to open the checkpoint and end the…
By Social TV January 8, 2016
WATCH: Barbecue at the checkpoint? Why not
Following a wave of stabbing attacks in Jerusalem, Israeli security forces erected checkpoints and barriers at the entrance to many of the city's Palestinian neighborhoods, causing untold hardship to the vast majority of residents who had nothing to do with the violence. How would you feel if you found infantry officers holding a barbecue at…
By Social TV December 10, 2015
Israeli forces wound two small Palestinian children: Where's the outrage?
Israeli security forces shoot two small Palestinian children with 'less lethal' bullets — one in the head, one in the thigh. The Israeli media barely notices. A five year old. An armed, uniformed Israeli pointed a gun at him. And shot. A kid not even old enough for first grade. I haven't seen any reports…
By Mairav Zonszein October 1, 2015
WATCH: Protesting collective punishment in East Jerusalem
Israeli police regularly shut down roads in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya following clashes there, in what amounts to collective punishment on the village's entire population. That is the message residents had for police: we just want to live. Stop punishing us. More on collective punishment in Issawiya: Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis protest collective…
By Social TV September 13, 2015

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LTC4 is excited to be a supplier at this years ILTA Insights Conference in London on November 12, 2015.
Stop by our table exhibit and meet LTC4 board member Rachel Baiden (Squire Patton Boggs) and Governance Pod member Sean Claydon (Allen & Overy).
Insight delegates include C-suite personnel, director and manager technologists, litigation support managers, KM specialists, technical architects, business analysts, subject-matter experts and attorneys.
The event provides for a Supplier Technology Showcase and time to network with colleagues and suppliers.
Registration is free to law firm and law department attendees. Tell your European colleagues about this important opportunity!
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The packaging is good, and it works fine.
Highly Recommend written by mobile It's okay ... I like the design.
It is light and good. One citric acid was also washed, so I did not wash it in 3 seconds, but I wash it in about 3 hours and then it goes out quietly in about 1 hour.
I do not know if I can buy it, but I do not want to buy it.
Highly Recommend written by mobile George Lucy is very good.
Sound is a little big, but it's good for humidification and cleaning.
There was a problem, but the seller did not feel bad because I was kind enough to respond to the seller. I put more hot water than cold water.
I am surprised that the delivery is faster than I thought. I use it well without any abnormality of the product. ~~ ^^ I recommend a heated humidifier.
Humidification is easy, water is easy to fill, cleaning is very easy. The downside is that you need a transformer, because the transformer is big, heavy and expensive. Still, this product seems to be the best when considering various things. Other humidifiers were too difficult to wash and gave up. So is the air washer.
I am satisfied. I have a little noise.
Humidors and transformers are noisy. I set it to auto / weak because it is a noise that I do not mind even if I turn it in. I do not know when to sleep, but I worry about falling asleep. If you are sensitive, be careful about your purchase. Humidification power is really good.
George Lucy is so good, but there's some noise.
Shipping is fast. Sounds bigger than I thought, but I'm satisfied.
I received it well without any problem in the fast delivery. Works fine and good.
I bought it because the house is dry and rhinitis, but it's better to have the humidity rise and the air to warm up.
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I made an order but it is only paid and the order history does not appear.
Fortunately, 10 minutes later, it was canceled automatically. Why?
I'm sorry, but I can not confirm the cause here.
It turns out that George Lucy is selling the parts separately.
We do not sell our products separately in our shop.
Actual goods will be shipped by power cable.
If you want, please send a message to your inquiry replies after you place your order. ^^ We will process it promptly after confirmation.
I have a question while using the humidifier.
The water is boiling again and the water vapor is repeated. Is it normal?
When the water vapor comes out, the electric pot boiling noise (a little weaker) keeps coming, is it normal?
It shows the same phenomenon as the seller product you are using directly.
Therefore, it is seen as good goods, not defective.
Noise is generated due to the nature of the steam humidifier.
I ordered it last night. When will you be able to receive it?
It is shipped from Japan today.
It can be picked up within 3-5 days after shipment.
Moisture can cause water marks and stains.
It is also a good way to regularly manage it with special drugs such as citric acid.


Sammy Ofer's (Zodiac Shipping) Suezmax tanker Red Moon discharging at the Europoort Team Terminal. She was built as CROSSWAY for Tanker Pacific, by Hyundai's Subic Bay yard in the Philippines (#25). Became Red Moon in 2013.


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Ragan is een plaats (village) in de Amerikaanse staat Nebraska, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Harlan County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 46. In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 42, een daling van 4 (-8,7%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van 0,7 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Ragan ligt op ongeveer 710 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 20 km rond Ragan.

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Plaats in Nebraska

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Will Essex County Council put more signs or barriers up to stop cars going the wrong way up Army and Navy flyover?
The one-way bridge links Essex Yeomanry Way to Parkway, with clear signs saying which end is closed
For many who drive past Chelmsford's Army and Navy roundabout, they will know all too well the impact of someone driving the wrong way over the flyover.
The one-way bridge links Essex Yeomanry Way to Parkway, with clear signs saying which end is closed.
Two cars crash head on at the Chelmsford Army and Navy flyover
Two cars were involved in a head on collision on the flyover on Monday (January 29)
However, sometimes, drivers seem to find themselves driving up the wrong way.
It was only yesterday (Monday, January 29), when a head-on crash occurred at the top of the flyover, leaving it closed for nearly two hours while emergency services attended.
This prompted a torrid response from the public online, with several calling for more measures to be put in place.
One person even suggested using automatic barriers.
They said: "Better still, put automatic barriers in so no one can go through when closed."
Another said: "Just close the stupid flyover, this happens monthly and was only meant to be put on for a trial period."
Footage shows emergency services at the scene of a head-on crash between two cars on the Army and Navy flyover
Crashes occur when one motorist goes over the flyover the wrong way
Following this, we asked Essex County Council whether they would consider putting more measures in place to prevent accidents.
However, the council has said they believe the flyover to be a "very safe" road and that signage is extremely clear to all drivers.
Army and Navy
Dramatic pictures of crash aftermath
Head-on collision on flyover
Emergency services at head-on crash
Woman hit by car on Parkway
A spokesperson for Essex County Council said: "The flyover above the Army and Navy roundabout is very safe and does an excellent job in relieving congestion at this notorious pinch point. Its safety record is excellent and the few incidents which have occurred are, by and large, due to driver error.
"Signage at the site is extremely clear, there are four large signs on each side of the roundabout which tell drivers whether or not the flyover is closed or open in their direction.
"Satnavs are only ever a helpful guide – drivers must always abide by the law and any local circumstances on the road.
Dramatic pictures show aftermath of head on crash on Chelmsford Army and Navy flyover
"Just as motorists would not go through a red light because their satnav told them to go forward we would not expect them to ignore the four large signs on each side of the roundabout which tell drivers whether or not the flyover is closed or open in their direction."


