Throwback Thursday, where, essentially I post old writing samples, essays and short stories that I dig up from my pile of hoarded papers and school assignments or from the depths of my computer. So everyone can see how my writing has changed/improved over the years.
These are mostly true but very exaggerated stories as we had to emulate the tone and style of The House on Mango Street with our own autobiographical stories.
We moved to my house when I was about five. Through the entire moving process I screamed, kicked, and cried in protestation. But to no avail as we still moved to this house. At the time, I was an only child. But the time I was six, this was no longer the case. I got a little sister when I asked for a puppy, and the playroom got turned into a nursery much to my dismay. She got the bigger room because the front facing window made me nervous, I had watched too many movies and thought a burglar would come in at night. That never happened though.
Our house was new construction, and to me it seemed like it was on the edge of the universe because through the back fence you could see cornfields until I was about ten. A few blocks down there is a forest. I said we lived in the middle of nowhere. But we lived in a dull yellow, one-story house that I was determined to hate because I didn't want to move. I am not the biggest fan of change.
Our house has two round, frosted windows in the front like eyes glazed over. Most of the back wall consists of rectangular windows overlooking the admittedly small backyard. The floors were tile, and seemed extra cold to my feet that up to this point had only ever lived in a place where the floors were carpet. I got used to it soon enough, but I complained constantly. Hoping this would convince my parents to let us move back to our old house.
looking like a jungle. A knee high, suburban jungle, but a jungle all the same. We have bushes right up against the wall of the house, and a tree off to the side that is perpetually overgrown. It's too long branches sagging into the driveway. At night it forms a hand hovering over the yard. When I was younger I thought the tree looked sad, bending under the weight of its own leaves.
A lot of things changed when we moved to this house. Like the fact we were now closer to family and didn't have to drive for so long on a daily basis anymore. And the fact I got to see my cousins more often as well. And then things changed again when my sister was born. I wasn't an only child anymore. I changed from private to public school. The walls were repainted as well. I remember I wanted to paint my walls this bright turquoise color to match my Winx Club fairy poster. But we accidently ended up with baby blue. I sulked for days before I realized I liked this new color. We haven't changed it since.
My house is the home I have lived in for eight years with my parents, my sister, and the pets we have had through the years. My house is one story, and is painted a pale yellow on the outside. The cornfields I used to see through the fence are now a park. And the backyard now has a pool. And my house looks different now from when we first moved in, because now my house is home.
My sister and I are six years apart. 1999 and 2005. Both of us born in October. Mine the 8th, and hers the 23rd. She has dishwater-blond hair like silk. And the kind of baby blue eyes newborns have, like she just never grew into her real eye color. Compared to me, my hair was brown-curls when I was her age but has turned into a light-brown/dark-blonde mass of frizz. Partially due to the humidity South Florida is famous for, part because I dyed my hair purple in middle school. My eyes used to be blue like hers and now they're this hazel-gold-brown-green color that changes by the day.
I am almost 15. Almost old enough to drive. Almost an adult. Almost about to almost graduate. Almost about to go to college. Almost old enough to have to worry about it. She is almost 9. Almost in the fifth grade.
I'm a Libra, she's a Scorpio.
We couldn't be more different. We aren't very close, but a six-year age difference will do that to you.
We are very different, but she's my sister. And I love her.
My name means "Listener", which is funny because I love to talk. My name means unoriginal, it was one of the top five names of my birthyear. There is always at least one other girl or boy who shared my name. My name means never being told apart from those who share it. It means three tries before you get it straight which one I am. My name is Samantha. It is too long, too common, and sounds too much like an American Girl doll. I go by Sam. People say Sam is a boy's name. I say its my name. I am only ever called Samantha by professional strangers (i.e teachers, doctors) and when I am trouble. Though in that case, I am called Samantha Aileen Bonge. My full name, middle and all.
Samantha is a mouthful. Its awkward in the mouth of non-English speaking relatives like an ill-fitting retainer. It doesn't quite fit. They inevitably mispronounce it as Samanta, no h. The name Samantha comes from a TV I have never seen but both my parents have. The name Aileen comes from my mother's sister, chosen because it begins with an A, and my father's stepsisters and their daughters all have middle names beginning with A. Aileen means compromise, two families coming together. It means tradition, and forever being mistaken as my aunt's child. As the other granddaughter, it means immutably being called Alien by kids who can't read the Spanish name.
Bonge is like the name of a ghost. Maybe it existed once upon a time. Maybe it belonged to a family with twelve kids in a small Italian village. Maybe the father was fair-haired and the mother was brunette. Maybe their children were a dishwater-colored mix of the two and they shared the name. But Bonge doesn't exist; it belongs only to the four people that live in my house. Bonge belongs to my parents, my sister, and me. Bonge sounds like a fairytale in a language you can't read. My name is Samantha Aileen Bonge, it means listener, tradition, fairytale. But I go by Sam. And that's me.
Unlike most kids who have a dog or a fish-tank, I have cats. Three of them to be exact. Max, Angel, and Jackie.
None of them are purebred. I don't actually know what breed they are, any of them. They aren't fancy hairless cats that everyone wants but are terrified of. They're all rescues. They're street cats.
Max came to our door during a thunderstorm before I was even born. He is about 16 years old now, at least in human years. He is an old, fat cat. He is diabetic as well.
Every morning my dad has to inject him with insulin. He is black and white like a checkerboard. But now his fur is slowly turning grey. He has trouble jumping up onto the bed and couch now, but it doesn't stop him. He's long out grown leaving dead mice as presents, but he does like to follow people around the house and hang out in the shower. He must be the only cat in existence that likes showers, running water and everything. He still hates baths though.
my big brother. I don't know what I'm going to do when he's gone. He wouldn't be the first pet to die, but he'd be the first I'd never truly lived without. I don't think he remembers life without me either.
We got Angel next. She's the only girl. She's white except for the grey on her tail and ears. Her fur is longer and fluffier than the boys'. She's also far more antisocial than the others. She doesn't really like anyone except me. I was maybe seven when we got her. We found her outside our church the day we went to sing for Easter. My parents wouldn't let me pet her; worried she had rabbis and that I'd get filthy. I begged and begged to take her home. I felt bad for her all alone, little kids throwing chunks of granola bars and pebbles at her. She's about 8-years old now, maybe 9. She was black with dirt and grime when we found her. Like the monster from black lagoon from that kids book. Skinny like a skeleton too. But I named her Angel before I ever knew the color of her fur.
Of course, she took some time to get used to our house. She'd hide under beds. Refuse to eat if anyone was anyone near her. She tore things up at night with her claws and teeth. I woke up on day to find the remains of foam blocks everywhere like a rainbow threw-up. She liked to bring us present too. Rats, lizards, small snakes, dragonflies. You name it. Their dead corpses haunted the hallways.
But she calmed down eventually. But before then, she managed to break her leg by getting it caught on a tablecloth. It was wrapped up in a green cast for a few weeks. We stopped using tablecloths after that.
rescue Max. It was scary. But kind of cute too.
The last of the cats is Jack. He's orange with brownish stripes. Like a perpetually infant tiger cub. I had wanted to name him Simba or Tiger. But my dad nixed those ideas right away. I was famous for awful names. So we picked Jack and that was the end of it, Jack was more my sister's cat. She calls him Jackie. He's the one that gets struck on the roof and drags bats and dying birds into the house. We got him from the FurBaby adoption thing at PetCo, he was going to be put down. His name had been Prancer, because his entire litter was named after Santa's reindeer. I think that's why he loves the roof so much.
He's about 5 or 6 now. He's smaller than the other two. But still bigger than when e got him. He's fully grown now. He's the one that attacks for feet under the covers and sleeps on the pillow next to your head. Guarding you through the night.
Most people don't really understand the phrase "Blood is thicker than Water". It comes from a longer quote, "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb". Most people see the first and know it means that family is the most important bond. But according to the second, the bonds you chose to form (i.e. Friends), are stronger than those forged by familial ties.
I like to think of it as saying some ties you make are more important than the ones we are born into. That there is something more to family than just sharing blood. Like marriage for example, you chose to form that bond.
I am very close to my maternal grandparents, very close to some of my cousins. But I am also very close to some family members to whom I am not strictly related to. With whom I do not share a single drop of blood.
grandmother have been friends since they were six years old in Cuba. For all intents and purposes, she is family. Though we are not really related.
Or take my tia Lily. She bought the blanket they wrapped me in when they brought me home from the hospital. Her daughter Alejandra calls me cousin Sammy. And yet I am not related to her. But she has been my mom's best friend for about 20 years.
I am a firm believer in the fact that family can be more than blood.
Because of this, I have more cousins than I can count.
I have always lived in or at the very least near Miami. We moved to Miami from Miami Lakes. Those are the only two places I've lived. In those two houses. I have never even left the East Coast. At least, not that I can remember.
Miami is a big city, even when you live in the suburb type neighborhoods like Kendall. Here we do not talk to our neighbors. We do not send children outside to play alone even for a minute. You don't walk home alone, especially at night. Not even if it's a block away.
Here, flip-flops in winter are acceptable.
Here, we roll our eyes at tourists who squeal at the sight of the beach, because we are all so bored of sand and waves.
Here, we scoff at sunblock and silently suffer sunburns because we are too used to it to be bothered by the red peeling skin.
Here, humidity is never less than 50%. And the temperature dropping below seventy degrees means its time to break out the sweatshirts and boots. It might as well be snowing. Most people here haven't seen snow once. Haven't even seen the leaves change colors. But ask any Ten-year-old and they could tell you exactly when its safe and when its not to be outside during a thunderstorm. Because why should a little bit of rain stop us from running errands. Because you've never seen a rainstorm until you've seen the 15-minute flash flood Miami gives you. There'll be water up to your knees.
Here, almost everyone speaks Spanish. And no one looks at you twice if you switch languages half way through a sentence.
Forgetting a word in one language, or only knowing it in Spanish is commonly accepted.
But anywhere else, a bathing suit any where but the pool is out of place. As is a sweater when it's hotter than 50 degrees.
Anywhere else, forgetting how to say something in English makes people think you hit our head and are speaking in tongues.
But remember, anywhere else, there's always someone who has never seen the ocean. Never been to Disneyworld.
Everywhere is different. And Miami is sort of messed up. But so is anywhere else. But Miami is home. No matter where we end up going to college.
Thank you! And I'm sure your writing is great! Even if it's not – you only get there with practice. Try it out if you think I'd be fun!


