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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Poisoned daughter better as UK-Russia dispute at UN worsens
LONDON (AP) — The daughter of a former Russian spy poisoned by a nerve agent said Thursday in her first public comment that she's recovering even as the international furor over the attack intensified, with Russia warning Britain it is "playing with fire."
At the United Nations, Russia claimed that intelligence services of other countries were probably behind the attack. But Britain's U.N. Ambassador Karen Piece shot back that Russia has come up with 24 theories on who bears responsibility for the poisoning, but the United Kingdom has only one — that it's highly likely Russia was responsible.
Yulia Skripal, 33, said in a statement released by British police that her "strength is growing daily" and she expressed gratitude to those who came to her aid when she and her father, Sergei, were found unconscious on a bench a month ago.
"I am sure you appreciate that the entire episode is somewhat disorientating, and I hope that you'll respect my privacy and that of my family during the period of my convalescence," she said.
The hospital in the English city of Salisbury confirmed that Yulia's health has improved, while her 66-year-old father, Sergei Skripal, remains in critical condition.
Trump proposes $100 billion in new tariffs on Chinese goods
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump instructed the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods on Thursday in a dramatic escalation of the trade dispute between the two countries.
Trump's surprise move came a day after Beijing announced plans to tax $50 billion in American products, including soybeans and small aircraft, in response to a U.S. move this week to slap tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports.
And it intensified what was already shaping up to be the biggest trade battle since World War II. Global financial markets had fallen sharply as the world's two biggest economies squared off over Beijing's aggressive trade tactics. But they had calmed down Wednesday and Thursday on hopes the U.S. and China would find a diplomatic solution.
Instead, the White House announced after the markets closed Thursday that Trump had instructed the Office of the United States Trade Representative to consider whether $100 billion of additional tariffs would be appropriate and, if so, to identify which products they should apply to. He's also instructed his secretary of agriculture "to implement a plan to protect our farmers and agricultural interests."
"China's illicit trade practices — ignored for years by Washington — have destroyed thousands of American factories and millions of American jobs," Trump said in a statement announcing the decision.
Going off script, Trump bashes immigration at tax cut event
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Tossing his "boring" prepared remarks into the air, President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a fierce denunciation of the nation's immigration policies, calling for tougher border security while repeating his unsubstantiated claim that "millions" of people voted illegally in California.
Trump was in West Virginia to showcase the benefits of Republican tax cuts, but he took a big and meandering detour to talk about his tough immigration and trade plans. He linked immigration with the rise of violent gangs like MS-13 and suggested anew that there had been widespread fraud in the 2016 election.
"In many places, like California, the same person votes many times. You probably heard about that," Trump said. "They always like to say, 'Oh, that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people. And it's very hard because the state guards their records. They don't want us" to see them.
While there have been isolated cases of voter fraud in the U.S., past studies have found it to be exceptionally rare.
Trump initially claimed last year that widespread voting fraud had occurred in what appeared to be a means of explaining away his popular-vote defeat. Earlier this year the White House disbanded a controversial voter fraud commission amid infighting and lawsuits as state officials refused to co-operate.
10 Things to Know for Friday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. TRUMP GIVES SOME DETAILS ON BORDER DEPLOYMENTS
He says up to 4,000 National Guard troops would be sent to the border with Mexico, but hasn't said whether they will be armed or which states would send them.
2. TRUMP GOES OFF SCRIPT IN WEST VIRGINIA
He was expected to talk about tax cuts, but instead revived disproven claims about voter fraud and linked immigration to an increase in violence and rapes.
Trump: 2,000-4,000 troops needed for Mexico border security
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send between 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking, but it wasn't clear who would be called up or if they would even be allowed to carry guns.
Trump's comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes are needed for border protection. It is lower than the 6,400 National Guard members that former President George Bush sent to the border between 2006 and 2008.
Trump said his administration is looking into the cost of sending the troops to the border and added "we'll probably keep them or a large portion of them until the wall is built."
Earlier Thursday, Ronald Vitiello, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's acting deputy commissioner, cautioned against a rushed deployment.
"We are going to do it as quickly as we can do it safely," Vitiello told Fox News Channel.
Arrest warrant issued for former Brazilian president 'Lula'
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian judge issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, dealing a major blow to the once wildly popular leader who was trying to mount a political comeback ahead of October's elections.
The warrant came several hours after the country's top body, the Supreme Federal Tribunal, voted 6-5 to deny a request by da Silva to stay out of prison while he appealed a corruption conviction that he contends was simply a way to keep him off the ballot.
Federal judge Sergio Moro gave Brazil's former president 24 hours to present himself to police in the southern city of Curitiba. In a statement, Moro said he was giving da Silva the opportunity to come in of his own accord because he had been president of the nation.
Last year, Moro convicted da Silva of trading favours with a construction company in exchange for the promise of a beachfront apartment. That conviction was upheld by an appeals court in January.
The speed with which Moro issued the warrant surprised many, as legal observers said there were technicalities from da Silva's upheld appeal that would not be sorted out until next week.
Muslims: Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to Muslims as it develops new training materials as part of a deal to settle claims it illegally spied on Muslims for years after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The agreement announced Thursday by the city and the Islamic community also calls for the city to pay $75,000 in damages and nearly $1 million in legal fees. It also ensures surveillance in New Jersey will follow rules defined in another landmark civil rights case.
"Today's settlement sends a message to all law enforcement: Simply being Muslim is not a basis for surveillance," said Farhana Khera, executive director of Muslim Advocates, a legal advocacy and educational organization.
"We won this case, make no mistake about it. But as a member of the armed forces, I believe the United States won as well," said Farhaj Hassan, a U.S. Army reservist and the lead plaintiff in the 2012 lawsuit in federal court in Newark, New Jersey.
"No one likes to take on the cops. Cops are good," he said. "But in this case, when cops were acting bad, it had to be done."
Trump, Kim summit may boost recovery of US Korea War remains
TOKYO (AP) — More than six decades after the troops died for their country, the repatriation of the remains of thousands of U.S. military personnel missing in action and presumed dead from the Korean War may finally get a boost now that President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to hold the first-ever summit between their countries.
Nearly 7,800 U.S. troops remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. About 5,300 were lost in North Korea.
Efforts to recover and return the remains have been stalled for more than a decade because of the North's development of nuclear weapons and U.S. claims that the safety of recovery teams it sent during the administration of President George W. Bush was not sufficiently guaranteed.
There are indications, however, that Trump may raise the issue directly with Kim when they meet. There is also a chance Kim might return some remains even before the summit. The location and date of the summit have yet to be announced, though officials have suggested the meeting should take place by May.
"Hopefully, the North Koreans will turn over some remains as a goodwill gesture before the summit," said Bill Richardson, a former U.N. ambassador and New Mexico governor who secured the return of six sets of remains from North Korea in 2007. "This would help enormously to diffuse some tension."
Studio Ghibli co-founder, director Isao Takahata dies at 82
TOKYO (AP) — Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn "manga" look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82.
Takahata, who directed "Grave of the Fireflies," a tragic tale about wartime childhood, died Thursday of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital, according to a studio statement.
Takahata started Ghibli with Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki in 1985, hoping to create Japan's Disney.
His last film, "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya," based on a Japanese folktale, was nominated for a 2015 Oscar for best animation feature, although it did not win. He is also known for the 1970s Japanese TV series "Heidi, Girl of the Alps," based on the book by Swiss author Johanna Spyri.
Funeral services are planned for May 15.
Spieth back in his comfort zone at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods attracted most of the attention. Jordan Spieth caused the most concern.
Opening day at the Masters had a wide-open feel until Spieth hit his stride Thursday afternoon. He saved three straight pars with that superb short game. He ran off three straight birdies to take the lead. And then he fired an 8-iron at the pin on the par-3 16th, letting the club twirl through his hands as he walked away, knowing only that it was another good one. It plopped down 5 feet away.
"You don't know where it's going to end up," he said, "but you know it's going to be in a good position."
Spieth took only 10 putts on the back nine. He made five straight birdies, a career best for him in the majors. Even a bogey on the final hole felt like a par the way he navigated out of the trees and limited the damage with a pitch that stopped inches from going in.
That gave him a 6-under 66 and a two-shot lead over Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar.