DOMINIC MATTEO has emerged as the dark horse be named the new Leeds United manager.
Matteo, 38, played more than 100 times for Leeds and was a pivotal figure in the club's run to the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2001.
He was installed as a 100-1 shot by bookmakers to become the boss after Neil Warnock stepped down last week - but he is now as short as 6-1.
The ex-Liverpool man, who was capped six times by Scotland, was backed into 12-1 by Friday and is now the second favourite in the betting behind Brian McDermott.
Matteo is now working as a football writer and pundit. Injury forced him to retire from football aged 35.


This update is awesome if you are the type that shares a lot of photos from your mobile devices. The updated Facebook allows users to choose multiple images from gallery and show a preview of the post with each image in the order they were selected.
From the sharing screen, users can add captions to each photo or rearrange the order of the photos.
The post will show up in news feeds as a photo collage rather than a horizontal group of photos.


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Representing the "Past, Present and Future" of a relationship, the three diamond ring collection at SuperJeweler includes an array of delicately crafted three diamond rings for women, each designed with a center stone and two adjacent side stones, affectionately crafted to complement the center stone of each finely designed three diamond ring. Exquisitely crafted in white, yellow, or the feminine rose gold, our three diamond ring settings are available in 10k, 14k or 18k gold.
While all engagement rings hold a meaning of never-ending love, each piece in our three diamond ring collection tells a story. This is a story of love, which blossomed in the past, is currently flourishing in the present and holds a world full of adventure and opportunities to be had in the future. With its representation of the "Past, Present and Future," the three diamond ring meaning also symbolizes "Friendship, Love and Fidelity," making it that much more special when gifting the three diamond ring to your bride-to-be.
Often featuring a round brilliant diamond, or a princess cut diamond as the center stone, three diamond ring designs range from simple to intricate, and each can include personalized engraving inside the band to add a special message of love to the one you want to spend the rest of your life with. Let SuperJeweler bring your love story to life with our three stone ring collection. She'll cherish her three stone ring forever - just like you.


It's coming…resistance is futile…the new SAT is inevitable. Luckily for us, Collegeboard has finally released 4 official practice tests in the new SAT format. If you're dying to see what the new SAT will be like, here is the link for those 4 practice tests: https://www.khanacademy.org/sat Collegeboard was even nice enough to include answer explanations for the questions, and its partnership with Khan Academy has yielded some video answer explanations as well. Unfortunately, both of their explanations are sorely lacking. You'll likely need additional help to help you make sense of these very sparse explanations. In the coming weeks, I'll be taking these 4 tests myself, much in the same way I took the only official new PSAT not too long ago (post-mortem write up about that HERE). Unfortunately, there are still no score conversions, so you won't know what, say, missing 10 questions actually means for your score. That's because these tests have not been calibrated and tested with real students, which is why I recommend NOT taking any real new SATs in all of 2016, or even parts of 2017. Wait until more information is released, strategies have been developed, and such. If you're a current junior/rising senior, stick with the current SAT and finish by Jan 2016. You do NOT want to get stuck with the March 2016 new SAT. If you're a current sophomore/rising junior, I'd stick with the ACT entirely. Fewer changes to the ACT (though there are still some, which I've been keeping careful track of, such as weird science sections on both the February and April 2015 tests). If you're a current freshman/rising sophomore, then you'll have a choice: either the current ACT or the new SAT, but wait a year before you decide which test is better for you. By then, the new SAT will be mature and ready for real students to take seriously. Good luck!


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The fit-for-a king backseat experience of the S-Class is what makes most people aspire to owning a Mercedes. While the flagship remains out of reach for most, the E-Class delivers a fine sense of luxury at a much more accessible price tag. However, now with the all-new E-Class Mercedes has given Indian buyers what they dreamt of: to have an S-Class for E-Class money. The all-new tenth-generation E-Class has come to India in its long-wheelbase version, which promises a limousine-like experience in the backseat but at a mildly higher price. The new Mercedes will be going up against Volvo's very capable all-new S90 and BMW's soon to be launched new-generation 5-Series and it will also have to deal with Audi's all-rounder, the A6, and Jaguar's new XF. Has the new E-Class come prepared?
- Fantastic seats - help you relax no matter how long or short the journey.
- Incredible amount of space makes it feel like it is from a class above.
- Class-leading comfort in the backseat.
- Feels luxurious enough.
- Misses out on some features - cup holders at the rear, ventilated seats, and infotainment controls for rear passengers.
- Boot space is reduced by space saver.
- Consider it as a four-seater.
- The lack of touch functionality makes using Apple CarPlay quite pointless.
The E-Class is absolutely attention-grabbing and a lot of that is because of its size! For the very first time we are getting the stretched version of the E-Class in India. This Mercedes is 18cm longer than the previous E-class and its wheelbase, an indicator of the space inside the cabin, is even greater than the standard wheelbase version of the S-Class! But, S-Class buyers in India need not worry as they are offered the S-Class' long wheelbase version as well.
Now, while the new E-Class' design is quite different from the S-Class, it shares the genes from the family and as such will fit right between the S-Class and the C-Class. The large swept-back headlamps with flowing rods that act as LED daytime running lights and LED headlights strengthens the connection. The prominent grille and the deep bowtie airdams on the bumper make the E-Class look a bit aggressive.
The only area where the E-Class doesn't look very elegant is around the C-Pillar. To give sufficient headroom to the rear passengers the roof stays high, and then rolls down abruptly to meet the boot. The C-pillar also has a quarter glass there to provide a greater sense of space on the inside.
The stubby boot and tail lamps remind you of the C-Class, but the E-class has its own highlights such as the beautiful glitter-like reflectors in the tail lamps.
Once you step inside, the design for the dashboard, the incredible amount of space, the beautiful cushioning for the seats and the quality of materials make you wonder whether you are in the E-Class or the S-Class!
Like on the S-Class the E-Class has a dashboard design that wraps onto the doors; there's open-pore (or, un-lacquered) wood, and a large 12.3" infotainment system with a touch pad for the COMAND (Mercedes' infotainment system) system. The seats are beautifully cushioned and shaped, and motorised functions include an extendable seat base and memory functions too.
The highlight, though, is the backseat. The rear bench is split into two reclinable seats. The electric adjust allows you to alter the headrest and at the click of a button you can control the front passenger seat too. On the whole Mercedes claim that you have 50% more legroom than before, and it feels that way too. With the front seat pushed away even 6 footers will be able to lounge comfortably. The seats also hold you well and have just the right kind of cushioning to keep you comfortable no matter how far you have to travel. However, there are a few aspects that the E-Class could do better. The use of Artico leather instead of genuine leather will bother some customers, as will the lack of soft door close functionality and infotainment controls at the rear.