CAKES We will be collecting cake donations (whole cakes or cupcakes) on Friday 3rd May. Please make sure they are supplied on a (paper plate) and wrapped in cellophane – this can be a sealed cake bag, or a sheet of cellophane that is sealed. It is helpful to have cling film underneath the cellophane, to prevent cakes from drying out. Please make sure the cake is labelled too!


What Happens When an Uninsured Motorist Causes Injury?
In the U.S., one driver in every seven is driving without any auto insurance. Virginia has more than their share of uninsured drivers since in Virginia, a driver does not have to buy auto insurance. Instead, the state requires an uninsured driver to pay a $500 fee, but that doesn't help the victim if an uninsured motorist causes injury. Can the victim receive compensation for their injuries?
Virginia drivers should be careful to always purchase uninsured motorist coverage when they buy auto insurance. This coverage will also offer protection from injuries caused by a driver who only buys for minimal coverage, which is $25,000 for each injury. This is completely inadequate in light of today's medical costs. Drivers with only minimal coverage are known as "underinsured motorists." Uninsured motorist coverage will apply for underinsured motorists also.
Always buy the maximum amount possible of uninsured motorist coverage. It will also offer protection if injured by a hit-and-run driver.
Does Someone Hurt by an Uninsured Motorist Have a Case?
The good news is that the injured motorist has a case. The bad news is that the situation is more complex than might be expected. This area of Virginia law is confusing to many people.
What Happens if an Uninsured Driver Causes an Injury?
Usually, the injured motorist will file a case against his or her own insurance company. It may seem odd, but the injured driver's insurance company will now be defending the uninsured driver. The case will proceed against the injured person's own insurance company. This will not make the situation any easier for the injured person; it can even become more difficult.
This will also apply when someone is badly injured by an underinsured driver with minimal coverage. The injured person will again be forced to prove their case against their own insurance company.
If an analysis finds other insurance policies that may provide coverage for the accident victim, the complexity of the case will increase. Coordinating these policies requires specific knowledge of this field of law.
The law firm of Dulaney Lauer Thomas knows that cases involving uninsured or underinsured drivers require more aggressive treatment. When an uninsured motorist causes injury, it's advised to retain an attorney who is familiar with these cases. Visit Dulaneylauerthomas.com for a free case evaluation.