said Adam Coates, Chief Commercial Officer with Westleaf.
Coates noted that shopping at a Prairie Records store will invoke the feeling of a retro-record shop, complete with music paraphernalia, curated play lists, and product information being presented on album covers.
said Scott Hurd, President and CEO of Westleaf.
Focusing exclusively on densely populated neighborhoods, high traffic areas, and tourist destinations, Prairie Recordsretail stores will be situated in some of the most premium retail locations across the country. The foundation of the retail concept is ingrained with a desire to create a unique cannabis purchasing experience through tactile in-store features and product offerings that celebrate the relationship between music and cannabis. Featuring a rollout of upwards of 50 retail locations in markets across Western Canada. Westleaf continues to be committed to becoming a leader in the cannabis retail market in Canada.


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International Man of Mystery's blog
Expat and travel blog featuring stories on living overseas destinations, as well as some stuff on the expat blogosphere too.
Going on holiday? Then be prepared...
Are you off on holiday soon? It's that time of year when - even if you live in a big city - things just seem to be quieter than usual, with the schools on holiday and many people taking off for destinations elsewhere. Of course if you live in a tourist area, then it's the oppsosite of quiet. But either way, in late July it always feels like it should be holiday time whether you're en vacances or not!
Last year a survey that was widely reported on travel news sites highlighted a worrying statistic - of the respondents surveyed, a third of people going abroad to stay with loved ones had no travel insurance. So if you're an expat and have family over for the summer, it may be an idea to ensure that your visitors aren't among that third.
This year, the most recent figures from the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) indicate that a quarter of people heading off onholoday have no insurance. It's believed that the number has risen this high due to stringency around the rules for selling insurance having discouraged many holiday retailers from selling cover.
It's also worth knowing what having cover means - it's not simply about getting medical attention in circumstances such as those covered under the policy e.g. emergencies - travel cover should also cover instanceswhere you require evacuation from one area to another for treatment. Medical evacuation and repatriation are both notoriously expensive and are reason alone to be prepared. of course insurance also means avoiding unexpected bills.
If you're from one European Economic Area country and travelling to another, it's worth getting hold of an EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) which is designed to allow you treatment in other European countries on the same basis as a national of that place. This of course means that if people pay towards treatment in their country, then so will you - so it's not a replacement for travel medical insurance but is still a handy thing to have (NB the EHIC doesn't cover emergency evacuation either, onlt private medical cover will do that). EHIC cards are easy to apply for but obviously it pays to make sure you've got your medical cover (and your EHIC) in place before leaving for your flight.
Tags: expat holidays, summer holidays, travel cover
British food abroad
When you're abroad for a short time, it's good to immerse yourself in a world where everything - or nearly everything - is new. For instance if you go on holiday to France and wander round your local Monoprix, Leclerc or Intermarché, you'll no doubt see a whole new world of tasty food that you just can't find back home - lots of lovely boulangerie, patessirie and charcuterie that's fresh, local, and all a bit of a novelty. What you won't find, of course, is steak pies and HP sauce. And it's things like these that we don't miss over a short period of time that become a bit of a yearning after a while.
The expat market for goods from home is a thriving one, with lots of online stores catering to people who were brought up in the UK and now live abroad, craving a fix of Marmite or their favourite brand of tea. And there are also bricks and mortar outlets selling UK brands in a range of locationas abroad, as well as British pubs in some suprising locations too. The Rising Sun, which bills itself as "Tokyo's Oldest British Pub" not only sells draught Guinness to quench expat thirst but also indulges hearty homely tastes with welsh rarebit and shepherds pie dishes. Yum! There is also a well-known butcher's shop in Kearny, new Jersey selling haggis and other Scottish delicacies for adventurous locals as well as expat Scots and their families.
And according to a recent news report, it seems that it's not just UK folk who like UK produce - Germany (who according to UK Trade & Investment are our number one European export market) is proving interested in a range of niche and quirly British products from clotted cream to goat's cheese and whisky. It all goes to show how specialised retail can help to popularise certain goods - and while the cheese exports may never match, say Germany's BMW and Mercedes exports in terms of value, niche food is a growing opportunity.
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Tags: expat food, expat food and drink, uk expats
UAE - the land of single expats?
The UAE and singles
A recent survey by the UAE's 999 magazine (published by the country's ministry of interior) suggests that despite the emirates' glitzy skyscraper glamour, there are a lot of single people there.
One of the reasons for this is that there's a changing expat demographic and while once there may have been a trailing-spouse effect, with married people of a certain age in senior management positions making the move as an international assignment, these days there are more people of a younger age moving there who also happen to be single.
In fact the number o frespondents who classified themselves as being currently single in the survey was between a third and a half, at 42 per cent. In some of the news articles on this topic, cultural differences were also highlighted, with one individual quoted as saying that " cultural differences both are pretty much applicable for the majority of singles" in the UAE.
The UAE and expats
The UAE is one of the top 10 destinations for expat UK nationals, with 65,000 Brits resident there, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions and the Institute for Public Policy research. Of those, around 680 are retirees who no doubt enjoy the warm weather.
According to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the UAE's healthcare is of a good standard but may not be accessible to visitors without insurance. This UAE healthcare guide describes medical cover as a 'must' for expats in the country, and there were reports in the UK broadsheets earlier this year of people actually being turned away at the airport in Abu Dhabi and not allowed into the emirate as they were insurance-less.
The UAE is very much an expat-dependent ecpnomy, with only a minority of emiratis resident there as compared to foreign nationals, the ratio often being quotes as high as 11 expats for every one national.
Tags: dubai, expat dubai, expats, uae
Expats in India
One of the major considerations for expats with school age children is - obviously - education. So what do you do when you're somewhere far, far away and the culture is very different from home? This couple describe their experience of the education available in Pune, India.
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Future expat destinations
The nature of expatriation is that it changes over time - people have always made the choice to go and live abroad, but where they go can depend on any number of factors relating ti the destination, and these can include
health and education systems
And so on. Currently the number one expat destination for people from the UK is Australia, and it's difficult to envisage there being any change to that any time soon. With its sunny weather and strong economy it's easy to see why people make theor way there to live the expat life. I think it's also fair to say that Australia being part of the English-apeaking world is part of its attraction too - being able to go as far away as is geographically possible but not needing a phrase book is definitely a plus point for many of us.
This week the Telegraph ran an interesting article entitled Why Tomorrow's Expats should choose Germany over Spain, arguing that the former offers cheap property and low taxes. Both of which definitely sound appealing. Spain of course has the great weather factor - and the coastlines, too. But according to the article, Spain has dropped from 33% to 23% in terms of being the place as the favoured destination of "would be" expats.
And having apent a great deal of time in both countries, I would be hard pushed to choose between them simply in terms of which one would be more fun to live in. Interestingly the Mercer quality of life survey has Madrid and Barcelona in its index, albeit placed in the 40s, while Munich, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt are all top ten.
Where would you choose?
Photo courtesy of Mike256.
Tags: expats, germany, living abroad, spain
Kuwait and expats: a changing reality
Kuwait, that tiny country between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, may not have the same draw for expats as Dubai, but it has for a very long tome been home to people of various nations across the world.
In terms of the number of non Kuwaiti residents, the figures vary depending on where you look, so anywhere between around a half and two-thirds of the population are foreigners. Compare this with the UAE, whose populatuion is approximately nine-tenths non- Emirati.
Lately, Kuwait has been aiming to reduce the number of non0nationals who reside there, perhaps to ensure that in future there are maximum employment opportunities for nationals.
Described by the Telegraph as an "anti-foreigner stance", the country's various actions have included upwards of 1000 deportations in relation to traffic offences reported as 'minor' as well as restrictions on who can drive on the country's roads, and restricting times that foreigners can be seen at Jahra Hospital (the city's main facility).
Also according to the telegraph's report, Kuwait has dropped position on the World Economic Forum's list of rankings for the friendliness of countries towards tourists and visitors. "The Emirate now stands at 137th out of 140 countries", says the report.
However, despite the country's stated aim of reducing the number of non-nationals, there are still going to be a fair amount of non-nationals in Kuwait for a while yet. And there may also be job opportunities for expats for some time to come, specially for people who have in-demand skills.
As always, if you're travelling to Kuwait, make sure you have the right type of insurance, since as the FCE states "fees are expensive". Providers can offer a range of different levels of cover, meaning that you can suit your requirements and budget.
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Tags: expat jobs, expats, kuwait
What is an expat?
It's one of those questions that pops up every now and again, and it's not really all that easy to answer - not, at any rate, without getting into the whole semantics thing.
In its simplest definition, expat just means out of (ex) the native land (patria). Those of us who got the poetry of Wilfred Owen rammed into our brains at school may instantly recognise the 'patria' bit from 'dulce et decorum est/ pro patria mori'.
But if course there's more to it than that - and as Ritwik Deo puts it, in anarticle he wrote for the Guardian just under a year ago:
If you only read the British media, you would think there are no British immigrants anywhere in the world. Instead, there are only legions upon legions of expats.
While this is almost certainly the case, does it follow that there is a perception of superiority in the use of the word? Newspapers have to be extremely economical and precise with language, so if, say a UK national who resided in Poland was in the news for winning the Euromillions jackpot, the headline would say something like "What A Zloty Cash. Brit Expat Hits Euro Jackpot!"
Now, let's disregard for a second the fact that Euromillions tickets aren't actually on sale in Poland. Let's just imagine that the winner bought her ticket on a day trip to Luxembourg. Or used the Lotto's online ticket concierge service. So far, so good.
But why expat? Why nor immigrant? Well in this case the headline needs a word that expresses the fact that this is a UK national who is currently (and indefinitely) resident elsewhere. The phrase "UK immigrant" would be unclear since it would hint that she had emigrated from another nation and into the UK. Or try the word "exile" in the above sentence - doesn't really make full sense either - due to its connotations of banishment and inability to return.
I suppose "emigrant" might work in this context, but it's not a word that's as well known and understood, so expat it is.
To add to the confusion, all immigrants are expats anyway, by definition. There may be a host of reasons for people to travel abroad to live - and these cpuld include anything from more favourable tax laws in the new country to escaping political instability in th old country. But expatriation is what it is - a simple matter of being from one place and living in another.
There's an interesting blog post on the subject by Laura Dennis, who considers the question in a candid and entertaining way.
When is an expat not an expat? Your thoughts, please...!
Tags: expat, expatriate, living abroad

