That newspaper is long gone, but in this era of message dilution, their passion for what brings a great story to life rings even more strongly.
A case for support is much more than a pro forma document about your nonprofit, a campaign or a specific fundraising project.
Its elements form your best story. Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? What problems will charitable giving solve? Why should donors care? How can they help?
Told concisely, illustrated with purposeful detail and pacing, a well-crafted and strategically conceived case for support engages readers with characters, drama—and a happy ending.
Donors have plenty of competition for their time and mind-share. The singular role of a case document is to capture their attention, deepen their loyalty, engage their commitment and generate their contribution.
The best case writers I know start with the end in mind, then take their readers on that journey. Why us? Why now? Why philanthropy?
The internet is full of articles about structuring a good case for support. Yet often these how-to formulas miss the real opportunity, the mechanics of telling a good story.
"It's all about you." Actually, it's not. Switch the focus to the outside-in. What do your prospects need to know from you? Certainly your organization's achievements illustrate bona fides from your track record, but people care most about how you will change lives and how they can partner with you to provide that solution.
"Just the facts, please." Facts anchor the story, but vision illuminates possibilities. Write with energy, carefully drawing a picture of the reimagined future. Use action verbs, visual descriptors and voices of the people who reinforce or exemplify your organization's impact. While there are many writing styles and rhythms, the skill comes in choosing the right balance of straightforward and emotional storytelling.
"We don't need a case statement." You may not want a printed or online brochure, but you will always need a case for support. Its talking points summarize what journalists call the nut of your fundraising project—what your organization intends to achieve through fundraising. Supporting messages for fundraising activities can strengthen all marketing communications and specific donor communications, such as newsletters, direct mail, the website and personal interactions or presentations.
Changing lives through education, patient care, stable housing, cultural venues, scholarships or community problem-solving, these are the themes that tie together your organization's mission and results.
Yet not any story will do. Moving smoothly from beginning to end, the story arc of a well-conceived case for support builds to a conclusion. And the closing of that story compels action, or the act of giving. In developing the message, choosing the right people to make the case is crucial.
Through six simple framing concepts, you can bring prospects and donors into your story and help them realize their ambitions for themselves and their community.
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Use these tools to shape your case for support and the life-changing outcomes that generously investing in your vision will accomplish.
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Five Notable Releases of the Week (9/9)
This week's Notable Releases are all (coincidentally) by seasoned artists, including Nick Cave, Okkervil River, and Wilco.
Pansy Division release new LP (watch the video for "Kiss Me At Midnight")
Crazy & the Brains were also added to their upcoming NYC show.
PWR BTTM sign to Polyvinyl for LP2, interviewed Pansy Division
Following a solid amount of buzz and an unforgettable live show to back it up, NYC queer pop punk duo PWR BTTM have signed to the venerable Polyvinyl Records...
blink-182 and Descendents' comebacks, and the enduring influence of pop punk
PUP, Modern Baseball, The Hotelier, Beach Slang, Against Me!, Face to Face, Bad Religion & more prove 2016 is pop punk's best year in a while.
Pansy Division releasing 'Quite Contrary,' touring (dates & song stream)
Queer pop punks Pansy Division put out a handful of great records in the '90s (mostly on Lookout! Records), and though their output has slowed down considerably, they've stayed active. This year they'll release Quite Contrary, their first album since 2009...
tix on sale: Elvis Costello, Sleigh Bells, Dinosaur Jr, Lucero, Chvrches & more
It's your Friday morning ticket link roundup.
Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones at the intimate Bowery Electric – pics/video – (where P…
Yesterday morning, Billie Joe Armstrong announced to his fan club that he'd play an intimate solo show in NYC that night. It turned out to be the very intimate Bowery Electric, and he brought another famous musician with him: his Foreverly collaborator Norah...

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Campaign to Elect a Woman as Secretary General to the United Nations Fails
Antonio Gutteres, former prime minister of Portugal and leader of the UN refugee agency, was elected UN Secretary General last week, a disappointing end to a formal campaign attempting to elect a woman as the next leader of the United Nations.
While the United Nations has championed programs promoting gender equality and women's rights, the organization has never elected a female Secretary General in its 70 year history.
7 women ran for the position to replace current Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, the 8th man to lead the United Nations since its founding. Leading candidate Irina Bokova of Bulgaria was widely seen as pro-Russian, while Argentinian Susana Malcorra was viewed as too supportive of the United States.
While both denied the allegations, the rumors harmed their chances of being elected due to the skepticism from the five permanent members of the Security Council. As permanent members, the United States and Russia will not vote for a candidate they feel will challenge their national interests. The lack of support for the remaining 5 female candidates was viewed as "shocking" and "disappointing."
"Misogyny is baked into the system," says Shazia Z. Rafi, the United Nations representative for the All Pakistan Women's Association. Rafi believes electing a woman as Secretary General must be fiercely advocated for and will not simply happen in due time. Maria Emma Mejia Velez, an ambassador to Columbia, attempted to rally support for a female leader of the United Nations by establishing a coalition 60 countries to voice their support for female candidates, calling on the organization to lead the world by example.
Security Council Resolution 1325 urges members of the United Nations to make a conscious effort to include women in all levels of national and international governing bodies. Right now the United Nations is failing to do that. While women make up slightly more than half the population, only 6% are heads of state, foreign ministers, or national envoys of the Security Council nations. Several analyses have found that most senior jobs within the organization go to men and the UN senior management group consists of 12 women and 28 men.
Mr. Gutteres now faces immense pressure to select a woman as his deputy.
The New York Times, 10/14/16; 9/9/16; Campaign to Elect a Woman Secretary General
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Wanderlust Wednesday ~ London To-Do List Edition
Check out my previous Wanderlust Wednesday posts.
6 weeks from TODAY will be my first full day in London. Krista and I arrive at Heathrow Airport around 8:30am (which will be 3:30am our regular time). From there, we'll take the tube to Russell Square, where our hotel is. We're not sure whether we'll be able to check in early or if we'll have to have our bags locked away and come back later, but after freshening up, either in a lobby bathroom or (preferably) in our hotel room, we plan to hit the town and start sightseeing right away! We meet up with our tour group Saturday evening, so we have almost four full days on our own, then another two days in London before heading for Paris. One of my friends moved to London in November, so we plan to meet up with her at some point, but I'm not sure when or where or what we'll be doing.
I've dreamed of going to London my whole life, so there's a TON of stuff I want to do. We toyed with the idea of getting a London Pass, but I think that's on hold for now. We're just going to wander around, see as much as possible, take a day trip on Friday the 19th to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Bath (EEP!), and then possibly get the London Pass once we're with the group. There are a few structured/planned things once we meet up with everyone, but for the most part we're on our own, so we're hoping to make a few friends who have the same interests as us and go in a group to see some of the sights.
THINGS WE PLAN TO DO IN LONDON
EAT ALL THE FISH AND CHIPS. Fish and chips are pretty much my go-to in most restaurants anyway, so I'll be in heaven!
Visit the Tower of London
Visit Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
See 221B Baker Street (we don't plan to go inside since it's expensive and apparently not really worth it, but we want to see it, see the 'Sherlock trail' from the tube, and take pics
See Trafalgar Square
Go to the British Museum
Go across Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, and just about any and every other bridge
Visit Westminster Abbey
Go to Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station
See Buckingham Palace
See/possibly visit Kensington Palace
See Elizabeth Tower (aka Big Ben) and the Parliament buildings
Check out a bunch of parks, specifically Kensington, Hyde, and Russell
Wander around Brompton Cemetery
Take a Jack the Ripper tour (this is included in our tour, which is SO exciting because I'm obsessed with Jack the Ripper)
See a West End musical (also included in the tour. I'm really hoping it's Mamma Mia!)
Visit M&M World and buy ALL THE CHOCOLATE
Go out clubbing at least one night with the group
See St. Paul's Cathedral
See Southwark Cathedral
Visit Notting Hill, Covent Garden, Marylebone, Soho
Go to Borough Market
Go to Leadenhall Market (where they filmed scenes for Diagon Alley in the first Harry Potter movie)
Search for a TARDIS, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Prince Harry, Colin Firth...the list goes on
Get souvenirs from all my British fandoms (Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Downton Abbey)
Visit Camdem Market, Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus
Ride an open-air double decker bus
Try a few different types of beer, ale, cider, and possibly a shandy
Visit Gower Street, where they film BBC's Sherlock, and have lunch at Speedy's
Visit Harrods and buy myself something special (and overpriced, heh)
Visit at least one other museum (since they're one of the few free things to do in London, and I love museums). I'm thinking either the Victoria and Albert or the Natural History Museum, if not both.
I know that's a ton of stuff and it's probably unrealistic to expect to do it all in just six days, but I'm going to try my hardest! Have you done any of these things? How much of this stuff would be on your to-do list if you were going to London? Have I missed anything? Let's talk here or on Twitter!
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Jenny May 6, 2015 at 12:25 PM
You're totally making me want to go to London again. It's my favorite! Definitely go see St Paul's and climb all the way to the top for the view. I hate Westminster Abbey but as it's right next to parliament and Big Ben you might as well go. You're doing a ton of stuff I wish I could go back and do. Have fun!
Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine May 6, 2015 at 4:53 PM
I bet you'll find a Tardis. You need to do the Jack Ripper tour. I will send you back if you don't! =D
I am SO excited for you!! It's my absolute DREAM to go to London. I hope I'll be able to do it in a couple of years. I hope you get to see everything you want!!! :)