Luxury Factor
The E-Class is offered with a panoramic sunroof as standard, with power controls for the sunshade as well. The Chauffeur Package, which allows you to adjust the front passenger seat, is standard too. You get motorised sunblinds for both rear windows and the rear windscreen.
The small metal knobs twist with a solid feel as you close the airflow from the air-vents, the click from the roller that controls audio volume, and the rear armrest that folds out gently give you an idea of the quality and craftsmanship involved in making this car. The E-Class is also very good at cutting out the noise from outside and along with a smooth and quiet engine you feel almost as though you are sitting on some remote and lonely hillside.
The E-Class doesn't get the full TFT display like the S-Class. While the central display is the same 12.3" unit from the S, the driver's cluster is a combination of analogue and digital instruments. Nonetheless it looks plenty smart and can show tools such as navigation guidance on the driver's cluster. While the infotainment system offers Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, the lack of a touchscreen reduces the ease of use. You can control the MB infotainment system through the scroll wheel, the touchpad (on which you can pinch and zoom), or swipe and flick your fingers using the touch pads on the steering wheel. But the variety of input options feels all the more confusing as the system doesn't feel very intuitive to use. The Burmester sound system offered on the diesel provides clear and crisp audio.
The E-Class also offers drive modes to change how the car drives. There are four modes: Eco, Comfort, Sport and Sport+ which adjust suspension, gearbox and steering. The fifth mode, Individual, allows the driver to customise the settings for these parameters as per his preference. To make parking this long sedan easier, it is offered with Active Parking Assist for semi-automated parking. Also, the Mirror package includes outside rear-view mirrors that tilt down while reversing to give you a better of the surroundings closer to you.
Mercedes are offering the E-Class with two familiar engines: the four-cylinder two-litre petrol and the six-cylinder three-litre diesel, and both engines come coupled with 9-speed gearboxes that send power to the rear wheels. We tested the diesel, and although it is an engine we are familiar with, it felt quite surprising. Firstly, the engine felt incredibly smooth and quiet, perfect for a car like this. Just as surprising was the performance, with 620Nm of torque available from 1600rpm and a quick shifting gearbox, the E-Class rockets ahead anytime you push the throttle with urgency. Past 2000rpm it pulls stronger still right up to the 4000rpm mark. Mercedes claims a 0-100 kmph time of 6.6 seconds and a top speed of 250kmph. It's important to note that the E is refreshing and easy to drive calmly too. It will cruise at 120kph in 9th gear with the engine just humming at 1500rpm or tiptoe around the city without a fuss.
The E 350d is offered with air-suspension for all four wheels and this multi-chamber system delivers quite an impressive experience. The ride quality is also helped by Mercedes India's decision to use 17" rims instead of 18" or 19" wheels, as the taller sidewall helps improve comfort while reducing chances of tyre failure.
At low speeds, bumps and potholes seem to just vanish when in Comfort mode. But, drive just a bit faster and there is a notable amount of up-and-down movement which feels troublesome. In Sport mode the suspension firms up such that there is less body movement without compromising comfort distinctly, and as such would be the ideal mode to cover long distances in. In Sport+ the ride is much firmer, such that you can feel the tarmac's unevenness clearly.
While the E feels tidier in the sportier modes, the sense of its length and weight when hustled through corners reduces, but doesn't disappear. As you dial up the modes the steering weighs up and the gearbox becomes more eager. When driven fast through bends, the E-Class is surprisingly neat for a car of this size, but it isn't much fun. For poor road conditions, the air-suspension equipped diesel also has a Lift mode to increase ground clearance by 15mm.
The E-Class passes the Euro-Ncap test with five stars, but Mercedes claim it surpasses the standard by a significant margin. The use of aluminium and high strength steel help create a light yet rigid body and the India spec E-Class comes with seven-airbags. As can be expected ABS, EBD, and ESP are offered as standard.
The petrol and diesel guises of the E-Class will be offered in just one trim. While the diesel gets the full luxury treatment, the petrol makes do with fewer features. Aesthetic differences include: different design for the alloy wheels on the outside; on the inside the petrol gets horizontal quilting for the seats instead of vertical; and the carpets are only offered in black. The wood finish on the petrol is brown, rather than black. Some features that customers opting for the E200 will have to give a miss include the 13 speaker Burmester Surround Sound music system, memory seats for the front passenger, and the 360 degree camera. The really pity is that the Air Body Control, the air suspension, isn't offered on the petrol.
The tenth generation E-Class is a game changer. Not only does it change what we expect from a Mercedes E-Class, but also changes our expectations from the segment. Yes, the E-Class could do with a bit more equipment for a greater sense of luxury, but the overall smoothness, quietness and quality of the cabin make the experience properly luxurious. The new E is also quick and effortless to drive. The only limitation of this big luxury sedan is that it feels its size when you try to drive in a sporty manner. Nonetheless, it is controlled and confident at high speeds too. While prices aren't available now, for the chauffeur-driven the new E-Class is now the default pick in the segment.
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Neotropical cloud forests to lose what most defines them: clouds
In as few as 25 years, climate change could shrink and dry 60-80% of Western Hemisphere tropical montane cloud forests
Credit: Photo by Gloria Archilla.
In as few as 25 years, climate change could shrink and dry 60-80% of Western Hemisphere cloud forests, finds a study published today. If greenhouse gas emissions continue increasing as they have been, 90% of Western Hemisphere cloud forests would be affected as early as 2060. The current cloud and frost environment of the highly diverse alpine ecosystems above these equatorial cloud forests, known as páramo, will nearly disappear.
Cloud forests are the misty forests found high on tropical mountains. Frequently cloud-enshrouded, many are reminiscent of fairy-tale forests, having twisted, stunted old trees covered in moss and ferns. But their importance is real. Their trees, and the plants and lichens living on them, intercept water vapor that can supply 75% of the stream water in drier places. And they are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth. Thousands of unique species evolved where fog and mist have created strikingly wetter habitat isolated on mountains.
The effects are near. In Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, warming would reduce cloud immersion in 100% of cloud forests. Monarch butterflies spend their winters, by the millions, in cloud forests of Central Mexico and in the forests just below them, where they depend on clouds to stabilize temperatures. In the Caribbean, the U.S. National Forest El Yunque harbors the threatened Elfin Woods Warbler, found only in Puerto Rico's mountains. It is named after the mossy, mysterious "elfin" cloud forests on mountaintops. In Central America, tourists from around the world visit the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica. While traversing treetop walkways there, they can feel the strength of trade winds forcing humid air up mountains and hear the ethereal songs of Nightingale Thrushes. All of these cloud forests will be affected from fewer or thinner clouds that form at higher elevations, and from drier conditions.