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Navigating uncertain landscapes for D2C brands: What's the path forward?
In a recent webinar for "The Shopify Corner" series, Gorgias' Tech Partner Manager, Rohan Kapoor, hosted a panel with a group of leading D2C technology experts, discussing how direct-to-consumer brands can combat the challenges they may face in the current economic climate.
They discussed ways to optimize and fix systems that could be hindering merchants' growth, and consumer spending and behavioral trends that brands should care about.
The webinar featured these panelists:
Mark Sinclair, Merchant Success Manager, Shopify
Dan Anand, Tech Partner Manager, Loop
Greg Bauman, Director of Ecosystem Partnerships, Attentive
We think you'll get a lot out of watching the webinar in its entirety, but if you're pressed for time, here are some of the key takeaways:
Merchants are using personalization to retain more customers and increase LTV.
"Rising acquisition costs are one of the key things that merchants are really trying to kind of get ahead of," says Sinclair. "Inflation is here and recession is imminent, if not already starting."
As a result, merchants are focusing less on spending to acquire new customers, and focusing more on strategies for retaining the customers they already have – chiefly, through personalized experiences.
"Customers are very demanding in 2022. They want to shop wherever they are, however they want to shop, and they want tailored experiences. Merchants are working hard to try and create a tailored experience from first interaction to conversion."
Creating customized loyalty experiences is also an important focus point.
Subscription-based experiences, personalized experiences, and token-gated commerce are all becoming high priorities for merchants, Sinclair adds. "You're really leveraging your community, and creating a place that aligns your customers' goals and identity to your brand and the products."
Incentivizing exchanges over returns can help recapture lost revenue.
In uncertain times, every dollar counts – and savvy merchants are finding ways to retain seemingly lost revenue, by converting returns into exchanges.
For Shopify brands, 25% of products on average end up getting returned.
"I would say it's really important to distinguish that maybe the customer just wasn't satisfied with the product they purchased, and they still might like the brand themselves," says Anand. "So it's really important that you are offering, as a brand, a couple different options to the consumer to help them find a product they like, and stay with the brand. And of course that would lead to increased LTV."
Encouraging customers to exchange the product they didn't want for another product means that "they're more likely to become an advocate and hopefully come back and shop again," says Anand.
"And so from a dollar perspective, think about how much of your return revenue you as a brand are retaining. You can also look at it from a consumer's perspective. How many relationships are you saving? With 25% of those consumers leaving or returning a product, how can you save those consumers and exchanges?"
Merchants can prioritize SMS marketing to drive higher customer engagement rates.
"I'm not gonna say that we're in the year of mobile right now, but we are definitely in a mobile-first era," says Bauman.
"We're really seeing that with the type of engagement, over three quarters of all online sales are coming from mobile accounts. People are becoming more comfortable with receiving text messages from brands that they're genuinely interested in."
With recent iOS updates making it harder for marketers to track customers' behavior on web browsers, "we feel that SMS and your mobile device really is that perfect vehicle for personalization. Typically we only have one phone number or we only have one phone, right? And so the accuracy over a long period of time is going to be there."
"When you talk about increasing lifetime value and getting the most out of your current customers, SMS is a great vehicle to give you the immediacy you're looking for from a revenue perspective," Bauman adds. "I know some people are uncomfortable about subscribing to SMS programs, but at this point over 80% of consumers out there have subscribed to at least one program. So that behavior is shifting, and it really is a race to own that SMS inbox as well."
Use automation where you can to streamline costs and processes.
When every dollar put towards operating expenses is important, it's a good opportunity to look at ways to streamline your costs and improve efficiency through automation.
"It's important for teams to spend their time on more complex issues – things that are going to be more of a revenue-driving activity, and improve the bottom line," says Kapoor. "And if you're using all your manual efforts on things that can be automated, or that are very repeatable, then you're taking away from that opportunity to generate more sales out of each of these different functions."
When it comes to helping merchants, not every path looks the same.
Our B2C experts cautioned that every business is different, so the pathway to success won't always look the same. They've found that simply listening to each merchant and working to meet their unique needs was the best way to provide support.
"To be the best advisor, especially in these uncertain times, it's just approaching merchants and their businesses with curiosity, compassion, and care," says Sinclair. "At Shopify, we're merchant-obsessed, it's the core of our business. It's incredibly important to each and every one of us to be an advocate for each merchant that we interact with."
"You don't want to put them in a growth box and say, 'if you do X, Y, and Z, you're gonna get here.' I wish it was as easy as clicking a button. Instead, it's about making sure that you're deeply empathetic and understanding and inquisitive to your merchant that you work with."
For more insights on how your brand can navigate through a rocky economic climate successfully, check out the full webinar.
How Shopify merchants can ace holiday returns challenges
How to offer at home return pick-ups with Loop and Veho
How Aviator Nation transformed their returns with Loop
Live recording: The importance of profitability and how brands can get started with Kyle Hency
How 36% of DUER's customers choose exchanges over refunds with Loop
Do it Without the Discounts: Unique BFCM Experiences Driven by Mission


