We advise all our clients to read carefully the terms and conditions of our services as confirming a safari with us is an indication that you fully understand and accept the terms and conditions described below.
Before confirming a safari, the client must inform us of any preferences and special requests with regard to issues like medical needs, diet, requirements relating to disabilities and any other requirements so that we prepare to meet them where possible.
We provide accommodation bookings, restaurant meals, excursions and other services in cooperation with independent suppliers. Many lodges and hotels used during the tour have limited capacity. It is essential therefore to make reservations well in advance of your planned trip.
All information provided in the client itineraries is given to the best of our knowledge and based on the most current information available. We therefore cannot be liable for modified information from third parties.
In the event that a client wishes to amend his/her reservation in any way, we will make the preferred adjustment where practicable and possible and confirm accordingly. We reserve the right to charge an amendment fee relative to the actual costs, which will be added to the total invoice.
We reserve the right to change and re-adjust the tour schedule, transportation, accommodation and services indicated in the itinerary in the event of unforeseen circumstances before arrival. Any changes to the itinerary will be communicated to the client as soon as possible.
The prices quoted for the various safaris are as per the itinerary and include the following services, unless stated otherwise: overnight in hotels, guesthouses, tents or lodges; all meals as indicated; sightseeing as detailed in the itinerary; park entrance fees and ranger fees; airport transfers where applicable; ground transportation; English speaking driver/guides and bottled mineral water in the vehicle.
The following expenses are not covered in our itinerary charges: international and domestic air fares, visa and passports, meals not mentioned in the itinerary, drinks other than the mineral water provided in the vehicle, tips and gratuities for the guides and accommodation staff, laundry, travel insurance and other items of a personal nature.
Prices quoted to our clients are subject to change without notice and are not guaranteed until confirmed in writing.
We reserve the right to adjust prices at any time should there be any fluctuation in the exchange rate or increase in the cost of any element of the tour. The company will however make every effort to minimize any increases.
All safaris will be booked and confirmed upon receipt of a 30% deposit of the basic program rate.
For gorilla permits, a full advance payment of the permit fee is required in order to make the reservation.
The payment balance is due no later than 45 days prior to the safari, unless agreed otherwise.
Bookings made within 45 days before arrival must be paid in full at the time of confirmation.
If payment is not received in accordance with the above, we shall have the right to cancel the booking.
Payment can be made by credit card, bank transfer or cash, before the start of the safari. Note that payments by credit card attract a 5% service charge.
Credit card transactions must be made at least two months prior to the start of your safari. We do not accept Travelers cheques.
A gorilla or chimpanzee permit guarantees clients an opportunity to track the primates in question but does not guarantee that the animals will be in plain sight.
We reserve the right to alter any route or arrangement, to cancel the operation of any scheduled tour or vary the safari services in the event of unforeseen circumstances, such as road closures, bad weather, problems with national parks or hotels and security considerations. In such cases, alternative arrangements will be made as circumstances permit.
We reserve the right to refuse any person from participating or continuing any tour if, in our opinion or in the opinion of any other person in authority, the person concerned behaves in such a way as to cause or be likely to cause danger, hazard or inconvenience to any third party, damage to property or to environment and ecosystems. No refunds will be made and we shall not be liable for expenses incurred as a result of the termination.
All cancellation requests must be made in writing and shall be effective on the dates they are received by us.
We reserve the right to deduct all expenses incurred from money advanced.
It is the responsibility of the travel agency to ensure that all members of the tour have the appropriate passports, visas, travel permits, health certificates and other documentation required for the safari.
Travel poses risks. Whilst every care is taken, you are advised to take adequate insurance cover as our company accepts no responsibility for any personal illness, injury, delays, loss or damage of property from any cause whatsoever.
We will make every effort to ensure that all arrangements and services offered as part of the safari are carried out as specified in the most efficient way possible. However, the company does not have direct control of the provision of services by suppliers and, whilst every supplier is chosen with the utmost care, our company does not accept liability for errors or omissions of such suppliers.
We cannot accept liability or pay compensation for unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the company or its staff, including flight delays/cancellations or force majeure such as war or threat of war, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist acts, border closure, acts of government or other authorities, strikes, thefts, epidemics, road closures, industrial disputes, natural disaster, extreme weather conditions, fire, technical and/or mechanical problems to transport and all similar events beyond the company's control.
It is the responsibility of the clients to take proper medical and practical precautions in regard to health and safety. Medical advice should be sought well before travelling. Clients are strongly advised to obtain comprehensive travel insurance before coming to Uganda.
The respective laws of Uganda govern our company's liability to passengers carried in our vehicles. All claims are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Uganda.
We shall try to ensure that our company exceeds the expectations in every area of the tour arrangements. However, suggestions are very much appreciated in order to keep improving the quality of the service.
Complaints must be reported immediately to our representative and to the supplier of the service in question, who will do their best to resolve the matter. If the problem is not solved to your satisfaction, the complaint should be reported in writing not later than 30 days after completion of the tour.


Our weekly picks for Best iPad App of the Week are published here every Saturday. Check out all our picks via the link at the end of this post and you'll soon have a collection of stellar apps for your favorite tablet.
This week's pick is Stephen Hawking's Snapshots of the Universe, an app with simple and clear ambitions – just to help us understand how the universe works, that's all. But seriously, this app offers to help explain the principles that control the universe, based on the work of one of the world's best known and most respected deep thinkers – Stephen Hawking.
This week's pick is Amount, a simple and lightweight unit converter app. Want to quickly see what 20 dollars is worth in British pounds? Or what 1 cup is equal to in fluid ounces? How many miles are equal to 100 kilometers? Amount is your friend – for these and lots more similar sort of quick conversions.
Made exclusively for iPad to bring sophisticated design tools – dominated by professional studios until now – to the maker's workshop and DIYer's home. Create materials for entertaining and special events, small business branding, and home and kitchen use to enhance your milestones or everyday moments.
With Makr, make invitations, stickers, business cards, postcards, labels, tags, recipe cards, announcements, stationery, greeting and holiday cards, and more. Choose from a variety of endlessly customizable templates for Parties, Business, Wedding, Baby, Holiday, and Home.
Our Choice is meant to inspire readers to take action and think in new and creative ways about how we can work together to solve the climate crisis.
I haven't had a chance to install the app yet, but I definitely will tonight. I can't think of too many cause that are more worthy of trying to become educated about than climate change.
Here's an App Store link for Our Choice; it's priced at $4.99.
Little Things is the iPad App of the Week in the App Store. It's a fun looking search and find sort of game, that seems like one my daughter will enjoy – so I grabbed it this morning.


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In this escape game, you came to a Town of Cemetery to do a investigation. But unfortunately, you missed the way out from that place. You have to find the way to escape from this place by finding useful objects, hints and solving puzzle.


This novella won the 2018 Shirley Jackson award for Best Novella and was nominated for the 2017 Lambda Award. It's good to know I'm not the only one who believes this novella is brilliant. I've never read anything like it.
The Lost Daughter Collective interrogates the complex relationship and psychology between fathers and daughters as well as the morals of storytelling, how stories deceive, fade, evolve, teach caution. It's one of those stories that simply must be read, for it is impossible to describe its experience. The reading of it is like severing off your hand, placing a piece of ice in it, and watching it melt, all the while feeling this dim little pain. The prose is crystalline. The craft, embroidery. The twists are subtle and stunning. This novella is an alien, one I will return to again and again.
I've got my eye on this young lady, and am very much looking forward to Drager's novel, The Archive of Alternate Endings, coming out May 7, 2019 from Dzanc.