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House of Commons motion – majority of 554 in favour of intervention in Libya.
Filed under: British Politics, Conservatives, Current Affairs, International Politics, Interventionism/R2P, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Libya, Multilateralism, United Nations — 2 Comments
10.15pm: The government has won by 557 votes to 13 – a majority of 544.
via Politics blog + Commons Libya debate – live | Politics | guardian.co.uk.
Now that's a majority and a half. Clearly it shows widespread support for the intervention in Libya… but we also have to note the real tone of the debate, and it was far from positive. Reading through a few of the comments, it shows that people are uneasy. With a British submarine, alone with American ships, launching missiles at 20 targets on the coast (Gaddafi's missile defence system, clearing the way for the pilots), we've become involved more than perhaps some MPs expected. The Arab League is also wavering in support, condemning the bombing of civilians – despite the fact that intervening in a near-civil war was always going to result in civilian casualties, especially as Gaddafi's supporters were, he claimed, willing to be bussed in to key targets to act as human shields. The prospect of assassination of Gaddafi, hinted at by Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox, is outrageous to many – frankly, I find that speaking openly of it is a foolish move. If you want to assassination someone, you don't bloody tell Fleet Street. At least the Israeli's have the common sense not to admit it if they do it. Having said that, assassinating Gaddafi is foolish in-and-of-itself. Martyrdom for Gaddafi is not an advantage to anyone – forcing him out may be our best option, but openly killing him. If he does chose to go down with the ship, so be it. Good riddance. But we can't openly support it, or plan for it. Our legal mandate is to defend civilians, not assassinate politicians.
The Noes.
John Baron (Basildon & Billericay)
Graham Allen (Nottingham North)
Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
Barry Gardiner (Brent North)
Roger Godsiff (Birmingham Hall Green)
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington)
Linda Riordan (Halifax)
Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)
Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavilion)
Mark Durkan (Foyle)
Margaret Ritchie (Down South)
Labour's Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) and Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) acted as tellers for the noes.
An excellent summary of the debate can also be found here :-http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/03/unease-in-the-commons-as-mps-debate-libya-action/
Unease in the Commons as MPs debate Libya action (ft.com)
Libya: Military Chief Rules Out Gaddafi Hit (news.sky.com)
Politics blog + Commons Libya debate – live (guardian.co.uk)
PM: 'It Is Not Our Job To Kill Gaddafi' (news.sky.com)
Patrick Cockburn: Gaddafi will fall. But who will replace him? (independent.co.uk)
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Libya – the next step.
Filed under: Current Affairs, European Union, France, International Politics, Interventionism/R2P, Libya, Multilateralism, United Nations, United States — 1 Comment
As French planes engage with the Libyan air force and apparently have hit four loyalist tanks on the outskirts of Benghazi, the rebels take down a Libyan Air Force plane over Benghazi (possibly…), and world leaders gather in Paris, the Western-led, Arab-supported, intervention in Libya is in full swing.
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Libya tops Arab League agenda – Africa – Al Jazeera English
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Amr Moussa, the secretary-general of the Arab League, has called for a no-fly zone over Libya, and has said the bloc wants a role in imposing it.
The comments comes as the organisation meets in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday for talks on the ongoing crisis.
"I do not know how nor who will impose this zone, that remains to be seen. The Arab League can also play a role, that is what I will recommend," Mussa said in an interview with a German magazine.
"I am talking about a humanitarian action. It consists, with a no-fly zone, of supporting the Libyan people in their fight for freedom against a regime that is more and more disdainful."
Support from the West for a no-fly zone appears to hinge on the outcome of the meeting as consensus is sought for such an action.
"The European Union and the [UN] Security Council are not going to do anything unless they get support from the Arab League," Qatar University's Youcef Bouandel told Al Jazeera.
via Libya tops Arab League agenda – Africa – Al Jazeera English.
Please, please Arab League…agree to a no-fly zone.
The Gulf Cooperation Council, with Saudi Arabia a key member, has already agreed that Gaddafi's government is illegitimate and support's a no-fly zone. If Saudi Arabia can convince Egypt to join in, then two of the best equipped air forces in the Arab/North African world could ground Gaddafi's fearsome air-force.
The Arab community must be the one to front and support any foreign intervention in Libya, or else the neocolonial arguments will just fracture the country more and send waving nationalists over to Gaddafi's side.
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"Rwyt ti wrth dy fodd yn siarad Cymraeg."
Translation:You really enjoy speaking Welsh.
Diolch eto am eich cymorth a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
why is "enjoy speaking" counted wrong?
wrth eich bodd is usually rather stronger than just mwynhau (enjoying).
Is it possible to use 'i' here instead of 'yn' i.e. 'Rwyt ti wrth dy fodd i siarad Cymraeg' ?
i isn't used in that context - yn is what is used when somebody is wrth eu bodd doing something.
Dw i mynd i Aber i weithio i Sioned - I am going to Aber (in order) to work for Sioned.
Thanks for clarifying that. I must have misremembered, but in the section that covers the 'wrth eu bodd' construction, I thought there were other examples given using 'i' rather than 'yn' , hence my question.
There seems to be a mixture of yn and i in the database. yn is more generally used in the real world examples I have just had a quick look at, although one of my main sources is off-line at the moment.
We will check to see what the usual range of patterns is - it can vary quite a lot from any 'standard'! Nothing to be too concerned with, though, as the meaning is clear in any case.
I must say that 'You are delighted to speak Welsh' scarcely seems like realistic English to me; it suggests the sort of artificial structures used by nineteenth-century translators of opera libretti because they had to make the words fit the metre. Would it be so very wrong to use 'happy' instead of 'delighted' (or the still more contrived 'in [one's] element') to translate wrth [possessive] bodd/modd/fodd? I did so just now but it was rejected.
Generally, wrth eich bodd is stronger than just 'happy'. 'Delighted' and 'in your element' are common translations, or 'really enjoy' - which one works best in English depend on the context, really.


In recent months the demand for fibre circuits has increased beyond BT's forecasted level, this has resulted in longer than average lead times for all stages of circuit delivery.
The uptake of the governments BDUK iniative which encourages businesses via grants of up to £3,000 have increased the overall demand for fibre circuits. Coupled with the revised pricing scheme, launched in June replacing the first £2800 of excess construction charges with a flat rate fee integrated into the isntall date.
Summer time has historically brought minor delays due to staff holidays and BT have advised that they do not have enough members of staff to meet the current demand. They are increasing their staff levels to include an additional 450 field engineers and up to 53 additional FTE. Additional planners are currently completing training to bring planning lead times back in line with operational norms.
The initial planning stage which had a historical lead time to completion of 15 working days has for the majority of orders increased to 30 – 40 working days, thus delaying the issuing of the overall delivery date. The current standard lead time for fibre circuits for some orders is double that of the previous lead time.
We would like to apologise to any customers affected by the BT Openreach delays and can assure you we are working to obtain updates for inflight orders.