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Could possibly be a 6 player map, uploaded as a 4 player for now. Intent is Top v Bottom, with one player starting in a defensible point, the other not as defensible (near water), but near resources. The reason for that was there's many players who are new and figured a newer player would go there.
Few resources in the middle of the map to discourage base expansion there.
Rev.1 - Added small naval area below, fixed some road tiles and forward commands to be useful now.
Rev.2 - Removed pillbox for EcoBoost Refinery on island, added more variety to some tiles, removed middle ore and made ridges go out 3 tiles each side. Should be (3) direct land routes now, instead of (2).
Rev.4 - Put ore field back sort of. Also increased starting ore density and added a small patch. Removed some gems from the EcoBoost Refineries.
Rev 5.- Fixed tile errors mostly and added better starting ore for naval player.
Could possibly be a 6 player map, uploaded as a 4 player for now. Intent is Top v Bottom, with one player starting in a defensible point, the other not as defensible (near water), but near resources. The reason for that was there's many players who are new and figured a newer player would go there. Few resources in the middle of the map to discourage base expansion there. Rev.1 - Added small naval area below, fixed some road tiles and forward commands to be useful now. Rev.2 - Removed pillbox for EcoBoost Refinery on island, added more variety to some tiles, removed middle ore and made ridges go out 3 tiles each side. Should be (3) direct land routes now, instead of (2). Rev.4 - Put ore field back sort of. Also increased starting ore density and added a small patch. Removed some gems from the EcoBoost Refineries. Rev 5.- Fixed tile errors mostly and added better starting ore for naval player.
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BACKGROUND: There has been renewed call for the global expansion of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) under the framework of HIV treatment as prevention (TasP). However, population-level sustainability of this strategy has not been characterized.
METHODS: We used population-level longitudinal data from province-wide registries including plasma viral load, CD4 count, drug resistance, HAART use, HIV diagnoses, AIDS incidence, and HIV-related mortality. We fitted two Poisson regression models over the study period, to relate estimated HIV incidence and the number of individuals on HAART and the percentage of virologically suppressed individuals.
RESULTS: HAART coverage, median pre-HAART CD4 count, and HAART adherence increased over time and were associated with increasing virological suppression and decreasing drug resistance. AIDS incidence decreased from 6.9 to 1.4 per 100,000 population (80% decrease, p = 0.0330) and HIV-related mortality decreased from 6.5 to 1.3 per 100,000 population (80% decrease, p = 0.0115). New HIV diagnoses declined from 702 to 238 cases (66% decrease; p = 0.0004) with a consequent estimated decline in HIV incident cases from 632 to 368 cases per year (42% decrease; p = 0.0003). Finally, our models suggested that for each increase of 100 individuals on HAART, the estimated HIV incidence decreased 1.2% and for every 1% increase in the number of individuals suppressed on HAART, the estimated HIV incidence also decreased by 1%.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that HAART expansion between 1996 and 2012 in BC was associated with a sustained and profound population-level decrease in morbidity, mortality and HIV transmission. Our findings support the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of HIV treatment as prevention within an adequately resourced environment with no financial barriers to diagnosis, medical care or antiretroviral drugs. The 2013 Consolidated World Health Organization Antiretroviral Therapy Guidelines offer a unique opportunity to further evaluate TasP in other settings, particularly within generalized epidemics, and resource-limited setting, as advocated by UNAIDS.


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Q: Can you visualize a plot in a tab by doing this in server.r? I am trying to save a plot to a list like here (where x is a counter):
pl_list[[x]] <- renderPlot({ggplot(dfg, aes(x="", y=mean_rel_abund, fill=taxon)) +
            geom_bar(stat="identity", width=1) +
            scale_fill_manual(values = v2, labels=paste(gsub('\\*', '', dfg$taxon), str_replace_all(paste(round(dfg$mean_rel_abund, 1),"%"), " ", "")))+
            # facet_grid(.~ data2()$disease_stat)+
            theme_classic() +
            theme(axis.line = element_blank(),
                  axis.text = element_blank(),
                  axis.ticks = element_blank())})

and then save the output of it like this:
output$pl_list[[x]] <- pl_list[[x]]

then visualize it in a tab by calling the plotOutput function:
appendTab(inputId = "tabs", tabPanel(title = input$caption, value = tid,
                                         headerPanel('Microbiome'),
                                         mainPanel(
                                           plotOutput(pl_list[[tid]]),
                                           selectInput(inputId = shinyInput("case", rv$counter), label = strong("Case"),
                                                       choices = unique(data_list[[tid]]$disease_stat),
                                                       selected = "DiarrhealControl")
                                         ),

                                         actionButton(shinyInput("remove_btn", rv$counter), "Remove", icon = icon("minus-circle"))

    ))

But I'm getting an error where it says:
Warning: Error in $: Can't read output 'pl_list'

This is the whole code as someone requested:
library(shiny)
library(shinythemes)
library(tidyr)
library(tidyverse)
library(readxl)
library(ggtext)
library(RColorBrewer)
library(dplyr)
library(bslib)
library(shinydashboard)
library(tools)

tid <<- 0
data_list <<- list()
pl_list <<- list()
ui <- fluidPage(
  textOutput("text"),
  tabsetPanel(id = "tabs",
              tabPanel(
                title = "Home",
                value = "home",
                sidebarLayout(
                  sidebarPanel(
                    h3("Generate plots"),
                    fileInput("probe1", "Metadata .XLSX File", accept = "xlsx", buttonLabel = "Browse"),
                    fileInput("probe2", "Otu_counts (subsample.shared) .TSV File", accept = "tsv", buttonLabel = "Browse"),
                    fileInput("probe3", "Taxonomy .TSV File", accept = "tsv", buttonLabel = "Browse"),
                    textInput("caption", "Name of the plot", "Example: plot1"),
                    verbatimTextOutput("value"),
                    actionButton("add", "Add", icon = icon("plus-circle"))
                  ),
                  mainPanel(
                    helpText("Description:"),
                    helpText("The required tables need to have information about:...")
                  )
                )
              ))
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  shinyInput <- function(name, id) paste(name, id, sep = "_")
  rv <- reactiveValues(counter = 0L)

  #go to the new created tab
  observeEvent(input$add, {
    rv$counter <- rv$counter + 1L
    updateTabsetPanel(session, "tabs", shinyInput("new_tab", rv$counter))
  }, ignoreInit = TRUE)

  #creating tab with plot after uploading the files
  observeEvent(input$add, {
    tid <<- tid + 1
    inputs <- reactiveValues(input1 = input$probe1, input2 = input$probe2, input3 = input$probe3)
    # print(inputs)
    # print(paste0("This is input1: ", inputs$input1))
    #data_list <<- append(data_list,