This study is the first to quantify these potential changes across continents. To do so, scientists from U.S. Forest Service labs in Puerto Rico and Fort Collins, Colorado, and from Colorado State University developed a new approach. They mapped and projected how climate change would affect the feature that cloud forest species are uniquely adapted to: cloud immersion. The team mapped current cloud forest areas across the Western Hemisphere with data on climate and mountain size and observations from dozens of ecological studies, including historical ones dating back 50 to 60 years. They then projected cloud forest extent and relative humidity, a proxy for cloud frequency and density, with scenarios for future greenhouse gas emissions and associated climate conditions.
Before this research, studies from a handful of sites suggested that cloud immersion would increase in some cloud forests but decline in others. Cloud immersion might increase because air humidity will increase over warming oceans, implying thicker clouds forming at lower elevations and cloudier forests. Cloud immersion might decrease because increased temperatures over land could force air to travel further up mountains before it cools enough to form clouds, reducing cloud forest area and cloudiness. The fates of the rest of cloud forests were unknown. Global climate modeling is too coarse to target effects on cloud forests. This new study found that cloud immersion would increase for only about 1% of all Western Hemisphere cloud forests, in only a few regions of South America. Declines in cloud immersion would dominate.
Available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0213155, the study appeared in the journal PLOS ONE. It also analyzed deforestation in cloud forest areas and found that some of the cloud forests that would be least affected by climate change are the ones that are either most deforested or least protected from deforestation.
Headquartered in Asheville, NC, the Southern Research Station comprises more than 120 scientists and several hundred support staff who conduct natural resource research in 20 locations across 13 southern states (Virginia to Texas). The Station's mission is "…to create the science and technology needed to sustain and enhance southern forest ecosystems and the benefits they provide." Learn more about the Southern Research Station at: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/.
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'Tis the season of celebrations. It's that time to gather your friends, family, loved ones, colleagues and partners together to say thanks for a great year and close it out with style.
How does your office celebrate the holiday season? Who organizes the parties in your workplace? If you're not sure how to bring the new year, say goodbye to the wins and losses of 2018 and celebrate the winter holidays, this post is for you—especially if you're looking for food ideas.
1 – Throw an office potluck dinner and cocktail party.
2 – Take your team out for holiday happy hour.
3 – Do a holiday gift exchange or Secret Santa.
4 – Host a charity dinner with raffles and door prizes.
5 – Gather together for a team brunch.
6 – Host a Christmas movie night—and go all out with the snacks and lounge-chairs.
7 – Volunteer together and spread good win.
8 – Dress up in ugly Christmas sweaters and reward the ugliest.
9 – Go on a team ice skating adventure—then out for hot cocoa.
10 – Deck your halls with boughs of holly and drink festive cocktails.
11- Make an advent calendar with treats for your team every day in December.
12 – Bring Santa in for photographs with your team and their family members or kids.
13 – Host a Santa's Workshop day where you build something together and get festive.
14 – Plan a team Christmas-themed scavenger hunt to get everyone outside and in the Christmas spirit.
15 – Go carolling together—or go see some holiday-related music and shows.
16 – Get a Christmas tree and have a make-a-decoration afternoon—it could even get competitive.
17 – Bring in all the fun fixings for warm winter cocktails one cold Friday afternoon.
19 – Launch a decorate-your-desk or team-themed competition with incentives like "take the afternoon off to shop".
20 – Decorate your office and host a Foodee-catered party with delicious treats, charcuterie and other perfect party dishes.
21 – Host a Whoville feast with a roast beast, decorations, costumes and, of course, The (original) Grinch soundtrack or movie playing in the background.
22 – Cater to your team's sweet tooths for an afternoon by ordering in candies, popcorn, doughnuts, chocolate and so on.
23 – Host a winter cookie bake-off or bake sale with the proceeds going to a charity of your team's choice.
24 – Get team members to bring a potluck dish—and other items such as Dutch clogs or a German lederhosen if they have it—that represents their cultural background and what their family celebrates.
26 – Organize Christmas games such as pin the nose on Rudolph or holiday-themed charades.
27 – Bring in a holiday puzzle that anyone can work on anytime throughout December.
28 – Give your team members an afternoon off to be with their family and loved ones—or last-minute shop.
29 – Host a festive, holiday-card making afternoon with all the necessary arts and crafts to make your clients, partners, colleagues and loved ones a card.
30 – Organize a 12-Days of Christmas countdown at your office, with 12 drummers drumming on the last day.
31 – Get team members to write down their best work-related moment (or submit a photo if they have one) and what they're looking forward to in the new year—share it with the team or post them up on a wall.
32 – Bring in milk and cookies for your office—and make sure to have different options for allergies.
33 – Throw a Nightmare Before Christmas office party to shake up the carols and sweetness of the season.
34 – Host a Charlie Brown Christmas concert for all those who are musically-inclined in your office—or just watch the movie together over a hot chocolate one afternoon.
35 – Surprise your team with goodies in the office kitchen throughout the month. For example, bring in mandarin oranges, rum and eggnog, cookies, candy canes, chocolates and so on.
However you choose to mark the season, just be sure to do something to show that you appreciate all of the hard work, collaboration and team spirit that your colleagues put into the year. And don't forget, if any of your party ideas include bringing food, drinks and treats into the office, head on over to Foodee's website to see what we deliver to your workplace.
Happy celebrating the end of a great work year and the holidays in your office!


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About Narrabri
People and Lifestyles
History of Narrabri
Distances from Narrabri and Handy Information
Wee Waa
Crossing Theatre
Australia Telescope
Dripping Rock and Gins Leap
Kaputar National Park
Narrabri Lake
Yarrie Lake
Pilliga Forest
Bore Baths
Wee Waa Museum
Nosh Narrabri
ANZAC Day Remembrance Services
Boggabri Drovers Campfire
Agricultural Shows
Killarney Bike Classic
Campdrafts
Pacing and Trots
Other Events During the Year
Cotton Industry
Namoi News
Local News and Radio Stations
Narrabri Gas Project
Narrabri Directory
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Narrabri Motel
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Boggabri Historical Museum, Dripping Rock, Gins Leap, Barbers Lagoon and Barbers Pinnacle
Boggabri Historical Museum
Open: By appointment
This fascinating time piece found in Boggabri's second Main Street, Brent St, traces Boggabri's evolution. With three main streets and the town's relocation due to flood Boggabri is a truly dynamic town. The Museum complex houses exhibits of precious memorabilia donated by Boggabri's residents, past and present. A self walk Heritage Trail reveals many interesting highlights of the progress through history since Beggary's early beginnings. A brochure is available from the Whitehaven Coal office in Merton St or at the Museum in Brent St.