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The Freezer Hostel & Culture Centre is a multi award winning establishment that mixes hosting travellers with offering entertainment and space for meeting people in our huge lounge / tikibar. The hostel has 4 dormitories and space for 22 in all, a fully equipped kitchen and shared bathrooms. This one of a kind hostel also offers free parking, book exchange, plenty of board games, tourist info and maps. Happy hour is every night from 18-20. Linen is always included in our price.
On top of this, The Freezer regularly programmes events such as theatre, stand up comedy, live music, pub quizzes or karaoke nights.
Cancellation policy: 24h before arrival date. In case of a late cancellation or no show, you will be charged the first night of your stay.
Check in from 17:00 to 21:00 .
Reception is open from 17:00 - 21.00 everyday, for early or late arrivals please let us know at least 24 hours in advance.
Great hostel! Would definitely recommend. Clean, comfortable space with friendly staff!
Best hostel I've stayed at. Very unique and very homely. The way the common room is decorated makes it feel extremely comfortable and encourages you to meet people. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. Part of the great atmosphere of this hostel is due to their easy-going nature as well. It feels like they are one of us! There were musicians performing a show for us after dinner. Great way to chill out after a long day. Bed and bathrooms are clean and comfortable as well!
Great places ! It's also a cultural center with a nice louge area. You can easily meet people there. However, only two WC/shower and rooms are really close to the kitchen, it's can be a bit noisy in the morning.
I loved this place. Super Friendly and helpful Staff. Loved the Music at Night. The owner preformed the night I was there. He was funny and played the acoustic guitar and sang too. Very Good at both. Excellent industrial location thats close to beautiful scenery & away from the madness. Thinking about going back for New Year's. Very enticing!! Thanks Freezer for a memorable stay!!
When I was staying I was one of only two guests, but the lounge space looks well set up for meeting other travelers, with a bar and couches. The location is great is a great place to stay overnight if you're doing a road trip.
We traveled in the off-season, so there wasn't quite the atmosphere the website and listing promised, but still a really nice, cozy place. Staff was really friendly and helpful (there was bad weather, so we got advice on the safest driving routes and attractions), but we couldn't quite figure out when they were present. There were only two combined bathrooms/showers, so there was a line in the morning, but the hostel isn't that big, so it wasn't too big a problem.
Great looking place. We went during low season a just right after a storm. But the look and feel of the hotel is funky yet cozy. We had a good time there.
I went during a low season, so I don't think I can speak much on the social atmosphere of this place. I can say that the location is great for those staying overnight while exploring the peninsula - located in a very cute fishing town. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Rooms and bathrooms were clean and comfortable. The security was questionable - you aren't given a key for the building or your room (also I didn't see any lockers) so really anyone could get in, but I didn't feel unsafe.
Staff not very engaged and kitchen very ill equipped. Design of the hostel was decent but let down somewhat by the atmosphere.