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'Closure of Abuja airport not out of place'
By Augustine Ehikioya On Jul 5, 2014
Senator Uzodinma
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodinma, yesterday maintained that the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja expected to start tonight is not out of place.
Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, he said that the closure of airports for maintenance is a normal practice across the globe.
He said that potholes at the airport are already posing hazards to the use of the airport.
He said: "This was done for obvious safety reasons. We have some potholes that are already seen as serious hazards. And don't forget that that is the only runway that lands our President, all the VIPs, and all the investors that come into this country.
"So, at the last time, there was a technical audit by the FAAN in keeping with international regulations and they opened items on the country, component among them was the Abuja runway. So, we now had a series of meetings with the Minister of Aviation and the airlines and agreed that from today's midnight to Sunday that Julius Berger will take enough time to repair the runway and commence navigation once again.
"So, it is just for pure maintenance programme based on safety reasons and it is welcome by all of us," he said.
On alternative landing places, he said: "Well, all over the world, they know that we have one runway in Abuja. The next thing anybody can do is to look for the nearest airport close to Abuja, either Kaduna or Minna, and then choose whether it will make a better business sense to land there or not to fly at all.
"And whatever may be the case between midnight today and Sunday, it's not something anybody can cry about. All over the world, airports and runways are usually closed whenever there are obvious maintenance programmes that bother on safety. So, our own should not be an exception."
Also speaking on national carrier, he said: "So, for us to have a national carrier, it is an airline that the government must own 100 per cent, and I doubt whether the government has the managerial and technical capability to begin to float an airline in an economy that is being privatized.
"In this situation, what happens is that private people will own the airlines and government will continue to support and then they will carry our flag. It is important to see airline that is carrying our flag," he said.
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Success Stories From "The Tribe"
Check out Julie
30 to 56 patients/wk in less than 4 mos
Monica CRUSHING her first 70 patient week... 😉
45 patients 3 months after opening her practice.
YEP. She had ZERO patients when she signed up.
30 days in... 6 new patients in 2 days.
"5 of which came from internal marketing" (what could be easier than that?)
Barely thru Module ONE of the training and already has 8 ppl on a waitlist.
"My practice is growing by leaps and bounds."
Already about to hit her 40 pt/wk goal - WAY sooner than she thought.
6 new consults booked in ONE week - all became patients.
And another 3 free consults in a row on the SAME DAY she posted this.
Practice growth of 30% and a "bona-fide waiting list"
after just 2.5 months in the program.
"I have been able to double the amount of people I see in a day... and finding my stride with being a new mom & clinic owner"
And the clinic is operating "like a fine oiled machine" with a bigger team...
One schedule tweak. 24 patients in a day (including 4 new patients)
and left 30 minutes early.
A frequently used word in our private Facebook group is...
"Busiest week ever..."
"Busiest month to date, and I didn't even realize"
"Busiest day in practice to date..."
"Busiest month to date..."
About Chris Axelrad
Chris Axelrad is a Master Acupuncturist and Holistic Endocrinologist in practice since 2004. He's built what is one of the most successful acupuncture clinics in the US, with 3 locations (and a 4th location opening early 2018), over 5,000 patients, and over $812,000 in revenue just last year.
And, he's done all this WITHOUT selling out his authentic mission and purpose to be a source-connected, high-impact healer.
Chris never set out to have such a large practice. But, once he connected with his deeper purpose in life through his work, and learned how to transmit that message via:
Powerful free talks
Effective, autopilot Facebook and Google ads
Magnetic social media processes (that run on autopilot)
A clear, concise, heart-centered process in clinic that creates time-leverage WITHOUT sacrificing real connection with his patients
His practice EXPLODED.
Between 2011 and 2017, revenues went from barely above $200K to over $800K. During that time, Chris opened a second satellite location (in 2011) followed by a third in 2016.
His practice is now staffed by 3 acupuncturists (himself included) along with an AMAZING team of 3 support staff that are LOCKED IN on providing the BEST holistic care possible to EVERY single patient.
Chris is also a master of community outreach. His free events regularly "sell out" and attract new patients and build community and buzz around his practice, with minimal effort and maximum results.
The Axelrad Clinic Website
The Axelrad Clinic Events Listing
The Axelrad Clinic Testimonials page
Chris' new mission is to help 1,000s of holistic practitioners around the world (including not only Acupuncturists, but also Naturopaths, Holistic-Minded MDs, Functional Medicine Practitioners) build successful, heart-centered, high-impact, high-income practices rooted in AUTHENTICITY and INTEGRITY. He believes that the core purpose of holistic medicine is to help both PRACTITIONER and PATIENT thrive and live lives of joy and purpose.
To learn more about Chris and his programs, click here to register for his FREE training that explains his process and teaches YOU how to do what he does.