Dripping Rock
A waterfall significantly more impressive than its name suggests, Dripping Rock is a growing tourism hotspot. A short walk from the carpark reveals a small, serene rock pool set at the base of a towering semi-circular cliff and surrounded by a lush melaleuca forest. Water seeps through sedimentary rock to drip down the 50m high wall, but cascades down into the rock pool after good rain. This is an idyllic sport for a picnic or to sit and listen to the hypnotic splash of water, melodious birdsong and wind in the trees. You can also swim in the pool on a warm day and walk along a small ledge running the length of the cliff, where you can shower in the refreshing spray.
Dripping Rock can be difficult to find and the road is 4WD only, so please pick up a map from the Visitor Information Centre or Boggabri Museum.
4WD Only
You will pass through a number of gates on the way to Dripping Rock and are asked to please leave them as you find them. Please take care and drive slowly, as you may also encounter livestock.
Exiting the carpark behind the Visitor Information Centre, turn right and follow the highway over the Narrabri Creek Bridge. Drive through the first roundabout and over the railway line. At the next roundabout, take the second exit following signs to Gunnedah and continue on this road. Start your odometer here.
After approximately 51km, just past Gin's Leap, turn Left onto the Manilla Road.
After approximately 2km, at a T intersection, turn Right
Continue for approximately 13km until you reach Blair Athol Lane (SR154). Turn left.
After approximately 4km, you will reach a T intersection. Turn Right onto Dripping Rock Road (SR27).
After approximately 11.5km you will reach a closed gate. Continue through this gate (remembering to close it afterwards) for just under 2km to the Dripping Rock carpark.
NOTE: At the far end of the carpark clearing, the road appears to continue uphill, however this road is NOT suitable for driving. Do NOT attempt to drive this road as it is VERY dangerous and you will get stuck.
Walking Instructions
Leaving your car, walk up the road that continues uphill at the far end of the carpark.
To reach the top of Dripping Rock: Continue following this road to the top.
To reach the Dripping Rock waterhole: Keep an eye out for a pathway diverting off the road approximately 100m past the carpark. Follow this path through the trees for approximately 400m until you reach Dripping Rock.
At times, the path may become less obvious, however by sticking close to the creek, and following the sound of the water, you will come to Dripping Rock.
Boggabri Gin's Leap
This striking rock face, towering over the Kamilaroi Highway outside Boggabri, has been known by many names over the years. Local Aboriginals knew it as "Cooloobindi", whilst it was known as "Bullaballakit" in the era when Sir Thomas Mitchell was exploring the Namoi Valley. In Cobb and Co coach days, it was known as "The Rock" and now it goes by "Gin's Leap". And you thought Prince had identity issues!
The widely accepted origins of the current name follow the tragic death of a pair of ill-fated young Aboriginal lovers, a modern day Romeo and Juliet. The young girl, promised to an elder of her tribe, the Kamilaroi, ran away with a young aboriginal man from another tribe. Hotly pursued by Kamilaroi tribesmen, the lovers jumped to their deaths from somewhere along the top of this rock.
A Mr "Baldy" Adams obtained a grant of land in the vicinity of Gin's Leap to build a hospital but he changed his plans and in 1854 the structure opened for business as a hotel known as The Rock Inn. This became a vital stopover point and renowned landmark over the next 20 years until its closure around 1875, after the hotels were built in Boggabri. Parts of an old outside lamp from the Inn is housed in the Historical Museum in Boggabri.
Mr David Grover, his wife Maria and family operated the Rock Inn for many years. Maria (nee King) and her two sisters Charlotte and Elizabeth all arrived in Australia on board the "Fanny", a convict ship, in 1832.
Gin's Leap stands as a silent sentinel over the grave sites to the right. The four people buried in the vault are Mrs Russell, her 2 year old son, John James and Mr David and Mrs Maria Grover.
Mrs Russell, the 21 year daughter of Mr and Mrs Grover, had an unfortunate accident involving the handling of bulk spirits in the cellar of an Inn in Mungindi one evening, with them igniting from an open slush lamp. Mrs Russell and her son received fatal burns in the inferno which resulted.
Word was brought back to the Grover family of the tragedy by a man on horseback. A horse team set out to meet the coach carrying the bodies back home to Boggabri.
Twenty five years later, Mrs Grover was buried next to her daughter and grandson in November 1891, and then Mr Glover in October 1892.
From the original grave site, which was situated some 200 metres west of the present site, the bodies were transferred to the present vault which was constructed by a tradesman of Danish ancestry, Mr Christy Hansen in 1895.
The small headstone to the left of the vault belongs to Maria Grover's niece MaryAnn Meins (daughter of Charlotte and Edward Meins), who died January 17, 1858, aged 19 years. MaryAnn was buried in close proximity to the old Rock Inn, but with reconstruction of the road some years ago, the headstone was relocated to its present site. Unfortunately some damage occurred to the headstone in so doing.
There is a picnic area and interpretive sign at the site.
Gin's Leap is located 50kms South East of Narrabri on the Kamilaroi Highway towards Boggabri.
Other attractions in the area
Barbers Lagoon and Barbers Pinnacle
Local landmarks Barbers Lagoon and Barbers Pinnacle take their names from George "The Barber" Clark, a runaway convict who inhabited the area from 1826 to 1831. Clark had been sentenced to farm work in Singleton in 1925, following an armed robbery conviction. He later escaped and lived in the north west with the Kamilaroi people, who seem to have regarded him as one of their own returned from the dead. Clarke took two Aboriginal wives and wandered the plains stealing cattle. He was caught by the authorities and hanged in 1831.
Barbers Lagoon and Barbers Pinnacle are located on the Manilla Road, just north of Boggabri, after crossing the Iron Bridge. Barbers Lagoon is marked by a plaque on the right and notes the approximate location of Clarke's hut and stockyards. The striking outcrop of rocks on the left, called Tangulda by the Kamilaroi Aboriginal people, is Barber's Pinnacle.
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Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre Programmes
The Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre at 7020 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, is offering workshops and retreats. Capacity is limited and there are protocols in place due to COVID-19; participants must provide documentation of two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, and wear masks and practice social distancing as appropriate.
Information on retreats and workshops can be found here: https://www.carmelniagara.com/programs
Separated & Divorced Healing Ministry
The Diocesan Separated & Divorced Healing Ministry Support Group meets every second and fourth Monday of the month (except holidays) from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre, 7020 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Meetings will be held both in person at Mount Carmel and virtually via Zoom platform. Pre-registration is required.
For more information and for registration call 905-356-4113 or 905-684-0154, or email separatedanddivorced@saintcd.com
Delta Bingo is back in-centre
Saint Patrick church is one of many community organisations receiving support for projects from Charitable Gaming through Delta Bingo.
Delta Bingo Niagara Falls has resumed in-centre bingo; more information is available at deltabingo.com/bingo.
Little Flower Society Cards
Did you know that St. Patrick Parish Office has Mass Cards in stock from the Carmelite's Society of the Little Flower?