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Disbelief Over Palestine
Australia hasn't been silent in the face of Israeli slaughter. Instead, it's offered vocal support.
When human rights issues are discussed in international circles, Australia is perceived as cowardly and cruel. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's opposition to UN Resolution 2334 bolsters that perception. By a vote of 14-0 with the US abstaining, that Resolution condemned Israeli settlements as in flagrant violation of international law.
The Prime Minister even had the nerve to label the Resolution 'one sided'. 'One sided?' A brutal occupation of Palestinian lands has lasted for decades. The side which Turnbull seems to regard as the victim has all the diplomatic, economic and military power.
Being labelled cowardly may prompt claims that the public in general and politicians in particular are unaware of inhumanities, or they may be aware but feel swamped by reports of atrocities elsewhere.
To separate one atrocity from another is not difficult. I am writing about Israel/Palestine, not about Saudi Arabia, Yemen, life in American or Brazilian jails, Australia's imprisonment of asylum seekers, the treatment of Rohingya in Burma or the slaughter encouraged by a Philippine dictator.
A file image of Gaza in 2009
Palestinians' suffering and the continued abuses of their human rights does not seem to bother those who have invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit Australia. How to prepare for next month's visit? A wall could be built to keep him out. Better still, let's publicise significant aspects of the history of Israel/Palestine relations.
History including Gaza
The Palestinian Naqba tragedies started in 1948, with 700,000 people being expelled at gunpoint from their ancestral homelands, an ethnic cleansing which was followed by the erasing of 500 Palestinian villages and towns from the face of the earth.
More recently the fatalities in two invasions of the Gaza Strip do appear to have affected public understanding of Israeli government objectives.
The Israeli Human Rights organization B'Tselem reported that in Operation Cast Lead in 2008/09, of the 1,389 Gazan Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, 455 were women and children. Three Israeli civilians and six Israeli security personnel were recorded as having been killed by Palestinians.
Following the 2014 Operation Protective Edge invasion of Gaza, the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry found that 2,251 Palestinians were killed, of whom 551 were children and 299 women. One hundred and forty two Palestinian families had three or more members killed in the same incident, and more than 1,500 children were orphaned. Six civilians in Israel were killed and 67 Israeli soldiers.
The siege of Gaza is an amorality play on an international scale. Who knows? Who cares? Blame can be laid on Israel but also on Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, other Arab countries and the international community. In Australian political circles, where is the courage to condemn let alone help to end the siege of Gaza?
Living conditions in Gaza, regarded by the UN as unfit for human habitation by 2020, provoke more disbelief. Who Knows? Who cares? Of almost two million Gazans, half are children. On my several visits I have enjoyed the hospitality of the people even as the electricity was cut, cancer patients were denied the chance to seek treatment, and buildings which were once homes, schools, mosques and hospitals had been reduced to massive mounds of rubble.
A January 2017 report from Physicians for Human Rights to the Gaza Strip shows the desperation. "You feel it the minute you cross the border. It's like travelling to another world. There's terrible poverty. There's simply no money. Not for food or for medications, not for warm clothes for children… The education system isn't working. The health system is finished. Agriculture is dying. Water sources are contaminated. The water is unfit to drink. There is hardly any electricity. Gaza is on the brink of an humanitarian disaster." They also report that many Jewish physicians from Israel want to come to Gaza to help but are prohibited from doing so.
Genocide?
To jolt the politicians and their media acolytes, I'll refer to genocide. Such a charge can be justified though it is usually regarded as a form of diplomatic blasphemy, too risky to make.
The 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, refers to any acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.
Such acts would include killing members of a group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.
Writing in December 2016, in Aljazeera English, the Jewish social analyst Stanley Cohen concluded that each of these genocidal type acts "has been perpetrated by Israel, seemingly with almost proud boast, and no accountability, for almost 70 unbroken years."
Since the Palestinian tragedy of the Naqba in 1948, and by adding figures from the sort of violence I've referred to, Israel has found ways to kill more than 400,000 Palestinians, and injure and cripple two to three times as many, including tens of thousands of women and children.
Politicians and other influential movers of public opinion may reassure themselves that this violence happened in the past, that justice delayed is justice denied, therefore nothing can be done. That's a fallacy. Slaughter and cleansing are present day issues.
Slaughter with Impunity
In New Matilda of September 2015, I wrote about the destruction of a Bedouin camp Jehalin and of another near the Israeli settlement of Ma'aleh Dumim. Each carefully planned destruction amounted to what the Israeli journalist Amira Hass called "armed robbery".
Violence with impunity continues. The Bedouin village of Um al Hiram has just been destroyed in order to create a Jewish town called Hiran. In response to residents' and their Israeli supporters' protests, the police used live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas against them.
A week before that event, in the village of Nabi Elias, representatives of the Israeli Human Rights organization Gush Shalom witnessed the uprooting of 2,000 olive trees to make way for a settlers-only 'Nabi Elias Road.'
In his Haaretz article of January 21st, 'Kill Them They're Fair Game', distinguished Israeli journalist Gideon Levy reports, "In the Fara refugee camp, soldiers killed a man who had just woken up. Eleven bullets from point blank range in front of his mother."
Last week in the Palestinian town of Tuqu, the Border Police shot a 17-year-old, Qurai al-Amour who had thrown stones. They then dragged the dying youth on the ground like a sack of potatoes, bashing his head against rocks.
The next day at the Til Karm checkpoint, Nadal Mahadawi, 44, was killed. Levy reports, "He's seen standing quietly while the soldiers shoot for no reason. When he tries to flee, in what appears to be a dash for his life, they kill him."
In the eyes of the Israeli government and their supporters, this is acceptable conduct as long as the people killed are Palestinians and could be labelled 'terrorists'. A deep-seated racism approves. Palestinians are inferior. Born to kill, they don't live and love like Jewish citizens. So, getting rid of them has become a civic duty. Israel can be above the law. You can do what you like. No-one will be held accountable.
The legitimacy of this lawlessness was confirmed by Prime Minister Netanyahu when he rejected the UN Resolution which condemned the illegality of Israeli settlements. He also said that New Zealand, the joint promoter of the Resolution, had committed an act of war.
Before that controversy, in a military court, Israeli Sergeant Elor Azaria was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting a Palestinian, 21-year-old Abdul Fatah al-Sharif while he was lying immobile in the road. The verdict outraged Azaria's supporters who said they would turn the country upside down. The New York Times reported that the wisdom of the street had prevailed over the judgement of a court. Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu appeased the public by saying that the hero Azaria should be pardoned. Who cares about the killing of Palestinians?
Australian Ethics? Only Disbelief
It is difficult to believe that Australian governments which like to perceive themselves as muscular defenders of human rights would still toe the Israel/American line on Palestine. What does Canberra fear? What does a Federal government mean by human rights and ethics?
The scandal over former Health Minister Sussan Ley's travel expenses produced the predictable press conference assurances that the government's ethical standards will improve in the future. Ethics?
How is such an assurance to be taken seriously when most politicians of the major parties – there are some gutsy, principled exceptions – have been so intimidated by the Israeli lobby that they've turned a blind eye towards the cruelty which has been the hub of policies towards Palestinians, on the West Bank, in Gaza, East Jerusalem and in the myriad refugee camps.
When murder, dispossession, destruction of homes and agricultural land are the instruments of ethnic cleansing and when such practices don't seem to bother politicians and mainstream media commentators, we are left to express not so much anger as utter disbelief?
An anaesthetizing cloud of ignorance, or a psychotic force of delusion may be affecting those who ignore the awful inhumanity towards Palestinians. But if ignorance and delusion are not the causes of apparent indifference towards the murder and destruction in Gaza and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, then cowardice as expressed in satisfaction with cruelty must be the explanation.
There are ways in which incredulity and disbelief could be made redundant. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop could experience a conversion on her road to the next polo tournament and speak against the recently announced but illegal building of 500 settlement homes in East Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Turnbull, supported by Labor leader Bill Shorten, could find the courage to cancel the planned visit of the Israeli Prime Minister and explain their reasons for the cancellation.
If such changes occur, the charges about being cowardly and cruel could be reconsidered and perhaps withdrawn. ■
Stuart Rees OAM is Professor Emeritus, University of Sydney, recipient of the Jerusalem (Akl Quds) Peace Prize and author of the new book "Cruelty or Humanity", Bristol: Policy Press. A human rights activist, poet, novelist, and Founder Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation.
(Stuart Rees is Professor Emeritus of the University of Sydney and Founder of the Sydney Peace Foundation.)
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Yes: Amendments T, 69, 70, 72, sugary drink tax, schools … Hillary
My ballot is ready for delivery. There's a law in Colurado that photos of filled out ballots are not allowed. Mine is in the secrecy sleeve.
The election ballot came in the mail the other day. I hear a bunch of people haven't quite made up their minds yet. I don't get that. Not that I'm any kind of political guru, but here are my takes on the election.
While I like the convenience of mail-in ballots, having to place first class postage on them is a form of a poll tax. Old school student that I am, I will drop off my ballot at the polling place on election day.
I predict the Democrats will take back the Senate and make a big dent in the House GOP majority. What will continue to stalemate congress is the heavily gerrymandered districts that benefit the Republicans. Democrats who get elected in Republican districts will likely be there for one, maybe two terms. The SCOTUS decision upholding the Arizona election commission as a non-partisan redistricting tool and the 2020 census should enable the creation of more competitive districts.
Presidential Electors – Hillary and Kaine: I was/am an ardent Bernie supporter but now reluctantly for Hillary – but solidly, 100 percent behind her. A vote for Hillary / Kaine is a vote for the Bernie movement. If you're for social justice, getting money out of politics, balancing income disparity, cracking down on Wall Street, further health care reform, fixing trade deals, then, maintaining a Democrat in the White House will move that agenda.
I predict Hillary will win by a landslide. It will be unbelievably huge – believe me. Hillary is lucky she's isn't running against McCain or Romney this time. It would have been a tight 2016 race.
Write in Moon
If you're one of those "Bernie or Nobody" or "Hillary and Trump are both terrible" voters, it's not like you don't have choices. There are 22 pairs of candidates on the Colorado ballot. If you don't like any of them, there's a "write-in" blank. Because of third party candidates, Hillary is likely to win in Utah … WHA'???!!!
If it's any consolation to my Wyoming friends voting for Trump, in any scenario from a Hillary landslide to a Hillary squeaker, Wyoming goes solidly for Trump. Trump is guaranteed three electoral votes.
For those of you who have forgotten what you learned in political science class, we don't vote for candidates, but rather for electors who, in turn cast each state's vote for president. Electors aren't bound to vote how the state directs them, however. There are people who don't like this approach, but we're a nation of states not a nation of people, as we are sometimes led to believe. The electoral college system provides equity to the least populated states.