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Timothy M. Salmon, JD
Co-founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Tim is a registered U.S. patent attorney with over ten years of experience in patent prosecution, litigation, licensing and due diligence. In addition to working for law firms in New York City, Tim was in-house patent counsel at Sanofi for several years, supporting Sanofi's drug/device combination product development, academic collaborations, patent litigations and business development. Tim has a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rochester and a Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law.
Daniel Mitry, JD
Co-founder, VP of Business Development
Daniel is a registered U.S. patent attorney with extensive experience in patent litigation and licensing. While working at prestigious law firms and as Senior IP Counsel at one of the largest financial software and media companies in the world, Daniel has worked on numerous IP-based business transactions. Daniel has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School.
Anna Bunin, PhD
Anna is an immunologist with extensive knowledge of cellular and molecular immunology. Anna has a BS in Cell Biology and Genetics, With Honors, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and her PhD in Immunology from Emory University. Anna worked for several years at Columbia University as a Fellow and Research Scientist, focusing on innate immune responses to DNA/RNA viruses and celiac disease. Upon leaving Columbia, Anna has worked at several immunotherapy companies. Anna has an excellent scientific track record as demonstrated by publications in top-tier scientific journals.
Debasish Roychowdhury, MD
Debasish Roychowdhury, MD is a medical oncologist with over 15 years of comprehensive pharmaceutical industry and senior management experience and over 14 years of patient care, academic research and teaching experience. Dr. Roychowdhury is a leader in the pharmaceutical industry across multiple functional and cross-functional areas, regions and matrices, including – all stages of R&D, regulatory, commercial operations and medical affairs, market access, business development and alliance management. Dr. Roychowdhury was involved in nine new drug approvals in the US and EU and other markets and numerous supplemental approvals.
Dr. Roychowdhury is currently the Chief Medical Officer for Partner Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on cancer treatments. He was one of the founding members of the Seragon Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board and was the company's Chief Medical Officer where he played a key role in the development and advancement of Seragon's selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) platform for breast cancer and other hormone-driven cancers until the company was acquired by Roche in August 2014.
Prior to Seragon, Dr. Roychowdhury was the Senior Vice President and Head of the Global Oncology Division at Sanofi until November 2013. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President for Clinical Development at GlaxoSmithKline and directed the Oncology global regulatory group at Eli Lilly and Company. Prior to his role in industry, he served as faculty member at the University of Cincinnati. He trained at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and University of California, San Francisco. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Partner Therapeutics, Lytix Biopharma AS, Celyad S.A., and Fund+, a life sciences investment fund.
Professor Joachim Fensterle, PhD
Prof. Fensterle began his studies in biotechnology at the Technical University of Braunschweig. After his undergraduate studies, he moved to a French "Grand Ecole", the École Supérieure de Biotechnologie (ESBS) in Strasbourg. He completed his immunology / infection biology thesis in the research department of Chiron-Biocine in Siena / Italy.
His passion for the molecular interaction of microbial pathogens with the host organism and the resulting targeted attacks by the immune system then led him to a doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. There he worked among others with various bacterial pathogens such as Salmonella, Listeria or the tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Shortly after receiving his doctorate in 2000, Prof. Fensterle moved to the Institute for Medical Radiation Science and Cell Research at the University of Würzburg as head of the working group "Bacterial Tumor Therapy." The aim here was to exploit the infection biological arsenal of microorganisms specifically for tumor therapy. Among other things, the team succeeded in modifying a salmonella strain in such a way that it can in principle be used as a vaccine against prostate cancer. This work culminated in the spin-off of a GmbH, which led Prof. Fensterle as a managing partner, in addition to his activity as an assistant at the university, temporarily led. A selection of his works can be found here .
The international, publicly traded pharmaceutical company Æterna Zentaris became aware in 2005 and took over the project. He also joined the company as Head of Vaccine Development / Business Development. In addition to his work in business development, he was responsible for developing the clinical maturity project there, which included in particular the establishment of industrial testing and production processes.
Prof. Fensterle teaches biotechnology and bioengineering at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve, Germany.
Anna Ferrari, MD
Dr. Ferrari is a medical oncologist and clinical researcher dedicated to prostate cancer research. Her experience includes clinical practice and basic laboratory science investigations geared towards preclinical testing for clinical trial development in Prostate Cancer. Dr. Ferrari joined Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey as the Director of the Genitourinary (GU) Cancer Program and Professor of Medicine. Previously, she served as Co-Director of Genitourinary (GU) Program for NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center, and prior to that spent several years at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, serving as Director of the Genitourinary Cancer Program.
As a member of the Genitourinary Committee and Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium, Dr. Ferrari helps develop clinical trials for prostate cancer on a national level. For many years she played a major role in the clinical trials that lead to the approval of Provenge®, the first FDA approved vaccine for treatment of prostate cancer. Dr. Ferrari also currently active in the development of new agents and vaccines that are highly promising for prostate cancer patients.
As part of the collaborate care offered at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Dr. Ferrari works with multi-discipline experts in the Prostate Cancer and Urology Oncology Programs, which include radiation and surgical oncologists, nurses and social workers. Dr. Ferrari provides patients with a comprehensive evaluation, educating them about their disease and treatment options so they can make informed decisions about their care. Additionally, she is a strong supporter of patient support groups and lectures regularly to help men understand the prostate cancer spectrum of treatment options and choices.
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Palestinian refugee camps are a tinderbox for civil war
More than 200,000 Palestinians live in Lebanese camps ravaged by poverty, drugs and violence. This, combined with febrile, factional Palestinian politics could plunge not the just the camps, but Lebanon, into civil war.
"The violence exists because the Palestinians are living in an unbearable environment in Lebanon," says Mohammed Khatib from Ain Al-Hilweh refugee camp. He was commenting on the tensions and deteriorating living conditions Palestinians are facing in Lebanon, which seems to be slowly disintegrating into an armed conflict between rival factions in the camps which could drag the refugees, and potentially even the entire country, into civil war.
Lebanon has been in economic freefall since 2019, with an ever plummeting currency crisis and a poverty rate hitting 82%. The Palestinian refugee population have lived on pretty much unnoticed by international media, despite their living conditions being amongst the worst in the country. But the living conditions are just the tip of the iceberg. In the past week an explosion, followed by a mass shooting have taken rival the Palestinian political parties, Hamas and Fatah, to the point of open warfare.
Last Friday an explosion rocked Burj al-Shamli refugee camp, leading to a sea of contradictory accusations about what had truly transpired. Initial reports by the likes of Saudi Arabia's Al-Arabiya claimed that scores of deaths had taken place after an explosion at a Hamas munitions storage facility, whilst Hamas alleged oxygen cylinders had been ignited due to a technical error. The scores of dead stories, reported by some media outlets, turned out to be untrue, however one member of Hamas, named Hamza Shaheen, was killed in the explosion.
During Hamza Shaheen's funeral, a very different tragedy unfolded this Sunday as armed gunmen opened fire indiscriminately into a crowd of thousands of mourners in the camp. Four were declared dead on site and 6 injured. According to two separate sources inside the camp, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, leading members of Hamas and Hezbollah were present at the funeral when the shooting took place and the gunmen were identified as "agents" belonging to the Fatah Party. Fatah, which commands what is known as the Palestinian Authority out of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is the political rival of Hamas.
An eyewitness, who did not wish to be identified, stated that "the mourners marched towards the cemetery" and as they did "armed and clearly identifiable gunmen from Hamas were present." The eyewitness said not a single shot was fired from the Hamas members and that when the shooting started by the Fatah gunmen, "the resistance forces [Hamas] did not fire back at them." Fatah officially denies it instigated the massacre and accuses Hamas gunmen of shooting in the air first, a claim which eyewitnesses and videos from the scene do not depict.
One of those injured in the shooting was a top member of the Hamas politburo, Zaher Jabareen. This incident could still lead to retaliatory violence from Hamas, as the group has openly accused members of the Palestinian Authority's National Security Forces of carrying out the shooting. Allegations have also been made that the two incidents which took place inside the camp could have been orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority (PA), based in Ramallah, as the PA faces a crisis of its own and fears it could suffer a popular rebellion in the West Bank.
But the added element to this chaos has been the influence of notorious warlord Samir Geagea, who leads the 'Lebanese Forces' militia group. Geagea first jumped on Friday's explosion as an excuse to urge the Lebanese army to disarm the refugee camp and probe the incident and it is feared that if further conflict between Hamas and Fatah emerges in the camps, he will use his militiamen to engage the Palestinian groups. This is an especially threatening prospect, after Lebanese Forces opened fire from rooftops against protesters belonging to the Shia political parties Hezbollah and Amal, killing seven, back in October.
Why Are Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon A New Hotspot For Violence?
Most Palestinian refugees in Lebanon live in 12 overcrowded camps, on which the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) recently sounded the alarm, due to deteriorating living conditions. Roughly 207,000 Palestinians are registered as refugees in Lebanon. The ever growing community has lived in the country since 1947, when Zionist militias drove them from their homes in historic Palestine and has since barred them from returning.
Mohammed Khatib, a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon who is currently part of the Palestinian Movement known as 'Masar Badil', says that "The number one primary problem facing Ain al-Hilweh camp [Mohammed's camp] and other camps in Lebanon as well is that we have been refugees in this country since 1948 and that we cannot go back to our country." He labeled "the second primary problem that the Palestinians face is that we are under a sectarian, racist, Lebanese regime which accounts everything on the basis of sect and ethnicity."
Asked about what life is like in the camp he grew up in, Mohammed answered: "Obviously we can see that Ain al-Hilweh camp is an overpopulated place, we are talking about 1 kilometer squared, more or less, where you have around 100,000 people living there. Also it is important to know that the majority of the people in the camps, they are Palestinians from Lebanon, but also in the last 10 years there are many from the Palestinian refugee community in Syria that have been displaced and they are taking refuge in the Ain al-Hilweh camp. Not just this, but there is also an impoverished Lebanese community that lives inside the camp which endure almost the same conditions that the Palestinians suffer."
"Ain al-Hilweh is a besieged camp, by the Lebanese army and government, and the people here are deprived of their basic human rights." Mohammed says that "there are checkpoints at every entrance and exit to the camp. Also in the past 10 years the Lebanese army have built an Apartheid wall, let's say, which is surrounding the camp and this is a huge issue generating many problems."
Asked on how the current Lebanese crisis has hit Palestinian communities, he answered "the economic crisis in Lebanon, that the entire country is facing… combined with the lack of gasoline, the problems with the currency and other issues associated with the crisis are making Palestinian refugees' lives worse. But it's important to note that the Palestinians in Lebanon have been suffering since the moment they arrived in Lebanon. The problems with the electricity, diesel, lack of materials entering the camps, and exiting them, have always been very difficult."
"Palestinians have not had the right to even work in Lebanon and so we are a community that perhaps knows best how to survive with this sort of crisis," adding that, although things have gotten worse, "there feels like there's nothing special about it," due to the conditions that the refugee camps have dealt with for many years now.
A lot is said about the crime in Palestinian refugee camps, along with factional rivalries which threaten the livelihoods of the refugees. According to Mohammed: "When you are deprived of your rights, when you are besieged by the Lebanese army, when you have no right to resist or go back to your country, when you are deprived of the right to work and of owning property, of course this will generate problems. When you live under poverty, this will generate violence, but I believe that the lack of leadership and the lack of the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] helps create this problem and makes us disorganized. This only leads to conflict, including social problems, personal problems and political problems."
Since the PLO was forced from Lebanon by the Israeli military in 1982, having based their operations out of the country since the early 1970s, the following period was terrible and caused a feeling of abandonment. Between 1982 and the signing of the Oslo Accords, in 1993, Mohammed said that the "Arab reactionary regimes, like Saudi Arabia, funded extremist radical Islamist groups."
"Those groups are not gangs," he added, "they are political Islamist groups which received funding since the early '90s by the likes of Saudi Arabia and other regimes, or are controlled by intelligence agencies," which Mohammed believes to be the root cause of many violent conflicts.
Mohammed also explained that due to this violence, Lebanon's right wing groups point to the camps as "no go zones" where the government should be authorized to raid to cleanse the area of weapons. Another Palestinian refugee, who wished to remain anonymous and lives in Burj Al-Shamali Camp, says that "we are discriminated against as criminals and we are seen by some of the Lebanese as a problem for them and so they want to have us removed and silenced," he went on to say that "we are always used as the scapegoat by those Lebanese that take their anger out on us, but look at how our people live, what life is this for a human being, our conditions have looked like Gaza in times when Lebanon was a tourist destination."
Another man called Ahmed from Beddawi refugee camp, where it is reported that amphetamines are cheaper than food, revealed the living conditions during the economic crisis had become substantially worse. "It's always been bad and now it's even worse," he said, "food is little, fuel is hard to get, there is no work, our people get almost no electricity in the camps and we have no money."
Mohammed Khatib, who describes the conditions faced in the Palestinian refugee camps as "besiegement," feels that due to the absence of any unified Palestinian representative force in the camps, an increase in violence is possible. The refugee issue has long been ignored, as the majority of the violence in the context of the Palestine-Israeli conflict is no longer affecting those living in the camps. However, if this crisis in Lebanon's camps is not resolved soon, it is likely that out of the overcrowding and the poverty, a new wave of violent conflicts will emerge, dragging not only rival Palestinian factions into a dehabilitating war but perhaps the entire country of Lebanon.