We have Healing Mass Cards, Living Intentions, Five-Year Memorial Cards, and also Perpetual Memorial Cards.
By using those cards, you not only comfort a family member or friend, but you also support the mission of the Carmelites, our Carmelite Vocation Efforts, and our Carmelite Formation Programs in several countries.
Serra Club Golf Tournament
The St. Catharines Serra Club is holding its first annual Serra Club golf tournament, Sunday September 19, 2021 at Cardinal Lakes golf course, Welland.
To register, call 905-732-4782 or email serragolftournament@gmail.com.
Delta has multiple ways to play!
One source of funds for projects at Saint Patrick church is Charitable Gaming through Delta Bingo.
Delta is reopening on July 16th for Vegas-style machines and Play on Demand (POD) games. Learn more about their reopening here: deltabingo.com/Information
Delta continues its 50-50 draws, drive-in bingo, and bingo at home. Learn more at deltabingo.com
Summer Study of Fratelli Tutti (Zoom)
From the Office of Family and Youth of the diocese of Saint Catharines:
All are welcome to join in a 6 Week Virtual Summer Study of Pope Francis' Encyclical, Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship July 14 to August 17.
Bishop Bergie on residential schools
In response to the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops residential school, the Most Reverent Gerard Bergie, D.D., bishop of the diocese of Saint Catharines, has issued a number of statements and reflections.
7 p.m. Sunday Mass suspended July and August
Note that during the months of July and August there will be no 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening Mass. St. Patrick parish priests will be away in turn visiting family in July and August. There has also been difficulty maintaining safety protocols during this Mass. Thus, the last 7:00 p.m. Mass will be June 27. This Sunday evening Mass will resume in September after the Labour Day weekend, when it is safe to do so. It is hoped things will be closer to normal by then.
COVID update - Roadmap to Reopen
On June 7, 2021, the government of Ontario announced measures for Step One of the Roadmap to Reopen, in effect as of 12:01 a.m., Friday, June 11, 2021.
The measures related to religious institutions include (but are not limited to):
• Outdoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services, capped at the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres.
• Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at 15 per cent capacity of the particular room.
Thus, as of Friday, June 11, advance registration is no longer required. Attendance will be first come, first seated up to 15% church capacity.
Note that doors will be locked once the limit is reached or once Mass begins.
Also a reminder that Bishop Bergie has dispensed from the Sunday obligation for the duration of the pandemic.
The office is answering telephone calls and e-mails during normal business hours, but is closed to the general public. Business (e.g. picking up baptismal certificates, tax receipts) can be transacted at the door.


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Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review
We sailed out of Galveston on March 1, 2015. Checking in at the port was very quick and simple. We were on deck 10, so we were asked to show up between 11:30 and 12:00 for check in, which we did. We were through everything in less than 30 minutes. I think people that arrived later had some longer waits. We ate lunch in the Windjammer, which is always packed on sail away day. Our room was ready promptly at 1:00. Our cabin attendant was there to greet us. He was terrific the whole week. We stayed in a virtual balcony interior room. These are pretty new and I didn't know too much about it. The screen is as tall as the room and had a view from the rear of the ship, so everything that someone in a balcony cabin at the back could see, so could we. In fact, we visited one and the view was the same. We just didn't have the opportunity to open the door and actually sit outside, but it was nice to be able to see. When we were in ports, we could watch the people on the docks. Food was fine. We ate most meals in the dining room. Food was better there and it was fairly quick for breakfast and lunch. We also dined in Giovanni's one night, which was very good. We didn't try Sabor, the Mexican restaurant because I felt the premium cost addition of $35 for Mexican food was really overpriced. For a good Mexican restaurant in Houston, $35 would be considered highway robbery. We did the bamboo raft trip on the Martha Brae and it was wonderful. Spence was our guide and he was awesome. He had been doing this for 45 years, so we were in good hands. They do hit you up to buy their handmade items, but these people are poor. I didn't have any trouble just giving him an extra big tip - it's a hard life in Jamaica. We also did the trip to San Gervasio Mayan ruins in Cozumel. It was really interesting and we had a good guide, Gabriel. They added a trip to a chocolate place, which I wasn't really in to and was just another opportunity for buying things. The stop at El Mirador was lovely. It's a great photo op. We enjoyed the live music and shows, but really missed having a classical group playing in any of the bars. In past trips there has always been a duo that played classical. The ice show was really good, make sure to pick you tickets when you can on board prior to the shows. The ship band was terrific, as were their singers. Upon return to Galveston, we took our own luggage off the ship and were in our car headed home by 8AM. Very simple. I suggest doing that if you can, it's is very quick and you don't have to wait for luggage.
Great Vacation
Navigator of the Seas Cruise Review by moftexas
Sail Date: March 2015
Destination: Western Caribbean
We sailed out of Galveston on March 1, 2015. Checking in at the port was very quick and simple. We were on deck 10, so we were asked to show up between 11:30 and 12:00 for check in, which we did. We were through everything in less than 30 minutes. I think people that arrived later had some longer waits. We ate lunch in the Windjammer, which is always packed on sail away day. Our room was ready promptly at 1:00. Our cabin attendant was there to greet us. He was terrific the whole week.
We stayed in a virtual balcony interior room. These are pretty new and I didn't know too much about it. The screen is as tall as the room and had a view from the rear of the ship, so everything that someone in a balcony cabin at the back could see, so could we. In fact, we visited one and the view was the same. We just didn't have the opportunity to open the door and actually sit outside, but it was nice to be able to see. When we were in ports, we could watch the people on the docks.
Food was fine. We ate most meals in the dining room. Food was better there and it was fairly quick for breakfast and lunch. We also dined in Giovanni's one night, which was very good. We didn't try Sabor, the Mexican restaurant because I felt the premium cost addition of $35 for Mexican food was really overpriced. For a good Mexican restaurant in Houston, $35 would be considered highway robbery.
We did the bamboo raft trip on the Martha Brae and it was wonderful. Spence was our guide and he was awesome. He had been doing this for 45 years, so we were in good hands. They do hit you up to buy their handmade items, but these people are poor. I didn't have any trouble just giving him an extra big tip - it's a hard life in Jamaica.
We also did the trip to San Gervasio Mayan ruins in Cozumel. It was really interesting and we had a good guide, Gabriel. They added a trip to a chocolate place, which I wasn't really in to and was just another opportunity for buying things. The stop at El Mirador was lovely. It's a great photo op.
We enjoyed the live music and shows, but really missed having a classical group playing in any of the bars. In past trips there has always been a duo that played classical. The ice show was really good, make sure to pick you tickets when you can on board prior to the shows. The ship band was terrific, as were their singers.
Upon return to Galveston, we took our own luggage off the ship and were in our car headed home by 8AM. Very simple. I suggest doing that if you can, it's is very quick and you don't have to wait for luggage.