    #data processing
    metadata <- read_excel(inputs$input1$datapath, na="NA") %>%
      select(sample_id, disease_stat) %>%
      drop_na(disease_stat)

    otu_counts <- read_tsv(inputs$input2$datapath) %>%
      select(Group, starts_with("Otu")) %>%
      rename(sample_id = Group) %>%
      pivot_longer(-sample_id, names_to="otu", values_to = "count")

    taxonomy <- read_tsv(inputs$input3$datapath) %>%
      select("OTU", "Taxonomy") %>%
      rename_all(tolower) %>%
      mutate(taxonomy = str_replace_all(taxonomy, "\\(\\d+\\)", ""),
             taxonomy = str_replace(taxonomy, ";$", "")) %>%
      separate(taxonomy,
               into=c("kingdom", "phylum", "class", "order", "family", "genus"),
               sep=";")

    otu_rel_abund <- inner_join(metadata, otu_counts, by="sample_id") %>%
      inner_join(., taxonomy, by="otu") %>%
      group_by(sample_id) %>%
      mutate(rel_abund = count / sum(count)) %>%
      ungroup() %>%
      select(-count) %>%
      pivot_longer(c("kingdom", "phylum", "class", "order", "family", "genus", "otu"),
                   names_to="level",
                   values_to="taxon") %>%
      mutate(disease_stat = factor(disease_stat,
                                   levels=c("NonDiarrhealControl",
                                            "DiarrhealControl",
                                            "Case")))

    taxon_rel_abund <- otu_rel_abund %>%
      filter(level=="phylum") %>%
      group_by(disease_stat, sample_id, taxon) %>%
      summarize(rel_abund = sum(rel_abund), .groups="drop") %>%
      group_by(disease_stat, taxon) %>%
      summarize(mean_rel_abund = 100*mean(rel_abund), .groups="drop") %>%
      mutate(taxon = str_replace(taxon,
                                 "(.*)_unclassified", "Unclassified *\\1*"),
             taxon = str_replace(taxon,
                                 "^(\\S*)$", "*\\1*"))

    taxon_pool <- taxon_rel_abund %>%
      group_by(taxon) %>%
      summarize(pool = max(mean_rel_abund) < 3,
                mean = mean(mean_rel_abund),
                .groups="drop")

    df <- inner_join(taxon_rel_abund, taxon_pool, by="taxon") %>%
      mutate(taxon = if_else(pool, "Other", taxon)) %>%
      group_by(disease_stat, taxon) %>%
      summarize(mean_rel_abund = sum(mean_rel_abund),
                mean = min(mean),
                .groups="drop") %>%
      mutate(taxon = factor(taxon),
             taxon = fct_reorder(taxon, mean, .desc=TRUE),
             taxon = fct_shift(taxon, n=1))
    #print(c(df))
    #print(df$taxon)
    dff <<- as.data.frame(df)
    data_list[[tid]] <<- dff

    #creating plot
    pl_list[[tid]] <- ggplot(data_list[[tid]], aes(x="", y=mean_rel_abund, fill=taxon)) +
      geom_bar(stat="identity", width=1) +
      # facet_grid(.~ data2()$disease_stat)+
      theme_classic() +
      theme(axis.line = element_blank(),
            axis.text = element_blank(),
            axis.ticks = element_blank())

    #print(paste("Before append:", data_list[[tid]]$disease_stat ))
    #output$plot <- render....

    #finally creating tab after data processing and plot creation
    appendTab(inputId = "tabs", tabPanel(title = input$caption, value = tid,
                                         headerPanel('Microbiome'),
                                         mainPanel(
                                           plotOutput(pl_list[[tid]]),
                                           selectInput(inputId = shinyInput("case", rv$counter), label = strong("Case"),
                                                       choices = unique(data_list[[tid]]$disease_stat),
                                                       selected = "DiarrhealControl")
                                         ),

                                         actionButton(shinyInput("remove_btn", rv$counter), "Remove", icon = icon("minus-circle"))

    ))

    #print(pl_list[[tid]])
    #print(paste("After append", data_list[[tid]]$disease_stat))
    ##########################
    #print(inputs)

  })

  ## REACTIVITY TO ARRANGE TAB NAMES:
  current.tab <- eventReactive(input$tabs, {
    # don't accidentally remove main tab:
    if (!identical(input$tabs, "home")) {
      input$tabs
    } else {
      NULL
    }
  })

  #observe event for when a choice from a filter is selected
  observe({
    if (rv$counter > 0L) {
      lapply(seq(rv$counter), function(x) {
        observeEvent(input[[paste("case", x, sep = "_")]], {
          #filtering data based on the selected choice
          dfg <- filter(data_list[[tid]], disease_stat == input[[paste("case", x, sep = "_")]])
          #print(paste("this is dfg disease_stat:", dfg$disease_stat))
          v2 <- rainbow(length(dfg$taxon))
          names(v2) <- unique(dfg$taxon)
          #print(length(names(v2)))
          #print(paste(dfg$taxon, " ", round(dfg$mean_rel_abund, 1),"%"))
          if (length(names(v2)) == 1)
          {
            # v2["Other"] = "#FFFFFF"
          }
          else
          {
            v2["Other"] = "#808080"

          }
          #print(pl_list[[x]])
          #overwriting the first created plot on the tab with the newly created one based on the new data
          pl_list[[x]] <<- renderPlot({ggplot(dfg, aes(x="", y=mean_rel_abund, fill=taxon)) +
            geom_bar(stat="identity", width=1) +
            scale_fill_manual(values = v2, labels=paste(gsub('\\*', '', dfg$taxon), str_replace_all(paste(round(dfg$mean_rel_abund, 1),"%"), " ", "")))+
            # facet_grid(.~ data2()$disease_stat)+
            theme_classic() +
            theme(axis.line = element_blank(),
                  axis.text = element_blank(),
                  axis.ticks = element_blank())})
          #renderPlot(pl_list[[x]])
          #print(pl_list[[x]])
          output$pl_list[[x]] <- pl_list[[x]]

        })
      })
    }
  })

  #removing a tab
  observe({
    if (rv$counter > 0L) {
      lapply(seq(rv$counter), function(x) {
        observeEvent(input[[paste("remove_btn", x, sep = "_")]], {
          #print(paste0("This is x: ",x))
          removeTab(inputId = "tabs", target = current.tab())
          #print(paste0("Removing: ", input[[paste("remove_btn", x, sep = "_")]]))
        })
      })
    }
  })

  output$text <- renderText({paste0("You are viewing tab \"", input$tabs, "\"", " Rv$counter is: ", rv$counter)})

}

shinyApp(ui, server)

And link to the files you will need to upload in the shiny app:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bcGyE42aD5gicmdZseRGqvfT-Iu9FHLP

A: I fixed it by changing this line in the appendTab:
plotOutput(pl_list[[tid]])

to this:
plotOutput(paste("pl_list", tid, sep = "_"))

and this in the observe:
output$pl_list[[x]] <- pl_list[[x]]

to this:
output[[paste("pl_list", x, sep = "_")]] <- renderPlot({ pl_list[[x]] })