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ANNOUNCEMENT: Notice of Convening Hearing
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION (INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES) WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES
OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) NO. 596/2014. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sativa Group Plc
("Sativa" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Notice of Convening Hearing
Further to the announcement made by the Company on 3 June 2020 (the "Rule 2.7 Announcement"), Sativa Group Plc, the UK's leading quoted CBD wellness and medicinal cannabis Group, confirms that is has yesterday, 22 June, issued a Part 8 Claim Form dated 22 June 2020 in the Companies Court for an Order under Section 896 of the Companies Act 2006 to convene on 14 August 2020 at 11 a.m., a single meeting of the holders of its Ordinary Shares (the "Meeting") for the purpose of considering and if thought fit approving (with or without modification) a Scheme of Arrangement proposed to be made between the Company and the holders of its shares (the "Scheme Shareholders").
Further details regarding the proposed Scheme of Arrangement are set out in the Rule 2.7 Announcement.
If the Court orders the Meeting to be convened and if at the Meeting a majority in number representing 75% in value of the Scheme Shareholders present and voting either in person or by proxy agree to the proposed arrangements, the court may, on further application by the Company under Section 899 of the Companies Act 2006, sanction the proposed Scheme of Arrangement.
A hearing of the Claim is directed to be heard on 20 July 2020 (the "Convening Hearing").
Shareholders wishing to attend and/or be represented at the Convening Hearing may request a hard copy of the Claim Form by contacting Anne Tew, Company Secretary, at Anne.Tew@swg.sativawebsites.com between 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday (except for public holidays in England and Wales) or by submitting a request in writing to Anne Tew, The Blue Building Stubbs Lane, Beckington, Frome, Somerset, England, BA11 6TE.
In accordance with Paragraph 3(a) of Appendix 7 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), the Company was required to publish its scheme document within 28 days of the Rule 2.7 Announcement, being by 1 July 2020. As the earliest possible date for the Convening Hearing is 20 July 2020, it will not be possible to publish the Scheme Document by this date. Accordingly, in accordance with Paragraph 3(a) of Appendix 7 of the Code, at the request of the Directors of Sativa, the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Panel) has consented to an extension of the relevant deadline until 5.00 p.m. on 21 July 2020.
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MARAC-EN
The slogan of MARAC is:
The sea is our bond.
What does MARAC stand for?
MARAC stands for Marine Radio Amateur Club
(Navy Amateur Radio Club)
This club consists of members who are:
a. Radio-amateur;
b. Active in the service of the Royal Netherlands Navy or have been active in the Royal Netherlands Navy, either as a soldier or as a civilian.
c. Employed from the Netherlands Merchant Navy or have been employed by the Netherlands Merchant Navy. (Point c will apply from October 1, 1991).
Special members can be:
a. Radio-amateur stations for educational purposes within or at the service of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
b. Radio-amateur-stations for educational purposes within or at the service of the Netherlands Merchant navy (Point b will apply from June 1, 2013).
c. Club stations of sister organizations.
d. Members of of sister organizations who are active or have been active in the service of an allied naval force.
What is the purpose of the MARAC?
a. To perpetuate the band which is always present at the naval work force.
b. To maintain the contact between the Navy and Merchant navy work force via the radio hobby.
c. To support each other with both technical and non-technical problems.
d. The exchange of information on the hobby with other maritime clubs, like RNARS, MF, MFCA, INORC e.o.
If you feel attracted to this club, do not hesitate to contact us by filling out het form.
We wish you a warm welcome.
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Pure pledge on World Water Day
Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE - More than 40 million residents of the rural and peri-urban areas of the Punjab will have access to the safe drinking water through installation of state-of-the-art water filtration plants in 144 tehsils of 44 districts of the province.
According to a press release issued by Saaf Pani Company, the Punjab government has launched this initiative, which is aimed at providing the safe drinking water supply to the people, particularly focusing on the rural areas of the province.
In the first phase, around 80 water filtration plants are near completion to provide safe drinking water facility to over 250,000 residents of the priority tehsils of Minchanabad (District Bahawalnagar), Lodhran (District Lodhran), Hasilpur (District Bahawalpur) and Khanpur (District Rahimyar Khan).
Chief Minister Punjab is determined to serve the people of the province. Besides undertaking a host of public welfare steps, the initiative of provision of safe drinking water to the under-served communities is another feather in his cap. This programme is bound to reduce the health expenditures of the benefitting communities while they would live a healthy life while women would be able to better utilize the time they used to spend in fetching water from far off places.
"Access to safe drinking water is one of the basic human rights but there is also a need to create awareness among the benefitting communities regarding judicious use of this blessing," says Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry, CEO of the Punjab Saaf Pani Company, which has been established as a special purpose vehicle to implement this programme.
However, greater awareness in terms of health and hygiene and use of clean containers would help improve the life expectancy in the area. Public and private participation is the need of the hour to prevent contamination of fresh water resources while water aquifers must be protected for healthy future generation.
With regard to the World Water Day, Waseem Ajmal said that this day reminds us to promote water conservation and understand its importance in various field of life including the environment, health, agriculture, etc.
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Mr. Madden is one year old! That was a seriously fast year, but it feels like we've known these guys for a while since Madden has been an awesome baby planner and has been to us every three months! :) Madden was not feeling the love for the cake smashing portion of his session----you can see exhibit of that in his video! He was a little grumpy about the cake, but for the rest of the session he still gave us some sweet smiles here and there. I think these pics of him out of all the months, are my faves!
We've had a blast getting to know you guys--Mindy, Wes and family! Thank you so much for letting us capture Madden's first year, it's been a fun and an honor. We hope to see you guys again soon in the future!
Love, love, love this next one!
And his video up next---be sure to "play" then "pause" then "play" after loading all the way for better viewing, hee!