Here's the story. This other thread got me hankering for some Fenderishness at a bargain. I bought a Squier CV Tele at Guitar Center. It played superbly and I fell in love with the tones I was getting, but it was a boat anchor so I took it back and went to the Sweetwater site where they list the weights of their stock and I ordered the lightest one, a full pound and a half lighter than the one I took back. It is fantastic. I can't believe how nice it plays. The Classic Vibe series proves that robots build a hell of a guitar. I was so smitten that I tried out a CV Stratocaster and was equally impressed. Found one on the bay for half the price of a new one. It came today and I'm once again blown away. To pay for this spree, I took a trunk load of unused guitars, basses and pedals to Atomic Music and sold them. I feel like a guitar glutton and I still have cash left over.
Very nice score, Bob! That covers the bases nicely! I love a blackguard tele and an early-style maple neck "Brownie" Strat!
Any cool BH basses down there now ?
Where do you find guitar weights on the Sweetwater site?
I just put a Bakelite pickguard on the tele with foil on the back. It seems to have taken care of the static crackle.
After reading your post, Im thinking a Classic Vibe Tele is in my future.
The Bakelite guard has a sonic advantage to it.
A lot of great music was made on such instruments. Make more!!
Thanks, NJ. Manny, that's how they got me. Curt, the sounds are astounding. Of course, the Deluxe is also responsible. Enis, I will, I assure you!
Congrats. I have heard good things about CVs. What guitars did you unload?
A Squier Bass VI, a Squier Musicmaster bass, a recent Electromatic Corvette and an beat to hell Silvertone ThinTwin that was beat beyond my ability and patience to fix. Those, plus some odd drums and a bag of pedals.
It's early, impatient spring cleaning. And the impending spring brings on this Fenderish obsession.
I'm reveling in playing these spanky single coils through that 1964 Deluxe. What tone! Right under my fingers!
That is the same tone one would use on a puppy who had an accident on one's rug.
I really like the way Sweetwater puts the weights and actual pics of their guitars. It says nothing about how it plays or the tone of that particular piece of wood but it's good info when you're trying to buy online.
I take it back. I didn't realize the extent of your unloading. Reckon you done good.
I would not want to recount my shipping and receiving in the last 90 days.
Jim, the Sweetwater posting pics and weights thing wouldn't help much when buying a hand made, high end guitar, but with these robot made ones, although it is clever gimmick, it served me well this time.
Prot, buying the recent Squiers, the Bass VI, the Corvette were direct results of GDP threads. So was my beloved Dyna Jet and my Airline Tuxedo, which I'll never sell. It's a fun if an expensive hobby, but not as expensive as most mid-life crises. You all are enablers and I appreciate it.
Good work, Bob! Enjoy them Fender/Squires. . . Another Squire to consider: The VM Jag or Jazzmaster. Just sayin' . . .
I do have some budget left. Maybe I should check some weights at Sweetwater.
Edit: Squier doesn't seem to make Jags/JazzMasters in the Classic Vibe series. They are in the Vintage Modified series, and SW is out of them. I had one for awhile but I traded it back to the fellow I got it from. It was quite heavy.
I'm still searching for a Tele myself,but every Squier i've played over here is like a boat anchor ,and they have pencil thin necks.


Here is a really neat gift idea for someone with a young child. Here we have I Can Sign (First Words) from Baby First TV. Now, I am just going to share right here that we have friends who have taught two of their children to sign at a very young age. And it works! Their children could sign before they could talk.
The Dvd will teach your child many useful words that will be used in day to day life. Words like: eat, water, milk, cookie, ear, feet hands, kiss, sleep, book, mother, father, and many other words. Each word is taught in a short video clip where they will see pictures of the word/item and people signing. There is also a little character at the bottom corner of the video signing along. The Dvd can be done on English or Spanish. Also included on the Dvd are printable coloring pages that you can print off by inserting the Dvd into your computer. Inside the cover of the Dvd case is a little booklet that covers some of the words you and your child will be learning.
This is one of the pages in the booklet.
Having seen a set of parents who taught their children sign language early, I really believe this program I Can Sign will work. Not only will it open up some communication, but your child will be learning and growing from this experience.
See the little character in the corner signing cookie.
Baby First is the nations only 24/7 channel dedicated to babies and their parents. The programming is specifically geared for infants and toddlers. There is an amazing variety of information and activities available on their site. Be sure to visit and look around!
Now, several of my children have learned basic signs, and most of them can do the alphabet. We also learned signs like; yes, no bathroom, drink, water, etc. so we could speak to each other if necessary during church or any other time they needed to be silent. It was wonderful. Instead of having to pass it down the row that someone needed the restroom, they could just sign to me and I could answer yes or no.
One neighbor will receive a their own Baby First TV "I Can Sign" (First Words) DVD.
Disclosure:I received no monetary compensation for this review. I did receive product for review purposes. All quotes in red are taken from the sponsor's email or website. All thoughts and opinions are mine.
This would be for my son, he would like to teach his children how to sign.