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Cricket Corner
Update Cricket West Indies inspection team to ascertain feasibility of Bangladesh tour
A two-member inspection team of Cricket West Indies will arrive in Bangladesh on December 28 to assess Bangladesh Cricket Board's Covid-19 management and the security arrangements ahead of the forthcoming series. West Indies are due to visit in January 2021 for a tour comprising three Tests, three ODIs and two T20Is during their stay, slated from January.
Cricbuzz understands Dr. Akshai Mansingh (a member of the ICC & CWI Medical Panel as well a CWI Director) and Paul Slowe (Security and Safety Manager) are expected to arrive on November 28 and conduct their recce until December 3. "They will come to see our Covid-19 management plan and the security plan ahead of their scheduled tour in January," a top BCB official confirmed to Cricbuzz on Sunday.
BCB had presented a comprehensive COVID-19 management plan to their West Indian counterpart for approval, taking their first steps towards the resumption of international cricket in the country. CWI president Ricky Skerritt stated that his team wanted to ensure that BCB were following the recognized health protocols during the tour that the West Indies team had experienced in England.
"We want to be sure that the protocols established in Bangladesh meet the requirement that we have established so far in the various tours we have been on," Skerritt was quoted on Sunday in private TV channel Maasranga TV.
"There are case studies to benchmark from. This is not going to be the first overseas tour. As you know, we did the first overseas tour to England. Certain standards were set, certain learnings were achieved, and I think once Bangladesh can meet those standards, I don't think there's going to be any major problem. We just have to verify in our own way that the situation will be safe for all concerned," he said.
Skerritt admitted that there was a possibility that one Test could be reduced from the series considering they want to ensure there is no added pressure on cricketers who'll be stationed in yet another bio bubble.
"There has been an option to reduce from three to two Tests but it is not finalised yet. It will be finalised within the next few days. The problem is [that] we have to look at it from all perspectives, that of Covid-19, scheduling and cost. These days, the pressures that Covid has brought to world cricket are significant in terms of revenue. We want to come to Bangladesh because we respect the relationship and the bilateral agreements that we have," said Skeritt.
"I just want to assure you that we will always send the best available team to any tour that we undertake, including Bangladesh. We believe a tour to Bangladesh is always a challenging tour because it is an environment that's very different to our own conditions. But we have always done well in Bangladesh. Our players enjoy playing against Bangladesh. At the moment we are fairly evenly matched and it is always a good series between West Indies and Bangladesh. We are doing everything we can to participate in tours abroad and at home. The Covid-19 pandemic is making it extremely difficult to implement our plans," he added.
Meanwhile BCB is ready to host the Bangabandhu T20 from November 24 after successfully completing the three-team 50 over competition in bio-bubble environment and a successful completion of the tournament will give both the hosts and the tourists the confidence to go ahead with the tour.


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Wed 20 June 2012 – We sang in Stotfold to help raise funds for the fabric of St. Mary's church.


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Inexperienced hobby beekeepers had twice the winter mortality rate of professional beekeepers.
Honey bees are highly effective managed pollinators of great significance to crop production worldwide. Reports on increased honey bee mortality in recent years have thus triggered numerous national studies to understand more about what factors affect bee health. Yet despite all these studies, our collective understanding of honey bee health has been hampered by a lack of collaborative transnational efforts following common protocols. The pan-European epidemiological study is based on the results of the EPILOBEE Monitoring, conducted by the European Reference Laboratory of Bee Health, in 17 EU countries. The study, published in PLOS ONE in March 2017, shows the value of such studies, and, remarkably, reveals that a beekeeper's professional background, experience and apicultural practices are critical to honey bee colony survival.
The aim of this study was, in the authors' words, to "identify the key risk factors surrounding honey bee colony mortality through data from the first surveillance program based on randomly selected participants and deploying standardized methods to monitor honey bee colony health, pests, diseases and management practices across 17 European countries". The geographical spread of the study is significant. Surveillance began in autumn 2012 and continued through to summer 2014. A representative set of honey bee colonies was gathered through random sampling of apiaries and bee colonies in each of the 17 countries. Colony mortality rates were calculated by taking the data from apiaries where three consecutive visits had taken place (before and after winter and during the beekeeping season). Annual colony mortality was calculated by pooling the winter mortality and seasonal mortality for 2,332 apiaries for the first year and 2,426 apiaries for the second year. During each visit, beekeeping practices and clinical signs of the main honey bee diseases were recorded using a standardized questionnaire. The results of this stringently conducted study are very revealing.
Hobby beekeepers with small apiaries and little beekeeping experience had twice the winter mortality rate of professional beekeepers. Moreover, honey bees kept by professional beekeepers didn't display any signs of disease during the apiary inspections, whereas the colonies of hobby beekeepers frequently showed symptoms of severe Varroa infestation. In the group with the highest winter mortality rate, the beekeepers were over 65 years of age, had not attended any training courses in the previous three years, kept no beekeeping management records, and had no formal beekeeping qualification. In contrast, the beekeepers in the cluster with the lowest winter mortality were 30-45 years old, had attended training courses in the previous three years, were members of a beekeeping organization, and had more than five years of beekeeping experience. A similar pattern was evident in the seasonal mortality clusters.
The study revealed that among the main factors promoting healthy honey bee colonies are the beekeeper's professional expertise, experience and apicultural practices. Consequently, the authors of the study recommend that more efforts be made to train beekeepers in good apicultural practices and early identification of diseases.


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Muhammad 'own worst enemy'
USA Today/November 25, 2003
By Laura Parker
Virginia Beach -- It took jurors less time to decide that John Muhammad should be executed than it did for them to convict him last week of engineering last year's sniper attacks that killed 10 people in the Washington, D.C., area. Such swiftness 5½ hours did not surprise legal analysts who monitored Muhammad's six-week trial.
Jury foreman Jerry Haggerty answers questions in Virginia Beach after jurors recommended execution for John Muhammad. By Steve Helber, AP
"If you are going to get a death sentence, this is the pattern," says Scott Sundby, a law professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., and a member of the Capital Jury Project, a national research group that studies why juries favor the death penalty. "Multiple, random victims is a huge factor that influences juries. Plus, a complete lack of perceived remorse also pushes juries strongly toward death."
Muhammad, 42, an unemployed auto mechanic and divorced father of three, showed little emotion during the trial. On Monday, his attorney accused the media of wrongly concluding that Muhammad's stoic demeanor meant that he lacked remorse.
Nevertheless, the jury reached that conclusion, too. Jury foreman Jerry Haggerty told CNN that he had watched Muhammad closely to try to discern his mood. "The lack of emotion, his failure to even acknowledge what he had done, played into" the decision to recommend that Muhammad be executed, Haggerty said.
For Muhammad, a Gulf War veteran, the reluctance to show vulnerability in the face of overwhelming evidence - or to explain the slayings - made a difficult defense even more so. It also blocked his attorneys from pursuing several arguments during his trial, and likely during the appeals-court review that death sentences receive.
Muhammad's attorneys had hoped to present testimony about his mental state. But when Muhammad refused to be interviewed by a prosecution psychiatrist, the judge barred any testimony about his mental condition.
That, analysts say, destroyed what was perhaps Muhammad's best chance at avoiding the death penalty. It also eliminated one of his strongest potential issues for appeal.
"He was his own worst enemy," says Steven Benjamin, president-elect of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. "It's clear that along the way, something happened to John Muhammad. But what? We'll never know."
Death-penalty appeals move quickly in Virginia, where all such sentences are reviewed by the state Supreme Court. The average stay on death row in Virginia is five years, half the U.S. average.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, Virginia has executed 89 defendants, second only to Texas, which has executed 310. Virginia's acceptance of the death penalty was a significant factor in U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to allow Virginia jurisdictions first crack at trying Muhammad and Lee Malvo, his alleged accomplice.
A frequently used avenue for appeal - a claim that the defendant's lawyers were inadequate - is unlikely in this case. Muhammad's court-appointed attorneys are among the state's best-regarded death penalty lawyers.
Another popular appeal - that prosecutors withheld material that was vital to the defense - rarely succeeds in Virginia, Benjamin says.
Appellate judges reverse about 18% of Virginia's death sentences, compared with 68% nationally, says a 2000 study by capital punishment opponents at Columbia University in New York City.
Muhammad's best hope on appeal, analysts say, stems from two laws:
"The state's new, untested terrorism statute. Passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it carries the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in the course of a terrorist act. Muhammad was the first person convicted under the law.
Some analysts say prosecutors over-reached in using the law because the sniping attacks appeared to have no political agenda.
But prosecutors say Muhammad's attempts to extort $10 million from authorities in exchange for stopping the killings justified their use of the statute. Now, they must get Virginia's highest court to agree.
" Virginia's "triggerman" rule. The law requires someone who is sentenced to death to have been considered a "principle in the first degree" in carrying out the murder.
Prosecutors offered no evidence that Muhammad actually killed anyone. The fingerprints on the rifle used in the shootings were those of Malvo, who is being tried in Chesapeake, 15 miles from here, for the murder of Linda Franklin.
Still, analysts say Muhammad's attorneys face an uphill struggle to convince Virginia's high court that the circuit court erred in his case.
Sundby says the high court addressed the "triggerman rule" in a 1991 ruling that involved two men who crushed a woman to death with a large stone. The court upheld the death sentence of one of the men.
"The court said ... they were acting in concert together," Sundby says. "Can you apply the same principle to the fact that Muhammad was guiding (Malvo) and driving the car?"
Anne Coughlin, a law professor at the University of Virginia, says she thinks the terrorism statute likewise will withstand any challenge. "This case seems to challenge the boundary of that statute," she says. "It might not be at the core of the terrorism law ... but nevertheless, the statue can apply this far."
The jury's decision on Muhammad's sentence is a recommendation. During a sentencing hearing on Feb. 12, Circuit Judge LeRoy Millette can accept it or reverse the decision and give Muhammad life in prison without the possibility of parole. But that's highly unlikely; Virginia judges rarely reject jury recommendations in such situations.
Muhammad's sentence could wind up helping the defense of Malvo, 18.
Malvo's attorneys watched Muhammad's trial closely because the prosecutors' portrait of Muhammad as the "captain" of a two-man killing team was in line with their claim that Muhammad "brainwashed" his young accomplice into participating in the slayings.
Malvo's jurors have not been sequestered and have been told to avoid media reports about either trial. But analysts say the intense TV and newspaper coverage makes it virtually impossible for the Malvo jury not to have learned about Muhammad's sentence.
"If they should hear about Muhammad, that could push" the jurors toward a life sentence for Malvo if they convict him, Sundby says.
Jurors could think that "a death sentence has been handed down, (Malvo) was a follower, he doesn't need to receive death."