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Health unit 'confident' vaccines, rapid antigen tests will decrease COVID-19 in Sudbury's schools
Public Health Sudbury and Districts says it is pulling out all the stops to help curb the rapid spread of COVID-19 cases in local schools.
With more than 3,000 vaccination appointments booked in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts for children aged five to 11 and hundreds of rapid antigen screening kits distributed to students this week, there is hope that cases will decrease ahead of the Christmas break.
Although it's too early to tell if these "additional layers of protection" are doing the trick, a health promoter at Public Health said she is confident these measures will help protect the school community.
Joëlle Martel added the local response to these programs have been positive so far and the health unit has been on hand to answer any questions that parents/guardians might have.
"Right now, the goal is to keep kids in school," said Martel, who works in Public Health's school health, vaccine preventable diseases, and COVID prevention division.
"If we start seeing cases go down and the trend holds steady, then we can slowly start to remove some of those measures, but our goal remains to keep kids in school as much as possible."
Medical Officer of Health Dr. Penny Sutcliffe sounded alarm bells about the number of confirmed COVId-19 cases in local schools in the middle of November.
Sutcliffe said an increase of cases in the local community has "certainly impacted our school system, with many cohorts being dismissed and bus routes cancelled" in the health unit's weekly report of Nov. 18.
As a result of the high volume of local cases and close contacts, other public health units across Ontario have been forced to step in and support local contact tracing efforts, she added.
On Tuesday, as an example, school boards in the Sudbury district reported nearly 80 active cases of COVID-19 in addition to nine COVID-19 outbreaks in schools and on school buses and four school closures.
To help get the situation under control, Sudbury's health unit has doubled its efforts to introduce as many layers of protection as possible.
Following Health Canada's announcement on Nov. 19 that the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine has been approved for children five to 11, Public Health readied itself to deploy the vaccination program on the ground.
"The first clinic we held was on Friday, Nov. 26, at the Garson Community Centre and Arena. We were able to administer 180 doses that day, and that was the maximum availability for that clinic," said Martel.
"We are definitely on track with what we were expecting, and we still have bookings coming in. Anyone who is interested can also book through their primary care providers or certain pharmacies who are offering COVID-19 vaccines."
Children aged five to 11 can get vaccinated against COVID-19 at any of the health unit's vaccination clinics in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts.
Parents/guardians can book an appointment via the province's online booking system or attend a walk-in clinic with their child.
Martel said the health unit's next available appointment is on Dec. 14.
"We have clinics running at least five days per week right now, with the possibility of adding more, and we have made the pediatric Pfizer vaccine available at all of those clinics," said Martel.
"We do give preference for those who booked an appointment because we have a dose set aside for them, but we try our absolute best not to turn anyone away."
Public Health is also going to be offering school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics in "select neighbourhoods" in the next couple of weeks.
Martel said the locations are being chosen in partnership with local school boards.
"We are choosing locations that are either remote, do not have many vaccination clinics nearby, or don't have much access to public transporation," she said.
"The school boards are very aware of their school communities, so we are relying on their expertise to help us plan."
Among the questions most frequently asked about the COVID-19 vaccination program for children is which dose is appropriate for a child who will be turning 12 years old.
"If your child is currently 11 years old, they would get the pediatric dose," answered Martel.
"If they turn 12 by the time their second dose comes up, they will be able to receive the dose approved for youth aged 12 to 17."
Parents/guardians have also been concerned about the vaccine's possible side effects.
"The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) reported that the data for Pfizer from their clinical trial showed that there were only mild symptoms," said Martel.
"There were no cases of myocarditis or pericarditis. There was no multi-system inflammatory syndrome. The common side effects were predominantly fatigue, headaches, muscle pain, and chills."
The health unit sent out preliminary packages to parents/guardians through local school boards with information related to COVID-19 vaccines for children.
There will be virtual parent information sessions available online shortly, and Martel encouraged residents to visit Public Health's website for more information on frequently asked questions.
Martel said that she is not aware of any harassment taking place at vaccination clinics for children aged five to 11 as seen in other communities.
"We have had protesters at our adult clinics in the past, but we haven't had any incidents that I am aware of since we opened to children on Friday," she said.
"Public Health has good working relationships with the Greater Sudbury Police Service and with the Ontario Provincial Police in our region. We have processes in place in the event that something occurs."
The health unit has also partnered with local school boards to distribute take-home rapid antigen screening kits for students.
In a letter to parents/guardians dated Nov. 24, the health unit said the screening kits are "an additional tool to help minimize risk of outbreaks and potential closures" in local schools.
"Increased testing can make it easier to track and prevent the spread of the virus in schools by helping to identify asymptomatic cases earlier," said the letter.
As part of the program, all elementary school students were sent home with one kit, which includes five rapid antigen tests. Although all students were sent home with a kit, participation in the program is entirely voluntary and children do not need an antigen test to attend school.
Martel said this program was rapidly deployed because the health unit wanted to make sure they were doing everything they could "to protect in-person learning and keep those kids in school."
"The rapid antigen tests will really help identify any cases among students who have no symptoms," she said.
"The most important thing for parents and guardians to understand is the difference between a rapid antigen test and a PCR test."
The rapid antigen test provided to students is what Martel called "a screening tool."
"It should not be used on people that have symptoms and it cannot be used on those that have been exposed to COVID-19," she said.
"For example, if your child is part of a dismissed cohort or is presenting with symptoms of COVID-19, you should be using the lab-based PCR test that is given at an assessment centre. This is because the PCR test is the diagnostic."
Martel said the PCR test is used to identify the infection in someone and it is the "gold standard" for COVID-19 testing as it can detect small amounts of the virus and has a lower change of error.
Rapid antigen tests, on the other hand, should be used in conjunction with other screening tools.
The use of the rapid antigen testing kits is only recommended on students who are not fully vaccinated, have no symptoms of COVID-19, have not been identified as a high-risk close contact, and have not been a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the last 90 days.
Instructions to use the tests are provided on the take-home kit.
Parents/guardians should use the kits at home prior to attending school or taking the bus. It is recommended that the kits are used consistently twice per week with at least three days between tests.
Results will be shown in as little as 15 minutes. If the test is positive, the child will need to book a PCR test at a local assessment centre and self-isolate at home.
Public Health has distributed enough tests to last until the winter break.
The Ministry of Education has indicated that it will provide students with more rapid antigen testing kits that can be used during the break and before students return to school in the new year.
"Bear in mind that a negative rapid antigen test is not a green light to go and do whatever you want," said Martel.
"It's one piece of all the other things we should be doing right now to get COVID-19 cases down in the community."
The Local Journalism Initiative is made possible through funding from the federal government.
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Colleen Romaniuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Sudbury Star
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UnitedHealth says Omicron-driven cost impact cushioned by healthcare deferrals
(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group Inc on Wednesday said added costs of testing and treatment related to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases are being offset by postponements of non-urgent healthcare procedures, and the health insurer maintained its 2022 profit forecast. The comments should help allay investor concerns that the steep rise in COVID infections and hospitalizations driven by the Omicron variant of the virus in recent weeks would significantly drive up medical costs for health insurers. Adding to those concerns was a Biden administration initiative requiring insurers to reimburse Americans for up to eight at-home rapid COVID-19 tests per month, while setting no limit for tests, including at-home tests, that insurers must cover if they are ordered or administered by a healthcare provider.
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Building a Strategic Human Resource Function
"Crossland's passion for meaningful and productive engagement enabled Bridgewater to align organizational talent with the University's mission and vision. This has resulted in higher productivity and a more harmonious environment, as well as providing pathways of success for employees. This was an investment that reaped significant results for BSU."
Dana Mohler-Faria
Many people view human resources (HR) as the person or department that takes care of procedures and compliance—things such as compensation and benefits, employee assistance, and labor relations. But that's only part of the story. In order to add significant value to an organization, HR must enable the execution of strategy through building organizational capability. This is a role that cannot be automated or off-shored. It comes from an intimate knowledge of an organization's strategy, its existing capabilities, and future talent needs.
In close partnership with his Cabinet, the Bridgewater State University (BSU) president had just completed a strategic plan and immediately recognized the importance of deepening the role of the university's HR function. While HR played an integral role in caring for people's engagement, compensation, and benefit needs, the vice president of HR realized that the new strategy demanded both new talent and new requirements for leaders who were managing people. BSU did not have a consistent approach to talent management—that is, ensuring that the right people with the right capabilities were in the right positions, in the right areas of the organization, at the right time and place. Leaders also did not have mechanisms in place to more broadly understand the skills and capabilities of its staff, and to calibrate talent from a university-wide perspective. Finally, the HR function itself needed to be redesigned to align with the strategy—from recruitment to development, retention to performance management.
Crossland partnered with the VP of HR and the university's cabinet to co-design an approach to talent management that would align its function and diverse population with its strategic direction. The first step was to understand how the HR function was organized, and how its work got accomplished. Crossland enabled a cross-university engagement strategy to determine what changes were required, and to ensure HR was intentionally designed to fulfill BSU's new strategy. BSU's key (current and future) roles and capabilities were defined; its talent philosophy and priorities were analyzed and agreed upon; tools and methods were evolved to assess and develop talent; and an approach to building the talent management capacity of BSU leaders was implemented.
Overall, BSU's HR function was redesigned, elevated, and seen as more of a strategic business partner by leaders at all levels across the university. A university-wide talent management philosophy and end-to-end approach was adopted and implemented, which opened up many new growth experiences for staff. New jobs were formed and others were revised to support the emerging requirements of the strategy. The cabinet embraced its role in calibrating talent together, which enabled cross-university "people sharing," and new opportunities for development. Within one year of completing this work, all milestones of BSU's strategic plan were accomplished, and a significant portion of the talent gaps were filled. Most importantly, the vice president of HR and her team were better equipped to support future BSU HR needs because they had a proven method to align functions and people to an evolving strategy.
The great advantage of HR is that, ultimately, all strategy is executed by people—people who need to be engaged, developed, and inspired to fulfill the strategic vision. This is the real role of HR, and even though some people remain skeptical of its bottom-line importance, its relevance cannot be underestimated.
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Q: Android HTTP POST response doesn't response I can't tell why my code doesn't get a response to a post request. This is the documentation of the server:

    Web services for EMT-REST (JSON) Access.
    All service Requests are called as POST, so all parameters should be added into body request.
    Responses are JSON formatted text.

    All method requests require an idClient and passKey, those values are provided by EMT upon request.