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Megan Fox Net Worth: How Rich is The Hollywood Star?
Anurima Chowdhury
We all know the notable personality in the field of acting who is also one of the prominent personality in the field of modeling is none other than Megan Fox. Having a huge interest in the field of dancing as well as in acting, she, from a tender of five years, started taking classes in order to improve her skills in those two fields. But soon enough, she along with her family moved to the city of Florida from the place where they used to stay earlier that is Tennessee. Getting trained from such a young age, it is of no surprise when she earned her first modeling deal during the time when she was just entering her teenage years that is 13. Being in the field of modeling, not only did she established herself as one of the most prominent and popular models but also made her way to earn not one but several awards.
Followed by the success that she received for being in the modeling field from a young age, she soon took the first step towards the making of another of her successful career that is acting. She made her debut in the field of acting from the time when she was a teenaged girl of 15years. Her debut role was in the hit movie titled Holiday in the Sun. In the hit movie, she played the role of one of the major characters, whose name was Brianna. Though she started her career-long ago, the turning point in her career came with the role of one of the lead characters that she portrayed with her acting in the hit movie named Transformers. In the movie, she played the role of the character whose name was Mikaela Banes. She portrayed the role while being in the cast with the popular star who played the role of another of the lead characters named Shia LaBeouf.
With her acting skills, not only did she won the heart of the audience but also caught the eyes of the critics. Not only that, but she also made her way to the nomination of the prestigious MTV Movie Award, which she won as well. Other than that, she also received the Teen Choice Awards not only but thrice. Being impressed with her role, she was offered the role of the same character in the second installation of the movie, which was titled Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Though she received enough fame from the first part of the movie. After the success that she received from the second installation escalated her career to much higher success. Not only that, but for her role in the movie she won several of the prestigious awards.
Net Worth and Earnings
Born on the 16th of May in the year 1986, in the beautiful city of Oak Ridge, which is located in the state of Tennessee which is in the United States of America, was the kid who grew up to be one of the prominent personality not only in the field of acting but in the field of modeling as well. She was born in a family of mixed-race where her father's name was Franklin Thomas Fox while her mother was Gloria Darlene Cisson. Though she was born in the city of Tennessee, she was raised in the beautiful city of Pentecost. Being from a catholic family, she was enrolled in one of the esteemed institutes under the catholic school. But as fate may happen, the time when she was just a kid, her parents parted their ways legally. Shortly after that, her mother got married to another man named Tony Tonachio.
Megan Fox as a kid and Megan Fox now
Having a passion for the field of both drama and dance, she from a very early age of five, was enrolled in the classes of not only dance but in drama as well. Apart from her passion for dance and drama, she also earned the opportunity to be part of the popular chorus group in the renowned elementary school named Kingston Elementary School. Not only that, but she was also a part of a popular swim team named Kingston Clippers.
But for some reason or the other, she along with her family, moved from the city of Tennessee to the beautiful city of Florida. But as it is said, nothing can stop you from following your passion. Moving there, she continued her classes of both dance and drama. Soon enough, she earned her first modeling contract when she was at the age of 13 years. Not only did she received the name and fame of being a model at the age of 13, but she also made her way to earn not one but several awards. She earned her first-ever award, which was the prestigious award titled American Modelling and Talent Convention. She has received the award in the year 1999 at the Hilton Head, which is located in South Carolina.
Being such a talented kid, she made her way to earn her first-ever role in the world of movies. Her debut role was when she was just a 15 years old teen girl. In her debut role, she portrayed the character whose name was Brianna Wallace, who was by nature a spoiled child. She played a role in the hit movie of 2001, which was titled Holiday in the Sun. She played her role with another popular star of that time, namely with Ashley Olsen, who portrayed the role of another major character whose name was Alex Stewart.
Megan Fox in the role of Mikaela Banes in the movie series of Transformer
Followed by the success of her debut movie, she earned the offer to be in the guest role in not one but two popular series on the small screen, namely in What I Like About You. Soon enough, she earned the role of one of the major characters in another hit movie named Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. In the movie, she played the role of the character whose name was Carla Santini, where the role of the lead character was portrayed by none other than Lindsay Lohan. The movie was premiered in the year 2004.
Followed by the success of the previous movie, she received the offer to play the role of one of the lead characters in the hit movie of 2007 titled Transformers. In the movie, she played the role of the character named Mikaela Banes. She played her role alongside the cast, which include popular stars namely Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson as well as John Turturro. Being impressed by her graceful acting skills, she was offered to redo the role of Mikaela Banes in the second installation of the movie titled Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Her career went on being on the positive side of the graph. In 2019, she earned the role of one of the major characters in the hit movie under the genre of supernatural romance. The was titled Above the Shadows, which was directed and written by the popular director named Claudia Myers. Followed by the success of the movie, she earned another role in that very year. She drew the role of the character named Soledad Paladin. She played the role of the character in the movie, which was directed by the renowned director named James Franco. The name of the movie was Zeroville. Apart from that, in the year 2019 itself, she earned the role of another lead character in the movie under the genre of drama, which is titled Big Gold Brick. In the movie, she played the role of a character named Jacqueline.
Megan Fox Net Worth
The popular star who stepped into the world of fashion from the tender age of 13 years as well in the world of movies and television shows from the age of 15 years is none other than but Megan Fox. She rose to fame with her role in the first installation of the hit movie named Transformers. Having such great acting skills, it was never tough for her to hold the fame and the position she earned. With this, she also earns millions from her roles in the movies, which further makes her one of the most successful stars. Talking about some of her real estates, in the year 2016, in the month of May she and her husband named Brian, invested in a property that covers an area of 2-acre. The property is located in the city of Malibu. Talking about the worth of the property, it is somewhere estimated to be around $3.3 million. With this, the popular star Megan Fox holds a net worth which is estimated to be somewhere around $8 million as of 2021.
Written By Anurima Chowdhury
Anurima Chowdhury is currently pursuing BA in English. She is a huge fan of pop culture and currently writes for OtakuKart as a contributor.


When did plastic shoes make their way down the stripper pole and into high fashion? We could blame it all on Kanye, but high fashion shoe houses such as Christian Louboutin and Gianvito Rossi have made plastic shoes a part of their permanent collection, so we better get on board with the look or get left behind.
I'm not gonna lie. I was definitely not up for sweaty foot and steamy shoe. However, when I thrifted the above Charlotte Russe dupe of the Gianvito Rossi Plexi Pump, I was a bit intrigued. Trying on the shoe to size it appropriately for my Poshmark closet, I tried on the shoe to see if it was a true size 10. It wasn't LOL. They fit like a 9 and I ended up adding them to my wardrobe.
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Hu Ke (en chino simplificado= 胡可, pinyin= Hú Kě) es una actriz y presentadora china.

Biografía
Estudió en la Universidad de Comunicación de China (Communication University of China) en Beijing de donde se graduó en radiodifusión y televisión en 1998. Después de graduarse trabajó durante medio año para la cadena de televisión Phoenix Satellite Television en Hong Kong.