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Lottie Margaret Lawrence, a life-long resident of Durham died unexpectedly on December 28, 2009. Born in Durham on June 24, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Telphor Hinton and Lottie Riley Lawrence.
Margaret graduated from Durham High School and attended Duke University where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She retired from the Tobacco Division of the U.S. government where she was employed for many years. She was a life-long member of Duke Memorial United Methodist Church and most recently attended services in the chapel of The Durham Regent where she resided.
She loved life and loved her family. Margaret lived with and cared for her mother, Lottie, until she passed away at 106 years old. Her brothers, Telphor Hinton Lawrence, Jr. and John Riley Lawrence; her sisters, Sybil Hutchins, Susan Harrington and Mary Ann Austin preceded her in death.
Margaret is survived by her sister, Betsy Lawrence Huckabee; seven nephews, four nieces and their families who all loved their "Aunt Nana". Memories abound of her sweet disposition, compassion and generosity.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery.
Friends may visit one hour prior to the service from 1:00-2:00 PM in the church parlor.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, 504 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham, NC 27701.
Arrangements for the Lawrence family are under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service.
I was shocked and saddened to learn of Margaret's death. She and my late mother, Jackie Ives Walters, and Mary Lib Ryland were good friends most of their adult lives. Margaret and my mother met in the 1950's while both were riding a Durham city bus — long before either of them learned to drive. They began a conversation and a friendship which lasted for decades. We enjoyed our visits in her elegant home on Buchanan and more than once enjoyed the company of Mrs. Lawrence, Margaret's mother, who also played "Happy Birthday" on the piano for me, my mother, and even my grandmother on more than one occasion. I remember beach trips and cookouts during which Margaret was full of fun and loved good talk with lots of laughter. As my grandmother would say only about special people, Margaret was a jewel. I am very grateful to have known her.
My most sincere condolences to Lottie Margaret's family. She was a dear friend to my "big sisters," Frances Airheart Terry, and the late Louise Airheart Laughridge. This friendship went back to their high school years, and perhaps longer. They were all grown when I was born, but I remember Lottie Margaret from my early childhood as always happy and filled with fun. I last saw her when Louise died, and she was the same cheerful, happy, upbeat person I remembered as I was growing up. I know my surviving sister, Frances, will truly miss her. My thoughts and prayers are with Lottie Margaret's family and friends.
Lottie Margaret was my very dear friend since 1935 when her family lived in Hillsboro, NC. They moved to Durham after her father's death. We were then about 10 or 11 years old. Sometimes I drove Lottie Margaret and her mother to the annual Christmas parties at Duke Memorial Methodist Church where Mrs. Lawrence would play Christmas carols from memory. I thought she was absolutely amazing, and I last saw her when she was 103. In our later years, every few months, Lottie Margaret, Lucille Cranford, and I would drive to Burlington to have lunch and visit with another dear friend of ours, Betty Seeley. Now only Lucille and I are left, but cherished memories of the friendship between the four of us live on. I will miss Lottie Margaret greatly after almost 75 years of friendship, but I know she rests safely in the loving care of our Lord. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.
I drove the bus at Durham Regent where Lottie lived. I was out of town when she passed and just found out today.
She was always quick with a smile and very kind. I always enjoyed it when she rode the bus and we had time to talk.


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WWE Hall Of Famer Calls Sting & Ultimate Warrior "Terrible"
By Lyle Kilbane • Published 20th December 2022
A WWE Hall of Famer has recalled his early encounters with Sting and The Ultimate Warrior and says the two stars were "terrible" in the ring.
Sting and The Ultimate Warrior both conquered the wrestling world in very different ways despite starting out together as a tag team known as The Blade Runners.
Sting became a star in the NWA and later WCW, capturing the promotion's world championships on several occasions. Sting continues his legacy to this day as part of AEW having also competed in TNA and WWE.
The Ultimate Warrior became a huge sensation in WWE in the late eighties and early nineties which culminated in him beating Hulk Hogan in the main event of WrestleMania 6 to become WWE Champion. His relationship with the company was fractious over the years but both sides had settled their differences to honour Warrior with a Hall of Fame induction in 2014. However, tragedy struck just a few days later as Ultimate Warrior suffered a heart attack and died at the age of 54.
Speaking on the Cheap Heat podcast, Bushwacker Luke explained his initial thoughts on Sting and The Ultimate Warrior when he first came across them and thinks Warrior was lucky that Vince McMahon apparently favoured bodybuilders:
"I knew him before he became The Ultimate Warrior. I knew him when he was with Sting and they were called The Blade Runners. And, boy, they were terrible. They were trained by a well-known guy on the west coast who trained a lot of guys, but these were two bodybuilders."
"Warrior only worried about his body, even in WWF [WWE]. That's what he was there for, to get paid to work out and his body. He didn't care so much about the wrestling. They were terrible. Sting was the much better worker. He learned the business properly. Warrior, he was lucky that Vince loved bodybuilders otherwise he wouldn't have been booked anywhere."
h/t Sportskeeda
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Software aids in concussion tracking
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In competitive Oregon soccer leagues, like the one in which Cuervos FC competes, there is a procedure that inadvertently serves a safety check for concussions.
During the course of play, a referee may witness an impact to the head and call for that player to go into concussion protocol, forcing a substitution.
At the end of the match, all referees turn in their records of the games to the Oregon Youth Soccer Association office, noting things like yellow cards and, in this case, that a substitute came in for a player with a possible concussion.
Software used by OYSA then flags that player as needing medical clearance to return to play, as required by Jenna's Law.
When a club submits its roster for the next match, the software notifies the assigned referee of that player's ineligible status, preventing the player from entering the game.
A club must submit a medical release to the league office before the software clears the player.
The OYSA shared its data for the 2017-18 season, in which out of approximately 14,000 players 21 were flagged by referees as having a possible concussion. Out of those, six were later diagnosed with a concussion. The most severe case resulted in a youth removed from play for three to six months.
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1. Combine the meatball ingredients (apart from the oil) and squish very well with clean hands. Shape into 12 balls.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan and gently fry the meatballs in batches until browned all over. Remove from the pan and move to one side.
1. Add to your pan (it should still have some fat in the bottom from the meatballs, if not add a splash more oil) the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme, oregano, salt and pepper. Fry for about 10 minutes until starting to soften.
2. Add the tinned tomatoes, passata, tomato puree and stock. Stir well and then add your meatballs back in (if you are using fresh, just browned meatballs, if you are using leftovers that have already been cooked - hang on!) Pop a lid on and bubble away over a low heat for 15 minutes.
3. Give everything a good stir, add the spaghetti, the balsamic and the meatballs if you are using leftovers. Put the lid back on for another 10 minutes.
4. Stir through the fresh herbs and serve topped with grated Parmesan.
A big thank you to our sponsored blogger Taming Twins for providing this recipe. It's truly scrumptious!