URL base is https://openbus.emtmadrid.es:9443/emt-proxy-server/last/

GetArriveStop   POST
${ServerURL}/geo/GetArriveStop.php
Gets bus arrive info to a target stop
Request
idClient    API client identifier   string
passKey API client password string
idStop  Stop id string
statistics  Private use (do not set)    string
cultureInfo EN|ES Language for response string
Response
arrives List of Arrives List of Arrive
Finally, this is my Android code to execute it:
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import com.hmkcode.android.R;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity{
    EditText etName;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        etName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etName);
        new HttpAsyncTask().execute("https://openbus.emtmadrid.es:9443/emt-proxy-server/last/geo/GetArriveStop.php");
}

    private class HttpAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... urls) {

            return POST(urls[0]);
        }
        // onPostExecute displays the results of the AsyncTask.
        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
            Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Data Sent and received!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            etName.setText(result); //editText from layout
       }
    }

    public static String POST(String url){
        Log.i("METHOD POST INICIATED", "METHOD POST");
        InputStream inputStream = null;
        String result = "";
        try {

            // 1. create HttpClient
            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

            // 2. make POST request to the given URL
            HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);

            String json = "";

            // 3. build jsonObject
            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
            jsonObject.accumulate("idClient","EMT.SERVICIOS.EMTJSONBETA");
            jsonObject.accumulate("passKey", "4F4EEB75-A822-41E3-817B-AB301D5DA321");
            jsonObject.accumulate("idStop", "488");
            jsonObject.accumulate("cultureInfo", "ES");

            // 4. convert JSONObject to JSON to String
            json = jsonObject.toString();
            // ** Alternatives way to convert Person object to JSON string usin Jackson Lib

            // 5. set json to StringEntity
            StringEntity se = new StringEntity(json);

            // 6. set httpPost Entity
            httpPost.setEntity(se);

            // 7. Set some headers to inform server about the type of the content
            httpPost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
            httpPost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");

            Log.i("HTTP EXECUTION", "right before line httpclient.exeute");
            // 8. Execute POST request to the given URL
            HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(httpPost);
            Log.i("AFTER HTTP EXECUTION", "right before line hhtpclient.exeute");
            // 9. receive response as inputStream
            //inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();
            result = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity());

            // 10. convert inputstream to string
            //if(inputStream != null){
                Log.i("CONVERT INPUT", "convertInputStreamToString");
                //result = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream);
            //}else{
                Log.i("NO INPUT", "result = did not work!");
                //result = "Did not work!";
            //}

        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.d("InputStream", e.getLocalizedMessage());
        }

        // 11. return result
        return result;
    }
}

it doesn't continue anymore after this line of code
// 8. Execute POST request to the given URL
                HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(httpPost);
and I don't know why.
I have tried it with another server as an example and it worked fine, maybe I'm missing something in the header. Full documentation of the server: http://blog.emtmadrid.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/API-REST-JSON-v-1.1.rar

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Sonny Bill Williams thankful for being given a new World Cup medal
Avinash Bhunjun
Sonny Bill Williams received a standing ovation at the World Rugby Awards on Sunday evening when he was presented with a replacement World Cup winner's medal
TAGS: New ZealandRugby World Cup 2015Sonny Bill Williams
Williams made quite an impact both on and off the field during New Zealand's triumphant victory over old foes Australia in the World Cup final on Saturday. Williams – who replaced Conrad Smith at half-time – made an immediate impact after coming on; making two offloads in his first two touches of the ball – sending Ma'a Nonu away for his beautiful 40-metre try with his second – as well as stripping Drew Mitchell of the ball with his third.
As Williams celebrated on the field after the whistle, a young jubilant fan – Charlie Lines – ran onto the Twickenham pitch and tried to join the All Blacks' lap of honour. Lines was tackled by a security guard but was helped up by Williams, escorted back to his family in the crowd and then, to his amazement, was given Williams' World Cup winners' medal.
Williams said: "A young fella snuck onto the field somehow but when he was coming up to give me a hug, he got smoked by a security guard, full-on tackled him. He was only eight (in fact, Lines is 14) and the other fella was a big man so he was lucky he didn't break his ribs or something."
Ecstatic: Charlie Lines is jubilant as Sonny Bill Williams gives him his medal. Photo: Getty images
Fittingly, World Rugby gave Williams a new medal at the glamourous awards ceremony. Williams was given a rousing reception, and before he was invited onto the stage, the master of the ceremonies said: "World Rugby would like every winner to go home with a medal and they have found the final one."
Williams thanked World Rugby for the "gift" of a new World Cup winner's medal and tweeted a selfie of his gratitude.
Thankyou @rugbyworldcup for the gift tonight. pic.twitter.com/UBU6GTG0Vk
— Sonny Bill Williams (@SonnyBWilliams) November 2, 2015
When questioned about the impact he had made on the final outcome of Saturday's match, Williams spoke warmly of Australia's form during the World Cup and said triumphing with the New Zealand "brotherhood" gave him the greatest satisfaction.
He said: "I knew I'd been playing some really good footy at this tournament but I didn't want to leave it there. I just wanted to go out there and make an impact. I knew I was going to get some time. I was just pleased that I didn't drop the ball on the brothers, especially the ones that are leaving. It's a pretty happy dressing room back there and importantly it's a happy country back home – all our friends and family back home who supported us. And not just them, the public support has been immense. I'm just really happy to get that win in the end."
Brothers in arms: Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ma'a Nonu and Sonny Bill Williams pose with the Webb Ellis Cup. Photo: Getty images
He added: "I think Australia have probably been the form team all tournament. We spoke about it during the week, that games aren't won unless the forwards are going forward and they definitely made an impact. And that pass to Ma'a, I just closed my eyes and threw it… Na! He just did his magic and we were lucky enough to score there.
"Obviously I've got a couple of close friends who play for Australia, but there always has to be a winner and there always has to be a loser. It could easily have been us on the other side of the draw. You can't say too much when you see them afterwards, but that's the sport we play. We love it.
"Australia were quality and thank God we hung on. It was getting pretty tight there, but the boys dug deep and that's where you learn, that our team is more than a team, it's like a brotherhood. You bust your arse, you cover tackles, you just push that little bit extra because it's the brotherhood and you're doing it for each other. You're just really, really happy."
https://instagram.com/p/9OzOCDDRx-/?taken-by=sonnybillwilliams13
Williams said the experience of the All Blacks side meant they were ready to face all the challenges the World Cup final threw at them and make sure their retiring stars finished their Test careers on a high note. "We probably didn't say too much before the final, but we knew we had to step up and we knew we had to send the rest of the boys out as winners too."
A wonderful moment, befitting of a great final contested by two titanic teams, in a fantastic World Cup.
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Crediton Dairy announces £12 million investment
Posted: 31 January 2019
Related core topics: Business & trade, Dairy processing
Related topics: dairy, enriched milk, flavoured milk, functional milk, milk
Related organisations: Crediton Dairy
Related people: Tim Smiddy
Related regions: uk
Crediton Dairy has announced it is investing £12 million in its flavoured and functional milk processing facility, expanding its capacity and processing capabilities.
The project will see the creation of a second, new production hall containing two new high speed fillers taking the number of filling lines at Crediton Dairy to seven. In addition to increasing processing capacity, these will provide Crediton with greater flexibility to produce a wider range of flavoured and functional milks utilising new production techniques and packaging formats.
Having invested £14 million since the MBO in 2013, Crediton Dairy has made significant progress in building its capability to produce high quality, added value flavoured and functional milk drinks. These include its branded Arctic iced coffee range, Moo flavoured milks and functional milks such as Flora Pro Activ, Lactose free milk and most recently a2 milk, as a result of a supply partnership with the a2 Milk Company. This new investment will enable further growth and innovation including the development of a range of enriched functional milks.
Work on building the new production hall will commence in March and it is expected that the new facility will be completed by Autumn 2019.
Tim Smiddy, managing director of Crediton Dairy said: "This latest investment at the dairy is fully in line with our strategy of becoming a leader in the fast growing flavoured and functional milk drinks segments of the market. The new production hall will increase our processing capacity, capability and flexibility and will allow us to develop further an exciting range of innovative branded and own-label products that meets growing consumer demand."
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Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow?
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain?
There he goes,          moving across the water.
There he goes,       turning my whole world around.
Can we make it so it's part of the deal?
I gotta hold you in these arms of steel.
Lay your heart on the line......this time.
When you whisper like that hot summer breeze.
Count the beads of sweat that cover me.
Didn't you show me a sign, this time?
There he goes, moving across the water.
There he goes, turning my whole world around.
Can you cut behind the mystery?
Leave the whole world behind.
I'll get to you if I have to crawl.
We've got mountains to climb.