El 20 de febrero de 2011 se casó con el actor Sha Yi, la pareja le dio la bienvenida a su primer hijo Sha Junbo (沙俊伯, An Ji), el 16 de julio  de 2011 y a su segundo hijo Sha Junliang (沙俊良, Xiao Yuer) el 19 de agosto de 2014.

Carrera
Es miembro de la agencia HY.Brothers.

El 1998 se unió a The Walt Disney Company donde trabajó como presentadora en "The Dragon Club".

En 2003 se unió al elencó de la serie Affair of Half a Lifetime donde dio vida a Shi Cuizhi, la esposa de Shen Shijun (Patrick Tam).

En 2011 apareció en la serie All Men Are Brothers donde interpretó a Gu Dasao, una heroína Liangshan que ocupa el puesto 101 entre las 108 Estrellas del Destino.

Ese mismo ao apareció en la serie Journey to the West donde dio vida a la Princesa Iron Fan, la esposa del Rey Toro Demonio (Chen Zhihui) y madre de Red Boy (Miao Ya Ning).

En 2018 se unió al elenco recurrente de la serie Legend of Fuyao donde interpretó a Xuanyuan Xiao, la Princesa mayor de Taiyuan y la esposa de Zhangsun Jia (Song Jialun).

En agosto del mismo año se unió al elenco recurrente de la serie Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace donde dio vida a Su Lüyun quien se convierte en la Consorte Chun, una mujer ingenua que trata a todos con amabilidad pero que a menudo es manipulada por la consortes que confabulan dentro del palacio.

En agosto de 2019 se unió al elenco de la serie The Rise of Phoenixes donde interpretó a Dahua, la esposa de Xin Ziyan (Zhao Lixin), una mujer muy celosa que también ama profundamente a su marido.

En 2021 se unirá al elenco recurrente de la serie You Are My Glory donde dará vida a Ling Jie, la manager y mejor amiga de Qiao Jingjing (Dilraba Dilmurat).

Filmografía

Series de televisión

Películas

Presentadora

Programas de variedades

Eventos

Teatro

Revistas / sesiones fotográficas

Discografía

Premios y nominaciones

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Hu Ke (胡可) on Baike Baidu

 Hu Ke (胡可) on Weibo
 Hu Ke (胡可) on Movie Douban
 Hu Ke (胡可) Sina Blog
 Hu Ke (胡可) on Rakuten Viki