Are corn-fed fish less healthy to eat?
A large portion of the seafood consumed in North America is farmed. But the food those fish eat increasingly includes more crop-based ingredients, like corn, soy, and wheat.
Until recently, this manufactured feed was typically composed of high levels of fishmeal and fish oil derived from wild fish—but it has become unsustainable to catch more wild fish to feed growing numbers of farmed fish.
The shift has been hailed by some as a positive change in light of the increasingly depleted oceans and the rapidly expanding aquaculture industry. But the shift may have some unintended consequences, experts say.
Using vegetable oils instead of fish oil also changes the fatty acid content of fish and nutritional value for human consumption, the researchers say. Considering Americans are encouraged to consume seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids, which promote improved cardiovascular health and neurodevelopment, this has large implications for dietary recommendations and the aquaculture industry.
Fry and colleagues reviewed aquaculture and public health literature, and conducted a new analysis to estimate the environmental footprint for the top five crops used in commercial aquaculture feed. But they say more research is needed to better understand the effect.
While fish-based ingredients are seen as acutely limited, so are the resources such as land, water, and fertilizer used to produce feed crops. Aquaculture's environmental footprint likely now includes increased nutrient and pesticide runoff from the industrial crop production needed to supply fish food. This runoff is a key driver of water pollution globally, and can negatively impact public health.
Depending on where and how feed crops are produced, plant-based fish feed could be indirectly linked to negative health outcomes for agricultural workers and nearby communities due to exposure to air, water, or soil contaminated by nutrients and/or pesticides.
"Currently, only a small fraction of terrestrial agriculture is used to feed farmed fish. However, the aquaculture industry is growing rapidly. A clearer picture is needed of where and how these crop-based feed ingredients are produced so we can assess the implications of this growing industry for agriculture and the environment," says Graham MacDonald, an assistant professor of geography at McGill University.
Fry says these new findings may raise more questions than they answer.
The findings appear in the journal Environment International.


Books, Natural History PISO, Willem (1611-1678), Georg MARCGRAVE (1610-1644). Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. Leiden: Franciscus Hackius; Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1648.
2 parts in one volume. Folio (15 4/8 x 9 6/8 inches). Engraved title-page by Theodor Matham, with about 540 woodcut illustrations after Georg Marcgraf and Albert Eckhout (light spotting throughout, one or two marginal tears). Contemporary calf gilt, the spine in seven compartments, with 6 raised bands, gilt-lettered in the second, the others decorated with fine gilt tools (expertly rebacked preserving most of the original spine, corners strengthened).
Provenance: with the ink library stamp of naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769 - 1832) on the dedication leaf, and with his pencilled marginal annotations to the sections on fish and birds; also with the ink library and discard stamps of the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, on the dedication leaf.
Described by Borba de Moraes as the most important seventeenth-century scientific work completed in Brazil, this work was written by Piso, physician to the Count of Nassau, and the naturalist Marcgraf. Piso's De medicina Brasiliensi details the herbs of Brazil and their healing powers, local diseases and poisonous reptiles. Marcgraf's Historia rerum naturalium Brasiliae describes the plants, trees, animals, insects, marine life and shellfish of Brazil. The eighth and last part of Marcgraf's Historia was written by de Laet, and describes the north-eastern region of Brazil and its inhabitants. This part, according to Moraes, 'is very valuable from the ethnographic and linguistic aspect'.
Marcgrave was initially commissioned by the Dutch West India Company to travel to north-east Brazil as an astronomer. Along with another student of medicine and mathematics, H. Cralitz (who succumbed to disease within a year of his arrival), and the physician, Willem Piso, he arrived in Brazil in 1738. Marcgrave travelled extensively, collecting all manner of plants and animals, before he was unexpectedly called upon to travel to Angola, whereupon he too died. So Piso returned to Holland with Prince Maurits, and without Marcgrave or Cralitz, but "laden with considerable collections of specimens and the confusing notes of Marcgrave. The astronomer had written his natural history findings in a cipher, purportedly to prevent Piso claiming credit for the work... Piso's contributions to the first edition of "Historia Naturalis Brasiliae" (1648) were contained in four books of 12 volumes, under the heading "De medicine Brasiliense", while eight volumes on botany and zoology were compiled from the material authored by Marcgrave. Johannes de Laet (1593-1649), director of the Dutch West India Company, decoded and edited Marcgrave's work for this edition, but when a second edition of the "Historia" appeared ten years later under the title "De Indiae Utrusque re naturali et medica", Piso carelessly made his own treatment of Marcgrave's work. For this he was severely criticised by, among others, Carl Linnaeus. "While both men obviously made remarkable contributions to the knowledge of Brazil's natural history, Marcgrave's work is considered in many quarters to exceed that of Piso in quality as well as quantity, despite his shorter years. A large map of Brazil produced by Marcgrave was also published posthumously in 1747. Indeed, after these explorations, nothing was written on Brazilian botany for more than 150 years except for the observations made by La Condamine in the mid-1700s. Although Rio de Janeiro was an international shipping port in the 17th and 18th centuries, few ventured beyond the city, largely thanks to the intimidating rule of Spanish and Portuguese administration" (Natural History Museum online).
From the prestigious libraries of naturalist Georges Cuvier, and the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris that he founded. "Without a doubt, Georges Cuvier possessed one of the finest minds in history. Almost single-handedly, he founded vertebrate paleontology as a scientific discipline and created the comparative method of organismal biology, an incredibly powerful tool. It was Cuvier who firmly established the fact of the extinction of past lifeforms. He contributed an immense amount of research in vertebrate and invertebrate zoology and paleontology, and also wrote and lectured on the history of science" (UC Museum Paleontology Berkeley online).
In 1795, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire invited Cuvier to come to Paris; "he was appointed an assistant, and shortly thereafter a professor of animal anatomy, at the newly reformed Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History). Cuvier stayed at his post when Napoleon came to power, and was appointed to several government positions, including Inspector-General of public education and State Councillor, by Napoleon. Cuvier continued as a state councillor under three successive Kings of France; he thus accomplished the almost unbelievable feat of serving under three different, opposing French governments (Revolution, Napoleonic, and monarchy) and dying in his bed. All the while, Cuvier lectured and did research at the Musée National, amazing his colleagues with his energy and devotion to science. By the time of his death he had been knighted and made a Baron and a Peer of France" (ibid).


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Ventura police arrest suspect involved in shopping center stabbings Saturday night
Jeremy Childs
Ventura police officers arrested a suspect accused of stabbing two people in a shopping center on Saturday night.
Authorities got multiple calls around 7:45 p.m. by witnesses at the Vons shopping center near the corner of South Victoria Avenue and Telephone Road.
Police arrived and found a man inside Vons still holding a knife. He apparently had gone door to door at the shopping center, according to Cmdr. Matt Cain of the Ventura Police Department.
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Authorities located one stabbing victim at Wingstop and a second stabbing victim at a restaurant called I Love Sushi, Cain said. Police say the suspect also threatened to stab a third person in the parking lot.
Both stabbing victims were transported to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries, which were deemed non-life threatening, according to police. Authorities said they found no connection between the victims or clear motive for the attacks.
After officers confronted the suspect inside Vons, they told him to put down the knife, which he did, police said. They used a stun gun when he would not comply with any other commands, authorities said.
He later was booked into county jail on suspicion of three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. As of Sunday afternoon, he was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to jail records.
The stabbing took place an hour after a shooting sent one person to the hospital from the 600 block of Cedar Street in Ventura. Initial reports say the victim was shot in the stomach and was in unknown condition. Police do not believe the two incidents were related.
Reporter Cheri Carlson contributed to this report.
Jeremy Childs is a breaking news and public safety reporter covering the night shift for the Ventura County Star. He can be reached by calling 805-437-0208 or emailing jeremy.childs@vcstar.com. You can also find him on Twitter @Jeremy_Childs.