US Senator – Michael Bennet: This is a no-brainer for me. In a purple state like Colorado, the US Senators have to govern to the center. Michael Bennet after being appointed by Governor Hickenlooper, had a tough reelection campaign in 2010 against Ken Buck. He's proven his ability to work on both sides of the aisle including with junior Senator Cory Gardner. He stays out of papers and governs quietly.
Representative CD 2 – Jared Polis: I've known Jared and his partner Marlon Reis for a number of years. I think I first met Jared when he was managing his foundation and eventually on the state board of education. He is another guy who has to be sensitive to the Republicans in his district, which expands north and east. I'm okay with that.
I tend to support people I know – Republican or Democrat – and that's no exception for these contested races:
CU Regent – Alice Madden
State Senator – Steve Fenberg
County Commissioners – Elise Jones, Deb Gardener
As for the judges, the blue book gave them all a pass. I'll let them ride another term.
Constitutional Amendment T – YES: This reminds me of that Seinfeld pilot episode within an episode when a guy is sentenced to be Jerry's butler. Rather than take this provision out of the constitution, the reference to slavery and involuntary servitude should have just been removed. There are plenty of similar punishments that happen in the forms of community service, restorative justice retribution, etc.
Constitutional Amendment U – NO: People / Corporations who use public land for private purposes should continue to pay taxes. The constitution is no place to be dealing with administrative costs as being a reason to exempt users from paying tax.
Constitutional Amendment 69 – YES: Big pharma and mega-insurance companies are against this one. If it passes, it will signal other states to opt out of the Affordable Care Act which has been a boon to big medicine. There are many people who will be turning 65 soon and enrolled in Medicare. Why should I be okay with paying a little more income tax? It's for the common good. Besides, I don't have kids in the public school system and I don't complain about paying those taxes, because education is public good.
Constitutional Amendment 70 – YES: When I was a kid, I worked for the minimum wage, which was, seems like $1.32, and for a 12-year old that was a lot of money – especially when I was allowed to work sometimes 50 hours a week. What else did I have to do? The minimum wage isn't supposed to be a living wage. It's a benchmark. It's a starting wage. The current $8.31 isn't even a starting wage. However, for workers who think they can make a living on $9.50 / hour, I have news for them, they better get two jobs or get fit to work into something that is better paying. Small and micro business owners have a good gripe in that this could be an undo burden on them, but it's a cost of doing business. If a small biz is just squeaking by paying workers $8 an hour, maybe it should evaluate the business model.
Constitutional Amendment 71 – NO: The reason the constitution gets amended so often is because if it isn't in the constitution, the state legislature can change a law passed by referendum at the drop of a hat. If anything, the constitution should be amended to say that any law passed by referendum can be changed by the legislature, but any changes have to be by majority of each county's legislators, independent of party of affiliation.
Constitutional Amendment 72 – YES: Taxes like these are paid by people who knowingly use a product that is bad for them like tobacco (in fact, it's written on all the packages). Tobacco also happens to be addictive so it's an easy sell. Tobacco smoking isn't a right, it's a choice. People who choose unhealthy options, regardless of reasons, also place a burden on the public health and safety through second hand smoke, avoidable health problems such as heart and lung disease. The bad lifestyle choosers also get into insurance pools driving up premium costs. This isn't about tobacco users (they often think laws like this gang up on them) but rather about tobacco. Also, if this were only a law passed by referendum, the tobacco company lobbyists would have a hey day lining elected officials pockets to get the law gutted.
Proposition 106 – NO: I think there are adequate ways for caregivers to end a person's life or a sick person to end their own life without adding this huge death industrial complex behind it. Let's see, there's Smith and Wesson, the left over oxycodon … This is a choice that a person makes after consultation with family friends, preacher, their dog. The government has no place in this decision.
Proposition 107 – YES: I imagine both political parties are against an open primary because it allows independent voters to vote in either partys presidential primary election. I don't know how any one who stood in line for hours thinks the caucus system is better than a direct primary.
Proposition 108 – NO: While independent voters would be able to vote in a party primary for state and local candidates, it allows an exception for non-presidential candidates to be selected by a convention of party elites. This must be a compromise voter suppression measure proposed by the GOP.
Boulder County Issues 1A, 1B, 1c – YES: I always vote for the pittance of sales tax increases to maintain infrastructure including parks and open spaces. I seldom use the open spaces, but they are a public good.
Boulder County Issue 1d – NO: Term limiting candidates should be left up to the voters to decide. If the District Attorney is doing an okay job, let him/her serve as long as the public can stand them.
City of Boulder 2H – YES: This is a tax similar to the tobacco tax proposed in Amendment 72. If a person wants to make unhealthy choices, they should be willing to pay a little extra. The Big Gulp from 7-Eleven now costs $1.59 and a refill is $.99 – I'm pretty sure your average Big Gulp drinker would pay 50 cents extra. I know I won't mind. I'll continue to buy my fountain soda here, than travel to Longmont for my occasional to save on taxes.
City of Boulder 2I – NO: There are other ways to better utilize the Boulder water supplies. Denying land owners water isn't the right way to do it. There's a big debate happening in town now about residential growth. Allocation of scarce resources needs to be a more balanced approach.
City of Boulder 2J – NO: The city of Boulder council is not a full time job and providing access to benefits available to city employees encourages people to run for office not to serve, but to self serve because of the health insurance benefits.
City of Boulder 302 – NO: There is no need to legislate term limits. If anything, there should be another effort to establish city council wards in Boulder to create more equitable representation. Remember the time when two council members lived in the same house?
Boulder Valley School District 3A – Yes: Even though I don't have kids in the school system, education is a public good. I helped on 2A many years ago which fixed the existing schools and built some new ones.
Yours truly, Michael and Jerry mugging at BIFF
Scientific and Cultural Facilities District 4b – YES: I am self-interested in this one. I'm a member of the Boulder International Film Festival board of directors and some of our funding is SCFD. This is one of most worthwhile taxes, particularly for small to medium sized arts organizations.
In another race of interest to me, I think this is the biggest game changer of all the overlooked elections in the country:
Wyoming CD At Large – Liz Cheney: I predict the Virginia carpetbagger and daughter of Dick Cheney will win in a landslide. She quasi-moved back to Wyoming to take the open seat held by Cynthia Lummis. I further predict that Cheney will ditch Wyoming after two terms and run for president in 2020 / 2024. Carpetbagging worked for Hillary Wyoming is a way easier path to the top than going through New York. If she wanted to take the big state route, Texas – corporate home to her dad's firm Halliburton – would have been the obvious choice.
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Bulgaria's Bobov Dol TPP plans to build PV plant at former ash dump site
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Bulgarian thermal power plant (TPP) Bobov Dol [BUL:TC8A] intends to build a photovoltaic (PV) park at the site of a former ash dump in Dupnitsa municipality, data published by the regional environment inspectorate showed.
The coal-fired power plant plans to deploy solar panels on the surface of its recultivated ash pond Suho Dere, which spreads on some 123 hectares near the village of Palatovo, in Dupnitsa municipality, according to the investment proposal published by the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water - Sofia last month.
The estimated cost of the project was not disclosed in the investment proposal.
The consolidated net profit of TPP Bobov Dol rose to 4.4 million levs ($2.7 million/2.2 million euro) last year, from 4.2 million levs in 2019. The power plant's revenue increased to 175.2 million levs in 2020 from 155.7 million levs a year earlier.
The coal-fired power power plant located in Kyustendil region, in southwestern Bulgaria, has an installed capacity of 630 megawatts. In 2008, the government sold the power plant to local consortium Energy MK, which remains its sole owner.
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Are there a significant number of people living in DC and commuting to Baltimore these days? There were quite a few people who lived in Baltimore and commuted to DC when I lived in DC (I considered doing it on many occasions).
Probably not as far north as the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel. There's plenty of commuter traffic from the D.C. area to Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County and its many Department of Defense agencies (I believe that is the largest employment center in the state, given that Montgomery County voters keep electing people that want to discourage employment from locating in the county).
Ah yes, a friend commutes from DC to Ft. Meade.
I'm surprised that they do not plan on restricting traffic from the tunnel from reaching I-95 and US 1 south of the tunnel to limit the traffic. It seems to me that I-97 and MD-10 traffic really needs access to I-895 to avoid a very long detour, but that I-95 and US 1 traffic has ready access to the Ft McHenry Tunnel and do not need to add to the mess at the Harbor Tunnel.
IMO, one lane in the tunnel is a mess, but it won't be so bad if it is only serving the travelers coming from the southeast and not the southwest.
I wouldn't be surprised if the MDTA eventually does close the I-895 mainline west of Exit 4. The ongoing redecking of the Patapsco Flats bridge mean that traffic is already restricted to one lane west of the I-895 Spur, which would make it less difficult to close the mainline if necessary.
I've been thinking about that hilariously non-compliant BGS for Exit 10 on the Canton Viaduct. Is it likely to be recycled or does the MDTA retain examples of old signage like MDOT SHA?
That sign dates to the 1980's, but I believe it was an exact replacement of a sign that probably dates back to the opening of the road in 1957, when all of the signage on the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway looked like that.
I don't know if MDTA keeps any old and historic signs around. I would love to see one of the big red signs (made from extruded aluminum or steel strips, long before SHA adopted that style of sign) that detailed the tunnel restrictions and was found at every entrance ramp to I-895.
The kerning on the temporary signage erected for the Canton Viaduct reconstruction is hilariously awful. I've never seen such horrible kerning before for any temporary sign erected by the MDTA. What gives?
In short: spacing between proportional font letters, with adjustment being made for the actual letters involved so it looks "normal"-such as "AV".
I drove thru the temporary work zone going south on Saturday morning. The current setup isn't exactly awful (that side of the bridge at least has a shoulder), but it'll get annoying once the tunnel goes 2-way. Overall the HBT was pretty dead compared to I-95. Guess the signs telling traffic to go elsewhere are actually working.
Not all the time. Saw signs north of Baltimore on Friday that said the travel time from White Marsh to the Harbor Tunnel was 33 minutes (12 miles).
The closure of the I-895 northbound tunnel is imminent. I'm still curious to see if the I-895 mainline south of the harbor is closed west of I-695 to reduce the volume of traffic trying to cross the harbor using the remaining tunnel.
I've also observed considerable weekend backups at the Fort McHenry Tunnel toll plaza since the partial closure of the Canton Viaduct. After this closure goes into effect I suspect that the backups will get much worse, especially since relatively few of the booths are actively manned on the weekends. My expectation is that traffic on the Key Bridge will rise significantly and that the SHA and MDTA will work together to advertise its availability for long-distance traffic on I-95.
Or the west side of the Beltway. Waze picked up the congestion you mentioned in the FMT so it directed me around the west side. Compared to weekdays, there was no congestion at all and it was slightly faster than going through town (plus no toll).