Actrices de China
Actrices de televisión de China
Actrices de cine de China

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Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Recreational Park in Kuala Lumpur
The Forest Research Instituted Malaysia is a world-reputed centre for tropical forestry research, with over 100 years of experience in forestry and forest products research. Also called FRIM, this natural attraction is located in Kepong, a residential and commercial area that's accessible within a 20-minute drive from Kuala Lumpur city centre.
Although its popular Canopy Walk is no longer open to the public, FRIM still attracts a steady crowd of visitors thanks to its wide range of recreational activities, camping sites, and lush rainforest setting.
Interested in this tour? Book it here.
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A Day in the Rainforest Half-Day Tour
What to See and Do at Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM)
Jogging, hiking, and cycling are the most popular activities here, and there are bicycles for rent at reasonable rates. For the safety of its visitors, do note that mountain biking is limited to marked trails within Bukit Bujang, Simpang K, Perah Campsite, Tongkat Ali or Bukit Steroid, and Puncak Pinus.
FRIM also has a designated campsite for those looking to spend the night here, called Perah Campsite. Priced at RM500 per day, it houses a kitchen, hall, "A-Hut" chalets, restrooms, benches, and obstacle run. You can also rent a tent for RM30 each, while sleeping bags, fans, and plug points cost RM50 per day.
You can also visit a traditional Malay village house called Rumah Terengganu, which was relocated from Pulau Rusa in Terengganu. It was built entirely from Chengal wood without using a single nail, making it one of the most unique attractions in FRIM. There's also a research gallery that displays various specimens, publications, and artificial materials from previous researches conducted here.
The Forest Research Instituted Malaysia (FRIM) is open daily between 05:00 and 19:30, though visitors can only partake in recreational activities from 05:30 until 07:30 and 08:30 until 19:30 on weekdays. The easiest way to get to this recreational park is by car or taxi but if you're getting around KL via public transport, we highly recommend taking the KTM train to the Kepong KTM Station. From there, FRIM is about 10 minutes away via taxi.
Opening Hours: Daily 05:00 – 19:30
Address: Jalan FRIM, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur
Price Range: RM1 for Malaysians, RM5 for Non-Malaysians
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Leupold Invites You to Join 'The Hunt' For New Line of Performance Eyewear
Ammoland Inc. Posted on January 8, 2020 January 9, 2020 by AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson
U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Leupold & Stevens, Inc., has launched a nationwide treasure hunt to promote its new-for-2020 line of performance eyewear. Dozens of sets of performance eyewear have been hidden in publicly-accessible areas throughout the continental United States, and their respective GPS coordinates are available now at www.Leupold.com/The-Hunt.
Leupold worked with industry insiders to hide special performance eyewear kits – which are housed in Pelican Personal Utility Ruck Cases – across the United States. The GPS coordinates were revealed on Jan. 8, 2020. When a kit is found, searchers are encouraged to post a photo of themselves with the new performance eyewear, geotag it, and comment using the included "FoundMe" code so Leupold can mark the pair as found.
"The Leupold Core are the most diehard hunters and shooters in the world," said Shane Meisel, Director of Marketing for Leupold & Stevens, Inc. "With 'The Hunt,' we're offering them a chance to own a pair of our performance eyewear months before any models are available to the general public. Get out there, have some fun, and get your hands on a set before they're gone."
Join the Hunt
The included performance eyewear are designed, machined, and assembled in the United States. Lightweight, rugged, and clear, they are built to outperform in the harshest conditions. Five styles will be available to the public in spring 2020. All five share numerous top-of-the-line features like infused polarized lenses, which eliminate glare and keep your eyes fresh whether you're on the water or in the field. Leupold's Guard-ion hydrophobic coating sheds dirt, water, and fingerprints for a clear, crisp image, while Diamondcoat-hardened lenses reduce surface scratches. Daylight Max technology, meanwhile, provides UV protection for optimal performance in bright conditions. The entire performance eyewear line is made from lightweight, ballistic-rated materials and ships with scratch-resistant polarized lenses as rugged and clear as the Leupold's award-winning sporting optics.
Three of the five Leupold Performance Eyewear designs go a step further by offering an ANSI Ballistic Rating. Translation: they meet or exceed ANSI high-velocity impact standards for eye protection, meaning you'll have eyewear which looks great and serves as appropriate eye protection when you're shooting.
"Leupold consumers expect the highest-quality optics in the world. When we chose to enter the eyewear market, we spent two years making sure the final product lived up to our exacting standards," said Tim Lesser, Vice President of Product Development at Leupold & Stevens, Inc. "The result is a product line which takes full advantage of the 113 years of optics manufacturing expertise only Leupold can offer."
Leupold's "The Hunt" promotion will run until each kit has been located. Don't wait – the race is on. Visit www.Leupold.com/The-Hunt to find out if a kit has been hidden near you.
For more information on Leupold products, please visit us at Leupold.com.
About Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
Founded in Oregon more than a century ago, Leupold & Stevens, Inc. is a fifth generation, family owned company that designs, machines and assembles its riflescopes, mounting systems, tactical/Gold Ring® spotting scopes, and performance eyewear in the USA. The product lines include rifle, handgun and spotting scopes; binoculars; rangefinders; mounting systems; and optical tools, accessories and Pro Gear.
Beobear(@beobear)
They completely skipped over my state. I guess they didn't sell enough here last year? Just for a little revenge I'll be giving my Leupold the stink eye every time I look through it from now on. That'll learn em'!
Arizona(@arizona)
I will snag one tomorrow if it's still there
Reply to Arizona
That was a waste of time. The cache on the website is unclaimed, but the glasses are gone. Ran into a dozen people searching, showed them the tree where the cache had been, and they were PISSED at Leupold for not updating the site.
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Earlier this week, the LEGO® Group announced their latest collaboration. This time, the iconic Danish brand of interlocking plastic bricks has teamed up with Land Rover to produce a new Technic set. The Land Rover Defender (42110) is coming soon to a store near you. The model launched earlier this week alongside the actual car it represents at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
LEGO® Land Rover Defender launch video. ©2019 The LEGO Group.
In terms of specifics, Canadian fans can expect:
Brick Count: 2573
Cost: $249.99 CAD
Cost-per-Brick: $0.10 CAD
Dimensions: 22 cm (8″) high, 42 cm (16″) long, 20 cm (7″) wide
For the sake of comparison, as well as for those who live elsewhere in the world, the Land Rover Defender will cost $199.99 US, £159.99, and $329.99 AUD. If you live in Europe, the set will range between €179.99 and €199.99, depending on the country you live in.
Box art for the LEGO® Land Rover Defender, ©2019 The LEGO Group.
As always, feel free to leave your thoughts on this set either in the comments at the bottom of the page, or on social media. I have posted the official press below for those who are interested. For more LEGO® news, click here.
LEGO® Land Rover Defender, ©2019 The LEGO Group.
Land Rover Defender (42110) Press Release
BUILD YOUR OWN ICON: INTRODUCING THE LEGO® TECHNIC™ LAND ROVER DEFENDER
•LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender set launches alongside New Land Rover Defender at 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show
•2,573-piece LEGO model developed with Land Rover to include authentic bodywork and a host of realistic functions
•Features in-line six-cylinder engine, gearbox with high and low ratios, independent suspension, expedition roof rack and working winch
•LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender on sale globally from 1 October 2019
Frankfurt, 11th September 2019 – The new LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender is an automotive icon you can build at home.
Developed in partnership with Land Rover and launched alongside the New Defender at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the 2,573-piece model combines the boundless creativity of LEGO with New Defender's instantly recognisable silhouette and unrivalled capability.
The LEGO Technic vehicle echoes New Defender with a host of realistic elements and functions, including authentic body panels and rims, four-wheel drive with three differentials, fully independent suspension, a working winch and LEGO Technic's most sophisticated gearbox yet – all designed to provide an engrossing and rewarding building experience for car lovers and LEGO fans alike.
Niels Henrik Horsted, Marketing Director at the LEGO Group, said: "With every LEGO element, children can build anything they can imagine. I'm very excited about this new model – a truly impressive job done by our LEGO designers. Together with Land Rover, we've blended elements, design and innovative engineering into a set that shows the boundless creativity of LEGO play, and that with LEGO Technic you can build for real."
Joe Sinclair, Director of Branded Goods and Licensing at Jaguar Land Rover, said: "The Land Rover Defender and LEGO brand are both iconic across the world, and the launch of New Defender felt like the perfect time to bring them together. The level of detail and engineering that has gone into creating this LEGO model perfectly reflects the work of our own designers and engineers who have been so dedicated to bringing a motoring icon back for the 21st century."
Opening doors allow access to the model's elaborate cabin with its working steering wheel and detailed dashboard. A new transmission system has two levers for engaging high or low ratios and a selector for changing gear – LEGO Technic's most sophisticated gearbox yet.
You can also fold the rear seat forward to view the four-speed sequential gearbox, lift the bonnet to view the in-line six-cylinder engine with moving pistons and turn the rear-mounted spare wheel to open the rear door.
Reflecting the action-fueled accessories available for the full-size New Defender, the model is finished with a working winch, removable roof rack with storage box, pannier, ladder and traction mats.
The LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender set will be available globally from 1 October 2019.
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Farmingville, NY – On October 31, Supervisor Ed Romaine and Councilman Michael Loguercio were at 65 Gray Avenue in Medford as the Town demolished an abandoned "zombie house." The house, which was vacant for more than 10 years, had become dilapidated after sustaining extensive fire damage. The house was also the source of resident complaints leading to numerous Town of Brookhaven housing code violations. The property was cleared of all debris graded by the Town. It was demolished in accordance with Chapter 73 of the Town Code which provides a "fast track" to rid neighborhoods of unsafe structures. The cost of demolition and debris removal is the responsibility of the property owner, and the Town places a lien on the property that is then placed on the tax bill. The County reimburses the Town and then they collect the money from the property owner. The house was demolished by the Town of Brookhaven's Department of Recycling and Sustainable Materials Management.
Supervisor Romaine said, "Nearly every community in Brookhaven Town has seen an increase in "zombie" houses. The Town has been very aggressive in our efforts to issue violations and we will continue to demolish these dangerous eyesores wherever they are."
Councilman Loguercio said, "It's a shame that a house like this was left here to deteriorate for so many years, driving down property values and threatening the quality of life in the neighborhood.. I commend our Law Department for cracking down on negligent property owners and for helping to clean up neighborhoods in my district and throughout Town of Brookhaven."
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Uncertainty for Hatfield-based BT staff
The telecommnications giant made the announcement on May 10. Picture: Mia Jankowicz
Telecommunications firm BT, which has a site in Hatfield Business Park, has announced 13,000 job cuts as well as possible office closures.
In an announcement this morning (May 10) BT announced that its workforce will be reduced by 13,000 "mainly back office and middle management roles".
However, it also plans to hire around 6,000 new employees to support network deployment and customer service.
The announcement comes as part of a drive to launch new product combinations, invest in infrastructure, and lower costs through restructuring.
A BT spokesperson said: "There are no details at this stage of either the reduction in roles, or the new jobs we have announced today, or what this means for individual locations around the country.
"We have been clear, however, that the changes will represent an investment in the jobs and skills needed to strengthen our networks and customer service.
The company also announced that it will reduce the number of its UK offices to 30 over the coming years, including its London headquarters, which raises questions for the BT office at Hatfield Business Park.
The spokesperson said: "There are no details yet of what this means for individual locations around the country."
BT took over the previous company at the Hatfield site, EE, in 2015.


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Octavia Hill was the driving force and Treasurer of the influential Kyrle Society, founded in 1877 by her sister, Miranda. The Kyrle Society, formed to "Bring Beauty Home to the People" and supported by William Morris among others, was forerunner of all today's amenity societies and also the Civic Trust. The Trust wanted to enhance the quality of life in communities with art, books and open spaces. Hospitals, schools and clubrooms were decorated and community events organised. Octavia's article "Colour, Space and Music" was based on an address she gave at a Kyrle Society meeting.
The Society was named after John Kyrle, the eighteenth century benefactor of Ross-on-Wye, in Herefordshire, who spent much of his small fortune improving the town's amenities.
The National Trust grew out of the work of the Open Space Committee, which was instrumental in saving or creating many of London's recreational areas that would otherwise have been built over.


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Q: Why am I getting SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission required warning? I am getting below warning in play-console while releasing app, my app doesn't require any feature related to SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW then why am I getting this warning?
targetSdkVersion 29
It would be a great help if someone could explain this? Thanks.

AndoirdManifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />

<uses-permission
    android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS"
    tools:ignore="ProtectedPermissions" />

<uses-feature
    android:name="android.hardware.camera.any"
    android:required="true" />
<uses-feature
    android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus"
    android:required="false" />

A: I have figured out the issue through the link @CommonsWare mentioned in the comments above.
I have added a third party sdk which requires the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission.