13 April 2018 - the Sejm accepted the information on the Republic of Poland's participation in the activities of the European Union in July-December 2017 (Estonian Presidency of the Council of European Union) - resolution. The information was earlier debated in plenary with participation of the Secretary of State in Foreign Affairs Ministry, Konrad Szymański (verbatim record/PL point 28, verbatim record/PL point 28 [continued]).
adopted positive opinion on the candidature of Piotr Nowak for the position of member of the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (opinion no. 32 (PL), mtg no. 199).
heard information on the Convergence Program and National Reform Programme prepared by Poland in connection with the implementation of the European Semester in 2018 (presented by: Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Enterprise and Technology Tadeusz Kościński and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance Leszek Skiba) (mtg no. 196).
In April 2018 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 194-195 and 198-199, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.
Act of 22 March 2018 on the amendment to the act on micro-organisms and genetically modified organisms and some other acts .
In April 2018, 23 draft legislative acts were subject to subsidiarity scrutiny. As of 8 May 2018, the national parliaments submitted 3 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft acts with the subsidiarity principle.
* Reasoned opinions to the documents COM(2017) 753 and COM(2018) 51 were also submitted in March 2018 - see the previous Bulletin OIDE – March 2018. Furthermore, a reasoned opinion to the document COM(2017) 753 adopted by the British House of Commons in March 2018, but uploaded to the IPEX database in April, after the March Bulletin OIDE was published, was not included in the summary.
24 April 2018, Brussels, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on "Towards the CAP after 2020: the Future of Food and Farming"


BACKPACKER's Jon Dorn visits the CBS Early Show to talk about the best outdoor cities to raise your kid.
Of course, the controversy over which city is truly the best to raise an outdoors kid is far from over. Let us have it in the comments section below.
BACKPACKER On The Today Show!
On Monday, Gear Editor Kristin Hostetter talks family camping gear with Ann Curry and Meredith Vieira!
The hell with avalanches and snake eating; Survive Outdoor Retailer!


I miss the freedom of being able to go out and shoot whenever. Being able to get up early in the morning and just go. No job, no clients. Just me, a few good friends, and the road.
I've got to start updating my website more but here are some photos of Iman!
The 1st video release from my project "Self Portrait EP" with the titled track. Was just chillin' at home when the homie Deandre Forks wanted to test out his new Ronin so we shot a video. Hope yall enjoy.


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P2P Transport buys Black & White Cabs
by Rachael Jones August 03, 2018 10:45 AM
ASX:P2P
P2P Transport (ASX:P2P) has today completed the acquisition of Black and White Holdings.
Managing Director of Black and White Cabs, Greg Webb, has been appointed as a director of P2P effective from today.
Greg will also serve in an executive function for at least 2 years as the head of the newly created Network Services division of P2P.
P2P Transport has also now entered the digital dispatch business across the country.
Shares in P2P Transport (ASX:P2P) are trading flat at 88 cents.
P2P Transport
Black and White Holdings
Rachael Jones
Rachael comes to FNN after working for Fairfax Media covering international breaking news, including the global economy and politics. She joined FNN in February 2018. She has reported on Australia's finance news for various organisations since 2000 and has also interviewed a number of key business players, including Bill Gates. Rachael has also worked across a number of countries, including the UK and the US.


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The cuisine of Mauritania includes the culinary practices of Mauritania. Historically, what is now Mauritania has been influenced by Arab, Berbers and African peoples who have lived in and traversed the "stark" landscape marked with Sahara desert dunes in caravans. There is an overlap with Moroccan cuisine in the north and Senegalese cuisine in the south.

French colonial influence (Mauritania was a colony until 1960) has also played a role in influencing the cuisine of the relatively isolated land. Alcohol is prohibited in the Muslim faith and its sale is largely limited to hotels. Mint tea is widely consumed and poured from height to create foam. Traditionally, meals are eaten communally.

Dishes

Traditional Mauritanian dishes include:
 Tawarikh (Dates)
 Thieboudienne (Cheb-u-jin), a coastal dish of fish and rice, is considered the national dish of Mauritania, served in a white and red sauce, usually made from tomatoes
 Méchoui, whole roasted lamb
 Samak Mutabal (Spiced fish)
 'araz Bialkhadrawat (Rice with vegetables)
 Fish balls
 Dried fish
 Dried meat
 Couscous
 Goat stuffed with rice
 Camel (unusual) (made from Dromedaries)
 Caravane cheese
 Yassa poulet, chicken rotisserie with vegetables served over french fries or rice, originally a Senegalese dish from the Wolof and Pulaar tribes
 Mahfe, goat or camel meat in a peanut, okra and tomato sauce, served over rice and can also be made without meat (for vegetarians)
 Yassa fish
 Hakko, a sauce made from leafy vegetables served with beans over couscous
 Lakh, cheese curds or yoghurt with grated coconut served over sweet millet porridge
 Marolaym, one-pot dish of lamb or goat meat with rice in an onion base
 Bulgur wheat with dried fruit
 Maru we-llham, meat with rice and vegetables
 Mauritanian terrine
 Camel Chubbagin, a stew
 Cherchem, Mauritanian lamb couscous
 Chubbagin Lélé et Raabie, fish stew
 Fish pastry
 Mauritanian vermicelli
 Harira, Mauritanian soup dish
 Mauritanian pepper steak with coconut
 Banaf, meat and vegetable stew
 Leksour, Mauritanian pancakes with meat and vegetable sauce
 Bonava, a lamb stew
 Al-Aïch, chicken, beans and couscous

Beverages
 Mint tea
 Zrig, milk or water mixed with fermented milk
 Baobab fruit drink (Jus de Bouye)
 Roselle drink (Bissap)
 sadza (cassava)

See also

 Arab cuisine
 List of African cuisines
 Moroccan cuisine
 Senegalese cuisine

References

External links

Mauritanian cuisine Traveling East

West African cuisine
Maghrebi cuisine
Arab cuisine

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Lisbon, 5 February 2019 – Armilar Venture Partners SGFCR (Armilar), an independent Venture Capital funds manager focused in deep tech investments, announced today the first closing of the EUR 60 million FCR Armilar Venture Partners TechTransfer Fund. The fund aims to find, invest in and help develop companies that aim to commercialise the results of research output, in particular those based out of Portugal, but also more broadly, in Europe.
The first of its kind in the country, the fund can support technology-based companies in different industries and through different stages of maturity, from proof-of-concept to the later stages of commercial development. The supported start-ups will often stem from leading European academic and research institutions, including spin-outs, participants of acceleration or incubation programs, and companies founded by former researchers, among others. It is Armilar's fifth fund, that builds on the firm's experience and track-record of 19 years investing in start-ups internationally and most particularly in Portugal, including companies such as OutSystems (in which Armilar is the only early-stage, and the only European, investor), Feedzai (which first funding round was led by Armilar) or Codacy (in which Armilar was also the lead investor in its seed round).
Paulo Rosado, Founder and CEO of OutSystems – the world's leading low-code development platform, one of the most successful Portuguese startups and an Armilar portfolio company – also noted: "I've worked with Armilar for many years now, and it always felt that we're one and the same team. For me, supporting their new fund is not only a good investment, it's also a contribution to having other founders experience that constructive founder-investor relationship."
About Armilar Venture Partners SGFCR, SA- Armilar Venture Partners is Portugal's leading venture capital funds manager. An independent VC with a 19-year-old history, a high-performance track record and an international footprint, Armilar is a deep-tech investor, investing in ICT, HealthTech and CleanTech with a focus on early-stage technology-based companies. Currently, Armilar has a total of about €260 million under management, with four funds deployed typically as lead investor in seed to early-stage deals in companies in Portugal, Europe and the USA, and its fifth fund launching in 2019. To find out more and to register for news, please go to www.armilar.com.
The Armilar Venture Partners TechTransfer Fund is supported by InnovFin Equity, with the financial backing of the European Union under Horizon 2020 Financial Instruments and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) set up under the Investment Plan for Europe. The purpose of EFSI is to help support financing and implementing productive investments in the European Union and to ensure increased access to financing. The fund is also co-financed by Fundo de Capital e Quase Capital (FC&QC), managed by IFD - Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento, S.A.


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Timothy LeRoy Lincecum (Bellevue, Washington, 15 de junio de 1984) es un exbeisbolista profesional estadounidense.