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Olympic Hopeful Returns to Karting
press release 19 June 2013
RETURN TO KARTING PREPARES GOLDING FOR SKELETON TRAINING
Jessica Golding will take time out from her quest to represent Australia at the Winter Olympics in Skeleton to return to her karting roots for two major events starting this weekend with the Rotax Pro Tour in Ipswich.
The only female racer to have won a national karting Championship in over 20 years has joined forces with multiple Australian Champion, William Yarwood and his team Project X to race an Australian manufactured Monaco chassis in Rotax Light.
Above: Jess Golding on the ice run. She's making a return to karting at Pro Tour this weekend
pic - RJ Photography
"William has an incredible amount of experience, he is one of the best guys in the country in terms of getting a kart set up, he's a winner and is continually determined to be at the front of the pack whether he's behind the wheel or working with another driver," said Golding. "He will go the extra mile to ensure that those he works with are at the front."
A return to the racetrack forms a critical part of Jessica's 'off ice' training program with her building fitness ahead of heading to Calgary in September to continue her goal of representing Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the Skeleton - which can be best described as head first luge.
"There's a lot of synergy between the two sports. Since my first skeleton test in Calgary earlier this year, I have been in the gym and focused on the strength and physical aspects to prepare for the next phase of my development.
"It is a good time to get back in the kart and race, as that will focus my attention back onto competition, which complements the program I've been working on. By doing two major events like the Pro Tour and the Rotax Nationals in late August, I'll have my eye back in and will be ready to hit the ice at full speed.
"From a speed perspective, the sports are very similar. I can expect to be up to around 140kph behind the wheel of the kart just millimetres off the ground," Golding explained "In Skeleton, again I will be just millimetres off the ground, but getting up to around 150kph."
Training overseas and being close to the AIS Winter Sports program has brought out a real nationalistic passion in the Brisbane-based racer, hence a decision to race an Australian-made Monaco chassis in her karting comeback:
"To race in an Australian made chassis adds another element of interest for me. Training with people from all over the world and getting an insight to an Australian Olympic program makes me realise even more the level of pride that will come with wearing the green and gold on the international stage.
"I realise now more than ever what it means to be passionate about your country.
"Skeleton is absolutely my focus, but I hold a strong passion and interest for motorsport still."
The Rotax Pro Tour will take place in twilight/evening this Friday and Saturday at Ipswich Kartway, Champions Way Willowbank.
The Rotax Nationals will be held at Puckapunyal, Victoria from August 29-31.


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Q: Send data to servlet after several time interval I want to create a Servlet, To which I can send data (GET/POST doesn't matter) after some time interval. It will be something like persistent connection from Client to server. Using this single connection I will be sending some data (String) to the Servlet time to time, where the data will be processed. so that I don't have to make new connection each time I want to send the  data.
What I tried currently. Here is my pure Java Client:
try {
        URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/MyProject/MyServletName");
        HttpURLConnection connnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        connnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
        connnection.setRequestProperty("Connection", "keep-alive");
        connnection.setDoOutput(true);
        OutputStream writer = connnection.getOutputStream();
        String message = "message-";
        int counter = 0;
        while (counter < 30) {
            Thread.sleep(1000);
            message = "message-" + counter;
            writer.write(message.getBytes());
            writer.flush();
            counter++;
        }
        writer.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

So Ideally this client will be writing data to the output stream and flush it after 1 second. And the same I should get In my Servlet. Here is my  servlet code (doGet method):
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(request.getInputStream()));
    String line = "";
    while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
          System.out.println(line);
    }

Now the servlet should print the line recieved from the client after each second. but the problem here is the servlet not even getting called. If I add the below line in my client class.
int HttpResult = connnection.getResponseCode();

Then the servlet is called, but it gets executed completely and do not wait for the data sent from the client. How Will make it work? It Should be there waiting for new data to come from the client. Any help would be appriciated. Thank You

A: If you want to use Servlet API, you are bounded by its Request-Response nature (each request is a new connection). Usually, it's not a big deal to create an HTTP request, it performs pretty fast relatively, so you can perform it each time. But if it (connection creation time) is really important for your case you can consider such thing as a socket. With socket, you totally control connection lifecycle. Cons of this approach are low-level API and as far as I know, it needs to be used separately from Servlets.

A: What you are looking for is WebSocket.
This is a protocol that allows an initial HTTP connection to be "upgraded" to a persistent connection where either the client or the server can send messages at any time.
It's radically different from a standard HTTP servlet-style web application, so you'll have to change a lot of your application to cope with it. But your use-case is exactly why Websocket was created.
Apache Tomcat ships with some Websocket examples (both client and server) if you'd like to see how some of it is done.


Scientists will be watching whether the gender imbalance affects turtles' future survival.
Totals for Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are still being compiled, said Beth Mongiovi, an assistant research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
One driver for Broward County's numbers is an increase in green turtle nesting, which is nearly twice its historic average. The green turtle is one of three species of sea turtles that regularly nest on Broward's beaches, along with loggerheads and leatherbacks.
The nesting reason runs from March 1 to Oct. 31.
Thanks to warmer temperatures, nearly all of the baby sea turtles hatching on a South Florida beach are turning out female.
Stephanie Kedzuf,a natural resource specialist with Broward County, attributed the increase to the Endangered Species Act and other conservation measures enacted in the 1970s.
The federal government banned catching them and took steps to prevent them from being accidentally caught in shrimp nets and longlines. Federal, state and local rules protected their beach nesting habitat, with Florida's sea turtle protection program financed by a specialty license plate. Anyone serving green turtle soup today would be committing a felony.
Hazards remain though, including lighting on beaches that can cause hatchlings to become disoriented and crawl inland toward parking lots and storm drains.
Green turtles can take 30 years to reach sexual maturity. In 2017, green turtles laid 665 nests in Broward County, smashing the previous record of 495 set in 2013.
Another positive trend, Kedzuf said, is loggerhead hatchlings increased by 12 percent, reversing a recent downward trend caused by hot summers.
The electro-chemotherapy treatments were administered to two green sea turtles Saturday at the turtle care facility in Marathon.
In 2016, loggerhead turtles — the most common species in South Florida — crawled ashore to lay eggs in record numbers. But the nests suffered a catastrophic failure rate because of hot and dry weather, with a high proportion of unhatched eggs remaining buried in the sand.
This year looks better, though. In Boca Raton, for example, about 65 percent of eggs hatched, up from 38 percent last year, according to data from the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, the city's sea turtle protection program.
Hurricane Irma struck late enough in the season that most sea turtle nests were spared, said Kelly Martin, a senior environmental analyst with Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management.
Palm Beach County's preliminary reports are positive, Martin said.
"It was a really good year, particularly for green turtles," she said.