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John Eldredge (ur. 6 czerwca 1960) – amerykański pisarz ewangelikalny.

Po przebadaniu różnych religii, mistyki wschodniej, filozofii Laozi i ruchu New Age, odkrył dla siebie prace Francisa Schaeffera, którego nazwał później największym filozofem XX wieku. Dzięki Schaefferowi Eldredge poznał Chrystusa i wstąpił do Kościoła.

Obecnie wraz z żoną Stasi i trzema synami mieszka w Kolorado. Jest założycielem i dyrektorem Ransomed Heart Ministries w Colorado Springs.

Publikacje
 Święty Romans: Jak Znaleźć się Bliżej Bożego Serca (The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God) (1997)
 Dzikie serce: Tęsknoty Męskiej Duszy (Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul); Poznań 2001, Wydawnictwo W drodze;
 Dzikie serce: Ćwiczenia w drodze (Wild at Heart Field Manual: A Personal Guide to Discover the Secret of Your Masculine Soul) (2002)
 Podróż Pragnień: W poszukiwaniu życia, o jakim marzyliśmy (The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed of) (2001)
 The Journey of Desire: The Participant's Guide (2001)
 Podróż Pragnień - Dziennik i Przewodnik (The Journey of Desire Journal & Guidebook: An Expedition to Discover the Deepest Longings of Your Heart) (2002)
 Pełnia serca (Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive) (2003)
 A Guidebook to Waking the Dead: Embracing the Life God Has for You (2003)
 Opowieść. Opowieść Boga i Rola, Jaką Masz w Niej do Odegrania (Epic: The Story God Is Telling') (2004)
 Epic: Church Kit (2007)
 Urzekająca: Odkrywanie Tajemnic Kobiecej Duszy (Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul) (2005)
 Urzekająca: Dziennik Osobisty (Captivating Study Guide: Unveiling The Mystery of a Woman's Soul) (2007)
 Żyć mocniej (The Ransomed Heart: A Collection of Devotional Readings) (2005)
 Droga Dzikiego Serca (The Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey) (2006)
 Desire: The Journey We Must Take to Find the Life God Offers (2007)
 Walking with God: Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really. (2008)
 Dziennik Pokładowy (A Personal Guide to Walking with God) (2008)
 Fathered by God (2009)
 Miłość i Wojna: Jak Znaleźć Małżeństwo o Jakim Marzymy (Love and War: Finding the MarriageYou've Dreamed of) (2009)
 Piękny Banita (Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus) (2011)
 Pełna Ulga w Świętości (The Utter Relief of Holiness: How God's Goodness Frees Us From Everything that Plagues Us) (2013), 2014- nowy tytuł:Free to Live.The Utter Relief of Holiness
 Zabijanie lwów: Szalona przygoda stawania się mężczyzną (Killing Lions: A Guide Through the Trials Young Men Face) (2014)
 Przenosić góry: Modlitwa pełna pasji, wiary i mocy (Moving Mountains: Praying with Passion, Confidence and Authority) (2016)
 Dzikie serce: Tęsknoty Męskiej Duszy (Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul); Poznań 2019, wydanie III rozszerzone Wydawnictwo W drodze;

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Painful Cake – Racism at Swedish Art Exhibition?
Yesterday, for World Art Day, the Swedish Minister of Culture, participated in an event at the Modern Museum of Art in Stockholm which among other works of art included a performance art cake depicting a stereotypical image of a body of a black woman with the artist himself in blackface as the head.


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Here's my first episode. Enjoy if ya enjoy. If ya don't enjoy it, then don't enjoy it.
Watched Part 1, funny stuff! You're doing some cool voice acting here.
6:00 It might be good to amp up your emotion here.
7:00 I didn't understand why this guy was attacking you so maybe a little explanation included inside one of the jokes would help.
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'There's cameras everywhere': testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
Abdusalam Muhammad recalls local police interrogating him and his family in their home of Yakan in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region as early as 1995. At the time, his family was deeply involved with the local mosque. His father was the imam, and his grandfather was the mosque's secretary. As for Muhammad, he said he prayed five times a day, was a "non-smoker" and a "well-behaved man".
That was enough to raise red flags for local authorities charged by the Chinese government with monitoring religious activity of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, according to testimony Muhammad gave at a tribunal convened in London earlier this month. "The head of the religious affairs of our village noticed me and reported everything to the police," a translation of his statement submitted to the tribunal read.
Muhammad was among dozens of survivors of Chinese detention and re-education camps who spoke at the first and second round of hearings of the non-governmental tribunal, which was organized by a group of lawyers, professors and advocacy groups such as the World Uyghur Congress, to bring attention to the treatment of Uyghurs in China.


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When Is It Time to Put a Loved One In a Nursing Home?
Some people joke about living in a nursing home as they begin to age, but there comes a time when this becomes less of a funny comment and more of a serious option to consider.
Not everyone who is elderly needs to live in a nursing home. However, there are certain situations when this is the best possible option for the aging individual and their loved ones.
The thing is you have to know when is it time to put a loved one in a nursing home.
Putting one of your parents or grandparents in this situation too soon can cause tension on your relationship or make them feel less independent than they actually are. On the other hand, waiting too long can raise serious health and safety concerns, among other issues.
Here are 9 signs to consider when trying to decide if it's time to find a nursing home for your loved one.
Has your mom recently suffered a fall at home while no one was around? Can your grandpa still do simple tasks for himself like cook a decent meal or get up the steps on his own?
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Ask your loved one how often they shower/bathe and if they have trouble doing so by themselves. Talk to them about what they're doing to be active around the house and if they have trouble getting out of bed or standing up from a seat.
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Speaking of personal hygiene, talk about how eating and sleeping has been going lately. Do you notice your mom eating a lot of the same things because she can't cook like she used to? Is your grandma irritable because she's having trouble sleeping or needs to get up a lot in the middle of the night?
These aren't things to just brush off or try to take on alone. They're better to put in the hands of trained professionals in a nursing home who know how to help.
Another sign that it's time to move someone into a nursing home is if their mobility has changed. This applies whether they're using a cane, a walker, or a wheelchair. Maybe they still refuse to use any of these things but you can tell they're not moving like they used to.
Living in a nursing home puts much less strain on the body.
It means that your loved one won't have to worry about cleaning or cooking anymore and that enjoying themselves becomes much easier, too. They can relax a lot more and you can all worry less about their body's strength to do everything.
This is one of the bigger red flags on the list. Medication isn't something to mess around with. Some elderly people try to avoid their medication or they decide to stop taking it altogether without telling their loved ones or doctors.
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There are all kinds of medications that elderly people begin to take. These range for simple things like vitamins and nutrients to more important medications like for chronic pain or serious illnesses. Even terminal conditions have medications to help make the inevitable less painful.
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Maybe the issue with moving your loved one into a nursing home isn't that they're set on living alone, but that it's hard for the whole family to see them make this transition.
Think about it like this: it's easier to have the peace of mind that your parent or grandparent is in good hands at a nursing home than to stress over how you and other family members are sharing the load of looking after them.
Even if you all have the best intentions of helping them around their house or welcoming them into your own, the absolute best place for them to be might actually be a nursing home.
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Carlito's Way è un film del 1993 diretto da Brian De Palma, con Al Pacino e Sean Penn, annoverato tra i capolavori del regista statunitense. Basato sui romanzi Carlito's Way e, principalmente, After Hours del giudice e scrittore Edwin Torres, si decise di usare il titolo del primo libro per evitare che la pellicola potesse essere confusa con il film Fuori orario (1985) di Martin Scorsese, il cui titolo originale è per l'appunto After Hours.