Trayectoria
Inició su carrera profesional con San Francisco Giants el año 2007, temporada en la que logró 7 victorias, 5 derrotas y ERA de 4,00. Para el año siguiente, Lincecum consiguió una marca de 18-7 y ERA de 2,62, y para 2009 sus números fueron 15-7, y ERA de 2,48.

Ha encabezando la Liga Nacional en ponches en tres ocasiones consecutivas (2008, 2009 y 2010 con 265, 268 y 231 respectivamente). En 2008 y 2009 fue galardonado con el Premio Cy Young, siendo el cuarto en la historia de la liga en ganar el reconocimiento en dos ocasiones consecutivas y el primero en recibirlo en sus tres primeros años de carrera.

Lincecum ganó con su equipo la Serie Mundial de 2010, y se adjudicó dos victorias sin derrotas, y un ERA de 3,29. En total, esa postemporada obtuvo una marca de 4-1, y ERA de 2,43.

Referencias
 Baseball Reference: Tim Lincecum
 Giants: Tim Lincecum
 El portentoso 'The Freak'

Enlaces externos

Beisbolistas de Estados Unidos
Beisbolistas de San Francisco Giants


Lots of little tid bits of information for all you blog readers today. Rather then clogging up your inbox with multiple posts we're just going to make this our miscellaneous Monday blog post.
- First of all I have to tell you about a wonderful organization I just recently was made aware of. Angel's Wish is an all volunteer organization that is "dedicated to reducing animal overpopulation, rehoming companion animals, and raising awareness of animal welfare issues in South Central Wisconsin." The animals of Angel's Wish are only euthanized for severe medical reasons and the organization helps to divert animals from ever arriving in local shelters where euthanizing is common practice. Both of our cats were adopted from local non-euthanizing shelters, so the mission statement of Angel's Wish is one that is close to my own heart. I have to thank Anne for making me aware of this organizations wonderful efforts.
Currently Angel's Wish is holding an online auction to raise much needed funds for their organization. You can bid on gift certificates to local restaurants, hotel stays as well as lots of pet related necessities. This year you can also bid on a $200 gift certificate for Angelic Angles Photography... so if you were planning to schedule a portrait session here's your chance to save some money and help support a great cause all at the same time. Click here to check out all the auction goodies.
- Secondly as we are quite firmly planted into wedding season now I'm finding it very hard to keep up to date with all of the requested updates on my father-in-law Joe. Rather then emailing everyone I'm just going to post a quick update for you all here. Joe was released from the hospital early last week following his stem cell transplant. The new cells are beginning to grow and his blood counts are all up. This is the first step, so great news! Unfortunately only a few days after his release from the hospital he was admitted again due to complications from a viral infection. His weakened immune system makes these infections much harder to take. It sounds like a slow recovery but we're hopefully he'll be healthy enough to come home in a few weeks. I can't be certain of the exact numbers but since January Joe has been in the hospital for at least a full two months off and on. To have him home would be such a blessing!
- Finally a note to all of my wedding clients. Reprint prices will be going up as of June 15th. The price increase will only effect orders placed by phone or email. The prices found in your proof albums will be increasing to match the prices in your online gallery. If you were married in 2008 your proof albums should already reflect the price increase. Any reprint orders currently being processed will be completed at the current rates. Please contact the studio if you have any questions.


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Voices of California
Positive anymore
Take a look at this sentence, from one of our interviewees in Merced:
"I think that's probably a common greeting anymore."
If this sounds completely natural to you're already familiar with what linguists call "positive anymore." And if this sounds like something you wouldn't say and have never heard before, you might now start to hear it pop up more often than you ever realized!
Let's look at some examples of the most common uses of the word anymore:
"I don't have a T.V. anymore."
"I never see childhood friends anymore."
You might have noticed that both of these sentences are talking about something that is not the case. In most dialects of English, anymore can only show up in negative sentences, like those above, meaning "nowadays." So the first sentence could be rephrased "I had a T.V. before, but nowadays I don't," and the second could be rephrased "I used to see childhood friends, but nowadays I don't."
Some speakers of English can also use anymore in sentences that are do not contain any negative word like not or never. For example, they could say:
"My kids live far away anymore."
"Anymore my kids live far away."
meaning something like "before, my kids lived nearby, but nowadays they live far away."
In these sentences, anymore has the same "nowadays" meaning that it did in the negative sentences you saw before. The difference is simply that anymore is used in a positive sentence to have this meaning (positive).
Linguists have studied "positive anymore" and found that it occurs predominantly in parts of the midwest and the east. Check out the Yale Grammatical Diversity Project for more information and a map of sitings. No doubt migration from that region accounts for its current presence in California. We've found it in both Merced and Redding. As soon as we analyze our Bakersfield data, we'll let you know if it's common there as well.
Was/Were Leveling
Take a look at the following sentences, from one of our interviewees from Redding.
"But there was no cliques in my class."
You've probably heard sentences like this before, using was in this way. These are examples of what linguists call "was leveling."
If you notice, the verb to be in English is a little wonky. (In fact, it is in many languages). There seems to be no rhyme or reason why you should use was with I, he/she/it, but were with you (singular and plural), we, and they. In other words, this is an irregular - a very irregular - verb. It makes sense that people would regularize it, by using was or were across the board:
I was, you was, we was, he was, they was
I were, you were, we were, he were, they were
While the first pattern is common in many dialects of English, both in the United States and elsewhere, the second pattern, which we refer to as "were leveling," is common in parts of Great Britain.
Which sentence the speaker uses at any given moment can depend on a lot of different factors, like who they are talking to, how fast they are speaking, and what they are talking about. Also, many people are more likely to use it in certain types of sentences than in others. For example, in a lot of dialects, was leveling is more commonly used with a sentence that has a there subject. So a sentence like:
"There was fifty people at the concert last night."
is more common than
"They was at the concert last night."
In some dialects, people use was in positive sentences, and were in negative sentences:
"We weren't hanging out with that person."
"We was hanging out with that person."
This kind of regularization of the grammar happens a lot in language, and can lead over time to permanent change. In a hundred years, maybe was leveling will take over, and become a feature of Standard American English. Maybe it will be taught in school, and people who insist on saying "we were" instead of "we was" will be heard as hopelessly old-fashioned.
Copyright © 2012 Stanford Linguistics. Last Updated on 01/25/2013.


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It Appears Sacha Baron Cohen Is Coming for Trump
The comedian hinted at something coming in a video posted on July 4th.
By Justin Kirkland
The devil works hard, but Sacha Baron Cohen works harder. Or at least he works on the Fourth of July. In a video posted to Twitter yesterday, the comedian hinted as an upcoming project that likely involves the president. Knowing Cohen's body of work, that could really mean anything.
A message from your President @realDonaldTrump on Independence Day pic.twitter.com/O2PwZqO0cs
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) July 4, 2018
The video, which lasts just over 30 seconds, features Trump sitting at his desk and doing what he does best: offering commentary on a topic he doesn't know about and inciting light violence on someone he doesn't like. In reference to Cohen, Trump says, "I only wish he had been punched in the face so many time right now, he'd be in a hospital." You know, that GOP civility kind of language. Following that, he says, "Go to school. Learn about being funny. You don't know shit."
But Cohen kind of does know shit, considering that Trump came onto Da Ali G Show where Cohen's character pitched him an ice cream glove in 2003. When Trump realized that it was a joke, he walked out of the interview. The relationship has been contentious ever since.
In between Trump's words, the video reads, "He's back as you've never seen him before," finishing up with the actual Trump University logo (RIP education). The clip seems to be alluding to some project ahead, even managing to get Pamela Anderson excited for what could come.
I can't wait for this ... all in good fun on Sacha's part ... but the other seems sinister, cruel and over reactive.
definately demands a clever come back . I'm sure that's exactly what's coming.
— Pamela Anderson (@pamfoundation) July 4, 2018
At this point though, who's to say this isn't just a primer for Cohen to run for office himself? Don't act like that's crazy: with Trump in office and Dennis Rodman filling in as de facto Good Will Representative, anything can happen in America—especially if you kick things off on America's birthday.
Justin Kirkland Justin Kirkland is a writer for Esquire, where he focuses on entertainment.
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