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EVAN PEREZ, CNN JUSTICE REPORTER: Appears to have been legal. The improvised explosive device that they left behind at the first scene at the first shooting was a rudimentary device. It was not a very sophisticated device.
The question is, was this from one of those recipes that are readily available on the internet published by ISIS and by al Qaeda and other groups? That is something the FBI is studying right at this moment because they're not sure which recipe this is following.
They certainly do believe though that this was not a very sophisticated device. But it does show some kind of know-how. And that's what urgently they're trying to figure out where the black powder came from for the device that didn't go off really. And how did it come up with this recipe to make this device.
JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST: And what's the next step for investigators?
PEREZ: Well, one of the things they're doing is they're tracking down everybody who may have had contact with these people for the last few months. Any indications of that radicalization, again, this is a suspicion that they have. It's not confirmed. But it is something that they're working onto try to make sure they understand more fully the more recent past of these two people.
TAPPER: Evan Perez, thank you so much for your reporting. Appreciate it. Joining me now is Dr. Chris Mohandie, forensic psychologist. Dr. Mohandie, thanks so much for being here. What does it tell you that Farook targeted his co-workers?
DR. KRIS MOHANDIE, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST: The fact that he targeted his co-workers particularly the regional center which is not a high value target to a terrorist group particularly, to me speaks to more of a personal agenda.
I believe that there's a strong likelihood that the most significant issue here is going to be a personal grievance. Now, on top of that there's certainly going to be an ideology. So I agree with the hybrid issue in this case will be likely.
TAPPER: And another thing that's odd about this case as you and I were just discussing during the commercial break is the fact that his wife was involved. We haven't really seen much of that in the past. MOHANDIE: We don't see too many pairings in these kinds of cases, particularly where you have workplace grievance, even this hybridization that we've talked about. However, we have seen this in younger people who will have these pairings.
You get likeminded individuals who are mutually reinforcing each other's dysfunctional ideas, their grandiose thinking, their need for notoriety, you know, whatever the case may be, their sense of needing to get even.
And if you get two like-minded individuals who happen to be in a relationship married, what ends up happening is that secret becomes a very powerful bond. It becomes a closed system.
And they're off and running because it becomes part of who they are, what they're going to become, and the organizing basis of their relationship. So it's not unheard of. It is rarer. And unfortunately it becomes a toxic pairing as we've seen in this tragic case.
TAPPER: But another thing that's so odd about it, Kris, is the fact they obviously had just started a family and had a 6-month-old daughter. And then they drop the daughter off with somebody, what might that mean in your office as a clinical forensic psychologist.
MOHANDIE: Well, to me the fact that they had a 6-month-old child that they dropped off before going to do this very organized violent act suggests that that was the final stage of their preparations. That they were going to abandon their child in order to fulfill this, you know, mission or whatever you want to call it.
That their selfish desire to inflict pain and suffering upon the world and on these innocent victims trumped the natural tendency to want to protect one's child, to see that child grow up. It's horrific.
And it speaks to their selfishness, their cowardly nature because there are so many people in this world that suffer difficulties at work and in other circumstances who weather those storms in order to be the parents that they are.
And it just speaks to how committed they were to other things besides the more important mission of raising one's child. So to me that represented the final stages of preparation, the abandonment of that child. They knew exactly what they were going to do and it was the final step in that commitment process.
TAPPER: And, Kris, I have to say, I think a lot of people, a lot of us watching the press conference in which members of the family spoke and said they can't imagine this and they had no idea and they can't even believe that their relative would do such a thing. How legitimate do you find that? I think a lot of people who watch that think, come on, you must have known something.
MOHANDIE: Well, there may have been concealing of their intentions. But certainly as time passes we will probably learn about leakage, the signs that they may not have had normal motivations, that there may have been more going on.
[16:35:12]And the natural tendency among any family, I think, is to engage in some level of denial about the issues that are troubling them. And I think the tendency to kind of circle the wagons in this situation is powerful just straight off, you know, kind of a family tendency.
I think there's often a lot of denial. But at the same time these people, the offenders, were doing a significant amount of concealing of their true intentions as they embarked on planning the stockpiling of ammunition and trying to figure out what their end game was going to be.
TAPPER: All right, Dr. Kris Mohandie, thank you as always. Sources have been telling CNN that the male shooter appears to have been radicalized. We know he traveled overseas to Saudi Arabia, to Pakistan. Is that relevant?
Could he have been radicalized during those trips, or was it more likely he adopted a twisted ideology just sitting in his living room in front of his laptop?
We'll talk to the author of a new study who has looked at this very question of radicalization. That's next.
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TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD. I'm Jake Tapper. Continuing with our National Lead, fewer than 24 hours after that husband and wife rampaged through a San Bernardino Conference Center killing 14 innocent people, wounding at least 21, the deadliest mass shooting incident in this country since Sandy Hook, President Obama addressed the horror.
He did not seem overcome with grief as he did after Newtown, or visibly angry, as he did after that gunman in Oregon murdered ten people. Instead the president today seemed almost dejected, frustrated that he was again addressing another mass shooting in America.
CNN senior Washington correspondent, Joe Johns, was in the oval office when President Obama addressed the California massacre not long ago. Joe, how did the president seem to you in the room?
JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Jake, I think you could say the president was tentative and muted, tentative in talking about the investigation because his top advisers had been tentative in what they were able to tell him.
Muted perhaps in talking about policy, the issue of gun control because his aides said he's frustrated. He's had to do this so many times over the course of his entire administration.
JOHNS (voice-over): President Obama ordered flags at half-staff in honor of the San Bernardino victims in a statement in the oval office surrounded by his national security team, trying to be reassuring, but full of uncertainty after briefings from his attorney general and FBI director.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: At this stage we do not yet know why this terrible event occurred.
JOHNS: And that's the key question, still unanswered. What was the motive?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: It is possible that this was terrorist related, but we don't know. It's also possible that this was workplace related.
JOHNS: And then again with reports that dead suspect Sayed Farook was radicalized and in touch with overseas terror contacts, the administration like law enforcement is still holding out the possibility that other factors were in play.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: There may be mixed motives involved in this, which makes the investigation more complicated. But rest assured that we will get to the bottom of this.
JOHNS: But even with that, caution from across the administration against a rush to judgment.
JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: He was specifically had in mind that people should not jump to conclusions. That he's not going to jump to conclusions, investigators are not going to jump to conclusions.
JOHNS: Turning to policy, Mr. Obama was back to pressing Congress on gun laws on what he's called the most frustrating domestic policy fight of his presidency.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: So many Americans sometimes feel as if there's nothing we can do about it. It's going to be important for all of us including our legislatures to see what we can do.
JOHNS: It was the 16th time during his two terms in office that the president was in front of the cameras speaking about the use of firearms and violent crimes.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.