Thank you all.

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GPC Malaysia
Malaysia - Regulation
In Malaysia, chemicals are regulated by multiple ministries. Malaysia's Environmentally Hazardous Substances Notification & Registration (EHSNR) Scheme started in 2009 as a voluntary scheme. The scheme encourages industries to submit registration and notification on a voluntary basis.
The main authority in chemical management is Department of Environment (DoE), Ministry of Environment and Water, a mandate given by The Environmental Quality Act, 1974 (Act 127) to prevent, abate, control of pollution and enhancement of the environment.
Based on the information submitted by industry, Department of Environment (DOE) establishes the Malaysian EHS Reference List. This list contains information about the identity of substances that have been notified to DOE, their uses in Malaysia, their hazard classification and the accumulated amounts placed on the market in Malaysia.
Currently, EHSNR scheme remain a voluntary basis, it will become mandatory as soon as the draft regulations on EHS is gazette.
Both importers and the manufacturers of EHS in Malaysia shall notify in the MyEHS System. This company shall have valid ROC company registration number in order to proceed for MyEHS System registration.
Oversea manufacturers and supplies may apply for External Notification to avoid reveal the Confidential Business Information (CBI). Locally registered companies register their overseas suppliers in the system in case that the substances are classified as confidential by the overseas suppliers. This is only applicable to substances that require detailed notification.
In April 2021, a new website named "MyEHS" ( https://myehs.doe.gov.my/portal/myehs/ ) was launched to replace the existing EHSNR system. This system allows users to register Environmentally Hazardous Substances (EHS) and search the list of registered substances, usage manuals, etc.
National Regulation
Implementation officer
Department of Environment (DOE)
The Environmental Quality Act, 1974 (Act 127)
Amendment (Act 1985, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2012)
Guidance for the Industry on the Environmentally Hazardous Substances Notification & Registration Scheme in Malaysia 2012
to ensure importers and manufactures to notify the manufacturing and importation of EHS.
to provide the necessary information on EHS
to manage EHS in a safe and sound manner to protect the human health and the environment.
The law:
Any natural or artificial substances, whether in a solid, semi solid, liquid, gas, vapour or in a mixture of at least two of these substances, or any objectionable odour or noise, or heat, and hazardous substances
The scheme:
Any substances that are not covered by other notification scheme (e.g. GHS) and laws in Malaysia
Investigation and research relevant to the problem of pollution
Naturally-occurring materials
Incidental/end-use reaction products
Substances formed during the manufacture of an article
Mixtures (but not mixture components)
By-products
Non-isolated intermediates
Contained site-limited intermediates
Transported intermediates
Substances manufactured solely for export
Substances used in research and development
Substances produced for test marketing
Low volume substances (<1 tonne per annum)
Manufacturers and importers of EHS and importers of chemical mixtures or finished products that contain EHS as their constituents
Compliance obligations
(Voluntary)
1. Registration and notification of existing EHS: Basic
2. Registration and notification of new substances (not in the EHS list): Detailed
Implementation date
1. Basic: January to June every year
2. Detailed: January to December every year
https://myehs.doe.gov.my/portal/myehs/
Chemical Management Division, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources (CME-DOSH-MHR) is also given a mandate by The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514) to supervise and enforce practices that ensure the safety, health and welfare of people at work or at the work place. The Act has been enriched and becomes more specific through further elaboration by Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1996, Prohibition of Use of Substances Order 1999, Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health Regulations 2000, Notification of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence, Occupational Poisoning and Occupational Disease Regulations 2004.
CME-DOSH-MHR
Occupational Safety And Health Act 1994. Act 514
Complement:
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996
Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Order 1999
Prohibition of Use of Substances
Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health
Notification of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence, Occupational Poisoning and Occupational Disease
Secure the safety, health and welfare of persons at work and protect people at the place of work
Promote an occupational environment for people at work which is adapted to their physiological and psychological needs
Provide legislations associated to occupational safety and industry codes of practice
Chemical substances for use at work
A public officer and the national committee, employers, employees, and designers- manufacturers-suppliers
For a designer- manufacturer-supplier, he has to
ensure the substance used is safe
conduct testing and examination of the substance to prove it is safe
ensure adequate information is available in connection to the use of the substance and the result of the test
eliminate or minimize any risk to safety or health to which the substance may give rise e.g. the chemicals listed in Occupational Safety and Health Order 1999
identify and notify an industrial activity (both new and existing installations of chemical substances) and major hazards e.g. Notification of Industrial Activity Form, on-site, off-site emergency plans, report
Another one complementary regulation to Act 514 outlines the adoption of GHS 3th revision in Malaysia. Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals Regulations 1997 and its updated version 2013 mandatorily require suppliers2 to fulfill classification of a hazardous chemical in accordance with Industry Code of Practice (ICOP 2014), apply compliant packaging, labels, and provide chemical information in a form such as SDS. Importers and manufacturers also need to submit an inventory of chemical information through the online chemical Information management system (CIMS).
Information in the inventory:
The product identifier
The name of the hazardous chemical
The composition and ingredients of a hazardous chemical
The hazard classification
The total quantity of each hazardous chemical imported or supplied
CAS Registry Numbers (if applicable)
Adoption of GHS
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as the chair for the National Coordinating Committee is in charge of the implementation for GHS. MITI once launched a project, Classification Tool for Chemical Mixture (CATCH), aiming to adopt both GHS 6th revision (only health and environmental hazards) and the CLASS Regulations 2013. This move is in line with the updated reply gathered by APEC Questionnaire that DOSH is aiming to adopt GHS 7th reversion in 2022.3
GHS Regulation
Adopt UN GHS Rev.3
Regulation(s)
Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997, 2013
Industry Code of Practice On Chemicals Classification And Hazard Communication, 2014, 2019
Chemical substances and mixtures for use at work
A chemical regulated by other laws
(i) a radioactive material as defined under the Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984;
(ii) scheduled waste as defined under the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005;
(iii) a cosmetic or product as defined under the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984;
(iv) a chemical which is a pesticide as defined under the Pesticides Act 1974
A chemical used for scientific research and development, or trial purposes
(i) not for sale in the market;
(ii) not exceed five kilograms in capacity;
(iii) adequate information on the safe use of the chemical is made available by the supplier
A manufactured item, other than a fluid or particle, which
(i) forms to a specific shape or design during manufacture;
(ii) has end use function dependent in whole or in part upon its shape or design during end use;
(iii) under normal conditions of use, does not release significant quantity of chemical which poses physical hazard or risk to health.
A chemical in transit prior to export which is stored at any storage area
Imported or manufactured chemicals in a quantity of 1000 kg and above per year. Submit an inventory not later than 31 March every year via https://cims.dosh.gov.my/
Malay and English
1. The mandatory inventory mechanism CIMS is expected to be merged with the voluntary inventory mechanism EHSNR in the near future.
2. An initiative to address both GHS version 6 (only health and environmental hazards) and the CLASS Regulations 2013: "The GHS Software for Chemical Mixture – also known as "Classification Tool for Chemical Mixture (CATCH)" starts operating in 2017.
Chemical regulations from other ministries
Pharmaceutical Services Division, Ministry of Health
The Food Act 1983
Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984
The Poisons Act 1952
Ministry of International Trade and Industries
Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984
Royal Malaysia Customs, Ministry of Finance
The Custom Act 1967
Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-chemicals
The Pesticides Act 1974
Chemical weapons convention Act 2005


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