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a city in N Bavaria in S Germany. 73,800.
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city, Bavaria Land (state), south-central Germany. It lies along the canalized Regnitz River, 2 miles (3 km) above the latter's confluence with the Main River, north of Nürnberg. First mentioned in 902 as the seat of the ancestral castle of the Babenberg family, Bamberg became the seat of a bishopric founded there in 1007 by the Holy Roman emperor Henry II; the bishops became princes of the empire in the mid-13th century. In 1459 the first book printed in the German language was published in Bamberg. The city passed to Bavaria in 1802 after the secularization of the see. An archbishopric was established in 1817. Bamberg's imperial cathedral (1004–1237) contains many notable statues, the tombs of Henry II, his wife, Cunegund, and Pope Clement II, and a wooden altar carved by Veit Stoss. There are two bishops' palaces: the Alte Residenz, or old palace (1571–76), which houses a local history museum, and the Neue Residenz (1695–1704), containing several notable art collections. Other historic buildings include the former Benedictine abbey and St. Michael's Church (consecrated 1015), the 12th-century St. Jacob's Church, St. Martin's (1685–93), the old town hall (1453; rebuilt 1744–56), the chapel of the ancient fortress, Altenburg, and several Baroque patricians' houses. In 1993 the town of Bamberg was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site for its cultural influence, particularly as the centre of the Enlightenment in southern Germany during the 18th century.
Bamberg's industries include the manufacture of electrotechnical equipment, textiles and clothing, and food products. There is extensive market gardening and brewing. A former Jesuit university (1648–1803), later a theological academy, was united with a teachers college in 1972 to form a Gesamthochschule (a university-level institution for advanced technical training). Opposite the Civic Theatre is the E.T.A. Hoffmann (Hoffmann, E.T.A.) house, where the poet and composer lived from 1808 to 1813. Bamberg's symphony orchestra has an international reputation. Pop. (2005 est.) 70,081.
▪ county, South Carolina, United States
county, south-central South Carolina, U.S. Bordered to the northeast by the South Fork Edisto River and to the southwest by the Salkehatchie River, it is also drained by the Little Salkehatchie River. The county is largely agricultural, with wetlands in the Coastal Plain. The Cathedral Bay Heritage Preserve, a Carolina bay (isolated swampy area), is located there.
During the American Civil War the area was in the path of the Union army's sweep, led by General William Tecumseh Sherman (Sherman, William Tecumseh), from Savannah, Georgia, to Columbia, South Carolina. Rivers Bridge State Park commemorates the site where a Confederate artillery emplacement temporarily halted Union forces. Bamberg county was formed in 1897 and named for a family of early settlers. The town of Bamberg is the county seat. Denmark, the other large town, is the site of Denmark Technical College (founded 1948) and Voorhees College (1897).
The county's farm produce is varied, including livestock, milk, watermelons, grains, and soybeans. Textiles, vehicle parts, and fabricated metal products are its chief manufactures. Area 393 square miles (1,019 square km). Pop. (2000) 16,658; (2007 est.) 15,452.
Bamberg — • Includes history and statistics for the Archdiocese of Bamberg, in the kingdom of Bavaria Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bamberg Bamberg … Catholic encyclopedia
Bamberg — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Ciudad de Bamberg1 … Wikipedia Español
BAMBERG — BAMBERG, city in Bavaria, Germany. There were Jews living in Bamberg before the First Crusade (1096), when they were forcibly baptized but later allowed to return to Judaism. Establishments in the medieval Jewish Lane (today Pfahlplaetzchen)… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Bamberg [2] — Bamberg, unmittelbare Stadt im bayr. Regbez. Oberfranken, sonst die Hauptstadt des Fürstbistums B., 242 m ü. M. an der hier in drei Arme sich leilenden Regnitz, die 4,5 km unterhalb in den Main geht, in fruchtbarer Gegend. Die Stadt liegt teils… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
BAMBERG — Mentionnée dès le Xe siècle, la ville de Bamberg (aujourd'hui en Bavière) ne fit cependant sa véritable apparition dans l'histoire qu'au début du XIe siècle, sur l'initiative de l'empereur ottonien Henri II, qui entreprit d'en faire une nouvelle… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Bamberg [1] — Bamberg (sonst Bisthum, jetzt Erzbisthum). Das Bisthum B. ward 1007 durch Kaiser Heinrich II. gestiftet u. mit dem Bezirk um B., der früher Eigenthum seiner Gemahlin Kunigunde gewesen war u. zu den Sprengeln der Bischöfe von Eichstädt u. Würzburg … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Bamberg [2] — Bamberg, 1) 2 Landgerichte im bairischen Kreise Oberfranken, Sitz in B.; a) B. rechts der Regnitz, 3,1 QM. mit 11,800 Ew., 43 Dörfer; b) B. links der Regnitz, 4,2 QM., 11,500 Ew., 48 Dörfer. 2) Stadt hier an der Regnitz, sonst mit Mauer u. Graben … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Bamberg — Bamberg, SC U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 3733 Housing Units (2000): 1537 Land area (2000): 3.528155 sq. miles (9.137879 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.016572 sq. miles (0.042921 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.544727 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Bamberg, SC — U.S. town in South Carolina Population (2000): 3733 Housing Units (2000): 1537 Land area (2000): 3.528155 sq. miles (9.137879 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.016572 sq. miles (0.042921 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.544727 sq. miles (9.180800 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Bamberg — Bamberg, Stadt im bayer. Oberfranken, an der Regnitz und dem Ludwigskanale, der bayer. sächs. Eisenbahn, in schöner, fruchtbarer, wohl angebauter Gegend, berühmt durch Gärtnerei, 18511 E., darunter 1091 Prot., 452 Juden; B. ist Sitz eines… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Bamberg [3] — Bamberg (Grafen von B.), s. Babenberg … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon


Question: I have one question regarding the product license of cosmetic products such as body shower and body lotion.
We are foreign company and wants to export that products to the end client in Vietnam.
My question is if we need to get product license.
If weneed that service, how is your fee?
Answenr: In such case, the products must be registered with the competent authority in Vietnam before import. If your Company directly register under its name, your Company must have a representative office in Vietnam.
Otherwise, it must have an agency in Vietnam to register such products.
Our service fee shall be 600USD/per 01 product.
For the 6th-15th one, our fee shall be 500USD/01 product.
For the 16th one upward, our fee shall be 450USD/01 product.
The fee is exclusive of 10% VAT and governmental fee.