Trama
1975: Carlito Brigante è un ex spacciatore portoricano che, dopo essere stato condannato a trent'anni di reclusione, esce dal carcere grazie a alcuni cavilli legali, ritrovando per le strade del suo quartiere i suoi vecchi amici e compagni. Tornato in libertà si accorge però di come in cinque anni moltissime cose siano cambiate. Il suo desiderio è quello di mantenersi pulito e risparmiare il denaro necessario per trasferirsi su un'isola dei Caraibi, con l'obiettivo di rilevare un autonoleggio e dare un taglio netto al suo passato criminale.

Per raggiungere il suo scopo prende la gestione di "El Paraiso", un bel locale in cui investe denaro anche il suo avvocato e amico David Kleinfeld. Una sera, nel locale, Carlito ha una discussione con un giovane spacciatore, Benny Blanco del Bronx, per problemi di conti non pagati. Nel frattempo ritrova Gail, la sua ex fidanzata, lasciata poco prima di entrare in carcere per scontare la pena di trent'anni; egli vive come in un sogno, ma diversi eventi lo riportano indietro nel tempo, in quel mondo da cui sarebbe voluto uscire.

Il suo avvocato, infatti, si è messo nei guai con Tony Taglialucci, un boss della mafia siciliana, e con la sua "famiglia". Carlito, mosso da un sentimento di riconoscenza nei confronti di chi era riuscito a farlo uscire prima del previsto dalla prigione, segue l'avvocato per aiutarlo, ma rimane coinvolto nel duplice omicidio del boss Tony Taglialucci e del figlio Frankie, progettato, all'insaputa di Carlito, e messo in atto dallo stesso Kleinfeld. Dopo essersi resi conto della situazione, gli uomini del clan tendono poi una trappola all'avvocato, riuscendo in un primo momento a ferirlo.

Nel frattempo Carlito viene fermato e condotto al commissariato dove i poliziotti, sapendo com'è andata realmente la vicenda, tentano inutilmente di farlo testimoniare contro Kleinfeld per il duplice assassinio dei Taglialucci in cambio di totale immunità, facendogli anche ascoltare una registrazione dove l'avvocato propone a un giudice di mettere in galera Carlito. Successivamente l'altro figlio del defunto boss desideroso di vendicarsi, Vincent "Vinnie" Taglialucci, si reca all'ospedale dove si trova in cura Kleinfeld per uccidere lo stesso, il quale viene ingannato dall'ex amico Carlito che, sentendosi tradito, rimuove di nascosto i proiettili dalla pistola dell'avvocato per facilitare il compito ai siciliani.

I sospetti di Vincent Taglialucci cadono però anche su Carlito, dopo che questi viene avvistato nell'ospedale in cui era ricoverato Kleinfeld. Carlito sarà quindi raggiunto e poi inseguito da Vincent e da altri uomini del clan, e li ucciderà a uno a uno in una sequenza rocambolesca e drammatica, nel tentativo di raggiungere Gail, che lo attende davanti al treno che avrebbe dovuto condurli all'isola del sogno. Ma lì, tradito da Pachanga, trova anche Benny Blanco, che uccide sia lui che lo stesso Pachanga. In un ultimo sforzo Carlito riesce però nell'intento di dare a Gail la somma di denaro necessaria affinché lei ed il figlio, che aspetta da Carlito, possano vivere serenamente. Mentre muore, Carlito vede un cartellone pubblicitario animarsi e in esso Gail e il loro bambino ballano su una spiaggia.

Colonna sonora
 Parece Mentira - Marc Anthony
 I Love Music - The O'Jays
 Stickball Guaguanco Jam - Jellybean Benítez
 Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B. T. Express
Oye Como Va - Santana
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
Pillow Talk - Sinoa Loren (as Sinoa)
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
Lakmé (duet "Dôme épais le jasmin") - Joan Sutherland
Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
TSOP - The Sounds of Philadelphia - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC and the Sunshine Band
Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
Rock The Boat - Written by Wally Holmes
That's the Way (I Like It) - KC and the Sunshine Band
Disco Inferno - Ed Terry
Rock Your Baby - Ed Terry
I Love Music - Rozalla
Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Mi gente - Hector Lavoe
Vieja Luna - Celia Cruz e Johnny Pacheco
Che Che Cole - Willie Colon
Abuelita - Willie Colon
Alma con alma - Ray Barretto e Adalberto Santiago
Muneca - Eddie Palmieri
El Watusi - Ray Barretto
El Todopodersos - Hector Lavoe

Riconoscimenti

1994 – Golden Globe
Candidatura al miglior attore non protagonista a Sean Penn
 Candidatura alla miglior attrice non protagonista a Penelope Ann Miller

 1994 – David di Donatello
 Candidatura al miglior attore straniero a Al Pacino

 1993 – Chicago Film Critics Association
Candidatura al miglior attore non protagonista a Sean Penn

Sequel
Nel 2005 fu girato un prequel destinato al circuito home video, intitolato Carlito's Way - Scalata al potere. L'unico membro del cast originale a recitare nuovamente è Luis Guzmán (interprete di Pachanga), che però interpreta un altro ruolo.

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Voci correlate
 Carlito's Way - Scalata al potere

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Film neo-noir
Film drammatici
Film ambientati a New York
Film diretti da Brian De Palma
Film sulla mafia


June 2020 has been set as the deadline for completion of the power line interconnector project which will link the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP).
Electricity interconnector project manager, engineer Peter Kigadye made the announcement last weekend, reports Tanzania Daily News.
"Likewise, the country will be able to purchase electricity from its neighbouring countries in case of power crisis in the country," he told the Project Manager while briefing the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) board of directors at Zuzu Power Substation.
The Tanesco's board of directors was on a tour to inspect electricity infrastructure in Zuzu Power Substation.
Kigadye noted that electricity transmission interconnector facilitates power supply to the countries under SAPP and EAPP at the lowest possible costs and the framework promotes power exchanges between utilities.
"The goal is to ease the access to electricity power supply to all people of the countries in Eastern and Southern Africa regions," he observed.
The Eastern Africa Power Pool was established in 2005 with the signing of an inter-governmental memorandum of understanding by seven eastern Africa countries, namely: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Sudan.
Tanzania, Libya and Uganda later joined EAPP in March 2010, February 2011 and December 2012 respectively.
The main objective of the power pool is to facilitate the optimum development of energy resources in the region and to ease the access to electricity power supply to all people in the region through the regional power interconnections.