We are confronting yet another mass shooting and today it happened on a military installation.
Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine.
JOHNS: The White House is considering executive actions to put in place what it calls some limited common sense gun protections, but so far no word on details or the timetable for that. (END VIDEOTAPE)
JOHNS: And a predictable back and forth in the White House briefing room today over measures the White House says would keep more guns off the streets and whether they would have made any difference in San Bernardino. These are hypotheticals that have been discussed here in the briefing room before -- Jake.
TAPPER: Joe Johns at the White House. Thanks. Sources are now telling CNN that the male shooter had apparently been radicalized at some point. It's unclear when he became a zealot or by whom he was inspired, but how could a seemingly ordinary American becomes a warped devotee of extremist terrorist ideologies?
Let's talk about this all with an expert on radicalization Dr. Lorenzo Vidino, director of George Washington University's Program on Extremism.
Dr. Vidino, thank you for joining us. You just did a massive study on ISIS and radicalized Americans. From what we know about the suspects now, and obviously we're still learning by the minutes, is there anything in their profiles, anything that jumps out at all, any risk factors?
[16:45:12] DR. LORENZO VIDINO, DIRECTOR, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, PROGRAM ON EXTREMISM: Well, we know apparently that he was in contact with other individuals who are investigated suspected of terrorist, that's always somewhat of an indication. We've been talking about travel patterns.
I'm not certain that's a necessary -- we don't have ISIS sympathizers in America, there's no such thing as a common profile. We have teenage girls. We have 40-year-old men. We have people born into the Muslim faith, we have converts, 40 percent of them are converts.
TAPPER: Forty percent are converts?
VIDINO: Forty percent. And they also come from all ethnic groups, white, African-American, Latinos, Jewish, it's a very diverse bunch. So there's no such thing as a common profile. It is not uncommon to be well integrated, adjusted, having a good job as apparently the suspect had.
TAPPER: That's not uncommon.
VIDINO: Not at all.
TAPPER: Because President Obama and others have talked about poverty and disenfranchisement, joblessness as a root cause of terrorism, but that doesn't necessarily square with what you're finding with these radicalized individuals.
VIDINO: It's not a fact it can be excluded. We see for example in some cases in France, in Belgium, it's part of the problem. But absolutely that's not the end all and be all. Obviously we have plenty of people who are quite well integrated and quite well adjusted and still radicalized.
Remember the Times Square bomber, somebody working as a financial adviser lived in suburban Connecticut yet he was radicalized and planned an attack here.
We have plenty other cases, think about the Fort Hood case, a medical doctor yet killed 19 people. Poverty is one factor, but absolutely not the only one and we have plenty of well integrated people.
TAPPER: You talked about some of this travel abroad. He had made the pilgrimage to Mecca and traveled to Pakistan. Obviously millions of people every year make the Hajj, go to Pakistan, travel. Is that something that police should be looking into?
And I guess the real question is, is it more likely that either one of these individuals, either one of these killers was radicalized there in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan or is it more plausible that they were radicalized sitting at home in California in front of their laptop?
VIDINO: It's very difficult to say. Traveling to those countries is absolutely no indication per se. Together with other risk factors potentially. But we have millions of American Muslim who is travel to Mecca for pilgrimage, there's nothing wrong with that.
We cannot stigmatize the fact they travel there. Potentially something could have happened there of course. Statistically likelihood more likely radicalization took place here in front of a computer as you were saying.
TAPPER: Really?
VIDINO: What we normally would see is people radicalized here. Remember the Boston bombers talking about their Chechen roots and Chechen civil war there, these are kids radicalized in Boston. Not in Chechnya. We'll know more about the specific case of course and if there was radicalization where it took place.
But statistically I would say something more about here. Something could have happened in Pakistan, something could have happened in Saudi Arabia.
TAPPER: Right.
VIDINO: But not necessarily the case.
TAPPER: Just talking about the likelihood. Dr. Lorenzo Vidino, thank you so much. Appreciate it.
VIDINO: Thank you.
TAPPER: Coming up, minutes after the murderers sprayed San Bernardino with bullets, paramedics rushes right in to try to save whomever they could. So what was that like treating victims on the streets merely seconds after a slaughter? Our own Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to one of the first responders.
That story next.
TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD. I'm Jake Tapper. When gunshots rang out in San Bernardino, panic and chaos gripped the suburban town. While many were frozen in shock and disbelief, emergency responders rushed victims on stretchers to hospitals where doctors and nurses were on high alert treating at least 21 victims of the attack.
Our chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, is at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, one of the local hospitals taking care of the victims at this hour. And, Sanjay, you spoke with one ER doctor who is also a volunteer SWAT member?
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Jake. He does both. And I'll tell you, it may sound unusual, but it's becoming more common. A new kind of doctor, a sort of necessary type of doctor as he explained it to me because they go in very early, Jake.
In this case he got there even before other members of the SWAT team to try and take care of patients at the scene. As you well know, Jake, it was an active scene, so they go in with both medical gear and as they call it tactical gear. Handgun handguns, assault rifles in case he needed to protect himself.
In addition to doing this work, taking care of patients at the scene, they spend time training SWAT members how to better protect themselves from a medical standpoint, how to make themselves safer.
I spent a fair amount of time with him today, Jake. Listen to how he described this one particular teaching point.
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DR. MICHAEL NOOKS, ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: Even tactics are changing right now for law enforcement. We're going sideways and now we go to the front to expose less organ injuries better than --
GUPTA: So instead of --
NOOKS: If you go through sideway and a bullet comes through -- it goes through both lung and a heart and comes through the other side. Whereas we would go from the front you have a plate protects your heart and hits one of the lungs or the other can still be functional.
GUPTA: That's fascinating. You always see people approaching --
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GUPTA: There's a sort of teaching point again there, Jake. Typically just the side profile's too vulnerable so he's going there and teaching them to wear certain kind of armor and actually have that be frontally facing. But just an example of what is happening now, this intersection between medicine and in this case the SWAT team in order to do the job they have to do.
[16:55:02]TAPPER: It's so tragic that that's the kind of teaching this doctor finds himself doing. Did he describe for you at all what it was like going into the chaotic scenes?
GUPTA: Yes. He did, Jake, quite a bit. As you might imagine just catastrophic the types of weapons this particular doctor was a doctor who is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war. And he talked about the fact the same sort of munitions, the same caliber, the same velocity of bullets are the things he saw back in that war.
I don't know that I should describe more than that, but you understand what I'm saying here. They were patients who obviously were able to survive this, but these were very, very devastating injuries that he saw.
But again, by being there early, even during an active situation he was probably able to help save lives that otherwise would have been lost.
TAPPER: All right, a war zone in California. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, thank you so much.
Law enforcement is still of course trying to determine the specific and proven motive for this horrific attack. We're learning more about how at least one of the shooters was radicalized. That story next.